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Post by kagemaru656 on May 1, 2016 16:52:09 GMT
The hunters bring you just into town, in the industrial area, which was closest to the hills. All around you are tall, concrete, steel and glass buildings and walls for the various factories producing all the best medicine, technology and even fashion of Ceres. The hunter need to check on some things down south, so they leave you but they point you towards the nearest Tram station. The trams are the easiest way to get around the city, and the stations tend to have maps too. Luckily even with all the big buildings, there are good roads you can easily follow. As you are passing a corner to a crosswalk, a toned, moderately tall girl with blonde hair and green eyes slams into Zach, knocking him onto his backside and causing her to fall over too, her earphones falling out and loud music becoming audible to everybody. Zach lands hard, and after his beating yesterday: that hurt.
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Post by haybalebarn on May 1, 2016 18:30:12 GMT
Celeste was out for a jog, Trip prancing along beside her. It was a pretty normal run, all things considered. While she didn't live permanently in Petalite anymore she still remembered all her old running routes. While she preferred running in nicer environments like the parks in the center of the city, the industrial parts of the city had one huge advantage when it came to running, lack of people. She had done her warmups with all of her pokemon, then recalled all but Trip to go on her route. She tied her laces extra tight, put on a playlist of music and set off.
Today was an obscure rap day. There were budding rap artists everywhere, and they all clamored for exposure on LoudredBeats.com. Most of them sucked, admittedly, but occasionally you could find one with a certain charm to it. She was just getting into her groove when there was a flicker of red in the lower parts of her vision and a sudden collision, sending her careening to the ground. She shook her head as she got her bearings, a loud rendition of a rap song about how great the artist's Rhyhorn's ramming speed was filling the air. "Shit, ow... Watch where you're going, hey?" She shook her head again and looked up at the one she had run into, blinking a few times. The kid looked pretty beat up, that wasn't her fault, was it? "Hey, you alright there?"
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Post by FelixSparks on May 1, 2016 18:38:25 GMT
Zach landed on his rear, bounced slightly, then came to rest on his back, the air knocked out of him. He let out an involuntary groan, his entire body reminded of how sore it was from his fights in the past few days. After a moment, he got to his feet, regaining his breath but glaring at the girl. He'd just gotten off the onix, and she had run into him! Not a wonder, her music was deafening...
"I was standing still. Perhaps you should pay more attention to where you're going in the future... You're not hurt, are you?" If he'd somehow hurt another person within moments of entering town, the rest of this trip would bode ill...
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Post by Zephias on May 1, 2016 18:47:08 GMT
Adri picked up the girl's headphones and handed them back to her.
"Listening to music this loud will damage your eardrums, you know" she said, handing them back. "Are you alright?"
Adri looked fairly worried, to be honest. She turned to Zach and helped him stand back up.
"And you, Zach? Please tell me you didn't rip you bandages or reopen any injuries"
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Post by haybalebarn on May 1, 2016 19:21:30 GMT
Celeste picks herself up and brushes herself off, taking the headphones with a curt nod. From behind her legs peeks out a small Shinx, calmly observing the people and the situation around. "I'm fine, thanks. I'm more worried about him. You said he was already injured? Maybe we should get him to a pokemon center... I know the quickest way to get there from here." She then turns down the volume of her music a bit and slips one of her earbuds back in, listening to it.
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Post by FelixSparks on May 1, 2016 19:24:18 GMT
Zach double checks his bandages, nodding. "I'm fine... everything is still patched up. Just a big fall is all... and I'm more concerned about my pokemon. I wouldn't mind a guide there."
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Post by haybalebarn on May 1, 2016 19:27:54 GMT
"Sure, it's the least that I can do." A guilty expression flickers onto her face, and she waves a hand to indicate the little troupe to follow her. In the meantime, Trip slowly walks up to Zach and begins sniffing at him with her little nose.
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Post by Zephias on May 1, 2016 20:26:03 GMT
Adri follows and catches up to Celeste, releasing Aeron who promptly starts to play with the Shinx. She smiles disarmingly.
"So... Are you from Petalite? And for how long have you been a trainer?"
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Post by FelixSparks on May 1, 2016 20:29:48 GMT
Zach stretches, the smell of food emanating from him. He should probably see if there were any big restaurants nearby to test himself... For now, he needed to get Cass healed up... "Your shinx seems very friendly." He commented casually. Couldn't mean she was all bad...
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Post by blackhawk748 on May 1, 2016 20:34:51 GMT
Conner was lagging behind scratching the back of his neck. He was not a huge fan of cities.
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Post by haybalebarn on May 1, 2016 20:45:52 GMT
Celeste blinked at the attempt at small talk from the other girl and turned her music down a bit more, one ear still full of earbud. "Hmm? Oh, I grew up here yeah. And I've been a trainer for a little over a month." She then turns her head to look at Zach and then down at Trip. "She's friendly enough once she's scoped you out and doesn't think you're a threat. Until then..." Almost like clockwork, Trip jumps back from the Zorua and stares at it guardedly, untrusting, fur bristled up.
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Post by Zephias on May 1, 2016 20:59:02 GMT
Aeron let out a playful yip and illusioned himself to look just like Trip before running around and attempting to get the nervous Shinx to play with him. Adri giggled at her Pokemon's antics and released Tyrell as well, the bat Pokemon flying up to her head as usual.
"Aeron's surprisingly playful today, so I don't think your Shinx will be left alone anytime soon. We're from Amberleaf and started our journey about a week and a half ago. This is personally my first time in Petalite" she said. "Besides going to visit Professor Pine as my mom recommended and maybe looking for some Pokemon trades, I'm not sure what I'll get to do... But it's all so exciting! this is like, the heart of Ceres's scientific community and the biggest city to boot!" she practically squealed. It was probably the girliest thing she'd since setting off from Amberleaf... Despite the fact that she was squealing about scientific research and not clothes, makeup, gossip or the like.
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Post by FelixSparks on May 1, 2016 21:12:35 GMT
Zach watched the pokemon play as they walked, yawning a bit. He'd gotten up a bit earlier than intended, and his wounds still needed to heal. He'd probably spend most of today wrapped up... At least he could shop and get some prayer in. Maybe a Showdown if he found a good place...
"I should probably go with you when you visit the professor. I want to ask about that Paras we found, and these Houndour. I have a hunch... But beyond that, I need to do some shopping. My knife is getting pretty worn down, so I'll need a sharpener and a cleaver. Maybe a trade myself." He shrugged, and decided to let Liz out of her ball. The little bug buzzed happily alongside her trainer, excited about all the things she could steal find!
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Post by kagemaru656 on May 1, 2016 21:20:51 GMT
About this time they cross another road and are at the tram station. The light turns red again and a "Nevana Shipping and Freight" truck drives past. You've seen a few trucks in general but the roads aren't very busy here overall. At the tram station you see a big sign with a map.
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Post by haybalebarn on May 1, 2016 21:40:35 GMT
Celeste nods slowly as Adri talks, only half listening because one of her favorite songs in the playlist was playing. Besides, the girl sure had a lot of interests, and a lot to talk about. Seemed she had stumbled upon a new trainer group, although they were one short... As the Nevana Shipping and Freight truck passes by, Celeste's face flickers into annoyance before she can hide it. However, once they're in the tram station she speaks up again. "We can take a tram to the Pokemon Center here." Her eyes pass over the group for a moment. "Aren't you missing one though? I thought most new trainer groups started with four members."
In the meantime, Trip has finally decided that Aeron is okay, and she begins to play with him, bouncing back and forth and growling in play.
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Post by Zephias on May 1, 2016 22:34:18 GMT
Adri's face went sad for a second.
"Yeah, a couple things happened back in Siennaridge to another trainer team, some friends of ours. One of their members was arrested, and they were short a teammate. We're pretty good fighters and one of the girls in the other group was our friend Danny's sort of date so he stayed with them to help sort things out. We'll rendezvous somewhere else once things settle down... We'kk have to find another teammate though. Once Dan comes back we'll just have to convince the leaders to do five-on-one battles instead of four-on-one"
She didn't mention that the reason the girl was arrested was she tried to pickpocket Danny. Or her weird behavior. Or that the other trainers didn't become their friends until after the fact. It didn't come up, and she didn't really want to think much about the circumstances around Danny'a departure. .
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Post by haybalebarn on May 1, 2016 22:53:35 GMT
Celeste doesn't pick up on any of the emotional contexts or social queues Adri gives off, paying far more attention to mouthing the lyrics along to the song she's listening to. She does, however, manage to here her words and gives a small shrug in response. "I doubt it's that uncommon for groups to split up and shuffle around. I left my group after two weeks myself. Didn't really get along with them."
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Post by kagemaru656 on May 1, 2016 23:19:31 GMT
The tram arrives and you all step aboard. You note the "Please do return your Pokémon if the train is crowded" signs, but it's a early-afternoon train and there's plenty of room. The tram moves and Liz takes interest to the world floating past, buzzing by the window.
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Post by FelixSparks on May 1, 2016 23:57:08 GMT
Zach perked up at her declaration of leaving. He keeps an eye on Liz as he speaks, worried about the excitable little queen. "So you're a free agent? Or am I missing something?"
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Post by Zephias on May 2, 2016 19:35:44 GMT
Adri frowned a bit.
"Teammates are supposed to be friends and partners. I'm sad it wasn't like that for you... Why don't you stick with us? we're short a member and you seem nice enough"
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