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Post by Robot on Mar 16, 2020 3:28:28 GMT
"I'm glad." Courtney announced. "That you won't just accept other's intentions for you. Would you like me to accompany you to the station after we have finished eating, or were you going to head straight for Olivine after a meal?" As Thel hadn't started making for cooking, she began to pour herself a bowl of some very sugary looking cereal that was likely not meant for a woman her age, CherrimO's
In Muku's address to Talon the eye had begun to lid after all the flailing and being dunked in water, closing the rest of the way during her conversation with Terra, and the young sword simply fell free., scarf fluttering lazily to the ground. Mmip seemed to greatly enjoy the sea breeze and how it carried upwards! Rat munched on the young sand palm, because fiber was sort of like food.
Lily seems very against being near the water but takes well to Terra's firm demeanor. The coming and going waves seem to be a constant source of distraction, so much of the session is spent trying to get her to focus. Splash does opt to return to his ball, appreciative that Terra went easy on him. A rare, thankful smile before he disappears.
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 16, 2020 5:19:46 GMT
"I was hoping to go and see that Joltik again, yeah," he says, hesitantly. "So... if you don't have anything else that you have to, or want to be doing, it... would be nice to have someone to come with me to there. But... don't feel obligated. I... have to eventually figure things out on my own..."
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Post by birdy51 on Mar 17, 2020 0:08:45 GMT
Muku staggers. Briefly. It was sort as if there was a weight removed from her. Now she had energy! Kinda. She felt drained? Maybe. If Talon was going to sleep, they could do it in their Pokéball. Taking advantage of her partner's ill-advised nap, she blasts em with the returning beam. Her arm felt all sore now but at least it was hers again. In a moment, the rest of her team sans Mmip were likewise returned. Mmip of course could stay out. She seemed to be having fun in the sun and Muku was not about to take that from her.
"Ready when you are." Muku says with a nod, gesturing towards the glint of civilization in the distance. "I don't really want to see humans right now. But I can if I have to."
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Mar 17, 2020 1:05:16 GMT
Overall, Terra would count the training as a success, as much as it could be anyway. A nod given to Splash before he disappeared. "Alright, let's get out of here. I'm tired of being so close to the ocean," she adds looking about to see if her bag was salvaged from the ocean's waters. If so, she lifted it up onto her shoulders. Lily was also given the option to stay out of her ball and walk with them, or be returned.
Muku's words brought a nod from the other. "I understand that feeling. But we should at least figure out where we are." Thinking it over as they head to get off the sandy beach.
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Post by Robot on Mar 17, 2020 3:34:03 GMT
Breakfast wraps up uneventfully, as does Thel's reunion with the Joltik at the station. There is a distinct lack of the uncertainty it carried itself with the night before. No longer did it state scared, and despite 'No' being its favorite word, it readily agreed to go with the boy, to what end is anyone's guess. The GPD provide a ball for it, and Courtney provided escort to the edge of the city, when Whitney calls after the pair.
"Mom! Thel! Wait up! You weren't going to leave without saying goodbye were you?!"
(Thel received a Jolborg, an electric-steel shifted Joltik. Level 25, Female, Cannot Evolve, but receives one augment of choice for free. WC +1, Tech Edu 2d6, Replace Bug Bite with Metal Claw, Screech with Metal Sound, and Bug Buzz with Flash Cannon.)
Lily is content to be out of her ball provided the lot of you are moving away from the water. Mmip has a grand time, broad ears flapping gleefully on the rising hot air currents off the sand. After fifteen or twenty minutes of walking, you arrive at the quaint Beach town, homes built both on and off the sand, the sign amongst the leading houses reading "WELCOME TO CIANWOOD"
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 17, 2020 3:56:55 GMT
He doesn't spend too much time with the Joltik at the station itself, resolving to wait until later when they can get to know each other better without scrutiny. In case it does end up wanting to leave, too. He's still going to keep his word for that.
"Oh, Whitney!" Thel says, before adding, uncertainly, "Was... is that something that I should have done? I'm sorry... I don't know all of the expectations that there are. I'm used to just... not trying to waste anyone's time with announcing that I'm going anywhere." He awkwardly runs his fingers through his hair. "Was there something that you were wishing from me before I left?"
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Post by birdy51 on Mar 17, 2020 22:31:03 GMT
Muku folds her arms over one another wrapping them back and forth into place as she stretches out. Honestly, she hadn't had this body very long but she was beginning to treat it very badly between chronic bee stings, excessive cardio, and midnight swims that nearly result in drowning. If this place was safe, then maybe she could chill out for a bit? That would be nice. To chill? Her eyes drift up to Mmip.
Envy was such a simple emotion. She couldn't help but feel envious about Mmips ability to fly. It was so nice up there in the air and it looked like she didn't care about anything. She didn't even have her own weird flock around and there she was, not a care in the world. Maybe that wasn't true? Muku was kinda Mmip's flock right now. But she couldn't fly with her. That was depressing.
...Stupid landlocked existence.
She shook her head. "We may want to go see if there is a Pokemon Center here. If there is, maybe we can ask to see if there is a Gym here. I don't think I really feel like battling yet, but we should probably talk to them and let them know what happened."
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Mar 18, 2020 5:42:24 GMT
Not being on that constantly moving boat was a relief to Terra. It brought feelings of unease and anxiousness to her. Somewhat solid ground, even if it was sand, was better than the rock of the boat. The instincts of a Larvitar still in her body, of being in water would lead to sinking. So the faster they had left the wet sand, the less tense she appeared.
Cianwood... That's where Archie was wanting to go. The sign brought a frown to her face. "I agree. We should definitely try and find the Pokemon Center. This is where Aqua was taking us, so we should watch out, just in case." Terra sounds displeased at this. However there was no sense in waiting any longer. The sooner they found the Center the better.
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Post by Robot on Mar 18, 2020 11:47:58 GMT
"Yeah, I wanted to go with you." The leggy, athletic girl seized Thel's hand in much the way she had the day before. "Let's go, we got big important stuff to do!"
"Whitney Belle Norma you will do no such thing!" Courtney declared sharply, posture stiff and straight, but it was pretty clear from her continued retreat that the girl had no intention of changing her mind.
"Bye Mom, you can take care of the rest of the gym stuff while I'm gone!". There was a certain twinge of spite in Whitney's tone. " I'll look after Thel."
The center was prominent as it often was, and its Joy boisterous and well muscled in equal measure. "Welcome in you two! Shoes off at the door, you can leave your Pokemon with me, and have at the PC or the rooms. We've a bath house around the side as you need, you just missed breakfast. Lunch will come around in a couple hours if you are up for it. You two look soggier then grimer today." She laughed loudly.
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 18, 2020 17:46:42 GMT
"Uhh…" Uh oh. He reallllly doesn't want to be caught in a fight between Whitney and Courtney. He looks back and forth between the two ladies as he's pulled along. "I'm sorry for all of this..." he says, back at Courtney, before turning back to Whitney. "Why... why would you want to come with me?"
It seems wherever he goes, trouble is soon to follow. But... hopefully, at least, he supposes, this time with someone as strong as Whitney, it'll all be fine. Maybe.
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Post by birdy51 on Mar 18, 2020 18:04:29 GMT
"B-bathhouse?" Muku questions, offering Terra a vaguely confused look. Did they really put baths in houses? Well. They probably did. Humans liked their baths. But did a bathhouse imply that the entire house was a bath? Mystery abounded and frankly she didn't have time for that. She didn't bother taking off her shoes and marched across the floor anyways, sand flying from her feet in a devil-may-care manner that could only possibly be described as utterly scandalous if she didn't look so serious.
"Nurse Joy, we need to talk." She says, scanning the room nervously. There wasn't anyone here who could be dangerous... Is there?
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Mar 18, 2020 22:21:01 GMT
At least the Center wasn't hard to miss. The greeting had caught Terra slightly off guard. The comment about taking their shoes off confused her, though now that it was mentioned, hers definitely felt uncomfortable. Who knew soggy and sandy shoes felt bad?
The mention of a bathhouse also didn't seem familiar to her. Muku would get an uncertain look when she had repeated the word. A moment to kick off the offending shoes at the door she was quick to catch up with Muku.
A hand placed on the counter before them as she glanced the way that Muku wasn't, to help scan quicker. "She's right. There's some important stuff that happened to us yesterday and last night."
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Post by Robot on Mar 19, 2020 0:53:40 GMT
"I wrote you a recommendation letter for that charm school in Olivine, so now I'm making sure you get there. I needed to blow off some steam anyway, if they're going to treat me like a child and keep me out of the loop, then they can fight their own gym battles too." Thel got the distinct impression that she would not be dissuaded by anything short of him decided to stay in Goldenrod, and even then she might carry on without just on temper alone.
Joy's eyes settle on the sand and wet tracked across the soft and well kept floor mats, Muku having a broom thrust into her arms almost immediately on reaching the counter. "You sweep up that crap you tracked in and take your shoes off. Clean out your ears when you have a minute too." There was a sharpness about her eyes, speaking of a moment of intense inner focus. "You can keep talking, I'm listening." She addresses Terra with a bit more cordiality.
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 19, 2020 1:18:43 GMT
"Oh, I see," Thel says, nodding. "Well, I appreciate it. Thank you." He waits until they're a little ways away from the city, before venturing "uh... I don't suppose that we could pause for a little bit? I need to have a little talk with that Joltik that I wasn't able to earlier - oh, uh, yeah, there was someone who sent a scared little Joltik to attack me last night. It... seems better now, and I said I'd let it go if it wanted to come with me."
"Also, I didn't end up having the time to spend time with my friends this morning and doing brushes and all before we left. So... it'd be nice to do that, if that's okay."
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Mar 19, 2020 8:31:47 GMT
This was not what Terra was used to seeing from the few nurse Joys that she had encountered before. However she didn't flinch at the scolding directed towards Muku.
At being addressed she regained her thoughts. "You are a part of... the league right?" Terra asks to be sure first, and waited for an answer of confirmation before continuing in a quieter voice. "My friend and I were attacked in Goldenrod City. By a... a couple of groups." She pauses realizing that before shaking her head. "The more important first, they go by Team Aqua. Kidnapped me and her. We managed to escape during the night, but woke up here on the sand," Terra's voice is calm as she recounts the event to Joy. Eyes keeping a focused glint in them for signs that the woman wasn't to be trusted.
Hard not to blame the girl, considering being in a new environment and in such a state no less.
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Post by birdy51 on Mar 19, 2020 10:27:42 GMT
Muku considers for a brief golden moment in time taking the broom and forcefully yeeting it out the window in defiance. However, did she really have time for that? Was throwing down with the local nurse really worth it over some dirt? One look into the woman's fierce eyes told Muku that no, it wasn't worth it. This one wasn't one to be trifled with. Not yet anyways.
She unlaces her shoes and flicks them forcefully into the wall next to Terra's, causing a slightly bigger miss than there was before. This too was now Muku's problem probably. Why did humans have to such weird rules anyways? Did it make them happy to have weird rules? Does it please them and their paltry bath houses? Yes? No? Kiyiyiyyaaah!
After a bit of stomping around muttering, she does put the broom to the floor and attempts to sweep up the mess. The emphasis is on attempt as any casual onlooker would be able to note that Muku had no clue on how a broom worked and was pushing the dirt around in vague circles. 'A' for effort?
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Post by Robot on Mar 20, 2020 0:47:12 GMT
"I'm not in any real rush, so that'd be fine. Do what you need to do, I'll be nearby if you need anything." Whitney climbs up into the lower branches of one of the trees to one side of the trail and watches you go about your business while kicking her feet in the open air, paying attention to all the little noises here and there too.
"That's right, all Pokemon Centers are league sponsored and maintained facilities." Joy confirmed, folding her well sculpted arms across her muscular chest. The typical nurse scrubs and apron seemed out of place on her frame, with her demeanor, but wear them she did, glancing between Terra and Muku as the girl spoke. When the tale was told, she stepped out from behind the counter and firmly grasped the broom in Muku's hands to still the motion. "Haven't seen either of you on the island before, and you look like you've gone five rounds with no water or rest." There was a pause, and a corner tugged at the edge of her mouth.
"The Pokemon you left in Goldenrod, an old bicycle, and a note, have all been deposited into the PC System. Team Aqua won't touch you in this town, Chuck'll see to it, and if he can't there's plenty of others. Cianwood doesn't let you stay soft for long."
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 20, 2020 1:31:48 GMT
Thel finds a place with a rock, or stump, or some other place where he can release the Joltik and be able to have it at face-height while he crouches or sits. The others can come after. Right now... letting the Joltik be alone, without feeling pressured by anyone else.
He releases the spider, looking into the augmented eyes of the Pokémon. "Hi there. I... hope you had a restful night," he says, awkwardly. He's not really sure how to approach this. Especially after the whole kerfuffle. "So... the offer's still open. You can just... go off into the forest and everything right now. I don't want to make you feel like you have to come with me."
"Because... I'll be open with you. There will be some fighting involved. I'm going through challenges to try and work through life, and figure out my place... and battling is a part of that. There are also people who want to hurt me, and my friends. People that you probably know some of. So... if you don't want to hurt them, if that ever comes up, I just want you know it's a possibility."
"It's not just fighting, though. There's food, and good friends, and just enjoying each other's company. I like not fighting. And just... enjoying life. But, I won't force you to do anything. That's one thing that I never, ever want to do. IT's your choice if you want to come or not. If you want to come along... then I can introduce yo to the others, and see if we can find something for me to call you that suits you - unless you're able to tell me your name as-is. If not... then I hope you have a wonderful life."
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Post by birdy51 on Mar 20, 2020 1:34:22 GMT
Nurse Joy's voice steadily drained from Muku's mind, eyes going wide as soon as the nurse made mention of bicycles and Pokémon left behind. "H-Hornise? Bicycle? Note?!"
Her hand flits excitedly up and down, up and down uncontrollably. "Where, where? How do I use a PC What is a computer? How do you put things into it? How do you put things into it?! What is a PC?!?"
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Mar 21, 2020 8:47:07 GMT
Even so, Terra couldn't be too careful with who she tells their experiences to. Though now that the woman spoke up about them going without water or rest, that wasn't too far from the truth.
"Yes, show us! I want to know how to use it as well," Terra's voice is not as energetic compared to her companion's, however that desire to see her pokemon shows through. A fire in her eyes as she steps over to the two so she could look at Joy.
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