Follow the adventure of Nyoko Phaedra, an albino absol who wants to explore the brand new world, dominated by animals, monsters, and pokemon : Artorius
Nyoko lives in the most advanced country of Artorius, Truichi, where androids and organics live a...
"Beep... beep... beep..." ... That's the sound i keep hearing... my vision is still black and i can't wake up... but i can hear... i'm always listening to everything... It was always like that... ever since a little girl, i could hear it all, even in my sleep... This... gave me a relief... i could hear what i believed to be nurses tell my mother i would be fine... ... What felt like hours pass... and i could finally wake up... ... I was in a hospital bed... with stitches on my arms and neck... ... It's a little hard to breathe... it hurts... but i am alive... my parents must be so worried... i'm... sorry... ...
The night goes by, a few nurses go in and out... they feed me, they check on my condition, and leave me to rest... i was alone in this room... alone, cold, and scared... not what i expected from a place meant to save me... but i can't complain. ... A day later and the pain is gone... i can breathe well... and they moved someone in here with me.
It's a Ducklett... her eyes are covered by bandages, they are monitoring her pulse, and she has a small needle in her chest, pumping some sort of transparent liquid into it... why...? ... "Could you please stop staring?" she says, it got me by surprise and i quickly look back up... i just then realize... how could she even know? she can't see me, can she?
Despite wanting to ask... i tell her that "I'm sorry", my voice was raspier than i remember... and it gave me a weird sensation in my throat.
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"It's fine... just don't stare, it's rude." she says, sounding a little annoyed... her voice was one of a young child...
"Yes... yes" i reply, looking away from her.
A few minutes go by, complete silence... something i still wasn't used to... and... i couldn't keep my curiosity in check.
"How-" i try to say, before being almost immediately interrupted by her
"Me first" she says, taking a moment before talking... "You're wounded, aren't you? Why are you here?" she asks
I did not know what she meant by that... and stupidly replied with a question : "What?"
"This place is reserved for the exchange, not to treat wounds" she explains, i had turned to her, and she had turned her face to me. "You're not really thinking about becoming an android because of these wounds, right?"
She sounded more annoyed than concerned... but i understood her point... here in Truichi, our country, pokemon have the choice to become androids if they so wish to, as long as the Manaphy are here to use their Heart Swap power to transfer their minds into a machine... and it costs a lot of money.
"I don't... plan to do any of that..." i reply in my defense, facing the ceiling once again. "And... to answer you... i... have no idea, this is my first time in an emergency room..." The feeling in my throat was slightly getting better as i talked...
I could hear her sigh, her breath was shaky and she seemed to be cold too. "Alright, guess that's fair... you absols are careful after all..." Once again... an accurate observation made without sight... i just had to ask.
"How... can you tell..?" i ask, turning to her again and shifting myself for a better position on my bed, in response, she just answers me with another question... "Tell what?"
"That i was staring... and that i'm an absol" i elaborate. "Oh, that..." she says, realizing what i meant. "To put it simply... i can sense the wind, i could tell that you were looking at me, and i can tell your shape because of that."
I would press for more, but she seems annoyed enough... besides, i already got my answer... her shaky breath was enough for me to realize that it was an ability... Abilities... come from despair... and from desire... at least, that's what my parents taught me. This just made me question more and more... but only one question kept popping up in my mind
"You said... this is a room reserved for the exchange, right...?" I ask, pausing a little to see if i caught her attention, and once she started facing me, i finish : "Are you... going to become an android?"
She simply nodded, now facing the ceiling, her breath was still shaky, and she had shifted her wings a little to the side, presumably for comfort.
"Why..? Is it because of your sight?" i once again ask
She just nods again.
"I was born with no sight, and just recently got enough money for it, i'm not wasting the chance." she says a little later, right before i tried to ask why.
"And what about you? How did you get hurt so bad?" she asks, her tone had no annoyance to it, it was simple and direct...
I think about it for a few seconds, and space out for a moment as i tried to remember... "I got... hurt in a ruin" i reply, still having vague memories of it
"A ruin?" she asks, her voice now had a concerned tone to it
"Yes, a ruin... i got curious, i hadn't left home for a long time, and my friends invited me, so i-i just went with them" i nervously reply to her, for some reason, i felt like i needed to defend myself.
"Are your friends okay?" she presses.
"I-i don't know..." i pause for a moment. "All i know is that they're hurt too... they're probably in the hospital as well. B-but we didn't know it would be so bad-" i once again try to defend myself.
"Chill, chill, i was a dumb teen too, calm down" she interrupts, i, for a moment, felt insulted, but i didn't know the reason... it was a dumb move after all... it was just hard to admit.
Silence takes over the room again... the silence i had to endure for a few days and made me uncomfortable... but i was also afraid to talk to her... so i just stayed on my bed, watching time go by...
"What's your name?" she asks
"...Nyoko...Phaedra" i reply, and she tells me her own name right after : "I'm Hashi Abery..."
I felt relieved by that, knowing her name made things a lot less uncomfortable... But i can't help but try to remember... what... happened in that ruin...? ... Maybe i'll remember tomorrow... i'll try to sleep for now. ... "Good Night" i tell her, despite being afternoon. Hashi simply replies with a "Good Night" and i shift myself on the bed, trying to go to sleep...
