babel_hacker | Day 13 - [Text] | [Action] for Ecruteak Inn

[When he woke up, Atsuro was surprised to see Asterisk with a Plusle. A very familiar Plusle who looks rather sad.]

Wait...Kodama? [The Plusle nods, confirming his name, but Atsuro only grew more worried.] Why are you here? Where's Ted?

[Instead of answering, Kodama just look upset and even sadder. Asterisk hugs him, while her trainer was confused.]

Okay, I'll call him right now.

[Grabbing his PokeGear, he try to connect to Ted: THE NUMBER YOU ARE TRYING TO CONTACT IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE]

What...?

[Again, he try to reach for Ted. A part of him already know what this mean, or suspected.

THE NUMBER YOU ARE TRYING TO CONTACT IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE
THE NUMBER YOU ARE TRYING TO CONTACT IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE
THE NUMBER YOU ARE TRYING TO CONTACT IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE]

...Dammit, Ted.

[TEXT]
Unless this is a bad joke, I think Ted's gone. His Plusle, Kodama, is with me.

[It's the first time he personally deal with this, so he feels...rather down enough to stick to text. He's not sure how well his self-control will last with video or audio.]

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He'll see and appreciate it. Especially for making them sad about his leave.

Yeah. Ah, I'm Shiraishi by the way. In case you ever want to contact me to let these two Pokémon meet. I'm sure they'd like to see Pokémon familiar to them.

I'm Atsuro. And sure, that would be good for them. But that would depend on where we are at the time.

Yeah. Though, it's highly possible that we'll be in the same town at some point of the time.

It's possible. We wouldn't know until it happens, or we plan for it.

Mm. We'll just have to see how things go.