[Despite his misgivings about prom, Armin is here. His talk with Cecil had given him a bit more perspective on prom (and mainly on the fact that it is not always a disaster) which had made him a little more confident about attending. And well, if it does go terribly, horribly wrong, they are going to need someone with some large water pokemon to get off this boat. And who better than the guy with a couple of Wailords? Honestly, Armin would never forgive himself if something were to go down and he wouldn’t be here! So suspicious or not, he is here.
Throughout the trip, Armin will be moving around, but there are a few places he returns to often. First on that list is the decks. It is in part to be on the look-out for signs of trouble, but it is also in part because Armin just loves the ocean. And staying up here, where he can feel the sea wind in his hair, watch the waves and watch the water pokemon play among them? After so much time away from the seas, he’s definitely drinking in the experience again. But also being ever vigilant. You just never know, okay!
Eventually, once he has calmed down a bit and has started to relax, Armin can also be found in the Mantine Maritime Library. It is a library, after all, and he is a boy who loves his books. Especially these books about nautical journeys. He should remain vigilant and make sure nothing terrible happens, but sometimes it is just hard to remember that when you are deeply engrossed in the journal of some ancient captain who was the first to discover the Sevii islands. So deeply engrossed he probably didn’t even hear you talking to him at first. And he has sure managed to wedge himself into a tight little ball in that comfy chair while he reads. It is almost impressive.
And perhaps to everybody’s surprise, Armin can also be found in the Mystery Egg Arcade. This sort of place doesn’t really look like Armin’s deal, and it really isn’t. To be honest, he had only ducked in here to make sure everything was fine here. And he hadn’t intended to stay very long, not with all the lights and noise and many games he just wouldn’t know what to do with. But then he had seen… It.
No, not the machine.
It’s what’s inside the machine that caught his eye.
It is beautiful and squishy and absolutely silly and meaningless and he must. have. it.
So, yes, you can also find Armin in front of this one claw machine, furrowing his brows as he feeds tokens into the slot (let him be, he just won the Elite Four, he can spend his money however he wants, dad) learning the ropes of how these machines work (it’s only the first time he’s ever played one) and trying to bring home the grand prize. Well, the grand prize in his eyes. There is probably bigger and more impressive plushies to win, but how could they ever measure up to the best legendary beast of them all?
Finally, Armin can also be found in the Nido-King and Queen Ball Room cutting a— well, no. Not cutting a rug. In fact, he isn’t really planning on doing any dancing. Instead, he’s stationed himself near a wall and for once it isn’t because he isn’t much of a social butterfly. Instead, he is standing watch. Certainly, nothing has happened on this cruise so far, and that had certainly helped Armin relax a bit more. But if the past two proms had taught him anything, it is that things always go wrong during the big finale. So here he is, all his pokemon in their balls (except Princess and Amber who are swimming on either side of the ship, ready to serve as giant rescue whales) and his wayward stowaway Arthur sitting on his shoulders. Armin doesn’t feel too good about that bit. He had never intended to bring the Sobble here, but now that he was here, Armin feels better with the little creature with him than he does leaving him in his room. If something does happen, he wants to be able to protect him, after all.
The people who attended prom last year may recognise his outfit or his bowtie. Because why buy something new when you have something perfectly serviceable hanging in your closet?]
[The Pokemon]
[With his mind set on making sure there won’t be any trouble at this year’s prom, Armin chose the pokemon on his team carefully.
First, are his two Wailords Amber and Princess, who can be spotted by all swimming alongside the boat. They are far too large to be on the boat, but should anything happen, they’ll make for an excellent emergency escape. Let’s just hope nothing of the sort will be needed. Amber, the largest of the two Wailords, sticks mostly to the left of the boat, friendly towards both pokemon and human alike, and more than happy to entertain people with the occasional spectacular breaching. Princess, the smaller of the two Wailords, sticks mostly to the right of the boat. Like her mother, she spends some of her time breaching from the water, though she does it with a lot more youthful and cheery abandon. She only recently evolved, so even to her, this is still exciting and new. When she isn’t breaching and making a spectacular show of herself, she can be found swimming closer to the boat, listening intently to the song of a cute little Skitty.
Athena the Golduck can mostly be found in Armin’s company. A new pokemon in his team, she still isn’t all to sure what to do with crowds of this size or this many pokemon gathered together. She seems most interested in the Mantine Maritime Library with Armin, and if she is not with her trainer, she can be found there, poking at the books in interest. She cannot read (yet!) but she certainly enjoys looking at the pictures. A water pokemon she might be, but she grew up on Victory Road, far away from oceans and seas. This is all new and intriguing to her.
Meanwhile, Armin’s new Vaporeon Julius and his Gorebyss Beau have discovered a mutual love for pampering and being beautiful and are hitting up the spas and massages together. Mud-baths, fin massages, bubble baths, scale scrubs — they are here for all of this and more!
Armin’s final pokemon, a rather fearsome looking Huntail named Belle, is hanging around the pools, especially the pools where many of the smaller, cuter pokemon have gathered. With her large jaws and fearsome fangs, one might suspect her of looking for a tasty little treat to gobble up, but nothing could be further from the truth! She is the sugar to her brother Beau’s spice, and nothing but nice from the tippy of her little fish shaded tail to the sharp end of her chompers. Too bad many pokemon and understandably frightened by her appearance, because all she wants is to make friends. So she lingers, mostly partially hidden under tables and deck chairs, watching the happy, playful ongoings, wanting to join but also not wanting to make anyone frightened.
Those are the six pokemon Armin knew he brought along. But it turns out… there is another.
Arthur the swobble, terrified of poke balls after everything that happened on that awful plane, has been sticking close to Armin ever since Armin rescued him on Victory Road. Armin had tried to leave the little sobble behind back home, reasoning that a big prom with every risk of things going horribly wrong is no place to bring one traumatised little pokemon. Arthur, however, had disagreed. Hiding in Armin’s bag, he had stowed away on board. However, being just a baby and never having been on a cruise, Arthur hadn’t realised just how big these cruises are! And how loud! And full of strange people and pokemon. He’s already gotten turned around so often, he’s completely lost the way back to Armin’s cabin, so instead, have one little stowaway, anxiously skittering around the boat, mostly invisible (hey, did that table cloth just move on its own?) sometimes curling up in a tight little ball in a little hidey-hole as he tries to gather up enough courage to A, not cry, and B, venture out and find his trainer.]
Armin Arlert + pokemon | ota
[Despite his misgivings about prom, Armin is here. His talk with Cecil had given him a bit more perspective on prom (and mainly on the fact that it is not always a disaster) which had made him a little more confident about attending. And well, if it does go terribly, horribly wrong, they are going to need someone with some large water pokemon to get off this boat. And who better than the guy with a couple of Wailords? Honestly, Armin would never forgive himself if something were to go down and he wouldn’t be here! So suspicious or not, he is here.
Throughout the trip, Armin will be moving around, but there are a few places he returns to often. First on that list is the decks. It is in part to be on the look-out for signs of trouble, but it is also in part because Armin just loves the ocean. And staying up here, where he can feel the sea wind in his hair, watch the waves and watch the water pokemon play among them? After so much time away from the seas, he’s definitely drinking in the experience again. But also being ever vigilant. You just never know, okay!
Eventually, once he has calmed down a bit and has started to relax, Armin can also be found in the Mantine Maritime Library. It is a library, after all, and he is a boy who loves his books. Especially these books about nautical journeys. He should remain vigilant and make sure nothing terrible happens, but sometimes it is just hard to remember that when you are deeply engrossed in the journal of some ancient captain who was the first to discover the Sevii islands. So deeply engrossed he probably didn’t even hear you talking to him at first. And he has sure managed to wedge himself into a tight little ball in that comfy chair while he reads. It is almost impressive.
And perhaps to everybody’s surprise, Armin can also be found in the Mystery Egg Arcade. This sort of place doesn’t really look like Armin’s deal, and it really isn’t. To be honest, he had only ducked in here to make sure everything was fine here. And he hadn’t intended to stay very long, not with all the lights and noise and many games he just wouldn’t know what to do with. But then he had seen… It.
No, not the machine.
It’s what’s inside the machine that caught his eye.
It is beautiful and squishy and absolutely silly and meaningless and he must. have. it.
So, yes, you can also find Armin in front of this one claw machine, furrowing his brows as he feeds tokens into the slot (let him be, he just won the Elite Four, he can spend his money however he wants, dad) learning the ropes of how these machines work (it’s only the first time he’s ever played one) and trying to bring home the grand prize. Well, the grand prize in his eyes. There is probably bigger and more impressive plushies to win, but how could they ever measure up to the best legendary beast of them all?
Finally, Armin can also be found in the Nido-King and Queen Ball Room cutting a— well, no. Not cutting a rug. In fact, he isn’t really planning on doing any dancing. Instead, he’s stationed himself near a wall and for once it isn’t because he isn’t much of a social butterfly. Instead, he is standing watch. Certainly, nothing has happened on this cruise so far, and that had certainly helped Armin relax a bit more. But if the past two proms had taught him anything, it is that things always go wrong during the big finale. So here he is, all his pokemon in their balls (except Princess and Amber who are swimming on either side of the ship, ready to serve as giant rescue whales) and his wayward stowaway Arthur sitting on his shoulders. Armin doesn’t feel too good about that bit. He had never intended to bring the Sobble here, but now that he was here, Armin feels better with the little creature with him than he does leaving him in his room. If something does happen, he wants to be able to protect him, after all.
The people who attended prom last year may recognise his outfit or his bowtie. Because why buy something new when you have something perfectly serviceable hanging in your closet?]
[The Pokemon]
[With his mind set on making sure there won’t be any trouble at this year’s prom, Armin chose the pokemon on his team carefully.
First, are his two Wailords Amber and Princess, who can be spotted by all swimming alongside the boat. They are far too large to be on the boat, but should anything happen, they’ll make for an excellent emergency escape. Let’s just hope nothing of the sort will be needed. Amber, the largest of the two Wailords, sticks mostly to the left of the boat, friendly towards both pokemon and human alike, and more than happy to entertain people with the occasional spectacular breaching. Princess, the smaller of the two Wailords, sticks mostly to the right of the boat. Like her mother, she spends some of her time breaching from the water, though she does it with a lot more youthful and cheery abandon. She only recently evolved, so even to her, this is still exciting and new. When she isn’t breaching and making a spectacular show of herself, she can be found swimming closer to the boat, listening intently to the song of a cute little Skitty.
Athena the Golduck can mostly be found in Armin’s company. A new pokemon in his team, she still isn’t all to sure what to do with crowds of this size or this many pokemon gathered together. She seems most interested in the Mantine Maritime Library with Armin, and if she is not with her trainer, she can be found there, poking at the books in interest. She cannot read (yet!) but she certainly enjoys looking at the pictures. A water pokemon she might be, but she grew up on Victory Road, far away from oceans and seas. This is all new and intriguing to her.
Meanwhile, Armin’s new Vaporeon Julius and his Gorebyss Beau have discovered a mutual love for pampering and being beautiful and are hitting up the spas and massages together. Mud-baths, fin massages, bubble baths, scale scrubs — they are here for all of this and more!
Armin’s final pokemon, a rather fearsome looking Huntail named Belle, is hanging around the pools, especially the pools where many of the smaller, cuter pokemon have gathered. With her large jaws and fearsome fangs, one might suspect her of looking for a tasty little treat to gobble up, but nothing could be further from the truth! She is the sugar to her brother Beau’s spice, and nothing but nice from the tippy of her little fish shaded tail to the sharp end of her chompers. Too bad many pokemon and understandably frightened by her appearance, because all she wants is to make friends. So she lingers, mostly partially hidden under tables and deck chairs, watching the happy, playful ongoings, wanting to join but also not wanting to make anyone frightened.
Those are the six pokemon Armin knew he brought along. But it turns out… there is another.
Arthur the swobble, terrified of poke balls after everything that happened on that awful plane, has been sticking close to Armin ever since Armin rescued him on Victory Road. Armin had tried to leave the little sobble behind back home, reasoning that a big prom with every risk of things going horribly wrong is no place to bring one traumatised little pokemon. Arthur, however, had disagreed. Hiding in Armin’s bag, he had stowed away on board. However, being just a baby and never having been on a cruise, Arthur hadn’t realised just how big these cruises are! And how loud! And full of strange people and pokemon. He’s already gotten turned around so often, he’s completely lost the way back to Armin’s cabin, so instead, have one little stowaway, anxiously skittering around the boat, mostly invisible (hey, did that table cloth just move on its own?) sometimes curling up in a tight little ball in a little hidey-hole as he tries to gather up enough courage to A, not cry, and B, venture out and find his trainer.]