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Post by Lucien Benoit on Mar 24, 2018 11:28:42 GMT -8
As Skye began to explain what had happened to him, Lucien’s lips pressed together harder still. So, he’d lost his parents and then so much of … his face, Lucien guessed. The level of suck that reached was more than Lucien knew what to do with, really. He could barely imagine it right then given his parents were alive, and he and his siblings were close enough.
What came after that, however, had him frowning even more. If it was intentional then… he’d lost them both to someone. And then over money of all things. Lucien was rich. His family had been rich for Arceus knew how long, but he’d also dealt without it for a while. When his dad shrunk his allowance, he’d worked and gotten over it…. But… he would never have considered killing dad of all people.
And then it got worse. The more Skye admitted, the sicker to his stomach Lucien felt. Well damn dude, I’ve been hanging out with you for like an hour now and you don’t seem crazy… Yeah that probably wasn’t going to help, actually.
When Skye finally stopped, however, Lucien eased back a little, letting go of one hand and just thumbing over the other. “Yeash man…. Don’t even know where ta start wit’ that… all ‘f et’s jus’ made of suck…” he answered reaching up and feeling through his own locks of hair. “Can’t even ‘magine what some ‘f that’s like ‘ut…” he clasped his hand a little tighter before relaxing again. “F ya need a place ta stay, ya c’n always come ta my ranch?” He shrugged a little weakly. “It’s gotta lot ‘f Pokemon ‘n stuff that c’n protect et ‘f need be ‘n stuff.” Granted most of the Pokemon that inhabited the ranch were peaceful types.
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Post by Skylar Tenebrose on Mar 24, 2018 13:54:42 GMT -8
There was that look, that look he got when someone was able to stomach his face and listen to his past. It was that look that upset him the most, because so many people would reject him but then feel bad for him. They pitied him out of guilt, but this was different. Lucien didn't react that way, he did feel sorry for him but it was genuine. He wasn't just feeling bad because of how he previously acted. This was....well Skye couldn't be fully upset with him, could he? "Yeah, it does suck a lot. Uhm, but since I've left I've been traveling the regions and I have my own pokemon that I've caught. And...and...well then there's people like you. Here in Veria, you're all so nice to me and you don't even know me...."Skye looked back at Lucien, without his mask the look of surprise was clean on his face. It was just like he said, didn't even know him from a hole in the wall and this guy right here was offering him a place to stay. Someone where he could be safe. Safe. He hasn't felt that way since he was child. It sounded nice, he really wanted to take the other up on the offer. However he didn't want to drag anyone else into this whole situation. "I...really? I mean, I'd like that. It'd be really nice to sleep in a bed and have a place to stay and stuff but... I don't want you to get caught up in my business. I don't want you to get hurt because of me."He couldn't imagine the immense guilt he would if this person who had been nothing but kind and patient with him got badly hurt because he made himself to vulnerable for an attack or something. Sure there were pokemon there so bounty hunters would think twice, but would it be enough to completely derail them? Lucien Benoit
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Mar 24, 2018 14:14:04 GMT -8
Lucien’s lips quirked and curled a little before he allowed his eyes to flick forward, staring off into the distance beyond the slopes of wherever they had been teleported again. “Doesn’t matter ta me ‘f ah get caught up ‘n anything,” he answered with a small shrug. “Ah jus’ go wit’ the flow of ‘et, ‘n go on…”
Folding one leg up and resting his chin on it, he looked back towards Skye again. “Ya dun hafta stay all tha time er nothin’. If ya think der’s someone comin’ ‘r somethin’ ya can jus’ teleport away ‘r jump tha train. No biggie ya know? Ah c’n jus’ fake nawt knowin’ ya er anything.” He shrugged his shoulders and offered a grin. “Wha’s tha worst dey c’n do ta me?” There were… a lot of worse things that they could do to him, but Lucien had quite a few friends and connections on his side now that could control for that in more ways than one. “Dun worry ‘bout me, jus’ lemme help yam kay?” He half-laughed thereafter.
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Post by Skylar Tenebrose on Mar 24, 2018 15:18:27 GMT -8
Lucien did bring up some good points, he didn't have to actually live there but instead stay for a few days at a time. Or he could stay as long as he liked and if someone were to catch on to him he could make off for a few days and return. it made Skye a little worried how nonchalant Lucien was being. His life could be in danger but he insists there's nothing to worry about. How could it not matter? It mattered to Skye. "These people are going to be paid a lot and won't let you get in the way of that."He mumbles, he cover his mouth with a hand, after a moment of silence he looks at the other from the corner of his eye. "Well...I guess it wouldn't hurt...they haven't really found me yet so I can possibly stay for the time being."It sounded more like he was convinving himself rather than the other. Lucien seemed determed to help him. Of course he could say no but he knows if he had at least one place to go to. Toughing it out here wouldn't be so bad. "Okay, I uhm...thanks man. I owe you one."He tries not to smile because 1, it would look awful and 2, it would hurt a lot but he found himself unable to contain his delight. For the first time he had a place to stay that wasn't the cold unforgiving ground or a very extremely questionable motel. Even if he had to sleep on a cot or something, that would probably be the best bed he would ever sleep on. He truly did owe Lucien one, he wasn't sure what he had to offer but if the other ever needed anything surely he could do it. Lucien Benoit
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Mar 24, 2018 15:26:09 GMT -8
Lucien got bits and pieces of Skye’s murmured rebuttal, but it didn’t affect him the way it probably should have. If that was the case, he could probably pay them even more to fuck off, right? Right. As Skye spoke, more or less convincing himself in the process, Lucien grinned warmly. “Heck yeah!” he laughed for a moment before settling again at the thanks. A smaller smile set on his features, and a simpler nod was given.
Slowly looking forward again, Lucien chuckled a bit reaching up to feel through his hair again. “Ya wanna go check out tha ranch?” he asked looking at Skye from the corner of his eye and shrugging a bit. It sounded like a good time since they’d just had… a wild adventure, heh. Some food and a shower sounded really good right now, so he could imagine it’d sound good to Skye to. “Maybe order in ah pizza er somethin’~?” Yum.
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Post by Skylar Tenebrose on Mar 24, 2018 16:05:53 GMT -8
He wasn't sure where Lucien got his courage but he could really use some of it. He didn't know anyone else who could just shrug off bounty hunters like they didn't mean anything. Perhaps there's more to Lucien than just being this breeder, but maybe that's not for him to know. "Pizza huh?"He was curious as to what this ranch looked like, it must've been amazing with all the pokemon roaming freely and what not. And pizza did sound really good right about now, it'd been a while since he had some hot food. Oh! And maybe he can actually shower too? That would be nice, river water and motel water just wasn't the same a nice hot shower. He could probably get his laundry done too. He was going to use the money from his findings to wash some of his clothes. Skye nodded. "Yeah, sounds like a good plan. Let's ollie outta here."Lucien Benoit
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Mar 24, 2018 17:20:50 GMT -8
Lucien grinned a little, slowly forcing himself up over his knees before he reached to pat the Abra there. “Ey, bud ya mind takin’ us home?” he asked. The Abra let out a small, less than enthused noise before giving an even smaller nod. Alright, yeah. Drawing up some psychic power, he managed to teleport the two several jumps all the way to the beach right up next to Lucien’s house. Staring out on it for a moment, Lucien hummed before looking back towards Skye. “Der et iz,” he motioned before starting in that general direction. What Skye would find was a pretty big house first and foremost. What he’d find after that was the ranch itself was huge. Well, there was plenty to get to know now, for sure.
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Post by Skylar Tenebrose on Mar 24, 2018 18:59:58 GMT -8
Skye grabbed a hold of his face covering and placed it back on just before Lucien called the Abra once again. The small psychic creature was quite interesting as it seemed annoyed that it actually had to do stuff. Teleporting must be easy though, he recalled many trainers complaing how hard it was to catch one because they'd instantly teleport away. Eventually they ended up a hop, skip, and a jump away from the tunnels and on to a beach. His eyes stung for a moment as he tried to get used to the sunlight. He had all but forgotton how much time had passed. The beach was nice, it was really relaxing watching the waves roll in. Having a house around here would be nice even a ranch the pokemon could be so calm around the peacefulness of it all. Skye followed Lucien all the way to his house first, it was a really huge house. He'd never lived in anything that big before. His relatives on his mother side, this was more of their preference. This would be like a cozy summer home for the likes of them. Then he saw the ranch, he stood in awe. This was amazing actually, he recalled the ranch right in Akala island. This is what that place reminded him of. He liked taking photos of the pokemon that hung around. "Wow, this looks really amazing Lucien. Reminds me of the Paniola Ranch back on Akala Island."He didn't stay there for long but he really did like Alola, maybe one day he'll go back, provided the circumstances he's in have permanently been settled. Lucien Benoit
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Mar 25, 2018 8:14:04 GMT -8
After returning his Pokemon and walking up the gentle slope that showed off his house and the ranch beyond it, Lucien glanced sideways at Skye briefly gauging his reaction. Reminds me of Paniola Ranch back on Akala— Lucien grinned a little too hard at Skye’s statement. Perhaps it was just the fact that that there was some fence work up for livestock feed and berry trees beyond that, but really, the ranch, especially the further out one got, was quite different from a lot of places.
Heh, it’d be fun to show Skye the ins and outs of such a place. “Ah’ve actually gatta friend ‘ere that ‘elped me design it,” Lucien chuckled softly before starting down the slope again towards the house. “It’s kinda like a zoo style tha further ya get out. Less fencing ‘n more natural barriers.” It had taken some time to carve the slopes into pits and even more time to ensure effective drainage, but the style itself was perfect for what Lucien needed. Less physical fences for the Pokemon to break, heh.
Coming up to the house, Lucien patted himself down before fishing out some keys, unlocking and opening the door. The interior was a spacious open-concept design with a living room to the right and a kitchen to the left. It was technically a single-story house, but the vaulted ceilings hardly gave that away. “Ya want s’mthin’ ta eat now ‘r jus’ order pizza?” Lucien asked, kicking off his shoes at the door and stepping in thereafter. Some sounds would echo from within the house as several Pokemon peered around and started to come forth. “Ey guys!” Lucien greeted each one warmly with some gentle head pats. A strange pair of Litten seemed to eye Skye in particular before coming up to him slowly for pets. “Der friendly, ah promise.” Lucien chuckled a bit.
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Post by Skylar Tenebrose on Mar 25, 2018 18:19:24 GMT -8
It must look more natural being how large the land was, he couldn't imagine that they fenced the entire thing. He would like to explore the entirety if he could. Maybe get some photos? It was always nice getting pictures of pokemon in their natural habitat. It would seem that Lucien did indeed knew people here despite not being from here. No doubt his latent ability to be so chill was a big part of that. The fact they were able to make this more like a safari enclosure with natural barriers and what not was very impressive. "It would be nice to take a walk around this area...would be okay if I took photots?"He followed Lucien to the house, after fishing around for some key they were let in. The inside was so open and inviting, it wasn't anything like the tight cramped aparentment he used to know but it also had like its own space, not like the openess of the wild he was so used to now a days. To his right was a livingroom, he looked up to see the vaulted ceilings. He didn't know what it was but it looked very nice. He looked back at Lucien for a moment, a finger curled a lock of blue hair from one of the pigtails. "Uhm...it doesn't matter to me, whatever you want to have is fine. But I could probably make somethng and spare you from spending any money though."Skye followed suit and just removed his sneakers, compared to Luci's his were way worn out. Hmm, perhaps he'd get some money together and get a new pair. With a place to stay, the costs of food and laundry weren't a debate and saved him a little. He should probably pay Lucien something, maybe like rent? "This is really nice Lucien, thanks for letting me stay...I'll pay you back somehow."There were little sounds of meows and mewls that were suddenly coming closer, two littens sudden scampered in. Lucien greeted them with pets. Then they came to him, they looked at him at first but then wandered up to him for pets. He looked at Lucien who assure him they were friendly. He crouched down and gave them each a nice head scratch. It was nice feeling their fur, it was so soft like Psyche's fur. His only reprieve in a world of roughness. His scarred hands and knees were an attestment to that world. "This is a really nice place you got going for you Lucien."Lucien Benoit
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Mar 26, 2018 18:51:46 GMT -8
“Oh yeah totally,” Lucien had assured Skye concerning the area. Photos were great. Video cameras were great. Everything was great. Lucien had nothing to hide, and who knew, he might find a picture that would be good for his ranch’s website hahahah.
A curious look did come to Lucien’s features as Skye offered to cook once they got inside. Oh yeah? He was a chef of sorts? Or at least more skilled at such domestic feats than Lucien himself was. “Oh yeah? Ah’ve gat some microwaveable stuff I think,” Lucien answered. I’ll pay you back somehow— heh. Lucien of all people didn’t need to be paid back in the least, but some vague part of himself was aware of how overwhelmed Skye probably was by all of this. “Cool,” he answered with a small grin.
The Litten pair were quite pleased to have hands on them of any sort, rough or not. They were cats in the most literal sense of the word and got away with things that some of Lucien’s other Pokemom might not have for that reason alone. Still— one of them might have looked a little strange, but that probably wouldn’t catch anyone’s notice right then.
Lucien grinned a little at Skye’s words. “Heh, mah fam’s pretteh rich,” he admitted, reaching back and curling one lock of hair before releasing it again. “So ah gatta lotta leeway ‘n doin’ this kinda thing.” Turing a bit, he wandered around his kitchen and over towards his double side-door fridge and freezer. Pulling open the freezer section, he stared in for a moment thoughtfully. “Got s’me frozen chicken nuggets ‘n fries ‘f dat’s cool,” he called. His gaze flickered back to get a good read on Skye as well. “Also tha bathroom’s down tha hall there ‘f ya wanna take a shower ‘r anythin’. S’cool.” If Skye wanted to, Lucien’d also give him a brief rundown on where the towels and everything were, but if not, he could save that for later.
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Post by Skylar Tenebrose on Mar 27, 2018 15:16:17 GMT -8
Skye gave the two scritches jus a bit longer before standing up and moving away from the door, to get a better look of the part of house he was in. He was used to microwavable food so that wasn't a problem, but it made him wonder if Lucien ever sat down and cooked. If not that wasn't a problem, Skye could pitch in as a means of pulling his own weight as well as paying some kind of rent although from the looks of the place he didn't really need it. It was more for Skye to rationalize staying here without feeling bad that someone was letting him into their personal space. Ah so his family was rich, that was interesting. They must be good people, most rich people he knew were cruel. The money they hold on to corrupting them, but Lucien wasn't anything like that. Skye watched as Lucien rummaged through the freezer, and pulled out a pack of what appeared to be frozen nuggets and fries. "Sounds fine to me."Skye looked down the hall where the bathroom was located, sweet mother of god he's been wanting a hot shower for days now. Cold showers from suspect motels and workout gyms were okay but he would feel a million times better had the water been hot. Skye nodded before hestitantly making his way to the bathroom, he still had a pair of clean clothes left but most of his clothes weren't. He'd have to ask where the laundry room was if Lucien had one. Twenty minutes later Skye return from the shower, he wore a grey t-shirt and a pair of black sweats. Now that he wasn't wearing his long sleeved sweater his arms were exposed and so were the scars that littered them from his hands to where the arms disappear in the short sleeves. Skye had a towel covering his head, mid drying after being able to wash his hair. The mask was also off, Skye could trust Lucien so he could leave his face exposed for the time being. "That's much better," although he was more sore than he realized after that shower. "uhm, do you have a laundry room."Lucien Benoit
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Mar 28, 2018 5:08:10 GMT -8
Seemed Skye could use that shower immediately, so Lucien was happy to oblige. He of all people knew how good a shower could be and may have taken to standing in them for extended periods of time— for…. For cleanliness reasons clearly not any vague sorts of aberrant depression hahahaha.
Anyways, as Skye started his shower, Lucien decided to go fancy and oven bake the fries and chicken rather than just pop them in the microwave after all. A couple of minutes before Skye was out, the food was hot out of the oven and ready to go. As Skye came out, he would find a small set up had been placed on the bar with a big plate of chicken and fries out in front with two smaller plates closer to the bar stools. A tall glass of water sat on either side of the plates while a smaller glass of pink lemonade sat on the other. It wasn’t the fanciest thing to say the least, but Lucien liked it that way.
Lucien… might have swiped more than a couple of fries before Skye had come out, and he’d actually be mid-eating one even as he swiveled around in the stool to face him. “Oh yeh dude,” he answered the question with a grin hopping off the bar stool. “Ya wanna hand me whatev’ ‘n ah c’n get dat started? Tha food’s hawt right now so.” He grinned a little and shrugged his shoulders.
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Post by Skylar Tenebrose on Mar 29, 2018 6:21:47 GMT -8
Skye looked at the food that was placed on the table, it was nice and hot with drinks placed on a large plate with smaller plates on opposite sides of them. It was kind of like a buffet of sorts. It may not have seem like much but between the protein bars, juice pouches, and cold sandwiches, this was a feast fit for a king. Just then, Skye realized how hungry he was as his stomach emitted a loud gurgling sound. While the blood couldn't completely rush to his face, it was still able to rush to his ears and causing them to turn bright red. Skye coughed before nodding and searching through the bag for his dirty clothes. His bag was pretty big and held a lot of Skyes things from a sleeping bag to even a skateboard. He practically lived in this bag, it took a momemt but Skye pulled out piled of dirty folded laundry, at least three sets of outfits. He hesitantly handed them to Lucien it was akward doing all of this after spending so much time doing things himself. "Uhm...thanks." After that he turned back to the food and carefully grabbed some. Not too much because it would've seem rude. If he could hed be able to eat the entire large plate of food on his own. Skye looked back to see if Lucien would leave. He didn't seem comfortably eating in front of someone without his face covering, it wasn't a pretty sight. Lucien Benoit
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Mar 29, 2018 12:07:48 GMT -8
A goofy expression curled on Lucien’s features as Skye’s stomach seemed to assure them both that food first had been a good idea. He’d take the clothes as they were handed to him and give a small nod. “No probs, ah’ll throw dis ‘n tha wash ‘n be back ‘n a sec,” he answered wandering seemingly back towards the kitchen before disappearing into an inlet there. If Skye happened follow with his eyes or even lean to see, he’d find a rather spacious mud room complete with washer, drier, and sink.
With no load immediately running, Lucien could just open the front loading door and toss in Skye’s clothes before checking the soaps and settings. He may have done a double glance just to be sure there wasn’t anything about to be bled or bleached of the set before actually starting the load, but thereafter he was coming back around again. Leaning on the kitchen side of the bar, he fished out some fries and chomped down on a few. “Should be done ‘n forty five minutes ‘r so,” he commented a bit slower thereafter.
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