002 // A TRIUMPHANT RETURN (Video)

[bladeisme]

[Today, a face that hasn't been seen in a while pops up. Orange hair and his brown, eastern style looks-like-a-honedge's-scabbard clothes can be seen, before he adjusts his hair 'hand' that has the band on it in order to see his face more easily. Behind him are the familiar sights of Union, although he's clearly more close to Ninetails Vale than anything else. He also doesn't seem bothered by the cold at all]

Ah, hey!

[He smiles briefly, jerkily raising up one of his arms in order to mechanically wave at the camera.]

I'm back. A lot of you probably don't remember me, but...I kind of spent a month up in the mountains after the whole dream thing. Trying to get a little stronger...you know.

[He reaches up to scratch at the back of his head, and while the movement is slow and mechanical, he at least seems much more comfortable with it than he was when he first arrived.]

So, uh....I guess I'm asking if anything happened while I was gone. Yeah, I should've kept checking the band, but...I guess I just forgot.

[Something attracts his attention, and he turns his head automatically - and there's only a little jerkiness as he does so.]

Oh yeah, what's with all the lights? Another holiday? Man, you guys sure like your holidays...

[After a moment, he shakes his head.]

I think that's it for now. -OH, yeah! Maya, is it still alright if I stay with you guys? I still haven't figured out how to go back to being a pokemon yet, but...if your rooms are full up or something, I'll figure something else out.

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Video.

[future_sight]

You're staying with Mayocchi? I didn't realize.

[bladeisme]

Uh...yeah. I am. And you are...?

[SORRY HE HAS A BAD MEMORY FOR NAMES AND FACES WHOOPS]

[future_sight]

I don't think we've met. I'm her cousin, Nozomi.

[bladeisme]

Oh!

[Wow, Maya has a lot of cousins.]

Nice to meet you. I'm Ichigo- Kurosaki Ichigo, but just Ichigo is fine.

[future_sight]

Nice to meetcha!

How'd you meet my cousin?

[bladeisme]

Well, a kid named Norman invited me to stay there - at the school, I mean. I met Maya, and she didn't seem opposed to the idea, so...

[future_sight]

Oh, Norman! He's another cousin of mine. [Basically the Fey family is huge.]

Mayocchi's like that. She likes to adopt people.

[bladeisme]

....How many people are even in your family?

[EVERYWHERE HE LOOKS, IT'S NOTHING BUT FEYS.]

Heh, you're telling me. She's pretty nice, though.

[future_sight]

Well, technically I'm adopted but, mmmm. You know, I don't really know either.

[ Smile. ]

She is, but don't tell her I said that. It's a cousin thing.

[bladeisme]

Adopted?

[Well that's....interesting. He wonders what's going on with that, but he'll try not to pry.]

Alright, I won't say a word. My lips are sealed.

[future_sight]

My parents died out in the wilds when I was younger. The Toujou family took me in.

[ She smiles. ]

Good, I appreciate it.

[bladeisme]

They-

[Oh. Oh...wow.]

...I'm sorry to hear that.

[Losing family...that had to be painful.]

[future_sight]

[ She smiles warmly. ]

It's okay. I was pretty young when it happened. I miss them a lot, but it doesn't hurt as much anymore.

[bladeisme]

That's good.

[He falls silent, before-]

....I don't...really remember mine. My family, I mean. I remember I had one, but...I can't remember their faces, or even their names.

[future_sight]

You don't remember them at all?

[bladeisme]

I...not really. I remember I had a dad...and two sisters...

[He frowns, narrowing his eyes as he tries to remember. But...it's like their faces are blanked out, and he can't even begin to remember their names.

Ultimately, he shakes his head.]

...but that's it.

[future_sight]

I'm sorry.