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[crouching_sin]

Atsuro Kihara has left this world. If you have received any of his Pokemon, I would like to know.

It's strange. Four years isn't a very long time, but for a lot of people that's a significant chunk of their lives. At least this place offers a kind of peace even in its chaos that some people can find.

And training Pokemon isn't that different of a skill from training demons in some ways.

In any case I thought people should be informed, given how long he's been here. I'm sure he had friends who would want to know.

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[captainash]

That's a decent start, for a friendship. Do you live close to each other, or is it a long-distance friendship?

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[crouching_sin]

I moved out when I went to university, but we both live in Tokyo. So reasonably close, though not exactly a half hour's ride from each other.

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[captainash]

Close enough to see each other once in a while, distant enough that chance meetings are a pleasant surprise? Sounds nice.

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[crouching_sin]

It is. It's a good distance to live from family, I think. I don't mind them, but I don't want them on my doorstep when I'm trying to work.

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[captainash]

That would ruin anyone's productivity. I'm sure they understand the need for a little space.

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[crouching_sin]

They did. And since I started working even while I was in university I had enough that I could make my own choice of where to live.

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[captainash]

The joys of budding independence. Balancing work, education, friends and family without going insane. Though if all your friends are like him, insanity isn't that much of a risk.

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[crouching_sin]

That's debatable. And at home I haven't had much contact with people not involved in my project for... eight months at least? Something like that. I did make time to get out and walk around, though.

I'm not much of a 'friends' person.

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[captainash]

Seriously? ...Don't overwork and isolate yourself once you return home from this vacation, at least. I've done that and after a while it feels terrible, 'friends' person or not.

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[crouching_sin]

No, I'll likely be on the run and hiding myself, given how things went in my version of events.

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[captainash]

...That definitely counts as isolating yourself, unless it's going to be a group hiding thing.

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[crouching_sin]

I don't have much of a choice, honestly.

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[captainash]

You don't even have the possibility of making yourself invaluable by helping powerful associates in a very public manner, making any attempt to arrest or restrain you political suicide?

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[crouching_sin]

In my version of events, no. When God is threatening to take away human free will if they don't comply, I doubt any sort of powerful government or other powerful body will want to stand against Him.

So I'll just have to enjoy my freedom here while I can. At least in Atsuro's version of events things went better.

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[captainash]

...Doesn't sound like the sort of god a world should have, if he's that unreasonable. How did things go better for him, exactly?

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[crouching_sin]

My cousin chose something else to do with his newfound power than bow to a tyrant. Not the most ideal ending, in my opinion, but one that's workable.

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[captainash]

I'm all for having more people refuse to bow to tyrants. Spares everyone a lot of pain in the long term.

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[crouching_sin]

Same for me. Even if it's difficult, I think it's worth it in the end.

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[captainash]

Most things of any worth come with some difficulty. Which is to be expected, I suppose.

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[crouching_sin]

Exactly. I suppose it wouldn't be satisfying at all if they were easy.

Still, it's frustrating.

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[captainash]

Especially if you put in all the work, but don't get all you were aiming for.

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[crouching_sin]

It's not worth worrying about here, though, I suppose. Most of what I have to worry about is my Gardevoir pestering me about not sleeping.

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[captainash]

If that's a common occurrence, maybe the Gardevoir's got a point there.

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[crouching_sin]

She does, but I've dealt with it for a while. I'll be fine.

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[captainash]

Hopefully she'll agree. Don't Gardevoirs learn Hypnosis at some point?