Eterna Encounters
ladybeastsird:
“Careful, darling. If you don’t hold my hand, you’re going to get lost. And since you don’t use people-speak, no one’s going to be able to tell you where to find me.”
Banette’s zipper mouth frowned as she gazed up at her trainer with her red button eyes. Her floppy gray paw was still held lovingly in her mistress’s pale white hand. No matter where they went, no matter how long the expedition, she knew that her forever friend wasn’t going to leave her behind. She was always going to be at Sird’s side, no matter what. So, to announce such things, the Pokemon squeaked.
“Okay, good. Nice to know we’re on the same page, at least.” Sird sighed, paused in place, and proceeded to pick up her sentient plush Pokemon into her arms. Banette was always a surprisingly light creature to carry, but that didn’t need to come as a shock. Ghosts were generally light.
Eterna City was a major point in the Sinnoh operation. Proton didn’t know that yet, and neither did Archer. J wouldn’t care; J was simply along for the ride, eager to spend some time with her fiancee. Sird, however, had her own set of mixed feelings for this city.
After all, she’d grown up just outside it.
Little girls were holding onto their mothers’ hands, skipping along happily in their Easter dresses. Little boys were in their pastel suits, talking about egg hunts and chocolate Lopunnies. That was another holiday Sird didn’t particularly understand. She’d grown up as the child of two atheists, so most of the magic behind these holidays was lost on her.
She liked the holiday candy, though. Oh, and Banette kept wanting to scare the little girls. That never got old. “Behave,” the lavender-haired woman told her Pokemon. She secured a bench for the two of them and adjusted her sunglasses.
At least the springtime pastels of Easter were easy on the eyes. She’d even chosen a pastel yellow suit for herself today. “I just need to rest for a moment, alright? I’ll get us some candy later…”
Hareta tugged at the tie on his suit, pulling it loose and relieving his neck of the pressure of the suit accessory. He’d just arrive from Easter Mass and was dressed accordngly, with suit, tie, and shoes. Easter was one of the few days of the year, including Christmas, that Hareta decided to go to church with Prof. Rowan. He figured that if anything, he should celebrate the birth and resurrection of Mew.
The candy’s nice too, he thought, popping another piece of chocolate in his mouth. At the moment, he bade adieu to his grandfather, and decided to roam around Sinnoh for the time being. He was currently in Eterna City, surrounded by many others who’d returned from their own masses. Guys in suits and pretty girls in dresses flitted around him. He waved to a few of them.
Hareta continued walking aimlessly around Eterna until he realized how tired he was and how aching his feet were in the tight dress shoes. Luckily, he was near a few benches, so he approached one that had a women in a pastel suit sitting on it. She gave off an air of authority, charm, and intimidation, but too stubborn to turn away and head to the bench with the elderly couple, he continued towards her, even going so far as to wave to her Banette.
Here’s hoping this gift or whatever of mine will kick in, Hareta thought, his lips curling into a friendly smile. “Hi. Mind if I sit here?”