Childhood can be Forever [Alexis]

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[atrb=style, background-color: #D0C6A4; border-top: 5px solid #75531E; border-bottom: 5px solid #75531E;][STYLE=border: 4px solid #75531E; height: 100px; width: 100px; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: -33px; margin-top: 7px;][/style][STYLE=float: right; width: 277px; font-size: 50px; color: #75531E; font-family: georgia; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-left: 123px; text-transform: lowercase; margin-top: -45px; letter-spacing: -3px;]MY SACRIFICE[/style][STYLE=background-color: #EFE9E0; border-top: 4px solid #75531E; margin-right: 15px; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 2px; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 123px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; color: #75531E;]ABOVE ALL THE OTHERS, WE'LL FLY[/style] [STYLE=margin-right: 15px; margin-left: 15px; font-size: 10px; font-family: arial; text-align: justify; background-color: #EFE9E0; padding: 17px; color: #3C2E16; margin-top: 8px; opacity: 0.9; border-top: 4px solid #75531E; border-right: 1px dotted #9D6F25; border-left: 1px dotted #75531E;]Laying in the grass, staring up at the bright sun, was what Claire found the best idea at this point in time. Really, there was nothing else she wanted to do. Lately, she had just been very upset, just because of...certain things. Certain things just piling and piling up. But the determined girl didn't feel like letting her dam break, and she wasn't going too. Pepper and Paprika observed her from their spot in a patch of nettles, each chewing thoughtfully at the berries that had been distributed to them by Claire. Their ears flickered forwards and backwards as they tried to figure out exactly why she wouldn't talk to them. She hadn't been ignoring them completely, but normally she was just more...talkative with them. "Plaaa..." Pepper murmured to Paprika, earning a nod from the other mouse beside him. Together they got up, berries left behind as they dashed for Claire, suddenly tackling her and tumbling over her stomach. The startled girl allowed herself to get up, blinking as the two mice playfully rolled on and off of her lap. "Minun Minu!" Paprika called out, looking up at Claire with wide eyes. Claire smiled at her halfheartedly, placing her hands on both the the Pokemon's cheeks and gently rubbing over them with her thumbs. Pleased, Paprika leaned into the touched, happy that Claire had paid attention to her. Claire continued to look down at her, Marine-Sapphire eyes focused on the little mouse. Of course they didn't understand her situation. They were only babies. Even at a year, they'd always be innocent, and always be pure. They'd be babies until they were at least three. It took careful training to start for them to even understand the meaning of contests. But they gave her their all, and that was all she needed from them. She closed her eyes, suddenly stopping her motions with Paprika and laying back down in the grass, looking up at the large blue sky above them. Pepper jumped onto her stomach and curled up there, allowing the girl to place her hand on his back as his breathing became easy. Her mind soon slipped back to her memories of Cianwood. The times before her journey had been a lot easier than all of this complicated stuff. She remembered her brothers and sisters, and the few friends she did have. If one of them were here, maybe she'd just let them know her worries. She wanted to be able to handle herself, but that was getting harder and harder by the day. But she nearly covered her face in embarrassment of the time where she had told them, she'd have a contest Ribbon before a year even ran past! And yet it had, and still nothing. WORDS! 453 TAGS! Dae as Alexis NOTES! whatever you want, bruh. [/style]

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[daesiggil1]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,width:250px;] turn your kindness into strength

[cs=2] The youth rubbed tiredly at his face with one hand and his feet kept dragging on and he yawned behind the very same hand. He was half tempted to just sit down and get some rest, but the field was a bit too open for his tastes and he decided to carry on for at least a short while until he was sure he could rest easy and without having to worry about Pokemon and other Trainers and enough wood to start a small fire. The only hand that remained in fact and unwillingly he found that his gaze returned to the stump that had once been his left arm. A silent sigh fell from his lips and then he closed his orbs tiredly and shook his silver mane with an impatient gesture. Nonetheless he soon spotted something, eagerly he picked up his speed, only to slow when he noticed that the spot was already occupied. He faltered, before squinting his eyes and then grinning when he recognized the person lying there. He looked around for the Litwick following him and the Pokemon stared at him curiously. He used gestures and his body language to convey what he wanted to do. It took the Pokemon a while, before it bobbed in agreement and disappeared towards the resting place of the female. The candle Pokemon danced in the air, hopefully that Claire would scare herself. After all the Pokemon where somewhat known for their illustrious nature and Alexis counted on that. Thanatos didn't come closer to her however, sometimes seeming to disappear to another spot before letting the flare get brighter. It was stupid when there was still light, but the purple still wasn't a comforting color most of the time. Alexis had to keep from grinning and bursting out in laughter, although it wouldn't have ruined anything, apart for the gasping intakes of air, maybe. The Pokemon didn't call out his name as most tended to do, content to remain silent for the most part. Although sometimes the customary name did escape from the tiny mouth. 'Litwiiick.' The candle Pokemon finally spoke and stopped floating around and then Alexis stepped closer. His notebook already in his hands and ready to be held out. He had been writing when she hopefully had been distracted 'It has been a while, Claire. :)' He had written 'I hope Thanatos didn't give you too much of a scare.' It continued to read 'How have you been?' Almost scribbled as in an afterthought. Sometimes it was easier to write that beforehand. He noted with some surprise that it indeed had been quite a while and yet it made the meeting sweeter. At least in his eyes, he didn't know what she thought about it, after all.

Coded by AMB Tanz

[clairezeyeden]

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[atrb=style, background-color: #D0C6A4; border-top: 5px solid #75531E; border-bottom: 5px solid #75531E;][STYLE=border: 4px solid #75531E; height: 100px; width: 100px; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: -33px; margin-top: 7px;][/style][STYLE=float: right; width: 277px; font-size: 50px; color: #75531E; font-family: georgia; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-left: 123px; text-transform: lowercase; margin-top: -45px; letter-spacing: -3px;]MY SACRIFICE[/style][STYLE=background-color: #EFE9E0; border-top: 4px solid #75531E; margin-right: 15px; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 2px; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 123px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; color: #75531E;]ABOVE ALL THE OTHERS, WE'LL FLY[/style] [STYLE=margin-right: 15px; margin-left: 15px; font-size: 10px; font-family: arial; text-align: justify; background-color: #EFE9E0; padding: 17px; color: #3C2E16; margin-top: 8px; opacity: 0.9; border-top: 4px solid #75531E; border-right: 1px dotted #9D6F25; border-left: 1px dotted #75531E;]Claire hadn't much more time with Paprika as she saw a flash of purple light in the corner of her eye. She stiffened, turning quickly in one direction to try and catch the source of the light in its tracks. She got up slowly and attempted to watch her back as the ominous shade of purple continued to dart around her. When the light finally simmered down and the Litwick appeared in front of her, Claire stepped back, wide-eyed as she stared at it. A Litwick? Well, that was something you didn't see often around Johto! She blinked as she examined, holding in the sigh of relief she hadn't screamed for help when it started circling her, since it looked like it meant no harm. but its attention span seemed to be behind her, so naturally curious, Claire turned around to see what it was looking at. "Lexi!" A smile crossed her face as she mentioned the very nickname of one of her best childhood friends. All her worrying put aside for a minute she ran over to him and for the moment ignored the notebook and threw her arms around him, careful of the side she knew was lacking an arm. That was one thing that had never bothered her about them. She never payed any mind to it because over time, his missing arm had just become invisible to her. It wasn't what made Alexis himself anyway. Pulling away from him, she stepped back to look at the notebook, reading each word with a quick scan. "It certainly has been a while. I haven't seen you in a good year or so!" She commented, clearly excited about the sudden appearance. "Thantos..that Litwick? It's yours? I thought you only had Snivy!" then again, it had been a long time. Of course he would have had other Pokemon. Smiling sheepishly, she excitedly look up at the older boy. "He didn't scare me too much, just put me a little on edge." she admitted, laughing as Pappy and Pepper peeked out from behind her legs. Looking down at them, she pointed as she prepared to answer his last question. "I've been out and around too. My dad gave me these two, and it was off I went. I've been...alright I guess..." she couldn't help the slight disappointment entering her voice, but she quickly shoved it away with another smile. "Now why don't you tell me where you've been and how you've been doing Lexi?" She suggested as she went back to sit down and waved him over in an offer for him to do the same. WORDS! 435TAGS! Dae as Alexis NOTES! <3 [/style]

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[daesiggil1]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,width:250px;] turn your kindness into strength

[cs=2] She didn't scream and he smiled softly, he had expected differently and yet he also felt proud? He didn't know. Thanatos stared and he frowned at it, but then turned his features into a smile when Claire turned around and faced him. She hadn't changed much, although she had grown a little, of course. She looked good, it was clear that the travel did her lots of good. Although there was also something a little off about her too. His eyebrows knitted together for a brief moment, trying to figure out what exactly and then he was distracted when she threw her arms around him, crying out his name. A puff of breath escaped him as the air was squeezed out of his lungs, but he replied quickly by wrapping his single arm around her. Although he was slightly disgruntled that his book went ignored, he hated not being able to say anything. She soon pulled back however and then her eyes scanned over the paper and a smile appeared on his features again and he nodded his head a few times in agreement. Had it really been that long? It somehow seemed shorter and also a lot longer. He fidgeted and then blushed, he had wanted to contact her sooner and yet he had never done so, it wasn't like he could call her and even if she had a phone, he didn't know her number. He nodded at her question, before writing a quick 'yes.' on the paper as well as if it wasn't clear enough. He paused before showing her the paper, before starting to write again 'Someone kind of gave him to me.' He scribbled down 'Or... did I catch him?' A sweat dropping face was scribbled next to it, feeling kind of bad for not remembering how he had gained the Litwick. It seemed like so long ago either way and the Litwick had gained a liking to him quickly either way. He liked the little candle Pokemon and sometimes would just stare at it, although the staring could also be aimed toward the Snivy he had started off with. 'I'm sorry.' He wrote, but his expression made it clear that it wasn't truly meant. His gaze went down to her legs when she called attention to her two Pokemon and he smiled softly 'They're adorable.' He wrote down and then he heard once more an off key in her voice and he raised an eyebrow, echoing it on the paper as he wrote 'There is something bothering you.' He voiced in the notebook and then paused once more 'Tell me what's wrong?' He continued, before hearing her next question. Frowning faintly again, he quickly wrote down that he had mostly walked around, training the two Pokemon by his sides and fighting against Trainers, also voicing the hope that they would evolve soon and get stronger, because the Trainers where also getting tougher. Although for now he was content to remain in the areas where he knew that he wouldn't have too much difficulties with battling wild Pokemon and/or Trainers.

Coded by AMB Tanz

[clairezeyeden]

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[atrb=style, background-color: #D0C6A4; border-top: 5px solid #75531E; border-bottom: 5px solid #75531E;][STYLE=border: 4px solid #75531E; height: 100px; width: 100px; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: -33px; margin-top: 7px;][/style][STYLE=float: right; width: 277px; font-size: 50px; color: #75531E; font-family: georgia; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-left: 123px; text-transform: lowercase; margin-top: -45px; letter-spacing: -3px;]MY SACRIFICE[/style][STYLE=background-color: #EFE9E0; border-top: 4px solid #75531E; margin-right: 15px; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 2px; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 123px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; color: #75531E;]ABOVE ALL THE OTHERS, WE'LL FLY[/style] [STYLE=margin-right: 15px; margin-left: 15px; font-size: 10px; font-family: arial; text-align: justify; background-color: #EFE9E0; padding: 17px; color: #3C2E16; margin-top: 8px; opacity: 0.9; border-top: 4px solid #75531E; border-right: 1px dotted #9D6F25; border-left: 1px dotted #75531E;]Her eyes scanned his notebook rather fast as each her Minun and Plusle tried to read. But, both knew that they'd never be able to read such a foreign language to them. So instead they allowed Claire to finish her scan of the paper, spotting the frown on her face as soon as she realized that Alexis had caught on to her attitude. She ignored it until he was finished jotting down some of his travels, and she nodded thoughtfully. "I've been...around this area for a very long time Lexi...I guess I'm just so tired of being tied to one spot." She answered thoughfully, giving the paper another scan to make sure she had not mistaken him. She didn't want to go on about things that really didn't matter. But,s he had read it right, and he had indeed asked her what was up with her. He wanted to know what was wrong. Sighing, she sat down and urged him to do the same. This is what she'd do often when she thought, just sit in the grass and try to let the scent relax her. But today it hadn't been working, it just hadn't been. But with Alexis here, she felt slightly more relaxed about it, if not much much more than she had been before. "There's been a lot of things going on lately, but look at me. I told you and all of the other kids in our town that I'd have a ribbon in a year and..."she took out her ribbon case and opened it to show him all of the empty slots she had yet to fill. With a sigh, she then pulled it back and hid it in her pocket again. "You know how much the kids Judge in Cianwood, so what's going to happen if I go home without one ribbon to show for it?" She asked. Of course, this wasn't the only thing on her mind, but if anything Alexis didn't need to know about the reason that she had to stay around the town. It was just something that if she wouldn't want her parents to know, she wouldn't want her friends to know either. WORDS! 364TAGS! Dae as Alexis NOTES! <3 [/style]

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[daesiggil1]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,width:250px;] turn your kindness into strength

[cs=2] Claire was silent and yet he didn't worry about it too much, being rather used to long silences, be it comfortable or not. Besides she was reading what he had been writing down and he gave her the time to do so without urging her to be quicker. Although some of the nervous energy remained that made that he wanted to hop up and down on his feet. His eyes briefly looking at the two Pokemon that peered around the woman's legs and toward the notebook that he held out for her and a smile tugged on the corners of his mouth. His features expressed even more worry when she finally did speak again and the notebook was gently pulled toward him again 'Then why won't you leave?' He wrote down, before continuing quickly underneath it 'There should be nothing to hold you back?' He had ended it as a question, a silent plea to know more. He usually didn't worry, but Claire seemed to be the exception to that. He had known her for a long time and it would feel bad to him if he didn't express at least some worry. Not that he minded to do so. She was almost like a younger sister to him. She sat down and the slight movement following showed that she wanted him to do the same and with a small puff of breath he did so. His back straight and notebook loosely held in his lap, pen resting in the small rings that held the papers together. His legs lightly crossed and his eyes on her, patient yet again. She seemed to gather something, maybe her courage to tell him something and he smiled faintly again. Alexis frowned when she started speaking and showed the empty box and he shrugged his shoulders faintly, before turning the tip of his pen to the paper once more 'Maybe you did.' He told on the paper 'But isn't having fun more important than a simple ribbon?' He questioned, his tip raised for a moment and then he continued writing 'At least that's how I see it.' He continued and then smiled faintly 'But maybe you see things differently?' Then his shoulders shook with silent laughter If they dare to give you trouble, I will kick their asses for you. :)' He waited for a short moment and then huffed again 'Or I will get a ribbon for you.' He continued. He did seem to guess that there was more, but he let it rest for now. He would not pry too much after all.

Coded by AMB Tanz

[clairezeyeden]

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[atrb=style, background-color: #D0C6A4; border-top: 5px solid #75531E; border-bottom: 5px solid #75531E;][STYLE=border: 4px solid #75531E; height: 100px; width: 100px; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: -33px; margin-top: 7px;][/style][STYLE=float: right; width: 277px; font-size: 50px; color: #75531E; font-family: georgia; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-left: 123px; text-transform: lowercase; margin-top: -45px; letter-spacing: -3px;]MY SACRIFICE[/style][STYLE=background-color: #EFE9E0; border-top: 4px solid #75531E; margin-right: 15px; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 2px; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: -9px; margin-left: 123px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; color: #75531E;]ABOVE ALL THE OTHERS, WE'LL FLY[/style] [STYLE=margin-right: 15px; margin-left: 15px; font-size: 10px; font-family: arial; text-align: justify; background-color: #EFE9E0; padding: 17px; color: #3C2E16; margin-top: 8px; opacity: 0.9; border-top: 4px solid #75531E; border-right: 1px dotted #9D6F25; border-left: 1px dotted #75531E;]Why didn't she leave? That was a good question... She looked down as she tried to think of why she didn't want to leave. At one time, she could have done so very easily but now? Not really. Now she was stuck here. All because of that stupid- it didn't matter right now. She just smiled as he sat down to join her, her legs now crossed while she sat Indian style on the floor, picking at the grass. Paprika and Pepper snuggled at either of her sides now, almost as if they were her tiny body guards. "There should be nothing." she parroted as she remembered the line from his notebook. She watched Paprika as Alexis began writing again, as she rolled onto her belly, and allowed the girl to scratch there ever so carefully. She waited for Alexis and when he flashed his notebook to her again, she smiled. "I guess it is about having fun I just....don't know why I'm having so much trouble doing that. I wish it was easy to have fun but all the work..." she sighed and turned to look at Pepper, who was staring back at him with a rather wide expression, curious eyes making her look away finally. She turned back to Alexis only to find his shoulders shaking, curiously enough. Though, she knew him by now, and it was laughing. "Haha, that would sure teach them a thing or two I bet!" He had gotten a bright smile from her at the words he had written down next, about him beating up some of their old friends would they decide to judge her. She leaned back after she finished laughing and smiled slightly. "You haven't changed much Alexis, that's good..." she mentioned. She liked it when she could still recognize people for who they used to be. "So, if I told you something, you think you'd still like me?" WORDS! 307 TAGS! Dae as Alexis NOTES! <3 [/style]

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