legendscall_testing | Florian | Tales of the Abyss

Florian | Tales of the Abyss

Florian blinked a few times to adjust his vision to the sight before him. Rising off the soft sandy ground--hm? That was…not a hand…but something soft...a paw? Even more, everything looked much taller and higher than usual, unless he had gotten shorter. He looked around, there was no one besides himself and stifled the creeping loneliness itching at the back of his mind. The brightening sun warmed his fur as he wobbled to get adjusted to his newly acquired limbs. Wading slowly over the edges of the calm waves, he peered down at the unfamiliar furry face staring back at him...it was cute and so fluffy-looking!

It didn't take long for his lonesomeness to dissipate and he grew hopeful, this was exciting! It would take some time to get used to this new body but it felt as if he'd been whisked on an adventure, a place waiting for him to make all kinds of wonderful discoveries and learn new things! Was this a reward after being closed up for so long? Florian was rather enjoying himself now, running about and circling a spot in the beach sand a few times and rushing to splash around in the water making sure not to go in too far lest get washed away yet again.

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Confused, Florian tilted his head to the side a little. Had he done something wrong?

"I thought I only fell asleep but…that can't be since there wasn't any water and the ground didn't look like this before." he lifted a paw, shaking the excess off and lowering it again. What did you call this substance? It couldn't have been dirt but it hadn't been solid either.

He looked up at Ion once more, maybe this pokemon was a familiar resident of here…? But for that matter, where was here anyway? The thought lingered quietly in the back of his mind.

Ion gave him a reassuring smile. Though Florian's answer almost confirmed things. "Where were you when you fell asleep?" he asked, carefully sliding off of his perch to be closer to the other Eeevee.

Had he never been to the ocean before?

The only view of one he could recall of one was simply out of a window or from a distance. Still, it wasn't enough to satisfy his curiosity.

"A li..brary, I think. Yes! There were lots of books everywhere! But there were so many, I was feeling tired." he excitedly tailed wagged again and met the smile equally, being much more relaxed now that he could see this pokemon didn't seem to have an intention to hurt him.

"Okay, just one more question for now." Without thinking, Ion sat to scratch an itch with a hind foot. "Were you a human before you fell asleep?"

"Human?" he laughed. "I did have feet but they didn't look like this, and I could run around too! Is that what you mean?" he asked curiously, unsure if he'd answered properly or if that may have been too vague.

No that didn't help much at all, but it meant Florian was something else originally. "Can you tell me what you used to look like?"

He had to think it over, how would he explain that?

"I…it was green…my hair and eyes…" he nodded, he was positive about that much! "Yes, that was it! I got to wear a white robe as well…with stockings and something for my head, I don't remember what it was but…why do you ask?" he had no problem with how he looked now, but he was concerned if the other Eevee had a reason for asking him this.

That description...he couldn't really be...

With one paw, he held up the necklace he wore. If this person came from where he thought then... "Have you seen this shape before?" he asked.

At the very sight of the familiar necklace, he nodded and his tail wagged rapidly. "Yes! I wore one exactly the same!" but now he was very surprised, "How did you get one too?" he didn't know about Ion so there was no way he could have been able to realize.

He was...another replica of the original Ion. But he seemed to have been pretty uneducated. Ion definitely couldn't leave him alone here.

"I have one because we come from the same place," he said, hoping that would be enough for now.

The same place? That was surprising to hear, he didn't understand it all but no matter. Florian had already taken a liking to this new Pokemon and it was certainly a good way to start off in a foreign area.

"Really? I never had the chance to meet you before. What is your name?"

Ion could tell Florian was good and his innocence was endearing. He found...that he wanted to protect him, knowing who he was and why he was that way.

"My name is Ion. What's yours?"

"Florian! It's the name I was given, and its very special to me. Do you have something important to you as well?" he smiled proudly, stretching his paws into the sand, rolling onto his back and playfully pawing at the necklace dangling around the fellow Eevee's neck.

"It's nice to meet you Florian." Innocent One. It was a fitting name for the replica. "I have memories of my most precious friends."

It was the exact idea in mind when naming him.

"Memories?" he looked up at the other. "That sounds nice. I want to have memories of my own." It was a pleasant thing to think about, even if he didn't fully know what they were. But...this meeting could be his first.

I think you already have at least one. And you'll have more every day."

That made him hopeful, and he smiled.

"I want to, it would make me feel very happy."

Giving him a smile, Ion nodded. "Come with me."

He was just about to ask where they were going, but didn't feel at all unsure and easily decided to comply with the request, shaking off the sand and moving to step beside him.

Leading him along the beach until they could move onto the path leading north, Ion wasn't completely aware of how his tail was slowly wagging.

"I'm going to show you where I'm staying for now. Maybe you can stay there too."

His ears perked up, "Stay with me! I don't want to be alone." he pouted a little at the thought, very much preferring the company of others rather than being left on his own.

"I wasn't going to leave you," Ion assured him gently. "Even if we don't share the same room-" which he would try to get permission for them to share a room "-we will be on the same the same side of the same level in this guild. You won't be alone, I promise."

"Thank you. i'm very happy you don't mind." That made him feel a lot better, even if it was just a hopeful thought for the moment it was more reassuring than Ion completely turning it down.

Florian was content. He could trust this pokemon, he didn't know much more than that for now, but it was plenty better than being looked at funny the way he used to.

"There's really no reason for me to mind,," Ion said in response. It wouldn't have surprised him that Florian sometimes received odd looks, because he had his suspicions that he'd appeared after his death.

"Florian, do you know Anise?"

The smallest mention of the all too familiar name earns Ion a widely cheery smile, accompanied by several nods of his head and his tail is wagging excitedly again.

"Yes! Anise was my very first friend! I miss her. She's nice to me and we even got to play together! Have you met her as well?"

"Yes, she was my first friend too."

That was reassuring, knowing that Florian had had Anise. She was a good friend and wouldn't have let anything happen to him.

Yes. It was because of her he didn't feel like a complete outcast, but how was he supposed to know his appearance was strikingly that of someone else? No one bothered to tell him that much.

"Oh, I wish she were with us, then we could all play together! But its okay as long as Ion is here." He had someone to make it feel safe for him, and in turn he would do his best to do the same.

"It's possible that whatever brught us here could bring her s well."

Now for the next problem...getting Florian up those cliff steps. Walking over to them, he looked back at the other Eevee.

Yes, that sounded like something he could be hopeful for.

He didn't know what Ion was thinking, which might be obvious by him tilting his head in wonder when they stopped.

"Is something wrong?"

"Can you make it up the steps okay?"

Florian gazed up at the path of the steep steps, that would be quite a climb. But it was bound to be worth it, right? What would be at the top?

In all his exuberance, he nodded at Ion before taking it upon himself to attempt the first step, struggling a bit to get his small paws to help him crawl up the rocky surface. But his childlike determination managed to get him onto the first step.

That was one accomplished, and now he glanced down to wait for Ion to take his turn.

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