don't forget to breathe

I'm Wally Mitsuru. I'm a sophomore at Gakuen. I'm rolling with life's punches, and right now, I couldn't be happier. The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it. -C.C. Scott

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Greetings

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Oh God, Wally’s cuteness would kill her. Ruri thanked her shyness for not letting her glomp him right there. She politely thanked him. “I appreciate very much what you’re doing. I’m grateful I met you, Wally.”

She nodded to his saying. History was weird for her too, but he seemed to understand it just like her. “Well, nothing that we can’t do later, right?” Ruri smiled. She wanted to spend time with him rather than doing homework. “Where do you plan for us to go?”

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"Yeah?" Wally replied, caught off guard. "Uh... H-ha. Thank you! Glad I bet you too. You're, uh... I like your hair!" he squeaked. 

"Right. 'Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow!'" he quoted cheerfully. "Actually, I rarely procrastinate, but hey! First time for everything." He shrugged carelessly. 

"I, uh...I dunno. I wouldn't mind just wandering. I still don't know the grounds so well. I wanna scope things out before cold season and allergy season hit." He frowned slightly. "I'm a little susceptible..."

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@ silver-mun

hey! can you turn on your ask box? i want to ask you about our thread.

thanks!

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What's your favorite color?

"Purple!" Wally chirped. "It's...just a really happy color! Back in Petalburg, my parents painted my room purple because, well, they thought they were having a girl, not that that's really important, and because it's lucky. And I think I've had a pretty lucky life so far, so it's just become my special color."

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[the-library-girl-ruri-deactivat]

Greetings

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“Ah, no, it’s a-alright! I’m used to being sort of… i-invisible for people.” She smiled softly and chuckled at his excuses. “Don’t worry. I’m fine t-this way!”

Ruri ran a hand though her hair. “I’m not so good at history e-either… We could help e-eachother! I usually read e-everything once a day, so I c-can fixate what I learned.” She put her schedule back in her backpack and blushed a little with his last sentences.

She quickly remembered everything she had to do and sighed mentally, then smiled a little. “No, I don’t have a-anything to do either. J-just some homework, but I can do i-it later.” The girl looked at Wally.

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"That's awful!" Wally cried, feeling guilty. "I'll sit with you. There's another empty seat next to me in history. I promise I won't look at your paper during a test or...um, chew on my pencils, because some people do that and it's gross."

"Okay, 'cause the 'Invaders' reading seemed pretty all over the place to me. But I'm totally cool with all the socio-economic stuff in the era. Politics are just...weird sometimes.

"And homework?" Wally cringed inwardly. He had nearly forgotten about the physics labs he had to work on. "Oh yeah. Uh. Me too. But that's what morning free period is for... No, I was thinking we should go outside. It's such a nice day, really autumn-y..."

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Chance Encounter

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It wasn’t that she didn’t want to think about Red-san.. she felt rather uncomfortable discussing such matters with a stranger. Even though being with Wally, she felt rather relaxed and whatnot, she still could never feel comfortable talking about Red-san with another person.

Fortunately for her, Wally decided to drop the subject and she heaves a small sigh in relief. If she had given him her personal sketchbook… that would’ve been a lot worse. And embarrassing. She didn’t feel all that comfortable with her drawing skills, but… god, it was still weirdly embarrassing.

“Mm-hmm! As long as you do that, you won’t get stuck in the crowd.” she points out and smiles faintly, ” It’s no problem at all! It took me some time to figure that out, though.”

Blinking back at the green-haired boy, she nods in understanding, a small smile playing on her lips, “I suppose that is true in its own way as well, and I think it’s really admirable of you to do that.” A small laugh escapes her lips as she adds, “Not many people would do that, you know.”

“Yes, we are allowed to go in there. It isn’t much of a private place for the teachers or anything, so we are.” Yellow looks over at the door, remembering how she had went to look for her Chemistry teacher a few years back. “Like I said, this school is unique in its many own ways. And yes, the teachers here are really wonderful.”

“They are. Well… as long as you finish your homework and don’t do anything too bad, they hardly ever get mad.” Yellow says with a soft smile, “And seeing that you’re not a rule breaker that shouldn’t be a problem for you, right?” Motioning towards the hallway, she offers him a smile and tilts her head to a side.

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"Thanks, Yellow," Wally said, meaningfully. "I guess not..."

Wally gazed into the teacher's lounge. There was a drink machine there that dispensed water, soda pop, and lemonade just like at his old school. There was a microwave and a sink and a large couch, coffee table, and some chairs. And under the window at the other side of the room, there was a tiny radio that was turned off. A few teachers milled about. One of them made eye contact with Wally, and he turned away shyly. 

"Must be a pretty tiny teaching staff," Wally commented. "Since the student body is pretty small, too."

Wally nodded at his new acquaintance. "Of course, I'm not a troublemaker. Do...do I look like one?" he asked nervously. "I don't think I do."

She motioned for him to return to the tour and he obliged. 

"So...what are these rooms down here?" he wondered. "I passed by them with my parents a couple days ago."

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Swim at Your Own Risk

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“mhm! baby steps,” she waded in the water near him, careful not to splash water on him. 

It was key not to panic him, it wouldn’t end up well for him and he would probably put off swimming for the rest of his life. Water can do that to a person. “How does the water feel?” she waited for his answer before dunking her head under the water again, while under the water she pulled the rubber bands out of her hair letting the buns drop. Mei went up for air, while up there she pushed the soaked hair out of her face. 

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"Well, this isn't so bad," Wally admitted. He kicked his legs up and down, creating mini-tidal waves that broke against the pool's edge. "I'm not melting like the Wicked Witch of the West, so that's always a good start... The water feels great."

He was amazed at the ease with which she dove and emerged from the water. It was so easy for her--natural, almost. Like breathing. How could something she seemed to enjoy so much hurt him?

"Baby steps, baby steps," he murmured. "Okay, I think I want to try, uh...is wading the right word?"

"I can do this. The water won't hurt me. It's only...um, three feet."

And he attempted to ease himself into the shallow end, inch by inch. 

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Wandering

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The raven haired male nodded, smiling.

His eyes then wandered after some group of girls, humming as he looked them up and down. Pretty nice looking, but not his type. He then caught Wally saying something about letting him go and leaving. He shook his head, laughing.

“Chill man! I wasn’t going to go after them~ They’re not my type. So what’s up?” he asked, grinning. This boy really seemed to be shy. Meanwhile he himself was like over social butterfly if needed. 

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"If you say so," Wally said, staring after them, feeling baffled as he normally did around girls his age. What were they thinking? He hadn't an inkling. "They seemed, uh, cute though."

Wally shrugged. "I don't know a thing about girls..." Wally admitted, "I dunno how obvious that was."

Gold seemed to Wally like one of those kids from his old school in Petalburg--maybe an athlete or a student council big-shot. Someone who knew how to talk to people, had the whole student body jumping up and down when he walked into a room. 

What did they call those kinds of kids here? Were they still the "popular" ones? Wally wasn't sure. He was mostly trying not to sink into the floor out of embarrassment.

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Double, Double, English is Trouble || Silver & Wally

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Silver smiled slightly, “Johto was my favourite place to live. I heard Hoenn is pretty nice all year…” Silver cringed slightly at the mention of his parents, but otherwise did not make a reply to his comment.

Silver noticed Wally’s slight cringe, “I hope I didn’t offend you or anything…” he said awkwardly. But Wally didn’t seem that sick, he just looked like he catched colds a lot. With the smaller male being so tiny and frail looking Silver couldn’t think otherwise. Either way, the greenette was pretty adorable. He smiled slightly again, “No problem, kid. Anytime.”

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"It's pretty nice," Wally agreed. "I'm from Verdanturf, and the best thing about it is how green it is. People recycle like their lives depend on it. And they bike everywhere. It's pretty amazing considering how nearby Rustboro is..."

Wally smiled. "I kinda miss home, but new experiences are great. Maybe I'll make some friends from far away regions. You never know. Have you met anyone interesting yet?"

The late bell rang, and Wally straightened his posture as the English teacher swept into the room, closing the room behind him with a click.

[the-library-girl-ruri-deactivat]

Greetings

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She giggled at his delay. “I was just worried that y-you might think something e-else.” Ruri said, quickly. “B-but since you understood me I-I’m fine!”

She inched closer to him to take a look at the schedules, trying to make her cheeks less redder than they were. “Yeah, history. Aaand… E-english?” She smiled a little. At least she would know someone in a few of her classes.

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"Oh wow," Wally said, frowning. "I'm sorry. I didn't see you... Well, I didn't know you yet, but if I'd known you I'd have picked a nearby seat. Um. That's too bad. I sit next to Silver though, and we were talking, and he's a totally nice guy, not that you aren't! You're a nice gu--you're a nice girl! But I'll try to find you next time!"

Wally scrutinized the schedule further. "So two classes. That's awesome! Maybe you can help me focus in history. The teacher put me in the back, and he was talking about, uh...the Hun Dynasty or something? I dunno. I just spaced out the whole time. It's a good thing the textbook reading's aren't too terrible so far."

He handed Ruri back the schedule and folded his back up, tucking it into his pocket. "So...um, my school day's over, I think. I just came from physics, and it's a B Day so..." He paused. "Um, are you up to anything this afternoon? I don't have student gov today, so I don't really have anything to do..."

[the-library-girl-ruri-deactivat]

Greetings

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Ruri thought a bit, and laughed a little. “I don’t have any i-idea.” She looked though her backpack too, trying to find out her classes. “I don’t now w-where anything is. But it would be really nice to have y-you in some of my classes.” She said as she tilted her head to the side, to have a better look of the inside of her backpack.

She blushed as she realized what her sentence could be interpreted as. “I-I mean! I-it would be g-g-great to know someone i-in my classes!” She excused quickly. No good with words again, she mentally cursed herself.

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Wally blinked obliviously, before the innuendo finally hit him like a brick wall.

"Oh. Oh geez! Yeah. It'd be great. Uh..." He chuckled nervously. "No, I know what you meant! No worries. So yeah."

He coughed awkwardly into his hand and reached for the schedule she pulled from her backpack. The sudden tension might've been near tangible.

"I think...I think we have history together?" Wally said, desperately trying to change the subject and draw attention away from his reddening cheeks. "Does that look right, Ruri?" He held the two schedules up side-by-side for her to check. 

[eyesofsteel-soulofsilver-deacti]

Double, Double, English is Trouble || Silver & Wally

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“I think so,” the redhead said. “But yea I’m a transfer. But not from Hoenn, sorry to disappoint. I’m from Johto. I heard Hoenn is pretty nice though. I was planning on going there before I got dumped here.” Silver thought, “Er- isn’t that Sapphire girl from Hoenn?”

Silver looked at the boy. He was skinny and somewhat frail looking, his nose was a little red. “Yeah, you kinda do actually. But here,” Silver reached into his bag and pulled out a box of his handy dandy drowzy free Benadryl, “I got some pretty nasty allergies too. It’s not Claritin, but will it work?” He holds the box out to the younger boy.

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"Too bad..." Wally said. "Johto's cool too. I know a lot of people from Johto who live in Hoenn now. Hoenn's like a vacation spot to some people. They go back and forth half the year. And hey! You can still go. There's still winter and spring break if your parents let you."

Wally cringed at the once over. Oh, she just screamed long-term hospital stay, didn't he? He sighed. He knew he probably shouldn't hide his illness, especially when he was doing so well lately, but something about it was just so embarrassing to him. He didn't like the sympathy, the pitiful looks people gave him when they knew. It made him feel sicker. Or like he was dying, which he wasn't; at least, not this time. 

Silver seemed to be a pretty kind kid. "That should work just fine! Thanks so much!"

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Chance Encounter

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Yellow was a little spaced out as Wally had started flipping through her sketchbook, thinking back about how she had spent her time together with her seniors. Those pages held many memories and she always drew them into the book so that it would be reserved, kept neatly so that she would never forget them. Though, it wasn’t like she would ever forget those dear memories, she still enjoyed reanimating them in those pages.

She’d barely notice his entranced expression when he was looking through it, relieving fond memories in her mind. Briefly, she wondered where Red-san was right now, and also wondered why he hadn’t been in school for such a long period of time. Was he maybe… sick? Or maybe-

“Huh?” Finally noticing that Wally had called her name, she blinks for a moment and pulls herself back to reality, glancing at Wally. “O-oh… thank you. Thanks for the compliment, Wally. Though, I think that ‘s a little bit exaggerated…” she smiles warmly and glances at the person he was pointing at. Her cheeks began steadily redder by the minute as she realized who he was pointing at, a slight embarrassment overcoming her usually calm disposition.

He was pointing at Red-san.

“Uh…” she was at a loss of words, unsure of how to put it. She hadn’t seem the raven for such a long time, and was unsure of his currents whereabouts as well. Sighing inwardly, a rather sad smile finds its way onto her lips and she purses her lips. She didn’t know where he was, but he was a student here.. how was she supposed to explain?

Glad that he had changed the subject once more, she manages a brighter smile and tries to shake off the uncertainty to lingered on her person. “Ah… I’ll tell you later, I guess.” She was going to have to find an answer to that particular question during her tour for Wally… at least she didn’t have to do it now. “Pfft… trust me, there isn’t any Minotaurs here. Really though, it’s quite simple. But well, if you don’t want to get lost… once you get into the school, hug to the right wall. That way, you won’t get pushed around in the crowds of students at the beginning of school.”

Listening to Wally’s explanation, she couldn’t help to feel a bit sympathetic for the other, not because that he considered himself a nerd, but because he was the sickly type. She knew that being so, caused him to have several limitations in school, but he didn’t seem to be bothered about it.

“Oh, I thought you had meant that you referred yourself as a nerd as an insult. Sorry for misunderstanding.” she smiles apologetically and nods understandingly, “I see… that’s understandable then. I’d hardly call that being a nerd, but I guess you’re free to have your own opinions.”

“Ah, yes… on with the tour.” she leads on with a small smile playing on her lips and gestures over at the room close by. “That’s the Faculty Room. It’s where most of the teachers are when there’s no classes on. If you need to find a certain teacher to ask any questions, I’m sure that they’d be happy to oblige.”

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"Okay," Wally said, noticing that Yellow wanted to dismiss the subject of the boy in the sketch. It must've been personal. Maybe he had gone away for a long time? Maybe he was gone forever? Maybe they weren't friends anymore? Maybe it was someone she'd never met?

Well, he wasn't going to squeeze an answer out of her. It was up to her to decide whether to divulge, but Wally had to admit that he was curious. The way she glanced at the photo, Wally could see that whoever she drew meant a great deal to her. And it wasn't any of business either, really. 

"Right wall," Wally dragged a finger along the lockers that lined the hallway. "Got it. I'll keep it in mind."

Wally smiled back. "I guess it depends on who you ask. I just...I hate seeing people feel so insulted by a simple 4 letters. Why not make it a pride thing, y'know?"

"So...the faculty room. You're allowed to go in there?" Wally stared at the door. "At my old school, kids used to get in trouble just for loitering outside. Some people used to dare their friends to sneak in a buy a Coke from the vending machine. Hah. But...wow! Seems like teachers really care about your learning here. I like it.

"Er...are all the teachers like that? Or are there some grumpy ones I ought to watch out for?"

[eyesofsteel-soulofsilver-deacti]

Double, Double, English is Trouble || Silver & Wally

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“Oh. Thanks.” he said brushing some of his hair from his face. “I don’t see how they,” he points at the teacher, “do it. I wouldn’t have the patience. My story? Eh.. I’m a junior, just transferred…” Silver says. He notices the boy sniffing and adds, “Are you sick?”

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"Right? Goodness, I could never teach myself. I'd get so frustrated!" Wally said. "No, I have crazy respect for them. Teachers are the future anyway. Isn't that what people always say?"

Wally beamed. "You're a transfer, too? Sweet! We're in the same boat! Where'd you transfer from? Anywhere in Hoenn? That's my home region. It'd be nice to know someone from there too, but I haven't seen anyone familiar yet--no Brendan or May or other people...

"And, uh, no," Wally snipped quickly, rubbing his nose on the back of his hand and sniffing deeply. "Just uh...allergies! Yep, yep, you know how fall gets. Uh huh, just forgot my Claritin this morning. No big!" He smiled sheepishly. "Um, do I look like the type to get sick easily?"

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hurricane sandy’s hitting full force in my area. we’ve already had a few down trees and power outages and floods out here, so i don’t expect to have power for much longer. 

once it goes out, it could take a week or more to come back. 

if you have a thread with wally or misty, please like/reply to this post and i’ll make sure to get it done when i can. 

thanks guys!

to the other east-coasters—good luck! 

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Chance Encounter

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“I told you… the teachers here are really nice! I’m sure that she could understand your situation, Wally. You don’t have to ever worry about facing a teacher’s wrath here!” she laughs lightly and smiles, “Don’t make it a habit though.” As much as she wanted to let Wally feel as relaxed as possible around her, she still couldn’t allow something like that to be done on a daily basis, both as a student and a Junior year in Pokemon Gakuen.

She notices that he had been observing how she held her sketchbook closely to herself and wondered what he was thinking about it. Did he want something to do with it, maybe?

Looks like she had hit the nail right on its head. Her prediction was accurate to say the least, and her face reddens slightly. Her hazel eyes flit over to the sketchbook in her hands for a moment, confirming that it wasn’t her personal sketchbook and the blush on her cheeks lessened significantly. “…Sure.” She passes the book over to Wally with a small smile and laughs nervously. “..I’m not really all that good… and well, that book’s filled with drawings of my friends…”

She watches as the younger student studied his schedule intently and couldn’t help but to think where she had placed hers. She didn’t really need it anyway, since she could practically memorize it by heart now, but seeing him take it out of his shirt pocket made her think about it, and she couldn’t help but to wonder she might have misplaced hers.

“Ah, I see. That gives me plenty of time to show you around.” the blonde smiles warmly at Wally and puts a finger to her lips, “…Mm, that way, you’d get a rough idea of how the school is like. I know that I got lost here countless times when I first got here… but eventually, I got used to it. That is, with the help from my friends too, of course.”

“Ha… I was just kidding about that part.” she admits sheepishly and glances over at Wally with a slight concerned expression. “Oh… so you’re the sickly type, huh…” She couldn’t help but to feel slightly sorry for the greenette… “There’s nothing wrong with that. And honestly, I wouldn’t ever call you a nerd. You don’t… don’t fit the title. So don’t berate yourself like that.”

Looking around the slightly more lively corridors, since most of the younger years were all out from their own respective classes, Yellow glances over at the boy and smiles. “Now then, let’s get going, shall we? We wouldn’t want you ending up late for your next class, would we?”

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Wally was surprised at Yellow's immediate willingness to relinquish her sketchbook. He was always embarrassed at showing other people his (lack of) artistic ability. He supposed showing off your work is much easier when you're assured of your talent. That would make the most sense. 

He rested the bound pages in his arms and turned from sketch to sketch, thoroughly entranced. 

"Uh, Yellow?" Wally began. "Earth to Yellow. You're amazing. They-they look like they could jump out of the pages and walk around the halls and go to class and have a meaningful conversation. Geez..."

He pointed to a figure in one of her drawings--a boy with dark hair and a baseball cap, grinning. 

"Who's that? Does he go here?" Wally wondered. 

"Oh, tour, right. Limited time, gotcha, gotcha," Wally said, realizing the time. "You have to tell me later, okay? Now I'm interested. Anyway, the more advice you can give me on how not to get lost, the better. This seems like a labyrinth at first glance... A minotaur could just pounce on me and eat me... Except, uh, that probably wouldn't happen. So yeah."

He grimaced. 

"I am the sickly type, but I think I'm a nerd because of reasons other than that," he disagreed. "It's kind of a pride thing--I like science and math, and I take pride in that. Like, I'd wear a calculus shirt to a football game. I'm cool with that."

His grimace morphed into a smile. 

"So yeah. On with the show!"

[eyesofsteel-soulofsilver-deacti]

Double, Double, English is Trouble || Silver & Wally

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Silver took his English notes from his backpack, looking a the younger boy out of the corners of his eyes. He opened the 5-subject notebook to reveal the pages of notes within, "Yeah. I'm pretty good with this. If you need help... I have notes and everything. I'm not so good with the teaching others thing..." He trailed off at the end of his thought. "Oh, and the name's Silver Soul. You?"

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"You have pretty nice handwriting," Wally said, squinting at the notes. "And...I understand. I could never be a teacher. Everything that goes on up here," he said, pointing to his head, "can never translate over here," he finished, pointing to his mouth.

"Plus...I'd probably take too many sick days," he added thoughtfully, sniffling a little bit. 

"Anyway, thank you very much. I appreciate this." Wally nodded genuinely. "I'm Wally, by the way. Wally Mitsuru. I'm a sophomore, but I just moved here. What's your story?"