victory_road | SMASH THAT WALL

Yeah? Cause it doesn't look that way.

[He sighs, shaking his head.]

I'm new here. I only got my pokemon just over a week ago. My Skorupi might be able to take out one or two, but no way is he gonna he able to knock them all out. And my Mareep is only level 4.

[She'd only hatched recently, and he'd been training her down Route 30.]

Well that does present a problem now doesn't it?

[Especially since his powers were non-existent in this realm which was beyond irritating.

But there was no time for that.]

This way--

[Loki veers and shoves his shoulder into the other man, pushing him down an alleyway rather suddenly while his Zorua and Gengar continue down the sidewalk, Thursday the Luxray following after Loki to keep him safe.

The flock of Murkrow split up to pursue both groups, more heading after the delinquents with the egg though a fair number were still hot on Loki and Craig's heels.]

And here I thought this place was going to be boring.

[Boone grunts as he's shoved into an alleyway, looking behind him at the birds.]

Yeah, I'd say it's a problem.

[He glances down at his Skorupi.]

Use Pin Missile!

[Pointy stops to turn around, firing off projectiles at the Murkrow. One of them falls after enough of them hit it, but there are still a few left.]

Well, that's one.

[But it took a lot of attacks; Skorupi is still a pretty low level compared to all those Murkrow.]

[Loki almost makes a snide remark about how weak the other's Pokemon is but, well, it's not like his position is that much better.

It just happens he got lucky and electricity seems to be a weakness for these birds.]

One is better than none at all. Thursday, if you would!

[The Luxray turned and lept to help the Skorupi, letting lose a Thunderbolt to knock out a few more of the birds.]

It may be in our best interest to get indoors. I can only assume that will stop their assault.

Right.

[He looks around, then points to a small building nearby.]

Here, there's a cafe. Quick!

[He ducks inside, making sure Pointy gets in too, and holds the door open for Loki. The customers seem surprised at his sudden entrance, but Boone ignores them.]

[The trickster doesn't hesitate to follow, ducking inside as his Luxray scrambles to follow. The feline slides on the tiled floor and bumps into an occupied table, Loki shooting the occupants a not so apologetic smile before he's reaching to tug the door closed.

Outside, the Murkrow still following them pull back quickly to avoiding slamming into the door, several of them hitting it with gusts in irritation as they squawk and caw at the two through the glass.]

Looks like we just need to wait them out for a bit, give them a chance to grow tired of waiting for us.

[Him. Of waiting for him. This was Loki's fault after all.

He grinned and placed a hand on his chest, giving Boone a nod.]

Loki Odinson, at your service.

[Boone checks his Skorupi is fine before standing up straight, nodding.]

I'm Boone.

[He jerks his thumb towards the Skorupi.]

And this is Pointy.

[He looks at the door, frowning.]

So. What'd you do?

A pleasure.

[Behind him the Luxray whimper rumbles and Loki let's out a huff of amusement.]

Right, my apologies. This pathetic feline is Thursday.

[It's said rather fondly despite the choice of words and the Luxray perks up immediately, padding over--careful of the tiles--and bumping his head up underneath Loki's arm.]

I didn't do anything to those creatures. [Excuse him while he rubs his Luxray's head and ears.] My Gengar might have accidentally ended up in possession of an egg though.

[Well, Boone won't fault the guy for being affectionate towards his pokemon.]

So you stole one of their eggs. No wonder they're pissed.

[He sighs, folding his arms.]

Maybe if we give it back, they'll stop chasing us.

[Well. Boone could probably walk out of here just fine, but still.]

Narvi stole it, but yes. They have plenty of eggs from what I saw.

[Thursday rumbles and Loki snorts, ruffling the Luxray's ears fondly.]

Enough of that. [His gaze shifts to Boone and he looks thoughtful--as thoughtful as Loki can be most of the time.] That would probably work though..it would probably be easier to do if the egg were with us. Unfortunately Narvi and Váli have it.

[Isn't that a shame.]

Well, they've gotta come back sometime.

[Meanwhile, though... what are they gonna do?]

Well, guess we'd better make ourselves comfortable. Those birds aren't going away any time soon.

[He sits at a table, grabbing the menu. He's not particularly hungry, but they do food for pokemon here too, right?]

[So you think.]

Probably not. They do seem to be rather persistent.

[Drawing away from Thursday, Loki moved over towards the table his new companion had taken a seat at and reached for a menu as well.]

At least they aren't particularly strong Pokemon. It could be far worse.

[It's said with a hint of amusement in his voice as he looks over the menu, Thursday coming over to attempt to squeeze his way underneath the trickster god's chair.]

Could be. Still a pain in the ass, though.

[They're just strong enough that Boone can't do anything about them. He really needs to double up on training his pokemon. In the meantime though, he'll order some berries for them and a coffee for himself.]

So what were those pokemon doing with that egg, anyway?

[Did they steal it for food? Or just to piss off a flock of birds?]

They may have gotten it into their heads that I needed a flying Pokemon and took it upon themselves to assist in finding me one.

[Translation: Loki had seen the Murkrow, said that he wanted one and well, here they are.

Setting his menu aside, he orders a latte for himself and some poffins for Thursday before giving Boone a small grin.]

Pokemon really do have minds of their own. So hard to control sometimes.

Yeah, they do.

[Boone's Skorupi seems to want to play with Thursday, nudging the feline pokemon with his tail.]

Guess that's one way to get a pokemon, though. Wonder if they would have come after you if you'd just caught it normally.

[Thursday blinks then rumbles in delight, squirming out from underneath Loki's chair where he'd managed to wedge himself and reaching out with a large paw to gently bap the Skorupi.

Come friend! Let's play!]

Who knows. Given they are a rather large family unit they may not have taken kindly to it no matter what we did.

[They're going to hate it when they go back for another. Can't just have one raven Pokemon.]

[Boone watches as the two pokemon play, a tiny smile on his lips. He's growing quite fond of his friendly little scorpion buddy.]

Guess not. Never had that problem with catching the pokemon I have so far, but I guess I never tried catching one of those.

[His Magikarp just sort of flopped onto land in front of him one day, and two of the pokemon he has were given to him. Pidgey was pretty docile, and Skorupi was the pokemon that followed him around from the start.]

This is the first real problem I've had as well, though I didn't really have to catch any of the three I have. They were with me when I woke up here.

[Probably something to do with the strange weekend.

Thursday dropped to his stomach then rolled onto his back, reaching a paw out over his head towards the scorpion Pokemon with a rumble-purr.

It gets a small grin out of the trickster as he leans back in his seat.]

How many have you collected for yourself?

Five, so far. But one of them is... well, he doesn't know any attacks.

[He shrugs. He didn't catch the Magikarp for any real reason other than he had a pokeball, and he could.]

Hoping that if I train him enough he'll learn something. If not, I guess I just won't make him fight.

[Pointy tilts his head, then tries and fails to roll over too. His tail kind of gets in the way.]

[An eyebrow goes up, Loki pausing in his response as their drinks and the treats for the Pokemon arriving.

The trickster nods his thanks to the waitress and reaches for his latte to take a sip.]

Which Pokemon is that? The one that doesn't know anything?

[So he can avoid it.

Thursday rumbles encouragingly before he rolls back onto his belly when Pointy can't seem to roll himself over, purring at the other. Good try, friend!]

Here, hold on-

[He reaches for one of the little pokeballs at his belt, and holds it up so it opens. A large, orange and white fish starts to flop around on the ground. Skorupi looks curiously at the new pokemon, and reaches out gently to poke it.]

Use Splash.

[The Magikarp jumps up and flails uselessly in the air, before landing. Boone gives Loki a deadpan look.]

That's his only move.

[The instant the Magikarp appears the Luxray's eyes go wide and he drops into a pounce position, gaze fixed on the fish because look at it.]

Thursday.

[Loki's voice has a slight note of warning to it, enough that the feline slumps completely on the ground with a disgruntled rumble.

They both watch as the fish performs...wait what..did it do anything?]

Was that even a move? [The trickster stares at Boone looking extremely unimpressed.] What is the point of having that thing if it can't do anything?

Well, I didn't know it couldn't do anything when I caught it. Just figured hey, a fish, I don't have a water type yet.

[He shrugs, returning the Magikarp to its ball.]

Still holding out hope that it'll learn something one day. Otherwise, I've got no idea how these things would survive out in the wild.

Does it at least evolve into anything?

[It has to at least have that going for it, right?

Taking another sip of his drink, Loki reaches for one of the Poffins and breaks a piece off, offering both Thursday and Pointy a piece.

What. He's there he might as well offer both creatures some.]

At the very least I now know which water type to avoid.

Not sure. Maybe it'll just turn into an even bigger fish that can't do anything.

[He fiddles with his gear, then nods.]

Yeah, it evolves. Not sure what it evolves into, though. Don't have any data on that yet.

[So he supposes he'll just train Magikarp until it evolves into whatever it evolves into. Pointy seems delighted at the poffin, taking it between both points and holding it in front of its face so it can eat. Boone pushes some of the berries he ordered over to Loki's side, so he can have some too.]

SMASH THAT WALL

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