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Community Event 1 : Kalos Beach Party

Hit the beach!

It's the end of the summer in Kalos and the Future Foundation outpost has generously decided to host a beach get-together for the survivors of the previous rounds of Dangan Roleplay. With a day full of beach fun followed by a night watching the nearby summer festival's fireworks, there's plenty of opportunities to meet up again and have fun with friends and pokémon.

Come join the party!

[This is a mingle, so feel free to put up your own toplevels or whatever you want to do!]

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Whoa! [Haruka leans in and gasps.] That's amazing, Aniki! You're all gonna be okay? Really?

I think we will. We learned our lesson from the last time we tried to start over, and I hope we won't make the same mistake again.

...We started bringing people back their memories, bit by bit. It's been hard for them, but...[He looks up at the night sky.] we got Leder to help them sort it out.

That's why I haven't been able to see you guys so far. When I wasn't helping out, the DCMC and I were playing to keep everyone's spirits up.

Yeah. It's hard, remembering things you forgot. I guess we all know that most of all, too. The others at home, they don't remember the dream world like I do. We forgot over time, just kept the feeling that everything was all right now, our problems were over, we were friends. But the others don't mind that I remembered everything, and they even asked me to tell them some stories of the fun things we did. I guess that creepy brain surgery did something right, huh?

I bet you guys have been doing great, Aniki. They probably love you!

[Nervous laughter.] That's what you call "thinking positive", huh? At least they remembered the lessons they learned even if they forgot everything.

...I can't say the same of the people in my world.

My fans love us, no matter what we play. That's the thing about being popular. [shrug] I don't mind, as long as I'm having fun and I make their lives easier with music.

Well, it's like I said that one time... did I say it to you? I forget. Anyway, if I promised to be one person's hope and that just kinda ballooned from there, it's natural to think positive, right?

I'm sorry, Aniki. But I think you can be hope, too. And yeah, you're right. You're making everyone happy!

[No, he doesn't remember. Probably was dead at the time, in which case, he's still happy Haruka was so positive after Case 4.]

You seemed like a hopeful kid when I first met you. [Another example of his poor judgement of character?] And to be honest, it's because of you I started to reach out to everyone. I wasn't used to taking with people, but if I wanted to make friends, I had to go out there and help them.

[Granted, he reached out to Ryuunosuke and Tsukiyama, but...the ghosts were more decent people.]

Lucas was the world's hope, and Kumatora's going to be Tazmily's hope when she's the leader. Even if I was supposed to be their hope by being a thief, I like being a celebrity of hope much better.

I really was just looking for attention back then. Kindness, friends -- I didn't think those things could happen to someone like me. People like you helped me out with that. And then I guess I ended up opening my heart to people, even the ones who hurt us. It turned out. Thanks, Aniki.

It's hard, you know. You're gonna feel like maybe it's not worth it. But it is, really, and things aren't always what they look like. Overall, it's the most important thing to hold onto.

...I thought I should be as helpful as possible to everyone, and that meant being nice to you. It was the least I could do when you started hanging out with me.

...But please be careful when you're around people that hurt you. I don't want them to do anything to you again. [Not naming names, but...]

Performing with friends is always worth it, no matter what anyone might think of it. You can't please everyone, and the people you care about are the most important.

Thank you, Aniki. You really did help. I kept training, almost every day! I mean, I'm not trying to get buff, I'd just look weird. But you know.

Yeah. I know. It's hard sometimes. But I believe in them... sometimes. Life's more complicated than I thought.

Like how hatman hid the dirty music after the karaoke party and I had to go find it?

Nothing wrong with getting stronger. [And Haruka could use some extra meat on her bones. She's so skinny for an athlete!] You'll get better at playing baseball!

I guess...if you're okay with them. I mean, I'm friends with Kayneth, and I'm not sure if anyone else still trusts him.

Huh? I guess? I mean, not everyone likes dirty songs, so...he wanted you to stop singing them?

But wouldn't it be funny-looking?

Yeah, he and I talked. I apologized. He did, too. When we were all in there without you guys, I remembered something he said and it helped us out a couple times. So... [sigh] Yeah.

Ehehe. Yeah, he's all "inappropriate!" and stuff. Like a dad, you know?

[He puts a hand to his chin, deeply considering it.]

It'd scare off anyone that'd try to hurt you. Besides, I think you'd look cool. You don't need to be as buff as Wash or Tucker.

What did you apologize for? You didn't do anything wrong...

[Duster smiles and shrugs.] He is a dad, after all.

I freaked out at him and told him to go die. Remember? [She cringes as she says it.] ...I wasn't at my best. Just thinking about stuff I didn't want to face.

Yeah. And he's like that to all of us, too. I didn't know how to deal with that back then, but it's nice.

Oh. I remember. [His face falls.It was an emotional trial, the most intense he had experienced.] I wasn't all that surprised by it. By the end, I think everyone hated him.

[He adds quickly:]

...It's still nice you wanted to apologize!

Poor guy. He just wanted things to be okay for him, just like me. I was the type who'd throw other people away for that, too. Maybe that's why I kept thinking about the stuff he said. ...I'm glad you guys became friends, you know? You both look a lot better off.

[Her sympathy surprises Duster, but it manifests as briefly raised eyebrows.]

Having someone you can talk to helps, I guess. You've definitely had it worse than him, but magic users in his world are taught to never trust anyone, especially other magi. ...He really thought that everyone here was capable of betraying their friends.

[He sits up and scoots closer to Haruka. It's getting chillier.]

I'm still surprised he's so much nicer. Not that he's still kind of arrogant, but he's a completely different person when we hang out.

[Hello, yes, your little sister learned to love and forgive in a murdercan.]

I guess he was right, too. I could've done it. [leans] But we're all better people now, I think. I'm glad.

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