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[Robin the Emolga is currently perching on Jake's shoulder, nuzzling his face and pretty much begging her Trainer for attention. He's smiling a little sheepishly, showing his new Hive Badge for a few seconds before putting it away to give Robin some well-deserved ear scritches.]

Gosh, I feel awful for Bugsy. It was the easiest badge I've gotten so far, which likely wouldn't have been the case if I'd been going linear! While effective, it might have been going too far using the Pokemon that were in their early to mid 70's! And now I think I'm ready for Whitney's Miltank without encountering too much trouble with it.

[Nothing survives Perish Song when that counter reaches zero.]

[Filtered to Jane; Text]

Jane?
Um.
First off let me apologize for...a number of things.
And then ill get to the point of this text.
Sound fair?

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[Action for Dirk]

[And now he's off to see ~~the Wizard~~ Dirk because talking needs to happen. At least, talking needs to start. He knows he can't put this off any longer, as much as he wants to put it off for-fucking-ever.

Feelings suck sometimes.]

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It sounds just fine.
Do you want to meet up later to talk?
Sorry,
I took a mosey out to the woods this morning.

Not a problem!
Erm yes if thats not too much of a bother.
Where and when?

I can easily be back within the hour.
We could go out to the Slowpoke Well,
since it's not really easy to get away from people
in this tiny town.

[No we are not going into someones room for this talk nope]

Thats certainly true.
I havent seen slowpoke well either now that i think of it!
Shall i wait for you at the pokecenter?

[Nope nope avoid the awkward]

You're honestly not missing anything there
hoohoo!
Just lots of Slowpoke,
the same as the ones all over town.

Sure,
I'll see you soon.

Itd still be fun to see just once!

See you then!

[And he'll be waiting outside the Pokemon Center about five minutes early. Nope, this is something that can't be delayed, as nervous (read: terrified) as he is about broaching the subject.]

[Just like she said, it's within an hour when Jane comes to the center, seated on James' back and idly combing knots out of his fur. Giving Jake a smile when the Sawsbuck comes to a stop, she hops down from her seat and dusts her lap free of stray fur.

Nervous?

Oh but matters of the heart.] Hey Jake.

Hullo, Jane!

[He grins at her, cheerful and maybe a touch of it's forced, but that's all fine. Everything's fine fine fine.]

Shall we head over?

[The back of her mind notices that little bit of a force in the smile, but Jane ignores it and only smiles back, returning her Pokemon.] Mhm! Let's go.

Great! Tally ho, then!

[And he's going to enthusiastically lead Jane over to the Slowpoke Well. Jane probably saves him from taking wrong turns along the way. ~~Jake jeez.~~

When they finally get there, Jake's quiet for a few seconds before facing her and taking a deep breath.]

Okay, I need to get apologies out of the way first. Because...well, I think I owe you quite a few at this point.

[Why is this so hard?]

I'm...really, really sorry for not realizing your feelings toward me. Back home, I actually had a discussion with you about it, and I was lead to believe that it was purely platonic between us. Now, of course, I know otherwise and...and I apologize for being completely dense about the whole thing. I also apologize for putting this talk off for as long as I have.

[He sighs.]

So...sorry. Again. I'm an idiot and a coward. Sorry.

[She's had all of two seconds to have a seat at the edge of the well before Jake started, and Jane had to make an attempt not to herpaderp and wear her feelings all over her face. Biting her lip and shaking her head, she tried to offer a smile again.]

No, no, I think I need to be the one to apologize honestly. I.. well I don't know what I said in that discussion, but I'd certainly been keeping it to myself for a while. It's my fault that this talk took so long to happen, at least ours, because I went and ran off.

[Reaching up, she cautiously catches his hand and gives a reassuring squeeze.] It's okay though, so you don't need to apologize anymore, alright? You're no idiot or coward.

[He sighs in relief and relaxes a little bit.]

I just feel like I should've known before things got to that point, you know?

[The hand holding surprises Jake, but he thinks it's neutral enough and squeezes back.]

Well, then, there's another matter I should talk about. Erm, on the topic of romance...how do I put this...?

[Feels are hard and he's not even sure how to articulate them in a way that makes sense.]

Um...I really, really like and care about you and Dirk both. You're both very important to me and I admire a lot of things about you two! It's just....

[He takes a breath.]

It's cowardly, I know that much, but I just...I can't hurt either of you by just choosing one of you over the other. But I do recognize that if I don't, then I just hurt you both even more, and I'm at a loss for what to do about this. And I probably should have said something sooner, but now that all three of us are in one town again...well, I figured it was as good a time as any, right?

[Jake sighs again.]

It's like I can't apologize to you two enough.

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[Biting her lip, Jane really can't help the mild disappointment from showing on her face, but she's easily nodding in understanding; of course Dirk likes Jake too, of course Jake has other people to choose from dating wise, of course of course ughghhh god damn his charming ways when it gives him more suitors to look at for a moment, Jane wonders how the hell she's even in that list.

Oh right, because she went and tried to snog him at Christmas. Way to go self!

She squeezes his hand again though, then scoots aside with a gesture for him to sit down.]

I... well, it's not cowardly, you really just can't.. decide. [Thinking, turning her attention down to her shoes, she spoke quieter.] I guess the only advice I can give is that you definitely need to go with your heart.

[He sits down gratefully and sighs.]

It was cowardly to actively put it off like that. And I don't know where my heart's even going. I mean...Jane, the last thing I want to do to either of you is lead you on if I'm not positive on my feelings!

[Selfishly, at least in her opinion, she keeps holding his hand even when he has a seat.] You aren't. You're being honest right now in saying you aren't sure, so you most certainly aren't leading me on to.. to anything.

[Giving a quiet smile, she leans and sets her head against his shoulder, dropping her eyes down to their hands.] It's enough to know I'm important to you.

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