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 “Kids these days.”

Drinks another round of beer. 

“This place seems just as loud as ever. And part of the city’s dark. Just what happened?”

“ I’m not actually sure, it’s kind of normal. The city here is always sort of-” You glance to your side at exactly who is talking, attention flicking from his chest (where you thought his face was) to his actual facial area, eyes giving a slight widen. 

“Excuse me, have you seen my satchel? I dropped it somewhere around here.” The most he could see through the gauze were vague shapes, blurred outlines, excluding the satchel in question–which had bounced and landed in the gutter barely five feet away. He could only hope the figure he had called out to would take pity on him. “Its important.”

You didn’t see the satchel. Wherever it was, was beyond your vision, your knowledge. Here you’d been, walking down the street typing madly away on your conflabbit useless piece of crap you called a phone, minding your own business. Paying no mind to anyone. as usual in your daily routine of life, you’d eventually heard a voice, snapped out of your own universe and glanced around. Now when you saw this person, you weren’t quite sure if they were talking to you or someone else. Considering, however, after you glanced around and saw nobody other than yourself was around...well, easy enough to say- you figured it out pretty fast.

@unituo​

“So. You promise you’re not gonna cheat, yeah?”

“If you fly, I’ll notice.”

The ski lift chugs on up the mountain. You fold your arms behind your head and lean back in the cushy, plastic red seat, looking out at the snow.

“And I mean like, outside of emergencies. If we’re gonna race, we gotta do it fair n’ square.” You tap your foot against your rented snowboard. 

“Unless you’re not sure you can beat me.”

Snow. It wasn’t something you saw all too much. Having grown up on an island, it was a rare sight, something that only happened if the winter was harsh, thick. But here? It seemed to be plentiful, a common scenery change among the city’s usual damper layout. How better than to spend the upgrade of winter with no one other than Leo?

The idea, at core, was more or less likely one of the most stupidest things you could think of. It had the promise of an adventure, a gateway new experiences, but at the cost of well, you making a fool of yourself. You knew how to jump down from high things without busting your ankle or splintering your bones. You knew that riding up a lift was safe, interesting and fun all around. But you, in all your island-home glory, had never learned how to either snowboard or ski. Granted, it would’ve been hard to, seeing as snow wasn’t a year round event and the times it did come down it was light, but boy howdy. You were nervous. 

unituo 

“Ha. Easy with the fisticuffs there, Rambo. You practicing for a boxing match or something?”

TO: Jake FROM: Leo

> oho think ur ready? got what it takes macho man?? > cuz im not gonna do it kindly..im gonna do it hardcorly > u ready 2 catch some motherfuckin pkmn!!!!!!!!!!!!

To: Leo From: Jake

Was it really that concerning? He’d never had much of a reason for one, and it wasn’t as though there’d been calendars around back in the old days. Besides which - “’Favourite date’ is kind of a foreign concept, kid - I don’t even remember what year most things happened in. It’s not that big a deal.”

“Hey, cheer up. Some of us don’t know our birthdays at all.”

“Ah, it’s that time of year at last.”

He has pulled out the numerous tacky christmas sweaters he has stashed. One even lights up! He’ll save that for a special occasion though.

      ✰ “Christmas means presents for all the good girls ‘n’ boys! Maybe St. Winstonicolas will visit! Actually… hope he doesn’t. I wouldn’t want him to suffer here too… BUT IT’S OKAY!”

 “Watch your wording, buddy. I’m not that old yet!”

 “Anyway, I’ve been a Pokémon Trainer for a while, if that’s what you meant. Have you caught anything yet?”

TO: Jake FROM: Leo

> oho think ur ready? got what it takes macho man?? > cuz im not gonna do it kindly..im gonna do it hardcorly

> u ready 2 catch some motherfuckin pkmn!!!!!!!!!!!!

To: Leo From: Jake

 “You know, it’s kind of adorable watching all you new trainers try and get used to Pokémon!”