( SURPRISE REUNION. // @idealsofthemind )
ACCUMULA IS HOME TO FEW memories ─ if he’s correct, he’s only visited one, maybe two, times ─ but it remains a very precious place to him. it’s here where he met THOSE TWO for the first time ; the two trainers that changed his perception for the better. two people that probably have had more of a POSITIVE impact on n than anyone else he can recall. the people from team plasma hardly raise a candle to those two special trainers in his heart.
and as such, visiting the town after so long is... mesmerizing, in it’s own way. he almost feels as if he’s been taken back to the start, reliving the very emotions he discovered on that fateful day, standing on the very same street he met them. he feels temporarily cut - off from the world around him, unphased by the people that circulate around him while he reminisces over the past. he wonders if his choices were the correct ones ─ leaving his friends behind to reconcile. he feels a pang of sadness ; it’s a relatively new feeling to long for certain people like this.
while n reflects, there’s someone else completely unaffected by the memories the town harbors. zorua, perched on his trainer’s shoulders, has become restless. he wants to PLAY but understands his trainer is.. occupied by thoughts at the moment. still, that doesn’t prevent him from taking in all the surroundings. but all of the sudden, the breeze carries an all too familiar scent towards the little fox. a scent that’s warm and exciting ; one he hasn’t caught in a while.
that’s all it takes for him to hop of n’s shoulder and BOLT towards the source. n immediately snaps out of his thoughts, disturbed by his pokémon’s sudden change in demeanor. he barely utter’s out the pokémon’s name before he disappears around a corner. n takes off after, but he’s quite a bit slower than a pokémon running at FULL SPEED.
zorua reaches his target not long after. he’s THRILLED when he spots her. touko, one of n’s companions. a nice girl that he can usually get treats from by looking cute, and one he hasn’t seen in a while!
at her heels, zorua barks happily in greeting with a wagging tail. he’s completely oblivious to the situation he’s about to drag the two into ─ whether it’s for the better or not. zorua’s simply happy to see an old friend after SO LONG. a few blocks away, n’s jogging to catch up to the little guy, confused and worried by his companion’s sudden disappearance without warning. zorua’s a troublesome one, that’s for sure!