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[shy_mage]

[Bracken was at home, which wasn't just a hole in a tree like one person thought. No, behind him in the video was a nice-sized room with some decent furnishings, and clearly a bedroom judging by the bed in the background.

His expression was serious, as he had been worried for a while.]

Wh-When your boyfriend doesn't come home and d-doesn't talk to you anymore, how... how long does it take to be s... to be sure he doesn't want to b-be with you anymore?

[He sounded pensive. Not particularly angry or anything, just dejected.]

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[shy_mage]

[Taking a deep breath, he nodded.

But just before he started to head out, another thought came into his mind. Ted hadn't been to his home before, had he...?

He tried to think about it, tried to remember, but he couldn't think of a time.]

Oh... I... S-Sorry I didn't show you around th-the house. You... You can look if you want.

[youfool]

[He laughed, as inappropriate as that might have been. Going from would-be comforter to neglected guest was a strange appointment. He smiled and took it in stride.]

"Thank you, Bracken. I think I will have a look around. It's such a lovely home; I feel impoverished for having denied my eyes so long. You enjoy wild woods and I'll enjoy tamed woods."

[shy_mage]

[He gave a firm couple of nods.]

Y-You can look as much as you want.

[It was actually a pretty big place now, after all. Bridges from tree to tree, many bedrooms with little more than sparse furniture or sometimes empty save for a drawing of the person it was meant to belong to, a fairly nice kitchen, even a pretty big bath attached to the room from this very bedroom. So long as someone had magic to run it all, it was actually a pretty nice little place. And since magic came as natural as breathing and pooping to Bracken, it was perfect for him.

The only major thing of note, since most of the rooms were close to empty, was the pictures themselves since some of the people in the pictures had animal traits.]

I-I'll see you later.

[As much as he felt obligated to stay to show Ted around, he also just needed to get out. And blow things up. At the very least it was going to be a very productive day of hunting.]

whoops almost forgot this part

[youfool]

[Like usual, Ted wanders around and tries to enjoy it. Whatever pokemon are there he'll try and befriend. He looks for a fridge, or something along those lines, out of sight of said pokemon and somewhere Bracken's likely to notice. If he finds something along those lines, he'll drop off the cake he'd forgotten to mention with a note:]

Dear Bracken
Sorry I couldn't be of much use to you; hopefully this will be more comforting. Should you ever want to talk, feel free to call me at any hour. Goodness knows I've been through the same kind of thing many times. May you go under the Mercy.