a liar

liar (n.) - a person who lies or tells lies Closed OC Ace Trainer from Pokemon RP Blog affiliated with Wild Encounters

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Barry felt a wave of melancholy wash over him as Marie Ayers began to recount her pressure-filled upbringing and present circumstances. It was admittedly very hard for the blond to stay quiet as the Ace Trainer spiraled deeper into her own sad mindset, his fists clenching at his sides. Couldn’t Marie see that she was in the quarterfinals of a premier tournament? Didn’t Marie also bear witness to the showcase she had put on her previous opponent? No–she was too busy measuring herself to the impossible heights of her brothers. The Twinleaf native’s mind flashed back to him hopelessly staring up at his own father’s Battle Tower…deep down, he definitely knew the feeling, that desperate desire for recognition.

Marie’s tears fell to earth, and Barry decided that enough was enough. Without hesitation, he put his hands on her shaking shoulders and squeezed gently.

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     She didn’t pay attention to Barry as she recounted her tale. She couldn’t bring herself to pay attention, considering her walls as a liar were falling, and she just didn’t care. Sure, it’s a miracle that’s she’s opening up about her past and herself, but that was only because of what happened beforehand. Would she have opened up otherwise? Probably not. Ah, she’s still lying to herself, even with her walls falling and her whole world falling in on itself in a sense. She can’t let go of that, even when she’s so weak and pitiful. Then again, it’s just a part of who she is and it’s something that she’s probably never going to be able to let go of, even if she’s able to change.

     Her self-loathing thoughts are mercifully cut off once Barry places his hands on her shaking shoulders and squeezes gently. Everything in her body is telling her to shake him off and just run away but she can’t bring herself to do so.

     She can’t look away from him, his eyes filled with warmth, even though she wants to, especially with how pathetic and weak she looks. Everything is telling her that he’s lying, he doesn’t really care about her or everything she just said, that he’s just being nice because he has to after that. Yet she hears another voice telling her that he’s being sincere, and she wants to listen to that one instead.

     For once in her life she wants to be able to believe and it’s as equal parts terrifying as it is a huge relief. It feels like it’s just the two of them, that they’re not in the tournament and somewhere else. It’s almost...intimate she thinks.

     She’s a bit surprised at Barry’s words, but then again, there’s others that have gone through the same things she has. Probably not on the scale that she has but it’s...something of a relief. Even if all she’s doing is just listening right now, because she really doesn’t know what to say, she’s good with words (mostly those harmful or self-loathing) but she’s not sure what to say with something that’s basically encouragement.

     He has a point though; she’s one of the last eight of 500 entrants. She should give herself that much credit but she hasn’t. She hasn’t given herself the credit she should be, because she’s too hard on herself and trying to get herself recognized. And there is that as well, you pick yourself up from your past mistakes and learn from them. She knows that, she’s known that for so long but she really hasn’t done anything about it.

     ‘Marie Ayers is the bomb’ , ‘I’m on Team Marie’. It all sounds so stupid and ridiculous and yet...she can’t help but feel a smile work its way across her face. Not a mere twitch of lips or a smug smirk or anything like that, a genuine smile, after who knows how long. It feels...good. Good to finally be able to smile like this, after so long of being a liar and presenting herself in a stoic matter. She can only imagine what Barry thinks.

     “Yeah...you’re right. I’ve been neglecting a lot of things from what you’ve just said and well...maybe I need to start thinking about myself more.” The five minute warning goes off and she stands, good thing she’s not the first battle of this round. “As for the last thing you said, it feels good to have someone fighting for me instead of being against me.”

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Well, that escalated quickly.

Barry watched with a dropped jaw from the battlefield sidelines as Marie effortlessly _destroyed _her opponent, launching speedy attacks that left his head spinning. Where had she learned such skills? The blond could sense a certain _angry fervor _behind each of her successful blows–something more personal was on the line, obviously.

He’d only caught a bit of the battlers’ pregame banter, but Marie seemed teed off about something that was said: she held herself sternly upright as she dismantled the Kalosian challenger, a ruthless glint in her usually complacent eyes. Barry shivered slightly as the Ace Trainer told the hapless opponent off, the sheer confidence in her voice clashing with the image of insecurity that she had put forth just moments before the duel. It was as if a different side of Marie had been unleashed, and the massacre was mercifully over in minutes. As the Kalosian skulked away, the results came in over the PA: all victors were now in the tournament’s quarterfinal round.

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     Well that’s...not was she expected.

     Barry grabbing her by the shoulders takes her by surprise and she half pays attention to this words, half wanting to push him away from the sudden contact. Still, he is right. If she was that serious in all her battles, she’d win easily. Then again, she’s confident in her abilities of course, but she rarely gets well, as serious as she did then. Though most of that was her channeling her anger at the Kalosian challenger, but he got the message it seemed.

     Once Barry had let go of her, she couldn’t help but feel...guilty? She wasn’t sure what she was feeling, but she didn’t like the look of concern the other was giving her. True, she had acted quite differently, since most of what she had been fueled with during the battle was anger, so maybe that was why? Marie wasn’t one to really change much from her usual stoic self, but whenever her family was brought up, she couldn’t help but get effected by it. Most of the time she just shut down whenever it was brought up, going quite and just wanting to get out of there but this was different. She wasn’t going to let him get away with thinking she was an easy opponent. It had worked obviously though.

     Well, she owed Barry an explanation, and they had time until the quarter final round. She sat down next to the blonde on the bench and wracked her mind for where to start. Probably best to start with what he said first after all; start at the beginning and when you get to the end, stop.

     “He...wasn’t really a fan, per say. He just...knows about my family what with how famous we are in Kalos, and even in the other regions too but mostly back home. After all, if you know about the Ayers family, then you know how famous they are and what the name means. If you’re an Ayers, then you’re supposed to take on the leagues and win; it’s what expected of everyone within the family.”

     “My oldest brother is Alexander Ayers, the heir to the Ayers family. Everyone that knows about him knows what he’s accomplished, having beaten the gym leaders of all the regions. You can’t go anywhere in Kalos without hearing about him, and all he’s accomplished, along with mentions of the other siblings. Rowan Ayers is my other brother, and while he’s been trying to recover from the trauma of his kidnapping for many years, he’s finally stared to make a name for himself, though not as much as Alex.”

     Her breathing started out calm and steady, though by now it’s starting to waver, the self-loathing and negative emotions threatening to overwhelm her.

     “And then there’s me, Marie Ayers.Third child of the Ayers family and considered a disappointment by her family and everyone in Kalos. I can’t go there without being reminded of that fact, that I’m considered merely a disappointment when compared to Alex and Rowan; and no one sees me for who I am, _no one! _It’s like I don’t even matter back home, that I could just disappear and it wouldn’t even matter. I’m not good for anything back home after all...”

     She’s thought of disappearing more than once, but she can’t ever go through with it. She refuses to wear anything that doesn’t cover her arms or wrists, to hide those marks she doesn’t want anyone to see; that no one needs to see. She’s worthless, a disappointment, a waste of space; she’s nothing but a liar and a fool for thinking she’s worth something at all.

     By now she’s crying, and she doesn’t even bother to wipe away the tears. Let Barry see how weak she is; the scared little girl that hides behind a stoic mask of confidence and lies. She doesn’t care, this happens whenever she can actually manage to explain her past and everything she’s been holding in.

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The starting horn fired off its blaring drone from above the playing field, signifying the start of the next round. Trainers scattered to find their spots on the various basic battle areas strewn about, but Barry’s attention was focused on Marie. She had started telling him her strategy, but the blond could tell that her focus was elsewhere. The Ace didn’t even react to the whistle’s whine, for Arceus’s sake!

“Earth to Marie! Are you zoning out again?” Barry prodded, snapping a finger to get his companion’s attention. “C’mon, you gotta get In The Zone if you wanna beat this next guy! Every opponent deserves your concentration!”

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     Of course her attention was elsewhere. Anytime Kalos was brought up she just kind of...froze basically. She’d spent so long trying to avoid it and well...depending on how things went here she probably wouldn’t be able to avoid it. Her family was so well known, that anyone from their would probably recognize her easily. She didn’t even hear the whistle that signaled the start of the next round, she was really out of it.

      “Ah!” Barry snapped a finger at her, getting her attention once again. “You’re right, I need to concentrate. I need to if I want to win, right...” She hadn’t spaced out this much in a long time; she was normally more together but well...it was hard when her past seemed to be catching up to her, and she couldn’t stop it.

     At least he liked her strategy, so she had a chance it seemed. As long as she stayed focused, she could win this. “Right, be patient and wait for your chance to strike, I can do this...” Easier said than done, especially considering where her thoughts were doing.

     However, with her supposed next opponent came over to them, all hopes of him not recognizing her went out the window. Barry seemed to be unaware, especially with the glare she was giving him. She wasn’t going down that easily. Besides, he could easily get overconfident if he was thinking it would be easy to take her down, especially with her being an Ayers.

     As to be expected, he was overconfident during the battle, leaving openings he probably would’ve have if he was focusing more. He was more focused on beating an Ayers instead of his usual strategies, making careless mistakes. Marie easily defeated him, striking when there was an opening and not letting up on the offense, but being cautious enough.

     “I suggest you not let yourself get cocky in that you thought you could defeat an Ayers without a strategy. I’m not here for you to defeat with such obvious carelessness in your battling.” she told him after the match, heading back to the rest area, and to a confused Barry.

     “I suppose I owe you an explanation after all that, right? Well, ask away, it’s only fair I answer whatever questions you have.”

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“And why would you need to do that if you were the runner-up in the Sinnoh League, hmm?”

The grin on Barry’s face dropped off the face of the earth, replaced by typical red-faced indignation.

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     There’s something akin to a smirk on Marie’s face as she watches Barry’s expression change at her comment. Though what he says is true in a way, that you’re always learning. She’d have to agree with him, even after all her years of traveling, she was still learning in many ways as well.

     She lets out a sigh at Barry’s words about her sleep schedule. It’s horrible and she knows it, but it’s hard at times to fall asleep when your mind won’t shut up about well...everything really. She didn’t need to bother him with those kind of thoughts and such, so she just nods at his words.

     Marie listens to what Barry says about her upcoming opponent, trying not to tense up at the mention of him being from Kalos. It should be fine, provided he doesn’t say anything, but she just doesn’t know. Still, she takes notes of what he says.

     “I see...” Double Team spammers and stalling strategies were the worst when it came to tournaments, though she should be able to defeat him easily, depending on what his team was. “Going on the offensive was my plan to begin with, but I should be able to beat him with ease.” And hopefully he wouldn’t recognize her...she hoped.

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"Marie! MARIE! Wake up!!" Barry shouted through the door, desperation in his voice. "You slept through every round of the tournament, Marie! Ah, Arceus..." When Marie opened the door however, Barry's strained expression fell away, a sly smile taking its place. "Just kidding! Thought that would get you out of bed, sleepyhead!" (This just in: Barry is still the worst.)

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     “Barry, wha-” There’s yelling from the other side of the door that gets her attention, especially the mention of the tournament. But she’s pretty sure she didn’t sleep in that much, right?

     Opening the door reveals one Barry with a somewhat strained expression that fell away with a sly smile replacing it, and of course Barry would do something like this. Of course he would, though he probably is concerned about her erratic sleep schedule. 

     “You’re the worst you know? The worst.” her expression might be annoyed, but her tone is anything but it.

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This just in: the reclusive behavior of famous local ace Marie might be due to a traumatic experience in her past! Did something awful happen? Did she DO something awful? There's more here than meets the eye for sure!

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     They’re not wrong about the last thing, that there’s more to her that meets the eye, but she’s not about to go around talking about her past. And she’s not the one that was traumatized, that was her brother. And she didn’t do anything awful, it’s not her fault that things ended up like this.

     It’s her family’s fault that things ended up like this. She wouldn’t have been this way if they hadn’t started ignoring her for Alex and Rowan. She would’ve been just fine if Rowan hadn’t gotten kidnapped, if Alex hadn’t been the one that collected all the badges before anyone else did.

     It’s not her fault. It’s not her fault, it never has been her fault.

     …Right?

     “I suggest you leave, now. I have nothing to say to you or anyone else.”

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Well, this mysterious redhead sure took everything in stride! Picking up on her quiet confidence, Barry grinned and put his hands on his hips. This stranger was a good trainer–he just had a sixth sense for these sort of things. She was still in the thick of the winners bracket, after all.

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“You look exhausted!” Barry scolded suddenly, with all the force of a stern mother. “Look at the circles under your eyes–did you take the overnight flight directly from Kalos? Gee whiz…”

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     Well, he was right with her being exhausted. She hadn’t slept well the night before, and she had arrived days before the tournament started, so it wasn’t jet lag or anything of the like. Plus she hadn’t been to Kalos in...a long time so flying from there wasn’t what happened.

     Marie walked him as he sat down on the bench next to her, revealing what seemed to be an endless supply of snacks (she had to wonder how bottomless his pockets were as the snacks kept coming) before grabbing one of the crunchy bars and a pack of peanut-butter crackers.

     “You are right about me needing my energy, I’ve just been...having trouble sleeping lately, so that’s probably why I haven’t had the energy I need.” It was a guess, but probably what was causing her to have a lack of energy. She munched on the crunchy bar she took while listening to what Barry had to say. She was thankful he was here, now that she thought about it.

     Right, no pressure. No one knew who she was here, so there wouldn’t be anything holding her back, other than her pride probably. “And why would you need to do that if you were the runner-up in the Sinnoh League, hmm?” she teased, voice playful. “But if you want to watch, be my guess. After all, learning through observation is a way of learning, no?”

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     How anyone could resist the chance to rematch her was something she couldn’t see anyone refusing, especially Calem. She had beaten him quite spectacularly the last time they battled, so she could only imagine he was looking forward to the chance to do so. She’d be lying if she said that she wasn’t looking forward to the chance to battle him again as well.

     “I would hope you would give it your all if I took to the field. After all, I would expect nothing less from you, to prove that you aren’t just a punching bag.” Her words are light and playful in tone as well, despite the seriousness of what they’re talking about. “Everyone in Kalos knows me already, so I’d probably just enter under my name. Besides, it would give them a chance to see what I’m made of hmm?”

     Who knows what would happen under her entering with her name and all, but there really wasn’t a reason for her not to do so. This was Kalos and all, so who knows what could go wrong, but she’d deal with that if/when it came up.

     “True, I did say that, but that’s mostly because I didn’t know how long I would be staying in Kalos after my business is taken care of. I was planning on leaving as soon as it was done, since I don’t like staying around here longer than I need to. Plus, I don’t really have much else planned. Though somehow I take it you’d like me to stay around, at least for the tournament, right?”

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    Light holds up her tail – the reddish glow keeping the darkness at bay.

There was that at least. It was not much considering their circumstances, but it was something.

The Kanto native surveys her companion in the dim light, her brow slightly furrowed.

“For the most part, but I think my ankle got twisted.“

This was truly turning into some kind of adventureland fairytale. A twisted ankle, trapped within a cave, a dying quest and the exhaustion.

“Don’t worry about me.”

     Well, at least they weren’t completely in the dark, Leaf’s Ampharos serving as their source of light. So there was that, at least.

     Marie watches Leaf carefully from her position on the ground, Maia and Raiden are nearby still, watching over the two of them.

     At least only one of them was harmed, and it’s not like it was too big of a deal. At least her ankle wasn’t broken.

     After all, that would be quite the problem, rather than it being just twisted.

     Though, it would be quite the thing otherwise.

     There goes her self-loathing mind again, thinking about the worst for her rather than what has already happened. It wasn’t like it was the end of the world, at least to her.

     Though Leaf seems to think otherwise. It wasn’t her fault, rather it was her own. “It’s not your fault, you know. Neither of us could’ve seen this happening. At least you didn’t get hurt as well.”

     Still, they are in quite the situation. She’s injured and the exits are sealed off. Perhaps it’s a sign that it might be time for them to rest. After all, they’ve been through battle after battle.

     At least Leaf thinks so, and considering her situation, she’s not in a position to disagree. She takes the chipped pieces of ice from her and gets herself to a position where she’s mostly lying against Maia, who had sat down near her and placed the ice on her ankle. It’s cold, obviously, but it’s going to help her ankle at least.

     The Ampharos sits besides the two of them, and Raiden was quick to sit down as well, keeping her company.

     “Yes, it certainly would be a tale to tell others, wouldn’t it.” She can’t help but crack a small smile about that, a certain boy coming to mind.

     Though Leaf is right, she hasn’t said much about herself. It’s really just natural for her to not say anything about her other than her name, usually not staying around long enough for others to know about her.

     It’s probably not right of her to be this secretive, especially to someone she’s traveling with, but it’s a force of habit not to. 

     Still, Leaf deserves to know, doesn’t she?

     “It might be,” she nudges back, a small smile on her face. “It’s not like there’s anything wrong with having a bit of mystery to it, right?” Though maybe she should stop with that, and just tell her a bit.

     “I did say I was from Kalos, though there’s a bit more to it than that. Though I should ask before I continue, does the name ‘Ayers’ ring any bells perhaps?”

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Barry was having a bad day.

He had come into this tournament excited for the chance to compete on foreign Kanto soil, but his hopes for victory had evaporated after just two battles. His first opponent took advantage of Barry’s impatience, using highly-defensive Pokemon and a stalling strategy to provoke the impatient blond. Eventually, with his partners whittled down by a brutal combination of poison, burns, and entry hazards, Barry conceded and was sent into the loser’s bracket.

In the bottom bracket, hanging on to his tournament life, the Twinleaf Town native did no better, coming up against a Trainer who exclusively used Double Team. Barry could only watch in horror as his Pokemon missed their attacks, over and over again–ultimately falling to an onslaught of speed. He was out of the tournament, at the lowest possible placing. Nobody else (especially his friends back home!) could know about this.

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     “Mmmhhh...what?”

     To say that being rudely awaken from her sleep was not what she expected was probably the understatement of the year. True, she knows that sleeping during a tournament probably isn’t the smartest thing to do, but she couldn’t help it. She didn’t sleep well the night before, probably due to her nerves about the tournament and well, the dream she had that night didn’t help as well. Ghosts of her past that wouldn’t go away.

     Sitting up from her sleeping position and stretching, she looked to she a boy with blond hair talking to her. Was he the one that woke her up? Marie knew that she was the first one in this round so she should’ve been fine, but maybe he was just worried about her sleeping during a tournament. Still she takes the Poke Ball in front of her, before coming up with a response.

     “I don’t think my match is until the next round of the winner’s bracket, but thank you for waking me. I’m Marie and I’m from Kalos, if you wish to know. Though I don’t believe I’m familiar with you or Sinnoh that much, though if you think I’m strong just from me sleeping while everyone is training, you have another thing coming.” After all, there’s a reason she’s in the winner’s bracket after all.

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     While it wasn’t quite a full smile (they were still quite rare from her) it was close. Or at least close enough for Calem it seemed. Maybe someday she’d open up enough to get a full smile out at him, or just in general. Only time would tell after all.

     “I can only imagine it would get to be quite boring after a while. If no one new comes in that’s serious, merely only curious, it would feel quite lacking in new challengers.” She doesn’t miss the mock glare directed at her, she did put on quite the show and surprise him, along with the others there at the time. Still, progress was progress.

     It’s nice to see Calem get this excited about battling. Marie knows how serious and passionate he is about it, and she feels the same about it as well. Even if she wasn’t who she was, she would still enough battling as much as she does now. After all, when you grow up with Pokemon, you’re just inclined to fall in love with some part of battling or contests.

     “Tournaments are always different from regular battles, though in a good way of course. They’re more exciting and passionate it seems. It’s fast pace and there’s no time to be strategic, it’s very much on the rails and figuring out what to do on the fly. It’s been a while since I’ve been in one, now that I think about it...”

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Well, it’s a bit surprising for sure, considering it’s usually cake at birthdays, but she’s not going to complain. So she takes the offered pie, a small smile on her face (even if she is a bit worried about that totally safe comment).

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slides in totally safe birthday cake. Whispers happy birthday. Disappears into the night

She just kind of…stares at the cake that appears but she’s not one to look a gifted horse in the mouth. She merely offers a small smile and a ‘thank you’ as she takes the cake.

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“I suppose I’m 20 now...It doesn’t really feel like much as changed really...”

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Well, crisis averted it seemed. Marie did considering Calem a friend, or something like that. She didn’t really know how their friendship was with how distant and guarded she was. Plus, considering the two hadn’t seen or spoken to each other in years just added more complications to their relationship, despite how it might seem to others.

Plus they both had overreacted (her moreso than him, but it was understandable) and at least they had managed to sort this all out. If they hadn’t then well...Marie shuddered at the thought; she didn’t want to lose someone she considered a friend.

If Calem’s attempting to get her to smile, she doesn’t say anything about it. She knew the other liked to smile and she’d seen him smile quite a lot during their battle all those years ago. Those as lame as those puns are, she can’t help but crack a small grin at them.

“Oh? And who’s to say you’re just a punching bag? You’re a strong trainer you know, so that must be why they want you at the tournament to begin with. And perhaps I should stick around to see that you’re more than just a punching bag for challengers.”

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