Yotsuba & The City [Action/Video]

[4leafhair]

Who: Yotsuba and YOU!

Where: Violet City

When: Backdated to August 1

Summary: Yotsuba arrives in Violet City, dusty, dirty, and ready to further train her pokemon in preparation for her first gym battle

Rating: G for now, if anything happens I'll adjust this

Log:



Action

[It had been a long road. 10 days of travel. She'd nearly run out of packaged food, but had yet to resort to eating berries, when finally the small girl made it, staggering into Violet City and flopping on the road.]

Cicada-chan... We're here! The city! [Her nincada, which has left her usual place on Yotsuba's shoulders to poke her in the face and make sure she's ok, buzzes excitedly. This is her first big city in a while, after all. Prompted by the poking, Yotsuba pushes herself to her feet again.]

We should find the pokemon center! You guys need to rest up! [So she runs off, looking for the tell-tale red roof, chased by a madly buzzing nincada.]

Video

[The feed opens in the familiar interior of a pokemon center. Yotsuba is grinning away, per usual. She's still a bit dingy from her travels.]

Yotsuba caught a lot of new pokemon on the way to the city!

[She starts to do an inventory of them, then frowns.]

Where did they go? Yotsuba only has six pokemon, but there should be more!

[The PC is right behind her. Someone teach her how to use it?]

Comments

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[cardboard_boss]

[As soon as she reaches the Pokémon Centre a Mightyena will be trotting up to her aiming to lick her face. Yep, DD has gotten bigger and behind him is a tall, old grizzled soldier smiling to himself.]

Easy, boy. That's enough.

[Snake pats DD's head and manages to pull his dog away from the poor girl. Slobber face? Sorry, Yotsuba.]

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[mon_dieu]

[A young blonde man was just leaving the Pokemon Center, but he's blocking her way accidentally, standing in the doorway. He seems to be addressing the Natu on his left shoulder, and the Bellsprout on his right shoulder.]

T'ank goodness zese places do not charge for healing, or you two would be making me broke! No more een-fighting!

[4leafhair]

[She doesn't seem to mind slobber face, and laughs loudly once DD is clear.]

Heheh! DD is a good dog! But he got biiiig.

[She reaches forward to pet the mightyana even as her own nincada shakes herself off. She doesn't so much enjoy the slobber, but she constantly rides Yotsuba's shoulders so she's stuck with it.]

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[4leafhair]

[Blink. Blink blink. Yotsuba has enough trouble with big words when they're not spoken with a strong accent. She idly swings her nincada from her shoulders into her arms as she listens to the stranger.]

What's een-fighting?

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[mon_dieu]

[Whoops, he hadn't meant to have an audience. He blushes a little, embarrassed, but clears his throat.]

Pardon me,mademoiselle. My newest Pokemon seem to enjoy fighting each other more zan our enemies.

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[thatwasours]

[...he'd wondered what had happened to that five year old. apparently, she's still here. still unsupervised. christ. he recalls his leashed Houndoom, because he still doesn't entirely trust it not to maul a child.]

Yotsuba?

[no suffix for you, he's still thinking in English.]

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[placide]

Oh my, you have acquired a lot of Pokemon since last we spoke. [ She's so proud, can't you hear it in her voice? ]

May I meet them sometime? I could show you my own in turn, as it would be fair to do so.

[cardboard_boss]

Yeah, he's pretty big now.

[Snake likes that DD got bigger since he's more of a war dog now? Even though that's not what the dog was given to him for, as there was no war within this world.]

He likes you.

[4leafhair]

[But DD will have to fight, so it's useful for him to be stronger.]

Yotsuba likes DD too! And Snake! You're both nice.

[She nods, and Cicada-chan buzzes her assent.]

Cicada-chan too!

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[4leafhair]

[She nods, a serious expression on her face.]

That's no good! They should try to be friends! Be friends, you two!

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[mon_dieu]

[Somehow their master they ignore, but a little girl pouting? THAT makes the two ashamed, looking down and fiddling with their feathers/leaves.]

Heh heh. I think they will try hard not to disappoint you! I thank you!

[4leafhair]

[She looks up from her wanderings, and smiles hugely.]

It's Peace-in-our-time Miller-oji-san!

[She wasn't that worried about him, because he's an adult. But she's definitely bigger than a 5-year-old, and more tanned than when he last saw her.]

How have you been?!

[4leafhair]

[Yotsuba CAN hear the pride, and it makes her proud in turn!]

Yep! Yotsuba has a lot of pokemon now! But...

[She deflates slightly.]

One of them's not here! I can't find it!

[4leafhair]

No worries!

[Yotsuba learned that one from her dad.]

They look like good pokemon! Are they strong?

[mon_dieu]

I have only captured zem recently... But! Zey are MY Pokemon, so of course zey must be strong!

[4leafhair]

Wow! You must be a good trainer.

[See that smile? That's faith, that is.]

What moves do they know?

[mon_dieu]

[Ego +10! He and his Pokemon puff our their 'chests'.]

Jetstream ze Natu! His powers eenclude Teleport, Nightshade, and Ominous Wind!

Chipper ze Bellsprout! He has the ability to use vines, put ze enemy to sleep, or make zem poisoned!

And I am zeir noble leader, Antoine D'Coolette!

[4leafhair]

[Yotsuba puffs out her own (skinny) chest, and nods back.]

I'm Yotsuba, and this is Cicada-chan!

[She pulls a large nincada who was asleep on her backpack out to display. Said nincada looks around groggily.]

She's really good at scratching and being tough, and knows leech life! I have lots more pokemon, but she was with me when I started out.

[mon_dieu]

Eet ees a pleasure to meet you both. I'm sure you'll both grow up very strong!

[4leafhair]

[That smile? If it were any bigger, it'd be off her face.]

Yotsuba hopes so! We fight a lot of wild pokemon, so maybe we will be!

[mon_dieu]

[Aren't you cute. You earn a little hair ruffle - though him leaning over makes natu and bellsprout fall off.]

Just remember to be careful!

[4leafhair]

[The hair ruffle slightly confuses Yotsuba but she's grinning all the same.]

We will! Thank you! You too, ok?

[thatwasours]

[...that's his name now, isn't it? quite a title. he swaps to Japanese, not that it matters much with the whole auto-translation deal.]

I've been good-- learning to get by in this new world. Have you caught a lot of Pokemon?

[he isn't sure whether he wants the answer to 'how many living weapons do you have' to be a low number because they're dangerous, or a high number because the wild ones running around are potentially more dangerous.]

[why is he worried about this damn kid, parentless children are apparently dime a dozen around here, and Joey and his Rattata are still kicking somehow. she'll be fine on her own. maybe. probably.]

[4leafhair]

Loads!

[She digs out 6 balls, all decorated with drawings and stickers. Whatever helps her tell them apart, right?]

This one is cicada-chan's, see?

[She points to a markered-on green cicada drawing.]

And I've got Mr. Hoot [Owl sticker] and Ratty [The ball has whiskers drawn unevenly on] and Strawberry [Strawberry stickers all over] and Poker [A poorly drawn unicorn] and Duralumin the Second [A teddy bear doodle]... but I can't find ZipZap. He's a pachi... pachycephalosaurus?

[Yotsuba where did THAT come from?]

[thatwasours]

Pachirisu?

[he nods. he has one. or, more accurately, Handsome Jack will soon be in possession of a tiny electric squirrel, whether he likes it or not.]

Did you lose the ball with... Zip-Zap... inside?

[there is a distinct verbal hyphen in the way he says the name. god, how do you talk to kids.]