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[a_gentle_boy]

[action, Residential District]
[Sometime in the early evening, there comes a brief rumble of footsteps from one of the towers in the shabbier part of the Residential District before the door bursts open and a small horde of Pokemon stampedes out.

This is shortly followed by a roiling cloud of smoke and a young teenaged boy carrying a pan of fire. ...It was probably a pan of something meant to be edible at some point, but now it's mostly just a pan of fire.

He lobs it as far away from them as possible the moment he makes it to relative safety, coughing and spluttering.]

Someone use Water Gun!

[Sentret, Teddiursa, Togetic, Drifloon, Purrloin, Bagon, Espeon, and Cottonee slowly turn to stare at their trainer.]

...I've got to make friends with a Water type.

[While he works on that, he takes off his oven mitts and begins to beat at the flames with them instead. Good thing cobblestone isn't flammable. ...Well. It's probably not.]


[video, public, much later]
Hi, everyone. ...Um.

It's been a while since everything that happened now. I hope everyone's been able to recover from their injuries - if you still need medical assistance for any reason, please come by the Medical Center. Or I'd be happy to come over and see you, too.

I guess I wanted to ask... what exactly was Sanctuary making and who... saw them? I didn't really understand too much of what was going on, but I feel like... we ought to be telling the Council how we feel about all of this, too, right? Won't they be taking some part in the decisions, too?

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[a_gentle_boy]

Ooh...

[He allows a suitably impressed sound to pass from his mouth.]

Was this the war? Or -- no, that was longer than a year ago now.

[rainsrespite]

Oh no, I just...didn't really go out much. I was still kinda finding my feet after school.

[a_gentle_boy]

I see.

Well, nobody really left the city much besides the Rangers back before a few years ago, either. I was only outside because my parents were.

Rangers, I mean.

[rainsrespite]

Well, that's...I did not know that.

[She herself is wearing a Ranger patch on her arm. A more recent member.]

One of the outposts?

[a_gentle_boy]

Uh-huh.

[He hadn't noticed it, as they've been on video and the quality isn't the best. Yuuna will probably recognize that she hasn't met anyone who might have identified themselves as Lucas's parents.]

One of the furthest outposts in the Forest at the time. Actually, we even lived there together in a little cabin because my parents knew their territory so well - the Pokemon didn't mind us, either.

[He sounds a lot more cheerful when he's on this topic. ...Though it was hardly surprising, given what they were previously discussing.]

[rainsrespite]

[She's perceptive enough to have a guess as to why. But given how chipper he is, it's not like she'll spoil that mood.]

Is that so? So...you've been working with Pokemon for a while, huh? Must have been really nice living all the way out there. Exciting, and cozy.

[a_gentle_boy]

Mm-hm. Avey's been with me and -- um, since I was five.

[That was an awkward skip.]

It was a lot of fun. I miss being out there. ...I'm glad I had the chance to live in Union with all of you, but I wish I could go back and forth if I wanted to.

[rainsrespite]

Well, you can always go back out and explore, of course.

[There is that at least!]

[a_gentle_boy]

I know.

[A faint smile.]

It's just... It won't be quite the same as living like that.

[The old cabin was still there. Scorched slightly, the wood rotting. He'd never had the heart to go back inside.]

Anyway... I think that's getting a little off the topic. I'll see if anyone knows more about the holiday.

[rainsrespite]

Good. Do that, and I'll see you there.

[No reason to dwell on the sad stuff, okay? Especially not today. There's enough of that out there.]

[a_gentle_boy]

Mm-hm. I'll see you later!

[And Lucas will wave before closing the line.]