[catch-all]

[nightyorb]

Who: Riz, Boober, Mando, Gobo, Eda
Where: Partially Saffron City, partially Goldenrod City
When: June 30th
Summary: Riz is very small and thinks he is kidnapped. You can imagine how stressful this is (for everybody else)
Rating: gen

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[soupguy]

"My...? Oh, yeah, that's what you have for this. It's like that, yes," Boober says with a nod. "You can talk to people with it, or use it to read information."

[nightyorb]

"Huh." Which is all Riz has to say before he starts to punch in the oh so carefully memorised phone number. Unfortunately, that number means nothing, so instead of hearing his mom or dad on the phone, all he gets is a pleasant female voice telling him 'this number is not in service, please try again'. Which he does! Three times, four times, but each time the message stays the same.

"Why won't it work?"

[soupguy]

It's heartbreaking, to see him keep trying to contact them. It's also stressful, because he does not know how to handle this. Not even a little bit. He wants to sink into the floor and just disappear until this gets better. (Hopefully, anyway. He's never going to bank on things going right.) But he has to be here for Riz. He has to.

"They're not here. I'm sorry, Riz, but I'm going to make sure you're safe until you can get back to them."

[nightyorb]

So far, Riz has been rather feisty -- combative even. But part of that had perhaps been that there had been somewhat of a guideline for him to follow. All he had to do was call his parents' number and it would be okay. That's why he had learned it, after all.

Now that that has proven to be ineffective, he's suddenly at a loss. And unfortunately for Boober, said loss is starting to manifest in the way it often does in children.

First Riz's lip screws up, his breath starting to hitch a little as big tears start to gather at the corner of his eyes.

[soupguy]

"Oh no."

For a moment, Boober just stares and feels useless. It is truly a disgusting feeling to not be able to help here, but then... Maybe there is a little something he can do, for whatever it's worth. He gets back down to his own bed, gathers a dozing Rôti in his arms - she barely stirs at all - and deposits the sleepy Lechonk in front of Riz. He wishes he knew where Loggy was at the moment, but this is - in his opinion - definitely comparable.

Rôti peers at the not-quite-familiar person before her curiously, as Boober explains, "You can give her a hug, if it will help. She's cuddly, and that helps me when I get too scared."