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Entry tags:
- a3!: itaru chigasaki,
- baten kaitos: sagi,
- blue lock: yoichi isagi,
- buried stars: kyuhyuk lee,
- danganronpa: chiaki nanami,
- final fantasy: hythlodaeus,
- final fantasy: joscelaint grimpevers,
- kill la kill: satsuki kiryuin,
- lieat: efina,
- love live!: nozomi toujou,
- omniscient reader: dokja kim,
- omniscient reader: joonghyuk yoo,
- omniscient reader: sooyoung han,
- original: hien callias,
- persona: minato arisato,
- tsubasa reservoir chronicle: fai d. flou
DECEMBER LOG PT1
DECEMBER LOG PT1
premise ⬥ taken ⬥ faq ⬥ navigation
→ OH THANK GOD
(click to expand - the boba shop survived!!)
Sandstorms quietly continue to blow across Melona's desert, tinged black with ash carried over from the west where the volcano still intermittently sputters and spits, its hiccups and coughs darkening the sky to the west. Occasionally, a clap of thunder can be heard even as far as Melona's dome, and a shadow can be seen within the ash clouds looming above the mountains. Whispered rumors travel throughout the region, carrying warnings that "The storm is alive," remembering the destruction wrought upon Toran and the volcanic eruption two months ago that had devastated Hami, the town to the northwest. For two months, the heat and the ash had choked the skies over the mountains of Hami, but eventually, the lava stops flowing. Eventually, the skies begin to clear. Eventually, the people of Melona become curious enough— concerned enough— aware enough that their life inside their bubble that blinded them to the plights of the world at large— to start sending small groups out to Hami to see what aid, if any, they might require. The gym leader himself wanted to head the expedition, worried about his friend and fellow gym leader in the neighboring town, but he got yelled at enough for leaving his post during the last month that he reluctantly agrees to remain at the gym. Because, apparently, challenging gyms is very very important to some people, never mind the world being in a crisis and the safety of both people and Pokemon being at stake.Instead, the desert guides are the ones who lead the way to Hami, knowing the desert and the mountains and are able to carve the most direct path towards the town. Self-sufficient as the townspeople of Melona tend to be, they do not ask for volunteers to join them, but they do not turn down help either, whether from bleeding hearts who want to do everything they can to assist people in need, or those who just want to get to the next town for their badges and ribbons. Like the trek from Mango to Melona, travel to Hami also takes several days of camping, of riding upon Numel through the sand, of climbing mountains and scaling unstable cliffs because there is no well-worn path from the ground to the peak. And nestled in the middle of the mountains, where Hami is supposed to be...
Ash and cinders. A field of rubble. Skeletons of buildings jutting up out of the ground where they are half collapsed and half buried in the ground, flames licking what little wood and scraps of cloth remain and hungering to devoid the new souls that have stepped within their domain. Aside from the rescue team from Melona, there is not another soul in sight, no sound of everyday chatter in the distance nor husks of bodies left charred on the ground. In this town laid to ruin, a single building has been left relatively untouched by the flow of lava that had run through its streets and washed away all its people. The sign hanging above the front door, blackened at the edges, reads: "Hami Boba." Inside, a single worker in uniform can be seen slumped over the counter, who is startled so badly when the door opens that she falls off her stool and blanches as if she'd seen a ghost— which is exactly what she thought, because who else would be here in Hami after everything that had happened? The volcano had erupted two months ago, she explains, all of the sudden without warning and most of the townspeople were forced to leave. Others stayed behind, those with rock and ground Pokemon who weren't bothered by the heat, or those with water and ice Pokemon who were willing to tough it out to battle the lava and the flames in an effort to save their town. This war against nature lasted over a month, and nobody ever came to their aid... But eventually, it became clear that their greatest threat came from the sky, from the ash that fell upon the land like a woolen blanket and smothered all the air, driving the last of the resistance fighters out.
In the end, the only person left in the entire town was her. The boba shop was constructed with the nearby volcano in mind, and there is no lack of things to eat inside the shop when there was only herself to ration for, but the funny thing is... even though she was stuck indoors and was horrifyingly lonely, she could feel a cool breeze pass through the shop every once in a while, and the air remained fresh. It felt as if there were something watching over her, she explains shyly, and there must have been, because she held onto that hope all this time and her patience finally paid off. Her first customers in two months!! Would they like some boba? The store's specialty is Shuckle berry juice boba! The stamps are a little dried out, but you get a cute red Slugma stamp for visiting this shop.
→ WELCOME TO THE NEW HAMA
(click to expand - it's free to live out here)
So, there's that. There is no town, not really. No gym, no contest hall. But the Melona guides aren't satisfied with leaving it at that, so they stock up on all the Shuckle berry juice boba they can carry and continue their search for the town's residents. They offer up Abras to teleport anybody who doesn't want to continue back to Melona, and then split into small groups to spread out across the mountainside, winding around smoldering lava lakes and trudging through paths knee high in ash. Here and there, all across the mountain range, small campsites can be seen. Up on a ledge on the cliffside, a group of people can be seen foraging berries alongside some wild Mankey. Out in the open in a valley, another group of people are seen roasting meat and nuts over several wild Torkoals' backs. At the base of one of the mountains, another group of people and Machop are hard at work breaking large boulders into smaller pieces to build shelter. Rather than having relocated to a single area, the people of Hami seem to have scattered to live in the mountains, welcome enough to the Melona guides and those who accompany them but denying that they need any help or expressing any real desire to reform a central town. There is no need, after all. Everything they need to live on is provided by the land and the wild Pokemon who share not only their habitat, but where to find food and water, and keep them warm and safe through the night. The volcano still grumbles from time to time, the seas around them continue to churn with relentless whirlpools, and sandstorms rage in the east towards Melona. But right now, they're just trying to live day by day.While there is no main town any longer, the people do come together from time to time in the valley to share resources and spread news, and once a week, they sit together under the stars and hold Pokemon Contests on a stage that is nothing more than a large, wide slab of rock. The gym leader, Tsubomi, specializes in both fire and fighting type Pokemon and honors battles wherever she is challenged. Because of the lack of a gym building, she might need to be tracked down, though she is easier to find than Konoha, often making set rounds from group to group, checking up on the townspeople spread across the mountains. Central to all the campsites are natural hot springs, and both people and wild Pokemon come here to submerge themselves in the steaming waters and rejuvenate after a long, hard day. When the first of the rescue team arrives at the hot springs, two familiar faces are seen: a girl with pink hair and a boy with blue hair. Nanami opens her eyes blearily and pats Minato on the face. He looks up at the group and goes, "Hey. What's up?"
→ AW NUTS...
(click to expand - you really should have done something about that volcano)
A couple nights into the month, a shooting star is spotted streaming across the sky and disappearing into the waters to the southwest.The ground shakes.
In the dead of night, the sky is lit up with a spew of fire that bursts out of the volcano hundreds of meters in the air, black smoke billowing up into the air in thick clouds, the mountains hacking up ash and molten rock. Screams can be heard throughout the mountain range as lava rushes down the slopes, people trying to grab what little they have left for a second time— though many already have nothing left but their lives. Wild Pokemon flee from the mountains in herds, heading for the desert to face the sandstorms rather than being consumed by flame.
The ground shakes. It cracks.
Desert becomes beach as the sand spills into the water, the cusp between mountain and desert becoming a chasm driven deep into the water as the Hami mountains break away and start sinking into the sea.
→ MOD NOTES
⬥ For the sake of timelines, the Melona guides first head for Hami on December 3, the volcano erupts on December 5, and Hami subsequently becomes its own island on December 6. Destruction and evacuation can be played out however you want, but the boba shop remains standing in the end. The building is in impeccable condition. Not even the ash sticks to it.
⬥ Please make note of the new investigation form in the toplevel below, involving investigation style.
⬥ The second event log will go up on December 15.
⬥ Please make note of the new investigation form in the toplevel below, involving investigation style.
⬥ The second event log will go up on December 15.
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Does that mean I get to ask you again? If 'tis still my turn, then I pick truth as well.
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What's your favorite pasttime? Other than debating...
[ So he'd rather get to know Hythlo more instead of trying to bait him into embarrassing answers. ]
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A favourite pastime... I enjoy quite a lot of things! Gaining new knowledge is always interesting, and I am rather partial to the kind that is more exciting than practical. I prefer to observe the beauty of the world, after all.
[He hums for a moment.]
... Mayhaps that is my favourite pastime. Finding, creating beautiful things, committing them to memory. I've never been the most practical man, you see. But Hades is... so I've always been a foible to him of sorts.
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For the sake of aesthetics, huh? It's nice to see pretty things once in a while...
PLEASE PRETEND I DON'T FORGET HOW TO ENGLISH SOMETIMES OH MY GOD,,,
[He laughs.]
Now, I believe 'tis your turn to choose.
that could have been a real word and i wouldnt have known
[ Hopefully, it won't be so bad... ]
it is but it definitely doesnt mean foil o(---(
I dare you to admit you are a good person worthy of being loved.
Its okay....
I'm a person that's worthy of being loved.
[ ... ]
Though you don't need any worth to be loved in the first place.
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You missed "good"! But I do agree. Or rather... I think everyone inherently has worth. Just for being themselves.
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He closes his eyes and breathes out. ]
It's just a matter of what you do with that worth.
[ He doesn't have to, but he downs the shot anyway. ]
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[He smiles as he asks, but he feels a little guilty. The fact that Hien took a shot he didn't need makes him worry that he might have touched upon an uncomfortable topic.]
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[ He takes another shot. ]
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Have you got someone in mind, Hien?
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No... I just... well...
[ He quietly breathes in. ]
A lot of people are like that, no matter what world I go to.
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I see... It does sound sad to me. [He pauses.] Back home... we strove to realize the potential everyone had. But as I spend time here, I come to realize that mortal people have many complexities to deal with, and all too little time to do so.
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[ It's just something that peeves him, and Hien certainly lived up to his standards--learning all sorts of skills with the seemingly infinite amount of time he had, but he still wouldn't call himself smart. ]
Some people are just like that.
[ He sighs and rests his head near Hythlo's shoulder if he can even reach it while sitting. ]
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Do you think it could change? I want to at least think that people inherently wish to be their best selves.
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Hien quietly sighs and takes another swig. ]
Everyone is different. People do that. They want to get better. But not everyone does.
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...Do you think things could have been different for those people? 'Tis strange for me indeed to think that the impulse for self-betterment is not universal, but I've at least come to realize there is indeed much I do not know.
[The question is asked genuinely - he does want to learn, one way or another. Hythlo also reaches for a glass to pour himself a shot: it feels weird to leave Hien the only one drinking.]
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[ Hien knows that very well, having seen so many variants of his other selves in so many universes and how they all turned out to be different depending on the circumstances. ]
That's why seeing people happy... makes me feel happy too.
[ He drinks another shot. ]
Because knowing something exists and seeing it are two different things, and seeing happiness for myself gives me some hope that there are people out there, who aren't miserable all the time.
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Then I think I ought to be extra happy to make up for the worries I've caused you.
[It's affectionate rather than self-blaming, though, and Hythlo clinks his glass against Hien's before downing it.]
Here's to being happier, both of us.
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[ Hien smiles a little before downing the shot again. He didn't drink that many, but he had two other threads where he drank a lot, so he looks rather sleepy again as he leans on Hythlo. He closes his eyes and Hythlo can feel him relax when his shoulders drop. ]
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Sleep well.