gochuugoku: (Land of Beauty)
Wang Yao 王耀 ([personal profile] gochuugoku) wrote2011-08-01 03:03 am

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[When China turns on the feed, it's easy to tell he's sitting at the Pokemon Center, except he's not in Ecruteak anymore. He smiles at the camera.]

Nihao! I was hoping to give away all these eggs, aru.

[He moves the camera for it to focus on the eggs, which are all snuggled into a red warm blanket within a basket. After letting the camera take it all in for two minutes, China moves it back onto himself.]

I have Eevee, Dratini, and Bagon eggs. I can be found at the Center in Goldenrod and I can assure you that they'll all grow up to be just as beautiful and powerful as their mothers!

[If you look carefully, you might notice something moving under China's white sweater as well as a baby Chikorita napping on his lap. Oh, and hey! His hair's grown back and is now in it's usual ponytail once again!]

[OOC: There is still time to get an egg! There's one more Bagon slot open and two more Dratini slots! Here is the link.]
tapestodiane: all of these are mine unless otherwise noted! (lookaway)

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[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-09-04 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's how you find out things about Cooper - you ask. There's another second's worth of pause before he says, rather simply,]

When I was fourteen a bird flew into the hardware store where I grew up. The owner of the store attempted to scare it off with a broom, but it panicked and flew directly at my head. Its claws got tangled in my hair.

Mr. Simms - that was the owner - knocked me in the face with the broom handle in the commotion that followed. Sent me to the floor, the bird into an air duct. It was chopped up by a fan. All in all it was fairly traumatic.

[There's another silence - but there's more to say about it, and leaning back slightly, he does.]

My mother died a year later. She'd told me about a dream she kept having ... a dream where birds filled the sky. I know it frightened her but I never understood why.

I know what it sounds like to others, but I believe that dream is at least in part responsible for her death.

[The other parts are the other dreams ... dreams he also had. He finishes with some sadness in his voice, but there's not a lot left to say on that topic. He just ... finds it hard to like birds.]

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[identity profile] gochuugoku.livejournal.com 2011-09-05 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
I see, no wonder, aru. That does sound traumatizing.

I am sorry to hear about your mother, although, I believe you when you say that the dream was partly responsible for her death. Our wills and minds are quite strong and have more impact on us than some people think, aru.
tapestodiane: (make a wish)

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[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-09-05 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
They really do.

[He looks out the window, eyes a little clouded, before he quite suddenly shares another tidbit:]

The first life I took was a bird's.

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[identity profile] gochuugoku.livejournal.com 2011-09-05 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
You know what, so was mine, aru.
tapestodiane: (audrey)

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[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-09-05 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
[He looks back at China, slight tilt of his head with a look that asks him to elaborate.]
Edited 2011-09-05 08:38 (UTC)

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[identity profile] gochuugoku.livejournal.com 2011-09-05 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
It back when I was still a child. If I was traveling, then I had to hunt and gather food on my own, aru. At some point, I made a bow and arrow to take out the birds. The first couple of tries missed, but it hit sooner or later. I walked over to the creature and watched it squirm until it finally died, aru.

It was frightening, but it was also interesting in a morbid way, aru.
tapestodiane: (troubled)

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[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-09-05 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
You had a good reason.

[Tone almost gentle.]

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[identity profile] gochuugoku.livejournal.com 2011-09-06 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
You mean to say that yours was not?
tapestodiane: (blankdefault)

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[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-09-06 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a small smile at that - a humourless one that's little more than a tug at his mouth.]

No. It was circling overhead. I pulled the trigger, and it died. [A second later, like it's not important-] It was a clean shot.
tapestodiane: all of these are mine unless otherwise noted! (lookaway)

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[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-09-10 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
No.

[Tone soft, and once again he's looking out the window.]

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[identity profile] gochuugoku.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
That does not necessarily means there's anything wrong with you, aru. You are not a bad person.
tapestodiane: (sarah palmer)

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[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-09-13 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[He nods. He's pretty sure he's not a bad person, and he's pretty sure he's not crazy - but it's still nice to hear.]

I know. Thank you.

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[identity profile] gochuugoku.livejournal.com 2011-09-18 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods and smiles.]

Of course.