shiningworld | 2nd Transmutation-Botany

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fletcher tringham

2nd Transmutation-Botany

[Early in the morning, back on the beach he arrived on, Fletcher had been tending to a small, loose plant he'd come across on the ground. It looked like it was dying, and losing its greenery color. He could've sworn there was a garden at the mansion, so how did the poor dying plant get there?

After a few hours he's drifted off to sleep on the beach without knowing it, and you might notice a strange drawing near the sleeping, and exhausted boy, with the plant in the center of it if you happen to come by.]

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[Innocent people got hurt anyway, but he doesn't want to say that.]

Shotaro and the others... They're special. Even though I'm strange, and different, and that all of this was really my fault... They still care about me, and want me with them.

That's true. Everyone has to make sacrifices, and do things that are hard. But it's not so bad if you don't have to do it alone.

Don't say that! There's nothing wrong with being different!

[There was no reason for him to react like that, but he just did.]

[He's a little startled by that. He stiffens a bit, then smiles, and even laughs a bit.]

I guess there's really not... But I still felt out of place sometimes. But it never lasted long.

[Forgive his outburst, he's not usually like that~

He sighs and tugs at his shirt] I-I didn't mean to...to shout. I just don't think that you should feel like that. But, that's not for me to say...I'm guilty of standing by and being scared when people were suffering. It was partly my fault and I felt like that too...

It's okay. It's good to feel strongly about things.

Things were... a little more directly my fault than that. It's not because I stood by. It's because I actually had very much to do with the source of the events that unfolded.

But by being Kamen Rider with Shotaro, I think I've helped make up for some of the damage I've done. And I was able to help Shotaro, and Akiko, and everyone else...

So long as you keep count of your sins, and work to correct them, you don't need to feel guilt.

[He looks up and smiles] I will! I've been making sure to do all I can to dedicate myself to helping others whenever I can.

Thank you, uh...um, I'm sorry, what your's name?

Good. The world needs more of that.

Ah.. My name is Philip. Sorry, I tend to forget that introductions usually come before anything else. I'm not very good at being social.

[Smiles] Not at all. Its very nice to meet you, you can call me Fletcher. [Oh good, he didn't hesitate that time. He was still getting used to finally being able to use his own name again.]

[Philip hasn't hesitated either, which he was surprised about. He'd gone back and forth on it more than once. Maybe it was because he'd slept a bit and things weren't so jumbled in his head now.]

It's nice to meet you too, Fletcher.

[He seems pretty pleased about this. He likes making friends.]

[As did Fletcher~]

Could you please watch the plant for me? I want to get some water for it.

[Philip nods, looking over at the plant.

He finds it interesting that Fletcher still uses such traditional means for caring for it. From what he can get from the entries about it in the Bookshelves, alchemy seems like some kind of cure-all. But Fletcher isn't using it that way.

It's comforting. Even though he's sure not all alchemists are like that, he wants to believe that somewhere, there are people who aren't abusing the power the world gives them. That there might be a world that doesn't need Kamen Riders.]

[After being gone a few minutes, he returned holding a seashell. But when he bent down on his knees, it could be seen that there was a small amount of water in it.]

I don't want it to shrivel up, but giving it too much will be bad.

[It certainly was easier to just use alchemy, but he didn't want to solely rely on his alchemical abilities. Besides, he felt that plants were living organisms that should be cared and tended to like other living things from time to time.]

[Philip nods, watching carefully.]

It's like when people haven't had food for a while. You can't give them too much at once or they get sick.

That's what Tendou said.

[What Tendou said after he found Philip starved half to death in the woods again. Thinking about it, Philip checks the time on his phone again. Okay, still early.]

Exactly. He's right about that.

[Noticing out the corner of his eye, he glances up at Philip, looking almost apolegetic.]

I'm not keeping you from something, am I? I was talking a lot, I'm sorry about that.

Hmm? Oh no... I'm just trying to keep track of the time.

Tendou will get angry if I'm not back in time for dinner. But it's still very early. Don't worry.

[Fletcher smiles.]

Oh? Does he cook a lot?

[Philip nods.]

I don't think I've ever actually seen him doing something not related to food...

No, wait, there was the one time he showed me Kabuto... but he'd been cooking before that.

Its nice to hear that he enjoys cooking so much. He must be a very talented chef when it comes to cooking.

He seems to enjoy it. He knows a lot about food and how it affects people. He never really seems "Happy", but he might just be that kind of person. I knew someone like that at home.

The food is very good though. Much better than what I usually ate at home.

[Neither he, nor Shotaro, can cook at all. It's honestly a wonder these two are capable of surviving on their own.]

[pout] Maybe he knew someone that liked cooking as much as him and he misses them? [This was just a hunch, of course.]

...Well, as long as you're here, please make sure to take care of your health. You don't want to get caught up in your work too much that you allow yourself to constantly miss meals like before, you could get sick.

Maybe... I don't really know much about him. But I think it's more likely that he is just the sort of person who doesn't express things openly.

[Tendo reminds him a lot of Terui Ryu, and as much as he likes both Tendo and Terui, spending all of this time with Tendou has made it very clear to him that his mother was very wrong and that he and Terui would never have been compatible partners.]

I'm getting better about it. Normally, Shotaro would just come and get me when it was time to eat or sleep or go somewhere. I didn't have to keep track of it myself. My partner handled it all for me.

Now I have to do all of that for myself. It's different, and it's taken getting used to. But I think I will be fine.

Oh, I understand...

You were dependent on Shotaro for most of the daily things you had to do?

More than I realized, before ending up here without him. I suppose he was dependent on me as well for a great many things... It was the nature of our partnership.

We were as good as one person. We functioned as two parts of a whole.

He had already learned to get by without me if needed. I left him for a year, and in that time he thought it was permanent, given that I was dead. But, since I was dead, I did not learn to make those same adjustments.

It is what I am learning now.

[smile] I'm positive you'll learn to adjust to things on your own just like he did and he'll be proud of you when you return home.

[Even if he had no way of knowing, he still wanted to believe that somehow they might be able to go back to their worlds again. That he...could see Russell again. And that made his smile fade.]

...Brother...[His head slumped and he fought back the tears that threatened to fall. No, that wouldn't solve anything, and he couldn't keep being a crybaby over everything.]

Yes... I'd like him to be proud of me. To show him that I haven't fallen behind.

[He watches Fletcher, able to vaguely piece together what he's thinking about through the context of the situation. He smiles, reaching out to pat Fletcher on the shoulder.]

You'll see your brother again. And I'll see my partner again. Believe in Lady Eureka, okay? I talked to her once, and she told me some very interesting things.

If we all believe in her, and she becomes strong enough, I'm sure she won't need us anymore and will send us home.

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