Third Person Sample: Katara and Nini, her Piplup, sat on the side of the road with their backs to a tree, taking a break from walking. Nini held a bite of food in her flippers, working away at it while Katara stared skyward past the leaves on their makeshift shelter. She braced on her hands, taking in a deep breath and letting it back out with a sort of sigh. With weather like this who could stay nervous and upset?
"I mean, it's not like I'm really that unlucky that NO ONE I know is still here, right?"
Nini turned her head, never once stopped eating, and gave Katara a stare. Chew, chew, chew.
After a significant pause both girls turned their gazes ahead again and Katara went on reasoning to no one.
"Besides, even if I am, that can't last, right? People come and go all the time, and I can make new friends! I'm friendly, right? We just met, but you think I'm friendly, right?"
More chewing. More staring. No answers would be forthcoming from Nini until she's done stuffing her face, except when she turns her head to look Katara is giving her such an expectant, hopeful smile... "The answer is YES.", it said, kind of like a mother talking to her children.
So Nini nodded enthusiastically.
"Piplup!"
Apparently that was the right thing to say, Katara relaxed a little, visibly. A happy trainer will keep the food coming, right?
Sure enough another morsel was offered after a moment.
Others would probably tell her she shouldn't get her hopes up, but Katara was nothing without hope after all. Out of all the people she knew at least one of them had to still be here, right? Even if she was disappointed now she might be rewarded later. It had taken so long for Sokka to return last time, but he HAD shown up.
And was it crazy for her to feel so apprehensive just about making that post? She told herself that there was no point in making it sooner logically, but truthfully it might have been fear of the response (or lack there of) that made her hesitate for hours...? Maybe.
Sometimes hope just needed a little time to build, okay? It had been a while, she needed to get her bearings and figure out what she'd missed exactly. A year? More? Less? The dating system they used wasn't one that they'd adopted back home, so really. Where did March place in the grand scheme of things? Was it March when she showed up last time? Suddenly she couldn't remember.
That was another thing, actually; that was the strange part. She could tell by the date that she'd been gone for at least enough time to pass that the month had changed, but for her it felt as if she'd barely been gone a day. Talk about time moving by way too fast.
The grass in front of them began to rustle suddenly, and both Pokemon and trainer go to their feet in preparation for battle. There was one thing to definitely be grateful for in Johto, Katara suddenly remembered: Nature didn't leave time for idle thought.
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"I mean, it's not like I'm really that unlucky that NO ONE I know is still here, right?"
Nini turned her head, never once stopped eating, and gave Katara a stare. Chew, chew, chew.
After a significant pause both girls turned their gazes ahead again and Katara went on reasoning to no one.
"Besides, even if I am, that can't last, right? People come and go all the time, and I can make new friends! I'm friendly, right? We just met, but you think I'm friendly, right?"
More chewing. More staring. No answers would be forthcoming from Nini until she's done stuffing her face, except when she turns her head to look Katara is giving her such an expectant, hopeful smile... "The answer is YES.", it said, kind of like a mother talking to her children.
So Nini nodded enthusiastically.
"Piplup!"
Apparently that was the right thing to say, Katara relaxed a little, visibly. A happy trainer will keep the food coming, right?
Sure enough another morsel was offered after a moment.
Others would probably tell her she shouldn't get her hopes up, but Katara was nothing without hope after all. Out of all the people she knew at least one of them had to still be here, right? Even if she was disappointed now she might be rewarded later. It had taken so long for Sokka to return last time, but he HAD shown up.
And was it crazy for her to feel so apprehensive just about making that post? She told herself that there was no point in making it sooner logically, but truthfully it might have been fear of the response (or lack there of) that made her hesitate for hours...? Maybe.
Sometimes hope just needed a little time to build, okay? It had been a while, she needed to get her bearings and figure out what she'd missed exactly. A year? More? Less? The dating system they used wasn't one that they'd adopted back home, so really. Where did March place in the grand scheme of things? Was it March when she showed up last time? Suddenly she couldn't remember.
That was another thing, actually; that was the strange part. She could tell by the date that she'd been gone for at least enough time to pass that the month had changed, but for her it felt as if she'd barely been gone a day. Talk about time moving by way too fast.
The grass in front of them began to rustle suddenly, and both Pokemon and trainer go to their feet in preparation for battle. There was one thing to definitely be grateful for in Johto, Katara suddenly remembered: Nature didn't leave time for idle thought.
"Let's go, Nini!"