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Post by Kristina Vasiliev on Dec 21, 2017 18:18:35 GMT -8
It had been almost two weeks since the contest, and Kris had spent most of it convincing herself that she was fine, that she’d do well in the next one, that it wasn’t the end of the world. And this worked with mixed results. If nothing else she could work hard and hope that she did better next time? There was supposedly a contest set for December, and she could work with that. She could read over the theme very early, select her Pokemon with more care, and practice, practice practice until all was perfect.
And then it turned out they weren’t getting a winter contest— anywhere?? The one she’d been tracking was forced to cancel for numerous reasons, but surely there were others? No? W-why? Why?? Why why why why—
Kris didn’t remember when she’d switched from her phone to pulling her computer up on her bed. She wouldn’t remember opening the messenger app she had on ready nor would she remember typing so furiously to Kiran.
-- The Winter Contest was cANCElED!-- -- WHY!!!!! -- -- HoW could THEY DO THIS?-- -- Don’t they?? -- -- DON’T THEY GET IT?? DO THEY NOT UNDERSTAnd--
More messages, more typing. So many typos and errors, and she couldn’t care at the moment.
-- I h8 this adn hate them! -- -- They could have let us know EARLIER -- -- I HAD POKEMON PICKED OUT -- -- I WAS ALREADY PRACTICING AND GETTING READY--
Was she squeaking? Even as she typed out less coherent thoughts? She was. And crying a little.
-- WHAT IS MOM GONNA SAY???--
That might have been the worst of it.
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Pokémon League
Grass-Type Gym Leader
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Dec 22, 2017 1:12:40 GMT -8
Kiran hated this job. The customers were such a nuisance. That nasty Miltank was raving about how she deserved a discount on a slightly dented can of food, again. Kiran swore she threw these down herself. "Would YOU eat from a can like this?!"
"...Yes," they deadpanned back. Why do you want it at all if it's not fit to eat, dumbass.
"Excuse me, miss!" chimed in another pushy customer. Kiran had explained his last three visits that they were not a miss but here he was again; Kiran just pasted on a smile. Wait, the can lady was still yelling. But they were being dragged away to help the guy and--
"Chandra!" That was the boss. "Tony called in again, we're gonna need you to cover stock."
"But--"
"No buts! I'll see you at 5am." But their shift ended at 11pm. But they physically couldn't lift most the stock and the store had a no employee-owned Pokemon on the floor policy. But--
"Don't Buizel out of this, I want my discount!" "Miss, I could really use your help finding this brand!" "Thanks for covering for me, pallo~" "Tony what the fuck I thought you were sick." "5am, Chandra!" "My discount!" "Excuse me, sir, how many coupons can I redeem in one transaction and how many times will I need to get back in line?" "What? Sir? She's a girl!" "Actually--" "Cleanup on aisle 17!"
Kiran woke to about the third or fourth text sound, pretty sure they were more tired than when they went to bed. For fuck's sake, it had been months since their last retail job. Any time the occasional anxiety dreams wanted to knock it off that'd be great.
They would have been very tempted to roll back over and try again if that wasn't Krissy's text tone, but it was, so they groaned and reached-- missed... reached? one more-- reached out to grab their phone off the night stand and pull it closer. They-- hmm?
Oh, shit... Damn, Krissy.
-- Uh... Not sure what she can say, you were ready and this was their fault. -- -- ... But you know. -- -- My vote is on you getting her to march down to the judges like an angry mom to the school board -- -- Guilt trip and strong arm them to put the show back on so her baby can be a star. --
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Coordinator
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Post by Kristina Vasiliev on Dec 28, 2017 9:03:38 GMT -8
Kristina didn’t even register Kiran had replied until she was halfway through yet another message, but as she did so, she did stop for a second or two. Was— was that an option here? She guessed possibly, maybe. Mom was a movie star, after all, and could probably pull one string or another. Mom probably knew all of the judges and a good number of the contestants, and she could probably get it going again just like that. But then what if Kris lost on top of that? After pulling so many strings and getting everything going again, what if she failed to even place? What if she didn’t get any extra fans or any good publicity? What if she fell to the wayside and was forgotten and what do you mean she was writing all of this out in a frenzy and hitting enter before she even realized she had.
O-oh.
-- S-sorry Ki I-- -- Guess I’m just…scared…..--
That would always be so much easier to admit online than out loud. Even still, her fingers were twitching on the keyboard, and she was struggling not to just cry all over again.
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Pokémon League
Grass-Type Gym Leader
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Dec 28, 2017 10:16:21 GMT -8
What if she--?? What? Oh... Oh?? Oh wow okay these were... some pretty heavy concerns and now they felt kind of bad for teasing her. Um...
-- You get up on stage at all. That's braver than me. --
Sort of. Or, well, heh...
-- I mean I guess most people are braver than me by default but ssh. --
As much as they were vaguely amusing themself they got the feeling this wasn't really helping. Um, uh. Okay so she didn't really want to get her mom involved and.. sure this was more time to practice but also more to worry, so... Fans? That was important, yeah. Maybe...?
-- Maybe we could set up an exhibition thing some time? No competition, just... You doing a small public show, maybe in the gardens. Maybe if you have any coordinator friends get one or two in on it. But uh. It should be lower pressure and we could advertise a bit online and you might make some new fans that way? -- -- Would show your mom you're working on your own too, hopefully. --
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Coordinator
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PLAYED BY Jayspurr
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Post by Kristina Vasiliev on Dec 31, 2017 13:04:48 GMT -8
For a half a second, Kris’s lips had quirked up at Kiran’s comments. They had to be some kind of brave to be a Gym Leader, so she wasn’t entirely sure of their own assessment, but she’d take it for a couple seconds of relief. What came after slowly eased her nerves some as well. An… an exhibition would be good, and … and yeah maybe they could even stream it online if everything went well? She had a few people of her own that she could ask to see and… It might work? Maybe? Possibly? Was she getting her hopes up too fast and furiously? She was scared of that but …. So long as it went well maybe Mom would be happy with that.
-- I… I dunno I guess? That could work? -- -- It’d be something at least and I guess I could even use what I’d been working on contest wise for it?--
It would mean she’d have to come up with something else for the next contest but if that was the only thing then. Yeah. There was a pause before she continued texting.
-- Are you busy right now? Could I come over maybe?--
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Pokémon League
Grass-Type Gym Leader
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Jan 5, 2018 3:20:36 GMT -8
She didn't seem all that enthusiastic, and Kiran could probably read her tone better in text than they could face to face honestly, heh. For as much as people swore text didn't convey tone well, knowing someone well enough made the changes in their speech pattern to suit different moods all to apparent.
-- Yeah. --
This was all they'd say back. It was better than nothing, and probably not much better than anything else, but they'd try if she decided it was good enough to try. They wouldn't push her in the meantime.
Could I come over maybe?
..!!? Er-- Oh uh. They'd considered asking if she wanted them to come over but.. looking around their apartment now, they debated if they even... wanted her seeing this? Heh??? Heh.... But if...
-- I just woke up so -- -- If you want? -- -- Or maybe we could meet at the gym if you want. --
That would work better, right? But they wouldn't argue her choice either way.
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Post by Kristina Vasiliev on Jan 14, 2018 9:03:04 GMT -8
The first couple of texts made Kris’s stomach twist. Was she… she was being imposing yeah? Perhaps it was just the fact that they were so close in proximity now, or perhaps it was a complex of other things but… She did realize how it could come off after the fact. Biting her lower lip, she’d been about to text back when the third comment hit her phone. Oh? That would… that would be nice? She hadn’t gotten a chance to see their gym yet so…
-- I’d love to --
Did that sound too needy? Er… Well, no she had wanted to see it before and was pretty sure she’d said as much at some point, right? She… wasn’t actually sure of that now but wasn’t about to try and fight herself.
-- It’s up on the first car’s gardens right?--
Or was it the second car or …. No, that was wrong; she knew they’d mentioned at some point that it was right above their house so third car or …. Fourth car? It wasn’t the fifth car, was it? Well, she’d just wait for them to text that back, and whenever that was, say she’d be there as soon as she could. The train wasn’t in Faraday right now, but she had a decent teleporter who could make a couple of jumps.
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Pokémon League
Grass-Type Gym Leader
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PLAYED BY 🌸 SG 🌸
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Jan 26, 2018 14:07:09 GMT -8
Kiran frowned a bit as they read the message. They knew they'd explained this?
-- Third car, not far from my apartment. --
Ah, she was still getting reacquainted with Veria. And Sinclair did just add a whole new car, so they supposed it was all the more understandable that she couldn't recall which car was which.
-- I'll pull up a map for you. -- -- Twenty, thirty minutes ok? --
They did still kind of need to get up properly and get dressed, and they were kind of in a mood to braid their hair, though they guessed if she wanted to meet sooner they could work on that there.
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Post by Kristina Vasiliev on Feb 2, 2018 17:22:39 GMT -8
Third car, right. Realizing she'd physically nodded rather than actually saying anything, Kris shook her head to clear it. Oh, a map would be perfect. Once it appeared on screen, she recognized where it was again. Right, right. She had seen some of the gardens from outside the train a couple of times.
-- Thirty minutes is good--
She could use that time to pick Pokemon to go with her and pick out a cute® dress and go from there. That… took a little bit of time but not too much, and her chosen teleporter was pretty quick about each of the shortest leaps and bounds. She'd have to thank Dad again when she saw him…. Whenever that was… yeah.
A quick couple of teleports later, and she'd stop in at a coffee shop and grab a favorite drink for her and Kiran as well as some snacks before popping up to the roof thereafter. As she came up to the gym, however, her eyes would bounce around in awe of it. It was so …. Hhhhhh so earthy even on the train. On her shoulder, the small Ralts that was her teleporter looked around with her.
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Pokémon League
Grass-Type Gym Leader
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PLAYED BY 🌸 SG 🌸
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Feb 3, 2018 23:32:01 GMT -8
Ahh, good, good. Kiran took almost another minute to get up, then stretched a bit before hopping up and stretching mo-- CRICK. .... ow... That probably wasn't supposed to pop like that, ow, nyeh. But at least they were up now. They decided to take a very quick shower to finish waking up and freshen up, and once they got out a long sleeve black turtleneck shirt was pulled on. (Oh no had they worn this last time? Ah, no that was the other similar shirt... Well they'd wear different color pants this time to look less like a cartoon character heh.)
They hadn't bothered washing their hair and only got it a little wet, so it wasn't too hard to towel off just that part and braid it up. Once that was done, they headed out and to the nearest elevator, beating Krissy to the gym by just a few minutes.
When they saw her approaching, however, a sense of almost-surprised excitement overcame them despite literally having come here to meet her. "Ah!" came out in as much a gasp as anything, and they trotted up to her. They... would have hugged her but she was carrying a lot actually, so instead they smiled and waved as they got nearer... then sort of gestured questioningly to everything she held.
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Post by Kristina Vasiliev on Feb 16, 2018 16:42:36 GMT -8
The excitement with which Kiran greeted her warmed Kris. A small smile quickly broke into a larger one, and a small squeak escaped from her. "Ki!" she answered holding out a warm drink. "It's … lemon green tea with natural honey?" She grinned a little before taking a sip of the other one. "This one's cinnamon coffee!" Because the bitterness of coffee could be cut many ways, but the best was with a particular fire of her own nature.
The Ralts on Kris's shoulder ended up getting both waves of emotion and blushed deeply despite himself. He… wasn't even sure what he was embarrassed about but really wished to be returned to his Pokeball right then. A small hand finally raised and waved at Kiran as well just sort of acknowledging them as Kris did.
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Pokémon League
Grass-Type Gym Leader
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PLAYED BY 🌸 SG 🌸
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Feb 20, 2018 11:30:57 GMT -8
Lemon green tea? With honey? Natural honey? Well.. okay honey by default tended to be natural but there was imitation and some for whatever ridiculous reason might have additives even though it was already the perfect most preservable food. But yeah! That sounded delicious! They eagerly took it and sipped slowly before licking their lips. Aaah they didn't even realize how chilled they'd been until they got such toasty goodness inside and ajiojioajiwo so good. ;-;
Their eyes barely caught the Ralts's wave, but Kiran smiled and waved back.
Of course, the question of 'now what?' rang pretty loudly. She asked to come over but how was Kiran supposed to help now that she was here? Um... ...oh, actually. "Have you... seen the gym yet...?"
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Coordinator
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Post by Kristina Vasiliev on Feb 28, 2018 6:06:45 GMT -8
As Kiran took a sip of their drink, Kris had sipped her own. Already, she was feeling a bit better, tentatively confident, and just overall much more ok than before. The question, however, had her perking up some. "I haven't yet- aside from the pictures online," she grinned. "I'd love to see it!" She… may have gone through their Gym leader bio and whatever else was on the League website entirely too many times, but that was hardly the same thing as a physical real thing (as much as she wished they were one and the same ehehehehe).
Kris would follow after Kiran in whatever capacity they might lead, her eyes bouncing around a bit. The Ralts on her shoulder was more than content to stay where he was but was also vaguely surprised to be left out. Eh, whatever. He could get a good view of everything from where he was too. That was nice.
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Pokémon League
Grass-Type Gym Leader
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PLAYED BY 🌸 SG 🌸
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Mar 22, 2018 23:50:10 GMT -8
Kiran nodded, then led her inside. They sipped their tea with one hand, while the other eventually gestured up and down the outer round hall. "The public garden," they noted. But, of course, as it was public, that meant she could tour it any time. Rather than waste too much time here, then, they led her to a large double door with a green tree above it.
They looked up to the symbol, then over to her with a gentle smile. "To brighten your day~" They opened to door, and immediately they were greeted with a warm gust of air. The artificial light inside was very bright, and the flora mostly vibrant greens. Looking around the room as they entered and let the door close behind them, their eyes settled on a small bush. "You ah... like blackberries...~?"
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Post by Kristina Vasiliev on Mar 28, 2018 7:26:33 GMT -8
Kris’s eyes bounded around drawing in the public garden as it was pointed out before filing it back in the reaches of her mind for later. Following to the double doors, Kris’s lips parted as she felt the warmth brush passed her. Ooooooh…. The light, the warmth, the serenity, the green…. It all felt so invigorating, and a strange restlessness jumped into her pulse. Her eyes couldn’t find a place to focus. Her elevated breath couldn’t stop taking everything in.
The rush of emotions had her Ralts glancing sideways a little unsure. Was… she just that excited or? Uh? Ok?
Both refocused on Kiran as they spoke. It took Kris a moment to understand what they meant, but once she saw the berries, she’d look to Kiran and then back again. “Sure! Are they …. Wild type or?” It really didn’t matter, but a sense of hypernaturalism did seem to suit Ki and all. With Kiran’s assurance she’d walk over and pick a few, holding one up to the Ralts on her shoulder before popping the other in her mouth. W-wow? These were really good! Her Ralts attested to that much faster with a small, squeaky call.
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