[If they are he will be so disappoint NOT IN THE WOODS GUYS THAT'S GROSS]
...I see.
[Not... at all, but he's willing to let that go for now.]
Ilex Forest. We're heading back to Violet City. I need to obtain the badge there.
[Well, no he doesn't since he can't exactly get home, but collecting the badges is what trainers do, and he is a trainer. Besides, Isaac needs to do something with himself here.]
We'll be heading back the way we came; there's a town on the way to Violet with another Gym to stop in. I guess after that we'll return to Goldenrod - that should be where the third badge is. Why?
[He's fairly sure there's a point behind this line of questioning! ...He can't tell what it is, but hopefully Ouka will enlighten him!]
[ Oh you poor bb... you must be super desperate. ]
Oh! I was just wondering when you would be back.
[ Have her best attempt at a kittyface while she's upset. ]
It's really lonely here. A few of Mamoru-kun's friends are here. But they're... [ beneath her. Is she turning up her nose and scoffing a little? She might be. ] Not that nice.
It'll be awhile. Kimblee said it'll take a couple of weeks to get to Violet.
[...And that doesn't cover training or the return trip. He didn't realize he'd be gone for that long.]
Really?
[Wait. That means you prefer him over people from your own world? ...Mamoru is from your world, right? Well, either way, that's a huge compliment and he's really not sure what to do with it other than... awkward at you. Nothing new!]
...Well, I'll be gone for awhile, but you can always contact me, Ouka.
[ What's with the awkward? Though, it is making her feel a little better. Because, dat face... It might be full of lols... ]
I will, then.
[ Oh god, Isaac. What have you gotten yourself into? DAILY 2AM PHONE CALLS? ... No, she's not that horrible of a person... She's also not as needy as Archer. ]
... Are you always up so late, though?
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[You should see him when someone gives him a real compliment, then!]
No, not really. I'm just used to getting up at a moment's notice, so I don't sleep very well.
[Yeah, like he's going to tell her that he ran around attempting to overthrow his country's government for seven years and then tried to freeze Central Headquarters over? She doesn't need to deal with any of that.]
[Isaac shrugs that off after a moment and attempts to provide an explanation.]
I was a State Alchemist. We worked with the military and our orders were to end a war that had lasted for years. We were ordered to kill and there wasn't anything we could do but obey those orders.
[There's silence for a moment before he continues.]
I left after that. I didn't want to be a part of a military that resorted to killing more people than necessary. We could have won the war without murdering everyone. But... There was no point to the war to begin with.
[More silence. Isaac decides against telling Ouka exactly what happened afterwards.]
I was working to stop the military when I found myself here.
The holocaust was an annihilation of a group of people back in my world... it happened years before I was born, but everyone knows about it. Horrible things happened. Everyone that was considered of a certain group of people were rounded up and either made to slave in horrible conditions with very little food, or just killed on the spot...
[ Falling silent, and then shaking her head a little. Her voice is a little cheerier when she speaks up again. ]
But thankfully, that isn't going to happen nowadays.
It's good that you were working on stopping them. Someone has to.
[Isaac is silent, listening to Ouka's explanation of things. It sounds even worse than what happened in Ishval. He hadn't thought that was possible.]
I'm sorry to hear that. What happened in my world wasn't that bad.
[...He doubts he'd be able to live with himself if he had participated in something that bad.]
Yeah, I know. There are people here who come from... later than I did, I guess. They're realizing just how bad a shape our country's in and they're trying to help.
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You mean hopefully Kimblee and Emmy aren't too busy fucking like rabbits?]A-ah... he used to be Omi-kun. But then... [ An impatient wave of her hands ] It's... a long story.
... Where are you now?
[ Don't worry, she's not spoiled enough to demand that you come back for her. ]
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If they are he will be so disappoint NOT IN THE WOODS GUYS THAT'S GROSS]...I see.
[Not... at all, but he's willing to let that go for now.]
Ilex Forest. We're heading back to Violet City. I need to obtain the badge there.
[Well, no he doesn't since he can't exactly get home, but collecting the badges is what trainers do, and he is a trainer. Besides, Isaac needs to do something with himself here.]
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Because desperate, Ouka. Because desperate.]We'll be heading back the way we came; there's a town on the way to Violet with another Gym to stop in. I guess after that we'll return to Goldenrod - that should be where the third badge is. Why?
[He's fairly sure there's a point behind this line of questioning! ...He can't tell what it is, but hopefully Ouka will enlighten him!]
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Oh you poor bb... you must be super desperate.]Oh! I was just wondering when you would be back.
[ Have her best attempt at a kittyface while she's upset. ]
It's really lonely here. A few of Mamoru-kun's friends are here. But they're... [
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He really is, sob]It'll be awhile. Kimblee said it'll take a couple of weeks to get to Violet.
[...And that doesn't cover training or the return trip. He didn't realize he'd be gone for that long.]
Really?
[Wait. That means you prefer him over people from your own world? ...Mamoru is from your world, right? Well, either way, that's a huge compliment and he's really not sure what to do with it other than... awkward at you. Nothing new!]
...Well, I'll be gone for awhile, but you can always contact me, Ouka.
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It might be full of lols...]I will, then.
[ Oh god, Isaac. What have you gotten yourself into?
DAILY 2AM PHONE CALLS?... No, she's not that horrible of a person...She's also not as needy as Archer.]... Are you always up so late, though?
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Archer insists that you shut up and no he's not a jilted ex-girlfriend. He also needs to gtfo this tag.]Not always. I have trouble sleeping sometimes. You can call me whenever; I'll answer.
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Have a bit of a headtilt. Now that she's mostly done rambling about herself, maybe she'll actually give you some time for yourself! ]
Trouble sleeping? Any particular reason?
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No, not really. I'm just used to getting up at a moment's notice, so I don't sleep very well.
[Yeah, like he's going to tell her that he ran around attempting to overthrow his country's government for seven years and then tried to freeze Central Headquarters over? She doesn't need to deal with any of that.]
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Oh! Because you were in the military and all, you mean?
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[You know, it would be easier to avoid this topic if he didn't actually look kind of upset by it.]
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... Was it bad?
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[Sorry, but you're not getting any more information than that without asking! Isaac doesn't lie so...]
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The police force in Japan doesn't really do much. But once Father gets elected... he'll change that, I'm sure.
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[Well, do-nothing police forces are better than being sent into a war in order to kill off everyone.]
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[ Talking helps, right? She's totally helping, RIGHT? ]
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...Yeah. Yeah, I did. It wasn't... so much a war as it was an annihilation of a group of people.
[Isaac is silent after that. Normally he always keeps eye contact, but now he's focused on something off-screen.]
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What? Something like the holocaust, you mean? That's horrible! Why would you...
[ Stops. She likes you, Isaac. But... are you saying you were a Nazi? 'Cause that's just not cool, man. ]
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[Isaac shrugs that off after a moment and attempts to provide an explanation.]
I was a State Alchemist. We worked with the military and our orders were to end a war that had lasted for years. We were ordered to kill and there wasn't anything we could do but obey those orders.
[There's silence for a moment before he continues.]
I left after that. I didn't want to be a part of a military that resorted to killing more people than necessary. We could have won the war without murdering everyone. But... There was no point to the war to begin with.
[More silence. Isaac decides against telling Ouka exactly what happened afterwards.]
I was working to stop the military when I found myself here.
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The holocaust was an annihilation of a group of people back in my world... it happened years before I was born, but everyone knows about it. Horrible things happened. Everyone that was considered of a certain group of people were rounded up and either made to slave in horrible conditions with very little food, or just killed on the spot...
[ Falling silent, and then shaking her head a little. Her voice is a little cheerier when she speaks up again. ]
But thankfully, that isn't going to happen nowadays.
It's good that you were working on stopping them. Someone has to.
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I'm sorry to hear that. What happened in my world wasn't that bad.
[...He doubts he'd be able to live with himself if he had participated in something that bad.]
Yeah, I know. There are people here who come from... later than I did, I guess. They're realizing just how bad a shape our country's in and they're trying to help.
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