Mingle Log For Viridian

[a_sin_for_him]

Who: ANYONE IN VIRIDIAN!

Where: Viridian!

When: First part of July

Summary: Mingle log for everybody in Viridian!

Rating: Possibly PG-13 for potential language

Log:




Summer is well underway, and Viridian City is bustling.

Particularly so, at the moment. A number of traveling groups are all converged on the city at the moment, entirely by happenstance.

Lust has been in the city for a bit of time now, enjoying the library and the forested scenery and leisurely training her newer Pokemon. She plans on taking on the Pewter Gym, when they finally rouse themselves to move on. And with Envy and Heather in town, as well as Boone and his companion arriving...all the more reason to stay.

There's certainly more than enough to do in the city, between the library and the battle clubs and the city's enthusiasm with sports. The library enough would be enough to hold Lust's attention...

Which is why she can often be found there, when not training or relaxing in one of the verdant, shady parks in the city.

(OOC: Mingle log, so feel free to post your own starters and tag among one another!)

Comments

[foolishwren]

<sub>[As soon as the stake's planted, Tricia streaks over to her established 'starting point', quivering eagerly, ready to throw herself into this round with just as much vigor as the last four.]

[Heather, on the other hand, is rubbing at one eye.]</sub>

Mm, good.

Hey, are there any Marts open nearby?

I could really use some coffee.

Or an energy drink.

[exeggutorhead]

[They have been doing this...basically since this afternoon.]

[Envy wouldn't exactly mind a break either, and he looks back over his shoulder at the general direction of the park's main exit.]

It shouldn't be too late for it...we could check.

It's not like our spot'll be hard to find again.

Besides, if we come back and there's police tape around the branch, we could say we've never seen it before in our lives.

[foolishwren]

Yeah, I know MOST of this city closes a little earlier than Goldenrod where like eighty percent of the city NEVER closes...

<sub>[Viridian isn't even small, really, it's just that Goldenrod is enormous.]

[There's another loud CRACK as Tricia charges the stick impatiently-- SHE doesn't need coffee, she's ALWAYS wired.]

[Heather snorts slightly and gestures to the Pokemon.]</sub>

Think they'll be okay sticking around here?

They're all level 100, I really doubt anyone's gonna bother them.

[exeggutorhead]

[Envy...actually looks more iffy about leaving them behind, level 100 or no.]

Eh...I'd rather bring them anyway, we can put them up while we run down.

[At one point he might have cared less, but he's had Pokemon stolen before, a high level one too. It's one thing he's not really willing to risk.]

[foolishwren]

_{[Heather shrugs-- losing a Pokemon (unless you count that Toxicroak-- but good riddance honestly, it's probably having the time of its life in the spooky nightmare dimension) is something that's never happened to her. So like with many things, part of her assumes it never will happen.]}

All right.

Trish, heel.

_{[The Manectric lets out a disappointed sneeze but obeys-- she's plenty travel-sized to wander the streets out of her Pokeball, so Heather doesn't bother returning her.]}

[exeggutorhead]

[Chimera is less so--Envy DOES take him out with him most of the time, but in this case the Tyranitar's more...leisurely pace doesn't really suit a quick run for coffee. Bicho has the opposite issue, too big and too FAST. So he returns them both, more at ease already now that they aren't leaving them out here.]

Come on then, let's go before whatever old guy behind the counter decides it's bedtime.

[foolishwren]

_{[She sets off at a brisk pace with Tricia trotting at her side. If left completely to her own devices, the Manectric absolutely would have sped ahead, but this aspect of Cooper's training had stuck well.]}

This is a city of overachievers, they gotta have some 24-7 stores for all the gymrats.

[exeggutorhead]

God, we can only hope. I mean, that whatever we find won't only sell coffee for Pokemon--what? Do you see that?

[Envy has stopped, squinting ahead into the street, where there appears to be a...guy?]

[Just lying there?]

Is he dead?

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Heather ALSO stops the second she sees the shape, out of pure instinct.]

[It's been almost eight years since she arrived here but still the sight of a seemingly-prone body laying out in the open immediately puts her on the defensive.]

[They'll pretend to be dead to lure you close and then knock you down.]</sub>

... God, I hope not.

That's a person, right?

<sub>[It sounds like she's clarifying that it's not a POKEMON, but really she's squinting at the shape to see if the proportions match a human being and not... well.]

[You know.]</sub>

[exeggutorhead]

Yeah, that's definitely a person, but I don't know if...

[Envy, on the other hand, barely hesitates before starting to walk forward, his words trailing off as he does. But of course the dead bodies HE'S familiar with don't tend to suddenly attack--unless they're someone he already knows.]

[But he's also so familiar with corpses that he doesn't even need to go more than a few feet forward before he can tell that this is a live, breathing body. He turns to Heather, over his shoulder if she didn't follow--he hadn't been honestly alarmed or worried so much as surprised and curious, but he still lets out a breath.]

He's alive, just...lying down.

[And breathing steadily enough that he's probably not wounded. Envy's familiar enough with what THAT kind of breathing looks like too.]

[foolishwren]

_{[Once Envy confirms the guy is alive, Heather starts to follow behind him.]}

Shit... did he faint or something?

Looks old...

_{[Biting her lip, she leans down to try and tentatively nudge the figure's shoulder.]}

Hello? Are you... okay?

[exeggutorhead]

[Envy bends at the waist so that he can look the guy over too without getting in Heather's way, hands on his hips.]

He's not really laying like he would be if he collapsed...

[He decides to give the man a light nudge of his own...except with his foot instead, and says a little louder.]

Hey, can you hear us?

[foolishwren]

_{[The shape remains completely still right up until Envy reaches out with his foot. And then, like some kind of spring-loaded trap, one of the arms whips up to thwack Envy's ankle with a walking cane. Hard.]}

I heard you the first time, y'don't need to shout! Inconsiderate whelp, people are trying to SLEEP! Like ME!

<sub>[HE'S DEFINITELY ALIVE. AND NOW GLARING AT THEM BOTH, his jaw quivering slightly in that way very elderly peoples' faces sometimes do. He's still just. Laying on the ground though.]

[Heather, who jumped back in shock when the guy suddenly and startlingly returned to life, looks briefly gobsmacked.]</sub>

--excuse me??

[exeggutorhead]

[With a startled yelp of pain, Envy hops back, favoring the smacked ankle.]

Ow! Hey! What the fuck?!

[ENVY DOESN'T RESPECT THE ELDERLY. ESPECIALLY NOT WHEN THEY HIT HIM WITH CANES.]

Who sleeps in the middle of the road?!

[foolishwren]

Nobody when there's hooligans like you running around making a racket! Prob'ly drinking and vandalizing!

UM?

_{[Heather is all too happy to stay out of cane range now that it's clear the guy is not only alive but armed.]}

We were LITERALLY trying to make sure you weren't dead.