rush99999
Digizel
Danyel
Guardian Angel Haruki
Fading Memory
XxFellsingxX
Rune_Alchemist
Mixtape Ghost N
Sho Minazuki
ThayrCyril Desrosiers
TL;DR, Cyril makes a new friend, some bonding time, they buy items and some food, and then head to Route 1 to train.
For all the little Pokémon was doing, he seemed like a pretty happy individual as he pawed and played with the flower. However, the moment Velvet strut into the scene, the Shinx instantly perked up with a huge smile, thinking that this was another Pokémon he could have fun with, but she had other plans.
What followed was a fairly one-sided encounter against the poor, little Shinx who was none the wiser to it all. For all he thought, this was some playful roughhousing, with a very large emphasis on rough as he continued to smile, despite taking a hard hit from Velvet. Despite his mewls of pain, he powered through it, only to lunge and catch Velvet off-guard, pinning her.
The little Pokémon's tail began to sway a little as inched towards the Buneary's face with a large, wide open smile, "Shiiiii!" What wasn't expected was the Pokéball as it whisked through the air and bumped off the relatively injured Shinx before engulfing the young cat in a flash of red light. One, two, three, click.
The four, now five didn't linger about the school much longer, though Velvet didn't know how to broach the subject of Cyril catching the Pokémon as she reclaimed her throne (shoulder) as they made their way towards the Pokémon center. She wouldn't deny that it was a bit weird that he let the three of them stay out of those contraptions, yet Shinx was forced to stay?
Regardless, the trip down to the Pokémon center was relatively uneventful for the most parts, passing by similar parts of town and encountering different types of people. As much as she wanted to protest the Shinx being stuck, she was placated by taking in all the sights at witnessing new areas before her very eyes.
Cyril, on the other hand was twirling a pencil around with a clipboard and a decent amount of papers, documenting how his Pokémon were reacting, noting a couple of things about them. For starters, Mimi was busy hiding behind Cyril whilst Aster comforted her by patting her back with his buds. Seems Velvet wasn't the only one taking in the sights as well, but unlike her, wasn't as curious despite being equally entranced.
Every time they passed by a large group of individuals, Velvet would glance over with an uncaring gaze, despite the way she went about it betraying her true intentions. Mimi on the other-hand always began to breathe a bit faster, though was always kept calm by Aster, with the former always looking back with a reassured gaze. Best to avoid large crowds for now until Mimi grew used to them.
Regardless, besides noting down their reactions to different places, he also noted the interactions with one another. Despite Velvet being the least talkative of the bunch, she was always seen peering down and smiling at the duo, while Aster and Mimi interacted with one another constantly, pointing out the sights despite the latter shying away from the obvious.
Well, that was enough of recording for now; he couldn't just leave them to interact by themselves, after all, he was a part of the experiment too! Also, he didn't want to miss out on these events, so he gently pocketed the clipboard in his satchel before twirling his pencil around and giving Velvet a light jab with the eraser, causing her to jump a little from her seat.
"BUNEE! Bun? Bun, buneary!" She did the cutest little pout at him, it was so adorable, he couldn't help but tease her more by winking and sticking his tongue out with an impish grin, "Ooooops, did I startle you there?"
That got a few light punches from her own paws as he pocketed the pencil as well before pivoting and scooping up Aster and Mimi.
"BUDEE?!"
"H-HAPI?!"
T'was a pleasant surprise to say the least as they giggle like little children, trilling and continuing to talk as he nestled the duo in his arms. Mimi breathing slowly began to abate and the patting from Aster became a lot less frequent, though that could be because he was rubbing against Cyril's chest, causing him and Velvet to sneeze in the process.
The walk the the Pokémon Center was fairly uneventful as cheerful four continued talking about different things, more so questions on Cyril's end towards them as they talked about places they saw along the way, as well as hyping about maybe stopping by there some time. Cyril could only give some of them a weak smile, stating that some places like a fashion outlet or training dojo wouldn't be visited right now (though he would stop to grab them all some grub later on, something that got the trio to perk up).
Also, that dojo was a gym Aster and him saw earlier, so, uh, yeah.
Upon entering into the Pokémon center, Cyril was met with those three delinquent looking guys standing at the receptionist desk, receiving their Pokémon back after a quick heal. Looks like Mr. Pompadour and his buddies got beat, which caused the researcher to smirk a bit. Of course, Cyril had to resist nearly breaking down laughing at their silly, yet earnest actions as the man with the Hitmonlee had him pop out and began hyping the somewhat distraught Pokémon back up out of his slump.
Despite all his incessant giggling, it was charming that these greenhorns constantly would keep getting up, even after being knocked down and hyped themselves up once more to get that badge after some major gains. They did a little chant, thrusting their arms into the air before stampeding out of the Pokémon Center, nearly trampling over Cyril who had to pivot out of the way.
It was eye rolling fun to say the least and his smile never faded, even after reaching the receptionist. As he explained to each of his partners about what needed to be done for them to heal up, he always kept eyeing Nurse Joy at the counter. It was always weird seeing her at every Pokémon Center and even unsettling at times.
Cyril could only ponder on if there was some secret government conspiracy where they cloned multiple Nurse Joys for every single Pokémon Center across the entire globe as he returned the trio to their balls and placed all four of them into the containers. It didn't take long for them to get slotted into the healing compartment, with a soft glow that followed.
Hopefully now Velvet would understand his reasoning behind not letting the Shinx out as he freed all four of them at once, letting them all get reoriented with the area before meeting their new pal. Velvet seemed less than thrilled as she rolled her eyes and crossed her little arms while Aster studied the Shinx, as well as Mimi who was just hiding behind the Budew.
The Shinx on the other hand was fairly curious about this new area and these new friendly faces, especially the Buneary he saw earlier. His first instinct was to trot up to Velvet, paw gently at her and mewl loudly, "Shiiiiiiiinx!" Daawww, that goofy little smile of his would never get old, even though Velvet ignored him a bit.
Regardless, that didn't bother him as Aster lightly trilling caught his attention, his ears wiggling as he hopped around to face the two. Aster and Mimi were both frozen on the spot due to how much energy this Pokémon was radiating, and that wasn't just because he was an electric type.
Dashing on over, the little Shinx gave a friendly, yet loud purr at the duo, pawing at Aster before looking behind him to see the nervous Happiny. An impish smile crossed his face as he crouched down, slowly treading around the little Bud Pokémon. Happiny, who was still moderately disconcerted despite the disarming personality totted around Aster.
Of course, this little game of cat and mouse continued to transpire with the duo slowly speeding up, eliciting a little giggle from Cyril, who was watching this all play out, at least for now. Eventually, the time to strike was nigh as the Shinx bounced up into the air, ready to pounce on Mimi. This, of course caused her to shiver and put her hands over her eyes.
Of course, as anxiety inducing as that was, nothing ever came of it. Moving a hand to the side, Mimi could only witness what was going on.
The Shinx was wiggling his paws in front of her face while Cyril was holding onto him, apparently lunging to catch him in midair, "Phew..."
That was close; didn't want to make Mimi too panicky right now, especially due to this Shinx somehow having a more outgoing personality than him, which was half n' half for him on the good to bad scale. "Easy now lil' buddy, Mimi isn't one for much roughhousing y'know," he chuckled, carrying the Shinx to his chest and rolling him over like a little baby.
"Shiii?" The Shinx was understandably confused and nodded; funnily enough, he was easily distracted when Cyril used another free hand to play around with him, going between rubbing his belly to having his hand act like a claw that was "attacking" him. The Shinx would respond in earnest, rubbing against Cyril if he did the former while attempting to catch the hand during the latter parts.
Good, he seemed relatively placid for now.
With that said and done, he rolled the mewling electric cat onto is tummy, causing his fixation to swap over to the trio, who had all gathered together to look at their new friend, some in nervous curiosity, with one being relatively unfazed.
"Well now that we've all calmed down a bit, I would like to introduce you all to our newest partner, Cation," he exclaimed cheerfully, looking down at the Shinx who stared up with a befuddled "Shinx," as he tilted his head and pointed a paw to himself. Cyril simpered at the Shinx, "If you don't like it, I'm more than willing to think of another~!"
"Shiiii!" Cation exclaimed in excitement, bobbing his head and beaming brightly at the man. Seriously, way too precious. Leaning over and placing him down beside the others, Cyril placed a hand on his hip as he beckoned the four to follow after him, "I'll help you get acquainted with the others, as well as you three with Cation, but right now, we've got a couple of things to do before we hit the road~."
It felt like a minute had passed for the squad, but it seemed like Cation was settling in relatively easily with the others, though not quite as close. Honestly speaking though, it was quite the adventure when they entered the Pokémart, especially after he gave them a list of what he was purchasing.
While he was curious to see how they would act, they acted mostly civil and kept the rowdiness to a minimum, well, somewhat. Cation was very curious to a fault, staring at things and pawing at them from time to time, nearly knocking them down at times, which either he or Aster stopped. Velvet, on the other hand was trying her hardest to help, but was relatively klutzy despite how serious she was acting earlier; thankfully Mimi was able to catch some of the items that slipped out of her hands when he couldn't.
That was honestly fun to witness, though following that, he did a stop by a restaurant that looked Sinnohian in nature. While he did love Sinnoh for its lore and mysteries, the food was great as well! Thankfully that was something shared across Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh, though Kalosian meals were good too.
After ordering two Extra Large Bento Boxes there, what followed was the strangest balancing act of all time, which did earn a ton of sidelong glances from the people he passed on by. He walked whilst eating and feeding himself and his Pokémon (he didn't buy the food just for himself after all). Of course, considering the chopsticks in one hand and box in another, he had to get creative.
"Alright, say aaahhh Mimi!"
So he used both of his shoulders for his four partners, seating two at a time, with Velvet on one shoulder and Mimi on the other. Aster and Cation were relatively full and were interacting with each other in-between the small bursts of excitement as the latter dashed around the group, "Piiiiiiiii..."
And there went a small portion of eggs into the baby Pokémon's mouth, which caused her to rock on his right shoulder with absolute glee "Pi! Pi, Hapi!"
"Buuuuun," Cyril glanced over at the seemingly unhappy Velvet, who caught his attention with a deadpan statement, though he could see the underlying playfulness in her eyes. "Heh, alright, alright, give me a sec, I'll get some for you next." The Buneary's ears rolled up as she opened her mouth and closed her eyes, waiting on the delivery.
It wouldn't be long before they made it to the outskirts of Pureplain, and the entrance into Route 1, he bore witness to the rolling, luscious green plains beyond the bounds of this diverse, tightly knit city. Following their entrance, Cyril began to study the area as the duo finished their share of the box.
(Note: Since Cyril is just going to train his team, I thought I might default on the scene for Basil and get to the chase so we don't waste too much time; if you want it removed, I can post this portion in a separate post)
Placing the empty box back into his bag, he helped the little Happiny down from her perch as she gleefully patted the stone in her pouch, as well as her full belly while Velvet continued resting on Cyril's shoulder. Clicking the roof of his mouth, he rubbed his chin as he studied the huge swathe of flat greenery before him, with some stretches of tall grass.
There were a decent amount of Trainers scattered about, either seeking a challenge or sparring with each other with an equal amount of others scouring the tall grass and chasing after whatever Pokémon they set their sights on, with one said Pokémon being a Growlithe.
"Wonder if she was successful." Cyril had recalled Chloe exclaiming about heading out and looking to catch a Growlithe, so he pondered on if the lass was successful as he scoured the plains, and found her doing something within the grass. Honestly, he didn't feel like disrupting her search and let sleeping Growlithe's lie, at least for right now.
Heck, she could of succeeded in her mission and was either searching for another partner to gain for all he knew. Despite the scenery, he already had a plan that was on his mind as stared at the gorgeous scenery as a crisp breeze rolled over.
"Aster, Mimi, Velvet, Cation," Cyril looked down with a bright smile as he caught the four's attention, "how about we do a bit of training? We're gonna need to be as strong as possible since we will run into many potentially strong Pokémon and trainers and we need to be ready for anything! How 'bout it?"
The four looked over between each other before looking all up and responded in unison, "Budhapibuneeeshiiii!" Alright, looks like they were all in accordance with one another as Cyril grinned at them all and beckoned to follow after him as the three went off to train on Route 1.
