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Post by Breakthelevee on Jan 13, 2018 4:05:12 GMT
Donovan wakes up before Mica, finding her still asleep next to the embers of the campfire. He shakes his head at the tent he set up for her, realizing that he isn't really sure why he thought she would use it, and goes about his morning tasks. First he tends to his Oran plant, pruning the leaves and collecting any ripe Berries. Then he goes about training his Pokemon, going easy on Aster since the Deerling had went down during the last fight. Finally, he went back and began preparing breakfast for himself, Mica, and the Pokemon. As he watched the fire crackle back to life, he wondered if him cooking for all of them was going to be a regular occurrence...
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Post by Robot on Jan 13, 2018 5:11:39 GMT
Mica awoke a bit later then usual, finding herself a little sore. The extra activity had been nice, as was getting back to nature, but there was always a price to be paid. Donovan, unfamiliar with her morning rituals before now, was treated to her scuttling around with Spot, coaxing the tiny Ledyba to eat the dew covered leaves and grasses (showing him herself of course, how one eats grass).
From there, it was babying a reluctant Apex, digging a hole with Dusty, humming a ditty with Tot, playing several games of 'Miss Suzie' with Taffy... And releasing the big Pokemon she had caught the day before to meet it properly. Each Pokemon got a solid amount of her time and attention, and she didn't seem at all in a rush for breakfast or otherwise.
"Hey, I know we got off to a bad start, but now's our chance to make it better! I'm Mica.". She held out her hand to the Ivysaur.
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Post by DataNinja on Jan 13, 2018 5:21:11 GMT
The Ivysaur, slowly and carefully looks around, then eyes Mica, then eyes her hand... and them subsequently lunges for the limb and digs its teeth into her hand. The eyes that are on either side of the jaws are glaring up Mica's arm at her, full of loathing.
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Post by Robot on Jan 13, 2018 13:21:57 GMT
Mica lets out a small, high pitched whine, her posture going stiff. Wet built in the corner of her eyes, though by her expression it was more out of pain and discomfort then any real emotional upset. "I-it's okay to be mad, or scared." She stammered weakly, not fighting it for possession of the hand, her right gingerly pressing into the space between it's eyes to rub there. "You don't know it yet, but I'd never hurt a friend." Her tone was determined, sad, and pained. "Please just give me a chance? I won't ask anything of you, I just wanted to meet you. We can go get you breakfast, if you're hungry."
Her usual flippancy was gone, but it was clear the dig of those fangs and the set of it's eyes were more scathing then the remarks Cherry had made at her back at the expo.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jan 14, 2018 19:26:29 GMT
When the Ivysaur bit into Mica, Donovan turned his head and rested a hand on one of the Pokeballs on his side "Mica...." He trailed off for a second, trusting his friend to know what she's doing "Umm Breakfast is ready whenever you can make it over here."
Looking over and seeing the teeth sunk into her hand, Donovan winced "Take your time, and let me know if you need any help over there"
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Post by DataNinja on Jan 14, 2018 21:26:52 GMT
The Ivysaur digs the fangs in a little bit further, before roughly tossing Mica's limb aside out of its mouth and turning its back on her, avoiding her rubbing of its face. It wanders off after a moment, walking up to the water and staring into the reflective surface.
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Post by Robot on Jan 14, 2018 21:45:01 GMT
"S-sure Donovan..." Mica examined her hand, finding that it had already begun to bruise. Quietly she considered the Ivysaur, though it wouldn't look at her. "I wonder...". She trailed off.
Releasing the Frillish, she bent down, hands on her knees. "Would you like to have some breakfast with us this morning? Donovan is a good cook and he made enough. Your friend can join us too if they want.". She gestured to the Ivysaur.
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Post by DataNinja on Jan 14, 2018 21:57:41 GMT
The Frillish burbles happily at Mica's suggestion of breakfast, but seems to get confused when she points to the Ivysaur. The jellyfish cocks its head quizzically at Mica, as if it doesn't quite get what she's trying to say.
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Post by Robot on Jan 14, 2018 22:07:58 GMT
"Do you know each other? This pond seems really important to that Pokemon, and it's your home right?" Mica rephrased the question, moving nearer the cook fire with Donovan, keeping an eye on the Pokemon by the water.
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Post by DataNinja on Jan 14, 2018 22:13:27 GMT
Taffy shakes her head, looking between Mica and the other pink Pokémon. Glancing past the Frillish, Mica notices that the Ivysaur seems to - rather than looking at the lake - be more staring at its own reflection, almost in contemplation.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jan 14, 2018 22:49:20 GMT
Donovan walks over and gives Mica and Taffy each a plate of food, holding a third on in his hand "Eat up! I'll be back over in a minute"
The grass type trainer walks over to the fairy Pokemon and squats on the ground next to it, setting the plate of food down to the side of him and looking at the reflection with the Ivysaur "You know I've been looking a lot at my own reflection lately too. I've been wondering who I am and how things are changing. But you know what? Mica helped to snap me out of it." He tentatively reached over and pat the Ivysaur on the head for a second before continuing "I know that the way we met you wasn't the best. But Mica is a really nice person who wants nothing more than for Pokemon to be happy. It wasn't very nice to bite her like that."
He threw a small pebble into the lake, the ripples messing up both his reflection and the Ivysaurs "I just think you should give her a chance." He says as he stands up and walks back towards Mica and Taffy
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Post by DataNinja on Jan 14, 2018 23:00:56 GMT
The Ivysaur tenses at Donovan's pats, before throwing his hand off and butting it away. It growls deeply at him, sniffing the air and glaring. It does take a little distracted glance at the food, before ignoring it in favour of resuming its hostility.
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Post by Robot on Jan 14, 2018 23:24:37 GMT
"Thanks for trying Donovan, I know you meant well, but maybe we should just leave it alone for awhile. It's really hard when you tried your best and it wasn't good enough." Mica braced her forearms across her knees and held her plate. She hadn't really touched the food yet, Taffy seemed content to play with it's own. "Like when I wanted everyone to come see the Temples, or you wanted to stop Axiom back at Kanadario." The girl explained slowly, finally taking the first little bite.
"It gave protecting this place, and the smaller Pokemon it's all. I can really respect that, but until it understands that it didn't do anything wrong, it's going to stay upset. Maybe if it sees how strong we are together today, it will understand."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jan 14, 2018 23:35:15 GMT
Donovan nodded "I hope it will. I just wanted to say something to it too." He said before focusing on his food. When he finished, he went about packing up his tent "Speaking of today, are you excited to try going against the gym again?"
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Post by Robot on Jan 15, 2018 0:51:24 GMT
"Excited and nervous, yes. Did you learn your lesson about the spikes?" She teased softly. "Now that Apex is listening properly, I think we're a shoe-in for a victory, but she's got so much passion to her, I don't think I could ever trump that." Mica trailed off starry-eyed, Taffy stealing the fork's worth of food that her owner left dangling to the side.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jan 15, 2018 5:42:23 GMT
Donovan giggled a little "Yes, I know better than to try the spikes. I'll just have Dandelion blast away, just like she told us. I've learned that listening is important"
"You have more passion for Pokemon than anyone I've ever met" He says after a moment of silence "We should probably get to the Pokemon Center soon"
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Post by Robot on Jan 15, 2018 21:32:51 GMT
"Let's hope it always stays that way.". She replied cheerfully, polishing off breakfast from the fork that was just in a Pokemon's mouth without apparently noticing. " Alright Taffy, it's time to go." She gives the jellyfish a squeeze before recalling her.
Rising she moved to the pond with the Ivysaur. "Hey, we are heading into town, you don't have to go in the ball if you don't want to. If you still don't have any faith at all in my intentions by the end of the day, I'll let you go, alright? I just want to be given a fair chance."
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Post by DataNinja on Jan 16, 2018 1:53:02 GMT
The Ivysaur stubbornly remains planted where it is for the longest time, before, eventually seeming to come to a decision, and following along. The glare doesn't seem to disappear at all, though.
It takes a good chunk of the morning for the pair to make their way back to Xalibu, only getting into the place about an hour before lunch. Thankfully, they'd remembered the way from coming back, or else it would have taken a lot longer. The Pokémon Center's a little busy, but Donovan and Mica are able to drop off the Pokémon that need to be healed. The Ivysaur seems to have softened a tiny bit, mixing in some curiosity with its glaring, and getting some glances in return.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jan 16, 2018 2:28:52 GMT
As Donovan left his Pokemon at the Center, he looked over at Mica "I'm gonna go take those mushrooms to the person who said they would buy them. Do you want to come with me, or go work on a fishing boat again?"
His stomach rumbled loudly, the hike back having been exhausting "Actually, first things first, I think I'm gonna grab some lunch"
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Post by Robot on Jan 16, 2018 2:48:25 GMT
"I think I wanna see if there is anything Enya has for me to do, actually. We're inconveniencing her with a round two, I may as well do her a favor in return! I can have her meet Taffy too, if she isn't busy. Good luck with your mushrooms! I had enough to eat on the road." Considering the lack of clearly visible edibles, probably better Donovan not ask.
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