Charon and Rotom? A peculiar pair, certainly, and yet the journals in Platinum led me to wonder if they still remained in contact during the events of the game. Thus, this ficlet was born.
I'm bored. There's nothing to do without you here. I used to play with the other ghosts, but they're not fun anymore. They're boring.
But you're not. You're fun! Even if you've gotten older. Even if you can't play as much. Even if you have always have to do your "experiments", whatever those are. Even if you have to go away sometimes...
It gets really boring when you're not here. But it's okay. Because you always come back. And then we can play, and it's like you never left.
You always come back, so it's okay when you leave.
I haven't seen you in a long time. And you never let me go with you when you leave. I want to see what you do and where you go! I want to know what an "experiment" is! It must be really fun if you do them all the time. Maybe I'll ask you when you come back again.
Huh? Footsteps! Someone's here! Who is it? Is it you? I hope so!
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It's you! It's you! You're back! I'm so happy I could explode! But I won't do that. Exploding hurts you. I don't want to hurt you. I want you to be happy. I'm happy when you're happy! So I won't explode!
Huh? Something's wrong. You don't look happy. What's wrong?
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The "opportunity has at last arisen"? You're going away to "Stark Mountain"? You need to "extort that which is paramount for the final portion of these grand schemes"?
What does that mean? What's "Stark Mountain"? What's an "opportunity"? Why do you need to go away again? Can I go with you?
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I can't go with you?
Why? I want to go with you this time!
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It won't be for long? You'll be back soon? We'll be able to play all we want when you get back?
Then that's okay! I'll wait here again. I can wait here while you go to "Stark Mountain" and do what you need to do. I'll even cheer for you! I'll cheer so loud you'll hear me anywhere! You're my friend! I'll cheer for you no matter what!
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I don't like seeing you leave. It makes me feel sad. It makes me feel scared. It makes me feel like I'll never see you again. I don't want that to happen.
But it doesn't happen. You leave and I wait, you come back and we play again. That's what happens. Nothing to be scared of!
You always come back, so it's okay when you leave.