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[ 12AM ] a pier on the cold, misty waterfront as fireworks are let off. / castleclysm

Lettie's got sound-cancelling headphones on as she looks at the sky, watching the lights flare. This used to hurt before them - she would ball up her fists and curl into a ball, trying to make the noise stop.

But now it's muffled and she feels it in her bones, and it's good. She likes the light and the colors, now that the awful booming is gone.

She feels footsteps on the edge of the pier, but doesn't look away from the show. Otto huffs at Leon from his spot next to her - he'll have to take the other side.

(Otto isn't reacting, so whoever's behind her is fine. She's learned that by now.)

#oh this is OLD old huh

"..."

That's it. That's the entire eavesdropping meme from her. Everyone go home.

#couldn't resist.#Stares at you with her big ol' eyes.

"I like Hatterene, but I can't have one as a partner. I think I stress them out."

#Lettie *does not externalize what's under the hood but feels things very deeply and with her whole being* White

It's at about age 25 that Lettie gets truly comfortable with how she communicates.

She never becomes a natural talker, of course. She knows how to contribute more, how to indicate that she's involved in the conversation, how to actually express what she's thinking and feeling for the benefit of others. But she never needs to give speeches or monologues, and she's okay with that. She just needs to say her piece, and then let her actions speak for themselves.

Getting there is difficult, of course, as is learning how to help people adjust to her when she didn't realize how much of a learning curve she presented. But the work is worth it, and by the time she finally returns to Unova (not for good, but for enough time to matter), she can finally look her parents and say, clearly and concisely, that she is happy with who she is and does not need fixing to be complete, and that she is happy with the life she has.

A good amount of time learning comes from her realizing she wants them to understand that at all.

“Well, I have my opinion. But I have a feeling you'll follow your heart.”

"Mm-hm."

It's a big match - a very big tournament - and she hasn't been spotted by the general public in over a year. But...

"It looks fun. I want to try."

paraidisio

WHY WE DO THE THINGS WE DO IS TRULY HALF THE RIDDLE

MAYBE YOU WERE L̴͍͂̐̈́̏̋̚͜͝Ḯ̵̧̜̥͖̩͉̔V̴̢̤͚͓̬̺̭̣͎͇͑̏͛̍̈́̓̊̿I̷̩̭͗͜N̶̮͗̾̅͘̕G̵͓͓̝͒̇͊́̾͑́̓ PROOF:

INTELLIGENCE IS ARTIFICIAL

#sir that's not what she meant about where the sky was

//Lettie in literally any hi-tech setting: Where are my friends

#she would have a HORRIBLE time at the Aether Foundation. Where is the SKY.

//side note but Lettie is genuinely an exploration of autism that is just. completely different from my own

#the certified yapper who hates camping and loves words. Lettie who finds the act of talking overstimulating and unrewarding #and just wants to be out camping and listening to people talk about the things they like forever.#very different people with the same diagnosis.

//I feel like I don't emphasize this enough - Lettie struggles with speaking and verbal communication, but she is still very smart. She has incredibly good memory for events and while she didn't graduate with honors (struggled in classes with social elements), she did excel in math and physical education.

#she liked volleyball bc you didn't have to talk

“It describes the path of a projectile determined by natural law.” / castleclysm

"...That's a parabola, right?"

Being 18 when she started her journey meant that Lettie actually did have to finish high school, and she's actually not terrible at math(s). Not a genius, but she did better in algebra than half her classmates.

"...If we know how high it went, we could figure out how far it went, too." Maybe there was hope for finding the thing that wild Gallade had sent flying, after all.

“I miss the stars. the real ones. not the simulated ones.” / paraidisio

"...Can you open the ceiling and look?"

This is all so beyond her understanding. There's so much stuff, and all Lettie knows is Pokemon and their body language; and are these Pokemon, these machines?

(Dialects, her mother once said while talking about a visit to Galar, make everything trickier. This feels like that - the future Pokemon speak a dialect she's never learned.)

"...I could go take a picture?"

#Lettie totally overwhelmed with information overload but trying her best: I miss N.

ohisms

✱˚｡⋆ ↪ 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊. ( a collection of various location prompts centered around time & weather. feel free to adjust as desired. )

[ 1AM ] the stoop of a brightly lit psychic shop, pondering haven from the rain. [ 2AM ] the [ lobby / room ] of a run-down motel during a tumultuous storm. [ 3AM ] a dark graveyard thick with petrichor, well beyond visiting hours. [ 4AM ] an empty, rusty gas station nearly flooding with rainwater. [ 5AM ] a cabin in the frozen woods, large fire raging under the hearth. [ 6AM ] a bus stop hazily lit by the rising sun, earth smelling of petrichor. [ 7AM ] a crowded coffee shop, patrons in a rush to escape the morning rain. [ 8AM ] a serene camping site overlooking a valley, air humid & fresh. [ 9AM ] a diner smelling of breakfast food as rain patters on the window. [ 10AM ] a walled-in garden full of flowers, just as the afternoon heat sets in. [ 11AM ] an empty public playground, equipment hot from the sun. [ 12PM ] the middle of a sweltering outdoors shopping center. [ 1PM ] the side of the highway after your car breaks down from the heat. [ 2PM ] a bustling farmer's market ripe with produce, unhindered by the rain. [ 3PM ] a city sidewalk gloomy with mist & countless puddles. [ 4PM ] the forested perimeter of a vast lake, cold from snow melt. [ 5PM ] a [ restaurant / diner ], interior lights flickering under a fierce storm. [ 6PM ] a car interior, passengers stuck on a dangerously snowy & dark road. [ 7PM ] an outdoors event as the heat backs off, full of laughter & live music. [ 8PM ] the long queue of a club, impatient patrons stuck in the rain. [ 9PM ] the threshold of an apartment, knocking to be let out of the hailstorm. [ 10PM ] a windy beach past public hours, grains of sand mimicking the stars. [ 11PM ] the backseat of a car parked in the pouring rain on a lonely road. [ 12AM ] a pier on the cold, misty waterfront as fireworks are let off.

caymemes

₰ 𝗦𝗖𝗜-𝗙𝗜 & 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗧𝗦

exploration / discovery

“we weren’t supposed to land here.”

a distress signal that shouldn’t exist anymore — from a ship lost two centuries ago.

“the map says this planet’s uninhabited. so who built the lights we’re seeing?”

they unearth something alien buried beneath their colony’s foundations.

“i’ve seen space storms before, but this one’s alive.”

a routine supply run turns into first contact.

“you mean to tell me this entire planet is one giant machine?”

the AI guiding the ship begins to recall memories it shouldn’t have.

“we’re not orbiting the right star anymore.”

a crewmember wakes up centuries after the rest of the crew disappeared.

cyberpunk / tech society

“neural link malfunction. she’s inside your head now.”

corporations run the government; hackers run the resistance.

“don’t trust your reflection. the cameras use them to track you.”

a street mercenary finds a datachip that could collapse a megacorp.

“that’s not a prosthetic, that’s a weapon.”

illegal augmentations are punishable by death—yet everyone has them.

“you’re not real. you’re a copy they printed three days ago.”

two AIs fall in love inside a decaying network.

“you can buy a new memory, or erase an old one. your choice.”

the rebellion’s leader turns out to be an android built by the enemy.

galactic empires / space politics

“the council won’t approve another war. not unless we give them a reason.”

a marriage alliance between rival star systems threatens to ignite rebellion.

“do you serve the Empire or the people?”

a long-lost heir returns from exile—on a pirate ship.

“peace treaties don’t mean much when the other side owns your fleet.”

a senator uncovers evidence that their government faked first contact.

“the Empress wants you alive. I’m not sure I do.”

a planet rich in resources hides a species the empire deems… inconvenient.

“every empire falls eventually. the question is—will it burn, or fade?”

a spy and a soldier fall in love across enemy borders.

emotional / character-driven

“I miss the stars. the real ones. not the simulated ones.”

a pilot and their co-pilot share a final drink before a su!c!de mission.

“you still think there’s a home to go back to?”

two explorers find themselves stranded on an uncharted moon—no rescue coming.

“you’re the last human left on Earth.”

the clone meets the original they were made from.

“promise me you’ll remember who we were.”

an android gains emotions and doesn’t know how to stop feeling.

“you said you’d come back when the war ended. that was eighty years ago.”

the ship’s AI keeps talking to the voice of a captain who died decades earlier.

//What? No, surely me reblogging memes here isn't related to the dash at all

#me finding memes and sticking them under a box that says PLUTO propped up with a stick:

freshlybrewedrp

KNIVES OUT SENTENCE STARTERS

ALL PROMPTS ARE FROM THE 2019 FILM ‘KNIVES OUT’ (Feel free to adjust as needed!)

- “It's a strange case from the start. A case with a hole in the center. A doughnut.” - “That... was the dumbest car chase of all time.” - “You're not much of a detective, are you?” - ”Well, to be fair, you make a pretty lousy murderer.” - “You have a regurgitative reaction to mistruthing.” - “The game is afoot. Eh, Watson?” - “What was that about will readings being boring?” - “The exception that proves the rule.” - “I don't know how you beat me at this every time.” - “That's elder abuse. I'm calling the AARP.” - “But the complexity and the gray lie not in the truth but what you do with the truth once you have it.” - “I suspect foul play. I have eliminated no suspects.” - “There's so much of *me* in that kid. Confident. Stupid. I don't know... protected. Playing life like a game without consequences.” - “You won it by playing it your way. Because you have a good heart.” - “Kids today, with the internet, it's amazing.” - “I'm going to say this just to you. No cameras, no courthouse, because you know it's true.” - “That is hooey!” - “That's some heavy-duty conjecture.” - “Matter of fact, eat shit. How's that?” - “It describes the path of a projectile determined by natural law.” - “I observe the facts without biases of the head or heart.” - “You'd think it'd be like a game show, but think of a community theatre production of a tax return.” - “Were you boinking my father?” - “Physical evidence can tell a clear story with a forked tongue.” - “Well, I have my opinion. But I have a feeling you'll follow your heart.” - “Why is grief the providence of youth? I don't know. But I'd imagine that age deepens all feelings.” - “I am not eating one iota of shit!” - "With a good lawyer, which I HAVE." - "You vicious little bitch." - “So what do you have on me? Nothing.” - "You don't have a shred of evidence."

the psychic typing is because beaming her thoughts directly into someone's head sounds easier and more fun than talking.

//Professor Cedric Juniper is probably the only person who's 100% convinced that Lettie's fine as long as she has the proper tools to take care of herself.

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