It keeps happening

[forcegalactic]

[After that horror show of an execution, Mordecai is still restless from the investigation and trial. He has too much pent-up energy, and plenty of others are sure to be upset, too. Ashley was loved by nearly all of them, the trial was mentally draining, and that execution was crueler than it should have been.

Two hours after everyone has returned to their rooms, they'll find a note slipped under their doors.]

We can't go on with empty stomachs. There's food in the kitchen, and the dining room is always open if you need someone to talk to.

Please keep anything outside of eating and civilized conversation away from the dining hall. That room is meant to be a peaceful place for those of us that need it.

-Mordecai Benmont Jiminy

[Today, there's cream of tomato soup warming up on the stove with a set of bowls besides it. It's a more mindless dish to prepare than mashed potatoes, as much as Mordecai wants to vent his frustrations on the potatoes.

He decides to follow Cabanela's tradition and lights one more candle, and after some consideration, lights a sixth. Let those who cared about either girl pay their respects.]

Comments

[oftheland]

Something like that.

...and... no. A gym is something I actually left behind that one time... really, it's more going off into the wilderness and surviving for a while to toughen up. Of course, catching a few new Pokemon helps, too.

[forcegalactic]

I thought that was the point of gyms: to toughen up without havin' to go out to the wilderness.

[Giovanni has some weird hobbies...]

That's quite a bit of free time you have on your hands. What do you even do for work? Sit at a desk and manage a huge company for a few hours a week? [Goddamn wealthy Earth people.]

[oftheland]

Well... you technically train there, but they're honestly more like... Trainers go to Pokemon gyms to face off against the gym's leader, and if they win, they get a badge that will give them some slight advantages and will allow them to compete in the Pokemon League if they get all eight of them.

Actually, I tend to do a lot of fieldwork just because I like it. Mostly, I'm managing things, but I don't really like working in an office that much. I'd rather be out doing something constructive.