A Third Of Love

Chapter 15: A Tale Of Melodies

Alright, let's see what this is all about. There's a letter here and... what the hell? Is that a Hydreigon?

... Avi. Let's see what this letter is... hm. WHAT?! The asshole bisected him?! I'm gonna kill him...

Oh. Good afternoon. You're a little late — usually, you drop in when it's morning. Slept in? Understandable. I'm just reading my mail, and about to burn it... what? You want to read this?

... sure. Knock yourself out. Hold on, let me just cross out this... and this... and that... here you are.

Dear [M/N],

First off, thanks for all your gifts for Christmas. Definitely wasn't expecting those, but it was really cool to see! Of course, it would have been really cool if you were there, but that was always a pipe dream...

Anyway, I wanted to give this to you then, but I'm sending it to you now — I made this Hydreigon figure for you, since it's your favourite Pokémon and all.

... please don't destroy it. You probably won't believe me, but... it's not a trap. It hasn't got any trackers, or any of my PSI on it, so there's no way anyone can use it to find you.

Speaking of PSI, Lored and Spelea were digging through a lot of the stuff you left behind when you... left. Probably to find some sort of clue to find you. I dunno, maybe you can explain it to me? Basically, they found these papers of yours — some sort of research you were doing? Apparently, it was really old stuff, done in your early days.

So here's the thing — it must have been something ground breaking, stuff you were keeping secret — there was a cipher and everything. Cool idea, but Lored broke it in like, two milliseconds.

I tried asking him what it was, but all he said was that it was your evidence for the strongest bridge to PSI. I tried asking him more, but then he got annoyed and bisected me, so... not gonna try that again.

But Spelea... she was scared. Like, really scared. She wouldn't let me see it. When I asked her what it showed, all she said was... it was proof of how mentally screwed up her and Lored made you. What does that even mean?!

At first, I thought... did you learn how to use that PSI? That one you thought that Giygas guy knew? You know, the one with the coolest name in the world? Look, I know it's a super evil PSI, but PSI [REDACTED] is one of the coolest names ever!

But, it can't be that, cause I knew you then. I never saw you use it, so you couldn't have known it then. Plus, I know you don't have it in you to be able to use that — you still know Starstorm, don't you?

... so what were you doing then? Whatever it was... it's scary. And now, combined with the fact that no one ever sees you... [HYPERLINK BLOCKED], I hope you're alright.

Sometimes, it really annoys me that they hide stuff like this from me. I wanna know what's happening with you! I guess that's always been the case... I've never really even known what you're trying to achieve.

Like, you've been trying really hard at this. I would have probably thrown in the towel, even if it was for something as good as this. I still say you're better than you think you are, but I know there's gotta be something else... it's not just making the world a better place, is it? There's something else.

So here's my wild theory — it's gotta be love.  Somehow, by doing all this, you get your love back! And then you'll be happy again and come back! Yeah, I know... that's probably not it. But what else can it be? There's nothing else you really want... is there? And... what are you gonna do when you achieve whatever it is you're trying to?