#in the dragon's fire; we will testify; shoulder to shoulder 💥 maki & aedynn (croesow)

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‘ describe the perfect weekend. ’

‘ classical, oldies, punk, hip hop or country? ’

‘ when was the last time you cried? ’

Interview the muse

describe the perfect weekend.

Verse: Pokemon

That's an interesting question. Frankly he never knows what he's going to do day to day, let alone planning an entire weekend.

"I think I'd just like a few days where I see everyone I've met recently at once again, like with the contest." He shrugs, "I don't really mind what we do, if something fun is happening I'd be open to maybe trying it. But I'd like to see Aedynn, Ice, and Leon again throughout this...hypothetical weekend. I think that sounds nice."

classical, oldies, punk, hip hop or country?

He stares blankly like these words are nearly completely foreign to him. He hops down off of his chair and comes back with a cd player and a cd that is absolutely not his, and plays the cd.

"Whatever this is. Ice likes it, I don't know it well. But I think it's good."

when was the last time you cried?

“...Do I have to answer? No? Then I think I’m going to keep that to myself.”

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He’s gaining so many new things to listen to lately. Huh.

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❝ …Here. ❞

Aedynn holds out a box of Halloween-themed treats and candies, some for human consumption and others more tailored towards a pokemon diet. As messy and misshapen and clearly homemade as some of the items are, there's obvious effort that's been put into creating them.

❝ I was getting ready for the holidays, but I made too much. ❞ It's the only explanation Aedynn offers. He chooses not to mention that he'd misread the recipe and accidentally doubled the final quantity. ❝ I remember you said your Delphox likes a certain kind of treat, so... I thought you might want the extras. If they're a picky eater, it could help broaden their tastes. ❞

He pauses.

❝ A-and it's nice and seasonal, right? Even though I don't know if you celebrate Halloween- ❞

An entire new region to look over, and yet Maki was spending a lot of his time in Adreffe with his new friend rather than exploring. It was hard to explain why even, Maki had never easily made connections to other kids around his age but, even without knowing everything Aedynn just understood him. It was even harder for Maki to understand others in return, but so far he hadn't felt that way about the dragon gym leader.

It was odd, but very nice to have a sort of kinship with someone. He was excitedly (in his own Maki way) telling Blaire all about the dragons he'd been seeing while in Aedynn's company. Blaire hadn't seen him yet but apparently they were about to meet, as she spied the boy approaching before Maki did.

When he realized his friend had arrived he was about to greet him until he was given a box. He's surprised and listens carefully, but looking at the cookies even if they're misshapen, they might as well be the best thing in the world to him. He gives his friend a grateful smile before replying. "I've never celebrated it before with anyone, though I always wondered what it was like."

Generally members of Rocket might occasionally do Halloween decorations around the base or show up with costumes, and sometimes someone would give him a piece of candy. But this was only in places where they could be a little unprofessional, most of the time not even a pumpkin was allowed.

He tries one of the cookies meant for humans, and already he loves it. Who needs perfect cookies anyway? Something about this was so much better than that.

"Thanks Aedynn, I really appreciate it."

Blaire decides to give her own input though, reaching in to look over one of the treats geared towards pokemon. She tries it and to a picky Delphox it's not much to write home about, but there is an amount of care that isn't often seen and should be recognized. Not to mention, seeing her trainer so happy over messy cookies... that was quite something to witness as well. Aedynn was clearly thoughtful in this matter, maybe the flavor was starting to grow on her the more she thought about it. She nods approvingly at him, while also going to maybe take a second one.

"Looks like Blaire likes them too," he adds with a laugh. "I couldn't even get her to try a different kind of pokepuff before. Really, thank you."

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Honestly whenever he thinks about the fact he has friends. Even a best friend. He kind of loses it for a second.