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[anelegantmyth]

I like to think that I've endangered myself enough for one lifetime. This world's taken enough years off my life, that I just want to go home and settle down. Maybe look for a nice place to rest and not worry about the world. "A champion's work is never done." A friend told me that, the day I was crowned the new champion of Sinnoh. Back then I didn't really understand what that meant. But thinking back, once this is all over for me, I'll have to go home and do everything all over again. Life endangerment, collecting treasure, adventure. Except, I'd also have to think of Sinnoh and how one decision would affect my people.

Maybe I'm not cut out to be a champion anymore. I like the freedom of being a pirate. But does that make me a bad champion of the people, or just a really lazy one? I don't even know anymore.

Yo ho, yo ho a pirate's life for me... ♪

Comments

[Written]

[thetruehistorian]

What made you want to become a champion of Sinnoh in the first place?

written;

[anelegantmyth]

The same reason as most, I think. We start of at a very young age. We dream about being the best and we work hard towards it. At some point, we begin to see the world in a different light, and some of us decide we want to use that power to protect it. I was still a young girl when I got my title. First female too, if you'd believe it. I wanted to protect Sinnoh. Just like Lance wanted to prtect Johto and Steven wanted to protect Hoenn. But that turned into my entire life.

written;

[thetruehistorian]

Protect it against what? Are there other nations which threaten your home?

[anelegantmyth]

You see, my job is to maintain the peace between people and pokemon. Which is, surprisingly, more time consuming than one would think. Dealing with just about everything some pokemon with migraines, all the way up to defeating megalomaniacs who plan on destroying the world as we know it.

And yes, that's a thing back home. It's not even a one time thing. Each region has it's own crazy organization.

Voice

[fierybluebird]

What do you have to do as champion that you don't get to be free, yoi?

voice;

[anelegantmyth]

Tell me, do you know what it's like to be a parent?

voice;

[fierybluebird]

It's unfortunately familiar, aye.

So a sort of mixed burden and responsibility, eh? I have the same thing I'm running from in my world.

[anelegantmyth]

But I'm not running away! At least...I don't think so. Running would imply that I'm scared of returning to my old life. I'm not. What I'm scared of is leaving here and forgetting everyone I've come to know and love.

I went home once. For a month, I completely forgot about everyone and everything here. I'm not ready for that yet.

[fierybluebird]

Fair enough.

I only meant I'm running from it because...

Mah, well, it's a long story. But tell me of being a champion, yoi. Is it lonely as well?

[anelegantmyth]

I was the first female to get the title. It was a big thing, sure. Bit the life of a champion is the purest definition of decidation. I spent nearly my entire childhood training and getting stronger. Watching pokemon, learning what makes them tick. Then I fought in the league and gained my spot as an elite. My teenage years. It took a while, but I trained hard and eventually I was champion.

I can't say I was lonely. I had my pokemon, and elites that I loved like family. But coming here...I was free to do anything. To be as immature and as irresponsible as I wanted. And my crew...they didn't know me as a champion. They know me as Cynthia. That annoying nag who holds all our money, and I really liked that kind of freedom.

[fierybluebird]

[Hums quietly.] I suppose that makes sense. I found it more annoying than not to be unrecognized again. Thatch, I think was less fazed about not having the recognition or bounty, but he's younger than I am. For one such as I, it feels like being stuck in a wheel that has turned to go around in yet another cycle, eh?

But there is a certain freedom to not worrying about the wars and islands my Pops protected, yoi.

[anelegantmyth]

A few years back, I had to deal with a family friend who turned out to be a power hungry megalomaniac who wanted to create a new world by literally destroying mine and starting over. Worst part is, that's not even the weirdest thing to happen in the history of league champions. Every year there's something.

1/2

[fierybluebird]

Ah... That sounds... familiar, shall we say?

Except less starting over, and more decimating what was once helped to make secure by him for the sake of power. Power-lust is a powerful thing, eh?

[Private] 2/2

[fierybluebird]

Actually it goes deeper than that. He was our brother. Same as Thatch and the others. He stood by my side to help free Fishman Island. He was there every time I got pissed off at Shanks. But he stabbed Thatch in the back for the power of darkness, and used it to kill our father. He even still had to gall to call him that. After everything he'd done, after all the pain, all his plans...

And Pops' final order to me was to make sure I didn't die trying to get revenge, but make sure my brothers live happily and freely as long as I can.

That's why I do this. All of it.

I'd give my life in a heartbeat to take his, but it's not enough. He's not our only enemy, and only by pausing my time back in our world can I prolong Thatch's time with me. I don't know what else to do, really.

[anelegantmyth]

I lost Cyrus to another dimension.

[fierybluebird]

Ah? What do you mean?

[Because gee, that might be exactly what he's worried about happening oops.]

[anelegantmyth]

Back home, that man who wanted to change the world? His name was Cyrus. He made such a good name for himself building research centers and libraries to further study the legends of my region. He turned out to be crazy. Cyrus started capturing legendary creatures and trying to harness their powers to force them into making a new world by destroying mine.

Another pokemon, a dimension hopper, came out to intervene. Attracted by the idea of another world to call his own, Cyrus went for it. The dimension hopper wasn't happy about it though. We managed to appease it. But...I never got to save Cyrus from that other world. I don't know if he's dead or just trapped. But, as evil as he was, he didn't deserve it.