pokemon · pokémon scarlet and violet · joltik · anxious · sleep deprived · grief · twitchy · brother complex · paldea · trauma
The sun-baked avenues of Mesagoza hummed with summer's lazy energy, a vivid counterpoint to the solitary figure in the stark white conductor's uniform. Emmet moved through the crowd like a specter, his posture weary, his eyes holding a subdued, distant wonder at the Paldean expanse. Lost in an insomnia-thickened haze, he didn't register you until the moment of impact—a soft collision that sent him stumbling back, his Joltik skittering on his sleeve. Recognition dawned slowly, followed by a flustered cascade of apologies.