9th Tomoe || Video, Text, Filtered Text

[beforethedarkness]

[Briefly, the network receives a transmission from Sasuke's pokégear. The feed shows a dark bedroom, a pokéball and a note on a bed as the sun starts to set, its light filtering in through the nearby window. The note on the bed reads 'To Sasuke', and when the gear drops it shows him just standing there.

It's like that for a good few minutes before the feed clicks off again.]

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[Some time later, Sasuke decides to send out a quick text to the entire network. He does have something he has to say to the others he's travelling with later, but right now he wants to get this out first.]

Why do you battle your pokémon?

[He doesn't even know what to expect out of that question, only that he's probably going to get a lot of responses and he's probably not going to agree with all of them, or possibly any of them. But he's feeling lost, and maybe it'll help give him a clue. In the meantime, though, he has something else he wants to steel himself for.]

I'm leaving Vermillion tonight, through the Diglett Tunnel. I'm going alone.

Comments

[beforethedarkness]

It doesn't matter.

[for_realsies]

But you brought it up!

[beforethedarkness]

I asked why you battle.

Me being "depressing" has nothing to do with it.

[Someone still has enough attitude to snark.]

[for_realsies]

No, you were the one all depressing about your pokemon getting really...

*Oh. Well, she feels kinda bad now.*

...Did that happen?

[beforethedarkness]

[Looooooooooong pause.]

Yes.

[for_realsies]

*Equally long pause.*

I'm sorry. You know it'd be easier to tell if you're bothered if you don't use text.

*Yes, Imogen knows that is the point. Doesn't care.*

[beforethedarkness]

What happened to them is my fault. I don't need pity.

[for_realsies]

Sympathy isn't pity.

[beforethedarkness]

Whatever it is, I don't need you feeling sorry for me.

[for_realsies]

Fine! I'll save it for your pokemon! You and your mopey duckbutt hair can go be alone.

I don't need another loner...

[beforethedarkness]

It's better if I'm alone.

[for_realsies]

...Can you switch to voice or something where I can tell if you actually believe that?

[beforethedarkness]

I do.

[for_realsies]

If you really do you're deluded.

And I hope for your sake you learn how wrong you are soon.

[beforethedarkness]

I know what it's like to have others. It almost destroyed me.

I'm better alone.

[for_realsies]

Or you can try different others?

Others that fit better with you.

I am so sorry I made you wait 4 days for this.

[beforethedarkness]

No.

Tis fine, tis fine

[for_realsies]

What do you mean no?

You can't just give up on people because it didn't work once.

[beforethedarkness]

My only goal is to kill him. I don't need friends.

[for_realsies]

What, what, where did killing come from!?

[beforethedarkness]

[Crap.]

You don't need to know.

Filter!

[for_realsies]

Oh no! You said it, explain, now!

*Imogen is scared, but that's not the sorta thing she takes lightly!*

Why is killing someone your goal!?

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[beforethedarkness]

It's none of your business.

Filtered

[for_realsies]

Then you should be more careful when you talk about killing people!

*Short pause.*

Just... are they here? In this world?

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[beforethedarkness]

[Pausing as he consideres sharing that information.]

He's not.