Aitwo (Ambertwo) (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
starinheaven) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
farawayplace2023-05-14 03:44 am
starinheaven) wrote in farawayplace2023-05-14 03:44 am
Entry tags:
In the turning, flowing wind, I sing alone
There’s a little girl, dressed in a light, summery dress, with matching white sandals, arriving on Stardust Beach, blinking at the sunlight and feeling the coastal wind on her face and tasting the salty sea-scent of the air.
For a time, she’s absolutely stunned, daring not to move (has her imagination ever been this strong?!), then, without really meaning to, she’s forced to take a few steps (the wind is so strong!), that she steps into wet sand and realizes she couldn’t just be imagining this. It’s a little too soggy and gross. She decides, then, maybe it was the last few years that were a very bad, very long, and very strange dream (although she liked the Pokemon…), and this was reality! She giggles and takes off her sandals, putting them higher up on dry sand (hot, hot!), before rushing back to the wet sand to play.
She twirls and spins and laughs, but when she turns back around, searching the beach, she cannot find her mama or her papa.
“… didn’t we go together? We’re at the beach now…”
Wasn’t the car crash and everything else a dream? She couldn’t have gotten here on her own! It’s true it’s not the same beach she knew and even the people looked a bit different, but maybe they just went on a very, very long trip!
Question 1: Vacation?
Ai decided to ask around on the beach, gently tapping shoulders and tugging on sleeves.
“Excuse me, have you seen my papa or my mama? Um, papa’s hair is much more wavy than mine, but grey, and he has a nose this long…”
Question 2: Heaven?
She had to find her parents! They had to be here, right? Because if they weren’t… then the car crash and these past years weren’t all a dream… then, maybe she’s just gone on ahead to Heaven? So she decided, in between asking about her parents, she’ll also ask some people if this place were Heaven!
“Excuse me, is this Heaven?”
Ai thought this was a very clever way to find out more quickly, than if she had only asked everyone one question, then started all over with the next one. She should find her answer quicker this way!
Sand
Ai had never seen sand that looked like this before! It was so pretty and mysterious. Almost like konpeito! But she knew better than to try and taste it… although she really did feel tempted to. It looked so pretty… she sat down and held grains up to the sunlight and wondered if the stars fell down and turned to sand or if the entire island was one very big star broken up into many little stars… oh, but it wasn’t hot or shining, like the sun, were they stars that went out, like switched-off lights or snuffed-out candles? Ai kept wondering, while rolling the little grain between her fingertips.
Whatever they were, they were pretty, so Ai wanted to collect some sand, along with seashells and bits of seaweed and anything else.
For a time, she’s absolutely stunned, daring not to move (has her imagination ever been this strong?!), then, without really meaning to, she’s forced to take a few steps (the wind is so strong!), that she steps into wet sand and realizes she couldn’t just be imagining this. It’s a little too soggy and gross. She decides, then, maybe it was the last few years that were a very bad, very long, and very strange dream (although she liked the Pokemon…), and this was reality! She giggles and takes off her sandals, putting them higher up on dry sand (hot, hot!), before rushing back to the wet sand to play.
She twirls and spins and laughs, but when she turns back around, searching the beach, she cannot find her mama or her papa.
“… didn’t we go together? We’re at the beach now…”
Wasn’t the car crash and everything else a dream? She couldn’t have gotten here on her own! It’s true it’s not the same beach she knew and even the people looked a bit different, but maybe they just went on a very, very long trip!
Question 1: Vacation?
Ai decided to ask around on the beach, gently tapping shoulders and tugging on sleeves.
“Excuse me, have you seen my papa or my mama? Um, papa’s hair is much more wavy than mine, but grey, and he has a nose this long…”
Question 2: Heaven?
She had to find her parents! They had to be here, right? Because if they weren’t… then the car crash and these past years weren’t all a dream… then, maybe she’s just gone on ahead to Heaven? So she decided, in between asking about her parents, she’ll also ask some people if this place were Heaven!
“Excuse me, is this Heaven?”
Ai thought this was a very clever way to find out more quickly, than if she had only asked everyone one question, then started all over with the next one. She should find her answer quicker this way!
Sand
Ai had never seen sand that looked like this before! It was so pretty and mysterious. Almost like konpeito! But she knew better than to try and taste it… although she really did feel tempted to. It looked so pretty… she sat down and held grains up to the sunlight and wondered if the stars fell down and turned to sand or if the entire island was one very big star broken up into many little stars… oh, but it wasn’t hot or shining, like the sun, were they stars that went out, like switched-off lights or snuffed-out candles? Ai kept wondering, while rolling the little grain between her fingertips.
Whatever they were, they were pretty, so Ai wanted to collect some sand, along with seashells and bits of seaweed and anything else.
[awww, poor Gold... he's handling this so maturely, too ;_;]
She looked so sorry for hurting him, she set down her chopsticks, left her seat, and went to give Gold a hug.
no subject
He's surprised at the hug, but he does hug her back, kind of awkwardly.
"Don't worry about it. I'm fine," he says with a smile, patting her back.
She didn't actually hurt his feelings, since she didn't laugh! Gold just wanted to make sure she wouldn't hurt anybody else's feelings in the future either. Ai's a kind child, after all. He's sure she'd be sad if she hurt somebody.
[thank you, Gold, you now receive one chunk of Ai's bizarre backstory]
She smiled gratefully up at him, then returned to her seat, to eat again. "This really is tasty..."
"You know... there's a lot that I don't know how to do either. Because, up until I came here... I wasn't really living. Not out in the world, anyway. I was kind of, um... in a tank. In a lab. That's why the world outside was so amazing to see again! I couldn't even really eat in there, it was like being a baby waiting to be born. For years and years!"
no subject
"Huh, sounds like that sucked," Gold says. He can emphatize with the feeling of your life being stuck in place, since that's kind of what being in Ultern feels like sometimes. He can't imagine why anybody would stick a kid in a tank, but at least she's out of there. Unless she goes back when she leaves Ultern...? No, better not think about that.
"I bet when you were in that tank you were thinking about all the stuff you wanted to do when you got out. I mean, I would've if it was me. So now that you're out, you've got all the time in the world to do all that!" He grins encouragingly.
no subject
""Yup!" Ai said happily. "I used to make-believe I was in my old neighborhood and home... imagine the moon, sun, and stars..."
She happily put her hands together. "What are the the most fun places in Ultern? Tell me what you liked best. I want to make a list of things I'd like to try here! Going swimming again is a must... I just need to get a swimsuit."
She's already got one item down!
no subject
"The moon and the stars... Uhh, I think you'd have to stay up pretty late to see them this time of year. But hey, more sun!" He won't touch the comment about her home, since that seems pretty impossible.
"Hmm... The most fun places, huh?" Gold gets thoughtful as he eats, staying quiet for a moment. "I guess this house is one of the most fun places to me, and the cafe at the Pokemon Center in Turnbloom City... Oh, but there's a bunch of fun places in Turnbloom City, like the marketplace, and the amusement park... Gilterrace Town has the Miltank farm, and a flower shop... And speaking of flowers, there's a big flower field on Route 4! And a Berry farm on Route 2, and the Doduo farm on Route 3..." He pauses. "I guess we should just visit everywhere, huh?"
[new friend acquired!]
Oh, he said "we"... then, they'll go together?
"Let's!" she said happily, and finished her meal.
"We'll take our time exploring! We'll have so many adventures..."
no subject
Or maybe Gold just gets lost more than the average person."A whole lot of adventures," Gold nods, and starts clearing the table now that they're both finished eating. "I can deal with this, you go back to drawing."
Gold's already got his mind on when he could set aside time to visit the amusement park with Ai. He hasn't been there in a while himself, and now that he's reminded of it, he kind of misses the place. The sights, the sounds, the popcorn... And with Ai, maybe he could score some extra free popcorn.