Day 289 - Who's that pokémon?

[scary_music]

Who: Ibuki, her chatot pokémon "Lita-chan", and you!
Open: Open
When: 289
Where: Everywhere in the Bastion
What: Ibuki's playing around with her pokémon
Format: Action brackets, though I'm cool with changing
Warnings: Ibuki

[Ibuki can be found chasing after a a certain pokémon, who's just flapping around and getting into all sorts of places and things]

Lita-chaaaaaaaaaan! Come baaaaaaaaaack!

"Nope nope nope! No booty! No booty!"

[And yes, the two will be taking a grand tour of the entirety of the Bastion, including building interiors]

[... and despite it looking like Ibuki's trying to get her chatot to return to her, she's being helpful and opening doors to places that would otherwise be inaccessible to the pokémon]

Comments

[scary_music]

No, no, it can't be like that... it was like that for the other people at the island with Ibuki, too. We were like... memory wiped on purpose or something.

... um, you see, we all thought we were just going to Hope's Peak for the first time... and then suddenly we were all on a tropical island??? Maybe how we ended up there so fast was because of the brain messing with thing??? Or, I mean, we thought we just poofed there because of the memory wipe.

[gianthobo]

Maybe. Who ran this school?

[Because he's getting more suspicious the more he hears...]

[scary_music]

I never... paid attention to that, actually, a-ahaha...

[... though the real headmaster of Hope's Peak did have nothing to do with everything that happened to Ibuki at least, though she didn't know that for sure sadly]

But um, at the island... this is where it gets really messed up. We were told that the only way to get off the island... was to kill one of our classmates and get away with it... there was this weird bear thing that was telling us to do it, Monokuma-chan. He said he's the headmaster of the school but... I think he was just saying that.

... well, there was also this weird bunny thing, Monomi-chan, but she was just telling us to have fun before Monokuma-chan showed up ruined everything going on.

[gianthobo]

...

[He doesn't say anything, but just reaches out to pull her into a hug. What can you say about that? Nothing that will really make anyone feel any better.]

[scary_music]

[she sorta hugs back]

... a-anyway um, um... the reason I'm telling you this is because...

... The memories that I was told about, that were gone, I...

I think they... might be coming back? I don't... I still don't really remember anything right now, except... except for this feeling...

... it's... I think it's... despair...

[gianthobo]

... It's understandable to feel despair over something like that. But... just let yourself feel it if you need to. Don't act impulsively on your emotions... because you might regret it. But it's only natural to feel feelings. Just know that you've got friends here. We'll all keep you safe so nothing like that happens again.

[scary_music]

No, no, that's not...

... that's not what I mean, I...

[She looked away a bit]

I mean... in my memories... I... the only thing I can remember from my locked away memories is this... this huge sense of despair. And... I'm scared of... what that means. What sort of things am I going to remember?

[gianthobo]

... Whatever you remember, you have people here to help. No matter what it is, we're here to support you.

[scary_music]

Yeah, yeah, I know...

I just... wonder if it'd be better if I never did remember... but, but is there even anyway to make sure I don't...?

[gianthobo]

... I don't know. That's not something I know a lot about. But whether you do or don't... we can help you deal with it.

... There's a lot of things I wish I could just never remember, but brains don't work that way. Just let the memories come or not... and my door's always open for you.

[scary_music]

Nn...

A-ahaha... Well, it's... it's not like it'll turn me into a completely different person if I do get them back, right? Right?

But, but yeah, if the memories are really messed up, I won't deal with them alone, that's for sure! I've...

... I've dealt with too much alone, as it is...

[gianthobo]

Exactly. No one has to be alone here.

[He looks off into the distance and gives her another gentle squeeze.]