∞ Neutral Good ∞

"I have those who rely on me... Weakness is not an option." ♚ Background ♚

[dawningfaith]

THE POSTS BELLOW THIS ONE ARE OLD RP POSTS. I DO NOT WANT TO DELETE THEM FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS, BUT KNOW THAT THE DAWN IN THOSE ROLEPLAYS IS DIFFERENT FROM MY CURRENT MUSE. THANK YOU!

[all-that-is-pokemon]

Artist: けい＠ｲﾝﾃ6号館Cつ61a

[distantdefender-blog]

Ahh—Kris was correct, Dawn would follow. She hadn’t noticed whether or not the kid was following, though she could hear light footsteps behind her—and if she heard correctly, she could hear a light voice which sounded more like she was talking to herself than to another person.. It was true, this girl was much worse off than she herself was. Hell, she felt not so socially inept anymore around Dawn.

A pang of sympathy rang through her stomach—kind of like the kind when you saw a really cute animal smashed along the middle of the road—and she couldn’t help but say something. She wouldn’t be very brash about it, or make a big deal over it to prevent losing her guest’s interest, though she’d be kind of tender in manner when speaking.

Calmly pausing in her stride, she gave a soft laugh, “You can walk with me, you know.”

She turned back around as she waited for the white-and-pink-hatted girl to catch up. Why she was being… not harsh? She couldn’t necessarily figure out. Food for thought later, and she could admit that a lightness came about through her stomach, as if a side of that heavy weight that continually held her close to the ground was lifted. Refreshing it was, and Kris would ask no questions about it to herself until later.

As Dawn met Kris’s path, she turned back to the opposite direction to begin their walk once more. Normally the Johto girl’s pace was fast and directed, though she would calm it as if she were casually strolling—something she hadn’t done for quite some time. Perhaps that would help keep her new companion from straying too much, as it wasn’t often she got to talk to people anyway.

She hadn’t originally noticed how fresh the forest was, considering it was winter—Kris never really observed her surroundings anymore, as it was mostly unimportant to sit around and stargaze and things of the likes. Priorities were often the case, and normally she wandered or hung out in her rundown apartment in Goldenrod City.

“What kind of food do you like? Any particular tastes or cultures you prefer? There’s actually quite a few nice places to grub in town, it’s really cool how much of a variety there’s available.” Comfortable silences were nice, though she felt the need to break it as partially to figure out exactly where they were going to eat, in the case that Dawn didn’t like the average breakfast or something weird. People were weird, and kind of unpredictable. Asking wouldn’t hurt, as far as Kris figured.

[dawningfaith]

Dawn subconsciously kept her distance from the other girl as she followed. It had became a kind of habit she had contracted over the years, though one she was quite inwardly grateful for. The girl had never really been a huge fan of walking next to people; there were too many things to consider. Where to stand, how fast to walk, what to say...

The girl decided it was time for herself to stop thinking so negatively, and to walk next to Kris. As she picked up her speed and slowed down next to the other girl, she couldn’t help but gulp slightly as she glanced up at her. It really did annoy Dawn that she just couldn’t get used to people at times, but it was something that she’d learnt to deal with. No use in dragging down the atmosphere for others, right?

“Yes thank you.” The girl voiced when her body was stood next to Kris’s, a rushed tone obviously running through her words. She fiddled nervously with her hat for a couple of seconds, pulling it down firmly to her head. She did this as a way to sneak a glance at the other girl, who was quite happily walking at a decent pace next to her. It was slightly difficult for the girl to keep to begin with. Dawn had always found this to be the case, and she hadn’t quite figured out why it was so. It was irrelevant for her to cast her mind to something else now, anyway.

Kris barely looked at Dawn as they walked- only to cast a few glances her way, anyway. It was strange how distant Dawn felt from the girl, even now they’d gotten to know each other slightly. It made Dawn feel quite excited- the fact that Kris had deemed her interesting enough to give her some sort of company.

The two of them were pretty silent for a little while, the slight glances drifting between the two of them was pretty much the bulk of their interaction. In fear of the atmosphere tensing slightly and becoming awkward, Dawn decided to chime in slightly as they walked. “It’s a nice day...” Dawn almost knew that she would be talking too quietly for her voice to be heard, but she really didn’t mind. She liked to talk to herself, and not having an answer back almost made herself feel more secure- because she didn’t need to expect an answer.

The grass underneath the girls' shoes crunched as they headed towards some signs of civilization- as the grass itself was tipped with frost. Dawn was feeling a little tired herself, so she was dragged out of a brief daydream when Kris’s voice met her ears once again. She perked up at the sound, taking a moment to fully process what she had said. Dawn stopped walking for a second and stretched out her arm; in the direction of a small café to the right.

“I like... Muffins and snacks. A café might be a good idea. I don’t mind though, what would you like to eat?”

[ironicallytsundere-deactivated2]

“… Well I should sort of warn you… but well… never mind.”

She hoped a bit that the boy look a like of hers would be a bit tame towards Dawn. If not… Platinum will have to talk to that insufferable man again about disrespecting and about the distortion world. Ugh. UNLESS HE WASN’T LISTENING… SHE WAS GOING TO GIVE HIM ONE HECK OF A TIME.  Cough, cough now what was that…?

“Oh? Really now. It has been months since I have seen them after that incident… They watched me finish the Battle Frontier, and afterwards—- I watched them do their comedy routine on the stage of Jubilife City. Now and then, I have hardly any time to see them due to some work… … I really want to see those two. I wonder if they have made any progress in their comedy routines…”

Beginning to ramble a bit, she looked towards Dawn’s curious face, the heiress began to turn red.

“Oh, I am really, really sorry about my sudden inexcusable rambling…!”

[dawningfaith]

Dawn found it curious how Platinum seemed slightly distant for a couple of seconds, maybe contemplating something in her head? Regardless, Dawn ignored this for a couple of seconds, until the girl’s attention turned back towards her. It was amusing to watch her thought process, anyway.

Dawn found it interesting to listen to what the girl had to say, and looked closely at her with wide eyes as she recalled her adventures. Dawn couldn’t help but think what amazing friends Platinum must have as she spoke of their many different escapades. Dawn was almost disappointed when she stopped speaking, so she decided it must have been her turn to say something back.

“No, no- I don’t mind rambling. I don’t do it much myself but...” The girl trailed off slightly before she finished speaking, glancing back up to Platinum before shaking her head and continuing; letting out a small chuckle as she did so.

“Well... Me and my friends didn’t really travel together as such...” Dawn chewed on the corner of her lip slightly as she spoke, glancing around the floor she planted herself on as she did so. “We liked to go our separate ways I guess... Everything being treated like a competition was a bit pointless, really.”

“I’ve never been to the battle frontier, though. Is it good fun there? I heard it is...”

[diminished-dusk-deactivated2013]

dawningfaith started following you

“……………”

Turns his head around simultaneously ignoring her and look as if he was looking for someone else in particular. “Tch…” 

[dawningfaith]

Dawn was just enjoying her day, and moving at a slow place in general. She'd passed many people on the day, but upon hearing this boy's voice she blinked a couple of times and turned her head towards him. 

He seemed to have wanted to say something to her, or was taking some kind of special notice, so the girl was naturally curious as to why. 

"Um....Can I help you?"

[distantdefender-blog]

She nodded slowly at Dawn’s first statements, not saying much until she began raising questions. Kris noticed the foreign girl often double-checked to ensure that she wasn’t messing up her words—which was quite odd, yet it was somewhat… cute. She couldn’t think of it any other way, aside from it being almost childish or even sad in another light.

It surprised her that she would even think of someone in such a manner—nobody was ever cute or demeaning, like children or even people that normally would be considered ‘attractive,’ for instance—though Kris continued the conversation as to prevent an awkward seam in the flow of speaking back and forth.

To answer the darker-haired girl’s question, she nodded. “Goldenrod’s the next town over. We’re actually north of it as we speak. There’s not much too exciting there, besides maybe the Game Corner, though it’s pretty noisy and filled with drunk idiots. There’s a good place to eat a few blocks from here, if you’d prefer that.” Though she normally would never have offered anyone lunch, not even her own close friends she familiarized herself with, she didn’t go against herself at being kind to the stranger; something in her told her that perhaps Dawn wasn’t too bad, and maybe she wouldn’t be too much of a fuckover in the end.

Kris subconsciously toyed with the ends of her pink jacket—the same jacket that was a bit small on her for the past few years, particularly in the breast area, that had holes where she normally would grab at and pick at the fibers with her bitten-off fingernails (which was, sadly, an old habit she developed long ago). Now thinking about it, she quickly looked over the Sinnoh girl—she noticed that Dawn was particularly neat and trimmed, as if it hadn’t been too long ago that she’d properly been able to groom her hair and the likes (the first thing she had noticed was hair, which she was naturally accustomed to at this point due to her innate jealousy of people with tamable hair on their head), and the Johto native immediately felt her cheeks grow warm in slight embarrassment, as she was nowhere near as clean-cut and lovely as Dawn was. 

To avert from this obvious fact, the blue-haired girl gave a slight chin point towards her next destination. “They’re serving breakfast still, I believe—maybe we should head towards there.” Sticking her hands in her shorts pockets, she began walking away, step after step, knowing that it was likely the nervous girl would follow along—especially considering that it was implied Kris would be paying for her lunch.

[dawningfaith]

Dawn noticed something for a split second as she waited for Kris to reply to her. She seemed to have paused- why the girl didn’t know, but it did raise her curiosity slightly. She was obviously thinking about something of some relevance, but Dawn decided to ignore it and continue to allow her eyes to cast around the area which they were standing in.

The woods around the two girls weren’t actually that dense, and the smell of fresh grass made Dawn lift her nose to sniff it a bit, albeit looking a bit strange in doing so. The air around was thin and crisp, lapping gently against Dawn’s face as she continued to listen to Kris speak. When she finished her statement, Dawn nodded slightly and scrapped her feet against the soft ground underneath her- at the same time folding her arms across her body and shivering. Even though the girl was usually accustomed to the cold weather of her own home’s climate, she’d learnt that this resilience wears off the more you’re away from home. This fact almost made the girl feel a bit sad.

“Oh... I see.” Being around a load of drunken people was definitely not the girl’s cup of tea- in any sense; especially ones that would be loud and generally stressful around her. The girl couldn’t help but let out a soft sigh at the reality of Goldenrod city-she expected slightly more to look at for one of the bigger cities in Johto. She decided to take the other girl’s words for what it was like- it made things a lot easier that way. “Eating something... That sounds like a good idea.” These words may have been mumbled too quietly for Kris to hear, but she said them regardless. It was a good idea, anyway- Dawn hadn’t had that much to eat at all, so it would be nice to stop off somewhere.

Daw glanced down at the girl’s fingers for a second. She was tugging on the end of her jacket- a habit which the girl hadn’t seen before, herself. Dawn bit the bottom of her lip, anchoring her head towards the floor so it didn’t look like she was staring. This kind of short silence was one of the things the girl hated about social interaction in general- mainly because she’d usually choke out something stupid during the short amount of time. For now, Dawn held her tongue and tried to roll her eyes away from the girl as much as she could. Not to be rude, but more as a way to avoid giving her any kind of bad impressions. She did notice that Kris’s hair was quite messy, but she honestly didn’t take that much stock in appearances. If anything this made Dawn relax slightly- not having to try really hard to impress, that is. Though thinking like that was indirectly rude in itself.

Dawn blinked a couple of times as the girl started to walk, quite taken aback, in fact. Though she just gulped to herself and followed at a slow pace behind her, lightly treading on the ground a few yards behind her. The distance might have made things slightly more awkward by ways of conversation, but the girl decided to perk up anyway.

“What sort of food do they serve there? I’m not really that fussy, but...”

[ironicallytsundere-deactivated2]

Giving a light smile, Platinum nodded at what the other girl had said.

“Ah well… I might warn you about someone else having that name… but I would leave that to your own judgement of how he is.”

“Twinleaf… that’s where those two are from…” she mutters a bit slightly quiet but a bit loud. “I’m from Sandgem. Well, I never actually been to Twinleaf before… I might take a visit to see some friends of mine.”

[dawningfaith]

Dawn's expression changed to a confused one for a second, curious as to what the girl meant when she said 'someone else'. Well, it was obviously someone else with the name Platinum, but the girl just laughed faintly before replying. 

"Ok.... Whatever you say. I'll make my own judgement if I meet them.. yeah."

Dawn had trailed off a bit from what she was saying (her head tilting upwards for a second as Platinum spoke), but she retained some concentration as the girl spoke at least. 

The girl was able to catch part of what the girl mumbled, her gaze drifting back towards Platinum as she said something about people being from her town. Dawn perked up slightly as she heard Sandgem town. 

"Ah, one of my friends... Is from Sandgem. Another one is from Twinleaf as well, actually. I saw both of them not too long ago, but I hadn't seen them in quite a while... How long has it been since you saw your friends? I guess you, ugh, travel as well?"

[koukee-blog]

AAH—! Why are you saying it like that now, too, Dawn?! I thought you were more sensible than him! [ He shoots an offhand glance to Barry, but quickly acts like he isn’t in the conversation anymore. ]

I’m not sensitive either, just irritated that none of you seem capable of pronouncing my name right. It’s not that hard, really. Lu-cas.

[salac-barry-blog]

Cockie.

[Leans in and hugs Lucas.]

[dawningfaith]

You know I'm only teasing you... Lucas

[glomps Lucas's face off] I can't say the same about Barry though... Let's just call you Cockie anyway, ok? ♥

[salac-barry-blog]

LUKA LOOKA COKCIE YSUDFGUKA LUCAAAA….. AAAAAAA….. AAAAAAAAAA

Lucy.

[koukee-blog]

I have nothing to say to you until you finally say my name right. Honestly, even my pokemon can manage ‘Lucas’ better than you and they usually tick to their own name 80% of the given time. Some of them don’t even have those letters in their vocabulary, such as Theodore lacking an ‘s’ in his species alias, but he can still groan my name at the very least!

[dawningfaith]

Come on, Cockie, don't be so harsh on him? Most people don't know how to say your name anyway. I for one do--

You just make it way too easy to get teased...

[ironicallytsundere-deactivated2]

“Yes—- precisely, it’s a metal. Odd name for a girl, isn’t it? But then… those two are named after gems too….” She gives a slight wan smile. 

“Are you possibly from around Sinnoh?”

[dawningfaith]

Dawn narrowed her eyes at the girl and leaned forwards opening her mouth once for a second before closing it. She glanced at the her toes, letting her voice sound when she was sure on what to say. 

"It's not particularly odd- I just don't know anyone with that name, so... I can't really judge people."

"And yeah, I'm from Sinnoh myself... Are you as well? I wonder if you know my hometown; Twinleaf."

[dawningfaith]

"Me, my bud Ethan, and that hyper blond kid you're always with."

But I only just met you? Umm...

Fuck: Maybe you? Urgh...Marry: His name is Barry if, you... didn't know.Kill: Who's Ethan? 

[dawningfaith]

volkner gardenia flint

Ugh....

Fuck: Gardenia Marry: VolknerKill: Flint 

"I-t's a bit strange, don't you think..."

[aurum-hatcher-deactivated201305]

[distantdefender-blog]

Kris began to conclude that this girl was like herself—a bit difficult in social situations. That made her feel sorry for Dawn, though she had no real reason to be apologetic to someone she hardly knew. It didn’t change how she felt toward her in this moment, as she was unfamiliar with her still, though it would make the Johto girl act slightly kinder and perhaps speak softer in tone, as to not disturb her any further than she probably already was by the brash kid’s attitude.

“Ah, that makes sense—traveling is a great way to keep yourself busy.” And she knew that from personal experience. “Sinnoh’s pretty far though, must’ve taken a while to get way over here.”

Though she paused when she was asked the question in return. She contemplated her next response for a few moments, making sure to word it correctly as to not prevent any misinformation—and to keep from sounding like a pathetic jerk.

“Well, I’m from here, Johto—I’ve returned for some reason, I was in Hoenn for quite some time recently.” A shrug followed her statement. It was a wise decision to keep from going any further in depth as to why she wasn’t home in the first place. “But reasons aside, I like Johto. Nice place if I say so.”

“Oh uh, do you want to sit down somewhere? You look a bit flustered if you ask me.” The sudden concern for this girl before her was… interesting. Kris never really was worried about how other people, since she nearly always never needed to be concerned for a single person with the exception of herself. She pushed the small thought away—food for thought at a later date.

[dawningfaith]

Kris was definitely one of the more... Outspoken people the girl had met. Dawn had learned to deal with these people in time, but still found it difficult to keep a fair conversation between herself and the person in question. However, the girl she was talking to also seemed to have trouble communicating- from what Dawn could pick out, anyway.

“Yes, it did take a, ugh, while to get here.” Dawn spoke slowly, as if to not slip up or confuse her words- like she was prone to doing as of late. Kris had seemed to slow down her speech slightly, and her presence in general had levelled out during the conversation. Dawn’s shoulders were stiff, but relaxed at this fact- allowing her gaze to affix properly upon the girl.

Dawn raised her eyebrows marginally at the girl’s comment, smiling slightly as her eyes began to drift around somewhat- yet again. “Yes, Johto is a nice place. The people here seem friendly, at least.” The last part was rushed scarcely, almost added on as Dawn touched her forehead; making sure that what she said was correct. The girl’s mind did hazard a thought as to why Kris had not yet returned home herself, but Dawn decided not to act upon these thoughts. Everyone deserves privacy, after all.

Dawn lifted her head up from her hand as the girl spoke, widening her eyes and nodding gradually in agreement. “That might be nice- I’ve been walking all day.” She was slightly more flustered now that Kris had blatantly pointed it out, but she needed to rest somewhere soon anyway.

“Are we close to Goldenrod City yet? At least I think it’s...” The girl trailed off, eyes diverting back downwards for a moment. All the travelling had worn her out, and being flustered really didn’t help her speaking skills. She just hoped that Kris realized what she was trying to say. 

[distantdefender-blog]

“Are you sure about that? You don’t sound like it.”

A snort following her remark, she looked at the unsure kid before her. A pretty girl, though telling by the look on her face she was more than likely lost. What was with her, anyways?

“Yeah, sure, I’m interesting all right. But really, what do you want? I’ve got other things to do than to be the butt of your jokes.” Of course, it was likely that this Dawn could be sincere, though Kris wasn’t buying it for even a moment.

“Whatever. I’m Kris, blahblahblah. Where the hell ‘ya from, anyways? I don’t think I’ve ever come across you once.”

[dawningfaith]

Dawn blinked for a few moment nervously dragging her fingernails through her hair and allowing her eyes to flicker around the girl she was talking to. She was very bold, to say the least, and that sort of person usually had this effect on the girl; making her nervous and unsure. 

"I'm pretty sure." Dawn stuttered slightly, letting her breath mask her words slightly as she spoke. 

"...I don't want anything from you? And I don't really like people being nasty to me so why would I be like it to you?" The girl stopped for a second, clarifying what she said and nodding to herself; in the direction of the floor. 

"O-Oh? I'm usually from Sinnoh but, um", the girl tapped her fingers against her leg for a second before gathering her thoughts, "I haven't had much to so- I'm traveling."

Dawn was certain that she may have seen the girl before, but just shrugged it off. Everyone in a crowd of people had grown to look the same to Dawn, regardless. 

"How about you." The question was brought forward as more of a statement, the girl connecting her eyes briefly with Kris's on occasion as she spoke.

[distantdefender-blog]

A whole ton of people began creeping on you, and you’re curious why.

That’s not really alarming at all, Kris remarks, sounding almost bored to death already by the swarm of people. “Name’s Kris, what’cha lookin’ for? Though whatever it is, I’m sure I don’t have it.”

[dawningfaith]

"S-sorry..." Dawn laughed lightly as she pulled the hat on her head firmer to her scalp. She switched balance between her two feet for a couple of seconds, swaying from side to side as she did so. 

"I just sort of followed everyone else here... You looked interesting I guess."

"I'm Dawn, I guess..." She shook her head for a second, quickly correcting herself. "I mean yes I'm Dawn."

[ironicallytsundere-deactivated2]

“Hm… Dawn, huh? ‘To become day’ That’s a nice name you have.” She gives a small slight smile.

“I’m Platinum… Platinum Berlitz.”

[dawningfaith]

Dawn blinked a couple of times, widening her eyes as the girl made her observation. It was clear that she knew a lot more about this sort of trivia than most people. 

"Yeah, I guess you're right." She spoke as she tucked her mouth under her scarf slightly. 

"Your name is like gold or... Silver and stuff. I think it's quite elegant, anyway."