Rocky Road ~ House of Dill, Saltriv, Shiron, and Vix

[Fusion]

"I have so many drinks in here that you nor anyone else will ever find them all," Vix said, reaching under the couch to pull out two... ice cold beers. She handed one to Shiron, and cracked her own open. "And I've got them all chilled too. But don't let that stop you from buying more for me."

 

[Navar]

"I will, in fact, let that stop me," he said, cheering as he took a sip of the drink, sighing in relief. "This is good. Better considering that a friend's with me."

 

[Fusion]

"And I will, in fact, let it slide this one time," Vix huffed, drinking a bit of her beer. "Since, yeah, it tastes better sharing it with someone else. It can be such a drag drinking alone."

Vix flipped over to face the ceiling, pouting. "And I've too many drinks alone. Yeah, I usually go off on my own and drink, and tell nobody, and..." she hummed, thoughtful. "Alright, so I'm the reason I drink so much alone, but that changes!" She then downed the rest of her beer, and grabbed another from under the couch. "Because I'm only gonna drink with other people."

She looked up at Shiron, grinning. "Which means you're gonna be on speed dial and I won't be takin' no for an answer."

 

[Navar]

"You bet..."

Shiron downed another, long sip.

"Let's enjoy the rest of our time here, then. Who knows how long it'll take for us to meet again."

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[IFBench]

Saltriv stood next to their garden, smiling as they wrote down the events of their adventure with Dill in their journal. Like their time in Cibus, the journal was coming to a close, there were only a few blank pages left.

 

[Namohysip]

Someone knocked on the door; waiting on the other side was Pansit, arriving just in time for a scheduled interview. She had a notebook in one hand and a pencil in another, wearing a bright smile while her tail fanned behind her.

 

[IFBench]

Saltriv turned around towards the door, and waved their leaf. "Hi Pansit!" they said, a bright smile on their face.

 

[Namohysip]

Pansit let herself in, smiling. "So good to see you," she said. "I trust you're ready for that interview? I've been getting a lot of you lately!"

 

[IFBench]

Saltriv set their journal and pen down, then answered, "Yep! I'm ready!"

 

[Namohysip]

"Great!" Pansit stepped toward Saltriv and found a good place to sit in their home. "Well, if that's the case, why don't we start with some of the basics so the world can know you a little more? Tell us a little about yourself! What do you do back home?"

 

[IFBench]

"I'm on a search party! Team Searchlights!" they said, with a small wag of their tail. "I go out with my team into mystery dungeons to look for and rescue missing Pokemon!"

"I also write a lot back home, too."

 

[Namohysip]

"Oh, so this must not be too different in essence, now is it!" Pansit laughed, nodding. "Rescuing people is probably different from rescuing a whole world, but, really, there was probably some search and rescue here too."

 

[IFBench]

"Yep, it really isn't!" they said, though their leaf began to droop just a tiny bit. "Though I think I'm going to have to rescue my own world soon."

 

[Namohysip]

"Oh, I see..." Pansit nodded. "That's true. The rumor is that several of Team Spectrum are actually heroes of their own world, in some small way or large way... Looks like what happened here was great training, though! In fact, if there was one thing you could tell yourself back home, what would that be?"

 

[IFBench]

"I'd...tell myself to not be afraid of myself. That I don't have to be scared of accidentally hurting my friends anymore," Saltriv answered, their leaf perking back up, a melachonic smile on their face.

 

[Namohysip]

Pansit nodded. "It sounds as if you have some experience with similar powers that you've dealt with here," she remarked. "Is that true?"

 

[IFBench]

"...yep. Not Radiance, but...I have a shadow move back home," Saltriv said, their leaf drooping again. "And one of my teammates was affected with Eterna energy."

Their leaf soon perked back up, though, and they said, "But I was able to manage it here, so I'm sure I can do that back home, too!"

 

[Namohysip]

Pansit mirrored the solemnness and nodded. "It will be a challenge, but you can handle it," she said. Then, she looked at her notes, flipping through a page, before asking, "Well, here's a question for you... Among the team, it seems that you seem to have some of the greatest fears during battles. What is it that keeps you going?"

 

[IFBench]

"Hope that I'll be able to help. Hope that I can save others. Hope that I can make things better," Saltriv answered, smiling brightly.

 

[Namohysip]

"I see..." Pansit write more notes down. "You really do follow that hope, don't you? I think Pop would be proud." More scribbles, then a nod. "I wonder if your world works with something similar."