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 Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:19 pm
Eunmi didn't - even if she felt she was strong enough to fight the man and demand him answer their questions, if not give back Darumi entirely, she couldn't leave Henrietta alone.
"...we will get Darumi back," Eunmi said sternly and to no one in particular, though it might have been directed at Gorm if he was still in ear shot or to Henrietta for support.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:22 pm
A moment of silence passed by the field. Henrietta stared at the ground. If Eunmi moved, she'd drop to her knees, otherwise she'd be leaned back against the other girl for support. Finally, with a sigh, she said, "I'm entering the tournament."
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:24 pm
"To hell you are," Eunmi replied, standing her ground, both literally to keep Henrietta up and ...verbally, I suppose.
"Don't you think you've been beaten up enough the last few days?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:27 pm
"I.... I don't have any other choice! I have to face him, for Darumi!" She took a step forward, supporting herself and she spun to face Eunmi. "This is about more than me. This is about Darumi. I need to help him, to save him." She was gripping her shinai so tightly at the moment then that her knuckles had turned white. She was still shaking from the encounter, from the fear of it. Clearly, she wasn't confident in her own skills.
"I-i have to. Th-there's no one else."
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:30 pm
"I didn't say we were giving up," Eunmi said, pushing Henrietta forward to get off of her, but extending her arm to keep the girl upright.
"I just said you are not fighting," Eunmi replied. "Let's just get to the Pokemon Center, okay?"
The teenager would seem distant and less empathetic than she had been with Henrietta so far. She turned, her hand gripping Henrietta's shoulder/arm/whatever and pulling her back towards the rest stop.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:33 pm
Henrietta's will to fight was already gone thanks to Gorm's flick, so when Eunmi pulled she submissively followed. Her head lowered and she offered no retort, no argument. She didn't have one, she just knew that the only way to get Darumi was in that tournament. In the ring, with Gorm.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:36 pm
"Don't feel so bad," Eunmi said, glancing back, noticing Henrietta's expression.
"I'll enter that tournament, alright? It's not a Pokemon thing, so it should be okay."
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:39 pm
"You don't know martial arts," Henrietta said. She looked at the other girl and then at the ground. "I, at least, know Kendo. I know something about form and movement. You... You'll just get injured. A lot more than I will."
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:47 pm
"Heh," Eunmi stopped short, her arm held back to keep her grip on Henrietta's.
"I never thought I would be a Pokemon trainer, Henrietta," Eunmi said. "But after I couldn't even get into an art school, I didn't have much else to do.
"That doesn't mean the only thing I know how to do is paint or draw," she said solemnly. "I just gave up on a lot of stuff when I couldn't pursue my dream."
She glanced back at Henrietta.
"I may suck at all things Pokemon, but I would rather help you with something I know I can do."
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:50 pm
"I-i can't let you enter."
What was Eunmi saying? She said she didn't know martial arts. She didn't seem to have some frail weak body like Henrietta, who was underweight, but still. It didn't matter how strong Eunmi might be if she didn't know a single thing.
"I won't ruin your day, not anymore, just for me. I-i'm not that important, not to you, w-we just met, s-so let me handle my own problems."
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:56 pm
Eunmi turned around with such speed and an intense glare, Henrietta might fear that the girl would slap her. She was inches from the girl's face.
"I'm entering the tournament," Eunmi growled.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:59 pm
Henriett'as heart picked up instantly, beating rapidly in her chest. The spin caught her off guard and she nearly stumbled back but managed to catch herself, one foot back to brace herself, first.
Faces inches apart, Henrietta found herself looking at Eunmi's eyes, then her lips, then her eyes and she felt the blood rush to her face.
After a second or so she could only whisper out a meek, "y-yes m-ma'am."
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:03 pm
Eunmi didn't say anything else and instead continued to pull Henrietta along for a while in silence. Upon entering Nacrene City, Eunmi stopped again, lifting a hand to her stomach.
"I'm starved," she said, probably inadvertently lightening the mood.
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:05 pm
"M-me too," she said. She needed to head to the laundry mat, too. They'd also have to reserve their rooms at the pokemon center. Top it all off, there was entering the tournament. Needless to say, there was quite a list of things for them to get done before they could rest.
"W-we should go e-eat."
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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:07 pm
"Yeah," Eunmi said, continuing along before stopping yet again.
"I have no idea where we're going," Eunmi admitted.
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