[closed] you're not the hero. you never were

[loopsiedaisy]

Who: Siffrin(?), Siffrin, and Odile
What: What happened when the Siffrins simply got spirited away from the network
Where: The woods! Just barely into the Northern Forest.
When: Backdated to early October
Warnings: SPOILERS, and the usual

[In the woods approximately five minutes away from the Canopy (because that's how close they got back to town before they got wound down), there is: a Shinx. They're fidgeting, claws extending and retracting, puncturing fallen leaves; it's still very tempting to just run. But. At this point. They are pretty sure it is far too late.]

[They can hear footsteps, distantly: the measured steps of a Weavile that already feel familiar again, even after barely more than a week, with a certain sort of restrained frustration. More rapid than usual. The anxious, light scamper of a Meowth, only audible because they know to listen for it. They can't quite tell who's going to get to them first.]

[Either way, whenever someone does show up, they immediately straighten up, still their paws, and scrunch up their eyes in a forced smile. Their mouth... doesn't match. There's just enough of a grin that it doesn't look like a natural cat expression, but it's still very faint, like they've forgotten that they need to put effort into that part of their face too.]

[It's self-defense. It's this expression or look terrified.]

Comments

[paperceptive]

Odile doesn't run. She's faster in this body, but she doesn't believe she's actually gotten any younger. Besides, it's much too far - when she shows up and only sees one Siffrin, she assumes the other may have just run off.

"Here you are," she grouses as she approaches. One paw rests on the bag she's been using for her new notebook, and her long sharp claws drum nervously against the fabric. It's not a subtle gesture from a Weavile. She's not sure if this is better or worse. This is the Siffrin she's spent longer with, here, the one she assumed was Siffrin from the start. But the way the other one spoke...she's already a bit in confidence with them, even if she'd agreed to keep them secret for a little while. They...also do seem to be Siffrin.

What does that even mean? She can guess it's loop-related. What else could it be? Can she trust them both?

"Would you like to wait for the other one?" is what she ends up asking, unconsciously emanating a faint air of chill.