#hashtag let green get this dang Volo and Cyrus conversation written 2022

[greentrickster]

While waiting for votes on whether Cyrus is getting a shiny eevee or a regular one come in, it’s Volo time! Finally! Only took me, what, three posts more than it probably should have? >_>U

 As I mentioned, one of the things Cyrus spent a lot of time thinking about in Distortion World was what to do about the fact that Volo is required to make reparation to Cyrus. Because, even if he doesn’t have anything he actually wants from the guy, or even necessarily feels like he deserves (did he text his therapist while he was in Distortion World a little bit? Oh yeah), he doesn’t want to leave the guy trapped by some… debt, or whatever this counts as.

He’s had a rough half a year or so, but, for all that, Cyrus had a pretty good new start in the Pokemon World thanks to Red and Blue’s initial support and the community welcoming him has a result. He’s basically had a second chance at learning how to express and deal with his emotions, again with people who tend to have very high expectations, but also a lot more flexibility and understanding in them. Less a constant expectation of perfection at all times, more encouragement to go farther because they think he’s capable of doing great things. Cyrus was pretty confused, shy, and shut down when he first arrived thanks to the double-whammy of portals he just fell through on top of having crap brain chemistry thanks to depression and not enough social interaction to start with, and wasn’t in a state to travel until a couple days after Red found him.

After that, he ended up staying with Blue for a decent amount of time while he found his feet, during which time they both learned that he’s good with machines, can be a reliable lab assistant, and is a pretty skilled trainer. I think the community all sort of pitched in to provide for him until he was able to provide for himself, and that Red escorted him around that League season to get a full set of Indigo League badges so he’d be qualified to work as a trainer at Blue’s gym. (Red went as both emotional support and to explain to other gym leaders what was going on with Cyrus.) He’s currently got his own apartment not far from the gym in the same building as some of the other local trainers, and it’s pretty nice. Blue got him some glow-in-the-dark stars so he could make constellations on his ceiling, because Blue is Skilled at getting trollish presents that Cyrus actually likes a lot.

Red thinks Blue is terrible.

Blue thinks Red is just jealous because he can’t put glow-in-the-dark stars on his cave ceiling without potentially damaging the natural rock formations.

Blue is right, but Red is never going to sign so.

And all this means that Cyrus has been in a good environment to learn kindness. Which is why he’s doing his best to figure out what to do about the Volo situation as quickly as he can, and finally decides that his fellow trainers were right, and there’s one person that Volo probably hasn’t apologized to but really should.

...and I will get to that conversation tomorrow, I swear, but it’s almost two in the morning and I’m so sleepy, this AU is pulling a Saturation on me and sneaking in more stuff I want to talk about every time I turn around, it’s not fair! Fun, but unfair! TT_TT

#red blue and cyrus too AU #pokemon cyrus #pokemon red #pokemon blue #bdsp spoilers #arceus spoilers #pokemon firered #pokemon diamond and pearl #pokemon brilliant diamond #pokemon platinum #pokemon volo #hashtag let green get this dang Volo and Cyrus conversation written 2022 #also cast your votes if you think Cyrus's future sylveon should be shiny or not #please