[x] the 68000 heart on fire

[N]

It came to her on the morning news: a shining report of a brilliant red Pokemon flying over Goldenrod City.

Lyra's not the sort of person who lets her friends slip by without notice. She's noticed the lack of things to do as of late. There are only so many times one can challenge the Battle Frontier, or enter into the Hall of Fame, or rematch gym leaders before one gets bored. Not that Lyra was ever into those things. Oh no, she's into Pokemon breeding and training for Pokeathelon matches, not for anything else. Apricorn Juice and her Magcargo are all she needs.

But this report reminds her of a certain someone, and she's always wanted to do something with him where she didn't hold him back. And so, despite her Marill's protest, she abandons her bowl of Coacoa Krispies, scoops up Azure (she still hasn't evolved him, despite the many calls about how much stronger he's getting), and toddles on off to the house next door to the lab.

With all the force of a raging buffalo, she bangs on the door. "Heeeey! Hey Gold! Heeeey! Wake up wake up! You won't believe what I saw!"

She's probably waking up his poor mother too, but who cares about that? Not Lyra Celene, that's for sure.

[daigo]

he's dreaming of a sunset long past, and in the dream, he sits by the edge of the lake. the stars above him twinkle in silence; it seems that everything's peaceful, everything's calm and nothing's ever going to change that fact. however -

- thunder rolls across the horizon, and instictively, gold reaches for his pokéball on his hip. he finds nothing, and gasps in surprise. how could - but his pokémon! they're always with him! the thunder screams and beats with more urgency, and the boy glances around him. it can't be too far - far -

he wakes up in cold sweat, eyes opening to face a woman whose face is radiant from the heat of the stove. "... mom?" he croaks, before burying his head under the pillows. it isn't like his mother to wake him up. he curls up under the sheets. "mom, it's too early."

"i thought you'd be excited to know lyra's here, but i suppose not." he hears a loud sigh, exaggerated for good effect. gold squirms under the covers. "shall i let her know you're in one of your moods?"

he hears his mom walk down the stairs, and gold springs to his feet. never mind the fact that he's still in an embarrasingly-worn t-shirt with a teddiursa on it, or that his pants are striped with the colors of girafarig. he wasn't about to have his mother send lyra away.

"no! wait! mom, mom, MOM!" he yells, and runs down the stairs. he sees his mom at the door, and sees her hand on the doorknob. "mom, NO!"

his mother opens the door, and he jumps the last two stairs.

he falls. spectacularly.

"gold's very excited to see you, lyra - ohoh. he tripped again."

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[N]

Just like that, the door swings open. Lyra walks in, all smiles as she invites herself in. "Thank you, ma'am. And no worries, he's always doing that."

She's wearing her usual hat and overalls, because she always gets up early in the morning and goes jogging. Then she takes a shower and watches the morning news. Her pigtails are still a little damp.

"Nice PJs, Gold," she says with a laugh, then trots over and offers him a hand. "You still tryin' to grow wings?" But then she remembers why she's here, because Azure is staring up at her blankly and boring screws into her skull with his doll-like Marill eyes.

"Oh, yeah, Gold, you'll never guess what I saw on the TV this morning! It's so cool, you gotta hear this!"

[daigo]

"... no," gold grumbles under his breath, but accepts her hand and pulls himself up. he sits on one of the stairs, still a little winded from the fall and the fact that he just woke up moments ago. he is still a little groggy as he looks at lyra, then buries his head in his hands. "good morning, lyra," he mutters under his breath. he staggers to his feet and peers at her from between the slits of his fingers.

"what did you see?" he says, and tries to control the excitement in his voice. "is it another goldenrod festival?" he knows these fests are rather popular at this time of the year, when the weather is less hot and slowly turning cooler by the days. he lowers his hands, and stretches.

"i'm going to shower but you can tell me all about it. just yell at me from the outside, okay?"

he grins at lyra - first grin of the day! - and runs upstairs again to where the bathroom is. his mother walks over.

"lyra, dear, would you like some breakfast before you two run off again?" she smiles warmly; there's nothing wrong about them going off on adventures, even though she did worry about them at times.

[N]

"Good morning to you, Gold." Gold's heavier than her, but Lyra's athletic training has made her strong enough as support. She's going to get those Pokeathelon medals one day!

There it is-- her best friend's waking up, and that makes the trip over worth it. She picks up Azure again, cuddling the Marill in her arms. "No, it's even better!" A shower? Of course. "Yeah, I'll be up in a minute."

Gold's mom speaks up and Lyra remembers her Cocoa Krispies that she left on the table at home. Oops. "Yeah, that'd be great!"

And with that she thunders up the stairs after Gold, shouting through the door as he asked her to. "So basically this morning I was watching and there was this sighting in Goldenrod yesterday and it's this huge flying Pokemon! No one could identify it! It was red and white and they said it looked like a dragon! So I figured we could go check it out, you and me!"

[daigo]

the hot water rushes over him as gold stands in the shower, partially frozen and partially hurting from the tumble he had taken a while ago. he now regrets such vigorous activity shortly after waking up, but he stretches and reaches for his toothbrush. aah, everything would be fine, he reassures himself.

lyra's voice bests the water's steady gush as she tells him what she saw on the tv. it takes effort on gold's part to not poke his head out of the shower to stare at her in disbelief. he does nearly choke on the minty toothpaste, though. "w-what?!" he blubbers, having accidentally swallowed some toothpaste and water.

"a huge, red and white dragon?" his excitement is barely contained. he splashes around in the bathroom, and yells his answer to lyra. "man, that's totally awesome!" he replies.

from downstairs, his mother yells at gold - "don't take too long in the shower! your breakfast's getting cold! i made you pikachu-shaped pancakes, just the way you like 'em! lyra, what pokémon would you like them in? oh, how does sentret sound?"

gold groans and blushes, thankful he is in the shower.

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