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[purrloinblocked]

[He's tense because he just released a vicious Liepard from its pokeball and from quite the distance as well. The Liepard makes no hesitation to bristle and hiss at him. ]

Liepard.

[He tries to remain firm, but his voice doesn't have much leverage to it. A bond to this Liepard and with great pain. The Liepard growls while kicking sand at him. Reflexively he covers his face, but he known this Liepard and thus knows how she works. While covering his face he dives away from a Night slash attack. Liepard meant business with an increased critical hit move. Thankful for his own training, he was able to roll through the sand and back up to his feet. Air is still a little cloudy, but he can feel the cat pokemon leaping for him again. Another roll and he has a grip on the pokeball, but he doesn't return the pokemon.]

Liepard, please! I'm sorry I was too weak before!

[Leverage gone; his voice shakes. It isn't loud enough for a powerful yell. It might look like incompetence but it's far from a common trainer problem.]

Comments

[unscripted]

[Instinctively Hikari throws the Pokeball away from her towards a bush when Liepard is about to fire. When she isn't struck, she turns red momentarily, screaming back at the boy.]

How do I know you're not really the kidnapper?

[purrloinblocked]

Screw off! Does someone as small as me look like a kidnapper to you, moron?!

[Tears of frustration falls from his face.]

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[unscripted]

W-Well on the set of Passion Island t-they used the native kids to lure Po-Poke--

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[unscripted]

[Crap. No, don't do that. UGH.

Hikari forms a fist, speedwalking towards you.]


Um, cut that out. Please.

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[purrloinblocked]

Stupid! I don't need your crap! I just got her back from the sick freaks who tried to use her against me and now I'm here somehow! Do you know how long I waited to get her back?! FIVE. YEARS! I was eight years old when they stole her from me! And I couldn't do anything! I had to get stronger for her and my sister!

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[purrloinblocked]

[And that's when his voice fires out, breaks, and he coughs a few times. ]

[unscripted]

[Crossing her arms, she tries to look at him, but she can't bring herself to do it.]

I had no idea. I jumped to conclusions.

[Noticing her voice lowered, she repeats the last part again louder. Hiding her face into her palm because she's an idiot.]

[purrloinblocked]

[He's quiet too, and not just because his throat hurts. He's wiping his eyes carefully and trying to get his feelings together... He kept that outburst bottled in for a very long time. It was only a matter of time he had a screaming fit. ]

[unscripted]

[She can't think of anything to say, and decides its fine to keep her mouth shut at the moment.]

[purrloinblocked]

Yeah, you did. [....] But you stepped up unlike a lot of people who let things just happen.

[Welp, his voice is ruined but he's stepping up himself.]

[unscripted]

[She bites her lip, stopping herself from speaking when a rustling can be heard from the bush. An Ariados head emerges from the leaves.]

Oh, Manila, I didn't mean to wake you up.

[Maybe..]

Manila, c'mere.

[purrloinblocked]

[...He just watches as he calms down.]

[unscripted]

[The Ariados scuttles over into Hikari's arms; his body is noticeably marked with scars.]

If you want to sleep, I can let you back in the ball.

[The Ariados turns its attention to the boy instead.]

[purrloinblocked]

[And he is a little bit curious of the spider. It's different than ones at home. ]

[unscripted]

I found Manila in a cave being overworked on the show I mentioned earlier...

[The Ariados crawls closer to the boy.]

[purrloinblocked]

[--djkfngh. That fact you state makes his softening face scrunch again.]

[unscripted]

[Ack she should not have not said that? Hikari sucks at comfort. She pulls down on her hat.]

I just wanted to explain myself!

[Fret fret.]

He's alright now. In fact he's better than most who've been in the situation.

[purrloinblocked]

No--no it's not you... I just hate when pokemon get hurt, even when I don't know them...

[He's waiting for permission of Manila to pet.]

[unscripted]

..Exactly.

[Ariados realizes this and bows his head down slightly.]

I vowed I wouldn't let what happened to Manila happen other Pokemon again.

[purrloinblocked]

Good. Pokemon may have a lot of powers...but that's not everything. They can still get hurt just like we can. No one really did anything when my Purrloin was taken away... even after.

[unscripted]

[She nods in agreement. It's surprising how mature he seems. Her fists curl up into balls.]

I don't understand why anyone wouldn't do anything.

[It riles her up.]

What about the police? Your parents?

[purrloinblocked]

Police are useless and my parents are busy with my even younger sister at the time. [Sigh.]

[unscripted]

Should've known. So called "law enforcement" lets things slide.

[Kicking at imaginary object.]

Who were the creeps who took her?

Fur hunters?

Collectors?

[purrloinblocked]

It's complicated. They collect other people's pokemon in a way....

[unscripted]

They sound weak...or lazy.