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[Jake makes a habit out of cooking breakfast for anyone interested in their travel party. Mostly because he wants to make sure they get at least one good meal before accidentally skipping out on lunch or having dinner at odd hours of the night. It's why he's entering Dirk's room, now, without preamble.]

Dirk! Are you going...to....

[He trails off, frowning. Dirk's not in his room anymore. However, there is something on Dirk's bed and he walks over to investigate.

A strange numbness takes over when Jake sees that it's his boyfriend's sunglasses. Dirk would never leave those here, unless....

He checks his Gear. No. No no no no no. Jake double--no, triple checks it.

Nothing. Only Bro Strider and Dave Strider.

Jake's not sure when or how he got to a secluded part of the island, but he's not caring. The shock wears off when he reaches there, and he can't help feeling angry and bitter and guilty and heartbreaking sorrow crash over him in an unrelentless flood. First it was Roxy. Then it was Jade. Now....

His anger is quickest to run out as he takes it out on the boulders and rock walls until his knuckles are bloody and he can't feel his feet. He sits down and leans against the rock wall, not caring about his injuries, and just gives in to weeping.

Some hours later, he returns to Dirk's old room and takes out his Pokegear. Jake can't stand video or voice at the moment, so text is the best choice.]

Dirk has gone home.
I suppose now i understand what they meant by these things coming in threes.

Im getting contacts in olivine i believe.
I kind of promised dirk i would and at least i wont have to worry about breaking my contacts as much as my glasses.
Er this saying olivine *has* an optometrist i could go to?
Ive not been there since we went straight to cianwood after prom.

[God, don't think about prom, don't think about prom.]

Whomever received dirks pokemon...
Please take good care of them.

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[Hearing from both Striders is truly something Jake appreciates. Not to mention they've lost just as much as Jake has with Dirk's leaving, if not more.

He's about to type up his own response when he sees the next part. He can't help hugging his knees to his chest as he types. Bro and Dirk are very similar, Jake can't deny that. However, he can still see the differences between them, enough of a difference that it doesn't hurt as much as it could've been. At least, not over text. Seeing Bro...that's an entirely different story. Jake doesn't think he could take seeing the extremely familiar face at the moment.]

Thank you bro.
Theyre certainly in capable hands!

Id.
Id like that.
If its not awkward or uncomfortable for you that is.

[Jake looks up at Sollux when he hears him and hastily tries to wipe the tears off his face. They just keep coming, so it's a futile effort, but he tries. He tries to be cheerful, but even the smile feels utterly fake and fragile.]

Hey, Sollux. Sorry, were you going to train here or something? I can move....

Nah.

[He's absolutely failing at sounding casual right now. And as for looking casual? Not even trying.]

I, uh... you split pretty fast, so I wanted to make sure you were. Y'know. Not sick or dead or anything.

[He can't help laughing a bit at that.]

That would certainly save everyone's sanity, I think! Though, Roxy and Jane call me 'J' sometimes, so there's that for me.

[Jake nods at that.]

That's true. Caty hadn't known me all that long, but she's gotten better, I think! ...Okay, she still steals my glasses when I let her out for the night, but she's not terrible. I think Kusanagi has some sort of affection for me, and his Feebas might like me well enough. I'll probably evolve him later on.

[Not that he can blame Dave for that.]

No problem!
If theres one thing i wont forget its these sunglasses.
Im pretty sure id get throttled if i did!

What *is* it with striders and goats?
You realize im going to have to get you a pokemon that bleats right?

I got his bisharp and feebas.
His starter fittingly enough considering i had gotten roxys starter when she left.
And the feebas means that now there are three jakes in this travel party including myself!
Ugh no id feel horrible for susan and tates state considering how fiercely protective and loyal their particular species are!

Yeah.
I know. I just need to get passed this hurdle first.
Its so hard losing your best friend out of all your friends.

Ahahaha oh wow!
You poor man!
Thats probably the other reason to get contacts. If my eyesight gets any worse i swear the only way ill see anything is with a magnifying glass on my face!

[He's quiet for a moment.]

Sorry if I worried you. It's just...Dirk left. He's back in our universe, now.

[It's so hard to get those words out, but acknowledging it aloud is...pretty helpful, in a strange way. It's like he's bleeding some of the poison out of his system.]

yeah the ralts line in particular is...
let's just say i never realized just how bad it was for them until i inherited vriska's gallade. :(

yeah. you're strong though, you can take the hurdle.
if you need anything, let me know ok?
even if it's something silly.

rose won't let me get contacts. i suggested it for prom so i could like...actually wear a mask?
because i figured she would be all over the elegant masquerade thing.
but she said no.

[Look how whipped your ectoson is, man.]

[He nodded.] Yeah, I saw the glasses. ...Whiiich was probably the last thing you wanted to hear about right now, hah, fuck.

[SOLLUX CAPTOR: CONVERSATION SPECIALIST]

...Yeah. That really sucks, man. I'm sorry.

I can certainly understand that.
Theyre worth raising thats for sure but....
Hows her gallade holding up now?

Haha...i could use with some laughs in the future so ill take anything silly you throw at me!
Thanks john.

Really?
Dirk had the opposite reaction. Huh.
She must really like you in glasses!

[Engberts are forever whipped by their significant others, this is a universal constant.]

[Jake can't help a small smile, though.]

It's alright. And I'll be fine. I'm not strictly a stranger to loss, so I'll be okay in time.

[He sighs a little.]

I'm just going to be a wreck until then.

he's doing a lot better now.
he was a wreck right after she left though, poor guy.
they were really close, since he was her lucky capture and all.

no prob.

i can't imagine why she does but yeah, that seems to be the case.
though to be honest, i am not sure if i could actually deal with contacts.
something about the idea of touching your own eyeball just...jadfkldsjf.
twitchy heebie jeebies.

It's cool. We can be wrecks together.

[Only now does Sollux realize that maybe he should actually get a little closer to Jake and not just talk from the mouth of the cave. So that's what he does.]

So, uh... as your first act of wreckitude, I see you decided to grind your hands against this wall here. Want to go get that checked out?

Im glad hes doing well!

Oh dear.
I suppose i just dont have that problem.

[Jake, that's because you're desensitized by the whole thing after being on Murder Death Island for so long.]

Still to each his own!
I can always go back to glasses if the contacts dont work very well in the end.
Whats olivine like by the way?
Hopefully not like goldenrod because i *REALLY* dont want to get lost in another city again!

[He can't help blushing a bit because...looking at them, now, he sees Sollux' point.]

Erm...yes, that'd probably be a wise course of action. I also probably shouldn't have hit as hard as I had, haha...ha....

same.

it's not as big as goldenrod, no. still kinda big though?
but it's a seaside city with a nice beach. so it's really nice at this time of year and i guess in the summer if you are into sweltering heat waves.
it has some of the prettiest fucking sunsets though. and the lighthouse is kinda cool.
watching said sunsets FROM the lighthouse is particularly choice.
all in all, it's not a bad city. rose wants to get live there when we are older.
or she did, idk if she's changed her mind on that particular issue or not.

Yeah. Life lessons and all that.

...Uh, you can get up, right?

[Because if he has to help up Jake English with two bloody palms then that's just going to be ten kinds of awkward.]

Sounds like a nice place!
I have had an interest in taking a tour of the lighthouse while were there.
Haha you might have me as a neighbor if i like it enough!
Im not all that impressed with cianwood honestly.
Not sure about cinnabar yet so ill withhold judgment until ive explored all of kanto too!

Oh, yes, no worries there!

[Jake stands up, wincing only slightly. He's suffered worse injuries than this.]

Shall we?

So should I start calling you J? I'm so used to Jake at this point.

Twinkie didn't have too many issues adjusting, but I also went with Roxy from point a to point b, back then.

[ Also, he was a lot less cranky than Caty Purry, and less likely to steal things. Aradia lucked out on the happy Roxy pokemon, whoops sorry Jake. ]

I think they evolve via beauty. I...received one. A little bit ago.

[ Raven's inheritance. Aradia's been collecting quite a few pokemon from the people leaving, as of late. ]

yeah cianwood was...okay i guess.
have you been to the safari zone as long as you're there?
that's pretty neat. but yeah, other than that there's just not a whole lot there.
we didn't stay long when we were there.
you guys will be heading over this way when you're done with kanto, right?
maybe we can all meet up at one of the beaches this summer or something.
that would be pretty neat.

We shall.

[And then the Mage and the Page went walking through the meadows! ...Except not.]

So, uh... where are we again?

its not.
more worried about whether its awkward or uncomfortable for YOU admittedly.
yknow. all things considered.

[He doesn't want to outright say 'since I'm technically him', because that would probably just make this harder for both of them.]

but yeah.
im here.
we'll get through this bullshit together.

Haha, only if you want to! I answer to both.

Yeah, I didn't really interact much with Roxy's Purrloin until I actually got the rascal.

[Eh, he's not all that worried about it. Caty Purry has grown on him. The only way he'll part with her is if Roxy comes back or he disappears himself.]

I believe I read up on them evolving with a Prism Scale and trading, if you didn't want to go the beauty route?

[Jake's kind of glad he's only inherited Pokemon from Roxy and Dirk so far.]

No i havent!
Ill surely have to take a look around before we leave.
Oh yes thatd be the bees knees!
Itd be nice to meet up with you guys again!

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