[center][b]Lost in Translation[/b]

[i][url=open.spotify.com/track/5TUZhrb8UaaA76NhzZax2Z]I've been getting lost in translation
Trouble keeping up communication
We were having fun, now I can't wait to be done
It feels like I'm the only one that's sick of playing[/url][/i][/center]

Kairi stood very surprised that I had asked for the cigarette.[b] "I confess that I usually don't smoke. Only under stressful circumstances."[/b] I clarified. [b]"What's this about us traveling together? André hadn't mentioned any of this in the letter he sent to me. And it's all so odd. I feel like I don't recognize half of the people who are here and to make matters worse, Regis is hiding and there's no Matt's sign."[/b]


I took a deep drag and handed the cigarette back to Kairi who looked just as misplaced as I was. From a distance, I could still hear Grace rant in countless technical terms about Pokémon. I knew them too, having grown up in a home for scientists, but I felt that not even my parents used such language daily.

Unlike me, Bullet seemed to fit in easily, especially with the equally curious Vertex. The two Pokémon floated in an equally intrinsic and chaotic dance. They reminded me of when we were kids. It was natural for us to have fun without trying. But just understanding that new configuration of personalities that had gathered here was already difficult. Before everyone arrived I was afraid I wouldn't know who they had become. Now it bothered me to see that maybe we weren't compatible anymore.


[b]"And you li'l blondie,"[/b] I said to Kairi remembering how much it used to piss her off when we were little. [b]"What do you think of André's proposal?" [/b]

[center]With: Kairi [@xXSINXx][/center]