#0937-ẟ

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀a silent observer, this armor spirit is only found
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀burning its vengeance away into

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

this pokemon rarely bares ire to living
humans, rather focused on its own painful failures.

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

( with an unwavering resolve, her eyes opened with a startling quickness as she flash-froze the other's fingertips. )

I do believe that's quite enough. you'd only shorten your own life fighting against a spirit.

[𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 @SheWhoShallRise]

(That intense gaze turning into a half-scowl, as the other continues.)

I said...

(Hand moving down, to rest atop the hilt of the sheathed blade at her side.)

𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵. 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦.

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

WEEHHH??

( looking slightly concerned now... slowly sitting before tilting her head. )

order? what should I be ordering...?

[Jᴀɴᴜs @roartotime]

(Staring at her before grabbing her arm and pulling her towards a table.)

Sit down and order.

You are making everything weird.

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

I do not need to. the trials of modern day man pale in comparison to the era from which I hail.... ehem. but that's another story. I shall withhold any further such words.

( a low huff, turning her head away with a shy look. )

[𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 @SheWhoShallRise]

(A drag of her cigarette interrupted halfway through, upon hearing some of those words.. Looking up at her, brow furrowed.)

...I won't pretend to know exactly what you've gone through. So let's not assume to know what /I/ have or haven't seen, and done.

(Finishing that drag...)

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

( sigh... ) yes, yes, you're incorrigibly horny. we get it. fine, fine, whatever you want.

[𝙆𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙖 @PaldeanCourage]

You can put me on the spot between your tits too.

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

( another low hum, as she seemed to watch them in what they did after... for one, she had never seen such a contraption, and for another... well, that's not important. )

don't give up, hm? easy for someone like you to say. but I suppose if anything's worth doing, do it right.

[𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 @SheWhoShallRise]

Unfortunately, I can’t make that determination for you.

(Once the temperature was stable again, she’d reach into her coat pocket… Pulling out a cigarette case, lighting one, and pressing it to her lips.)

Wouldn’t give up on it, though.

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

( a low hum... before taking a slow inhalation of air. slowly, the temperature rises back to a temperate level. )

I will... consider it, I suppose. not that there are many here who seem like they could handle sharing in one's troubles.

[𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 @SheWhoShallRise]

(A little chill running across her skin- Goosebumps forming. A thicker fog coming out of her mouth as she breathes...)

...Right, just consider what I say, or you'll manage to burn yourself in that icy-cage of yours.

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

I guess? I never much paid attention to the sort before, but recently I've been a bit more health and wellness conscious...

though, I wish I could eat sweets every now and then, too....

[𝘖𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘯 @onihero_]

ᅠᅠ

Ah— well. . . .
Suppose everyone possess their own
perspective and criteria on the matter.

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[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

.... well, I suppose I can't be picky, as I'm the one putting you on the spot.

[𝙆𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙖 @PaldeanCourage]

I can go to the second strongest thing. The actual strongest takes a lot of effort to reach...

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

huh? is it wrong? was I totally fooled by that nice looking massage giving lady?!

[𝘖𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘯 @onihero_]

ᅠᅠ

Is that so—?
That's an interesting way of seeing things.

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[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

( the air, already a frigid chill, seemed to drop even further. )

please don't take this the wrong way, but I would be very grateful if we stopped talking about this...

( not just seeming distant, but uncomfortable. like she cannot control herself. )

[𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 @SheWhoShallRise]

Hm…

I can’t make you do a damned thing. But isolating and distancing yourself- physically and emotionally- will only make whatever burden you have grow in a tempest of guilt.

[𝙎𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙮 @StellaHaunted]

ㅤ 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑
ㅤ 𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑚𝑦
ㅤ 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑟.

ㅤ 𝑇𝘩𝑒𝑛 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦
𝑗𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚...

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

a victim of circumstance, it seems. now, while it may be hard to fit into old clothing, I hear that shapely bodies are a sign of good health!

[𝘖𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘯 @onihero_]

ᅠᅠ

D—definitely .ᐟ.ᐟ
That's totally what happened. . .
One night. . . Yeah ( 💧)
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[quikyu @quikyu_art]

#pokemon

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

so... one night's sweet snacking session brought all that upon them?

the treats are a nasty foe, indeed...

[𝘖𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘯 @onihero_]

ᅠᅠ

Oi. . . .
Listen here. It's not every day she gets the
opportunity to indulge in the sweets.
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[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

it need not be so. to ruin another with troubles of a long forgotten era...

no, that is not my burden to share. it is my cross to bear.

and I will mind you I speak just normally, thank you very much!

[𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 @SheWhoShallRise]

...Right.

Despite that, keep one thing in mind...

You aren't alone in your burdens. A burden shared, is a burden halved.

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

just one too many...?

I think I'm suddenly grateful that the survivalist lifestyle doesn't engorge me on food, lest I stop fitting into my leotards. (💧)

[𝘖𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘯 @onihero_]

ᅠᅠ

𝘖𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦
𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘪...

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[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

the cold, the warm.. both sides appeal to me.

lock myself away with ice, as to never let another failure stain my honor again.

let the flames burn high, and let vengeance destroy everything that stands before me.

this inner turmoil... that is what I think of as a burden.

[𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 @SheWhoShallRise]

(The woman's breath visible as she exhales, now .)

I think /everyone/ wishes to be a better person then they were in days before.

It's silly to think that notion makes you more of a burden to trainers.

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

( the ambient temperature around her drops about twenty degrees. )

if that was a joke, it was in very poor taste.

[𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 @SheWhoShallRise]

...

You don't want a 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯-er, because you need to 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 first?

[#0937-ẟ @serenecoId]

having a trainer would be such trouble... after all, that would mean saddling them with the insufficient mess that is me.

I must steel myself and train harder, so one day the echoes of my past won't chain me down...