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Post by Robot on Feb 20, 2020 11:57:22 GMT
"Being human isn't all that great either. Everything is rules, rules, rules. You do everything you can and they still treat you like a child." Whitney pouted. "Do you have any cute Pokemon we can play with? I'd feel a lot better with more friends around."
It was different, not having someone make a big deal of Thel's origins.
Rat sniffed at the air and there was a little thud as it dropped its crinkle-crinkle. It had most definitely understood this for that. The tiniest bit of light crept in under the tarp as it shoved that broad face into the open, chill night air. A pause, then it wriggle-climbed from the dingy and onto the deck.
Terra drowsed with Splash, the Lotad sometimes awake and watching her when she stirred, and other times fast asleep. The girl's dreams were of the finest and most delicious of mountains, great pressures tempering and honing her body. Of being alone which presented itself as a joyful thing in some instances, and melancholic in others. Hers was not a social kind of family.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 20, 2020 17:51:07 GMT
"Well, you'd have to ask them if they're up for play - I don't want to speak for them - but more company would be nice," he releases Hope and Serenity onto the floor. "You've already met Serenity, though not so much in her new form. She really likes brushes, and definitely deserves them. And that's Hope," he points to the Ribombee. "She was my first Pokémon friend, and trusted me even though my instincts were saying that she looked delicious." He gives a bit of a laugh. "I couldn't feel that way now, though. Food is... definitely much easier to come by now, so that really helps."
He's a little bit surprised at the third ball, before remembering. "Oh... right. In all of that craziness, I forgot. Terra and I went into that flashing machine place because we thought Muku would be there when we went to go meet up with her there. I spent some coins there on getting a new friend... and then everything happened. I haven't even had time to introduce myself yet."
A little nervous, he releases the ball, letting the berry within pop out on the ground. He gives it a moment to orient itself, before leaning down and saying softly, "Hi there, little one. I'm Thel. I wanted to try and meet a new friend, to travel around with... but if you don't want to do that, that's fine, too. I don't want to make you do anything." It occurs to him the berry might be hungry, so he gets some food out of his bag and holds it out in his hand for it.
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Post by birdy51 on Feb 21, 2020 0:11:01 GMT
Muku followed clumsily. She still ached, but this was a good ache. The kind that doesn't stick around like a prick. Muku liked it when her body wasn't being a prick. It made things easier. Flitting about the darkness, her eyes do a quick scan of the area as she crouches low. She had seen people going deeper into the bobber earlier. It was dangerous going directly into their nest, but she couldn't hide in the little bobber forever. Now was plan get clothes that didn't smell of seawater. The humans seemed awfully attached to those weird bandannas.
Maybe if she got one, she could fit in a little better...
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Feb 21, 2020 0:58:44 GMT
Dreams with memories of such fine delicacies brought drool to the corner of her mouth. She may be human, and the food for them now may be astounding in flavor. It was still hard not to miss the simple deliciousness in stones and gems.
The waves did the opposite to Terra compared to other humans. Instead of lulling her to sleep or keeping her in the slumber, they would pull her out of the dreams. Mumbles about shiny shards, back of her hand wiping her mouth when her eyes opened some again.
The solitude of her kind didn't bother her much before she became human. It was just how they worked and all she knew. The new very social ways of humans made some conflicting feelings. A slightly frustrated sigh left her as she sat up in the bed.
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Post by Robot on Feb 21, 2020 19:52:34 GMT
Serenity lifts her head proudly as she's announced and complemented, and Hope does a small aerial curtsy for the gym leader. "Ooh, yeah! Vulpix are really popular as house pets in goldenrod for their soft fur and affectionate demeanor." At the words 'house pet' Serenity looks visibly offended, and Hope falls into giggling hysterics. The Ninetails starts yapping irritably at the bug, which only elicits more laughter.
"Oh, you went into the Games Corner? I've been a few times but the appeal is mostly for the older crowd apparently. Easy enough for me to just go and capture my own Pokemon as I'd like, and this is the largest collection of specialty breeders, trade-enthusiasts and mentors in the region." Whitney explained, watching Thel curiously as he let out the Bounsweet and prompted the Pokemon with food. She considered it a moment, going a bit cross-eyed, before tipping her chin up at it, and bouncing over to plop down beside the stove with a squeak.
Rat seemed to smell something, and began to wander down some metal stairs into the bobber, ahead of Muku. There doesn't seem to be anyone around, though snores echo from one cabin or another. Rat stops and scratches at a metal door, before looking up at the handle. Terra hears claws digging at her door, as she stirs, Splash squeaking awake on her chest.
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Post by birdy51 on Feb 21, 2020 20:32:54 GMT
Muku scurries up after the rat crouching low as she slides through the mercifully empty halls. Damn thing was about to blow her cover! But wait. Then again, if it was scratching that intently, then maybe they found the clothes room thing. So she stops and takes a breath and puts a shaky talon on the handle. If anyone responded, they were getting kicked in the face. No questions asked. If no one responded, she was going in.
Easy? Easy. One... Two...
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 21, 2020 20:44:43 GMT
Thel looks over at Serenity, and gives her a pat and some of the food as consolation. He's glad Hope is enjoying herself, but concerned that it's coming at the expense of Serenity. "It's okay, Serenity. You're a friend."
"Yeah, it was... weird. It really wasn't at all rewarding. Just... pulling things," Thel says. "But, there are lots of Pokémon there. And... I just wanted to be able to let one have the choice to come with me or go free. And this one looked cute and happy."
He looks at the berry, and tries to puzzle out what it wants. "Are you cold? Or... oh, do you want the food warmed up? I guess that makes sense. Plants like sun, the sun is warm... that's how it works, right?" He mostly is talking to himself, before he looks at Whitney. "Do you mind if I use that? I can also, uh, put something on for you, if you want. I've been... learning, at least."
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Feb 22, 2020 1:14:16 GMT
The scratching at her door gained her undivided attention. A hand resting atop Splash's head and pointing to make him aware of the sound. A moment to quietly rise to her feet and placing her pokemon by her side, Terra prepared herself in case this was some sort of attack on her by her captors. A motion given to Splash to prepare for a fight.
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Post by birdy51 on Feb 22, 2020 1:23:05 GMT
Muku gives the rat the 'well, I guess that means there is clearly no one in this room, so we're doin' this now' look. It was a very difficult look to convey and as a bird, Muku didn't have any context for that sort of situation. Therefore, what followed was several seconds of shrugging, pointing, and pantomimed frustration at her own inability to emote. Bah. Humans. Why couldn't they just be simple!? Why couldn't she just convey a look with a flick of her beak or twittering?
It wasn't worth considering. What was worth considering, was opening the door, which she needed to do so quickly. Muku gives the rat a signal and turns the handle. There. And now! She opens the door and with a grand flourish, enters the laundry room!!
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Post by Robot on Feb 22, 2020 2:33:46 GMT
The Bounsweet hums what sounds like an affirmative to Thel, before bouncing away from the stove and into the spot on the bed he had vacated, which was now nice and warm. "I don't mind, there's supplies in the cabinets for when I get in a mood. You can make whatever you'd like as long as you share." Declared with a wink, she started playing with her Clefairy's tail. "So you really like cooking? What did you eat before, just berries? Or like, rattata and stuff?"
Muku throws the door wide open in front of Terra, Rat bolting along the inside wall and panic-scrabbling away from the girl and her fishy planty fishplant. Rat was only interested in the dead fishy smell, and the other foody smells in Terra's room. It also wanted the honey but that wasn't allowed so it went where there was more food. It was so hungry.
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Feb 22, 2020 3:03:09 GMT
The sudden movement had Terra move to attack until her mind processed that the intruder to her new 'territory' was in fact a familiar face. Fist stopping mid-throw, despite her sharp eyes following the Rat that scurried in so quickly. "How... did you get here?" Terra asked turning her attention back to the other human, while motioning for her to come further in so that she could close the door. There was confusion on how the other could have made it to the boat.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 22, 2020 3:06:18 GMT
"Alright, I'll make a little of a few things... I know everyone has different tastes," he says, rummaging through the cupboards. "And... berries, those were a treat, usually reserved for the Ladies. Usually it was insects. They got attracted to us a lot easier than other things, having pheromone based communication already. If something else small fell for it, and we felt we could take it, though... we would. But mostly insects. Something like Hope over there would have been a delicacy," he teases. "All sweet and sparkly.""But... yeah, I like it. Everything coming together to make new flavours? It's amazing. Especially moreso because of how filling it can be. Up until a few days ago, I'd never known that you could reach a point with food that you weren't still hungry..."He himself takes spicy food, while Hope gets some of the salty things that she likes, and Serenity the dry heat of her favorite treats. He tries offering a few different flavours to the berry, who eventually seems to settle on the bitter tasting one. Whitney and her Clefairy get their preferences, too. Thel gains a Spicy Wrap buff, Hope has 3 already, Serenity Dry Wafer, and Bounsweet a Bitter Treat. "Anyways," Thel says to the berry, as they eat, "If you want to come with me and travel the place, you can. I've got food like that, and also some other treats, too. There, uh, there's going to be some battling, though. I'm doing a challenge where I have to win against people. So, if you don't want to do that, that's fine, too. I can just take you to a forest, or something, and you can head wherever you want. I don't want to make you do anything."
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Post by Robot on Feb 22, 2020 9:46:52 GMT
Clefairy and Whitney both seem to prefer starchy, sugary fare, and are perfectly happy to eat where she'd sleep. Scooting to one side of the mattress, munching on one of Thel's confections, she continued the conversation between bites. "Bugs? Eww no way, you're making fun of me." She laughed. The Ribombee in retort alighted on Thel's shoulder and nibbled on his ear.
The Berry has her fill on the cooling blankets where her trainer had been lounging before. On the subject of travel and battling being broached, she began to glow, swelling into a short humanoid with long legs, twin leafy ponytails and a bright smile. Tapping the boy's cheek affectionately, she replied with a "Steenee." It was much the tone of 'well, I suppose for you dear, since you asked nicely I will humor you.'
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 22, 2020 10:13:46 GMT
"No," Thel says, quite seriously, "I would never make fun of someone that I don't know that well, especially not a lady. You have treated me with respect, so I certainly would not betray that for a joke. I assure you, bugs were indeed my primary diet. Not super filling, but... fire at least meant that it was easy to kill them." He shakes his head. "I do not think I could go back now that my eyes have been opened to a whole new world of flavour." Bit of mixed metaphors there, but, the point was gotten across.
He giggles some at the tickling nibble of the Ribombee, playfully swatting at her, but taking care to not really knock her around, or mess with her wings.
"Oh, that's encouraging," he says, grinning, going to ruffle her twintails a little, before pausing to make sure the berry-girl was okay with it. He also reaches into his bag for one of his Poffins. "Here, since you're staying onboard, you can have some of this candy. The others seemed to really like it." He realizes something, and thinks for a moment. "I do need something to call you, though... I've referred to the others by things that I want to have in my life, because I want to have them in my life. And you seem happy, so... I don't know if 'Bliss' works for you?" He is a little bit more nervous here... as much as the Pokémon seemed happy, this still isn't quite the same as meeting his other friends. Where they'd come close to him wholly by choice, instead of starting out with him. So he isn't quite sure how she'll react.
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Post by birdy51 on Feb 22, 2020 21:16:56 GMT
Muku takes a beat before responding, stepping through the threshold and closing the door tight behind her with an all too uncomfortable 'clunk'. She turns back Terra with a demented, but well intentioned look on her face as she burst into a barrage of beeps and words. "Muku- I mean, I swam. Goldsire helped me get onboard and then I hid in small bobber with a rat. That rat. The rat is good since apparently it knew where you were and I guess that begs the question of whether you know the rat or not Terra, but maybe that's not important because did they hurt you? There were others who hurt me and then I tried to find you and Thel, and Thel told me you got kidnapped by the whale, so I jumped in the ocean, and then I got tired and wow."
The young birb girl gives Terra tired smile. She really must look like hell with her clothes still clinging to her from the salty spray, hair in disarray where the rat may have or may not have chewed on it a little while she was sleeping. Muku pauses for a short breath. "Maybe one question first. Are you ok?"
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Post by Robot on Feb 23, 2020 0:43:41 GMT
Rat begins to pick over every last scrap of food that Terra left behind. Crumbs, shells, anything that was missed or left sit, the rattle of its enormous incisors along the plates beginning to grate in short order. Otherwise it minds its own business and seems to want little to do with the aggressive beeping.
The Stenee leans away from Thel's hand until she's offered the candy, at which point she leans back in again and allows him to touch her head. At his question of her new name she let out a happy cry and clapped her hands together, mouth still full of her treat. "Looks like she's really particular about how things are, you're going to have your hands full." Whitney laughed softly. "You're not a bad chef... but... I suppose I've kept you from Mom's right way of doing things long enough... thanks for spending a bit of time with me Thel. It was good."
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 23, 2020 1:58:25 GMT
"Oh, don't worry," Thel says, nonchalantly. "I have plenty of experience dealing with particulars. I'm sure I'll be able to figure things out, and it'll be all just fine!" He probably shouldn't be so optimistic, but compared to dealing with The Lady and her daughters… it should be easy. "Besides, I have friends to support me. I should be good, compared to the past."
"I'm still learning," he admits, in regard to his cooking. "Only been doing it a few days, and I still haven't been able to replicate a lot of what the stuff in the Center's tasted like. I'm glad that it at least measured up to some degree of satisfaction, though. That makes me feel like I'm on the right path."
"And I should be the one thanking you," he says. "For all that you've done. You were willing to try and help me. You comforted me when I was in a panic. You gave me the opportunity to get this." He gestures to the dress he's wearing. "I'd wanted one ever since the first day when Muku'd battled those girls for one..."
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Feb 23, 2020 15:47:09 GMT
Once they were in the seclusion of the room with the door shut, Terra felt a feeling of, relief? That one of her companions was not lost behind in the streets of Goldenrod. Especially since the last thing that they had heard before being interrupted was Muku's screeches. Even so the amount of words and the speed that they were spoken had been a bit much.
The exhausted and messy appearance of the other brought a sympathetic grin to Terra's face. "I'm, not hurt," she decides to answer with, before motioning to the chair that was in the room so that Muku could sit.
"Thel and I tried to find you, we heard you yelling. Then a woman in blue stopped us. Let out a stupid big fish that swallowed me up and brought me to this stupid boat." While she explains she searches to see if she still had a towel in the room to offer. "The man in charge here. Archie. He gave me this room, food and clothes," she states before adding while shrugging "He says the ocean is the source of all life." For now she ignores the Rat, besides if it causes trouble, Splash was still out of his pokeball.
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Post by Robot on Feb 24, 2020 2:23:00 GMT
"With people things don't always make sense." Whitney explains slowly, sitting upright so she can make eye contact with Thel while having such an important talk. "Human clothing is assigned genders, even though they aren't alive. You are wearing a dress, which is considered girl's clothes. At least that is how it works most of the time." Rubbing at one of her knees, the teen continued to slowly pick through her words. "There are some humans that don't care about that, and others that do it because it feels right and natural. People will react to you differently because of that."
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 24, 2020 2:30:16 GMT
"Oh..." he says, his face falling. "Then... I probably shouldn't be wearing it, then, should I? I really like the flowing, and the look and feel and colour of it... and it makes me feel strong, I won it in battle. But I can't go around clad in a lady's scales... it wouldn't be right of me." He sighs. "I don't know any of what feels right, or natural. It's all having to be told to me. I guess my hopes of fitting in aren't very well founded..."
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