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Post by Robot on Oct 13, 2019 2:24:30 GMT
The chiding and clucking was surprisingly bird-like, possibly giving Muku the impression of how her mother would preen damaged feathers from her, and chide her for going too far from the flock. A spray that burns is applied to her cuts, but they go cold and numb afterwards. Then there is much poking and sewing. "It isn't midnight for another three hours, Muku, it will hatch when it hatches."
Kursz, meanwhile, strikes up conversation with Thel awkwardly in the lobby. "Humans have this saying, about birds and bees, it is pretty important, so you should listen." He nodded sagely. "Birds are free spirits, territorial, family oriented, and they eat bees. BEES. With stingers bigger then your whole body. Thel is not going to convince Muku to stay out of trouble. The only way to keep Muku safe is to get into trouble with her. Dad and I used to do it all the time, cause when you run in two different directions from something chasing both of you, it stops, for just a second to figure out which one to chase, and that makes all the difference." Nailed it.
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 13, 2019 2:40:23 GMT
"I don't do well with trouble..." Thel says. "That's the big thing. You never try to get into trouble unless you can know you'll win. Strength in numbers. Fire against bugs. All that stuff. You make sure you look at possible trouble, and not to take it on if you can help it. Sometimes you can't help it, but it's the can-totally-help-it stuff that I want to avoid."
"All I would have done getting into trouble with her in there is hurting myself and my Pokémon. It wouldn't have helped. Only not getting into there in the first place"
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Post by Robot on Oct 13, 2019 9:35:20 GMT
"Muku didn't have fire, or poison, or a Matriarch. She had to be her own Matriarch. That might be hard for Thel to understand, but she got by with her beak and claws, even if it was a mistake. You were there to look out for her when she fell, that is what is important. You did a good job."
Kursz finished, albeit awkwardly, moving to take a seat.
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Post by birdy51 on Oct 13, 2019 21:08:32 GMT
"Ugh. That's so long off. Muku isn't sure she knows how to stay awake that long." Muku complains. It was weird being stabbed again and having string brought in between her skin until they pulled together. Not that she really actually felt it with the spray. Honestly, it was a little weird. She was so much hardier as a Pokémon.
"So... Why do I bleed? Muku knows that sometimes a Pokémon can be hurt a lot, but they don't show it so much as Muku does now. Is that weird? Muku thinks it's kinda weird."
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 14, 2019 1:30:45 GMT
"If I had done a better job, we wouldn't have needed to be down here in the first place..." Thel mutters. "Why does a place like that even exist? All it's doing is weakening the whole."
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Post by Robot on Oct 14, 2019 1:56:54 GMT
"Pokemon grow stronger with each encounter they survive. Having places of rest like this sees go it that they survive a very long time. This is why Trainer Pokemon are so strong, they have their wounds tended. Have you heard of Audino?" Kursz posed, as Gold stepped into the Pokemon center with a green haired girl in drab clothing at his heels, not immediately noticing the pair to one side.
"You bleed because you were hurt Muku, is that difficult to understand? If you need to have a nap though, you can rest up once your stitches are done, and I will set an alarm for you. Bonding is very important with a newborn Pokemon."
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 14, 2019 2:22:21 GMT
"I've not, no," Thel says. "Wasn't something we'd ever hunted. And certainly wounds being tended is not a thing that I have experienced. You either pushed through, or you died and weren't a burden anymore."
He looks over at Gold with some confusion. Uh oh. Did they do something wrong? Was there a problem? Oh, good. Panic. Just more of what he needs. "Uh, hello?" he says a little warily to the Trainer. Better to find out if it's something that needs doing now...
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Post by Robot on Oct 14, 2019 3:11:37 GMT
"Oh, Thel, great! Just the Pokemon I was looking for." Gold comments jovially. "So, a couple of things. First, we found out there were actually two of those pods containing Pokemon, so there's nine of you total now. Most of the ones from Pod Two were super relaxed homebodies except Terra, who we decided might do pretty well with Omega."
At this, Kursz busied himself doing something else. "Oh..." Gold seems to catch onto the implications in that awkward moment. "At any rate, this is Terra, she will be joining you going forward. The last bit of information... Is regarding Team Rainbow Rocket."
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 14, 2019 3:20:02 GMT
"Oh, uh, I'm sorry, but, uh, Omega ran off on his own. To do things his way," Thel says, not catching on that Gold had caught on. "And, uh, well... good to know that there's more?" He isn't sure that's actually good news. But... it sounds like something he should say, to balance out the bad news.
But, regardless, "Well, pleased to meet you, Lady Terra," he says, nodding at her. "Hopefully we aren't too much of a disappointment from what you might be expecting."
"Uh, I think I've heard those words before, but I can't remember exactly what about," he says back to Gold, regarding the 'Rainbow Rocket' thing. "So... what information?" This sounds bad. He can feel bad from far away. Because most things are usually bad.
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Oct 14, 2019 4:05:31 GMT
The human with Gold had chin length wild green hair and intense red eyes, with a black mark under each eye, that could be mistaken as tattoos to humans. The way she carried herself was with confidence. Those were the most outstanding features of the new person. Currently chewing on something between her lips. Adjusting her gloves as she glanced around to the others that were in the Pokecenter. Turning her attention to who Gold was addressing. So this was one of the pokemon she had been told about by the others.
One of them ran off? Well, one less to worry about she guessed. At the greeting, Terra gave him a simple nod, slightly caught off guard by the title of 'Lady' being used. Removing the object with a hand before replying. "Thanks. I guess," she stated in a bit of a rough voice.
"Those were the humans that did this to us," she commented pointing to her body to make it more clear what she meant. "Right?" She asked to be certain that she had remembered right looking to Gold for confirmation.
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Post by birdy51 on Oct 14, 2019 10:28:16 GMT
"But... Why?" Muku continues with a frown. "You can just throw Pokémon into the 'doo, doo, doo do doo' box, and they are all better. Why can't humans go into boxes to feel better?"
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Post by Robot on Oct 14, 2019 10:39:38 GMT
"Terra has the right if it, Rainbow Rocket is a conglomerate of multiple factions across regions that have the manpower and resources to pull some pretty disturbing stuff, if your situation is any indication." The boy explained in a low voice as not to broadcast to the rest of the room. "They are more aware of your whereabouts then we might like. It is possible they are keeping tabs on you in the meanwhile. It is more a warning then anything at this point.
"Oh, the healing machine. Well, Pokemon are energy beings, so you are able to be restored by putting more energy in. Humans can't be held in Pokeballs because we aren't the same, so the machine won't work on us."
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Post by birdy51 on Oct 14, 2019 13:45:44 GMT
“That makes... No sense to Muku. But Muku thinks she gets it?”
Squinting at the nurse, Muku tried to understand. She was made of blood. Pokémon can also have blood, but they are more so made up of power and energy. They eat berries and sometimes each other to become stronger. But then...
“So... Why did Muku evolve into a human? If it’s not one to one, shouldn’t Muku still be a Starly?”
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 14, 2019 15:29:27 GMT
"Ah, right," Thel says. That's why it had seemed familiar. "A... lot has happened in the last few days, so that detail kinda slipped my mind. So... what are we supposed to do? Anything?" A thought occurs to him. "And, uh, Em's all alone. She stayed behind in Ercuteak. Erutek. However you say it. It's a weird word. Also weird is why they did this. Do you know?"
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Oct 14, 2019 21:53:54 GMT
Gold was using big words again, Terra would slump her shoulders and lean against the wall some as she listened to the two. "Tabs on them? I guess 'us' now How'd you figure that out?" she did her best not to speak too loud since Gold had lowered his own voice.
They were already missing at least two pokemon from their group? She assumed Em was another pokemon anyway. Wow, that seemed to surprise her. She brought her 'chew toy' back to her mouth and began to quietly tap her teeth against it. Giving time for Gold to reply to Thel's words.
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Post by Robot on Oct 15, 2019 16:02:14 GMT
"I'm not really sure on the answer to that Muku, but there are a lot of theories that humans are somehow distantly related to Pokemon, that might have something to do with it." Finishing her handiwork, Joy began to put away her equipment and steralize the room.
"Near as we can tell, they were harvesting Pokemon, converting them into raw energy to power some kind of machine. It hadn't been their intent, what happened, but what little information we've gotten points to excitement over the results. That stored energy, instead of being used for its intended purpose, flooded the pods you were held in when Lance and I attacked their facility. You are all the end result of that accident." Gold explained at length, tugging on the bill of his cap.
"Just be careful for now Thel, you are free men and women. As long as you keep to groups, and don't go looking for trouble, it should be okay. Morty and the Kimono girls can look after Em just fine."
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Post by birdy51 on Oct 15, 2019 16:15:06 GMT
"Oh. Ok." Muku holds her arm awkwardly and starts towards the door where she slips out. It's not too long before she hears the somewhat familiar voice of Gold in the other room. Dashing as she flings open dramatically, she begins to screech excitedly, saying,
"Ah! Hey! Hey! Muku knows you and remembers you. Is Gold doing well? Muku won a badge! And got stabbed! Both were good!"
For the moment, she seems to give no heed to the weird green-haired girl standing awkwardly in the back. She didn't need to, right? No. This person wasn't a big deal. It's not like she was joining them or anything!~
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 15, 2019 17:19:21 GMT
"Oh, uh... well then," Thel says, paling even further than normal. They were almost no more. That, uh, that would have probably been excessively unpleasant. At best.
"Muku, being stabbed is not 'good'," he sighs. "There's already going to be enough trouble looming about, we don't need to look for more."
"Uh, anyways," this is probably a lost cause, so, time to switch conversations, "This is Lady Terra, and Gold has mentioned that she'll be travelling with us now." He turns to Terra. "Lady Terra, this is Lady Muku."
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Oct 16, 2019 8:01:24 GMT
The information that turning them human wasn't the intention made her wonder what on earth they were doing then. However she had no idea, and couldn't put too much thought into it at the moment due to the interruption.
What was that noise?! The odd girl seemed to be almost squawking? Oh, wait, didn't they say one of them had been a bird pokemon? Right. That must be her. Getting stabbed, she might end up liking this one with how energetic she seemed to be about it.
At the introductions being made, Terra steps away from the wall, standing up straighter. "Sounds like you like to take the fun path? Good to meet you, Muku," she states around what she was chewing on with a grin.
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Post by birdy51 on Oct 16, 2019 10:43:18 GMT
It can sometimes be rather funny how one moment a person might look at you with a detached sense of joy and curiosity one moment, and in the next you can be shooting them an icy look that would send a shiver down the spine of even the heartiest of men. New. Traveling. Companion?
Explosion. Boom. Muku doesn't want anyone new, Muku wants the flock to just stay the flock, adding someone else, how could that possibly go well, she's an outsider, outsider, why does that even remotely sound like a good idea when it's just objectively terrible there can only be so many people isn't Kursz good enough, why is Thel just ok with this, why does Gold make this decision, couldn't Muku have been involved, Muku means to say that if Muku was involved it would have been a very quick NOPE but instead it's apparently a YUP, and not only that there are probably others like her and will THEY be joining them too, or is it just that every stray, horrid, wretched, creature they find going to join the group and oh no, she couldn't take any of that she couldn't take any of that at all, why, why, why, why, why.
She allows herself a quiet moment of dalliance. A smile even. A little moment, a figment of possibility where she aggressively kicks Gold repeatedly for even imaging that she would be alright with this. It would be a fond memory, even if didn't happen.
"Oh. It's nice to meet you too.~" She lies. The best relationships always start on lies, that's what she heard the blackbirds say once.
Muku takes a beat to actually look at the newcomer. Something was off about her. Most humans didn't have green hair or weird black marks on their face. Terra looked tough, earthy even, whereas if you looked at Muku, you'd find a person just about ready to spring into action at a moment's notice. Her form, Muku's form, was that of a fairly lithe young woman with coiled muscles. Her black hair was currently done up in a mock cowlick, though she really wished it was colored red or maybe a bit of white. There was no question about it. They both were Pokémon, and that softened the blow a little. Just a little.
Muku wasn't chewing anything though. But Terra was? She cocks her head curiously. "...What are you eating?"
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