43 (Puppy Love)

[her_mouse_jesty]

[When the Video clicks on, Minnie is in the Saffron Pokemon Center. There's an obvious bruise on her cheek, and her eyes are red from hours of crying. Yet she sits up right, trying to be dignified and brave for whoever is listening.]

I feel everyone has a right to know this.

During our train ride to Saffron the other day, our train was hijacked by

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[newhero]

[he hadn't actually heard her message; Sora's... following the inexplicable urge to track Minnie down right this instant-- like he had missed her earlier somehow, or something.]

Minnie?

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[her_mouse_jesty]

Sora.

[She stands up from her cot, glad to see him.]

Are you all right?

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[newhero]

Yeah... Are you?

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[her_mouse_jesty]

... I'll be all right.

[She approaches him to look him over.]

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[youfartknocker]

Uh, huh huh huh. Cool. Those Rocket guys rule.

[fullmoonstory]

You lost all of them? That's terrible!

[her_mouse_jesty]

Not all of them, only four of mine were taken. But they were still very dear to me.

[fullmoonstory]

There must be something we can do to get them all back!

[her_mouse_jesty]

We will, in time. But for now... we need to recover, and be on our guard.

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[islandshore]

[And in comes Riku, looking quite a bit worried. He didn't suffer any serious injuries, and he's more angry about the situation than anything.

His whole team is out of their balls now, and they'll just hang behind him, awaiting orders.]

Hey.

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[her_mouse_jesty]

[She looks up, smiling weakly at him.]

Riku.

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[islandshore]

You doing alright?

[...probably a dumb thing to ask, but darn it, he's concerned.]

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[her_mouse_jesty]

[She slowly nods.]

I'll be fine.