♡ Call 004 [video]

[reassigned]

So I've had a thought, and it might seem silly, but I figure it's worth a shot!

[Usually, when she gets that kind of look in her eye, it's not the kind of thought that's going to leave her- or anyone else- alone for a good long while.]

I know a lot of us are here alone, and that's bad enough- but it's even worse on a birthday! So I figure while the calendar here might not match the ones from your homes, and it might take some finagling to figure it out...

Maybe we could set up some kind of committee or something- so people don't have to spend their birthdays alone!

[Cupid what.]

Of course, I'd have to make sure people would be willing to give their birthdays up first, but I mean...

[A bright, hopeful grin.]

Who doesn't love free cake, right?

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[allbymyself]

People seem to take to this city like Marill to water. [...Marill. Ugh, that girl's friend had one, right? She'd mentioned it before. No, he won't let himself think about that bumbling idiot of a trainer.] Everyone seems pretty comfortable, happy -- like they'd rather be here than anywhere else.

[Someone's an angry little upstart. He doesn't like it here -- he doesn't like that the old man's here -- he wants to go home. And holding hands with someone can't be the only way to do it.]

Honestly, it's a little disappointing. There's obviously a lot of talent [he'll be grudging to admit that, having going out for exploration] and it's being wasted on hugs and kisses. The only thing I'm ashamed of is how content everyone is, though I shouldn't be surprised -- you're all a bunch of spineless cowards.

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[reassigned]

Because, inherently, there isn't anything obviously bad about this place. You have a place to live, money to spend that you don't have to do anything for, but you can get a job if you like, there's pretty much no crime and nothing to be afraid of.

Most of the time, at least.

Of course people take it easy here- as I understand it, not everyone had the best deals before they got here... So I don't think it's really your place to judge anyone for enjoying a break from a life you don't know anything about.

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[reassigned]

[The words 'spineless cowards' makes her eyes narrow and her shoulders straighten, however, and her eyes very literally glow bright pink as she adds sharply-]

Your version of bravery seems to be trying to find the bad in everything and fighting it, even if it isn't there. Don't call people cowards for not fighting something that isn't hurting them- in fact, don't call people cowards at all! Because for all that talk I don't understand one reason as to why you're really angry other than the fact that you aren't happy here, so obviously everyone else must be wrong!

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[allbymyself]

[Ooh, scary, her eyes glow in the dark.

Silver remarkably keeps quiet until she's done -- though hos lips curl into a snarl as she talks. Who's she to talk like she knows anything?]

The people here are nothing but spineless, taking everything anyone says at face-value. What if they're not telling everything? What if they're only saying they're not lying? Being too trusting -- being gullible messes -- is enough to get called weak, spineless, and above all moronic cowards.

[The thought that this conversation isn't even worth his time flits out of his mind almost instantly.]

The brave are the strong in both my world and any other world. People who stand up, people who fight, people who don't sit back and let themselves get spoon-fed with a bunch of nonsense.

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[reassigned]

[Just wait until the lightning starts.]

Even if they are, what would you have us do? Put innocent people in danger for the sake of the 'truth', if there even is one?

[If it's not worth his time, then why is he bothering?]

I think the coward here is you- you're so intent on finding the bad in here you refuse to consider that there might not be any. Even if there are, and people don't go looking for them, that hardly matters. If you want to go looking for the bad in everything, then go ahead. But don't fault people for not wanting you to drag them down into pessimism alongside you.

Not everyone wants to rally against imagined evils, you know.