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[He shrugs, apparently not entirely sure on the whole no dying thing in this place himself.]

I guess we just pop up at the Pokémon Center instead of dying if something happens to us. I don't know how that works, but that's what's supposed to happen.

[Narancia's never tested that out to see how true it is, nor does he want to. You'll just have to take his word for it.

Meanwhile, Tartufo chases after Buttons, easily drawn into the game of trying to catch her tail.]

I... I see.

[OKAY WELL he is just fine never testing that himself, thanks.

Buttons, meanwhile, is pausing just long enough for Tartufo to catch up before scampering off again--except this time she's not looking where she's going and ends up bonking into Narancia's leg. Oops.]

It's really weird, huh?

[Narancia would explain more about this place, but he's cut off when Buttons runs into his leg, pulling his attention away.]

Huh? Hey, look where you're going there! [He's not being mean to Buttons, he's just startled.

Tartufo, taking the opportunity, rushes to catch up and bat at Buttons' tail while the chance is there.]

Definitely weird.

[But then oops. Buttons looks up at Narancia, staring for a moment or two... before letting out a a squeaky "mya!" and going back to playing with Tartufo.

Bruno allows himself a chuckle at the sight and murmuring a "be more careful" to the Skitty before returning his attention to Narancia.]

You were saying?

[Narancia watches the two Pokémon play for a moment as well, waving Tartufo off to keep playing with Buttons before returning his focus to Bruno.]

Anyway, weird stuff happens here all the time. Prom just happened, that's some sort of magnet for weird stuff every year and this time it was asshole birds, there was that time we got bodyswapped with our Pokémon, the giant Braviary that just showed up one day...

[In other words, there's a lot that happens here.]

[That's... a lot to take in, Bruno's quiet as he listens, nodding along.]

Sounds like it's never really boring around here--or if it does get that way, it doesn't stay that way for long.

Edited 2022-05-06 11:32 (UTC)

No, it's never boring. When nothing weird's happening, I've been going around to get badges from the gyms, I've got three so far! [He pulls out three badges to show them off with a grin, apparently quite proud of this accomplishment.]

Hey, what are you going to do now that you're here? [Narancia wants to know.]

Well, I've been thinking about it, and trying for badges myself might not be a bad idea. Might as well, at least.

[But, uh, mostly he just wants to stick with Narancia as much as possible for the time being.]

Nice! [Narancia's excited to hear this.] There's supposed to be sixteen badges, plus an Elite Four if you collect all of them!

[Narancia, being Narancia, wants to see if he can get that far. He's confident he can, of course.]

Might as well see how far we can get, right?

[Bruno has to admit, he's rather intrigued by the thought.]

Yup! [And Narancia's determined enough to push for those badges!

What else should he tell Bruno...]

Oh yeah, there's there two - Carly and Jolyne - who helped me when I got here with having somewhere to go and all that. They're living in the Sevii Isles, but I can go hang out with them if I want to stop travelling for a bit. [Yes, Narancia pretty much got adopted. Isn't that great?

...What's not so great is what Narancia asks next.]

...By the way, did you beat the boss? I don't know if you did or not because I was brought here in the middle of everything.

[He's nodding along to the first part, Bruno's very glad to hear Narancia got pretty much adopted while he was here.

But before Bruno can remark on the first part, before he can tell Narancia he'd like to meet Carly and Jolyne sometime--

--comes the question.]

[Oh, this is a conversation he knew was inevitable, that he knew was going to have to be had at some point.

He knew it was probably going to be early on into meeting with Narancia like this.

But he's not sure there's anything that could've prepared him for actually trying to have this conversation. He's not ready.

It's taken him so off-guard, he can't even really scramble to remain composed, and there's a couple of false starts, where Bruno opens his mouth to answer, but no words come out. Where he's not sure how the hell he's supposed to put this, when he doesn't have an answer either--]

[He takes a breath, and closes his eyes.]

... I don't know. I was brought here before things ended.

[... Sometimes simple is best.]

Edited 2022-05-11 07:40 (UTC)

...Damn it. [So Bruno doesn't know either. Then again, there was that pause, and Narancia's not an idiot, he knows that something isn't right with Bruno's reaction.]

What happened before that? I...the last thing I remember is saying that I wanted to go back to school, and then I was here. Were we getting close?

[... Well.]

I did what I could to give the others an opportunity. That's when I was brought here... I can only hope it'll help at this point.

[Bruno knows Narancia's not an idiot, and... He knows he can't keep everything to himself forever.

But there's really no tactful way to put the things he's trying to avoid.]

What happened, Bruno?

[Something happened, and Narancia wants to know what. It doesn't sound like the group lost, but what exactly did happen?

[He can't avoid it forever, no matter how much he wants to.

... Best to just... get this over with, then.]

You died, Narancia. And so did I.

...What?

[Give him a moment.]

We're dead?! I don't remember dying, how...

[And now it's hit. He's predictably not taking it well.]

... It happened really quickly. I'm sorry.

[There was a reason he kept being cagey, Narancia!!

But now... he doesn't know what to do. He wants to say something else, but he's just... at a loss.]

Fucking damn it! [Meanwhile, Narancia's really not taking the news well, slipping into anger at not being able to avoid death.]

Was it the boss?! I'll kill him if I see him! [That might not be the wisest idea. Or possible, since people don't die here.]

["Narancia, you said it yourself that people don't die here"

... is what he wants to say, but he can't bring himself to say it.]

Narancia...

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