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Post by JPThunda on Jul 20, 2016 19:39:49 GMT
"Yeah, that's a good point," he said with a grin. "And Accumula Town, huh? We're practically neighbors!," Jack added enthusiastically. "That's pretty cool."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jul 20, 2016 20:35:12 GMT
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The food was surprisingly well made, a burst of sweet and savory that it's simplistic looks kept a surprise. However Dave didn't have too long to himself
The younger girl came over and sat across from him after dropping her Pokemon off at the counter "Alright, why is it that you're sitting over here all alone, when there are some perfectly friendly people just over there? Afraid you won't be able to fight as well if you get to know the competition? Or did you lose and you're embarrassed about it?" It didn't seem like she planned on leaving until she felt satisfied with the answers
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Bolt quickly ate the half of the cookie, before running up and looking Luke over, sniffing at his pant legs, at about the spot where Gawain would touch. Meanwhile Aethon flies between the two of them, unsure of how he felt about the pair of newcomers
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Jul 20, 2016 20:46:54 GMT
Luke grins as Bolt comes up to sniff at him and Aethon is flying to and fro inspecting him and Jack. "You guys are curious fellows, aren't ya?" he says, his voice happy and carefree. "It's a shame Gawain's out for now. I'm sure he'd love to meet you all."Charm for Bolt: 13 Charm for Aethon: 19
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 20, 2016 20:57:01 GMT
For Rayquaza's sake... Dave thinks, exasperated, as another person comes up to him. What is it with people around here and all their- eh, hold on. He suddenly realizes something. She doesn't have an accent. "Hey, you're from Hoenn, aren't you? Whereabouts?" Maybe there is someone else here who came from civilization...
"And I'm sitting over here so that I can have some peace and quiet while I eat and wait. If the people over there are like the one of them I've met, I'll just be dragged into incessant conversation, which I can gladly do without." He gets a bit ruffled at the next question, though. "No, I most certainly did not lose. If I did, I wouldn't be here moping about it. I'd be out doing something about it."
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Post by JPThunda on Jul 20, 2016 21:11:25 GMT
"Yeah, Bolt has always been curious. Ever since he hatched he's liked sticking his nose into everyone's business...especially where it doesn't belong," Jack said with a grin at the Pichu. "It's gotten him into trouble a few times, but nothing too bad. Curiosity in pokemon is supposed to be a sign of intelligence, since they like exploring and learning new things. I think that's probably one of the reasons he doesn't like being in his pokeball so much," Jack said.
"Gawain must be your pokemon...what kind of pokemon is he?," Jack asked curiously.
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Jul 20, 2016 21:17:41 GMT
Luke nods. "He is. Gawain's an Eevee. A present from my parents a few years ago, from a shelter. He's pretty chill, usually, but he's a bit protective of me."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jul 20, 2016 21:19:31 GMT
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"I'm from Lilycove City in Hoenn. My name is Catelynn, and you are?" She asks, tlitling her head to the side "Also, conversation is good. I lost to Luke over there, the boy that I came in with, but because we got to know each other, it isn't that bad."
She reached over a took a small piece of food off of Daves plate "Besides" she says, biting into it "You're already looking like you're sitting around and moping about it. I thought I was coming over here to cheer up a fellow loser, not trying to perk up someone who won. Smile a little, it won't kill you." She giggles a little "I promise"
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Aetheon flew around a bit more, before settling on top of Lukes head, and cooing. Bolt climbs onto his lap, looking closer at the Normal Type Trainer, before running back to climb onto Jacks shoulder
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 20, 2016 21:39:53 GMT
"Oh, Lillycove," Dave says, nodding. A town full of shopping and contests. Not even a Gym, for such a large place. At least some Contestants seem to have drive. Others, just don't care... Ugh, I don't know why mom and dad like watching those things. "That's the closet city to Larousse. I'm Dave."
"Hey!" he exclaims, irritably, as she takes a morsel off his plate. "What gives? There's a whole table of that stuff available," he does a sweeping gesture over to said food. "I didn't say you could take mine! What gives you the right to just come over here, talk to me, and take my stuff?"
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Post by Strigo on Jul 20, 2016 21:49:54 GMT
Azrael nodded enthusiastically, "Yeah, we did really well! I'd had some practice battles with my family and some of the gym trainers in Mistralton, but this was our first real battle as well." Aethon returned to his shoulder with a fluttering of wings, and Azrael surveyed the plundered confections that had been delivered to his lap. As Jack walked over to greet the newest trainer in the Pokemon Center, Azrael took one of the cookies and held it up to distract Aethon from savaging his hair.
As Jack came back with Luke, Azrael smiled at waved at the newcomer, "Nice to meet you too, Luke. My match went really well, Aethon didn't really get hit at all, actually." He sat back for a minute, watching the two chat about their hometowns, but he perked up when Jack mentioned hatching Bolt. "Oh, you hatched Bolt? Cool! I hatched Aethon and a bunch of other Pokemon with my dad! Aethon's definitely curious as well. And, uh, a bit willful... I may have spoiled him a bit. He really prefers to be out of his ball as well." He grinned hugely as Aethon settled on Luke's head, "It looks like he really likes you, though!"
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Jul 20, 2016 22:18:50 GMT
Luke laughs as Aethon nestles in his hair and Bolt crawls in his lap. "Looks like they like me!"
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Post by JPThunda on Jul 20, 2016 22:52:09 GMT
"Sure does," Jack said, grinning at Luke as Bolt scampered back onto his shoulder.
Then he turned to Azrael. "Yup. I sure did. I actually got his egg from the Professor Oak. It's kind of a long story, but...I actually got Bolt's egg from Professor Oak when I was eight. I met him when he was at a conference, over in Castelia City. He told me the egg was very special, and when I hatched it, he challenged me to figure out what was so special about Bolt," Jack said, reaching up to scratch Bolt behind the ears. "So for five years I did...I tested his IQ, height, weight, growth rate, reflexes, electrical capacitance...just about everything you could think of...and they all kept telling me the same thing," he said, looking up at Bolt with a grin.
"That, as far as Pichu go, Bolt here is completely average for his age," he said fondly before looking back to the other two trainers.
"When I figured that out the first time, I was kinda disappointed...and angry. Kinda felt like when I was a kid the Professor had lied to me, just to try and make me feel special...," he said, trailing off a little bit. "But after I thought about it for a while, I realized just how special Bolt was to me, and how him just being average, according to the numbers, really didn't change anything at all," he said.
Jack had an embarrassed grin on his face. "This is gonna sound kinda corny, but after that I realized that every life, no matter how normal or avergae or plain or ordinary it is, is pretty extraordinary," he said, scratching the back of his head, the same embarrassed grin on his face.
"I guess that does sound pretty corny...but I really feel that way, after knowing Bolt all this time...and I wouldn't change anything about him," he said with a grin, scratching behind the Pichu's ears again.
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Jul 21, 2016 8:19:16 GMT
Luke smiles slightly at Jack's speech. "Plain isn't mediocre," he mutters. "Normal isn't boring. It is my job to make the ordinary in life extraordinary." He is whispering by now, barely audible. "I'll show them who is average."
Luke shakes his head to clear it out, before grinning. "Preaching into the choir, Jack. You have to work with the Mon to get the best out of what it can do, regardless of how sub- at- or above-par it is. Make even the simplest of Mon shine brightly. Make Normal magnificant and the plain perfect."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jul 21, 2016 8:37:45 GMT
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Catelynn sticks her tongue out at Dave "Sorry, I figured you wouldn't mind sharing, since I was too engrossed in this conversation to want to walk over there and get my own. Mostly because I'm sure you would have tried to escape being social if I left."
She sighed "Sometimes, people see someone sitting all on their own and being mopey and pouty. And so we talk to them to try and be friends. I'm sure that's a concept that you can understand. Not everything has to be a battle."
Standing up, she started to walk away, before turning back "I'm sure they'd like it if you came and joined us. Talking can be nice sometimes Dave"
Not long after she left, a nurse comes over "Sorry about the wait Mr. Dyson. We aren't used to working on Synthetic Pokemon. It should just be a few minutes longer"
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As Catelynn heads back towards the trio of boys, a nurse walks up and taps Luke on the shoulder "Mr. Towers? Gawain is all healed up for you" She says. handing him the familiar Pokeball
Catelynn sits down at an empty chair "Seems that you all have got along nicely. Luke, would you introduce me to these nice fellows?" she says with a smile "I'm in need of a refresher on what it means to be nice after trying to talk to that guy." She says, gesturing across to Dave "Though I did tell him to come over"
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Jul 21, 2016 8:45:24 GMT
Luke smiles brightly as the nurse hands him back Gawain's ball. "Thank you, ma'am," he says to her, before releasing Gawain. "Come on out, buddy, I've some people you'll probably want to meet."
Luke smiles at Catelynn as she sits down. "Sure! Guys, this is Catelynn, from Lilycove in Hoenn. She was my opponent in the first battle. Catelynn, these are Jack, Bolt, Azreal and Aethon." He points to each of the boys/mon as he names them.
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 21, 2016 9:03:43 GMT
"Why would I leave?" he asks, dismissively, "You were the one who came over to my spot. I don't see why I should move on account of others." Not to mention, I'm sure you'd follow me...
"And sometimes people sit on their own because they're waiting for their Pokémon to be healed. I didn't come in here to be social." He goes back to sampling the remaining food. "Sometimes not talking can be nicer, y'know," he says pointedly, at the departing girl.
Once the attendant arrives, he thanks her for the update, but inwardly thinks, Infernal backwater town! How can they not deal with this easily? This would have taken no time at all back home... Ugh. I hope other towns aren't this primitive...
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Post by JPThunda on Jul 21, 2016 12:24:19 GMT
"Exactly," Jack said to Luke with a surprised smile on his face, "though I think Bolt is pretty perfect just the way he is," he added with a grin. "I mean, sure, we can get stronger, but that's just training. That'll come in time."
"Hello Gawain," Jack said with a smile when the Eevee emerged from its pokeball. "Nice to meet ya...I haven't seen an Eevee before in person."
"Hi Catelynn from Hoenn," Jack said pleasantly with a little wave once he was introduced. "It's good to know that not everyone from Hoenn is so sour," he grinned.
"It's good that you and Catelynn finished your battle on such good terms," Jack said. "My opponent was a little bit of a sore loser, heh. He got pretty angry about losing," he said with a light, lopsided frown.
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Post by Strigo on Jul 24, 2016 10:47:18 GMT
Azrael nodded, smiling, "I agree. If raising Pokemon with my dad taught me anything, it's that they're all different, and they're all special." He watched Aethon settling into Luke's hair with a quirked grin, "You can't raise friends from egg to adulthood without learning that eventually." As the nurse returned Luke's Pokemon and he released it, Jack's expression changed from one of happy reminiscence to one of delighted wonder.
"Oh, I haven't met an Eeve before, either! What a lovely fellow he is." Azrael crouched next to Gawain and held out his hand in greeting, "If any Pokemon encapsulates their diversity and uniqueness, it's Eevee." He stared slightly wistfully at the Pokemon,."I just wish they had a known flying evolution," he said softly. As Catelyn comes over and is introduced by Luke, Azrael stands and smiles again, "Nice to meet you, Catelyn! You've come a long way - what do you think of Unova so far?"
He makes a face at Jack's comment, "Yeah, my opponent didn't take it well either. He seemed to think that there wasn't any point if you didn't win - like there was something wrong with trying and having a good time." He shrugs, "He was nice before the battle, though... Honestly, he was a bit strange in general."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jul 24, 2016 19:09:28 GMT
Dave
After a few minutes of blissful silence, Dave finally being able to actually appreciate the local cuisine which, to his surprise, really was good. Maybe the local was telling the truth about the place. However, before he could think on it for too long, the same nurse from before came back, except this time, she handed him his Pokeball
"Well Mr. Dyson, we were able to get Hal fixed up finally, although.....nevermind. It should be fine" She says with a nervous smile, before walking back towards the counter "Hopefully he doesn't get as banged up in the next fight. Good luck"
Just as Dave was settling back in to eat some more, a large explosion rang out, just outside the building, and muffled voices could be heard yelling. It seems that quiet that Dave was hoping for would have to wait a bit longer
Jack, Luke, and Azrael
All three of the released Pokemon begin chasing each other in circles, seeming to get along right from the start, though Bolt and Gawain spend a few moments inspecting each other at first.
"Yeah" Catelynn agrees, looking over towards the table with the pink haired boy "It seems like most of the competitors are kind of jerks. At least you all seem nice" She adds with a smile
"Though, Luke here is gonna have to beat whichever one of you makes it to the finals with him. He beat me after all, so I have have high hopes for him"
Suddenly, the three Pokemon look towards the door, and go from playful to battle ready, Aetheon screeching and Bolt and Gawain both arching their backs. A moment later the sound of an explosion is heard through the walls, quickly followed by the muffled sounds of people yelling, before an eery quiet sets in.
Catelynn looks to the boys, her eyes wide in terror "What was that?" she asks in a panic
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Post by JPThunda on Jul 24, 2016 19:22:49 GMT
Jack was watching the three pokemon play with a smile on his face. When the sudden explosion went off, though, he jumped to his feet. "It sounded like some kind of explosion," Jack said, fully aware that the pokemon had realized it was coming just before they heard it. "We should go check it out, there might be injured people that need help! Come on Bolt!," Jack said, heading toward the exit of the Pokemon Center. I hope that was just a Pokemon showing off its Explosion...
Perception: Jack:11 Bolt:6 Intuition: Jack:7 Bolt:11
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 24, 2016 19:25:27 GMT
"If you broke him, I swear..." mutters Dave, before going back to his food. As soon as he finished that up, he'd give Hal a once ove-
Well, scratch that thought... Dave thinks with irritation (and ringing ears), before the reality sets in. Oh, Rayquaza... What's happening? He wasn't quite sure what to do... At the very least, I should probably get out of here. Standard emergency procedure. Besides, I don't want this hut crashing down on me if another one of those gets closer... "C'mon, Hal," he says, calling out his Porygon as he heads towards the doors, the last of his food lying forlorn. "Let's get out of here."
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