Da Future

[50shadesofprotag]

Soooo in the future! Hilda managed to woo Silver and keep him for more than a week.

When Hilda's about 26 and Silver's 24, she's finally got him doing more "couple"-like things with her.




It's a good thing they're a somewhat decent age to be parents?

Comments

[shhhspoilers]

I'm done! I'm done with school!

I'm ready to start my journey now!

[tsuntrader]

[Excuse me can you repeat that]

Already? [BUT YOU WERE LIKE FOUR LAST WEEK-]

[shhhspoilers]

Yeah! I wanna be a really strong trainer just like you! I'm gonna take Pinkie and we're gonna catch like a million Pokémon!

1/2

[tsuntrader]

[Okay okay wait slow down slow down.

Blue graduated from Pokéschool today. Okay.

Blue wants to go on her journey right now. Not okay.

Blue apparently knows exactly what to say to make him do what she wants. Also not okay.]

[tsuntrader]

I'm proud of you and I'm sure you can do it, but you're still too young to go on a journey.

[He's setting his foot down! He's being a parent!

...This is difficult.]

[shhhspoilers]

[Yeah dad, be careful, she's a wily one!]

But you got to train and explore and battle with Pokémon early, didn't you?

[tsuntrader]

My journey was when I was eleven. [He doesn't count, his childhood's too complicated.] Your mother went on her journey when she was fourteen.

[shhhspoilers]

Eww! Don't make me wait that long!

[tsuntrader]

Ten.

[shhhspoilers]

That's still two whole yeaaaaars!

Come on, I have to go early, to make up for Barett not going at all!

[CHILD LOGIC]

[tsuntrader]

That is early. I could always make you wait until you're twelve, you know.

[...Nothing older than that, though. Gross.]

[shhhspoilers]

What am I gonna do for two whole years?

[tsuntrader]

[You're going to

uh

...uh...]

[shhhspoilers]

See? I should just go!

[tsuntrader]

Ten. [He's not budging on that.

But what can she do? Well, if she's done learning at school...]

[shhhspoilers]

But I'm ready!

[tsuntrader]

That's my final answer. [I AM USING MY AUTHORITY AS A PARENT TO KEEP YOU FROM GETTING HURT

OR KILLED

OR KIDNAPPED BY CRAZY OLD MEN

OR HURT]

[shhhspoilers]

[SNIFF, SNIFF...]

[tsuntrader]

[What...

...No, don't-

Don't cry. Please don't cry. Please don't-]

[shhhspoilers]

[She turns away, rubbing at her face!

...And picking up on a trick she practically inherited from her namesake - subtly dabbing her eyes with some spit to get "tears". The gestures so cleverly disguised as rubbing her nose!

You've got a dangerous girl here, Silver...]

[tsuntrader]

[He does not give into the tears. At all. He's not changing his mind. Whether or not he even realizes that they're not real is up for debate.

What he will do, on the other hand, is get down and pull Blue into a hug.]

Take it easy, alright? You've got your whole life ahead of you. If you run through it too fast, you'll miss out on all the important things.

[shhhspoilers]

[Sniff, sniff! She hugs back.]

I don't get it...

[tsuntrader]

Of course not. You've still got a lot to learn, and you always will. I'm still learning. I bet your grandparents still learn something new every day.

[Please don't cry. Please stop crying. He doesn't say no to much. This is important. You're still young.]

You'll have to wait until you're ten, no exceptions. [...] Until then, you're going to train with me.

[shhhspoilers]

Really? I'm gonna train with you, for real?

[tsuntrader]

For real.