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Post by Robot on Jul 30, 2020 22:56:38 GMT
"If Madeline told you by 8 am sharp, you'll want to be in uniform and in front of her desk a few minutes prior. You'll need a makeup kit for your complexion and skin type, and you'll want to put it on after dressing. I will meet you at the front doors at 7 am, and we can get you ready for a good start on your first day. Make sure to get plenty of rest, you won't want bags under your eyes. Eat light as well, a little fruit after waking should be okay. I've seen girls get so stressed on their first day, they get physically ill. That should help." She offered gently.
"We don't get many girls like you, but you aren't the first."
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 30, 2020 23:10:40 GMT
"Alright, sounds good," he says, nodding. "Thank you for this. I'll take all of that advice to heart. ...am I able to take my Pokémon for the day, or do I have to leave them here now? I'd hope to be able to just explain to them what's going on. I hadn't realized that I wouldn't be able to regularly see them."
Regardless of the answer, he nods and heads outside, with his Pokémon or without, to see if Whitney's still out there.
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Post by Robot on Jul 30, 2020 23:29:41 GMT
"You are fine to take them with you, most of the girls wear theirs along their belt. The only time I've ever seen them taken is if they refuse to remain in their ball. It shows a lack of discipline, and the instructors here really -really- don't like that."
Whitney remains outside, pacing with her arms behind her head, kicking her long legs high until she sees Thel again. "Hehey! How'd it go Thel? We got you in!" Whitney cheered with a fist pump to the air. "I was really worried when she asked you about the whole girl thing, but you nailed it!"
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 30, 2020 23:43:09 GMT
"That, uh, that probably would have been a good thing to mention along the trip here," he says, laughing. "But, it all worked out in the end. I'm nervous that I'll accidentally end up doing something that'll end up getting me kicked out... but, I'm sure it'll be fine. Things've worked out so far, after all..."
"Uh, anyways," he says, "there're some things that I'm going to need, like makeup and whatever, so I don't know if you want to come and help me pick that stuff out? The day's mostly open besides that, all I've got to do is make sure that my Pokémon know I won't be able to see them as much." He sighs. "I don't know if it's going to be harder on me or them. They're a lot of my support..."
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Post by Robot on Jul 30, 2020 23:53:54 GMT
"Slipped my mind! And honestly with all the talk of your respect for this ideal of being a Lady, and how well you clean up in that dress I really didn't think about it too much. Some guys were born to be girls, it's another one of those human things, but yeah! I'll take you makeup shopping, and we can have a little dinner date thing before I head back to Goldenrod." Whitney rolled her eyes at the concept of it, but there was a certain resignation to her tone.
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 31, 2020 0:03:34 GMT
"Huh, really?" Thel asks. "Humans are weird. It's simple to a Salandit. Ladies can evolve. That's it. There's never been a male that's evolved. We can't. So it is how it is. Unchangeable. Oh, and I guess their perfumes are more dizzying."
"Look, if you don't want to hang out with me, just say so," he says, laughing. "I appreciate everything you've done so, so much. I don't want you to feel an obligation to do things you don't want to for me. I can manage on my own. ...probably." He grins.
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Post by Robot on Jul 31, 2020 0:32:35 GMT
"Not that weird. If you felt in your heart, that this was who you were supposed to be. Thel Lucasta the human, and someone told you "No, you're a Pokemon." Do you think you would accept it, or would you do everything in your power to show the world you were a human?" Whitney smiled in a moment of cognitive brilliance. "It's like that, except with gender. Anyway, you know I like hanging out with you, it's Mom and my dumb 9-6 gym duties six days a week. I'm too young for that, and it's dumb! I want to hang out with my friends, go shopping, and cuddle Mil Mil..."
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 31, 2020 0:37:33 GMT
"But... I am a Pokémon. I'm now a human, too. But I don't even know how to be human..." Thel says, trying to parse everything. "It's... something to think on. It's all ben very confusing these last two weeks. I've barely figured anything out..."
"If you don't like doing it," he asks, curiously, "then... why are you doing it? Are they making you do it? I thought that was something that humans didn't really have... was I wrong? I thought choice was a big part of being human."
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Post by Robot on Jul 31, 2020 0:46:00 GMT
"You don't really get a choice until you're an adult. I'm still living under Mom's roof, in her cave basically. Her cave, her rules, you know? If I went and did my own thing... that might be nice, have a cute little apartment and go for walks... but being a gym leader pays really well. Sometimes, even humans, have to do things they don't really want to Thel. That school is a pretty big example of it... come on, let's go for a walk."
Leading Thel along to where the contest hall is, Whitney leaned against the railing overlooking the ocean, her back to the water. "A lot of the girls that go to the charm school aren't there because they want to be. I wasn't either. Most of them are boyish, or their parents just needed a place to get rid of them for awhile so they could go about their business elsewhere untroubled by children." Whitney's expression was downcast, and she spoke quietly.
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 31, 2020 1:10:00 GMT
"Oh, I see... that makes sense," he says, nodding, "You do what you have to now in order to do what you want later on. Money is definitely something that I've... had to try and get used to. Not something that we had, before this. But I think I understand."
He stares off into the ocean next to her. His thoughts briefly turn to Terra and Muku. Apparently they were fine, so that was good. But, he hopes they've not run into too much trouble. "I... that's all very peculiar to me. The social dynamics between humans and their young is a strange one to me. You have children, but then you want to just... get rid of them? That seems odd to me. That didn't even happen in the den, banishment was a big deal."
"I'm sorry that you had to go through that," he adds, quietly, putting a hand on hers. "I can tell that the relationship between you and your mother is... fraught at times. I know how much of a weight it can be to just... not have a choice in life what to do, now that I'm free of that. I can't imagine what it'd be like to have that be someone who says they care for you."
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Post by Robot on Jul 31, 2020 1:36:37 GMT
"It depends on the human. We're all really different. Mom wants me to be responsible, but she doesn't let me take on the big important stuff that a responsible person would be trusted with. It makes me really mad, having her tell me I should be more dependable as Goldenrod's 'prodigy' gym leader, and then turns around and keeps secrets like you from me!" Prodigy thrown up in air quotes, she looked up at him with a half-frown.
"Some parents let their kids do whatever they want, others give them whatever they want, but that isn't good either. Kids end up spoiled or in really dangerous situations that way. I've seen the underground parts of Goldenrod, I know what it's about." She huffed. "I hope that place teaches you what you want to learn. If it ever starts to feel wrong, Mom and I will look after you, okay Thel?"
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 31, 2020 2:18:44 GMT
"Being human sounds really, really hard..." he says, after her tirade. "I can't imagine how strong you are to have gone through all of this. Like... not just strong in the battle sense, which is what everyone seems to mean when it comes to strength. But... emotionally. Emotional strength is something that I've come to appreciate a lot since becoming human."
"And I'm sorry. I didn't realize that I was a secret, and that you didn't know. Otherwise, I would have told you. Morty helped us a lot when we were first lost. I knew that, as a Gym Leader, I could trust, you, too. But," he smiles, "I know I can trust you as just you, too. Gym Leader or not. And... I appreciate the offer. I really do. I just... I don't want to put you guys in danger because of me. I've already caused enough problems in your lives. I don't want to make more."
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Post by Robot on Jul 31, 2020 2:29:16 GMT
"Emotional strength is really important, yeah, but don't confuse it with what guys do." There was another little roll of her eyes, and she folded her arms across her chest. "Boys seem to think that emotional strength comes from never showing how you feel, but that causes all kinds of problems and it's just hiding from stuff. Girl humans are way stronger cause we let ourselves have those feelings, and share them openly." Whitney winks. "First lesson about being a Lady, I guess."
"You were kinda a secret, they don't want everybody knowing. If everyone knew, you'd never have a minute of privacy. Whoa hold up, you didn't put bupkiss in danger. It was those red suited jerks and their robobugs. Besides, I can handle myself, and I can take anybody in a one on one, I don't care who it is."
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 31, 2020 2:42:22 GMT
"I see..." Thel nods. "I used to have to keep everything locked up inside. To just be the perfect little worker. It was a lesson learned in pain. But... I've been happy to be able to let it all out. To just openly feel." He smiles. "So I don't think you need to worry about me, there. I'm just happy to be allowed to feel what I feel. Besides, even if I did want to hide my feelings, it would make Em sad. And I don't want that."
"Oh, yeah... I guess. That is something that I worry about, just being seen as an imposter, and badgered. I just want a nice, quiet life alone. So that makes sense."
"And I know you can handle yourself... I just don't want you to have to deal with that stuff. It's not fair to you. Or anyone else. It's not fair to me, either, but at least I'd rather have it bother the least number of people... I don't know if they'll ever stop. I don't want anyone else to have to deal with that."
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Post by Robot on Jul 31, 2020 3:00:40 GMT
"We'll have to make them stop eventually... Supposedly there was a guy in Kanto, a prodigy like me but older, he made the storage systems used in the computers throughout Johto. Anyway, he turned himself into a Pokemon a few years back. Might be worth looking into if you ever get tired of this. Not sure if it was just a story, sounded too wild to be true at the time. Anyway, let's get you your things for tomorrow morning. They should have everything at the Pokemart."
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Jul 31, 2020 3:02:41 GMT
Well, they certainly did have other ways of making money. That made sense, they all couldn't always fight each other like Muku said. A few minutes passing as she would ponder over the choices.
"You know, I was thinking something along the same lines. In either helping getting those who aren't behaving in order," Terra replies with a motion towards where the pokecenter was with her thumb. "That or... Maybe trying fishing?" There was a slight pause before she had mentioned it. She had her qualms about the salty water, who could blame her though? However during the week's passing she had seen others fishing on the shore and it seemed sort of fun to pull things out of the ocean by yourself with a stick.
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 31, 2020 3:07:38 GMT
"What, really? Huh. I thought that we were the first of things like this, but... we might not be?" He mulls that realization over in his head, before firmly stating, nervously, "I don't ever want to go back, though. Never. I know now what it's like to be free. I'd have to give up everything. My freedom, my friends, my happiness. Never, never, never."
"Okay. Let's go shopping. And then I can explain everything to my 'mon, and give them final brushies for now."
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Post by Robot on Jul 31, 2020 9:39:54 GMT
"Easy Thel, nobody is going to make you go back.". Whitney put an arm around him and squeezed. "Jasmine is a little older then me,but she is really nice. If you are going to be staying in town for a semester, or a full term, we should probably introduce you. We can see if she wants to go shopping too."
She actually waited for his input for once, a blessed rarity.
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Post by birdy51 on Jul 31, 2020 15:34:49 GMT
"I'm ok if you want to try both. Can't say I'm excited about doing whatever they are doing with those long sticks but... I can try it?" Muku says with a twisted expression of doubt. "With all that's going on, it would be better if we didn't split up. I can't lose you like I lost Thel. Or Kursz. Or Em. Or any number of Starly who got captured with me."
Her grin curls into a vaguely manic smile as she stares off into the distance. Nope. Not thinking about that. Never thinking about that. What thought. Thought? No thought. Beepswell rises in her heart, only to be battened down by fear and a sense of sensibility. No thoughts, only dreams. Dreams of not thinking abou-
"We should go. To do that thing. The one with the Pokémon. Please? Let's go do that, I think I can do that and I think I can do it well because my team is looking good and, and- hah! It will be fine. I think. I know it! Muku knows it! Yes!"
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Jul 31, 2020 16:03:30 GMT
With the pointing out of current events, Terra gives an understanding nod. She could definitely agree with that. Chuck was still out of commission, and even with Gunshow occasionally joining them in where they go. It would be better to have numbers. There was an awkward silence at the mention of the Starly's previous team mates, friends. Not entirely sure on what to say to her.
"Staying together sounds good," Terra admits before hearing Muku continue with the words about doing the one with the Pokemon. "Let's go. We'll see how well the two of us can do. I'm sure we both can handle some punk pokemon," she adds turning to start towards the Center. So they wouldn't dwell on the missing other former pokemon people.
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