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Post by Robot on Mar 11, 2020 0:20:18 GMT
Thel sleeps well past noon with the hour he was up until, finding a change of the police staff in the sitting room when he gets up to greet the day. Courtney, in the kitchen, looking a bit worse for wear over a cup of coffee. The evening hadn't been gentle on anyone. "Afternoon Thel, how is your arm after a good sleep?" Rubbing her eyes there was the slightest gravelly note to her voice. It wasn't many people that had the sort of energy for a sleepless night to turn around and be bright and cheerful the next day.
The shush of waves, the trumpeting of wingulls, and murmured exchanges nearby pierce the fog. Cold, bruised, battered, and certainly addled, Muku and Terra begin to rouse on a beach. Water laps at their ankles, a pair of bipedal Pokemon coming into view. One, blue with an oblivious smile and beady eyes, waves jovially and with great emotion, mouth open, at seeing Muku start to drag herself out of the muddy sand that it has taken such a liking to. The other, with spindly arms, and a lily pad atop its head watches Terra with an unimpressed look but moves to help her up with a huff. "QUAAAaaaaaag!" Went Whoopie. "Lombruh..." Chuffed Splash.
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 11, 2020 0:29:05 GMT
"It's not feeling that bad. As long as I don't touch where it was hurt, at least," he says, before adding genuinely, "Thank you for asking." It's still a strange feeling to have people care about his well-being. "Are you doing all right?" he ventures. "I'm sorry that I've brought all these problems into the lives of people here."
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Post by birdy51 on Mar 11, 2020 1:25:11 GMT
Waves. Why were though so many waves?
The ocean was so vast, so bold. They were doing so well, crossing it's massive folds, in and out, in and out. Water. Why did the world need so much water? Water that stung the eyes. Water you couldn't drink. Why did anyone like the ocean? Did the ocean do anything important?
No. The ocean was a terrible thing. Muku knew this now as she woke up on a beach in the middle of nowhere. But worse yet.
The Sea Pidgeys. A dark rage flowed through Muku's body as she limply lifted a fist toward the sky and bold defiance at the rats with wings, the whites and blues, those horrible Pidgeys that weren't Pidgeys. Oh how she despised them. Awful. Just awful.
Not so awful? The big blue face that was staring at her. Groaning, Muku's outstretched fist folds out into a hand as she gently caresses Goldsire's big blue beautiful face. She muttered something unintelligible and let her hand fall.
Maybe sleep. Sleep would be nice? Sleep.
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Mar 11, 2020 3:51:23 GMT
The girl's state of unconsciousness was filled with memories of last night's events. The wild and unpredictable moments. They had almost gotten away. Then they were in the cold dark of the ocean, that big salty water. After that it was hard to remember clearly. Until.
"Ah!" Terra jolts up into a sitting position, looking around herself quickly expecting a fight as her eyes take on a glare. But there was not one. That's when the soreness and aches hit her at once, a groan pulling out of her lips. A hand resting against her stomach as it churns a bit.
A moment passed of watching the pokemon noting the familiar features, before realizing that this was her Splash! "You... Evolved!" she stated in a surprised voice. A proud grin forming on her face. Even if she felt completely awful, the fact that her pokemon grew and became stronger was quite a mood lifter.
"Wait... where... are we?"
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Post by Robot on Mar 11, 2020 10:22:28 GMT
"Nothing I don't go through on a semi-regular basis already Thel. Being a parent can be like that, there is no need to apologize. Maybe you will know what it is like someday, having to be that kind of responsible for others. I suppose in a way being a Pokemon trainer is very similar. Your friends are counting on you to do what is best for them."
The old stoutland let out a punctuating snore from the corner of the kitchen and rolled into his side, kicking a foot and licking at his chops.
Whoopie stared at Muku for a long moment before starting to drag her further onto the beach. Once they were well onto the warm, dry, sun-soaked sand, the Quagsire began to heap the warm substrate over its trainer from the neck down. Mud was pretty great but salty mud was no gooooood. Sand could be fine.
Splash grunted an uncommitted affirmative as though it was something he could have done at any time had he felt like it. Turning he gestured to a set of caves along the inner shore, then to a small city huddled by the water. There was a tiredness about his motions.
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Post by birdy51 on Mar 11, 2020 16:01:12 GMT
Ah yes. To be buried alive in warm soil. Muku was ok with this too. Oh but embrace sweet rest and- Actually, that sand was getting kind of uncomfortably heavy. Then she could swear she could hear voices. Voices... Ah! Terra!
Muku forces herself up from the dirt and shakes it off. "Hey! Hey! Are you ok?" She asks Terra. "I... You asked where we are right? Cause I don't know. I'm still kinda…"
Still bleary, she tries to get up somewhat successfully and comes face to face with the dope that it is Goldsire. A grin enters onto her face. Muku wastes no time in butting her head up against to the slimy creature happily. "Hey, hey! Best friend."
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 11, 2020 17:17:03 GMT
"I can barely even imagine one day forwards," Thel admits, "let alone 'someday.' It's all... still so overwhelming."
"I should probably... eat something, I guess, if that's all right," he says, acutely aware that it's been... well, since with Whitney that he last ate. "And then I should probably go check on the Joltik. And figure out someone that I can travel with for a bit..." Worry about one at a time, though. Hopefully.
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Mar 11, 2020 22:21:03 GMT
Terra followed Splash's motions, taking in the sight. This was definitely not Goldenrod, at least she didn't remember any part of the city looking like this. Not that she did get to see too much of it before being attacked by the Aqua woman.
"I'm not at the bottom of the ocean, and we are on land. So, okay seems like a good word," she answers Muku.
"Thank you Splash," she told the pokemon noting the way he had motioned. "Do you want a rest?" she asked. He must've worked hard while she was out.
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Post by Robot on Mar 12, 2020 1:59:40 GMT
"The offer still stands to call in one of the Park Rangers to see you safely to Olivine off of the usual routes. It might be a more difficult journey, but I have heard stories that the untamed wilderness is where the really rare Pokemon are. Probably just fairy tales though." Courtney smiled, though she rose and gathered a box from the counter, and a carton from the fridge. "Is cereal okay? I'm not really up for cooking this morning."
At being called best buddy, Whoopie threw her arms in the air and bellowed with glee, hugging Muku's face against her belly. Talon squeezed the girl's arm a little tighter, that baleful eye fixing on her face in silent judgement.
At the mention of rest, Splash almost seemed to inflate before heaving a mighty sigh. Turning towards the ocean, he spread his arms wide, then made a disgusted face and let his arms drop to his sides hopelessly.
(Terra may make an intuition or Poke Edu check.)
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 12, 2020 2:08:15 GMT
"Being honest... I don't really care about seeing rare Pokémon or anything," he says. "That's their space, I'm fine just not disturbing them. They're out there for a reason, after all. I'm good not running into anyone who doesn't want to run into me. I'll... think about it, though."
"And if you want," he offers, "I can try cooking something. If you want something, but just don't want to cook. I've been... working on getting things to taste like they do in the Centers."
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Mar 12, 2020 4:49:55 GMT
Okay, so not rest. A quick and sincere 'sorry' spoken calmly, before he began to move. This time, Terra took more time to watch what the pokemon was trying to communicate. Eyes following his arms and the face he made. She could figure this out what he was getting at. The soreness being pushed from her mind as she focused on Splash. Terra's Poke Edu Roll: 13 |
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Post by birdy51 on Mar 12, 2020 12:16:57 GMT
"Oh! Oh! There you are! Good!"Muku says while pulling Talon towards her. She wasn't stuck to them. They were stuck with her! "Mu- I don't think I could have stood losing another partner right now. I'm glad you were able to hang on. One of these days, we're going to have a real battle that doesn't end with us getting boat smashed."
She smiled wearily and her head bobbed again. It was daytime already, but she still felt so tired. Talon seemed to still be healthy. Muku rose up and began to take a practice swing or two. She arced Talon through the air, fighting an invisible foe who may or may not be present. A guardian defender, alone with her blade. Dangerous. Cool. Muku. Her imaginings didn't make her feel much better, but it did make her look cooler. Not to mention, it felt like she knew a few new tricks she could pull with Talon. Trained fighting wasn't her strong suit, but that would have to change.
For now however, Muku stares in the general direction of the sun. It was morning, right? It was morning. Something close enough to morning. Sure. Her diligent eyes land upon Terra and her grumpy partner as she approaches, "Hey, hey. I'm going to get some morning training done. Would you and your partners like to join in?"
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Post by Robot on Mar 13, 2020 1:16:00 GMT
"I wouldn't say no to a home cooked meal." Courtney tittered softly, as though something about the idea especially tickled her. "It's been years since there was a man in this kitchen." She gave Thel an admiring look over her coffee and sat back. "You really are something. There aren't many people I have met that are so considerate of others, much less Pokemon."
Terra recalls the difference between the kind of water where she found Splash, and the kind of water he just hauled her from. The saltiness of it must be upsetting, or gross feeling to the water type. The visible level of disappointment at all of this wrong water is clear. Also he definitely looks tired.
Talon has his own ideas of how he is to be swung, Muku getting the odd uncomfortable twinge as the scarf spasms her arm this way and that during her mock fight. The blade almost seems to vibrate in her hand, to the point her fingers numb. Whoopie sprays water in the dirt hole she dug for Muku and then rolls in it gleefully.
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 13, 2020 2:13:44 GMT
"Well, Em showed me that there was kindness and caring in the world. Not just obligation, fear, pain, and punishment," he says. "I... liked the feeling of that. So that's how I want to live my life. Just... gently. I don't want to force anything on anyone, make them do anything they don't want to do. Because now that I have freedom to choose my way, I... I don't want to give it up."
"I want to figure out what to do, where my place is, but I want to make sure it's my place. And so I don't want to tell anyone else what their place is, either. They should have the right to be happy and go their own way, too." He starts looking through the cupboards for things that probably go together well. "What's the point of my happiness if it comes at the expense of others? I'm not more important than them."
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Post by birdy51 on Mar 14, 2020 0:08:40 GMT
While waiting for a response, Muku does anything but try to do what Talon. The simple act of trying to swing a sword devolves into rather annoying game of tug-of-war with her arm as the rope. Wherever she can, she tries to thwart Talon's efforts. I mean, it was a sword. What did it know about attacking? Arms weren't meant to twist like that and the weird wrist motions it was trying to make her do didn't make any sense. No. Arms were meant to be rigid hitting tools, probably just like wings. Better yet, just like feet claws. Talons. Like the sword.
Bah! If only she had remembered to keep it's name Beak. But no. Talon felt more natural. Besides. At least she didn't name it something like Wing like a stupid Pidgey. Stupid Pidgeys.
Talon, no, this way, no!
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Mar 14, 2020 4:14:35 GMT
Duh. Of course, she shook her head at herself at the negligence. "I gotcha," Terra tells her partner with a nod of understanding now. Then again, she had never put too much thought in how the waters being different could have such an affect on a pokemon.
At being asked about training, there is a pause for a mental debate. "I think, just enough to get us up and moving. Then we should head towards the city. Find out where we are," Terra answers glancing back at the destination mentioned. "And maybe we can get this ocean water of us." Surely no one was enjoying that sensation on their skin.
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Post by Robot on Mar 14, 2020 23:29:25 GMT
Courtney considered Thel for a long moment, before sitting up straighter at the table. "What will you do, when someone else's desires infringe on you, and your happiness? An entire organization is looking to appropriate you, and managed the same with your friends. Will you fight their desires, their... joys, so to speak, for your own?"
Talon remains incredibly feisty throughout the morning training, going as far as disarming Muku of its ball when she goes to put it away. Whoopie has to be coaxed from her mudhole, and only settled in for training when she is promised she can go back to it afterwards. Rat doesn't seem keen on the lack of food here on the beach. Hornise's absence is felt heavily.
Splash refused to train completely, gesturing to the ocean again, then to Terra, indicating how much bigger she is then he! He served his time! This water sucks and nothing is fair.
(In a feat of prowess and desperation, Splash and Whoopie each learn Surf for no TP cost, they each also gain the improved capability edge for Power, again at no cost.)
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Post by DataNinja on Mar 14, 2020 23:43:08 GMT
"Their desires... are based around the pain of others," Thel says, quietly. "That is not good happiness. It is tainted to better your own position by the involuntary pain of another. I will fight back against them, not for my happiness, not to hurt them... but because they seek to hurt myself and others. Just... let people enjoy their own lives."
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Post by birdy51 on Mar 15, 2020 0:21:43 GMT
By the end of training, Muku is on her knee panting and sweating. Training her Pokémon was getting so much harder than it used to be. Mmip was mostly used to the routine. Hoppips- No, not Hoppips. Skiplooms weren't really the attacking types, but Mmip seemed to have finally gotten the idea of what she needed to do. She didn't need coaxing or prodding.
This was not the case for everyone else. Rat has every potential to be a really strong member of the team. His teeth are little chewing machines and the small tree that Muku had told him to go to town on was just no match whatsoever. But as soon as it was revealed that the tree didn't have any treats well, training was over. A good hustle one could say. No follow through.
This of course wasn't Talon's problem. No, Talon's problem was too much follow through. Its blunt insistence on taking Muku's whole arm with it was getting sore both literally and figuratively. If she wasn't having to fight them the entire time, Muku might have had a little bit more time to spend with Whoopie, but that just wasn't in the cards as the insistent edge lord just couldn't let things go. Notably just that. It wouldn't let go of her arm. As she dug it's Pokéball out from the beach a second time, she finally got the message. Talon was going to stay hooked. A trait to be admired in a bird mate. Not really what she wanted in a sword.
She suddenly has a pang of envy for Omega. At least he could put his knife away. As she rises up from the sand, she side eyes Talon. "You know, you're going to probably have to let go during a Pokémon battle, right? I don't think I can carry you into a Gym Battle."
With a scowl, she tosses the blade and scabbard up onto her shoulder, resigning herself to a few more hours of one-on-one time with the sword. It was still a baby Pokémon, only two days old. She could probably stand to be a bit more patient. But would she? Well. Only time could tell.
"That should just about do it for me. How are you looking Terra?"
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Post by Greenwolfkate on Mar 15, 2020 2:40:18 GMT
Honestly Terra didn't expect too much from her upset pokemon after all he had done for her. So she seemed a little more understanding, she didn't like being coated in the salt either. However she did push him to go for a decent amount of time.
Luckily for the Lombre, Terra still had a pokemon to release. Letting out the newest member from its ball. She knelt down to get a better look over the lion cub pokemon. "Officially welcome to the team. I'm sure you'll be an important part of it," she states in a firm but warm tone. She let Splash take a rest, clearly not being in the best emotional state, while she got to know Lily.
Due to still being somewhat tired, Terra kept the training slightly less intensive. Also to see how Lily handled it. Afterwards she let out a breath. "Yeah, I think I'm ready to get off this sand," she replies before turning to face her water pokemon. "Splash. Last offer, do you want to go in the ball until we get to the city?" she asked holding out his ball. "We'll all get cleaned then."
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