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 Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:09 pm
Looking up at the girl, Nelis'viel could sense her confusion. The ralts had just woken up from her first battle, a battle that had gone badly to say the least.
The girl tilted her head. "Are you alright?"
The ralts was silent a moment before nodding. "Yes."
It didn't take empathetic powers to sense the girl didn't believe her. "Are you sure? You kind of passed out mid-match."
Nelis'viel sighed. There wasn't really much point in hiding it. "I'm afraid of battling."
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:14 pm
Lenore tilted her head to the other side. "You're afraid? I thought all pokemon enjoyed battles."
The ralts shook her head vigorously. "A lot of them do. All the others that are with us do. But I don't."
Lenore paused for a moment and sat down before continuing. "Why are you afraid of battles?"
Nel looked at the girl with fearful eyes. "I feel everything they feel. Everything."
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:22 pm
Lenore tried to wrap her head around the concept of feeling what others feel, but found she could not. "So, like, pain and stuff, you mean?
Nelis'viel looked to the side and wrapped her arms around herself. "Especially the pain. Feeling what I'm doing to them... I can't stand it."
Lenore looked down. "I didn't know that it hurt you like that to battle. I'm sorry." The girl's regret was strong enough to influence the ralts, and Nel began to regret telling what the problem was.
"It's not your fault, Lenore. It's just how I am."
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:39 pm
That night, after Lenore had gone to sleep, Nelis'viel came out of her pokeball and unleashed all of the girl's other pokemon.
Sheoldred glared at the ralts, and she recoiled back. "What do you want?"
Nelis'viel stammered nervously. "I... I had my first battle today. And I was curious why you all battle."
Sheoldred scoffed. "I fight so people don't pity me."
Urabrask turned from the metapod to Nel and shrugged.
Hell-Hoot grinned. "To make friends."
Elesh Norn opened her mouth to speak, but said nothing.
Jin-Gitaxias closed his eyes. "To further my experiments."
Finally, the ralts turned to Mephistopheles. The hulking dusknoir looked over at the sleeping Lenore and said, "To protect her."
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:51 pm
Nelis'viel paused as she considered the dusknoir's words. Protecting people? Could you do that if you were strong? She looked around at the other pokemon. If they were in her place, would Ras have needed to die? She didn't know.
"I'm sorry for waking you all. Thank you."
Some of the other pokemon nodded, but all of them returned to their pokeballs. Only Nelis'viel stayed out. Mephistopheles' words echoed in her mind.
If I get stronger, can I protect someone, too?
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:58 pm
Lenore wiped her bleary eyes as she woke up, sitting up. Looking around, one of the first things she noticed was Nelis'viel reading a book quietly in the corner. "You're up early." she said, groggily.
The ralts looked up from her book to face Lenore. "I want to do another battle."
Lenore blinked a few times. "I thought you hate battling.
Nel looked down. "I do. But I want to get stronger." The ralts looked back up with renewed determination. "So I want to try again."
Silent for a moment, the girl merely shrugged. "Okay."
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