No.21706
>>21705Are you sure? Even behind your eyelids, you can see that the sun shines bright.
The rain's scent invigorates you, while the flowers help you focus. You feel mighty, ready to do something, anything.
No.21707
>>21706Of course, I am going to do something great!
Let's open my eyes and see the path..
No.21708
>>21707You face straight up into the rain and sun and open your eyes, for the first time.
A rainbow! The sunlight filtering through water has created an image of a myriad colours, the first thing you see. It's warn even with water washing over you.
You look around you. Gentle mountains are in the distance as the fertile grounds for forests teeming with life. You're on top of one such mountain, and in the valleys below you see rivers fed by the waterfall next to you. Flowers bloom on the ground, awakening as you do.
No.21709
>Cello
You just treated everyone to food at a restaurant! you spent the day training Tina, swimming with Nadia, and walking with your shinx. It's the evening now, and there's no more sunlight. Going for a walk?
No.21710
>>21708Incredible! I try to move toward the waterfall, scoop out some of its water.
No.21711
>>21709Yep. And let's release the misdreavous to walk(Or float) around with me. I haven't paid her much mind since I caught her and maybe it's time to change that. Maybe she'll like the town during the evening!
No.21712
>>21710That you do, securing yourself on the rocks near the waterfall. The water pooled in your hand is cool, and doesn't flow out of your hands as long as you keep them secure.
>>21711Who knows? You let her out for a walk. Got any places in mind? the malls and most shops are closing now.
No.21713
>>21712I wonder if.. Yes. I will taste the water.
No.21714
>>21712Dang. There goes my plans of getting something nice for Jasper…
Ah well, let's see if I can find a park of sorts to walk with her
No.21715
>>21713You open your mouth and drink the water.
The first taste your tongue experiences is a cleansing one, washing away the grime and dirt that came with your birth. It flows into you and courses about your body, soothing aches and repairing the tiny strains and wear you've put on your new body.
You've heard, touched, smelt, seen and tasted. You feel truly awake now, and can do as you please in this new life. You have an urge to grow, in some way. But how?
No.21716
>>21714Some shops are still open, if you want that!
But the park at night is nice too.
No.21717
>>21715Grow? Growth.
I need to get taller, better. Higher up!
Go to the highest point, the top of this mountain.
No.21718
>>21716Maybe another day…
''And here we are. You look like you'd enjoy a walk in a park at night, right Misdreavous?''
To be honest I have no idea what ghost types usually enjoy…
No.21719
>>21717Going new places is one way to grow!
But it's not easy. The path to the peak is steep and overgrown. You have to claw your way upwards through all this.
>>21718Misdreavus does a flip in midair.
Ghost types are quite the mystery. Maybe you could focus your work on observing yours!
No.21720
>>21719True, I could learn some things from her
Hmmn, when I found her, she gave me quite the scare… Maybe if…
''How about we play a little game of hide and seek, eh?''
No.21721
>>21719I am determined, and the feeling of being up there will be worth it.
No.21722
>>21721You should be! Many others want to reach the top. You need to want it more than they do.
To climb up, you need to use the plants as footing and grips. You use them to climb up a steep cliff face Some of them are uprooted from the force, and are left to fall away far below where you can no longer see them. All of them want to chase the rain and sun, but not all of them can make it. Just like not everyone could be born after leaving the safety of their parent, but you made it anyway.
No.21723
>>21720Ghost types are more attuned to human minds, so Midreavus gets the gist even if another freshly caught Pokemon wouldn't understand. Who's going to hide?
No.21724
>>21723So… A kind of telepathic bond?
I'll hide first
''Stay here and count to twenty!''
Now let's find a good hiding place
'1d10'
Roll #1 10 = 10 No.21725
>>21722The fact those plants could be me, its a little intimidating, but I have to keep going to the top, holding strong to anything I can.
No.21726
>>21724Probably not. More like ghost pokemon need a basic understanding of humans to survive more than others.
You find a dark place to hide! You slip under a bush and lay quiet. Nothing should be able to see you! you've made sure to silence and turn off all lights on you too.
No.21727
>>21726Hehehe, she'll never find me here in this dark bush! Now to wait…
No.21728
>>21725You press on. the path upwards takes you next to the waterfall, whose mist envelops and soothes you while you pull up strength within you to keep going.
At last, you poke your head over the top! Sunlight that peeked around the cliff face blasts you almost in full, blocked only by the berry trees bearing bountiful fruit. At the very top here, feeding the waterfall, is a spring filled with lotuses. ripe for bathing in to take away the aches.
This looks like a perfect place to build up a home for a new life. That's a kind of growth, too.
No.21729
>>21727Misdreavus floats around, and immediately turns to you once she gets in sight. Then she just floats to you and boos.
Hiding from her didn't work at all!
No.21730
>>21728A home? I can picture it actually, a nice round cabin, covered in vines, a little garden next to this spring, and the berry tree here would be next to my front door..
No.21731
>>21729''H-hey, how did you find me so fast?''
I get out of the bush ''Aw man, I thought I had the perfect spot…''
No.21732
>>21731Maybe ghosts don't need vision or light to sense. Want to try again?
>>21730You imagine it in your mind, and slowly an idea of how to make it stirs. You dig a garden near the spring and gather seeds to plant, pouring love into each to bloom into beautiful flowers and delicious vegetables. You need wood for your cabin, and for that you cut down the trees that don't have long left, anyway. Their own request is that you take their seeds so they children can live on, and you do that to plant a few more shoots in better places, one right where your front door would be.
Roll for your house's quality!
No.21733
>>21732Yes, but this time have her count to 30 as I hide reaaaally far this time
'1d10'
Roll #1 4 = 4 No.21734
>>21732'1d20'
Roll #1 5 = 5 No.21735
>>21734It's not the best looking house, nor the most luxurious, but it's one that you made yourself. It's simple, but it'll hold up in even the roughest storm, protect you when the sunlight is harsh, and likely withstand the ages as long as you continue to live here.
You feel tired. You don't have the energy you once had. Maybe it's time to settle down and rest? You've spent a long time working on this home making sure that it will last ages.
No.21736
>>21733You run behind a thick lead container. It's pretty dark here, but you're not as well hidden as before.
You hear Misdreavus giggling as she goes around to find you. She's closer than when she detected you just now! But somehow, she can't find you yet.
No.21737
>>21735Perhaps.. just a small nap will do.
I did make a nice bed here, the window has a good view.
No.21738
>>21737It's so nice to lie in! You can watch as the world around you livens up. Your garden grows bountiful thanks to your love. the plants help purify the spring water, keeping the waterfall clean. The trees you planted grow to hold together the soil, making sure the mountain isn't weathered away. All fed by the same sun and clouds that chnage with the passing seasons.
When you wake up, though, you don't feel as good as you were at your peak. It has been a long time since you first awoke from the soil. Very long. Maybe you're never going to get that same energy back.
No.21739
>>21736You're doing a good job of keeping your mind silent, Cello. You can hear Misdreavus going around looking for you and spooking a few people, but she still hasn't sensed you.
No.21740
>>21738I just need to keep active, maybe a nice pokemon to walk will get my energy back.
No.21741
>>21740Of course! Lily's been here too, walking with you as a strong, experienced Sceptile. Like you, though, she doesn't have the energy to fly on the treetops like she once did, or walk endless on the mountain trains. The walks keep both of you healthy, but slowly you feel the years close in on you.
A few young Treecko share some of their energy, though! Your home has become a gathering place for the young Pokemon brave enough to make it up. These Treecko tend to your gardens, cook your meals and tend to you in times of sickness.
The days have been getting shorter and shorter. The hot winds fade as autumn comes, and you no longer have the strength to leave your garden. Your Grovyles bring you stories of their adventures from a far, though! it doesn't feel like you're missing out.
No.21742
>>21741Such good pokemon.
It even seems like they know how to care for this little cabin. I don't have much to worry about like this.. but did I really live in harmony with pokemon?
No.21743
>>21742That's a question only you can answer. The pokemon you've cared for are happy and fit to go out into the world like you did. This place will be well-taken care of.
The winter closes in, and the tree leaves are fully shed. The flowers wither away and are bury by cold snow. You can't get out of bed any more.
It feels so nice here. Maybe it's fine to close your eyes. Everything is settled, isn't it?
No.21744
>>21743Just sleep in bed.. I'm really that tired?
Even thou its winter, I just need to look, one more time, at that spring. I get Lily and urge her to go with me, she'll understand. Maybe get those little Treecko to help out.
No.21745
>>21744With the help of the now-Grovyles, you and Lily make it through the winter. They feed you, clothe you, keep your warm and wash you even when you've withered like the grass in the cold.
Your beds are carried out in the first day of spring, when the shoots have risen out of the ground again and the sun has been reborn anew. More Treeckos peek out of their burrows in the trees, newborn ones who are seeing their first day of spring as well. they surround your and Lily's bed, paying their respects. This year, the garden is going to bloom even prettier.
No.21746
>>21745I can't help but feel joy and pride overflowing. I tell the pokemon how proud I am of them. Then I can truly rest. A tear streaming down my face as I close my eyes.
No.21747
>>21746No,! Don't go! You hear them say as you lay down and close your eyes. But this is how things have to be, isn't it? It will take them a while to understand, but they're proof that you're still with them. The house that you built, the garden you planted, the clean water, and them. One they they'll understand that if they miss you, all they have to do is look around them.
The light fades as the rain comes to send you off, comforting your transition. Slowly, your senses return. You're enclosed in blooming vines, forming a protective cocoon around you. As you and Lily awaken, the vines withdraw into the ground, uncoiling from your limbs.
No.21748
>>21747Whoa, there were vines around me? Touch my arms in worry. "…Lily? Are you okay?"
No.21749
>>21748The vines were protecting you! They're gone now, though, except for a single branch on the ground bearing a flower bud. A glass jar has been placed to your side, big enough to fit the branch in.
Lily looks fine… until you look at her face. She's teary eyed! She immediately rushes to you for a hug.
No.21750
>>21749I hug her back.
"You saw it too? The mountain? The spring?"
A jar.. I suppose that means I should take this flower.
No.21751
>>21750Mmhmm. She was there with you.
Rolling for her hug quality '1d20'
Roll #1 19 = 19 No.21752
>>21751Super comfy! Lily pressing against you lets you know how she feels. She can feel you too, and that makes both of you feel better. You can feel her heartbeat slow down as she keeps herself wrapped around you.
And yes. There's something about this branch. It'll make a good souvenir, anyway.
No.21753
>>21752"The best thing I noticed there, was that we were together." I grin at her with confidence.
"We conquered a mountain together Lily. We can do anything."
Let her go when she's ready, and put the flowing branch into the jar.
No.21754
>>21753Hold on, there's something she wants to try. Lily takes on a strange stance, and a column of green leaves sprouts from the ground!
Lily has learned Grass Pledge!
[PAUSED]
No.21812
>>21736>>21739That's strange… How come she hasn't found me? Does she detects life differently? Could it be that this lead is disrupting her? Is it the darkness? GRAHHHH So many questions! Ghost types are really hard to understand…
