Video/Action for Goldenrod

[red_roses]

[Ib's all dirty and disheveled again, but this time she's definitely in a much better mood. She's got a Poke-ball in her hands.]

I...I did it! I finally caught a Ditto! [She shows off the Poke-ball.]

It was really hard, and we had to chase it really far, but, we didn't give up! Lief and Flower did great too! [The Chikorita and Buneary, also a bit beat up, bounce happily in the background.]

I'm so happy! Now, I can start breeding eggs!

Comments

[red_roses]

M-Maybe he didn't want me to worry....

[konpeitoqueen]

Shouldn't it be better to worry than to unknowingly put yourself in danger?

[Sure, worrying too much is bad, but not being the least bit paranoid is even worse.]

[red_roses]

But, if there's nothing you can do about it, wouldn't it be better not to know?

[konpeitoqueen]

But you can do something about it! For example, not walking around outside, or arming yourself.

[NO SAIONJI DON'T TEACH IB HOW TO USE A KITCHEN KNIFE TO SCARE PEOPLE]

Anyway, we're almost back to the inn. Go take a shower.

[red_roses]

[But what about palette knives?]

I will...thank you for walking with me, Sanoji.

[konpeitoqueen]

[...Yeah... those could work...]

Yeah. You're welcome.

[red_roses]

Are you staying in Goldenrod yet?

[konpeitoqueen]

I don't have money for a house. Only just enough for rent, but that means I have to work for them.

Imagine that! I'm an SHSL, and I have to sweep the floors to make a living. It's a disgrace. [She's... pretty sure the kimono girls won't be so receptive to her, after certain prom shenanigans.

So here she stays. Right where someone attacked her.]

[red_roses]

Hmm....maybe we can work together with Garry and rent a house! I'll have more money when I start getting eggs...

[konpeitoqueen]

[.........]

You'll really just invite anyone to live with you, won't you? [But it's... it's a nice offer. She can't deny that.]

[red_roses]

But....I thought we were...friends...?

i apologize for the tl;dr...

[konpeitoqueen]

[Friends.

She hates that word. 'We're friends', people say over and over, in stories unfolding in the words written on pages and stories unfolding right in front of her eyes. It's pathetic, how easily humans trust others and bond with them without a second's thought. Why open your heart up to the world? You only do that when you have nothing to lose. When you're so useless and weak, people won't take the chance to stab you right as you let your guard down. She is not useless and weak, she has the whole Saionji clan and her father's pride and her grandmother's words and all the hate in the world right on her back, so... she can't open up to anyone holding a knife. And she can't use the same word those naive morons all around her sling around.

Allies. She only has allies. That's a relationship of true trust, like her and Big Sis Koizumi, who never wanted a thing from her- like her and father- maybe even Big Bro Hinata. With Ib? Could she have the same with Ib?]

...Do you want to be friends? I could be faking, you know! I could be lying this whole time, sweet-talking you, putting on a dumb 'big sister' image, just like any other piece of scum on this world.

[red_roses]

...I don't think you're doing that.

[konpeitoqueen]

But you never know what someone's thinking.

[...]

Are you saying you trust me already?

[red_roses]

I don't think you've done anything untrustworthy....

[konpeitoqueen]

But not everything is as it seems! Even a child should know that.

[Come on, Ib. Give her a good reason for why you trust her.]

[red_roses]

But you've helped me out a lot. Someone untrustworthy wouldn't do that.

[konpeitoqueen]

Hmph! Don't you know? Someone untrustworthy could be helping you, only to extort you later. In happens in all the cliched stories! If you really don't hold a smidgen of doubt towards me, I guess that's another piece of evidence to confirm that you're just an ignorant little girl.

[...]

And since I'm the obligatory big sister figure, it looks like I'll be the one forced to help you. I suppose I'll accept your offer and raise money to rent a house, then.

[What a roundabout, rude way to go about it, Saionji...]

[red_roses]

Oh, um, okay!