MORE UNOVA-AU STUFF

[50shadesofprotag]

HILDA HAS MADE HER GLORIOUS RETURN

GOLD HAS APPEARED



THE SUBWAY HAS BEEN VERY RELAXED AND QUIET, BUT HOW LONG IS THAT GOING TO LAST WITH THESE TWO RECENTLY ARRIVING IN UNOVA?

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[50shadesofprotag]

...I broke the computers.

[tsuntrader]

...All of them?

[50shadesofprotag]

Yeah... sorry. I kind of do that. I'm sorry, I feel bad now...

[tsuntrader]

...And you didn't check them for anything first?

[Hilda...]

[50shadesofprotag]

I'm sorry! I didn't think about that at all. I know it was dumb, I'm sorry!

[tsuntrader]

[...?] It's okay. You didn't know.

[50shadesofprotag]

I'm not always helpful, sorry... I'm super good at breaking stuff but not really anything else.

[tsuntrader]

[Hey.] You know that's not true.

[50shadesofprotag]

Breaking stuff and beating it into submission, that's me...

[tsuntrader]

And saving people. And getting Pokémon to open up to you. And being amazing enough to capture Arceus.

[50shadesofprotag]

Eh, well... I'm just good at getting along with people, even if they're Pokémon.

[tsuntrader]

You're good at a lot of things, so knock it off.

[50shadesofprotag]

What, you're annoyed because I'm talking about myself the same way you talk about yourself?

[tsuntrader]

[...But- but those are two different--]

[tsuntrader]

This isn't about me.

[50shadesofprotag]

It's about us. You and me. Neither of us is in this alone, now.

1/2

[tsuntrader]

[...]

[tsuntrader]

[Nope come here Honchkrow we've still got shit to do]

[50shadesofprotag]

[Nope! Hilda grabs Silver's shoulder and yanks him back.]

Where do you think you're going, leaving on a note like that?

[tsuntrader]

There is no "us," Hilda.

[He needs to make that clear. He needs that distance.] I've got something important to do.

[50shadesofprotag]

[Ow. Ow.

The hurt crosses Hilda's expression instantly, and unlike Silver, Hilda doesn't even try to hide it. For once, Silver will see tears prickling at the corners of her eyes.

And of course, she punches him!]

Idiot! Of course there's "us"! We're friends, and you... you're a hero!

[tsuntrader]

[Fine, punch him. He'll take the first punch. That's what he gets for making Hilda cry.

Idiot.]

But we're not the same.

[50shadesofprotag]

No, of course not! But that doesn't change anything I've said! You're my friend, you're a hero, and it's "us"! You don't get to have a chapped butt about me being hard on myself when you do the exact same thing!

[She's grabbing his shirt, pulling on it.]

[tsuntrader]

You don't have to be a good guy to be a hero.

[He shoves her off. No. Stop it, Hilda.] You're like Gold. You're not like me.

[50shadesofprotag]

Fuck you!

[She'll take another swing, though it's aimed at his collarbone - more to hurt him than to instigate a fight.]

I'm not you! I'm not Gold! I'm Hilda! No one can be me but me!

But that doesn't mean we aren't alike!