ordalias | [Action | Video for Goldenrod City]

Entry tags:

[Action | Video for Goldenrod City]

[ It's the morning and Xion dreams.

It's all vague, really. Images with little discernible familiarity. Doesn't mean that some of them don't. She dreams of a boy with short, red hair; of two short swords of black and white. She dreams of... Lightning-- in armor. She dreams of speaking with someone blonde - Namine? - but the sounds are jumbled, but she can hear clashing of steel and armor grating, and red-

-she dreams of Axel. Chakrams wreathed in flames coming at her. His grin- "Got it memorized?" There's Roxas, and the times they ate ice cream together. The last time they did. "This is why I was created."

Created, and yet she looks like Kairi. Ah, Kairi. She dreams of the time they spoke. Friends disappear. Friends are disappearing. Sora disappears; Sora comes back. That's right, she was created to absorb power-

"You were always a failure to begin with."

She was defeated. She couldn't win. "--sham. Worthless." There's a feeling of hopelessness and despair. It's a different scenario, but the feeling is the same. She can't help her friends-

She lets out a scream, both in her dream of memories and in the real world as she snaps awake, bolting upright in her bed. ]

-ah! [ Realizing what she's doing, Xion clamps a hand over her mouth and hopes no one heard that. She's still in the Breeding Center. She's... safe, yet cold sweat drips down her face. ]

Nngh... [ She holds her head after briefly looking out the window. Still early, but her mind and her... her heart are racing wildly. But her thoughts are interrupted by a snapping sound of an egg cracking open. Beside her, the mystery egg she found over a week ago is hatching, and after a few moments... this rolls out of the remnants of the shell, almost flopping as it blindly moves on the bed.

Forgetting her earlier thoughts, Xion scrambles to get the Gear and pop it open. ]

[ Video ]

"Deino, the Irate Pokemon. They cannot see, so they tackle and bite to learn about their surroundings. Their bodies are covered in wounds."

... huh. I've never head of this one before... --Wait, it's covered in wounds?

[ Forgetting that it just hatched, Xion focuses on that detail a little more than necessary and inches closer to the rolling Deino. It did pause when Xion spoke and is cautiously sniffing the air as Xion holds up a hand closer to it. ]

Is it really hurt?

[ Once her hand is close enough, the Deino sniffs, pauses, and opens its mouth- ]

Ow!

[ Welcome to Xion's life, Deino! ]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ Pauses, blinking, then looks away for a moment. ] I just get bad dreams sometimes.

[ "Sometimes." ]

[ Well, at least Xion isn't brushing her off or lying to her. Fang's never been much of a nightmare person herself - Vanille always seemed to have enough for the both of them, and that's what Fang's used to dealing with. Maker, she hates communicating over the 'gear sometimes, no matter how convenient it is. ]

Going from that to this must've been a real treat.

[ It's open ended, a softball of a statement, letting Xion choose whether to expand on the nightmare or not. Pushing her on it feels too much like prying for Fang's comfort - everyone has some secrets, after all. ]

[ She recognizes what the comment is trying to go for and grins a bit, letting out an amused huff. ]

Compared to the dreams, at least I can do something about this one. [ Gestures at the Deino. ]

[ She nods, accepting Xion's choice. Just don't think Fang's going to forget about this! ]

See if ya can't train him outta biting people before introducing me to him, would ya?

[ Of course she wouldn't. Attentive Big Sis is a go! ]

Could I really do that, though? The PokeDex said that was the way they got about to getting familiar with their surroundings.

[ Don't make her come back there. ]

He can feel things out with his mouth without actually biting down.

[ You have other priorities! ]

So the biting's just... a part of his species?

[ Once she gets access to Fly you will never be able to stop her. ]

What'd you call him? "Irate"? Considering my girl's a "tusk pokemon", yeah, I'd say it's part of his species.

[ Unfortunately, the Axew turns when she hears that, the sudden movement startling Light into letting off a spark. The Axew flinches away, stumbles over the Larvitar lump, and the end of Fang's bed erupts into chaos. Fang sighs. So goes her morning. ]

[ Not unless she gets Fly, too. Hah! ]

Ah, are your Pokemon okay, Fang? It looks like-

[ At that exact moment, her Deino's just finished mauling the poor pillow and is tackling Xion in the side, to which she cries out. ]

[ Like she won't follow you all over Johto and Kanto. Fang's about to reply that she's pretty sure they're fine because her morning has consisted entirely of rambunctious newly-hatched Pokemon, but the question becomes moot once Xion gets tackled.

Because Fang bolts forward with a shout, as if she could actually do anything, scaring all of her Pokemon into stopping and looking at her. ]

Xion!

[ Considering Xion scooted up near the edge of the bed, the resulting tackle makes her flail and successfully have her fall in a heap beside the bed and out of view of the Gear, which she dropped in surprise.

Thud!

Now the Deino is sort of... circling around the bed, chomping on air. She heard a strange sound! Something fell, but something's still making noise! ]

[ Fang's talking and keeping a close eye on the Deino even as she's up and moving, tossing stuff into her backpack without any of her usual care. ]

Xion, you got ten seconds to tell me you're alright.

[ Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. ]

I'm fine, really!

[ And up pops Xion, but she's staying away from the bed. 'Course, that doesn't stop the Deino from going towards the closest thing that's making sounds. ]

[ She drops her backpack and sits back down on the edge of the bed, suddenly finding herself with anxious Pokemon that she needs to reassure. ]

Watch your friend. I'm gonna get ya leather arm guards or something.

[ Along with the gloves, might help! ]

[ Xion nods, and stares at the Deino coming close to her... but of course, since she can't see, it topples over the side, and Xion's first instinct is to catch it with her arms. Despite the whole fiasco just now, Xion holds up her Deino carefully. ]

Hey, come on. Watch out, okay?

[ At first, it looks like the Deino is about to bite her arm, but... she squirms, but does nothing more. Xion blinks. ]

... huh. I wonder what happened?

[ Fang tips her head, watching. Light has draped herself across Fang's lap, perhaps half hoping it'll stop Fang from jumping up like that again. For her sake, hopefully she's right. ]

Maybe he's learned who you are already? I wouldn't think he could do that just by bitin' your hand; there's a lot more to ya than that.

[ Poor Deino. Eventually they will figure out that she's female. ]

More to me? What do you mean?

[ Rawr! Hearing the way she's addressed, the Deino starts biting at the air, towards the hand where Xion's holding the Gear at a distance. ]

Think about it: if you couldn't see, would you be able to tell what a human was just by touching their hand?

[ Fang notices that, but misinterprets it. She does grin at the Deino, more relaxed now that it's apparently not going to attack Xion. ]

Sorry, I'm not actually there for ya to nibble on.

That's true. I guess being up against my body is making him realize what I really am.

[ Now Xion's onto it! That gets her a brief bite on the arm from the Deino which only surprises Xion rather than actually hurting her. ]

Ack, what was that for?

[ She shrugs, having no better idea than Xion. ]

Maybe just testing it out. Or tryin' to get an idea of what hurts and what doesn't? It'd help if we could understand them as well as they understand us.

[ With that said, Xion stares down at her Deino for a moment. The Deino squirms in her hold, twisting and turning her body this way and that. And then, despite Fang's warning earlier... Xion holds up her hand to the Deino's head again.

This time, though, the Deino rubs against her hand. This hand is attached to the body! ]

... huh.

[ That resolves it in her mind. The Deino's learned who Xion is, between the bite and the tackle. Legs might still be a mystery, but... ]

Pretty smart guy you got there. Think he's got it figured out.

[ And that comment proceeds to have the Deino try and snap at the Gear again. Xion can only frown in worry and confusion. ]

But he keeps trying to bite you for some reason. Why would he- hey! [ Again, the Deino bites on her arm for the misconceived notion of her gender. It does make Xion pause, though. There's a pattern. ]

Hmm...

And that was a compliment too.

[ Fang hasn't been keeping close enough track of the conversation to put it together. She's been more worried watching the Deino up to this point. ]

What're you thinking?

I just noticed... Um. Hm. What if he doesn't like being called a "he-" [ And this ends in another small cry as her Deino bites again. ]

I knew it!

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject