MEET ME IN THE PIT

Hilda ✧ Unova Resistance Fighter Currently: lying low

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washed up (@touko)

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Dawn winced, debating whether or not to tell Hilda the truth. She didn’t really know the other girl yet, but the truth would come out sooner or later. Probably.

"Maybe. I challenged the Sinnoh League and won," she replied, shrugging her shoulders helplessly. She internally scolded herself— own up to your faults, kiddo. "… And I kind of had a hand in releasing Cyrus from the Distortion World. I guess."

Well, here goes nothing! Hopefully Hilda wasn’t terribly judgmental, or being her guide was going to be just awful.

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Yep, Dawn was definitely someone she'd heard of; Hilda had learned that a girl not too far from her own age had defeated the Sinnoh League. And that the same girl had released Cyrus from dimension he'd found himself in. Hilda was wary at first, but forced herself to relax a little. It's not like she hadn't made mistakes with lasting consequences before.

She was the one who had left Unova for years to look for N. She was the one who got there too late.

"Sometimes we make mistakes while trying to do the right thing." Hilda said evenly.

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washed up (@touko)

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"I know just the place."

Dawn looked around, making sure there was no one watching them, and began walking, easily falling into place alongside Hilda. As usual, her go-to spot while in Sunyshore was the abandoned gym, but she hadn’t thought too much about where they might go after that. She’d been alerted that many Resistance members would be converging in on Sinnoh soon, but there hadn’t been any further instructions about where to meet or stay. 

"So," she finally began, snapping out of her thoughts, "my name’s Dawn, by the way. I probably should’ve mentioned that first…"

Manners, Dawn. Jeez.

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Sunyshore was a pretty coastal town. The only time Hilda had ever been in Sinnoh, she stayed mainly in Hearthome; ear low to the ground looking for N.

Fat lot of good that did her.

She laughed,  "The name's Hilda. Don't worry about it, we've got some important things to do." Walking with Dawn, Hilda racked her brain. Her name was familiar, if only vaguely. "I'm not too familiar with Sinnoh or really anyone here, but your name is awfully familiar to me."

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washed up (@touko)

With the amount of traveling Dawn had been doing around the region, she was starting to think about charging for her assistance. Poor Togekiss was probably exhausted from flying, but using fly was much easier than going everywhere on foot. As it stood, she was back in Sunyshore, waiting for a ferry to dock.

She’d been alerted earlier last week that she was being entrusted to pick up another member of the Resistance in Sunyshore. There had been no information about the person she was meeting, and as a result, her imagination ran wild. She didn’t imagine most people who hadn’t gotten themselves into trouble would need someone to escort them around.

Dawn yawned, rubbing her eyes as the ferry finally began letting the passengers off. She stood on her tiptoes, looking around for her charge— the only clue she’d been given was that they’d be wearing a white baseball cap. No one seemed to match the description until she caught sight of a girl who couldn’t be far off from herself in age. 

Huh. Somehow, she’d been expecting someone much older and intimidating. Either way, Dawn shook her head to clear her mind quickly and jogged over to the girl, offering her a smile. “I think I might be who you’re looking for?”

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When she had heard about what had happened to Red, Hilda knew that  it was imperative to get to Sinnoh immediately. As soon as the news hit the Unovan Resistance, Hilda was the first person to volunteer to go support the members in Sinnoh in any way she could.

A few favors had been called in and Hilda was able to stowaway on a tour ferry making its way from Castelia to Sunyshore. She'd stayed mostly in the storage area, completely cramped and uncomfortable, but thankfully she had managed to sleep some.

Flying as low as she was on the radar, it was a little easier for Hilda to move from region to region undetected, but she took no chances. If all had gone according to plan, Plasma hadn't noticed her leaving Unova.

She'd been told to keep an eye for the Resistance member that would be greeting her. A blue-haired girl with a pink skirt. Not vague at all, Hilda had grumbled to herself.

When the ferry docked, she was smack in the middle of the crowd when a voice spoke to her. Hilda returned the smile,  glancing at her skirt and hair "I guess you are. Let's go somewhere a little quieter."

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Hideaway | {Bianca + Hilda }

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     ― ✿;   A brunette girl stared back. Not Team Plasma. Not a masked villain, not a terrible man from a nightmare. It was a friend.

     Bianca’s heart gave a leap at the sight of her childhood friend standing there. “Hilda..?” was exhaled quietly out of curving lips. Bianca’s face brightened each second she stared at the brunette. God, how long has it been? “H-Hilda! It’s Hilda!"  erupted from surprise, rambling under her breath and gaining more volume. Hands pushed against the plush grass and the grinning girl was sprung on her feet. 

     ”Heeeeey! Hilda, Hilda, Hiiiillldaa!” Bianca scrambled to her action hero, feet stumbling between the high flowers. “Wow, wow, Hilda! I can’t bel-”

    And in her excitement, the blonde tripped over her two left feet, a quiet ‘oof' as she laid face first in the floral garden.  Her face popped up, bright as day, and laughed to the girl. The beret slipped off during Bianca’s trip but that was nothing to worry about. Hilda was here!

     ”Hiiilllddaaa!"  She scampered to the brunette and fell into a hug, laughing a little too loudly. 

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A sense of terror became shock, which quickly slid to pure elation. Hilda hadn't seen Bianca since she left to search for N. She had meant to catch up with her favorite blonde when she returned, but the takeover happened, and well...

But now she was here, and Hilda started laughing herself, "Bianca! Holy--" she cringed when Bianca face-planted. She took a few steps forward to help her friend, but was swept up into a hug.

It took only a split second for her to register the affection. Emotions started welling up within Hilda; she hadn't seen or heard from Cheren, Bianca, even her own mother. To be honest, it hadn't hit her how much she missed them until Bianca embraced her.

Hilda returned the hug fiercely as possible, lifting Bianca off of the ground.

"Arceus, it's been too long. How are you champ?"

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Hideaway | {Bianca + ____ }

       ― ✿;  Breathing space. That’s what she called it. Bianca’s little niche outside the skirts of Castelia City, away from the hustle and bustle of the screaming people, from the Team Plasma grunts that patrolled the city, eyes like daggers, fist clenched with power and heels that clacked on street and crushed ambitions… her forested hideaway was her escape. 

    She found it one day when on an errand for Professor Juniper. Delivering something to someone. Who knows what. Bianca was never allowed to look in the packages she darted back and forth. It was a particularly long walk to a man in Castelia City to deliver a package today so Bianca felt like she needed to treat herself. 

    The breathing space was littered with flowers; hues of red, blue, pink, and yellow smeared together when the wind ran through. Normally, she would admire the view and pick a few flowers for home, but today Bianca found herself right in the middle of the garden. Her back was pressed against the ground so she could look upwards at the sky, counting clouds and feeling the breeze. It was lovely to know that no one else knew about this pla-

    Crack. A heavy foot placed itself on a branch, breaking it and alerting the blonde that she wasn’t alone. She shot up, hand shoving her glasses up her face and beret slipping off from her sudden jolt upwards. Was it Team Plasma? Did they finally find her here? Bianca blinked her blurry eyes at the stranger at the end of the woods, heart pounding.

    Oh. Whoops. Her glasses were on upside down. Flipping them rightside up, she couldn’t help but laugh a little bit at herself out of embarrassment.

    ”Um… H-hi, there!" she called out, squinting through her slightly blushing cheeks. 

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It was terribly difficult for Hilda to stay hidden. She wanted to be out, fighting openly, kicking ass and taking names; punching bad guys in the face and saving the day, just like in her one of her Sinnoh animes. But it wasn't to be, at least not yet. It was too dangerous to allow herself to be caught.

It'd jeopardize a lot of good people and possibly the entire operation.  

She took her chances every once in a while though. Quick walks through the woods, keeping a low profile. Braviary flew lazily overhead, keeping watch for Plasma. The newest addition to her team, Teddiursa bumbled around on the ground in front of her.

Hilda was careful, not trying to make much noise.

But then Teddiursa spotted the flowers and went running straight towards them, stomping on a stick and making some poor soul cry out in surprise. Hilda froze, terrified for only a second before assuming a fighting stance.

Then she saw the beret and blonde hair.

"B-bianca???"

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GO BOOM-BOOM OR GET OFF THE POT [open]

It wasn't Hilda's idea of a good time, laying belly down on the ground in a thicket not too far outside of east Castelia City. She'd been spending better part of her nights for the past week spying on Plasma routes in and out of the city to try and get an exact bead on their patrol times.

Not glamorous, running-and-battling without caring of the consequences, just beating grunts down with the express purpose of shaming them. Nope, she was stuck on stakeout duty. Pulling her binoculars away from her face long enough to rub a tired eye, she glanced at her watch.

"1:58 am" she whispered as the light temporarily blinded her, "Nice, almost time to pack up and go."

Hilda placed her binoculars in her backpack and quietly rifled through her notebook as best as she could. Most of the routes were mapped out on the east side, now it was only a matter of combining them with the inner city and northern patrol notes, they'd have everything they'd need.

Until the next city.

Once the book was secured in her pack, Hilda quickly glanced around her. No sign of a patrol man or anything. She emerged from the bushes, pulling her hat down low with one hand while trying to brush dirt off with the other.

Now there was the matter of getting back into the city mostly undetected.

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WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?

I've always wanted the chance to go over to Kalos, but considering how things are right now, that's gonna be a little bit more difficult.