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Red ([personal profile] red_berry) wrote in [community profile] farawayplace2023-03-05 04:29 pm

Intro post - Winding up in Ultern

[STARDUST BEACH]

It's a windy day in Ohritori Island. Not stormy, but the waves are high. And on Stardust Beach, a man is standing alone, watching the waves. He's tall and thin as a beanpole, wearing an oversized plain white T-shirt that makes him look even thinner, like the wind could make him fall over any moment now. But he stands there without falling, motionless. It's a bit of an eerie sight.

If you approach him, he looks at you, hair blowing in his face and covering most of it.

"...Not Alola," is how he greets you.

[POKEMON CENTER]

Later, you can find Red sitting at the cafe in the Pokemon Center, hair still a complete mess from the wind, typing on his phone and ignoring a cooling cup of tea front of him. There's a slightly grumpy Pikachu, also with wind-frazzled fur, sitting on his table and nibbling on a rainbow Pokebean.

But if you're not at the Pokemon Center, you might instead see a post on Pippi, the Ulternian version of Twitter.

[ONLINE]

Red Sr. (@)scarlet_ellipsis posted:
[Image of a Pikachu standing in heavy wind with his face scrunched up. The caption over it says "it fucken WIMDY"]
he hates this weather!! [several laughing emojis]


(ooc: This is Gold's player, bringing in a different character from the same AU! Come say hi to Red, either in person or online! He's a lot easier to talk to online though XD)
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[personal profile] serperiority 2023-03-17 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
That's alright, Trip doesn't expect anyone to choose him, especially if the best he can give is something as superficial as all that. He's already lost his wealth too, so what did he have to set himself apart? Amateur photography and sub-par battling skills, despite being a prodigy? He wasn't exactly all that fun to be around, either, and a very lacking conversation partner.

Well, for now, he knew he had the advantage of actually being raised with such comforts.

Maybe Trip could be overcome his pride and need to bottle things up, like he believed an adult should, to actually talk about this someday, but for now... for now, he stews in his feelings and works.

Far be it from us to believe Gold would ever not take advantage of opportunities for free stuff!