Silver 'Grey' Sakaki {Fan acc}

[DM] I ask where in that spectrum your father was, because that can help me better understand what the general public opinion would be on you from those in your timeline, and how to best handle things.

May I also ask what your small announcement looked like?

[DM] In my timeline, there were multiple Maxies, and two of them were extremely destructive - blowing up cities, torture, more than eco-terrorism by leaps and bounds. In other timelines, they "only" awoke Kyogre and Groudon, and were remorseful once they saw the cost of their deeds.

[DM] I see... So they're trying to show their willingness to move on, but not *say* it explicitly.

May I ask what Maxie and Archie did in your timeline? My apologies, it probably sounds like I'm asking you to bare your heart, but I promise I'm not just asking to ask.

Please, feel free. I've followed you back, so you should be able to now!

I have a vague idea of who you may be related to, but save for that... Ah well, with how many timelines there are, it can be hard to know who specifically has done what.

That complicates matters, a lot, and it's probably not going to do anyone any good if you do anything more than apologise for what part you had in things and get some distance from them if they're making demands.

Otherwise? That's up to you. You don't owe anyone who isn't close to you or employing you any information. If you've not done anything to harm them, you don't owe them your time or apologies. And if you did? Judging by your apparent age, I'd say you were probably a victim, too.

Either way, people who will try to hold you responsible for things you had no hand in are people who will treat you poorly one way or another, and will never be satisfied. That's not your problem, and that's not your fault. Just try not to work directly for any of them.

However, there are *many* things I had no hand in, to say nothing of no awareness of, and I have cut off all contact with Rocket even to the point of no longer talking with my dad, despite our relationship being good.

You may have had no hand in your family's dealings, that I don't know.

Acknowledge when appropriate - if appropriate - any hand you had, but do your best to never let someone in power over you hold you responsible for things you *didn't* do.

In my case, I was a Rocket proper for a time. So I DO take some responsibility for the deeds it did.

sure that the people in charge are aware. Don't give people in positions of power over you a reason to think you're attempting subterfuge, but don't offer it up as though you're somehow guilty for your family's greatest sins.

That depends very heavily on what you're doing. If you meet someone in a shopping centre and hit up a conversation, you don't need to disclose until you're comfortable doing so. If you're trying to get into a position with control over someone - even if just as a manager in a konbini - make++

Just as a matter of being someone who goes out into the woods or taking trips to Galar's wild area. To say nothing of my time in Sinnoh's underground. But I keep as good a stock as I can of exact findings, and also only sell my finds to licensed vendors and such.

I also keep incredibly granular track of both where my money comes from, and where it goes, since the first place people look when trying to form some connection between me and my past is my financials.

It can be a challenge sometimes, admittedly, since I do a lot of scavenging...

It's alright. I think I get what you're trying to say.

Mostly? I do my best to be decent, to help others where I can, and be aware that there are going to be people who are angry at me, and who might try to hurt me, and to do my best to resolve such situations via legal methods.

I'm certainly doing my best to buck that trend. I hope I don't go down the wrong path, though I'm lucky I have plenty of people who will tell me *long* before I get even close to the shadows so I can course correct.

Yeah! Though to be fair we're not going to teach her how to use a knife that early... As much as I'd like to. I'm not going to talk about the protective measures we've got planned, not publicly, but I'm sure she doesn't need to be taught how to enact violence so young as I did.

Old enough AND has had some lessons! We're planning to have a second child eventually and I think we can all agree that letting ONE child run around with a real sword is maybe a bad idea, but when there's TWO that's just asking for a tragedy.

I mean, I dunno, Hibiki, when I was growing up there were usually plenty of places a kid could lose their fingers. I simply didn't put them there.

"Well Silver, that's because the place you grew up may as well have been called 'The Orphan Munching Factory'."

Good point!

Sorta stuff.

I'm glad Hibiki has a good idea of what's normal for children because I can sometimes be a lost cause when alone on that front.

I'm actually considering that! Hibiki did rule out a case on the coffee table, and I have to agree now that he mentions that we REALLY don't want her getting a hold of once she's started walking...

Right? Honestly thought my friend is so sweet. I know very little about blacksmithing, but I can tell this is quality. Once she's older I'm going to see if she'd be interested in learning how to swordfight - with a practice blade of course! - in honour of the gift.

He gave me a sword to give to her when she's a little older. Thankfully he didn't give it straight to her. I do have to admit that when she woke up and I brought her out to see him he rubbed his chin and mumbled "Oh, maybe more than a few months to go" so I think he may be on to the difference.

Today one of my friends from another world brought me a belated baby present.

It's a sword.

He said "It's a little early, but she should be able to swing a blade in a few months, so it's fine."

I'm not sure how to tell him human infants take a little longer than that...

A crude drawing of @SilverTrainer.bsky.social looking at the viewer with this intense expression.

Today I visited @silvertrainer.bsky.social and this happened:

Me: It's funny how milk, eggs, and break can make kalosian toast.
Grey: Same as scrambled eggs and toast!
M: Ehhh?
G: I add milk to the eggs for a little extra calcium.
M: Oh I just add a little of the shell, personally!
G: No You Don't.

Oh! Of course. I'll do my best to answer. What is it?

Every so often I'm asked for an interview, and no matter how many times I explain, there's a 52.7% (this is a made up stat) chance that someone is going to ask me why I employ trainers whose primary job is to patrol the building with an Absol.

OSHA compliance does not equate to disaster-proof.

You're quite welcome. I hope you and your friend get to spend many days together, and that you and your new pokemon see many wonderful sights together!

How about you try to find a teleporter that wants to travel? Then you both benefit, and can become friends over the journey. Many pokemon, even those who don't particularly like battling all that much, will challenge trainers in hopes of being captured for just that purpose.

Hello, I know I'm a stranger, but I'd like to help. Could you tell me what you do with a professor, and if it means you travel a lot or not?

Every so often I'm asked for an interview, and no matter how many times I explain, there's a 52.7% (this is a made up stat) chance that someone is going to ask me why I employ trainers whose primary job is to patrol the building with an Absol.

OSHA compliance does not equate to disaster-proof.