Inquiry [tweet peep post to Pippi, also crossposted to Mimmeo; backdated to around May 22nd-23rd, after their trip to Chichi Island in this thread]BIG GAINS 💪 @(legendarycheatday):anybody ever successfully or even halfway grow one of these things???
[A photograph of a cut Midnight Bloom from Chichi Island, sitting in a plastic bottle of water, even in the dim light, its petals still faintly glow like moonlight! There’s tissue paper spread out under it, to disguise the low tables of Gukuru House, in case anyone recognizes the exact tables or even clay pottery used at the inn.
Rather different from the anonymous user's usual strict focus on fitness tips, training regimens, and memes!]Reprieve [present date; primarily for Bashou (
bashou) in Gukuru House, but can include anyone else who run into Buson between Chura and Ohritori island]Buson might have despaired too quickly, earlier. A Team Rocket executive was still a human being. He couldn’t defeat
death itself or stop it from claiming a friend of his, but he could at least
talk to a human being who terrorized one of his friends who's shaken up from already being taken hostage by Rockets before… even if the Rocket frightening him this time was his superior.
She was, after all, just a human being. Solid. Tangible.
Vulnerable.… something he knew all too well, which made even treating her solely like an enemy or threat to be dealt with quickly
difficult. He still pitied her, which would surely aggravate Mayday. She might not be dealt with as quickly and easily as a nameless grunt, but maybe it wouldn't have to go that far, and they could just
talk.Before setting out, Buson would write a note for Bashou, as he didn’t see him up. Maybe he was busy working, maybe he was asleep, or maybe he stepped outside. Buson wasn’t sure at the moment, entirely focused on what he intended to do.
“Taking the ferry.
Friends having an argument.
I got to make peace.
—B.”
And then, he would simply leave it on the table and go, provided there are no interruptions, neither in Gukuru House or the docks, and take the ferry back to Ohritori, simply as a passenger. He’d have a grim and sober air about him and wouldn’t look terribly friendly or approachable today, whether on the ferry or at port, or even in the city, although he might put on a smile for a familiar face or to get information.
Peacekeeping [present date; closed to Mayday (
ateamrocket), wherever he finds her]It might have taken a lot of asking around and following some dead ends, but Buson will find her eventually (maybe to one of her usual haunts or even to whatever abandoned building she’s taken up residence!); he’s always been good at following a trail to find his target.
“Hey, Mayday.”
No honorifics or formalities, just like she asked, but the tone lacks any warmth and his voice is low and quiet, in an almost intimidating fashion. He’s approaching this like his old job, even if it felt twisted using these tactics on a superior who was only acting as a Rocket
would…
Well, it isn’t clear-cut treachery yet, they're just
talking.