fonic_sight | fourth mystic arte • {video}

[This is Jade. Jade is, surprisingly enough, in a hospital gown, looking uncharacteristically displeased with his current predicament. However, he is here to report on his findings, and report he shall.]

So a recent experiment has led me to the conclusion that one, indeed, does not perish upon mortal injury on this planet. Much like the creatures themselves, the humans and other inhabitants have inherited this similar ability... However, I've been assured that breaking of bones and other injuries do not have those same qualities to be healed with a potion or healing arte, much to anyone's dismay...

[So he didn't break his arm, at least. But that leads him into a small sigh, straightening a little in the bed. Honestly, he's sure he's fine now but he's too comfortable to get up.]

With that out of the way, I've noticed that a certain red-headed troublemaker by the name of Luke fon Fabre does not seem to be with us anymore. It's for the better, honestly, seeing as he was a little... unique. ['Special snowflake', is more like it, but Jade's being as close to nice as he can get for someone who just died. He shrugs his shoulders lightly, a small smile on his face. Secretly, he is glad Luke has returned home, but it is very secret.]

Unfortunately, not much else to report. I think I shall conclude here.

[Private to Dist]
Also, Saphir, when you're available, you wouldn't mind making a run to the library in this city, would you? Seeing as you've been here so long to become a Goldenrod expert, I'll need a bit of assistance. [Also known as 'come visit me, bring me a book, Jade is bored'.]

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That chance was actually rather slim. Judging by the normalcy this world has, the lack of death was a constant. The chance of a permanent death here didn't seem like much of a concern.

[He thinks for a moment.]

Oddly enough, it wasn't nearly as bizarre as I had speculated it could be. The twenty-four hours I was gone, I had somehow been transported to a Pokémon Center with nearly no recollection of the time between the death and my reawakening. In short - I merely missed one entire day. Peculiar, isn't it?

Oh... nothing. No need to concern yourself with the follies of an old man.

Indeed, he did. He was actually pleasant company. Consider it a positive correlation between age and wisdom. The Luke we encountered here was just young, young and naive.

I... guess you can say that.

[He's iffy on that 'friend' part due to who he encountered here.]

Intriguing. Though I can't say it isn't to be expected.

[Just shaking his head here.]

I'll be waiting. Do take care of those sniffles before you brave the weather heading over here. The last thing you need is to make those permanent.

[At about a half an hour to the minute, Dist appears in the doorway of Jade's room. Without saying a word, he gently places the armful of books he brought with on the bedside table and lets himself sink into one of the chairs in the room.]

The books are about the Pokemon that can be found in this region and in Kanto. Perhaps you will find one or two that catch your interest.

[He sounds somewhat detached, which matches his grim expression. He's still not happy about this at all.]

Though I've always wondered what happened to the Onix. Was it aware that under other circumstances, it would have taken a life? Or did it simply not care?

Hmm... Well, judging by the fact that many wild pokémon tend to attack people and human alike, they may have just mistaken her or another pokémon. I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't have any sort of moralistic repercussions.

Thank you.

[Jade can tell from the moment Dist came in that he's definitely sore about this. Granted, he did show up with a stack of books to which Jade turns his attention first, but he can't mistake that separated tone. Dist is seriously bothered by this.

But, as nonchalant and indifferent to his own causes of self-harm, seeing as Jade has never truly given care to this (especially when one counts his past), Jade just turns his attention to the stack of books, skimming through the titles as he tries to pick one to read first.]

Alright, Saphir. What is it you're holding your tongue over? Unless you'd wish to sit there and look cross all afternoon, then by all means, please continue.

...Perhaps, though I doubt trained Pokémon would have it so easy. Then again, Onix is such a large Pokémon that it may simply have never seen her.

Do not tell me what I don't need to be concerned about! I will be the judge of that! Me! And no one else!

[He finally makes eye contact with Jade, expression strangely blank and conflicted.]

To be perfectly honest, I'm not entirely sure. This shouldn't bother me as much as it does.

[When they were at the academy and Jade put his life on the line to create a replica of the professor, Dist had absolutely no qualms with it. Even when Jade got severely injured in the process, Dist cared more about the fact that the replica dissolved.

So why does he feel so angry about what Jade has done now? Is it because there was nothing to be gained from it? Nothing that would benefit the both of them, of course.]

...So I see. Well, at least this place is consistent with its own internal logic, even if it doesn't seem very logical otherwise. A world where death is a minor inconvenience is something you'd expect to be pure fantasy.

[After selecting a book, Jade wiggles it from the middle of the stack and sets it in his lap, though a finger just traces the edge of a cover as he watches Dist. He really does look bothered by it, and that distant look in his eyes is definitely bothering him.]

It shouldn't bother you at all. I'm alive and well, as you can see. And that reduces any concern you need to have at the current moment.

Unless you'd like to witness what I've been through to feel completely assured of your own immortality here? [A joking threat, but one nonetheless. He tears his eyes away and back to the book in his hand, flipping the cover open. But even then, he's not very focused on it.]

That is also a possibility, albeit rather odd. It may have merely been an accident.

Oh, I hadn't meant to offend. I appreciate that you care so much about my well-being.

Precisely. It's peculiar, but intriguing all the same. I now wonder what sort of magic or technology is used in order to create such an immortal state, but... I don't think any of us are bound to discover that one, are we?

Accidentally crushed by a giant snake made of rocks. The situation could hardly have been worse.

What?

I do not care about your well-being!

I don't think it's entirely impossible, but it's unlikely to leave the realm of theory for quite some time. Of course, given that everyone here has the chance to randomly leave someday... well, that makes it more unlikely than anything else.

[Shocked and possibly appalled, Dist glares in Jade's direction. Apparently he's not taking that threat well.]

Jade, I am personally offended that you think that is all I am concerned about right now.

[Let's be real, he'd probably survive it even without the whole "impossible to die here" thing anyway.]

I am far more concerned about the fact that you attempted to take your own life in the first place. Believe it or not, I do not like the possibility that you could have actually died.

[THERE, HE SAID IT. And it took a lot of hesitation to say it.]

[About time. Seems like it only took a bit of provoking to get Dist to sing like a canary. But Jade finally turns his attention fully away from that book and more to the old companion before him.]

So that's it... [He sighed, shaking his head.] The possibility was at zero, Saphir. I returned, as expected. The inquiry was solved, and I'm still right here before you, aren't I?

[He nods solemnly.]

Well, she could have survived through all of the physical trauma of being crushed alive.

But you just admitted to it yourself. Don't tell me you're going back on your word.

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