joining the hisui bandwagon

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Who: Rei and You (?)

Where: Hisui: Base Camp

When: Sometime in July

Summary: Rei (And others) go on patrol to keep the camp safe!

Rating: G? Probably.

Log:

It is different, here. The air is cleaner, cooler, calmer. No buzzing from electronics. The pokemon are wilder. Free roaming. Difficult to keep out of places where they may accidentally find themselves. Items are harder to come by, must be made, materials must be found.

Rei does not know what else to do but to fall into a routine. Patrolling the camp to keep it safe. From what? Wild pokemon, who do not know where the borders are. It is familiar, in some ways. Important, in its own way, as much as finding the pieces of the machine that will bring them home. Sometimes it is dangerous, and that is why Cinder, her new Cyndaquil, often accompanies her.

And why your character might want to, along with her.

Comments

[crystalmaster]

[Radley is so exhausted. He's been gathering again, desperately hoping that those going on Special Missions will bring back the parts. He's trying to keep the camp well-tended for them and everyone, and he appreciates all the efforts of those patrolling. He sees Rei as he's coming back with more gathered items and tries to tiredly greet her.]

Hi. How's the patrolling today?

[nastyboy]

Rei is by far not the only one who has taken to patrolling... Although it is arguable if that is what Dimitri has been doing whenever he's set off from the camp, returning hours or even occasionally days later. While he has adapted well enough to the modern world of Johto and Kanto, even come to appreciate the conveniences of modern technology...

Well, there is something to be said for being able to breathe in such sweet air again, and see the entirety of the night sky without any pollution from thick cities. Dimitri has honestly been enjoying himself, even without how many times he's gotten his ass kicked, or almost kicked.

A feral blond can get into quite a lot of trouble, really.

But that inclination towards getting into all sorts of things may very likely explain the patient and quiet Hisuian Typhlosion following along behind him when he meets up with Rei, and he raises his hand in greeting to her. "Rei! It's been quite some time, hasn't it? I wouldn't have imagined we would meet again in circumstances such as this, however."

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"Uneventful."

This is the correct answer, at least so far. She would like for this to stay that way.

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"It is a strange situation, but I am adapting to it."

The lack of technology is the most difficult part to adjust to, as well as the different fabrics. But the sky is deep and dark at night and the Krikitune chirp in the summer haze in a way that feels familiar.

"It seems that you have adjusted as well."

Her own Cyndaquil hides behind her ankles, tucked up in a ball.

[crystalmaster]

That's good. You and the other patrollers do an efficient job.

[Lily greets Cinder.]

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What do you typically do around the campsite?

[crystalmaster]

I bring in food, sometimes other items. I do some of the cooking. I always look for the parts when I'm gathering stuff, but I haven't had any luck there.

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What items have you found?

[crystalmaster]

Mostly the firewood. I've stuck close to the camp for the most part. I've gotten some of the other food, like the beans, when I've gone out farther looking for the parts.

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I have not found any of these missing parts thus far.

[crystalmaster]

Yeah, me either. At least some of the others have been having luck with that. I wonder how many pieces there are altogether.

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We will not know until the machine is complete.

[crystalmaster]

You'd think she'd be smart enough to have inventoried all the parts when she built it!

[One more frustration to add to the list....

He sighs, running a hand into his hair.]

... What do you think of it here? Some people seem to be adapting easier than others.

[nastyboy]

"That is good to hear. I know that many others in the camp have found such a situation rather unfamiliar to them, and so struggle with it... But it is not so bad, in the end." Or perhaps he is biased towards that thinking, finding a strange sort of comfort in it.

Surely all of them will get back to where they need to be, the home that he spent so much time building, but... For now, he takes silly and strange little comforts where he can.

In the meanwhile, he chuckles, and reaches back to stroke along his Typhlosion's head. "Well, I cannot sit still, in such a situation. It has gotten us into some shenanigans, I suppose you could say, but it is working all well."

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It does not bother me.

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"I have found a purpose until we are returned to our time and place."

It is simple and it is small, but it is familiar and it is fulfilling in its own way.

"What have you been doing?"

[crystalmaster]

Well, that's good. I'd like it better if my Pokemon were here with me. But that didn't happen, so ...

[He sighs.]

I just have to do all I can to get home to them soon.

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Yes. That is the goal we are striving towards.

[crystalmaster]

I'm glad most of us are actively pitching in to help with that.

[He's given up with the few who don't seem to want to do anything.]

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We are all playing our part.

[crystalmaster]

I've seen a couple of slackers, but eh, I'm not going to waste my time on them anymore. The rest of us have to work that much harder without them, though.

[He hoped it wouldn't delay them that much more.]

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Some may be having more difficulty adjusting than others. It is understandable.

[crystalmaster]

If I didn't wanna go back so badly, I might just give up too. I'll admit that.

[And if something pushes him over the edge, he might still break and give up.]

[nastyboy]

Of course. Dimitri can understand that, really. Sometimes, all one can do is pick something and put their focus to it. The day to day things, the patient repetition to keep one alive... It is never completely enough, but it helps with a great deal.

"Oh, I have been doing a few odd jobs here and there," Dimitri admits. "However, mostly, I do rather like simply going off into the wilderness to see how things are different here, while still being a little familiar to me. Before I arrived here, I... did manage to survive in the wilderness on my own for five years."

An unpleasant, miserable, bloody five years. Dimitri's gaze grows a bit distant.

"And yet... Somehow, the familiarity is almost comforting, even though that was a difficult time."

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"My needs were always taken care of by others."

The physical ones, at least. The medications one must take, the training one must undergo, the orders that must be fulfilled. Isolating without being isolated.

"It is difficult to survive on one's own. But it is fulfilling in other ways."

[nastyboy]

On that front, Dimitri can also understand that to some degree... He was a crown prince, once upon a time. How could he not? And even without that, in most cases, one has their parents, or their guardians, someone who can help take care of them when they are young...

Well, that's besides the point. Dimitri pauses for a moment, thoughtful. "What sort of things have you found fulfilling, while we have all been fending for ourselves here?"