gotta happen

[betabangs]

Heeeellloooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[She counts to three, then cups her hands around her mouth again and --]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellloooooooooooooooooooooooo?

[It's ringing down every hallway. Fuck yeah echoes.]

For a place that's supposed to be a Lab, it's sure is [Deep breath, girl!]

Emmmmmmmmmptyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!

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[betabangs]

[Whoops! She moves a few inches away. Personal space is important when walking with the person who so kindly said he'd help her catch a Pokémon.] It really does! Hey, what was your first Pokémon?

[savedover]

[The first one he grabbed off of the table after breaking into Professor Elm's Lab-]

A male Chikorita. Quiet, highly curious.

[betabangs]

I've never heard of that one before... Is it cute? Or was it? Because it sounds like it!

[savedover]

I have no opinion on that. What mattered at the time was that it was strong.

[betabangs]

Did you become good friends with it?

[savedover]

No. It's just a means to an end for me. [He's repeated the lie so many times that, to the outside eye, it's impossible to distinguish it from the truth.]

[betabangs]

[She halts, then races to catch up once she realizes she's getting left behind. (Not again!)]

You want to be a really strong trainer, huh?

[savedover]

Strength is the only thing that matters. [And yet, he isn't passionate about it.]

[betabangs]

Why? I mean, I get that being really strong means you don't really lose as much, but why does it have to be the only think that matters?

[savedover]

I hate the weak. Pokémon, trainers. It doesn't matter who or what. I'm going to be strong and wipe out the weak. [Azalea Town. After the battle that he has lost, each and every time.]

[betabangs]

[That's some heavy stuff there, buddy. It doesn't fly over her head like a lot of stuff does, either.] That's admira... admi... That's really cool of you. The wanting to be strong part. You could be as great as Red if you really tried! He was really cool, beating Team Rocket and stuff.

[savedover]

Red? [Ah. Even if it's only in theory, the thought of being compared to that person--]

[savedover]

[Silver's expression flattens as he forcibly reigns in his temper.]

... ... ... Team Rocket is a group of weaklings and losers. They were only "strong" because of their numbers.

[betabangs]

I guess. [Red's still great in her mind. He was pretty nice, even if...] But I still think he was strong, beating all of them like that...

[She'll go quiet though. She gets the feeling he doesn't really like Red, or the idea of him anyway. While to her, Red's probably one of the most remarkable people she's ever ... not met.]