020 - action + audio

[tapestodiane]

[Audio recordings to Diane; not on the network]

_{(August 14th)}
Am starting to feel overcome by a familiar, dark, oppressive feeling. Fairly certain it is the onset of a depression, but at this time I am reluctant to label it as such. For the most part I feel haunted by a perpetual hopelessness. Feeling emotionally numb. Am not sure what to do.

_{(August 17th)}
Diane, I never thought I would say this without hesitation, but at this point in time I would like to go home. While my life there is significantly grayer and I would greatly miss my both pokémon and some of the people I have met in this world, I can't help but feel like I would have a lot less to lose. It is a much rarer event back home for people to disappear without warning.

Believe the last thing I said to Applejack was "talk to you later."

_{(August 18th)}
Diane ... I am finding it increasingly difficult to find some kind of peace in Johto. Ecruteak is doing little to distract me from these thoughts. Think I will try to find France.

[Private audio to France:] France, it's Cooper. Are you still in Ecruteak?
_{[He sounds sort of tired, but otherwise carefully neutral.]}

[Action:] _{[You can run into him anywhere in Ecruteak, where he'll be spending time walking practically every street, looking a little closed off. Unless you find him by night - he'll be near the lake, looking at the half moon.]}

[Audio, broadcasted to the network; nighttime:] All things considered, it wasn't too long ago people believed you would go crazy if the moon shone on you while you slept.
<sub>[Enjoy that little bit of information, Johto.]



(ooc: BACKDATED to thursday the 18th.)</sub>

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[audio]

[primaduelerina.livejournal.com]

There's always the good and the bad to contend with, after all.

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

Ain't that the truth.

[audio]

[primaduelerina.livejournal.com]

Then I should work at preparing myself to handle the bad efficiently.

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

At the end of the day that's really all we can do.

[audio]

[primaduelerina.livejournal.com]

No matter the age or task.

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

You got it.

[audio]

[primaduelerina.livejournal.com]

... May I ask what brought on the original topic?

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

Looking at the moon ... feeling a little out of sorts. The combination ties in nicely to that old belief.

[audio]

[primaduelerina.livejournal.com]

I see... I've felt that way myself, lately.

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

Why's that?

[audio]

[primaduelerina.livejournal.com]

... Homesickness, presumably.

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

You're definitely not alone in that department.

[audio]

[primaduelerina.livejournal.com]

How long have you been here?

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

Just about ten months. You?

[audio]

[primaduelerina.livejournal.com]

Just over a year.

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

You must have been one of the first, huh?

[audio]

[primaduelerina.livejournal.com]

There were a lot of people when I arrived, so I wonder about that.

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

Missing home?

[audio]

[primaduelerina.livejournal.com]

I was leaving to study abroad in America, so either way, I would have been away from it.

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

_{[That's still different - then she could have chosen to come back. Very small smild, voice mild:]} What are you studying?

[audio]

[primaduelerina.livejournal.com]

Everything. [ ruefully. ] I'm interested in becoming a teacher.

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

That teaches everything?

[audio]

[primaduelerina.livejournal.com]

Isn't it better to be well-versed in a wide variety of subjects?

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

It might. But it sounds exhausting.

[audio]

[primaduelerina.livejournal.com]

It's going to be hard work, but if I'll grow from it, I'm sure it's worth it.