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[crouching_sin]

[Normally Naoya wouldn't bother with a post like this, but he's at his wit's end. He's done his best to try to solve it himself, but it's not working... so it's a rather frazzled-looking Naoya who appears on the screen, barely holding on to a very frightened-looking Ralts.]

[The Ralts in question is making tiny squeaking noises and looks like she wants to cry and hide rather than be anywhere in the area. Any Pokémon watching can probably hear her squeaking 'he is a bad and scary man'.]

Most of my Pokémon are rather well behaved. This one, however... doesn't seem to want to be anywhere near me. I haven't done anything to scare her. She just hatched a few days ago.

Has anyone else had problems with a Ralts that... doesn't seem to like them?

[He just... turns the video off. He'll put her back in her Pokeball now because... he doesn't know what else to do.]

Comments

[crouching_sin]

I... he's scary! He didn't... do anything bad to me or anything but he's just scary! He has mean thoughts a lot and I can feel a lot of hurt from him and the hurt hurts!

[unkinder]

Oh...it is alright, young one. I felt the same way when I first hatched and found myself in my own trainer's presence.

Would you believe me if I told you that I wanted to run away from him when I was still a Kirlia? I actually attempted it, though I never got caught when I did come back.

[crouching_sin]

... I don't want to hurt. I don't want him to hurt either but I can't fix it. So I don't want to hurt.

[unkinder]

If your trainer is hurting, it isn't going to be easy. Mine still hurts, even now. But you have to learn to protect yourself; you cannot let his emotions negatively affect yours. It will come more easily in time, but he doesn't seem interested in causing you any harm directly. Speaking to him now and then may help you, since- at the moment- he is a complete stranger to you. It is hard to empathize, and that makes his own pain even worse on you.

[crouching_sin]

... I can catch little bits of things but I don't understand it. Why are humans so weird? There's not even a place with that much sand anywhere!

[unkinder]

Sand? What do you mean?

[crouching_sin]

He was thinking about sand. And lots and lots of it!

[unkinder]

...perhaps he is thinking of his home, then. He may be homesick.

[crouching_sin]

But that's too much sand!

[unkinder]

Humans are surprisingly resilient. But that may just be a place he was passing through, or where he was before he arrived here. Is the sand particularly bothering you, Alice?

[crouching_sin]

No, it just doesn't make sense.

He's really weird. And there's a lot of ghosts with him. He has um. ... Seven Pokemon. And three of them are ghosts!

[unkinder]

Mmm...some trainers specialize. Mine has many, many Psychic types with him at the moment. Would you say that Ghost types seem drawn to him?

[crouching_sin]

Yeah. And Dark types, too. He only has two Pokemon that aren't Dark, Poison, or Ghost and that's me and a Ditto.

[unkinder]

I see. ...is there anything else you would like to talk to me about, Alice?

[crouching_sin]

How do you make trainers not mad?

[unkinder]

[She pauses for a moment, her expression looking a bit...sad. She can sense Nagi's Lunatone nearby, watching as she responds.]

You cannot, I am afraid. You can help by being there for them...try to understand why they are upset. We can feel how they feel, but we cannot change it. That is something they will have to work out for themselves.

[crouching_sin]

How? How do they do that?

[unkinder]

They have to experience things. Your experiences shape who you are...and if they can meet good people, then they will be influenced by them. Hopefully, for the better.

[crouching_sin]

Okay...

Um... thank you...

[unkinder]

You are welcome. If you ever need to speak to anyone...you may always speak to me, if you would like.

[Nagi probably wouldn't like that, but she would deal with that later, should it become a problem.]

[crouching_sin]

Okay. If I can ever get my trainer off of the Gear anyway... he keeps typing on it a lot with really weird text that doesn't make any sense.

[unkinder]

Hm. I am sure you will learn what it is, some day. For now...try not to be afraid. You will be okay as long as you remember that you have the ability to feel his emotions, but that doesn't mean that is how /you/ feel.

Do you understand?

[crouching_sin]

... I think so. Thank you.

[unkinder]

You are welcome. May I speak to your trainer again, please?

[crouching_sin]

Okay.

[She picks up the Gear with a little bit of struggling and drags it over to Naoya. She nudges him, and he picks it up, switching over to text.]

It went well, I assume? Since she's stopped crying...