sixth battle

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[Nacrene City: a city of storehouses, and the home of Lenora, the Nacrene Gym Leader. Whitlea doesn't know exactly why she would be dreaming about Nacrene now, but she doesn't really mind.

At first glance, the Nacrene Museum is very artistic. And why shouldn't it? The city has a reputation for great artists, something Burgh would attest to. Once inside, you'll find that it doesn't disappoint. There are fossils and artifacts everywhere, historical treasures stored inside glass display boxes. From the Vanillish happily floating around the place, Whitlea has been here.

But where is she, exactly? The answer: in the library room at the back of the museum, reading a book about, ironically, dreams. She's rather absorbed in it, and won't notice anyone until they actually take the initiative to talk to her.

Approach?]

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hihi! :D how've you been?

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Ami lingers for a long time in the museum. She has an appreciation of Art that finds its answer in the long corridors of paintings, the showcase sculptures, the historical artifacts. She glances thoughtfully at the Vanillish, and quietly seeks out its trainer.

The library room is, of course, perfectly suited to her, and she finally makes her way there. When she sees Whitlea, she hesitates just outside the door, but finally steps across the threshold.]

It's been awhile, Whitlea!

[The greeting is half friendly, half challenge.]

Studying hard?

Swamped! Man, I missed this game.

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[Whitlea blinks, looks up from her book and smiles.]

Hey, Ami! [She punctuates this greeting with a wave.]

aww. i've missed you!

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Always so friendly, Whitlea. It's a bad habit.]

This museum, the artifacts here, all of this is related to your world, isn't it?

Missed you too!

[whitleas.livejournal.com]

[Perhaps, but it and her legendary stubbornness have managed to get her through many obstacles.]

Pretty much, yeah. The Nacrene Gym Leader, Lenora, is an archaeologist and the director of the museum.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

She battles her pokemon and does this, too? [Behind the mild tone is a sharp mind, as always: It is possible to balance, to adjust and find a center, to pursue two enormous goals.]

[whitleas.livejournal.com]

Yep. It's impressive.

[This was also the site of two of the few battles she has ever lost. It took five trips to the Pinwheel Forest and sinking her money into five Potions for her to barely manage to win.]

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It's the same for me. A soldier, and a doctor.

[Of course, by their opposing natures, those two are sometimes harder to reconcile.]

[whitleas.livejournal.com]

[A sigh.]

Yeah. Must be pretty hard.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[She almost, almost smiles.]

I don't want to give up either of them.

[A nod to the books Whitlea's been looking through.]

What are you researching?

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Not really researching, just reading. And it's a book on dreams.

[Irony, thy name is Whitlea.]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

You realize where we are if we're meeting like this, right?

[whitleas.livejournal.com]

Dreams.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

It's not a bad place to study them. What have you learned?

[whitleas.livejournal.com]

Mostly? They're pictures in our minds that show up when we sleep. Also, a lot of people have some interest in interpreting them.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

You should disregard what you read about dream interpretation. In the end, a dream has a meaning to you.

[whitleas.livejournal.com]

True. Some interpretations are just plain weird.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Dream analysis is still heavily influenced by Freud. It's outdated.

[Though... perhaps not in some other world.]

[whitleas.livejournal.com]

...Freud, right. [Nope, not familiar with that name. That's what you get for never listening to those who try to teach you!]

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[She assumes the blank is due to the differences between worlds.]

He's a well-known figure in psychology. In fact, he was a pioneer in the field of psychoanalysis. However, his theories centered on sex to the exclusion of other factors.

He was very interested in dream interpretation himself. He considered dreams to be suggestive of our desires.

[whitleas.livejournal.com]

...okay. [She...wasn't listening.]

as i totally change my mind on her reaction, with apologies XD

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[She notices, and becomes irritated.]

When I'm speaking, give me your attention.

Ffff, don't worry! I didn't notice.

[whitleas.livejournal.com]

Huh? Oh, sorry, it's just...well, I kind of started thinking about Munna for a moment there.

[flipping to a page in the book that shows...a Munna]

They're Psychic-type Pokemon that eat dreams. It says here that after the dream's been eaten, the person or Pokemon that dreamt it won't remember it.

XD

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Don't do it again. I hate being taken that lightly.

Anyway, where can they be found? [She needs one. :|]

[whitleas.livejournal.com]

Sorry. But you can find them in the Dreamyard. It's beside Striaton.

[Although, the last time she went there, there were two Plasma Grunts who were kicking a Munna to get its Dream Mist. As you can imagine, she wasn't pleased.]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

I'll go there soon. [There are some things someone else needs to forget.]