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  1. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Amp Plains

    Luz shrugged. "I figure real power has t'be heavy. Like, I'm made from stories about a hero who's brave an' bold and wild, but seein' all the wrong as gets done by powerful individuals makes me think that it takes somethin' special t'be strong in that way an' stay strong in the other way...
  2. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Amp Plains

    Luz checked her badge for the time since her last report-in on the groupchat. "Yeah, not quite that long. But a while. Plenty of time to think. I don't much intend t'give up, whatever we find today. Yer welcome t'keep pace with me as long as y'like, of course. You're good company, partner."...
  3. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Amp Plains

    "Sure thing, partner!" Luz exclaimed, apparently to Cal, to Sour, and to herself. She set off without hesitating, swinging her arms with loose energy. They were onto something after all, against all expectations!
  4. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Amp Plains

    "Cal's my friend," declared Luz. "If she wants to come, I'll protect her." She put a firm paw on Cal's shoulder. "It's your call, partner. What'll it be?"
  5. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Amp Plains

    Luz beamed. "Sounds right t'me. The zeraora whose likeness I bear is sometiems called th'Wanderin' Light, given her proclivity fer endless journeyin'. She's a protector, too. But I, ah. I can't meet her any time soon. That bein' so, I'll do my utmost to seek out a zeraora t'learn from!" She...
  6. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Amp Plains

    Luz rubbed the back of her neck and grinned abashedly. "Well, what we are is a long story. I guess y'could say we're a li'l like ditto? Anyway, I'm meant t'be a zeraora, I guess, just as my pal here is meant to be a charmeleon. But I never met one, y'know? Was hopin' I might meet 'em, or at...
  7. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Amp Plains

    "Well met, Luxray Sour!" said Luz, cheerfully. She strode forwards to extend a paw to shake. "Ought I to assume yer already familiar with us familiars?" She smiled at her own, unintentional joke. "Either way, I don't suppose y'might be willin' to tell me about Zeraora, would ya?"
  8. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Amp Plains

    "Maybe I shoulda brought Brisa," mused Luz, out loud. She had no idea how she'd stand up to the luxray tribe, but she was probably made of tougher stuff than Cal, and coming here had been her idea. The decision was an easy one. She casually moved in front of Cal, ready to block the attack, her...
  9. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Amp Plains

    "Maybe y'can!" said Luz, beaming. "We'll continue our conversatin' later!~" She called up to the hidden figure or figures. "How d'ye do, stranger? I'm Luz Escarpa of Team Spectrum, seekin' Zeraora of Cibus or those as know 'em! This here is my friend an' travellin' companion, Cal! Now, who...
  10. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Amp Plains

    Luz leaned heavily on her raised knee. "Ye've really had this on yer mind, huh. Nah, I didn't know that about Bean. I knew about Pop an' Cola, though. Seems t'me like Cola's already nothin' much like Pop, an' Pop seems t'be respectin' that. I get that yer more worried about this than I am. Maybe...
  11. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Amp Plains

    "Then be you!" said Luz, decisively. She felt a little more her usual self, with Brisa back and Joule providing a salve to her existential concerns. Perhaps she should reign it in a bit, for Cal's sake? She slicked back the 'fur' on her head – more well-defined than ever; she'd been practising...
  12. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Amp Plains

    "Oh, the thing about that fella reabsorbing shades? I'm honestly findin' it kinda comfortin'. Assumin' he even can reabsorb familiars, which we don't even know yet if he can do, it means I can bring an end to myself an' travel the universe as a wanderin' light, a hero, like I'm meant to. It's a...
  13. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Amp Plains

    Luz made a begrudging face. "Yeah, no kiddin'. Ain't no environments quite so fantastical as this where Brisa's from. Fulminare Escarpment gets a lotta storms but perpetual electric terrain is somethin' else!" She gave Cal a gentle thump on the shoulder. The Shade-charmeleon was a real...
  14. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorms

    "We love you too, y'know," whispered Sombra. "We know you care. Sometimes it don't make sense to us that y'do. Sometimes y'remind us of Pa. But we always know." Sombra beckoned Shadow over for a hug. He accepted, and Sombra pulled him close, and thought it a little strange that she should be...
  15. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorms

    Sombra turned to fully face Shadow and looked at him through tired, melancholy eyes. "We will always care about others. The fantasy is that we might learn a way t'survive never expectin' t'be loved in return. To love others silently, painlessly, needin' nothin' from them t'feel whole."
  16. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorms

    Sombra gaves another of her breathy, ethereal sighs. "We want t'not be in pain. I wind up contemplatin' any means of not bein' in pain, in the end. Not wantin' t'be loved is . . . a weirdly comfortin' idea that ain't ever happenin' fer real. It ain't a real goal."
  17. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorms

    Sombra perked her ears as she loped through the corridor between the neighbouring dormitories, aware that she was being followed. She let Shadow keep after her until she returned to Brisa's room. Using doors was . . . grounding. She felt real. "Got somethin' on yer mind, fella?" she asked...
  18. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorms

    "I'll speak with Brisa, an' try to get her to talk to friends, or therapists, or whoever the hell she'll agree to tell. Thanks, partner. I appreciate yer time." She turned to leave. "An' good luck." <><><><><>
  19. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorms

    "Brisa hates the idea of someone scrutinisin' her private thoughts. It's a visceral reaction. Her perspicacity, an' her luxray vision, an' her insight into the Radiance an' Shadows folks display... Those're all forms of scrutiny. Her resentment of what her pa did don't extend so far as resentin'...
  20. unrepentantAuthor

    Poppin' Arms ~ Dorms

    Sombra cupped her cheek and rested her head in her paw. "'Course she has. Plenty, in fact. Fer instance, why d'ya think her familiar looks like that? Brisa dreamed as a kid that she might one day be a zeraora, a wanderin' champion of justice who'd protect the innocent, strong enough to depend...
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