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  1. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Treasure Town Beach

    Brisa let out a low whistle of approval at the remark about how many outlaws Astrid had arrested. So, she could fight after all, huh? With any luck, Brisa would get to test her mettle in the near future. "Y'know, it kinda says somethin' that you're under less pressure tryin' to save the world...
  2. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Treasure Town Beach

    Brisa nodded. "Yeah. I get that." She chewed over whether to open up about her own life, and whether it was down to the whiskey or Astrid's earnestness, she felt she could. "No dreams here, but I do think about home more than I let on. I have a friend, a golett who goes by Gil. The rest of...
  3. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Treasure Town Beach

    Brisa actually broke into a grin of her own at that, and immediately tried stifling it with little success. Brisa hummed to herself and idly scratched a couple thoughts in the sand. "I reckon... we all came here to help out, even the grouchy, weird or... worryin' types. Not to get anything for...
  4. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Treasure Town Beach

    Astrid's earnest moment of vulnerability brought out a different kind of smile, if only briefly. What she'd just said rung a few bells for Brisa, so... perhaps they'd got a few more things in common than she'd realised. "Enforcing the law? Oh, right. The ranger stuff." Brisa cracked her neck...
  5. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Treasure Town Beach

    Brisa nodded and took the canteen gratefully. Besides being a gift—and you didn't turn down a thoughtful effort like that—it was a practical concern. "Thanks," she said with a gasp, after downing plenty of it. "I'll be fine, I ain't new to holding my drink, but I sure 'ppreciate the help."...
  6. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Treasure Town Beach

    Brisa's whiskey-induced boldness evaporated the moment she processed the tenderness of Astrid's reply. Brisa stammered her reply. "I would lo-, that is, yes pl-, I mean ah, yeah, I also... wanna be your-- your friend." Your smile is awful pretty, she didn't say. Neither did she reach forward...
  7. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Treasure Town Beach

    Rather than flinch away, Brisa actually leaned into the touch. The change in her body was immediate—her shoulders and jaw relaxed, and she took her grip off the bottle, leaving it in its pouch. She tensed up again a little at the mention of the word radiance, but it didn't last. "I want you to...
  8. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Treasure Town Beach

    Brisa's face darkened as she looked down. "Still got perfect balance," she muttered, but she took a seat by Astrid all the same. She didn't say anything at first, but right as Astrid was opening her mouth to speak, Brisa blurted out a broken scoff. "The other time I did somethin' like this, I...
  9. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Treasure Town Beach

    Brisa blew out a long breath. It stank of whiskey. Alright then, better be out with it. "I fucked up." Look at Astrid, don't look at Astrid... she settled on a space just off from the vulpix's head at which to stare. "Someone did something terrible to Curio, once. And a few days ago, I did...
  10. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Treasure Town Beach

    Brisa gave Astrid a hard look. "Okay. Suppose that... this person, they attack you while sparring, then. And the attack... hurts you, hurts you so bad you're still hurtin' a couple days later. Didn't mean to hurt ya. Didn't realise it would. But it happened." More whiskey. "Is it, is that...
  11. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Treasure Town Beach

    Did she want to? Fuck, maybe. Was it a good idea? Gods only knew. Astrid's worried face was so earnest. So concerned. Why not get this over with and skip to the part where it wasn't? "Tell me Astrid," she began, feeling the self-loathing bubble up to the surface as she realised what she was...
  12. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Treasure Town Beach

    Brisa blinked owlishly at Astrid. She couldn't tell if the vulpix was behaving in a normal way. Was it... not noticeable that Brisa was a mess? Surely she wasn't doing that good a job of holdin it together. "I guess," she said. "Never saw the coast back home. Too far inland. Novelty ain't worn...
  13. unrepentantAuthor

    Grass Continent ~ Treasure Town Beach

    Gods. Fuckin' Curio. She... Brisa had thought... No, she was just being stupid. A sparring match, a sorry conversation, and a couple weeks of rooming together. That... that made a real friendship? Ha! No! Fuckin' idiot. 'Course they weren't close enough to ride out something like that last...
  14. unrepentantAuthor

    Spinda Cafe

    Gods, if only she could fucking believe that. She really, really wanted to believe that. She just didn't know if she could. Or if she'd lose her shit in public if she thought about it too hard. Fuck, she just needed to be gone. And drunk. Drunk and away from Curio. "Sure. See you round, then."...
  15. unrepentantAuthor

    Spinda Cafe

    Brisa stood stock-still, waiting. It wouldn't change anything. Get it over with. Just please don't look at my face.
  16. unrepentantAuthor

    Spinda Cafe

    Brisa's chest went cold. It was happening again. How come you're always fighting, aren't you interested in anything else? Of course she had other interests. But fighting was fun! It was what pokémon did. What was so bad about that? Couldn't she study and fight? This, comin' from someone with as...
  17. unrepentantAuthor

    Spinda Cafe

    Sky and stars, oh gods, oh hell. "I didn't-- that's, that's awful, Curio I'm sorry, I'm real sorry," she stammered. "I'd never mean to hurt-- to hurt you like that!" This was it. There was no cocky smile, no easy joke coming to reassure her. She felt sick.
  18. unrepentantAuthor

    Spinda Cafe

    That stare. That clawed remark. Something was wrong. Very wrong. "I... don't recall exactly how things went after we all touched the light," said Brisa. "I remember trying to attack, and then everything went as bright as a sun, and nothin' else. What... what happened, Curio?" She was starting...
  19. unrepentantAuthor

    Spinda Cafe

    Brisa tolerated another night in her sickbed before she'd had enough. Curio hadn't come to find her, Diyem hadn't elaborated on Curio's condition or his own panic yesterday, and she was restless besides. So, she forced herself out of bed, dismissed the concerns of guild staff who wanted her to...
  20. unrepentantAuthor

    Wigglytuff's Guild

    "Many thanks again for your visit," said Brisa, still a little giddy at so much attention. Two weeks with the posse had gotten her used to company, but that didn't make it any easier on her energy levels. Still, she felt fine physically. She moved to get out of the bed, and realised the moment...
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