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[lovelycharming]

Everybody enjoying another peaceful, carefree day in Ultern? Good, because there's a sparkle in the sky other than Ulternian sunshine and look, it's a bird! No, it's a plane! No, it's...

"TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAAAAA—huh? Hey, wait a minute...! Jessie? Meowth?! Where is everybody?!"

Before James can get an answer, he'll be crash-landing in Ohritori! Face full of sand on Stardust Beach? Embarrassingly suspended from a palm tree or even an Exeggutor? Or taking a miserably full-clothed dip in the sea? (Brrr!)

((Is this going to be a repeat of Mairin landing on various ships and needing to be rescued multiple times—perhaps, fortunately, both Mairin and James have terrible luck and certainly can wind up in fixes more times than they can count... maybe he's under the impression he can just launch himself back into the sky and find his friends, who knows?! But he just keeps landing here... oof.))

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[........... increasing levels of drama]

[lovelycharming]

James, unable to interpret how Red is reacting to him, assumes he's made a fool of himself.

He's not getting his way, like the pampered child he had been, and he wasn't receiving any pity! Did he see right through him?! Should be play it up more?!

He pretended to faint. He may have scattered some rose petals from the single rose he kept in his pocket.

[increasing levels of concern!]

[red_berry]

Oh no, it wasn't okay to leave him be after all! Now he's fainted, and there's something red scattered around him! What was the number for calling the hospital again? Wait, maybe Red should carry him to the Pokemon Center instead?

As Red is silently fretting over that, Pika walks over to James and pokes him on the cheek. He saw him drop those rose petals and he's not impressed.

("Seriously?") Pika says with an exasperated sigh. ("Get up, you're scaring him.") Not that James can understand him...

[lovelycharming]

James opens an eye, the one closer to the ground, fluttering his eyelashes, before squinting at Pikachu.

"... not buying it, huh?" he asked softly, before sighing and sitting up.

He gloomily hugged his knees, pulling his legs closer to himself.

[red_berry]

Oh. Oh, he was okay, then? That's good. Or... Maybe not that okay, after all. Red crouches down next to James, worried.

"...You okay?" he asks.

Pika, meanwhile, isn't too ready to give James any sympathy after that show. He crosses his arms and keeps an eye on him. Not that he's worried James is dangerous, but he doesn't trust him anyway.

[lovelycharming]

Oh, he's getting sympathy now? He was no longer expecting it and genuinely looks surprised when he lifts his gaze. "Oh! ... um, I suppose... as okay as I can be right now. I just really, really don't like to be alone. I miss my friends. I don't spend a day without them!"

He's not. Exaggerating. At all.

[this misunderstanding continues XD]

[red_berry]

Hmm, so James forgot Red asked him about the machines... He must have really traumatic memories about those that he's repressing. Amnesia sure is awful. Red won't ask about it again, he doesn't want to cause James any more distress.

He feels bad for James, though. Red's the type who can easily spend months without talking to another human, so he can't say he knows how it feels, but he doesn't need to. He knows everyone needs different things in their life.

"can't relate but that sux ;-;", he types, but kind of hesitates. Is that a good enough message for someone he's only just met? Does it show what he's feeling? Does it feel sincere? "i hope u don't have 2 be alone!!!" he adds, and then, despite being not totally happy with it, he shows it to James.

[oh, well... all's well that ends well!]

[lovelycharming]

James felt a bit more reassured.

"Thank you... you're a kind young man, you know that?" he said, voice cracking a little from emotion, which seemed genuine.

"I really... really hope I can find them."

He got back up, dusting off his clothes, and then stared off into the distance. He should keep moving.

[red_berry]

Thank goodness, he got his feelings delivered. Red pats James on the shoulder and stands up with him.

But... young man? Red thought James was around his age, in his twenties, but is he actually that much older? It's bothering him now, but the mood of a man staring off into the distance with determination is too dramatic and cool, Red can't just break it like that.

"Mm," Red agrees instead with a nod. "Good luck." It feels like the sun should really be setting dramatically to color the scenery in twilight hues, but it's still midday and the sun is shining brightly in the blue sky.