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-Yuu Nozomu and Cerise Fontaine: Battle Ship-
Yuu snickered for a concise amount of time after that minor jab, giving Abigail a small untraceable smile as he continued setting up his tent. He was glad the girl agreed to learning from him as she seemed curious on their journey here. As the boy continued to swiftly set up his tent, Sylvie had finally finished setting up a stack of rocks. Backing up, the small ball of fur began circling it, focusing on it with the intent of battling it... before pouncing onto it, causing the pebbles to scatter.
Yuu noticed this as the pokemon looked up at him, gazing with glee while smiling playfully with an agape jaw. Yuu smiled back, displaying his affinity for the pokemons actions. With his approval from what she was concerned about, Sylvie slowly bounced over, delighted as she rubbed her head against Yuu's legs. Briefly pausing on the part of the tent he was working on, he knelt down petting Sylvie. "Thank's for the affection Sylvie, but I don't want to accidentally hurt you while setting up the tent... could you wait a little bit longer?"
Looking up, the Eevees ears flattened and she gave him a nod, somewhat sad at the moment. "S-sorry, but I promise I'll spend time with you in a bit... heck, maybe we could involve others as well, alright?" Her face lit up like fireworks and she eagerly nodded. Giving Yuu one last show of tenderness she nuzzled his legs before trotting off, gathering the rocks at the same position.
...
Eventually, the tent was completely erected, albeit fleetingly, ready for anyone to rest within. Glad that it was over, Yuu beckoned Sylvie to follow after him. Giving him attention, the Eevee looked up with bright eyes just as she was pushing one more rock towards the build up pile she was going to assault again. Stopping, she quickly ran up to Yuu and joined him as he traversed towards Cerise. As he neared the girl, he gave the red-haired beaut a hearty smile while Sylvie's ears flattened as she uncomfortably walked behind Yuu.
Looking down, Yuu noticed Sylvie wasn't at either of his sides, prompting him to look behind to find her shivering with some anticipation. Picking the brown ball of fur up and nestling her in his arms Yuu scratched Sylvies ears, soothing her. "No need to be afraid, Cerise is a friend!" Looking up from his spot, Yuu gazed softly at the lady before continuing on. "Hope I didn't delay; are you prepared?"
"Oh, no it is fine. I had to make sure Abigail would be a dear and set up our sleeping arrangements by herself." Cerise replied to Yuu as he approached, giving him a soft smile. "She can be a little...harsh at times but she really is a good person. But uhm...Oui, I am as prepared as I ever will be." She replied somewhat nervously playing with a lose strand of hair. Sage simply rolled his eyes, and flapped his wings, landing on top of the redheads hair again.
"A-ah! Sage get down this instant!" She said as the bird started to quite mess up her hair, his small talons throwing strands of her bright red hair everywhere. "P-please, that took me forever to do this morning." At this, Sage hopped off her head, and landed on the ground not far away and began hopping away from the two of them, heading off somewhere by itself.
"O-oh dear..." Cerise sighed, as she tried to straighten her hair. "I fear my little Sage doesn't like me..."
Yuu jutted his head to the sided, chuckling a moment as he simultaneously smiled, eyeing a place in the vicinity that was uncovered by where the camp was proclaimed. Not too far from the group was a smaller open space; away from any prying curious eyes, making him nudge his head in that direction whilst responding to her comment. "I'll take your word on it to a pint; I've had a lot of experience dealing with her." A gentle hmm emanated from the boy as Sylvie continued to cozy up, fidgeting in his arms until she found the perfect spot.
While she was complacent, Yuu began to scratch her ear, causing the small pokemon to relax even more to the point of sighing in exhilaration. Yuu pivoted around, traversing towards the area before stopping at the sign of a worrying screech. As the Eevee shivered at the command, Yuu immediately pivoted around to see the small green ball trying to make its nest on Cerises head. While she seemed relatively piqued Yuu retraced his steps back to the girl as the red went in separate directions.
Talk about parting the red sea...
Regardless, Yuu gave her a comforting smile before glancing at the small bird. "I wouldn't say your little Sage abhors you, rather I believe what he is trying to do is play or show his affection." Walking in the opposite direction taking rather gargantuan steps, Yuu cut off the bird before kneeling down in front of it, giving it an affable smile. "Correct? You just only want to bond with her, right Sage?"
Sylvie stirred from his arms, poking her head towards the green puff, her face lit up as she squirmed in his arms. Yuu took the hint after noticing the bright eyes an large smile in the direction of the bird, so he released Sylvie. She immediately shook herself as she circled the Natu, curiously eyeing it as the purple haired boy continued speaking. "Maybe you two could try to play with each other in another way as it your companion doesn't enjoy having their hair tangled... so could you attempt to try and find another way to express yourself if plausible?"
Yuu wasn't sure about the pokemon as it seemed rather placid, emotionless. He stared into its eyes, giving it an affectionate smile... and above all, he failed to discern anything noticeable... besides Sylvie walking towards it and giving it a poke before dashing around it, excitedly shouting "eevee, eevee, eevee!" Setting out a hand, he attempted to pet Sage, trying to reach out to the bird.
Sage didn't do anything as Eevee poked and pounced around it, prancing around him in some comical manner. Instead, he simply stared blankly at Yuu, completely indifferent. He stared right into the boys eyes, ignoring the hand completely as he petted him. The Natu seemed to almost look right into Yuu's soul, almost as if he was silently judging everything he had ever done. Every sin that he had ever committed, every bad thought he had, and every unfounded suspicion he may have thought.
It was only for a few brief seconds, but Yuu may have felt a slight chill run down his spine. As soon as Yuu finished with whatever annoying petting he was doing, Sage simply hopped off, completely ignoring Sylvie in the process. Cerise simply frowned, giving a small sigh.
"I don't think he's very friendly..." She replied to Yuu. "And u-uhm...I'm not exactly sure I know how to uhm...express myself without fashion." Cerise continued. Really. What an absurd question to even suggest. Expressing herself through some other means. Bah! Ignorant whelp. She almost wanted to tell him who exactly she was...but that would likely end up harming more than helping here. "It's about all I know, really. Miss Blanchett, Abigails Mom, taught be everything I know about it."
On instinct, Yuu stopped for a fleeting moment as he peered for the bird, that smile of his faltering for an untold second as the side of his face twitched. While he did like the Natu (and to an extent myriads of other pokemon), he found the leer to be quite unnerving, reminding him of the past. Eye contact was completely maintained despite the sudden stop. Sylvie stopped bouncing around, noticing the untraceable change in trainer. Walking up to him, Sylvies eyebrows furrowed as she poked Yuu, causing him to stop the whole process.
"Er, uhm," Yuu stumbled as he turned his attention to Sylvie, ending the cycle. Butting her head against his side, Sylvie wrapped her front legs over his pants. Her face was dug into the sides as she cooed softly. Yuu was caught off guard by this, his temples that were somewhat strained became calm, gaze becoming sympathetic. Putting a hand to her head, Yuu began scratching behind her ear again, mouth serenely grinning. She might of not of known his toils, but he appreciated the effort that she put into displaying her care.
"Thanks Sylvie," he whispered as he ascended, the small pokemon releasing herself as she looked up at the giant, still filled with tantamounts of glee. He then turned his head back to the girl who acted discouraged at the situation with Sage. Giving her an encouraging beam, Yuu attempted to uplift her again. "Hey, that might not exactly be the case; for all we know, he might just be solitary... or mischievous!" Yuus eyes watch as the ball began to hop even further away from the duo.
Walking after the bird, Yuu scooped Sage up into his arms as soon as the bird tried to hop again. Cementing his grip of iron, his grasp would prove to be difficult to squirm out of... even if he wasn't exerting much energy in the process. "Not sure about how to express yourself other than fashion, ey? Hum..." Yuu pivoted around and walked towards Cerise, Sylvie staring wide eyed at the ball he picked up, jumping up to constantly greet it at every turn with a cry of friendliness.
Sage, was not pleased. He had did his fuckery for the day, and had successfully messed with his so-called trainer by messing with her hair. He had intended to go chill for the rest of the day. Find a nice, less red colored branch to light on and sleep for some time, before returning. But no. This little purple haired idiot had to pick him up with is oppressive grasp! It wasn't even soft and cozy like his trainers. She had that going for her little shady self at least. Being cute and all, unlike this guy.
"Vee, vee, vee!"
And that little brown ball of fur with her incessant cries. He had half a mind to land on her head and knock some sense into it
Yuu gave a wide smile to the girl as he began to alternate between speaking to Cerise and Sage. "We can always find another way to, or generally forge on with what we know, right Sage? You might like a hat or small bow she makes you?" Yuu looked down at the bird with a chipper look, walking past Cerise, but not before tilting his head back. "Come, come, I promised you a session where I would teach you a couple of things about pokemon and anything else that troubles you... heck, maybe I could assist by being a catalyst that sparks a closer relationship between you two! That means you're gonna have to reach out too; no need to be shy of Cerise Sage!~"
Yuu gave the bird a small pat, but kept a sturdy grip, waiting for Cerise to follow after to the smaller site outside of the camps boundaries; Sylvie kept hopping up and down, striving to chat up the Little Bird pokemon.
Bows? Hats? While Sage admitted he would look absolutely dashing in a top hat and a little gentlemans cane, he wanted nothing from that trainer of his for various reasons he wouldn't be disclosing. Catalyst Friendship? What even? Shy? That was it. This fella had so many wrong ideas about him. He might as well show him his reasoning here was completely wrong.
Sage, in fact, glared up at Yuu. His normally emotionless visage replaced with a scowl as he was held. Fine. This idiot wanted to cuddle? Well, he'd give him something to cuddle. Maybe it'd be good for Cerise.
He chirped loudly, eyes flashing white with bright psychic power and likely startling the boy that was holding him as his gaze turned to his trainer. There was a flash of white, and suddenly sage was on the ground a few feet away from them where Cerise had previously been standing. Cerise, was hovering momentarily in the air a foot above Yuu.
She had only seconds to process what had just happened.
As the bird chirped loudly, Yuu believed he finally elicited a response from the guy, smiling for a brisk moment before taking note of the scowl on Sage's face as he looked up at him. Yuu's smile turned into a neutral line across his face, one of his brows shooting up. Before he knew it, his eyes were radiating with a familiar vigor that all psychic types had. Above all, while he did display worry at the light, he saw the small bird turn towards its target. Yuu reacted somewhat slowly to the matter, but found his arms were a little lighter and Cerise's location had been replaced with... Sage.
Oh... well.
"What the... Ally Switch?! Yuu could only think before realizing that meant Cerise was... on instinct, the purple haired boy instantly shot his arms out faster than a bullet, his head whipping back to see a falling Cerise. No time for processing the predicament, as he wasn't going to let the girl get injured, not on the first day. In mere seconds, the lady fell into his arms, Yuu not budging from the impact that the light teen had.
Looking at Cerises face, he couldn't help but awkwardly chuckle at the scene, smiling at the girl in an attempt to alleviate any sort of mortification she might have from the condition... it probably didn't help that the way he was holding her was bridal style. "H-hey, you ok?" Grasping her softly, Yuu waited for a response more than anything before reacting and going on with an explanation over what just happened.
The course of this session was going to be interesting... especially since he had a better idea of what the Natu was like now.
Cerise didn't entirely know what had just happened. One second, she had been wondering just what Sage was up to, the second she felt herself falling. How she had ended up in the air, she didn't know. What she did know, was that she was falling and it was that runt of a birds fault. She squealed loudly from sudden fear as she fell. Thankfully though, she didn't fall for long. Instead, something caught her. That someone happened to be the cretin that she loathed, who happened to go by the name of Yuu.
Her entire body tensed as she was held by the boy. She had never been particularly heavy, so it was probably quite easy for him to hold her. Which was the exact opposite of what she currently wanted. Her entire face turned a shade of red. It would probably be assumed to be embarrassment by the boy, but in fact, it was anger. In fact, Cerise could barely stop herself from reaching out and trying to slap the boy silly for carrying her in such an embarrassing way.
Instead though, all she could muster was a single sentence.
"P-put me down this Instant!" She shouted, a bit too forcefully.
"U-unhand me immediately y-you-" Cerise's voice trailed off, unable to continue speaking without her possibly saying something. Her arms were resting on her chest, face looking towards the ground, an unsure frown displayed on her face. If he didn't comply, she'd probably would smack the boy.
Sage, had already wandered off to wherever he was going before Yuu interfered.
Yuu was a bit astonished by the way her voice sounded; sure she was quite a hospitable character from earlier, but the way Cerise responded... While she seemed abashed, her voice had traces of vexation in it, even though Yuu saw how red her face had grown. Yuu thought nothing of it, deciding that she didn't know how to respond to a situation like this versus actually being angry. "I'll take that as a yes that everything is ok then," Yuu nonchalantly smiled, slipping his hands from out under her legs, allowing her to regain her footing.
As she was let down, Cerise took a few cautionary seeming steps away from Yuu. She took a few deep breaths, face still red as she looked at the floor, unable to respond at the moment. She was afraid she might say something she didn't entirely want too.
"Looks like it wasn't such a smart idea to pick up Sage, sorry about the predicament I dragged you into..." Yuu rubbed the back of his neck as Sylvie looked up quizzically at the situation, trying to assess what she had just witnessed. Of course, Yuu turned to eye the bird that was bouncing off somewhere else. "Still, as mischievous as he is, the pokemon is well-bred, considering it knows an Alternative Birth Move, or in technical terms, an Egg Move; wouldn't be at all surprised if it had a hidden ability to boot."
As Yuu spoke about Sage, Sylvie looked up at the boy, pawing at his legs to get his attention. Yuu briefly looked down as she let out a splurge of "vees," as she pointed at the green bird. Yuu could understand the context of what she meant, considering a couple of things from earlier and nodded, smiling. "Aye, indeed he is, but rather he is going to be more so your opponent... if you want to battle, of course."
Letting the Eevee decide if she wanted to go along with his plans, Yuu went back to addressing Cerise, giving her a plain smile. "Best you get Sage before he starts hopping around camp cause it seems he will only let you carry him for now." Picking up Sylvie, the small pokemon got out of his grip, much to his surprise, and hopped onto his shoulder, balancing herself. Giving her a gentle pat, the purple haired giant glanced at the Natu, urging her to procure him so they could commence with learning process.
"Ah? S-sage? R-right." She finally replied. She took a quick look around, but she couldn't see the bird anywhere. She pouted, a sighed escaping her lips as her hands reached up to her cap, pulling the brim of it over her face. "I...I guess I am terrible at this, huh?" She said to Yuu.
"Here I am asking you for help...and I can't even control my own pokemon." The redhead of course, was putting on an act, but that wasn't going to be evident at all. She honestly wanted to get back to Abgail now.
And maybe take a nice, hot, shower or something. She hoped Johto had something at least resembling top of the line hair care products and soaps. She would loathe to try and clean herself for anything from the backwater region no matter what, but she could at least try to maintain some semblance of civilization.
"I guess that lesson's gonna have to wait, Yuu." She continued, looking up from the ground. She gave Yuu a soft smile. "Thanks anyways...he'll probably come back. I think...can we go back now, though? I'm...not feeling to well at the moment."
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-Route 29-
Noah was silent. He had been silent for a very long time. Back at the lab, he had chosen silence rather than to taunt the smallfry. He had almost did it...even had ran through exactly how that little encounter would have went down in his mind’s eye, but…
Nope. Silence.
He had chosen instead to just leave. He had his pokemon, his license, and some supplies...but he hadn’t thought of one itty-bitty little wrinkle in his plan…
There was only one path from New Bark to Cherrygrove. Well, only one path that wouldn’t leave him bleeding and broken in the middle of the woods. And since there was only one path, everyone had decided to take it. Unfortunately for Noah, everyone had decided to take it…at the same time. Just fucking peachy. He could likely split from the nerds sometime around then...Violet at the latest. From there, he’d head to Goldenrod. He didn’t NEED to do the challenge bullshit. All he WANTED was to be able to drag around a couple pokemon without the law sticking it’s fat nose into things. Sure, he’d probably end up using them for some...less than legal purposes, but as much of his own ass that he could cover, he would.
But until then, he was stuck with somehow the most obnoxiously chatty human beings on the goddamn planet. PurpleFuckBoi and the Ginger (snotty slut Ginger, not creepy ghost Ginger) had chatted the entire time they had been walking. The entire time. Not just for a few moments here or there, no. The entire time.
The.
Entire.
Time.
It was grating, their voices. The endless, mindless droning nearly caused Noah to break. He had begun grinding his teeth, which helped at first, but those horrible voices just kept going on and on and on… nothing could stop it. A couple times, Noah started to butt in, to do literally anything to get even a moment of silence, but ironically enough, he couldn’t find his voice. Not because he was shy, nervous, or even hesitant about making a group utterly despise him, because fuck that noise. No, he couldn’t find his voice because his mouth was so desperately dry.
He had become so unbelievably salty that his frustration was literally dehydrating him. The man was salt incarnate, poised to rain down vile bile upon all who were unfortunate enough to stand in his way.
...seriously, forget Pipsqueak. Forget ButchBitch. Hell, even forget Tits McGee the Lighter Thief.
The two scumlords go down first. He’d figure out how later. For now, he would just have to be content thinking of things to shove into his ears. Glass, maybe?
So it shouldn’t come to much of a surprise to know that Noah hung back at the tail of the pack for the entire trip, offering nothing but scowls and glares to anybody who came near. The twat up front looked about as pleasant as one might expect from a psychobitch, so...no. Then of course, the scumlords and their pet ghost was next. Which left...who? Pipsqueak and...uh…
It didn’t even matter. Wasn’t gonna happen. Noah went solo. So he was the last to get the memo about group stopping for the night. But that was fine. He was cool with the idea. It was getting late, and he really just wanted to laze out for a bit. His hand went down to his side and touched the lone pokeball hanging from his belt. He had to admit, he wanted to play with the pooch a bit more as well. Honestly? The damn thing was pretty fucking cute.
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Camp was made without any hiccups. At least, none that Noah had noticed. He had pitched what would have to serve as a tent...which was pretty much just a blanket propped up with sticks, covering a sleeping bag. To whoever left all that gear just lying in his unlocked car back in Goldenrod, Noah gives his most earnest thanks.
When he finished, he gazed upon the sloppy mess that would be his sleeping arrangements for the night and turned to check out the others. To his surprise and disappointment, they hadn’t ended up hanging themselves with their own tents. Yay? Oh well. Maybe next time.
Still...the campsite did seem a bit...quiet.
…
Quiet?
…
Noah scanned the group…
…
Welp. The scumlords were gone. Off to make the most obnoxious babies imaginable, eh? Noah wept for humanity. Well...maybe they’d get mauled by a passing Ursaring? Yeah, yeah, probably not, but a boy could dream, couldn’t he?
Pfft…
The quiet was nice. Hot damn, was it nice. Goldenrod was never quiet so this...this was a nice change. Noah gave the camp one last scan before heading off, unknowingly, in the same direction that the scumlords had walked some time beforehand. As he strolled out of camp and into the wilderness, he casually sent out Bowser to get some air and exercise. The Houndour gave him an understandably confused look, but when Noah returned with his trademarked glare, the pooch fell into line, following at the man’s heels.
Nipping at them.
It was somewhat annoying, and made walking more of a chore, but he didn’t mind too much. Not yet, anyway. The little guy was obviously just a pup...and this was their first day together. He’d break the dog soon enough. For now, might as well let it have it’s fun. Besides, he didn’t want to discourage the aggressive behavior TOO much. What use would there be in a fucking hippie dog? Like...just covered in flowers and shit. Ew. No.
So on they marched, man and beast, into the unknown, blissfully unaware of the traumatizing horror that lay ahead.
…
Noah really needed a goddamn cigarette.
Fuck Tits McGee.
Ivy Aspen“Lead the Way”
"Huh? Right. Right, uh, Tyrian,” said the other girl, scooping up her wayward Pokemon. She seemed somewhat flustered, and Ivy dispassionately wondered whether it was because she was embarrassed by her Nidoran’s behavior. "Uh, sorry about that. But yeah, I am a trainer, the Nidoran is mine."
So she had been right, then— this was another trainer, and probably just as much of a beginner at her new occupation as Ivy was.
"But what's a kid like you doing out here by yourself?" asked the other girl, suddenly seeming to regain her composure, and Ivy froze.
At the mention of the word ‘kid’, any limited goodwill that Ivy had briefly possessed for the girl abruptly vanished. The look on her face turned chillier than Snowpoint City in late December.
"Don't you know that's illegal? And aren't you a little young to be a pokemon trainer anyways?" continued the girl huffily. "Shouldn't you run home to your parents or something before you get hurt?"
Run home to her… parents? If she wasn’t careful, Ivy was going to hit something. It was like this girl was trying to push all of Ivy’s buttons.
The following silence was so thick that it was almost stifling.
“I’m sixteen years old,” Ivy said frostily, her fingers clenching in Mareep’s fur. “Perhaps you should get your eyes checked.”
Calm, calm… she had to stay in control. She was alone, and everyone knew that travelling alone was illegal. It was dangerous in Johto nowadays, after all.
She took a deep breath, and closed her eyes.
“Regardless, if you’re a trainer as well, then I will have to follow you, at least until we reach Cherrygrove,” said Ivy, her voice lapsing back into monotone. “I was unfortunately separated from my group by a wild Onix attack.”
She opened her eyes and gave Tesla one last pat before putting him back down on the ground. The Mareep pawed at the ground experimentally, and slunk off to stare maliciously at the other girl from behind Ivy’s leg.
“Anyway,” said Ivy impassively, feeling a little calmer now. “If we’re going to be traveling together, then I should introduce myself. I’m Ivy Aspen, from Ecruteak City. It’s a pleasure, I suppose.”
Honestly, as haughty as this girl seemed, it was probably a good thing that Ivy had run into her. Following the law was probably a good thing, after all.
She'd just have to... wait for this girl to lead the way.
~Abigail Blanchett~
Honestly, Abigail hadn't been expecting to run into another trainer all the way out here, let alone one who was by herself. She must have been with another group of trainers, then. It was the only logical conclusion to assume, here, after all traveling alone was considered...sort of illegal. So what was the other girl doing out here? Abigail had no idea, and she honestly didn't care a whole lot. What she did care about, was that something smelled delicious, which wasn't exactly good since she was already sort of hungry.
"Huh? Right. Right, uh, Tyrian." Abigail walked over to the girl, calling out to Tyrian as she approached. The purple pokemon fell onto the ground right on his back as he took a big sniff of the air, before rolling over onto his stomach and turning right back around to Ivy and waltzing right back over. Abigail managed to grab him before he could try chewing on the girls leg again, though.
"Uh, sorry about that. But yeah, I am a trainer, the Nidoran is mine." Abigail continued, turning a bit red. Something definitely smelled good. Something this girl had on her, maybe? Maybe she had just eaten or something. Whatever it was, it was throwing her slightly off. Not that it really mattered. Right. That Mareep was glaring at her, and it was making her a tiny bit annoyed.
"But what's a kid like you doing out here by yourself?" Abigail asked, her usual jerkiness finally finding itself again as she gathered her composure. "Don't you know that's illegal? And aren't you a little young to be a pokemon trainer anyways?" The girl continued with a huff. "Shouldn't you run home to your parents or something before you get hurt?"
Ivy Aspen“A Date With Destiny”
A sound from the bushes. A rustling sound. Ivy froze, memories of the rampaging Onix still fresh in her mind.
With one hand on her Pokeball, she turned... and immediately got a face full of spider Pokemon.
She froze, accidentally dropping the Pokeball, and Lord Tesla burst out of his prison in a flash of red light.
The Spinarak squirmed on her face, its six legs twitching. And then, abruptly, it stopped moving, hypnotized by the sweet smell of baked goods that clung to its host. It paused for a moment, and then began to chew on Ivy’s cheek.
It took Ivy a second to process what was going on. First — there was a spider trying to make a meal out of her face. Next — there was a Pokemon at her feet, and it had started licking her stockings.
Finally, although it was difficult to tell with a Spinarak obstructing her view… there was a person in front of her. Another trainer, probably.
Well, first things first. With a muffled sigh, she plucked the Spinarak off her face to examine it. It looked fairly bashed up already, but not particularly hostile: perhaps it had been lulled into a sense of complacency by the smell of her hair?
Regardless, she dropped the irritating creature on the ground with a sigh. Lord Tesla, who seemed irritated by his abrupt entrance, snarled furiously and sent a jolt of electricity at the insect Pokemon. It squeaked in terror and fled into the bushes.
With the target of its ire gone, Tesla turned on the nearest convenient target: the Pokemon at Ivy’s feet. It was a Nidoran, Ivy noticed detachedly. The Mareep growled threateningly and pawed at the ground.
Things were just… not working out well for Ivy Aspen today, but at least it hadn’t been an Onix.
“Tesla,” she said, unable to muster up the energy to speak in anything other than a monotone. “It’s fine. Come here.”
She reached down and scooped up her crackling Mareep, wincing at the static shock. The Nidoran was still on her leg, so she raised it up and shook it off gently.
With the immediate problems settled, the only thing left to deal with was… the trainer. It was a tall girl, much taller than Ivy herself, with long purple hair and bright green eyes.
She looked… haughty. The Nidoran probably belonged to her — they weren’t particularly common on Route 29.
“You should collect your Pokemon,” said Ivy tonelessly. “The Nidoran’s yours, right? If you’re a trainer. I didn’t see you with the others, before we got separated by the Onix.”
She shrugged, and gave her Mareep a slow stroke. Lord Tesla baa-ed softly, and then gave the newcomer a venomous look.
To be completely honest, Ivy couldn’t blame him. There was something about this new girl that… ticked her off.
~Cerise Fontaine~
"Even though she is thinking more or less with her stomach, she does raise valid points with dusk being upon us. I prefer for us not having to deal with an incessant group of pokemon at late. Plus if we don't get you fed, that stomach of yours might draw trouble since it's rather noisy; not going to risk another twenty minutes because of that..."
At this Abigail's face turned a bright shade of red, not pleased and a bit embarrassed that someone called her out on her stomach. Of course it would be Yuu of all people. Unlike Cerise who she could take a bit of teasing from, Yuu she could not. Her eyes narrowed at Yuu, hugging Tyrian tightly to her chest as she frowned at him.
"My stomach is not that loud! If anyone is going to draw attention to us, it's going to be you and your annoying mouth." Whatever though, she didn't have to put up with Yuu at the moment. Needless to say though, she was obviously flustered and wasn't going to be responding well to any further jabs. Cerise simply laughed lightly at the scene, though internally she was a little ball of seething rage. She in fact, would love to off Yuu right now simply since he had angered Abigail.
So when he offered to teach her a few things...well. Why not? Maybe he could have an accident.
"Ah...if you wouldn't mind Yuu. I suppose it's rather obvious I have...no skill at all, non?" She laughed lightly at the jab she made to herself. She could endure the air this plebeian breathed for now. It would be beneficial perhaps as well, for her own skills. "I would be très reconnaissant if you wouldn't mind." With that agreement then, Cerise walked over to Abigail. One last moment of sanity before she had to deal with Yuu. She had walked off, deciding to place her tent a bit further out from everyone else's. Tyrian was trying to mimic Abigail and pick up part of the tent in his paws, before standing on two legs and trying to help.
"If you wouldn't mind, dear, could you put up our tent by yourself?" Cerise asked, Sage still perched on her shoulder.
"...Our tent? You didn't bring your own?" Abigail asked, looking at Cerise.
"I...uhm...well, came here on short notice and I didn't have much time to prepare..." Cerise simply gave Abigail the most innocent seeming, friendly, cutesy and sheepish grin she could manage. Abigail simply placed a hand on her forehead, a quiet groan escaping her lips as she mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like 'goddamn it cerise'.
"Fine, but when we get to a mart, we'll by you one. Mine can hold two, but it's not exactly comfortable." Abigail replied, before turning back to setting up the tent.
"Ah, merci!~" She gave Abigail a quick hug, but didn't linger and instead headed off to find Yuu again.~Abigail Blanchett~
After setting up their tent, Abigail decided to see if she could find any interesting pokemon to catch, or just train Tyrian against in general. Training was good, and if Cerise was going to get some help from Yuu, then that was just as well as if Cerise asked her. She didn't like admitting it, but Yuu was probably just about as skilled as she was. Again, not that she'd ever admit that...especially to him. Stubborn pride was a bitch sometimes, though not that she'd ever give it up so easily.
Pushing those thoughts aside, Abigail walked a bit of a ways from the group. She was confident she could handle herself, even if she was alone. Aside from the fact, that she knew her pokemon, hazards, and was fairly certain she already knew what Tyrian was capable of. Plus, if all else failed she could always run. Not that it was an option she was going to take unless she was going to be sorely outclassed and lose quite easily, though.
"Hmm...see anything Tyrian? Oh, Tyrian you silly thing." She said with a sigh and a small smile. The Nidoran was following right along behind Abigails heels, and unfortunately followed a bit too close and its chin got caught on Abigails foot as she walked. It stumbled backwards, looking a bit dazed from the impact. She knelt down, and gave the pokemon a pat on the head and a small smile.
"You really aren't the brightest one out there, are you?" She said. Not that it mattered though. She'd train him, and he would eventually be one of the best Nidoking's out there, if not the best. She was certain of it. The Nidoran simply let cried a bit in slight embarrassment.
"Oh don't give me that. One of these days, you'll be the best Nidoran in the region!" Abigail said, standing up. "But you've gotta train, and training means keeping a look out for any rare pokemon to catch and battle." She scanned the surrounding area, looking for any pokemon. After a bit of looking, she found a perfect target. Hanging by a thread from a tree branch...was a green little pokemon known as Spinarak. It was asleep, making it the perfect target to catch off guard. Some good experience for Tyrian.
"Alright, Tyrian." Abigail quietly said. "See that Spinarak? Use Peck on on it." Nidoran saw the Spinarak, and it pawed the ground, eager to prove itself now. Tyrian leaped into the air, its hind legs propelling its horn right into the low hanging, sleeping Spinarak.
Unfortunately, Tyrian was perhaps going a bit too fast. The spider woke on impact, sending Tyrian and it flying over a small shrub. Tyrian, being heavier fell just short of clearing it, tumbling through the branches onto the ground and landing at the feet of some girl Abigail didn't recognize. The Spinarak, though...was launched and landed right on the girls face.
-Yuu Nozomu : Route 29-
Of course it wasn't long before the purple haired boy followed suit, departing from the lab with the rest of his companions. Rather than take a front in the group, Yuu lingered near the middle to keep tabs on any prying pokemon that neared the bundle of greenhorns. Of course, as he did so, the taller boy removed his backpack, deftly retrieving his Holo-caster from its place before adorning his backpack again. Looking around the area, Yuu lowered the sound on the volume of the device before placing it near his ear. While this route wasn't considered to be too dangerous, one misstep could spell disaster, and something noisy could definitely attract unwarranted attention. As he placed the item by his ear, Yuu kept a close eye on his Eevee who seemed to be curiously following after the purple ball of spikes.
Her eyes were wide with excitement, her mouth open as she bit at some of the pieces of grass. Her tail swished as she zagged, playing with each tuft before running to the Nidorans side, attempting to get its attention. It was somewhat futile though, but she kept interacting with the environment. That a elicited a small smile from Yuu as she cooed at Tyrian, his gaze softening as the news began to start.
It wasn't at all difficult to keep up a conversation while the news was going on, but his attention was somewhat split between chatting with Cerise, watching Sylvie closely, and listening to Miss Garland. As it began, Yuu visibly winced, one of his eyes shutting in pain whilst his teeth began to grind briefly. The blaring screech of the Hellion was loud enough for a few people around him to hear, but not enough to garner any attention from any pokemon, aside from the few with him.
Listening, the boy was somewhat quiet to begin with, raising an eyebrow on the topic of a fresh batch of trainers departing from Professor Elm's Lab. To begin with, that was an item that would surely stir up the masses, and for another matter piqued Yuu's curiosity. How the heck did they catch wind of a group of novices leaving the lab? Frowning, Yuu pondered on the subject at hand, frowning as he kept his ears perked on the subject matter at hand.
"I can only imagine how they got that information so quickly out; maybe a person from New Bark Town gave em' the scoop?" Yuu shrugged as they went onto the topic of destroying the Sprout Tower and erecting a new mall from the ruins. It sounded nice on paper, but it was a historical site that had some relevance. Yuu felt the reasoning was because it was less dangerous? But from what he heard, Sprout Tower had ghost type inhabitants that would be lacking a home if it was demolished... could spell trouble for the people of Violet and possibly the mall itself.
He would poke around and say why not make room by cutting down trees, but it would disrupt the ecosystem a tinge; plus it sounded truly hypocritical. But still, in his opinion, he wouldn't even touch the tower... but he couldn't exactly impact the choices or make a difference. Sighing, Yuu continued to chat while listening to the news.
Next was the mention of a familiar company Yuu's father worked for. His face lightened up at the fleeting mention of the corporation and their support for figuring out the cause of this unruly circumstance of feral pokemon. That gave some hope for him, especially now that he thought back to Elm as he prattled on about an egg... one of which he had to take Sylvie away from. Poor girl was pouting at the boy for a bit, but understood after some explanation... if she truly understood the relevance.
Next came the weather which he doted on from time to time, keeping it in tandem just as preparation, though he did visibly roll his eyes as Sidney raised up the facet that she would make a surprise visit to cheer said viewer up... yeah, right. Afterwards, the program ended and Yuu pocketed the device before speaking about the subjects mentioned on the news, especially the ones involving them all.
"So apparently we're famous now..."
As Yuu finished up his explanation of Sprout Tower, the complacent group came to a halt at the mention of a hungry Abigail voicing her opinion on them setting up camp for the night. Yuu glanced up at the skys, frowning. The group could easily traverse twenty more minutes before settling down, but Abigail would probably stubbornly enforce her opinion before snobbishly blowing him off.
And then came the audible rumbling of her stomach. Of course, she was thinking for herself rather than anyone else. There was no general consensus, but not everyone could be hungry at the same time for the most part. Shrugging, Yuu shaked his head as her stomach continued to growl, growing louder at the moment. Yuu looked up, feeling that it was a better idea to set up at this point, considering that if they didn't shut her gut up, everyone would be endangered because of how alerting it was.
Of course, Sylvie came to a full fledged halt after Tyrian cried out and was picked up by Abigail. Sylvie continued to bounce up and down, attempting to get the small purple pokemons attention, but eventually gave up and trotted back towards her ally, to which she nuzzled his leg. This prompted Yuu too look down and give the Eevee a smile as he picked her up. As she soared, Sylvie managed to wiggle her way out and jump onto his shoulder. Chuckling, Yuu accepted that as the way she floated before addressing Abigail.
"Even though she is thinking more or less with her stomach, she does raise valid points with dusk being upon us. I prefer for us not having to deal with an incessant group of pokemon at late." Yuu tapped his lip with his free arm, squinting at the girl as he frowned. "Plus if we don't get you fed, that stomach of yours might draw trouble since it's rather noisy; not going to risk another twenty minutes because of that..."
Setting his sizable bag down, Yuu began to remove the parts for his tent from his arsenal, but not before looking up and smiling at Cerise. "Say, Cerise, you mentioned you needed some assistance going over pokemon right? Once I'm done pitching my tent, I could help you for a spell before searching for some twigs. How does that sound?" As he spoke, Sylvie began nudging a few rocks towards what Yuu considered the center of the camp. Whether she was playing around or not, it would be helpful for starting a fire pit.
Slowly and surely, Yuu began setting up his quarters for the night, whistling a familiar tune from the band Own Tempo. This would be more than enough to hold two people, maximum. Whatever various things people did, they could do it at their own discretion as long as they did their fair share, setting up where they would rest for the night. Even though the dark had not overtook the trainers, Yuu felt a sense of dread as he clicked his tongue, pausing for a few seconds as he glanced at the sky. Sylvie saw this and shivered for a bit, almost as if she understood the thoughts roaming throughout Yuu's head.
"Hum..."
Ivy Aspen“The No-Good, Very Bad, Terrible Day”
The truth was, Ivy Aspen was having a terrible day.
It started with her morning. She’d woken up to a text message from her mother: “Choose the grass type, honey!” That was frustrating, but fine. Ivy was used to her parents’ odd obsession with grass-types.
But then she’d gotten stopped outside the Pokemon Lab and asked to show her ID — apparently it was fairly common for small children to claim to be older than they really were in a desperate bid to obtain a Pokemon.
That had pushed her into the outer-reaches of her annoyance spectrum. Nothing annoyed Ivy Aspen more than being mistaken for a small child.
“I’m sixteen!” she’d snapped, wholly unimpressed, standing on her tiptoes for maximum intimidation factor. She straightened her collar angrily and, when that failed to have any effect whatsoever, she smoothed down her skirt for good measure.
In response, the gangly young lab assistant had crossed his arms and sniffed. “That’s what they all say, little lady. Now show me the ID.”
Her ID was valid, of course, because she really was sixteen. It wasn’t her fault that she was short and had a major case of babyface.
Then the professor had immediately assumed that having green hair meant that she wanted the Chikorita, which she most certainly did not, and when she’d told him that she wanted the Mareep instead, he’d had the nerve to ask whether she wanted to name it Fluffy.
“Fluffy?” she’d repeated, in a tone of deadened incredulity. No Pokemon of Ivy’s was ever going to be named Fluffy. “No thanks. His name’s Lord Tesla.”
So things would have been probably had been alright if that had been all. She’d tagged along with the first group of trainers that she’d found and gotten the hell out of there.
But then…
Then, of course, when they’d nearly reached Cherrygrove, they’d found the Onix. The rampaging, sixty-foot-long, frothing-at-the-mouth-crazy Onix. The Onix that had tried to eat them all, and perhaps had managed to eat a few of the trainers that she’d been with.
To be completely honest, Ivy had no idea what had happened to her companions. They’d gotten separated within minutes. There was no way that Ivy was getting eaten by some stupid Onix, after all. She had a bakery to start up.
So she’d run like hell in the opposite direction, and that was how Ivy Aspen ended up standing exactly three-quarters of the way between New Bark Town and Cherrygrove City at four o’clock in the afternoon.
She sighed. Forget the law: she'd probably prefer travelling alone.
After smoothing down her clothes and fixing her long green hair, Ivy looked as immaculate as always. Not a hint of emotion flickered across her face.
But underneath that blank-faced mask, Ivy was…
Well, Ivy was angry.
And then there came a sound. A rustling sound. Ivy froze, memories of the rampaging Onix still fresh in her mind.
With one hand on her Pokeball, she turned...
~Sidney Garland~Ace reporter, coming to you form Goldenrod!
"GOOOOOOD AFTERNOOOOOOOON, JOHTO!" Those were the first words anyone listening would hear blast through their radio or television, likely also blasting their eardrums to shreds from the girls loud, somewhat obnoxious seeming voice.
The girl in question, Sidney Garland was sitting behind a desk wearing her usual work suit - though she was wearing dress pants instead of a skirt like her co-host, and the suit was a bit messy. What? She didn't like skirts and dressy clothes. Too restrictive. How could she climb a radio tower to get a good scoop in a skirt? Well, not that she minded people seeing what color underwear she really wore, but that was a different story. Point - she hated suits and dresses, but the network insisted she wore them. Well, she'd wear them her way then!
Her bright red hair had been cut short, her blue eyes were as mischievous looking as ever and she was wearing her usual grin. Currently, she was holding a stack of papers. Scripts, info and other things she was recommended to say and do.
...kek. Like she had ever needed a script other than her own.
"Welcome to the Garland Report!~" Sidney continued with a bright smile. "Name still pending by the way, if any of you have suggestions for a better name, send them in! I am curious as to your thoughts!~" The young looking girl then looked down at her script, ruffling through the pages as she hummed lightly to herself, looking for a juicy story or something to report on.
"So, so, moving on to today's topic! A new group of trainers have recently left Professor Elm's lab with new pokemon!" Sidney continued. That was likely to cause a bit of controversy for the viewers, since that was a bit of a touchy subject to some people. Not that she particularly cared in the long run. As long as she reported the exciting, juicy, truth, nothing else really mattered. "They should be almost to Cherrygrove now, if they followed the traditional routes! Or maybe they decided to be brave and trek all the way to Blackthorn! Who knows! We'll probably know in the Obituaries sometime next week!~" She laughed, a bit loudly at the rather dark bit of humor there.
"Right right, and moving on...a Company from Kanto has recently brought the land around Sprout Tower in Violet City! Word is, they plan to demolish the old tower and mow down the cultural site and replace it with some fancy mall or something." She paused for a moment, letting the words sink in. "Now, they haven't started yet and the purchase was just now completed, but...the residents of Violet don't seem all that concerned with it. It's well known in recent years since the laws banning pokemon, Violet has suffered quite a bit, and the company has been pushing to develop the area for quite some time. A surveyor from the company said that it'll be easy to take care of, and that the new mall that will bring new life to Violet."
She started clicking her pen, humming another tune as she flipped through the papers again.
"That's it for most of the major stories right now! All is calm everywhere else in Johto - ah wait, one more thing - The Mexatus corporations CEO has issued a statement saying that he will offer a large sum of money for anyone that can help with any insight into the issue of pokemon going feral, and has offered to give a large sum of money to any professor who needs it for research into the phenomena. And that's it for now! Moving onto the weather!~" She stood from her chair, moving over to a large screen behind her, a map of Johto displayed with various weather patterns and other things displayed for everyone to see.
"All is clear in Olivine and the other coastal regions of Johto! It's the start of summer, so be sure to wrap up warm and stay cool! Don't want any of my awesome loyal viewers getting heatstroke or anything!~" She leaned over after saying that, putting her face closer to the camera. "And if you do, just give me a call and I'll make a surprise appearance to whatever hospital you want to...cheer you up~" She chuckled mischievously before continuing, the producer face palming quite audibly and visibly. "Ecruteak and Mahogany have fairly normal temperatures for this time of year, and Goldenrod was just hit by a nasty rainstorm that's now moving to Azalea. It's predicted to finally subside somewhere over route 32!~ If you are one of the unlucky few that get caught, remember to take cover and have an umbrella with you! Colds are no fun, especially in the middle of summer!" After shuffling through a few more papers, she evened them out, laying them flat on the circular desk she was sitting at, and folding her hands on top of them in quite the professional looking manner.
"And that's all for this afternoon, my loyal viewers! Be sure to check in tomorrow for any updates any anything else happening throughout Johto! Good evening everyone, and stay safe! Especially you young trainers out there! We don't want to see any of your names in the Obituaries!"
And with that, the news program did its usual outro and switched to a commercial, signaling the end of the segment.~Abigail Blanchett~
~Route 29~
After leaving Newbark with the others, Abigail mostly remained by herself, taking the lead. Well, at least she was walking in front of the others, anyways. Whether she was actually leading them or not, was questionable and probably wasn't the case. Well, for most of them. Abigail's Nidoran, Tyrian was pouncing on random tufts of grass, not straying to far from her, like he was practicing sneaking up on some pokemon. She admittedly found him slightly adorable, but no one was going to know that. She was too busy making sure they didn't get pounced on by some violent pokemon themselves. While nothing on Route 29 would be particularly dangerous or hazardous...even a tiny mistake could lead to someone getting injured or hurt, and she would like to not be injured or hurt in any way, shape, or fashion.
Cerise, had decided to hang back with a few of the others. Not getting to far away from Yuu or Mattie, attempting to make some small conversation with either of them. She still didn't know what Cerise wanted with them, but knowing her, it wasn't that good. Well, if she wanted to make nice with everyone, she could.
Tyrian brought her out of her solitary thoughts as he nudged her leg. He was looking up at her with large, almost impossibly cute eyes. With a small chuckle, she knelt down, giving the guy a small pat on his head. He nuzzled her hand and placed his two front paws on her legs, tilting his head slightly.
"Nido?" He cried...and then both of their stomachs rumbled.
...seemed like they both agreed food would be good now. She picked the guy up in her arms, letting him settle before standing back up. She sighed, looking up at the sky. The sun was going down, and it'd be night soon. At this rate, if they made camp they'd probably be at Cherrygrove sometime around midday tomorrow. Plus, she was fairly certain she was getting hungry. Food sounded delicious right about now, actually. So much so, she could already smell the food she was imagining in her head.
...okay. yeah, camp sounded good. And food - mostly the food. She hoped someone here could cook well. Despite usually eating five full meals and various snacks all day, she was a terrible cook. Well, hopefully the others would agree with the idea. It would be better to set up camp either way, even if she was just wanting to do it mostly for food. Traveling at night would be a pretty bad idea. Pokemon in the day were easy enough to deal with - they could usually see them coming. But at night? They could sneak up on you fairly easily, if you weren't extremely careful, and she didn't fancy being food for a Noctowl or some other nocturnal pokemon.
"Hmm...I think it'd be best if we went ahead and made camp, here." She said, turning to face the group. "It's getting late and setting it up now, rather than later after the sun has fallen would be the best idea." Though she said that, it would still be a few hours before the sun actually set. Plenty of time for others to catch whatever pokemon they wanted too, as well, while others set about making camp and getting everything ready.
"This is a nice enough place, I think. Enough of a clearing for us to all set up a tent, and it'd be easy enough to deal with any pokemon that decided to mess with us." Tyrian nodded in agreement, though he was probably just doing that because it was Abigail who suggested it. The little guy probably didn't really understand anything other than camp meant sleep and food. "Besides, i think most of us are pretty hun-"
She didn't even finish the sentence before her stomach let out a rather loud rumble.
"Hungry. I think most of us are pretty hungry, so getting food would be a good idea, too." She finished, completely ignoring her stomach.~Cerise Fontaine~
~Route 29~
Cerise walked, doing her best to get acquainted with everyone in the group they were traveling with - though she kept close to Yuu and Mattie since Abigail seemed intent on walking ahead of everyone. She probably thought she was the leader. The thought made the red head giggle a bit. Typical Abigail - she hadn't changed at all since she last saw her during her graduation from trainer school. That was...what, a year ago? She couldn't exactly recall, but she was as full of confidence as ever.
That was just one of the many things Cerise admired about her friend. If Abigail wanted it, then she got it. And Cerise would help her in anyway possible.
In. Any. Way. Possible. She shot a glance over at Yuu. It wasn't a hostile glance - in fact, it was rather friendly. At least, to other people it would be. In reality though, Cerise hated the little man. He was a bit rude to Abigail, that much was obvious, and anyone who was rude to Abigail was...well...she would not allow. So far he had remained mostly...amicable, and if he remained so then she wouldn't do anything.
Of course, the voice of Abigail brought her out of her thoughts.
"Hmm...I think it'd be best if we went ahead and made camp, here."
Well, if Abigail suggested it, it was probably a good idea since she knew what she was doing. The sun seemed to be sinking fairly low into the sky as well - even she was smart enough to understand traveling at night was probably a bad idea. She didn't fancy being harassed by some Hoothoot. She had enough of that from that runt of a Natu earlier. Where was that thing anyways?
As if on cue, the little bird lighted on her shoulder. He probably heard Abigails suggestion, and was agreeing with her. Well, it seemed he wasn't stupid. Just annoying.
"Besides, i think most of us are pretty hun-"
Abigails stomach rumbled rather loudly, and Cerise couldn't help but giggle a bit at that.
"Hungry. I think most of us are pretty hungry, so getting food would be a good idea, too."
"I think you just want food." Cerise teased. "I mean, you think with your stomach more than your brain anyways, and you sound fairly hungry, Abby, dear~"
This earned a small glare from Abigail, before she gave a small sigh.
"And so what If I'm hungry? Its a fact its going to be late, soon, and walking at night is a bad idea." Abigail replied, with a bit of a huff. "Besides, its not like I'm the only one."
"Hehe, sorry, sorry, Abigail but it is a good idea, I think. Erm...I am a bit famished myself, and I'm certain Sage is as well."
"Aside from Cerise's incessant teasing...and me being hungry, I think its the best course of action to start making camp before night falls."
(OKAY, THAT'S EVERYTHING AND DON'T POST ANYTHING I'LL WRITE UP A SUMMARY OF EVERYONE GETTING TO ROUTE 29 SOONISH
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