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Annnd posted! Since its a text, and Indigo was upset, i didn't really use proper capitalization and such but if you guys need me to change it, I can! I want to show exactly what he was writing though and capture it that way, if that makes sense haha

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"You... abandoned your pokemon?"

From Jack tearing him down to seeing Margo's once friendly face twist into disbelief and horror, Indy hadn't dreamed that he would have felt so awful. If had felt like a pile of garbage before, he was now a dumpster truck on fire, relatively speaking.

"I..." I didn't... I just didn't know it would be like this. It was a weak excuse, not to mention pitiless. But it was the truth. Truthfully, no matter how much Margo yelled at him-- he knew he deserved it. He would have stood a thousand Margos yelling at him if it would have brought Hero back.

Hero... You were there. I would have done anything to apologize to you if it meant that you knew how sorry I was.

As the crowd dispersed and they were left to themselves, Margo grabbed Indy by the collar harsher than she had anticipated. He flinched, making no move to get away. "I can't even fucking believe you. What is wrong with you."

Everything. Everything's wrong with me. It's always been. Mori never took the time to care because I wasn't worth it, I let Mom and Dad think I was on a pokemon journey for two months when I was just spending money at Cinnabar... And I judge books by their covers, even though I know I shouldn't. I let Hero go. I hurt him. I'm the worst person. I know that. I don't know why I do this stuff! I just do!

With a final shove, Margo stormed off. And soon, Indigo was alone and bursting at the seams. It was strange-- he was so ashamed of himself that he didn't want to seek anyone out, but at the same time, he craved comfort. He wanted to be told everything was going to be okay, and that he was still a good person, or at least he could be. Even if he didn't deserve it.

But who could he tell? Given Margo's reaction, Indigo could only think that the world would see him as literal scum, which he wasn't far off from, true. But it was hard to ask for advice when no one would hear him out. "I want to make it better..." He mumbled, dragging his feet off.

He decided to record his thoughts.

Though there were several apps in the pokedex including voice memos and notepad, Indigo decided to write it out as a text to Dan. It felt much more therapeutic and comforting to send it to his gentle friend who seemed to have faith in him no matter what idiocy he committed.

Hey Dan,
Missed you dude. I know you're going through some stuff with your mom. I wish I knew what to say more when it comes up. It's not like I don't care. I do, but it's just... Hard to know what to say, I guess? I mean it's such a delicate topic and I know you're upset and idk man I don't wanna crack the eggshells I'm already walking on. I know that i need to focus on u more, but just give me a sec. I need your advice.

I did something messed up

I never really liked Hero that much bcuz he was kind of a fugly bug and idk he was weird and not that strong and I was nice but not as nice as I could've been. And I guess I was mad at him idk like... I'm ngl. i thought he was dumb. then like, I dunno, I traveled with him more and I liked him more. but i had this battle with jack. u remember him? crazy snooty kid and his lil sis who beat us. anyway, he was talking smack yesterday and I challenged him to a battle but like... i knew i kinda needed a better pokemon. and like i saw this vivillion and thought it was super pretty so i used the pokedex to find one, and then i somehow caught it. it was pretty crazy. but we almost missed a chance cuz of hero but i was like mad and relived but then i...

i don't know why. i just got super stressed out thinking about my battle with jack and idk i just felt like hero wasn't the best fit for my team. i mean i dunno it sounds weak as hell and confusing af and like i'm right there with u. it doesn't make any sense but i just... i don't know! i told burmy he wasn't a good fit for the team, i called him ugly and useless and stuff... im not proud of it ok. im SORRY. dammit im super sorry. i take back everything. hero ran away and right after i was like "o shit" and tried looking for him but he was gone.

i know i don't deserve any sympathy. the only victim here is hero... i just want to apologize to him. i dunno wtf i was thinking. do you still think im a good person...? or... can i be?

so i had my battle with jack this morning dude. i wish you were there. long story short i was actually in the lead for a while and my attacks were looking super pretty and shit, but then jack pretty much destroyed me. but fkin get this MORADO'S HERE. Mori! i know you don't know too much about him, i barely ever saw him when i was younger myself, but he's here babysitting those jack and jill kids who are the SEPTOH CHAMPS KIDS. wtf

yeah so mori's tryna act all nice and im not buying it and shit but... dude it just gets worse. forget all tht. forget mori. jack got hero... and hero EVOLVED. can you believe it?? he was this really huge, beautiful moth with these super bright orange wings and this really beautiful purple black coloring on the rest of him. he was so so beautful Dan.

but i didn't know it was him.

and then... i took him out. i got close to beating his popplio thingy, but arghh. i was close. but that doesn't matter. dude i would eat dirt to know it was Hero at that time... then i could have apologized. but jack...

he basically called me a terrible person and like... i dunno man. i deserve to be treated like hot garbage cuz thats what i am but jack like... he just seemed to be taunting me and like.. he told everyone about how i abandoned hero. how he was such a good person. and he wouldn't let me apologize to hero. he said i hurt hero badly... but i don't think so. i know hero. he's tough as nails... i wish i realized that before. i mean but even if he was weak i wouldn't have cared. i miss hero. i miss hero so much. i miss hero so so so much. why did i do the stuff that i did? what's wrong with me...

but like one of the worst parts was that margo was like super nice before and then she blew up at me. she... she kinda shoved me around, grabbed me by my collar and stuff.

Idk where Margo went. I dunno if I'll ever see her again?? She was so pissed. It looked like she was goin to leeman trail or somwthing... Idk if I should follow. I mean i get it... i deserve it. but dude... like... i dont know if im allowed to say this but i need some advice. i know what i did was wrong. i just... u kno whats crazy is i was asking margo for advice this morning and she was like, "yea of course if you hurt someone they can get over it." was she lying??? i dont kno wat to think. like hero's GONE and i know what i did wrong and i have to make him know that but... what if i can't? can i still do this?? hero doesnt have to come back to me. he just has to know how sorry i am.

How do you make something right when you’ve made it so wrong you can never go back?

Deciding not to send the text was the plan, but the opposite of Indigo's intention executed instead as he accidentally pressed the send button with a careless brush of his thumb. He wiped away the tears from his eyes, absolutely unaware and clueless. Perhaps... Perhaps Lukoo would be able to give him advice.

While Dan wouldn't see the text right away when he was talking to his mother, he would see it after, most likely...

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Yeah I'm trying to finish a post up asap!!! I apologize lmao this is so exciting XD

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Fkin savage, mate. Lmao

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@Balthazar007 you please!

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@iKatamalicious absolutely fine! yeah im sorry, i had to stuff a bunch of details in my post haha. feel free to get creative and take control! it could easily be statements such as, 'then he asked her about where she was from...' or you can put in snippets of direct dialogue and we can clean it up later!

edit: Also posted Morado's character sheet! Hope it's okay! I wanted to give him pokemon that the Champions would be impressed with, if that makes sense!

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Dismissive and rude as always, Jack took his time greeting Indy back, though the crowd certainly didn't notice. Despite his nerves, Indigo's ire began to replace his anxiousness. Jack was so smug, what was his problem? Maybe it's not his problem... Indigo wondered. He was trying to give Jack the benefit of the doubt. After all, growing up with so much fame couldn't have been easy, and he was younger than Indy. As Jack turned to ask him if he was ready, another voice rang out instead.

"No, sir, the real question is if you are ready. Indy has been training quite a bit, I'll have you know. Don't expect this to be a one-off, here." Then a whisper from Margo. "I believe in you, ok?"

She's really rooting for me, he thought, surprised, and also somewhat embarrassed. But mostly feeling supported. He gave her a cheeky smirk and flashed a thumbs up. Guess it's time. Dan, wish you were here. Margo, glad you are.

"Begin!" A nurse from the pokemon center started.

"Show the world how magnificent you are, Skiploom!"

"Kovi, you're up! Just like we talked about!" What's that pokemon? I'll look it up in my pokedex later. The battle started with an exchanging of Sleep Powders. Indigo gritted his teeth. It was as if Jack had known or something. However, while Kovi tossed out the glittering, sky blue powder by the wingful in uneven streams, Skiploom's attack had a much more controlled appearance. In fact, the pokemon whirled the yellow flower on its head like a propeller, releasing an elegant looking swirl.

Just like the Kricketune in the forest, and the Tail Whip from the Tepig... That move is super pretty. Pretty? What was he thinking? He was in the middle of a battle! But the appearance of the simple attack was elegant and made it look like so much more.

"Just what you would expect from Jack, a number one coordinator!" Said someone in the crowd.

Meanwhile...
A tall figure in the crowd looked at the battle with interest. He happened to be standing next to Margo. She was the one who was talking to Indigo... He thought. Well, at least Jack and Jill were present. He needed to find out more information about the whole situation, anyway. Was this the rival Jack had been talking about? "Excuse me, miss?" The taller, young man shot a friendly smile at Margo. "Do you know who's battling right now? The young man with the Vivillion, I mean."

As Skiploom had fallen asleep with a successful Sleep Powder, the crowd was going wild while Indigo whittled the pokemon down. Jack's face remained flat, but Indigo could have sworn he was looking displeased.

"Skiploom, return. Brionne!" And out popped that stupid, clown-looking seal pokemon that had clobbered Hawka during the first match. Except it had evolved. Indigo looked up at Kovi, who still looked determined.

"Kovi, you good?" He shouted, and when Kovi affirmed with a sharp nod, Indigo continued, "Send it to sleep!" Again, the flock of people screamed with excitement. The underdog was doing it, really doing it! Are they seriously cheering for me? They were making fun of me like ten minutes ago! Tough crowd I guess. Kind of nice being cheered for though. Brionne was looking seriously weakened. One more hit... But Jack withdrew his pokemon, looking more gleeful and than displeased.

"Go! Mothim!" And a butterfly similar to the Vivillion emerged. He was a spectacular sight, with deep plum and vivid orange coloring.

Was it his imagination or was the pokemon glaring at him? Why was it looking at him so intensely? The two flying and bug types attacked each other with ferocity. Mothim unleashed a hidden power, a move where his body glowed a brilliant but soft white, before emitting spheres of bright white light. The attack went from a full burst to softening into a blanket of smaller, twinkling globes that showered the the entire field and the crowd. It was like the stars themselves had decided to grace their battlefield. That's so gorgeous... What pokemon is that? How are his pokemon making his attacks look like this?

The crowd was entranced. Gotta get them back on my side... Indigo was thinking quite like a coordinator, even if he was too stupid to realize it. I dunno if this is gonna work but here we go. "Kovi, fly around! Go right into the little pieces of Hidden Power!" Kovi obliged, and soon, his whole body looked like it was covered in diamond dust. Holy moly, that worked? It doesn't look half bad! Jack was irate.

How had this scrub, this scrub who hadn't even known who he was, gotten better in a matter of a few days? Not only was he putting up a fight, but he was using his own attacks against him? "So you've been practicing your coordinating skills too," Jack said with gritted teeth.

"What? What's that supposed to mean? I don't know about all that coordinating jazz, just having fun. Kovi, open your wings for a Sleep Powder, but spin!" Indigo called out. Kovi obliged, flaring his wings and letting out the blue Sleep Powder while spinning around. Not only did the Mothim fall asleep, but Kovi looked absolutely enchanting, especially with natural way his scales glittered. That spin trick isn't that hard. Huh.

The throng of people cheered.
"I saw this kid when he last battled Jack! He's gotten way better!"
"No way!"
"I loved that! That Sleep Powder and those Vivillion wings!"
"He's not even a coordinator and he thought of that?"

With a few more hits, the Mothim went down, and Indigo tried to shake off the feeling that he had done something wrong. Something about that Mothim... But it was here that the battle began to take a turn. Kovi had been weakened, having to fight three pokemon, and Jack brought out the Skiploom once more. This time, the Sleep Powder hit. Here was where Indigo made a slew of bad decisions. It was hard to say what would have won him the battle, but as he tried switching out his pokemon just as Jack had to defeat the Skiploom, they all succumbed to the Sleep Powder.

Oh no...

As Brionne came out, she was weak, but she wasn't asleep. Indigo's pokemon were swept unmercilessly with some gigantic Bubble attack. Perhaps, maybe if he had ordered different attacks in a certain order to defeat the Brionne, he might have stood a chance. As it was though, he hadn't thought ahead like Jack had. In the blink of an eye, he had lost.

He tried hard not to sink to his knees, though they felt as supportive as noodles. He flashed Margo a brief, weak smile and told himself to keep it together. Here it came, the jeers from the crowd...

"That was such a close battle!"
"Jack's actually got someone who's coming up on his tail!"
"His Vivillion was so pretty!"
"That Torchic and Buneary were so cute!"

To Indigo's surprise, the crowd seemed to be cheering for him, or at least, still pleased with his efforts. His pokemon looked around in awe, and Jack looked around with astonishment. He should have been getting the attention! He had won! But there was a certain charm that some underdog named Indigo had. For one, he was just a normal trainer challenging a celebrity, add a little gossip and exaggeration and...

"He said he didn't have any coordinating experience!"
"That's pretty impressive!"
"Jack's still my fave!"
"I'm going to be watching out for this other kid!"

Indigo-- and Jack and Jill, for that matter-- were absolutely flabbergasted. Their stupor was cut short, however, by a trainer pushing his way through. Indigo widened his eyes. Just when he thought the day couldn't get any worse--

"Stop right there! FINALLY found you guys!" The trainer seemed to half bark, half-laugh. "Oh, not a bad job Indigo. Gimme a sec-"

"Run!" Jill squealed. She and Jack began to make a get away but the crowd was too thick.

"Oh no you don't. Cut them off, Dao!" From the characteristic sound of a pokeball opening, a large Dragonite coalesced into the air and grabbed Jack and Jill by the necks of their clothes. The two kids squirmed. Indigo had never been more confused in his life.

"Morado?" He sputtered.

"And the rest of you, show's over!" Morado shouted over the chatter. "Mori, little brother. Just Mori. Hey! What did I tell you all? These kids parents don't want them getting swarmed over all the time! Scram before I get Dao to kick all your asses!" The crowd dispersed in a hurry, after that. Soon it was just the few of them.

"Mori, you're embarrassing," Jill whined. Jack said nothing, only glowered.

"Can it, kiddos. You want me to tell your mom and pop about this?" The children shook their heads furiously. "Didn't think so. Look, I'm the only one out of all those applicants that your parents approved to let me babysit you. If I leave, you're gonna be hard pressed for your parents to find someone else," Mori said, lifting a brow. "And then no pokemon journey for you until you're 16. So just behave."

"Mori, what the hell are you doing here?" Indigo finally burst out.

"Eh, just hanging around. Met your friend over here-" Mori jabbed a thumb towards Margo. "Her parents are breeders! Go figure. I told her we're just in the pokemon health industry." Morado Rose laughed, a husky and jovial sound. "Anyway, I just finished my sophmore year and I got this internship to do some pokemon breeding. Anyways, I'm babysitting the Septoh champions kids--"

"What?" Indigo nearly shouted. The Septoh Champions kids? That was who he had been up against? This day just seemed to be getting more and more confusing. And weird. Especially since he didn't know why his brother was acting so cheerful and happy when he had always been such a jerk. I can't believe him...

But Morado seemed more focused on Margo. "Hey, I'm sorry, I had to interrupt our conversation. I really liked those sketches you showed me. And for what it's worth, I think you'd make an amazing breeder. But hey, if you don't want to, that's cool too. Tell you what, let's battle some time? You seem like swell trainer, Margo."

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will have a post by later tonight! sorry its taking me so long. its a lot to write out!

edit: posted!

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@Balthazar007 oooh so many shiny new things! Excited!

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@Balthazar007dope! Thanks!