2nd Pokeball - A Completely Ridiculous Inquiry

[unbroken_chain]

When the feed snaps on, it reveals Kotoha, sitting calmly in a chair. She fiddles with the bow at the back of her neck for a few seconds before launching into a spiel.

"Hi, my name's Kotoha, and I have a question."

There's slight hint of urgency in her voice, and her blue eyes are intense as she leans forward slightly to ask her question.

"Why is everyone so pretty?"

...wait what.

"Is it, like, a requirement? 'You must be this sexy to save the world'? I mean, I know I'm pretty, but I've met people here that rank right up there with Elesa, and she's a supermodel."

She leans back and drums her heels against the floor.

"It's not fair! How am I supposed to get anything done when I'm constantly distracted like this?!"

She bounces to her feet at that and starts pacing, letting out a little growl of frustration.

"Urrrrr! Stupid teenage hormones!"

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[unbroken_chain]

Why wouldn't she remember? You're her friend, after all!

"That's good to hear! I was a little worried because of that whole, y'know, memory thing."

[saudadist]

Just don't say that to her face, Kotoha, or you'll confuse the daylights out of her. Though her words do a good job of that all on their own, as she's appropriately startled.

"You were worried about me?"

[unbroken_chain]

"Well, yeah. Isn't it normal to worry about your friends?"

Kotoha is extremely straightforward.

[saudadist]

She stays quiet a moment, stupefied out of her words, but quickly regains her wits. She scoffs at such an implication, taking as much ice to her voice as needed.

"We're not friends. Don't presume you mean anything to me just from one meeting."

[unbroken_chain]

"If you don't think we're friends yet, that's fine with me."

Kotoha is very earnest as she says this.

"All it means is that we need to meet more!"

She smiles gently.

"I think I might have touched a nerve just now, though, so I'll end this conversation if you want me to."

[saudadist]

'Yet,' she says. It leaves a poor taste in her mouth, and her grimace only grows stronger. This kid is just a presumptuous upstart, she can't mean what she's saying. Friends? With someone (someone kind) like her? Ridiculous.

"Presuming things like that will get you killed."

Her friends never last. They die, or worse. It's just better to nip it now.

"...so, bye."

[unbroken_chain]

"I'm pretty tough, you know?"

She adds just a little bit more as she reaches for the switch.

"Bye, Mercer. Be happy."

And then she cuts the feed.