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 Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 12:29 am
What nonsense. Of course Dea would know he was. They’d known each other since they’d been infants. At least, since he had been. She was maybe two years older than he was.
“You’re both liars,” he sniffed. “I want to see my wife.”
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 3:07 am
"Noah, do you not remember the day you left? What we did, to keep Dea safe and happy?"Paian asked, giving him a look.
"He may need to remember it the hard way, Paian,"Kimi spoke, motioning for him to lead the way to the car. As he headed in that direction, she followed behind him.
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:49 am
He didn’t remember. Something was keeping those memories from him. But surely it’d been nothing drastic? Why wouldn’t she remember him? He’d thought of her every day he’d been held captive. Sometimes those thoughts had been the only thing that kept him fighting. Dea had kept him alive.
...Surely she’d thought of him every day as well?
He allowed Kimi to lead him to the car, watching as the pink boy climbed into his own and started the engine. “We’re going to see Dea now?” Noah asked.
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 11:02 pm
Kimi unlocked the car, while Paian opened the passenger side door.
"Yeah, but I warn you again, that it won't be how you picture it. However, you are insisting, so we are headed home,"Paian spoke, quieter than usual. He knew this was not going to go well. It was obvious Noah did not remember everything, maybe due to being a hostage for so long. He motioned for Noah to get in the passenger's seat, before he opened a back door and got inside himself.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:48 am
Noah got into the passenger seat, frowning at Paian. He didn’t believe him. He didn’t trust him. He knew Squirt from childhood, but... it’d been so long, and how could he trust anyone when people were so awful? “How long was I...?” Gone. He didn’t know. It had seemed like forever, but the rockets hadn’t kept a calendar where he could see it. He’d lost count after the first few days, they seemed to blend into each other when he hadn’t been allowed outdoors. There in the dark, it was as if the sun never rose.
“Squirt, is Dea happy?”
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:41 pm
Paian saw the look and he sighed, it was clear this was going to take some patience. He could only help Eilam could help keep him calm, since that wasn't Paian's strongest virtue. The tree man was quiet as Kimi started the car and started for home.
"You have been gone for about three years, I believe it is. As for Dea, she has her good days and her bad days,"he responded.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:33 pm
Three years?! Noah almost didn’t believe it. How had it been so long? How had he been away from Dea so long? “I only meant to be gone a week,” he muttered, seemingly to himself. Only a week. He’d been gone for so long...
It wasn’t long before they were home, but despite Noah’s insistence that he see Dea as soon as they get home, he’d fallen asleep halfway there. He was still weak. Too weak, maybe, for such excitement.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:47 pm
Paian looked over to Noah, knowing it must be a shock for the man to hear how long he had been gone. It was part of the reason he had been surprised to see him alive, it was like seeing someone come back from the dead. He was broken out of his thoughts by the sound of snoring and he looked over to see the man was asleep.
"Well, guess he was more tired than he let on,"he commented, just as Kimi pulled into the driveway. Paian got out and helped Kimi get Noah out, to take him into one of the spare rooms.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:55 pm
Timmy got out of his car after Paian did, despite having arrived a few minutes before. He took a deep breath at the sight of Noah sleeping. “I don’t think he’s an imposter anymore,” he said. “But his injuries aren’t just physical.”
They were inside his mind too. He didn’t think Paian could cure those. “I’ll tell momma what’s happened.”
And Timmy went. He explained to Dea that Paian and Kimmy had found a man who’d been tortured by teamrocket for years. He explained that the man looked mostly dead. He was thin, painfully so, Timmy said, and it was like the man would break at the gentlest touch. “I’m worried, Momma. I thought maybe you could help. You talk to pokemon. Maybe you can fix people?”
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:09 am
"Yeah, I figured they weren't all physical, three years as a captive can do things to people's minds,"Paian admitted. At the mention of Dea, the tree Pokemon looked worried, but then reminded himself that Noah was sleeping. So he gave Timmy a nod of his head, before he carried Noah into the house.
Dea was working on some cooking with Theo, when Timmy came to her. She listened to the explanation and a frown creased her face.
"That doesn't sound good at all. I haven't had to deal with something so severe, but I can try,"she responded.
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:18 am
“I’m worried,” Timmy repeated. “He looks like he should be dead. I don’t know how he’s alive, Momma. It’s scaring me. I don’t know how he’s alive. I thought he was a fake at first, he looked so bad off, but I don’t think so anymore.” He hesitated, and frowned. “I don’t know if Paian could fix all of him.”
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:38 am
"Easy Timmy, try to give yourself a moment to breathe. Sometimes people find things to cling to, to give themselves the strength. It isn't easy, but when you focus on those you care about or a place you love, then it gives you a sense you have to live. Paian will do his best, I have confidence in him,"she assured.
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:35 am
Timmy took a breath and didn’t reply for a long moment. He knew exactly who Noah had held onto. But Dea wouldn’t understand. She didn’t remember him. “I guess that was what he did,” he said. “Found something to hold onto.”
“You will try to help him, won’t you?”
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:44 pm
"It would be what I would do in that situation, focus on something that makes me happy. In my case, it would be all of you, because I love you all so very much. I am sure his own thought must have been a powerful one to help in so long. As I said, I will try my best to help him,"she replied to Timmy.
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:49 pm
“Come see him,” Timmy suggested, offering Dea his hand. “He’s sleeping now, maybe you can help him.” And maybe she’d see herself there, in the man’s mind. Maybe she’d remember him. Or maybe he really was an imposter, just a really good actor.
He led Dea to the guest room Paian had taken Noah to. “He’s in there, Momma. Maybe you can find out what he’s holding onto.”
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