[013] BACKDATED TO THE 14th Audio/Action in Goldenrod
[At Goldenrod Pokemon Center, Nurse Joy heads to China's room to check how he's doing. She knocks on the door before entering.]
Excuse me, but how are-- Oh! [The room is empty and all of China's pokemon are missing.]
Oh, no! [She runs down the hall and heads for the front desk to dial the phone.]
[Meanwhile, as the Valentine's Day festival goes on, anyone passing by the restaurant will hear the sound of a piano. They will wonder how anyone can get in there if the restaurant's closed. The answer is simple. China, being an employee had a key, so he went ahead and let himself into the dark building. He's still dressed in his white night shirt and white pants, making it obvious that he'd just snuck out of the Center. He went to the corner where the piano was kept. He switches the nearby lamp on before taking a seat on the bench and pressing a few random keys. He remembered how there would be times where a musician was paid to come in and play for the customers.]
[Austria had taught him how to play a while back, so he stops pressing random keys. He wonders if he should turn the gear on, considering that if someone found him they might take him back to the Center, but he soon decides that they'll have to drag him back and turns it on. He sets it down on top the piano and begins to play. After a few minutes, words come from his mouth as he starts to sing.]
[The only source of light is the lamp near the piano, the rest of the restaurant is clothed by the darkness of the evening. Now, if China hadn't been through that incident with the wild Gengar, he would've gladly gone to the Valentine's Day festival. But here he was, playing the piano, even though his entire right arm was wrapped in bandages, thanks to the cut he gave himself, as was his left palm where the glass had cut in. Besides, it's not like he had a special someone, or that's what he thought...]
[When the songs ends he stops playing. He's glad that the gear is on audio and that none of his pokemon were out of their pokeballs because he did not want anyone to see the single tear that rolls down his cheek. It's not a blood tear, just a normal crystal-like tear. He doesn't sniffle or sob.]
Useless. It's all useless, aru.
((ooc: China left the door unlocked if any character wants to come and investigate the music. It doesn't matter whether your character has talked to China before or not. It also doesn't matter if they commented on the last journal. They can be like "what happened to your arm?!" P.S. Am I the only one who sees the women in red as China? XD))