Come on Down

[battlelaine]

Multi Muse Battle Chatelaines of the PKMN Series Keres, They/Them, 28 A Study In: Generational Trauma, Conflicting Desires, Houses Haunted by More then the Dead, Families Trying to Stay Together & Families Falling Apart Inspiration Found In: Anatomy by Kittyhorrorshow, House of Leaves, The Haunting of Bly Manor, MyHouse.WAD, Little Women, Shirley Jackson & Jane Austen's Writings Carrd, Interest Checker

[battlelaine]

"While romance is lovely we should put just as much of our attention into other relationships as well. The strong relationships we cultivate among others will carry us for ages and the care we put into the world will always find its way back to us."

[battlelaine]

Having a romantic partner is nice, she supposes. But having a best friend is even nicer!

[battlelaine]

THINKING ABOUT THIS AGAIN

[battlelaine]

@downtrain is concerned: ❝ oh. he's on fire, he looks like he's hurting. ❞ pov you're emmet seeing entei use a fire move up close for the first time in your life and uh oh is that dog on fire

"Why yes he is. He tends to do that." Evelyn laughs a little as though Entei hadn't just decimated one of Pasio's training dummy at with a single hit from his Sacred Fire. She really hoped she wouldn't have to pay for that. The pokemon in question sits idly by watching the two humans converse as the large tufts of fur on his ears smolder.

"Oh! I-I don't think he is." Despite having spend so much time with the legendary Evelyn had never actually thought if the fire he emitted might hurt him. She always sort of assumed it didn't. Quickly, anxiously, she turns to the large dog like pokemon. Who in return stares down at her curiously. "Entei are you okay? You're not hurt are you?"

In response the large dog shakes his head putting the smoldering fire out before laying on the ground, yawning widely. Seemingly entirely unfazed by the fact that he was just on fire. Logically speaking it would make sense that he was unbothered by being on fire... Yet Evelyn's mind rarely worked with logic. It was built up most entirely of anxieties and catastrophes.

"I... I think that means he's fine..." She pats the large dog on his side as he closes his eyes clearly ready for his nap for the day.

[battlelaine]

@uptrain is having a problem: ' Do you have a moment, Morgan? I believe I may have upset your sister, Dana, without intention. I was wondering if you knew a way I could rectify this without making her feel she's being subjected to a "pity party". '

'Putain!' Is the first frustrated curse that crosses Morgan's mind upon hearing Ingo's plight. An exasperation extended not at the man himself but rather her own kin and even herself. She knew she should have been keeping a better eye on her sisters and their interactions with business partners. But no she thought they could handle these sorts of important interpersonal relationships themselves. She never should've trusted them with any part of Maison matters. Well at least Evelyn seemed to be getting along with Emmet. That meant they still had one foot in the door in regards to working with the Subway Masters. She could figure something out from there if need be.

She turns to Ingo all grace and serene smiles any hint of the frustration she felt perfectly hidden. She does sigh a little in thought though it's a calculated sound rather then a truly natural sound. "Aw, has Dana flown off the handle again? I'm terribly sorry for that, Monsieur Ingo. She's always been such a hot headed child. Frankly we never know what will set her off."

There was some truth to that at least on Morgan's part. She could never rightly understand Dana's anger. It always felt directed at everyone, everything and nothing in particular. Any attempts she made to understand it were met with nothing but hostility. At one time she could get Dana to talk to her, to tell her where that anger came from. But that was so many years ago she sometimes questioned if the memories of it were even real or just some cruel joke played upon her by the Maisons.

"I wish I could offer better advice but when she's in one of her snits like this, there's simply no getting through to her. She takes everything so personally even when it's not. Don't worry, monsieur Ingo. I'm sure whatever happened she'll bury the hatchet on it in due time." If necessary Morgan would make sure of it.

[battlelaine]

Morgan has always been the strongest of the sisters & the most hardworking when it came to Pokemon Battles. Ever since her birth the elders of her family had expected great things from her. They intented to pass control of the Maison off to her as soon as they could and expected that she would pull the Maison back to the glory it once held. These expectations were made clear to her from day one & anything less then above their standards was unacceptable. Morgan worked tirelessly to meet these expectations, she connected with her pokemon on deep personal levels & studied battle techniques as though her life depended on it. She devoted her life to the expectations her family held for her. When she wasn't training or practicing she was caring for her sisters attempting to give them the freedom for weakness she wasn't allowed.

Dana was only a backup to Morgan. Held to the expectation to be 'good enough' to replace Morgan should Morgan fail but not enough so to overshadow her sister. The elders of her family paid her little mind, only reminding her to meet expectation, to be 'good enough'. No amount of battle prowess from Dana was ever 'good enough' to truly capture her parents or grandparents attention though. As anything Dana could do Morgan had already done if not done better in their eyes. Despite the dedication she put into her pokemon & into battle techniques it was never enough to catch her family's attention. Dana was considered nothing more then a shadow to her sister, a second best for Morgan. After sometime Dana simply stopped trying to get her family's attention, accepted her place in the shadows & left the resentment she felt for her elder sister to fester.

Then along came Evelyn the 'weakest link' in her parents & grandparents eyes. She wasn't as strong as Dana, certainly not as strong as Morgan. Any mistake she made was noticed & amplified to extremities by her family. An idea that 'tough love' would force her to strength up to become something her family could be proud of. All it did was worsen her abilities to fight. The connections she made with her pokemon suffered as she second guessed everything she tried & she focused so hard on attempting to please her family that she missed glaring flaws in her techniques. It was only after she left the family home to travel abroad for a few years that she was able to actually grow stronger. Away from the pressure of perfection she was able to learn from her mistakes rather then run from them. Her parents & grandparents never got to see the person she grew into however.

Finally Nita, the golden child. Considered a child prodigy when it came to battling she was practically given everything her eldest sisters were refused by their parents & grandparents. From a very young age she was considered a skilled & talented battler. Which the elders of her family relentlessly praised her for. They held her to a pedestal saying she might even take Morgan's place as head of the Maison. However due to her natural skill & constant praise she became set in her ways, believing she wouldn't have to train nor better her talents to succeed. Which resulted in stagnation of her talent over the years thus making her fall behind in prowess to her sisters. Leaving her now as the weakest of the four which has left her with feelings of resentment towards herself, the elders of her family for the praise without any helpful construction in her talents & even towards her sisters for outdoing her.

[battlelaine]

Morgan 🤝 Rose Comphet for profit

[battlelaine]

Morgan 🤝 Rose Older siblings who learned to mask in order to survive from a very young age

[battlelaine]

On an unrelated note she is going to murder Dana for real.

[battlelaine]

Cursed thought: Femcel Evelyn

[battlelaine]

Thinking again about Evelyn & her bond with a big ol' valcano deity(Entei) who she treats like he's a spoiled house cat. Also thinking about Morgan and her horse girl esque obsession with her bonded partner(Virizion)

[orreanintrepidness]

"They are only as real as you allow them to be. Much like fate."

[battlelaine]

"Is that so? You find fate to be something we can hold within our hands?"

[battlelaine]

"If I may be so bold to ask and you so bold to tell me. Do you believe in curses, dear guest?"

[tackypies]

gothic horror rlly is just. aw fuck look at what youve done. the house has inherited your inter-generational trauma and in response has transformed itself into a metaphorical device to track the decay of the family. we're never gonna pay off that mortgage now

[a-book-of-creatures]

[downtrainmorelikegonetrain]

"Honestly, Ingo is mostly the one in charge of dealing with sponsors. I prefer not to get involved if it isn't necessary." For scarily similar reasons as to why Dana shouldn't be in charge of them it seemed.

[battlelaine]

"I was sincerely hoping this was a responsibility she could handle in my place. But it seems her temper leaves her poorly eligible for this. Evelyn nearly panicked herself into a heart attack after talking to them last time she tried as for Nita..." Well she's not certain she wants to know what Nita might do if left alone with a potential sponsor. Looks like that leaves only one option. "It's lovely that you and your brother can split your work up so evenly for your skill sets."

[uptrain]

' Did I miss an important discussion? '

[battlelaine]

"No. It's simply... Siblings. As much as we love them, they certainly know how to get under our skin." Even when they don't intend too.

[battlelaine]

"This is why the Subway Twins get more sponsors then we do." She is going to have a very LONG talk with Dana about respecting people's privacy & not scrutinizing the rich before they have a chance to give them money.