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A.B.A ([personal profile] quirkynote) wrote in [community profile] bottlebay2025-05-28 08:43 am

Video;

[The grumpearl projects an image and this time it's of A.B.A, her chimeric form sprawled across one of Oran's many beds. She looks tired, more than usual, and especially for someone who's been out of commission for a couple of months.]

...It would appear that I've fallen ill. I'm...disappointed in myself, I don't fall ill, I'm supposed to be better than that. I survive, I rise, I'm supposed to be filled with potential. ...It's this body, it's weak, even now it's weak. Mightyena was kind enough to allow me back into the guild, and that's where I'll continue to recover. It feels bad... I feel bad...

[A pause.]

...I was aware throughout most of it, at least...I think I was. A lot of it amalgamated with my thoughts, swirling, like a dream. ....I know some of you were there, although it's possible that was also part of the dream. You should tell me if you were actually there or not, s-so I know what the reality really was. Please say you were there...

What else... Oh!

Before I succumbed, a very rude mongoose was able to tell me what my Pokémon species is called. She called it Type: Full. I like that...

...

[At this point, A.B.A isn't sure how to end her message, her stray thoughts just sort of...slipping out.]

I'm not sure what else to say...

I'm hungry. I can't buy snacks stuck in bed...
telewarped: (This lack of light has left me blind)

[personal profile] telewarped 2025-06-13 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess? Like I said, I just wanted him outta here. [She means it! Hesitantly, she takes the malasada—more just to have something to do with her hands than out of hunger.] And... Sure, fine. Maybe I thought you'd appreciate it, even if you were totally conked out. Having him around, seeing him right when you woke up... or whatever.

[After a long moment of staring at the malasada, her tone softens.]

It's... been weird around here, with you gone. [Quieter. Lonelier. She hadn't noticed how used to (and attached to) A.B.A's presence she'd become until it suddenly wasn't there.] You freaked a lot of people out, y'know?

[Freaked Shoka out, too! She's doing a very bad job at keeping that fact subtle.]

... I'm glad you're back, okay?