✿ Eleventh Bud [Action/Voice late morning]

[seiriald]

[Things hadn't been easy the past few weeks; there had been ups and downs, much more of the latter than she would ever admit to. And as far as she could tell, it would not get better any time soon. At the very least, the weather was beginning to change even if she couldn't see it for herself. There was just something about the air of spring approaching that always managed to lift her spirits a little, and what better way to greet it than to start working on that neglected garden outside of House 11? Who cares how cold it is out, the plants are of higher priority.

It isn't until after an hour or so of working that her journal falls off her person and sprawls open in the dirt, making her frown upon hearing the familiar noise of it being activated. Taking to people probably wasn't a good idea right now, but she can try.]

… What are your favorite things about spring? Or… things you like the least about it I guess. Anything really.

[Later in the evening the residents of the large household might notice that she's managed to make her way to Silver's room instead of her own, though if anyone drops by the reason should be pretty obvious. You don't go through weeks of emotional whiplash and a day out in the cold dressed improperly without coming out unscathed.]

Comments

[seiriald]

... Once in a while, I've lived on my own for the most part the last few years. [Mostly at her own insistence to not get in anyone's way and try to prove that she can take care of herself just fine.]

[tsuntrader]

...That's what I don't get about other worlds. That doesn't sound like a big deal on its own. I've been living "on my own" since I was little. [Silver, you're still little.] Traveling around on your own at a young age is totally normal.

That said, it's unheard of to live without any Pokémon. [So while it's not weird to understand that Kaori lived on her own, it's hard to understand that she lived on her own without any sort of dangerous fussy animal companion.]

[seiriald]

[... Silver, aren't you younger than she is? Either way, what he says pretty much makes the whole living on his own statement invalid, if it was unheard of to live without these creatures of his world.]

And it's unheard of for anyone to willingly subject themselves to being lonely. I guess I've always been weird that way.

[tsuntrader]

[...It sounds like something someone would do to keep themselves safe...]

...At least you're not doing it now. [It's a house of around thirty living things. That's definitely not subjecting herself to being lonely.]

[seiriald]

Yeah, at least not now... [Oh hello sudden wave of dizziness, good thing Sneasel is here or it would have felt much worse.]

I don't think Freyjadour would have liked it if I were still alone.

[tsuntrader]

Well, yeah. Frey really cares about you.

[seiriald]

Yeah... Sometimes I really wonder why? [Or why anyone bothers, for that matter.]

[tsuntrader]

Why not?

[seiriald]

Because people back home usually don't? Or ever?

[tsuntrader]

And? This isn't back home. Frey isn't some guy from back home. Frey's Frey, and he finds you're worth caring about.

[seiriald]

Yeah, somehow... and I think that's really weird. [Sorry she doesn't like Humans so much, Silver. :( ]

[tsuntrader]

[well he is a pretty weird guy yeah and a lot of things are weird]

Things can be weird and good.

[seiriald]

... Like Pokémon? I've never heard of anything like them before living with everyone. [And gaining a first impression of them as a small child was certainly something, they were sort of like playmates that were able to do amazing things.]

[tsuntrader]

What? No way. You guys are the weird ones for not having them.

[seiriald]

Well if it's so weird, why not give everyone in the village one? [Because this is obviously the best idea and it makes perfect sense.]

[tsuntrader]

Because I wouldn't trust a bunch of strangers with Pokémon. Because Pokémon don't come out of thin air. Because even if everyone here was magically a good person, I doubt they'd really understand how to raise Pokémon, and while there are a bunch of us, we can't teach hundreds of people about them.

[seiriald]

[... Well, that little speech provided quite some insight to Silver, she can't avoid smiling after hearing all that. Maybe it was partly the illness that was making her just a little more accepting of the small hope she felt, but she's not fighting against it for now.]

They're very precious to you, aren't they Silver?

[tsuntrader]

[They're my partners.

They're my family.]

...Yeah. I guess they are.

[seiriald]

... I'm glad I get to know them, then. Because they're so important. [Isn't that right Sneasel? You get to be cuddled now.]

[tsuntrader]

[Silver just nods... Which doesn't mean much to a blind girl, but whatever. Sneasel on the other hand is pretty content to nuzzle right up to Kaori and live the good life.]

[seiriald]

[Which is a good thing, because the exhaustion of her body trying to stave off illness is really starting to get to her now, and her eyes were refusing to stay open even though them being closed or not made no difference.

She'll apologize proper later when she can think more coherently.] Thanks, Silver.

[tsuntrader]

...No problem. Get some sleep, alright? [It's about time that he left her to rest anyway.]