charcoalfeather | second feather- [Video]

[....Boy, it's a bit early to be making a video, isn't it? But it would seem someone's set on it, the way the feed settles on the open window of a room before it's turned around to show... Rakka. She seems rather awake, despite the early hours, peering down at her gear with those big eyes.]

Look at this.

[Quiet voice, Rakka. A simple thing to ask before she moves the screen again, jostling it but actually making it clear that they're going to the window and the gear is heading riiiight through it.

Outside the window was Violet city, obviously quiet and dark at this hour, though not so much now as it used to be. The street lamps provide decent illumination, but that's not what Rakka wanted the gear to see as she turns the gear around so it's facing upwards. Pointed into the dark night sky, you get an impressive view at the expanse of twinkling stars up there.]

They're beautiful, right? ...But at the same time they also seem strange. The stars here remind me of the ones back home. I was wondering if any of them are the same, or if I would even be able to tell. [Off-screen, Rakka breaths a quiet sigh.] Maybe not...

[She pulls the screen back into view of her again.] At least I'm getting used to this world now. It's been... [yaaawn] easier then before... Huh?

[Now is the perfect time for a couple of sleepy Doduo heads to poke their heads into the frame and seek attention via tenderly and repeatedly nudging their trainer. Absolutely. It helps sleep-deprived Rakka notice them.]

H-hey, what's wrong? I'm not doing anything...! [Wait, unless she... oops. Whisper time should still be in effect uuhhh] I'll go to bed soon, really...

[And the feed is cut there. Pleasant dreams, Route.]

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[The night sky here really is beautiful. All the lights back home make them hard to see, and Yachi's never had the opportunity to lie down off the side of the road and stare up at the stars twinkling between the canopy of trees like right now, too uneasy to sleep properly when she should be ready to leap out of her sleeping bag at a moment's notice of wild Pokemon calls. She turns around, leaning on her elbows as the video feed switches off, then types in a message for Rakka to read when she wants.]

There are an infinite number of stars in the sky. I'm sure some of them are the same as yours, and one of them may even be the same sun as back home. Thinking that makes me feel less alone.

[How many times had Rakka had the opportunity to do that? Watching the stars was one of the highlights of her trip, despite the less then stellar conditions. But it's better now, nicer. Warmer.

She didn't expect to have so many people answering her. Do you people not sleep too?]

It helps me too. I know that time seems to stop back home when you're here... but it still helps when I know they're looking at the same sky as me. That way we're still connected.

[It's hard to sleep a week into a new place that isn't her own bed. Doubly hard when it's outdoors in the darkness without the luxury of street lamps. And triply when you've got a Totodile lying by your side with jaws of sharp teeth softly opening and closing while he sleeps, trying to trust each other more but not yet at 100% sure he won't have a midnight snack.]

Is that true? If I never get home, they're stuck like that forever?

[Lucky that Rakka had finally found a place where she could sleep in a real bed, and not underneath a tree with a fluffy espurr for a pillow. It was the simple pleasures in life that still found some enjoyment with Rakka. She hadn't had to worry about any of her pokemon plotting to eat her yet.]

Uh well
I don't know, it's never happened to me yet.
but if you go home, I think time starts again?

Oh. I hope I can get home soon anyways. I know people at home who have something important they're working towards, so I don't want time to be frozen for them forever because I'm here.

I heard in your video. It sounds like you miss home too?

uh yeah I guess I do.

I mean, there's no way I couldn't. My home is really nice, and I finally got used to everything. There was just going to be some big news too! I was on my way to let my friends know about it.

Big news sounds exciting! It's hard keeping something like that to yourself for so long without getting to tell them!! I bet they're all dying to know too!

Yeah!

but uh
I guess if time isn't working there right now, then they can't be really excited.

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