Innocencia at Maturite (Innocence and maturity)
Summary: This is a Tie-in prequel story with The Fantasy of Reality through the eyes of Remy Anima. After fleeing from his homeland, he began dreaming about his lonely past from the echoes of his mind. Until, upon meeting the pokemon to their world, it rekindled his shattered soul back to life.
Prologue: Night of Mourning.
Visions.
Visions as to how he escaped Philippines after his countrymen nearly ended his life. Or worse, what would have brought him to insanity and lose the meaning of his purpose.
It was evening over the ship. Until my recently found companion, Oscar Ranui, knocked on the door.
"Come in." I said.
He was a modest and honest man. I found him on the store before because he found one of my released books, "Fading delinquent". Indeed, it shows here the sorrowful life I had in my homeland. I don't consider it home anymore by now if your own countrymen will mistreat you for many years. I rarely had any happiness in life that came from my old family. Even they cared for me, they never gave and teach me the right way on what it means to living life to the fullest. To add salt to the readers, I placed there personal tastes about the dark truth about my homeland and how it brought me to this sorrowful life.
"Remy. I know how much you had to do not just with my working place but also rebuilding your fallen life. You can have a bit of this coffee." He said.
"Thanks." I said as he left.
Indeed, I am a writer. Oscar came from New Zealand and somehow my books reached that country. He's an old man of his 40s. He went to my country because he needed writers for his business. But still, I remember what he said 2 nights ago. Along with the final discussions from my old family.
"I'm tired. Tired of being a slave to the demands and unfair criticisms of the Philippines. If only, I can leave Philippines … leave my old life … find someone who will accept … me … for being myself." I was in the hospital bed at the time speaking to .
"After … uhh … reading about your story book … and hearing your confession, … you remind me of my longtime friend back then. When I saw you for the first time, I sensed something not the potential for something great. But … someone who suffered through the battle against one's cultural identity. You looked like someone whose gift got tarnished. Perhaps, you could work with me in New Zealand. You seemed old enough for basic responsibilities too." He gave me that night a sense of hope. I decided not to let it get to waste after reading the letters that I got from my parents on how ashamed are they for who I am despite that they care for my safety. They said to me before the only way for me to live and survive this place would be living like a normal Filipino child. But I ignored that since I wanted to be the one carving out my destiny, something that I only learned from pokemon.
"Mr. Oscar Ranui, I accept the offer to work with you in New Zealand." Thus, I finally dropped my last name. Leaving with only the name Remy. With his help, he helped me escape the place through unexpected ways. One of the steps would be a decoy playing my untimely death during my journey. Then, we sailed through a private boat as I changed my looks. And importantly, the decoy of my dead self, carried my final message not only to my family but the entire nation as well.
Dear Philippines,
After learning the painful truth about the corruption of your society, I came to realize what you guys are truly made of. A bag of slave mongers. And you know what, here's how I see Philippines in General. YOU FILIPINOS ARE AN ETERNAL DISGRACE!
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Now, I'm holding on to my 5 year old Nintendo DSlite while I play my black version as a recent release. So far, I was at route 16, deciding on the nickname for my very first Minccino. I find her very cute and innocent. It seems her art looks so approachable. Until I gave her a name.
Cinna Mint.
After saving my file, I said to the little screen where I checked her stats, "I'll get to know more about you tomorrow little girl.".
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Little did I know that it will be more than just knowing her.