victory_road | first slash

[She shouldn't post. Honestly, so long as anyone she knows is here Blake is half tempted to just throw this damn thing away - not because she does not want to see anyone again, but because what possible chance is there that they'd want to see her again? From the posts she's seen vigorously scouring the network they're from earlier down the timeline, which is one of the many concepts that completely baffled her on entry, but hopefully she'll get it eventually?

But there's no way she can hide who she is, no matter how she slices it. If she posts, she'll be found out eventually. If she doesn't, she'll be found out eventually. She's read through all her teammates' posts as research, and then some. Blake Belladonna came up. This isn't what she had wanted to happen, but how could she have predicted... this?

Her voice is even and low, with just the barest hint of a rasp to it.]

Hello. My name is Blake Belladonna, but... some of you already know me. I think I understand this place from what I've been told, but if anyone else has something I should know, I would welcome the advice. And...

[There's a long pause as she turns what she should say next over in her head.]

If anyone is looking for me, I'm leaving this town now. I won't be travelling very fast.

[Click! Off.]

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W-wait a second! Don't go anywhere!

[Wow that voice is surprisingly urgent. And small. Probably from a small person, though there's a light sternness behind it..]

It's not safe right now, the roads are all covered with stuff and Pokemon.

[Well hey, she knows a small person or two worth listening to.]

So just... stay here?

... Well... [That is technically what the conclusion to Rakka's worries is. Though, hearing it from Blake gives her a pause.]

... It's, um, really the safest thing you can do. You must be new here, and we're all still trying to clear away everything that's landed on the road.

Alright. If it's really that unsafe.

It looks like my [Friends?] teammates are trying to find a way to pick me up anyway. I should probably make it easy on them.

It kind of is, I'm stuck in one part of the region where there's a forest, and there's been nothing but poison monsters messing everything up. [And yet she sounds kind of apologetic?? At least with Blake's additional statement, her mood improves a bit.]

You have people you know here? That's great, you'll be able to get used to this place a lot easier that way.

Poison monsters? That sounds... unfortunate. Try to avoid getting poisoned, I suppose.

[There's a pause, and her response is... less excited than one might expect.] Hopefully. That'd be nice.

It, uh, is. [hahaaaaaa] B-but you don't worry about me! I've got a lot of good pokemon with me.

[And, like, one that'll set a forest on fire. It's fine. Everything is fine.

....And then there's that. Reading voices wasn't something Rakka had been very capable with during her arrival, but after several months she's had to grow accustomed to it.]

Well... hoping for the best is always, um, the best thing to do. Right?

That's good. More useful than I would be.

[A pause. Is it?]

I guess you could say that.

It should be.

[...mmrg. She can't exactly just ask outright if anything's wrong, can she. Even if, that's what it sounds like. But, what if it's not? She could absolutely embarrass herself.]

Uh, so! You said your name was Blake, right? Mine's Rakka!

Nice to meet you, Rakka. Even if it is over the... well, basically the phone.

[Someday she'll be happy again, Rakka, honest.]

Oh, w-well meeting over the phone isn't that bad! [not her preferred choice but] It's how I meet a lot of people in this world.

[Rakka would like to hope that.]

Actually, I only met a bunch of friends I made here for the first time, about a... week ago.

I suppose it would be, given how scattered things seem to be.

[She ponders it for a moment.]

A week ago? What happened?

It's the way it is, in a big wide world.

[She almost sounds a little morose about that, but...]

Oh, that's right. A while ago, there was this big party and everyone was there all of a sudden.

[...]

I, um, can't really remember some of it, especially how I left.

Really? That's strange. ...Is that strange, here?

Well, um. It was on the moon?

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