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text; backdated to a few days ago

[theycalledmeacurse]

Hey there, sugar. A couple weeks ago, you mentioned being interested in a support group for imPorts. Well, I'm putting together a small meeting to see how things go and we'd love to have you there, if you can make it.

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[by_candlelight]

I'm definitely interested. Where are you planning on holding the meeting?

[theycalledmeacurse]

We'll be meeting at the Endeavor Center in Maurtia Falls. If you need help getting there, one of us can help.

[by_candlelight]

I should be able to get there. Thanks. What time will it be at? I don't really know when these things are planned typically, and I might need to let work know I'll make up hours later in the week.

[theycalledmeacurse]

7:00pm on Thursday this time, but we can change it in the future if too many people can't make it then. I've already checked with the Center and they're flexible with space reservations while we figure out what works best for everyone.

[by_candlelight]

That should be fine. I'll ask for time off work, and if they say no, well. Worst they can do is fire me for not showing up. I'm registered so I can just ask for another job in that case.

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[namesaquestion]

[Look, he's put some effort into the message, but he's also not.

Explaining shit. LMAO]

hey theres this guy called archer (apllo akagawa) frm my world

he's really bad so stay away from him ok???

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[by_candlelight]

[ She raises an eyebrow at this. ]

What type of bad? Are you in any form of danger? If I look him up, will I be able to find something that shows me what he looks like? If I see him, do you want me to let me know where, or should I keep that information secret?

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[namesaquestion]

Dangerous. Archer is dads ritehand man. He had me followed n watched back home bc of my former status as the rocket heir. Im not that n im now an Aqua Grunt now n living w/Archie but the loc's secret b/c the place is owned by sum1 else so.

nway archer claimed it kept me safe from harm or something but where were they when i fell off the cliff tht earned me shiko?! Archer knows stupid details too, lik how I stole Oda from Elm. I told him I didnt that i got him legally n that Im not from the same Universe as him!

but i dont want him to no bc i want him to doubt enough i'm not the stupid kid i am

he doesnt know i got darts or my music either or tht i got a gengar or crobat or sneasel

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[namesaquestion]

oh dad was?? is?? basikly lik yukuza/mafia crime boss

(Alcohol mention)

[by_candlelight]

This makes me wish I still drank. Not in a 'your situation is weighing on me' way. In a 'Wow I sure do know some of that' way.

So first, are you in any way able to avoid contact with him? you don't need to be dragged back into a mafia. I know that it's probably hard to believe but I'm the daughter of a crime boss, too. Was raised to be the heir of that side of things because my older sister was a blabbermouth or something like that. From personal experience I can say that nothing good will come out of you being in a mafia.

Next, if he wants you, that means you're valuable to him. You may be able to use that against him.

I wouldn't be so sure that he doesn't know about Baku and Zuzu if he was following you. You might be able to narrow down when he was last following you based on what pokemon he thinks you have. If you've used your darts in public, consider those known about. Even if he doesn't know it's your power, I'd bet he would be aware you have darts on you.

Also? Don't panic. You may or may not be freaked out right now, but something I suggest? Take deep breaths and pace a bit. That... Well that always helped me clear my head, and I was in a situation where one wrong move would get me burned alive in front of all my peers, so I'd say it's pretty good as far as advice goes. Sometimes stuff just gets... I dunno. Weird? You're not scared or anything, but your body is acting like you're scared, so you end up having to trick it into remembering you'll be fine, or at least that you're not in immediate danger.

I'd suggest you keep lying, but be smart about it. Don't give him any information he doesn't need. Don't say anything that contradicts things you've said before. And think about things that would be obvious lies. If he taught you how to write, and your handwriting still shows signs of what he taught you? Don't lie and say your dad taught you. Stuff like that. Choose things that can't be proven, but are just enough to cause questions.

If you have any lies you want me to back up, just let me know. The only reason I've been avoiding lying since I got here is because it's just easier, but I have no problems with lying to back you up.

[namesaquestion]

[The only thing he's taking away from this, right at this very second?

is]

ur dad was a yakuza boss too?

n nah mine taught me how to write and hold a bruhs n pen and stuff. same w/how 2 walk.

[Technically more Yakuza/Mafia, but he's... not sure how to explain that and yakuza seems... more dangerous from what he can tell?? maybe???

That said, he's only like, 80% sure it was his father who taught him how to walk. There's vague memories of a woman, but... He never saw any home videos or photos of that, unlike learning to write. ]

[by_candlelight]

[ She's certainly not going to admit it, but there's a pang of jealousy when she sees that his dad taught him how to walk. She wasn't sure that her dad was around her often enough to teach her anything personally, except the sting of disappointment. ]

Yeah. Well. Sort of. Yakuza is the best word for it, but it operated more on stuff like blackmail of powerful people with a lot less of the footwork. Espionage was a big thing, too. Corporate and political espionage was something they were having good luck on, but I don't know all the details. He got caught, and I got kidnapped before I got to learn just how far that went. Oh right. There was a lot of smuggling too.

Cool, so you should be able to safely say he taught you. Uh. Pokemon battling? Maybe? Or is that something traditionally self-taught? I've only caught a few things about that, and it's really outside of my social knowledge since, you know, different worlds.

[namesaquestion]

i dnt think n1 tried w/me but dad was a businessman and GL 2 the public, so.. idk. prob 2 high risk

gotta stuk tho. i hope u gve them hell >)

[Or you know, he was fucking protected via well-placed agents.]

dad, skool. Grunts n minders. i got loaners 2 play w/an i think i did ok cus they kpt giving me more. But it was mostly dad w/he had time, grunts, and skool, tho more skool cuz they teech that kinda thing evn tho parents r pected 2 do tht stuff or lik teh basics. lik by 11 ur excpected 2 no the general stuff like match ups n types and basic items.

i had match ups mem'd by 9.

[At least that's how it was for him and it isn't like he knows any other way than what he did or what his school did.]

[by_candlelight]

Mine was a politician. I think it has less to do with risk and more to do with the fact that my father had very powerful enemies, and my existence became known when one of those enemies managed to get inside enough to report some of his holdings as belonging to a criminal, and I just happened to be in one of those safe houses. And the government, the giant fools that they were, didn't think to give me any form of guards when they put me into the foster system, so I got abducted by those powerful enemies I mentioned earlier. Who had, by the way, infiltrated the government a lot easier than they did my father's holdings. It was very stupid.

Yeah. Sucked a lot. And while I can't say I gave them hell the whole time, because I was pretty preoccupied with not being given a traitor's death, I was key to the destruction of the cult. In the end what they did to me was their own downfall, so I'm pretty smug about my ability to get revenge when I really want to.

[ Meanwhile Ruby: Protected by nothing but her ability to manipulate the people around her and other areas she'd been trained in. ]

Your minders had pokemon, too? I wish my minders had come with animals. That sounds like a lot of information to pack away all at once if they didn't start you on it early. How many types did you say there were?


[ She certainly wasn't going to admit she has no idea if that's impressive to know at nine. She had memorised a lot of seriously complicated things by that age, too, but she didn't really have a life outside of academics and training until she was kidnapped. From the way Niko's spoken, he had a lot of other things to keep up with on top of academics and non-pokemon training. ]

late, so feel free to ignore

[namesaquestion]

mayb u could teach me sum of tht? getting reveng wen u gotta

and i guess you had mad manip skills 2 stay alive if they thot u a tr8ter? that cud b useful w/archer here.

[Maybe. He doesn't really know, but....]

yea, thy did and it is? i wudn't no b/c were lerning bout pkmn b4 we can walk.

17? 18? but idk the fairy type cuz thats not a thing in my world. i can giv u a type chart then test u on it later?

also fairy type sunds stupid.

(Sorry I'm late, health happened. Feel free to ignore)

[by_candlelight]

Oh yeah. I totally can. It can be a long game though, and it takes being willing to put on a mask and keep it on, depending on the situation.

You have my knowledge at your disposal. I was being trained to manipulate from an early age, since I was to take over the family business, so I had a good head start.

I'm going to start wishing I was born in your world at this rate. I want to be in a world where animals are so strongly connected with humanity.

That sounds like a good idea.

People say that until they're kidnapped by fairies and made to be their slaves for eternity...

text;

[theycalledmeacurse]

Hi sugar. I know it's been a while, but I'm getting things ready for the next support group meeting and I was wondering —

Well, I think it's time we got more folks involved, so it makes sense to have more than one meeting so the group doesn't get so big that no one can really talk. So I was wondering if you'd like to lead one of the meetings.

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[obediences]

Hey, neighbor.

I'll need to postpone next week's training-- my siblings are throwing a birthday party at our new place in Nonah on October 1st. You're welcome to stop by if you wanted to. There should be a few people around your age, too, so it should be okay. If you wanted to come, I mean.

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[maskormods]

1st letter

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Re: text; (Sorry I'm late, health happened again, just less!)

[by_candlelight]

Do you think I can do that?

[ For a moment it was... Accusational, as if Ruby had taken it as 'do you really think I'm capable of the empathy required to do this? me?' but she quickly decided to add on in a second text, grateful that text had no inherent tone. This time, there was disbelief as she typed.. ]

I mean, what qualifies me? I'm willing to try, but I don't really know where to start, or what makes me an ideal candidate?

[ There was a short pause before a third text. ]

Do you really think someone like me could pull off a meeting?

Re: text (Sorry I'm late! Health stuff)

[by_candlelight]

Count me in! I mean, I'd come even without people my age. A birthday party is a birthday party!

[ It was also the first one she'd ever been invited to, but she wasn't going to admit that. ]

no prob at all! <3

[obediences]

[ And it's the first one he's ever had, so... they're well-matched. ]

Great!

There's, uh, a lot of us, so there might be a few people. It's a big house, though.

CW: Underage drinking

[by_candlelight]

That's not a problem. As long as there aren't impromptu drunken knife-fights I'll be fine. If there are, well, I hope you won't be too upset if I don't join in. I'm trying to avoid alcohol, and it wouldn't be fair if I wasn't drunk during a drunken knife fight. wwwww.

[ She has absolutely no idea that she's talking to someone who has never had a birthday party before and might mistakenly think that this is A Thing You Do at the average party, or think that she thinks that. ]

[obediences]

[ A snort of a laugh. ]

If there is a drunken knife fight, stay away from my brother Diego. He'll be the grumpy one in black. His superpower is all knives, it'd be an unfair fight.