SUBWAYS 4: THE WHITE 2-I-EST

[50shadesofstardom]

IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON.

THE YEAR PASSES. THE EVENTS OF WHITE 2 OCCUR. SUBWAY REMAINS FAIRLY UNINVOLVED AND UNINTERESTING AT THIS POINT.



IT'S THE POSTGAME THAT ROCKS.

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[tsuntrader]

...We've been through a lot together. [sorry hilda]

[50shadesofprotag]

It's fine. It's a challenge, now.

[tsuntrader]

[...Well uh

if you

say so...]

[50shadesofprotag]

Well! Let's go before your folks get home and ask questions, shall we?

1/2

[tsuntrader]

[But they'll be...]

[tsuntrader]

[Way too fussy.

Or he can, you know. Take off with Hilda.

He nods. Let's go.]

[50shadesofprotag]

So! Let's go, wanna do a roller coaster or two or three before we do the more chill stuff? I'm still all ramped up even after battling for a couple days.

[tsuntrader]

As long as we can grab something to eat. [Battling with some weird undiscovered Pokémon and almost dying and stuff can work up an appetite, okay.]

[50shadesofprotag]

Yeah! Let's get some pizza, I can cover us both.

[tsuntrader]

[Yes. Excellent. Good.]

Lead the way.

[50shadesofprotag]

[Off to pizza! Off to roller coasters! And finally, off to the White Forest. And just like she said, despite the Tree Hollow going downwards, Hilda fully intends to climb to the top of the giant tree.]

Race you up there.

[tsuntrader]

[...That. That is a very large tree.]

Do we have to? [Can't they just fly up there? Is that an option?]

[50shadesofprotag]

It's no fun, right? To just fly up there. I know I'm gonna do it, I'm no wimp and no amount of exhaustion or hurtin's gonna keep me from getting what I want.

[And she's already climbing!]

But you can fly up if you're so tired.

1/2

[tsuntrader]

[...Oh you did not just-]

[tsuntrader]

[OH HELL NO GIRL YOU WILL NOT BEAT HIM UP THIS TREE

what exhaustion what injuries hush only competition now]

[50shadesofprotag]

[She will!!! Every muscle in her body is howling in pain, but she's competitive, and she issued the challenge.

And most importantly, she was trying to impress Silver.


CANNOT LOSE THIS COMPETITION.]

[tsuntrader]

[CANNOT LOSE THIS COMPETITION.

Even if everything hurts. Even if after a while, he starts lagging behind. But he can't lag behind. He at least has to keep up with her.

So he pushes himself. He pushes himself and his body punishes him for it; cringing from a nice sharp burning reminder that he still has open slash wounds on his chest (and on most of him) is all that it takes for him to slip off a branch and start falling.]

[50shadesofprotag]

[Hilda is hurting too, but to a slightly lesser degree. But with the adrenaline pumping, she's got all the time in her perception to see Silver falling, leap down a branch, catch Silver around the waist, and pull back so they land against the tree instead of over the oversized White Tree branch.

It takes a lot more of what little stamina Hilda had, and squishes his weight on top of hers as she effectively breaks his fall and grasps tightly onto the branch for balance. There's a pause as she waits until she's certain of her hold on Silver, and the sturdiness of the branch.]

Two life debts.

[Her breath is a bit raspy, especially in her breathing, but she looks especially smug.]

1/2

[tsuntrader]

[He's trying to catch his fall and reaching for Honchkrow's ball and

Hilda

has grabbed him...?]

[tsuntrader]

Once he's sure that he's not going to start falling again, he works on getting bet- ow. Ow.

Ow.]

I would've caught myself.

[50shadesofprotag]

[She just hugs him, ruffling his hair some.]

It's fine. I'd rather not let you drop, anyway. So long as you're okay, I'm glad!

[tsuntrader]

[tsuntrader]

[tsuntrader]

...C'mon, let's keep climbing. [He starts climbing again, but this time he takes it at his own pace with less of a focus on speed and more of a focus on keeping his grip.]

[50shadesofprotag]

[Good, because after that, Hilda's not in any shape to speed up, herself. She pauses, making it look like she's on unsteady footing or trying to find a firmer grip, when really she's just... panting.

She'll have to check out why her chest feels so compressed and smaller after this date.]