Traveller Troubles // Serena & May
It was the middle of the night, approximately two in the morning to be exact. Poor Serena just couldn’t fall asleep. Her entire body was exhausted from all the journeying she had been doing recently, but her mind refused to shut down. She stared up at the ceiling, oddly frustrated. The clock on the wall was ticking, which annoyed her greatly. She tried to ignore it and shut her eyes, but not five seconds later, she heard loud stomping from the room above her. In my own bed at home, it wasn’t so loud!, she thought to herself angrily. Serena even considered calling the front desk of the inn she was in to complain about the people upstairs. She sighed. She knew she was overreacting.
Also knowing she couldn’t fall asleep anyway, she decided to get out of bed. She paced around the room. “What is wrong with me? I’ve been so… Ugh, I don’t know…” She shook her head, confused and frustrated. “I’ve been enjoying my travels, so what is it?” Serena sat down on the edge of the bed, honestly trying to figure out what’s been bothering her.
“I’m not lonely, am I? My parents weren’t home whenever I went to sleep. Is it because I’m not in my own bed? I don’t really have anyone to talk to about this who’s still awake. After all, it’s so late. I wonder…” She looked at her bag, which carried her laptop. Serena decided to take it out and start searching the web. She wanted to see if there was someone who could relate to the way she’s feeling. It didn’t take much surfing before finding a group of other travelers looking for advice and some more adventurous trainers giving some. There seemed to be a whole community!
Serena considered posting a thread. She wanted someone who could relate to how she was feeling, or even get some advice. It’d be cool to have a pen pal who knows what I’m going through, she thought. She decided why not, most likely due to the lack of sleep. Without even thinking, she decided to just start typing.
“Hi, my name is Serena! I’m a new traveler from the Kalos region and I think I’m experiencing home sickness, but I’m not sure? I don’t particularly miss home, I’m having a lot of fun meeting people during the day and seeing new sights, but I just get sad when I’m alone at night. Maybe it’s constantly saying goodbye to friends I just made? Does anybody else ever feel this way?” Serena hit send and waited for a response.
Often did May sleep out in some wilderness nook or cranny, letting the warm midnight drafts soothe over her like a blanket and the stars aid her way to rest. While her mother had often scolded about such things in the past, and her father had become worried -- hardly such a thing was nothing to fret about as being of an Ace Trainer, after all, being in the wild was something all trainers had to come used to, whether it be harsh sunlit deserts or barren freezing mountains. Sleeping in some cave was the least dangerous thing, with her party out by her side.
It was still early, early for her at least -- it must have been about eleven or so, for tiredness to set through and the moon shone bright with no clouds blocking the way. Toro had already gone to sleep for the night and all she had was herself and her thoughts, not unless she wanted to wake her pokemon partner up by calling in someone else.
On second thought... perhaps not.
Good thing, her Pokenav Plus could contact the internet, even in such wilderness ( lest she got lost back when she was younger ) and a quick flick through her bookmarks had yielded in a site full of both travellers and trainers. A small smile appeared on her lips, there were many good times when she had used this website for herself way back when she had officially started her pokemon journey, and when she became a fourm-helper herself. Though, admittedly, she hasn’t been on for a long while.
A small refresh in the page had added a small new thread at the top. Thank goodness she didn’t need to even login to reply, it had been a few years, maybe even more, and what other way to spend time than to help someone else ??
〈 Hey-oo! I’m May from Hoenn haha, and I get what you feel!!! Yeah it’s real hard starting a PKMN journey, heck, homesickness is awful,,,, but maybe I can help you out? It probably ain’t the same to what you feel, but when I started my journey, like you said; it was cool seeing fun sights and meeting new people and all, but it does get lonely out at night... like how I’m sitting in the wild as I’m typing this. 〉, a quick tap across the screen ( with a few mistakes she’d corrected here and there ), but it wasn’t all before she pressed ‘ send ’; 〈 Having one of your party helps, I feel!! Just that small bit of comfort of someone you trust is always good for any travelling heart! Just let me know if you wana chat or something, I’m kinda here for most of the night. 〉










