video.

[miniworth]

Does anybody have tips on handling a violent electric sheep?

[ He did say he was going to keep it, but there is probably no way he can tame that thing on his own (if at all). He was finally released from the hospital after eleven, long days--an effort to make sure he stays out would be prudent, would it not be?

After all, he enjoys the sun. He's still got bandaids and some gauze, as well as scars, from his accident (attempted slaughter?) last time, but he's outside and under the sun, and it feels great. Armed with book and all the available games on his Pokégear (he needed something to entertain himself with), he's going to sit outside all day and let his Pokémon have their exercise. :|b ]

... After this last week, I don't want to see another ceiling tile in my life.

[ Private to Ken Amada ]
Has Sirius gotten to you safely?

Comments

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Seven said that person died during the first Nonary Game. But...she was alive during the second, somehow.

...and she still is. I really don't know all the details.

[miniworth]

Do you think he was mistaken, when he thought the girl died?

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

I'm...not sure. He seemed pretty convinced, and the name he mentioned was indeed the name of that someone.

[She shrugs sadly.]

Like I said, even I'm not sure what really happened after everything. We solved some mysteries, but there were others that we still didn't know the answers to.

[miniworth]

Are you safe, now?

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Pretty much, yeah. We apprehended the last ringleader of the first Nonary Game, and we were chasing after the masterminds of the second. That was when I ended up here.

...so yeah, that's my story in a nutshell.

[miniworth]

... [ He folds his arms, sighs a little, and mutters. ] What a life.

I'm glad to hear you're safe.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

[A small chuckle.] I know a lot of it sounds crazy, but I guess it just does 'cause I can't explain everything that happened. And because it'd seem crazy to anyone.

And I'm glad I'm safe too.

[miniworth]

It's okay. You become open to a lot of bizarre stories when you've been here for this long. [ He scoots over to pat her shoulder. ]

This world has people with strange ideas, too. Sometimes there are people who hurt others... but you won't have to go through that.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

[And she moves closer to him, nodding and holding the Hoothoot in her jacket close.]

...wherever we go, we're bound to find people with strange ideas and people who'll hurt others. But that doesn't mean we can't seek a way out.

[miniworth]

That's right.

... The people who were running those experiments. Were they caught?

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

One was caught.

...

The others were killed.

[miniworth]

[ He frowns a little and asks her what happened. ]

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

One died when the bomb inside him exploded, after he...broke one of the rules. Another died the same way, and we mistook his corpse for my brother. The third was axed.

If I'm not mistaken, the same man was behind all the murders, but the masterminds of the second Nonary Game...I dunno, they set the stage for everything.

[Her voice is quiet, but betrays no remorse.]

[miniworth]

[ He pauses, and he looks just the slightest bit disgusted. A bomb inside a body--he could only imagine. ]

Do you think there are others?

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Other suspects? The others haven't given me any reasons to suspect them. Or at least, they don't anymore.

[miniworth]

Are they here, now?

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Out of the nine participants of the Second Nonary Game, seven of us are here, if that's what you mean. Unless someone has already gone home.

[miniworth]

If that's a coincidence, then it's an amazing one.

[ People arrive to Johto randomly, after all, and there are so many people in all the different worlds. ]

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is. While my brother was here, we were as many as eight.

[miniworth]

Many of the people I've met from my world were acquainted with each other as well. Ken said he knew many from his world, and Kisa had her relatives here.

Strange how that happens.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Well, there are a lot of strange things here in general.

[miniworth]

[A laugh. Touche, Clover.] I can't deny that.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Who can? [She shrugs.] Even in our respective worlds, there'll always be strange things.

[miniworth]

... Of course. If there is anything that breaks from routine and the defined norm, it'll be considered strange.

[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Then I'd say you describing strange like that definitely breaks from routine. You don't hear many kids your age saying stuff like that.