Did someone order a DORM LOG??

[pitticus]

Who: You, you, you, and you
What: Dorm hijinks and etc. Whatever you want.
Where: Student and Teacher dorms, and quite possibly beyond. Whatever happens happens, bro!
When: September 9 - September 25
Warnings: I wrote 'hijinks'. That should explain everything

Comments

this is on the 13th

[water_and_steel]

[Sometime during the evening, Empo knocks on Voile's dorm door, hoping the Gardevoir is there and not elsewhere.]

Re: this is on the 13th

[reservedempath]

[It's one of the times that Voile's actually in her room. She's quick to answer, unsure of where Cammy is, but thinking that it might be her at the door.

Instead. It's... Empo.

She blinks with surprise and opens her door fully.]

Hi, you. What's up?

[water_and_steel]

I just... wanna apologize about how I acted a few days back.

I was kinda being emotional, even if I don't sound like it.

[reservedempath]

[She simply stares for a moment and then she softens, if but minutely and nods.]

No, no. I understand.

[She gestures him in.]

Want to come in? You can talk about it with me, if you want. I don't mind listening.

[water_and_steel]

[He scratches the back of his neck.] Yeah, if you don't mind me at all or anything, and whatnot.

[However, he still enters her dorm.]

[reservedempath]

[She shakes her head and closes her door after him.]

Of course not. Make yourself comfortable. Are you hungry or thirsty at all? I have some berries and some Pokéblocks.

[She floats her way slowly across the floor.]

[water_and_steel]

[He shook his head] Nah, I'm not all that hungry, besides I won't be all that long.

[He makes himself comfortable by sitting in the nearest chair available in the dorm.]

[reservedempath]

Oh. Okay.

[She waits until he's as comfortable as he's going to get - which she assumes may not be much - before she sits at the foot of her bed.]

Is everything going all right? You seem like you may have something on your mind.

[water_and_steel]

[Which is about right, since even then he was still fidgeting around in his seat, generally not being as Mr. Smooth as he usually is.]

I... yeah... It's about a few days ago, I'm sorry I kinda acted like weird.

[reservedempath]

[She leans over and eyes him carefully. Then she shakes her head. It seems she's attempting to get a better reading on his feelings, while being inconspicuous about it.]

It's not a big deal, Empo. It bothered you so much that you came to see me...?

[water_and_steel]

[He shook his head and sighed as he tried sorting the words in his head for a moment, once Voile gets a reading of Empo's emotions, the Sinnoh Pokemon's feelings are rather mixed for the past few days since the whole birthday deal in the network.

A part of him still feels doubt, melancholic and some sort of nostalgia, yet at the same time... he also felt calm and content. More so than since quite a long time ago.]

H-how should I say this... remember that I kinda said stuff about not-celebrating a birthday for quite a- long time..?

[reservedempath]

[She softens as she listens to him and nods. She chooses not to pry any longer, especially since it seems he's willing to confide in her and that's... rather nice. Voile sits back, crosses one leg over the other, and smiles vaguely.]

Yes. I remember. But not everyone has to celebrate birthdays. It sounds like some people don't celebrate theirs at all...

[water_and_steel]

I know but more like.... [sigh] I'll just try to cut the chase. [Empo takes the moment to take a deep breath.]

I was abandoned.

Before I met Lucas, things with my last trainer wasn't as peachy as with my first.

[reservedempath]

[She instantly grows serious. Voile can't even nod to that. She wasn't ever abandoned. Not really. She was told to leave. Which is worse? She can't begin to even guess or imagine. Her eyebrows furrow and for a moment, she feels an incessant anger rise up in her.

Why would anyone mistreat a Pokémon in such a way? And she's all stupid with her stupid celebrations. Voile is, at the very least, not at all pleased with herself. She inclines her head and stares at her shoes.]

...Oh. I'm... so sorry...

[water_and_steel]

[He shook his head.]

I-it's nothing to apologize about, Voile. But, I've been holding this in for a couple of years, but I finally talked to Lucas about it a few days.

I was afraid of trusting trainers completely, I was afraid of things repeating again. But [He slowly smiled] he keep saying he cared me no matter how much I freaked that day and [A genuine laugh.] he made me realize that I've been too paranoid about the past.

So... what I'm trying to saying is, sorry that I overreacted yesterday because I was still afraid the past haunting me, but I promise you I don't now.

[reservedempath]

[Voile finally nods again in thought.

But how does she feel? Voile hardly trusts any trainer or any human period. At least people like Knuckles and Sonny make her feel better about who she is. About what she is. But beyond that... She has a real hard time with Lucas, and Gold, and the others. It's amazing how only a couple trainers can have such a holder over her.

Or perhaps she simply hasn't gotten over her own demons and jaded cynicism. How much of her optimism is a display, anyway?]

I'm glad that you've got someone who managed to help you through it. You deserved that at the very least after what you went through.