Estelle + Xiu: Unexpected Adventure!

[brandnewshoes]

Who: Estelle, Xiu
When: May 16, 2016! That's Saturday. Forward-dating!
Where: Tropical Island
Warnings: Adventure!

[Estelle told Xiu that if she ever wanted to go some place dangerous, she would tag along! She knows, on some level, that she's now a tough and more experienced Enlightened than many. She likes that part of it; helping and protecting people close to her is great. It's like going into ruins and seeing the world.]

[She hasn't been to the tropical island before. It's nice to see it, and as she walks down the beach, she takes a look around, before stretching her arms. Then she looks over her shoulder, back at Xiu.]

It's nice and warm here! Want to look around the beach or the jungle area?

[Reminds her of home, at least in that way. It's completely different in others. She flashes Xiu a grin; it's actually nice having her along for reasons besides finding exploring fun. After the incident with the gods, she'd been out of sorts, but Xiu -- even if she didn't know it, even if she didn't intend to -- helped her get a sense of peace again. Estelle owes her for that.]

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[brandnewshoes]

[Promise, when there was none before. Estelle stares for a moment -- and then she turns to look at Xiu. Her expression is drawn; a little thoughtful, too.]

That... that was pretty heavy, huh? But it sounds like he doesn't wanna kill us...

[echoingmelody]

It seems that way.

[If he did want to harm them, he probably would've, right? Xiu's just gonna take this as a really good sign.]

Can you tell me the whole story about them?

[brandnewshoes]

Yeah, of course!

[She sits down on a rock; a seat after all of that seems wise. They can keep going after the story, maybe. Estelle glances after Raikou, then she looks at Xiu.]

So... like a long time ago, humans were a lot more advanced. They had some really powerful technology. Kinda like Gigas's. You've seen that?

[echoingmelody]

[Story time! Xiu sits down too. Well, more or less. She sort of floats a couple inches off the ground. She even stops her music for the time being so she can focus on listening to Estelle.]

I heard someone mention something about Gigas back when I was in Caldera, but I don't know much more than that they're another city.

[brandnewshoes]

[She frowns. She doesn't like Gigas; her mother died because of them, she suspects. Her eyes look down.]

They use machinery, supposedly like the past... and Pokeballs. They're devices that trap Pokemon and force them to serve people. It's not like what Earthkin and Enlightened do.

[She frowns.]

They did this in the past, too. Enslaved Pokemon. It was... awful.

[echoingmelody]

[Xiu has no idea. She doesn't even remember anything about her own past.]

So they're bad guys, right? [Sounds like a close enough term to her.]

It sounds pretty bad. Were people really that bad back then?

[brandnewshoes]

Yeah. I think they're--not all of them. Some were. We don't totally know, right? But the gods...

[She frowns. Raikou confirmed this, but it's worth repeating.]

...they weren't happy. So they started destroying human civilization. All the cities now, they were made by the people who survived, somehow.

[echoingmelody]

I guess...

[Xiu nods, though. She can't believe everyone was horrible, that's just in her nature.]

They destroyed everything... [She just trails off for a moment, like something rings a bell, but she shakes her head.]

So they just want to make sure people aren't the same then.

[brandnewshoes]

...yeah. To make sure we won't enslave them. Or the other Pokemon. It's...

[She frowns. It's awful. It shouldn't happen. She knows that. But... it did and it's something they have to deal with.]

It's a bad spot for both of us to be in.

[echoingmelody]

It seems that way.

But everyone I've met so far seemed to be nice enough to their Pokémon friends.

[brandnewshoes]

Yeah... that's what I'm hoping we'll see.

[echoingmelody]

I guess we'll just have to wait and see what they decide.