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WHO: Johnny and Emporio
WHAT: The start of a new Travel Party babey-
WHEN: Apr. 5
WHERE: Violet City
WARNINGS: None

Violet City. It's the first true city he's seen since coming to this place, and upon arriving he finds himself caught between the thought that it lives up to the term, and the fact that it is nothing like he's ever seen before. It is so built up, with all the towers and skyscrapers he would expect having briefly seen parts of Florida- and yet there are trees everywhere.

He spent the night in a set of trees. Just a little ways south, at the site of the Ruins of Alph- but now that it's morning again he feels it's probably best to do some scavenging and scrounging for supplies before he heads off again. It's strange- everyone is so...approachable here. All he has to do is look at them and they say hello. Is it because he's a kid? He wonders if that's really it, or if it's something else.

As it is, by the time he's ready to go he has what he thinks is enough to keep himself going for the next few days. In fact, he's ahead of schedule if he's right- maybe he could even go south he decides. Reach the next town, still have time to spare in reaching Goldenrod...

After all, they have these teleport stations- and he tests it twice, to and from Cherrygrove, just to be sure- and well that would definitely make it easy right?

Emporio looks over his party for a moment, and ultimately nods.

"Okay," he declares to the lot. "I...think we can handle going to Azalea. I just need to make s-"

Wait hold on.

One, two, three...

He counts, and counts some more, blinking.

"Wait... ...When did we get two of you..!"

He only had one gastly a minute ago!!

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[[ johnny also had one gastly a minute ago, and now that's not the case! ]]

Oh, for God -- Where did you go? [[ johnny is now wandering, mudbray walking by his side, searching high and low for his ridiculous and annoying gastly. if she wasn't so incorporeal, he would throttle her. well, probably not, that would be bad. but he's surely had the desire to, and now was no exception.

well. any excuse to get away from diego. he was sad to see jonathan off, he supposed, but cutting the goodbyes short with brando really wasn't something he was torn up about.]] Come on, Gastly! I should really give you a name... Look, we don't have time for this!

[[ mudbray looks just as annoyed as he does. this is what he gets for letting his other pokemon out to wander, and the small steed shows no hesitation in grunting to let him know that. ]] Oh, shove it.

Eh?

[At the sound of another approaching, Emporio turns from where he was counting the members of the party. The two lady Gastly simply chatter and float, bouncing up and down in a slow, lazy drift around him.

More importantly-] Is..the other one yours? They both look the same, but I'm pretty sure this one isn't Oxy...

[The gastly- both- simply cackle in reply.]

[[ both he and the mudbray turn to look at the voice. immediately, they look tired at the scene in front of them. ]]

Uh. Yeah, probably. Gotta admit, though... A bit hard to tell 'em apa-- Oh. [[ the mudbray walks up to emporio and company, training her eyes on one of the gastlies. johnny approaches, standing and watching them cackle as he grimaces. ]] Jesus, it's even worse when there's two of them.

Alright, Gastly, come on. Gettin' sick of this. [[ he pulls out a pokeball, pointing it at the two and opening it, returning his own in a flash. with that, he looks down at the kid. ]] Well, sorry about that. She snuck off when I had my back turned... Weird that she came this far, though, can't imagine what would have grabbed her attention...

A little, yeah. I think Oxy gets distracted more though- look, she's already staring at something else, [he remarks- and indeed, it's doing that. And of course, cackling, but.

Emporio watches as the second is returned, before shaking his head.] It's alright. I think she might have been interested in...me for some reason? Oxy did the same thing actually...some of the pokemon here have been following me around a little bit, [He admits with slight unease.]

[[ oh. uh. that's weird! johnny would say as much, but this is a kid he's talking to, and that's seems a bit mean to say to a kid. he awkwardly crosses his arms, not sure what to do in this situation. ]]

... Really? None of them hurt you, right? [[ mudbray steps closer to emporio as johnny asks, giving him a sniff. ]] Huh. Well, at least she ain't knockin' you over like she did with me. [[ probably because he isn't grabbing her hooves and trying to look at the bottom of them, who woulda thunk? ]]

No, they don't, [he answers easily, letting the mudbray sniff. The luxio with him approaches with his own caution, while the remainder of his party- dratini on shoulders included- do their own thing.] ...Uh...is that something that happens a lot then? Ghost pokemon hurting people, I mean?

[Cautiously, he looks toward his new Golurk. That... ...That would hurt, if it so desired, he's sure.]

Oh, uh, no! Not that I know of, anyway. [[ shit, way to go, johnny. ]] Just-- Doesn't hurt to ask.

... Are you out here on your own? Besides them, I mean. [[ pokemon to not count as baby-sitters or parental units. not to johnny, anyway. golurk could probably do in a pinch, but... that's not the point! ]] How old are you anyway, kid?

Oh- that's good then, [he replies somewhat automatically, sighing in relief.] Everything seemed pretty peaceful, but I still keep wondering if it's not going to suddenly change...

[And well, some of these guys are huge! But hey.]

Huh? [...That's actually not a question he's used to. Most people just sort of went 'oh a kid' and ran with it.] Oh, uh...Eleven, [he answers ultimately.] I'm still trying to decide how to keep track of my birthday here actually. I don't think it was this early in the year before...

Eleven, huh? [[ he's even younger than lucy, but he knew that just by looking at him. other than just not treating them like a jerk, johnny wasn't too sure how to approach talking to someone this young. but leaving him alone seemed like a terrible idea, too...

what to do, what to do? ]] What, back where you're from? Yeah, the time shi-- Stuff. Is weird like that. [[ nice-u save! ]] Can't help you with birthdays, wasn't even thinkin' about it, in my case. You might be better off just starting fresh with that, honestly.

Yeah. [To...all of those things?]

That's probably right...it's far enough that it won't be weird at least? I think I missed it by a month.

[[ well with all that out of the way... johnny starts looking around. seriously, what is this situation? he can't just leave the kid hanging around by himself, right? that's the responsible thing to think, right?

ignoring the fact that kids that are like, ten, do this journey on their own... ]] Anyway, you didn't answer one of my questions: are you travelin' with anyone? An actual adult?

This place is pretty peaceful, but you don't seem like the kind that's used to traveling by himself. [[ there's some genuine worry in that statement, although it may be a tad misplaced. ]]

...Huh?

[Part of him wants to ask How he gave that impression. The other almost exclaims that he only travelled once anyway and-

....He glances to the side.] ....No, [he eventually says.] It should be fine though. I mean...if they send kids out this way all the time, it can't be that risky right..?

[[ he notes the glance to the side, hmm. ]] Sure, it ain't that bad, but the people that are from here don't seem entirely straight in the head to me. [[ pause. ]] To put it kindly: I wouldn't go off what they do as a good compass. [[ the good ol' fashion johnny joestar ability to jump to weird conclusions about others. yay. ]]

I'm gonna be honest-- I don't feel like my conscious is going to do well with letting you run off on your own.

[Emporio pauses a moment, thinking of 'Mom'. He supposes he can't blame Johnny. But!] If you're saying you want to keep an eye on me I won't stop you... [That job is reserved for Robo if necessary.] ...but I won't be alone that much longer! I'll be meeting with hermana in just about a week, at the train station! We compared maps, and it's the easiest way for her to get to me!

....Though, since I've been riding on Sparks, I'm going to try going to Azalea first...

[He's looking at...the luxio as he says this? That's not much shorter than mudbray!]

[[ hermana is... spanish? johnny flips through his internal spanish dictionary, which is admittedly incredibly small. he's pretty sure that's a familial term. maybe. ]] Wait, you have family here?

[[ well, that does make him feel a little better. ]] Well, I'm going to take you to meet her, then. I'm Johnny, by the way. And this is Tiny Dancer. [[ a small motion to the mudbray, who has now taken up trying to sniff and nuzzle at the luxio with her nose. friend... ship?

speaking of the luxio... ]] Uh... You've been riding on that?

Yeah!

...I mean...she isn't my blood relative but... [He smiles, just a little, looking at the ground.] She... ...she feels like one, I think. Like a big sister.

[Anyway, intros-] Emporio. And this is Blue...Robo, EMP, Oxy...Reedy, and Jingle.

...And I mentioned Sparks, so. [The boy blinks, turning to Johnny. Sparks meanwhile seems to be nosing back. Friend....ship...] Huh? Oh...They sort of made me ride actually. I think I was too slow for them.

[[ aww, his cold little heart softens just a little. he absolutely understands the feeling and concept of found family, even if it took him longer to find it.

he nods as emporio goes down the line of pokefriends, ending back up at 'sparks'. there's something a little humorous about a tiny lion cub forcing a kid to hop on and ride because he's too slow. johnny can't help but smirk at that. ]] Well, I guess I can't say anything to that. I guess I'll get mine out then, too...

[[ he rummages through his pack, taking a pokeball out and releasing... a gogoat. he shakes off a little bit at the release, coming up and immediately bumping johnny's side. ]] This is Landslide. I have others too, you'll meet them in time.

[Sparks gives a rather smug 'gao' at that. Hell yeah he did that!!

It's all Landslide's spotlight right now however, and Emporio marvels at least a little bit at the beast. Every pokemon so far has been unique of course- but each one continues to retain that wonder, and it's hard to abandon the amazement.] Is...this a goat? [he asks, with all the tone of one who has never even seen a real one.] It's huge! I mean, Robo is pretty big too but...

[Robo is kind of a giant statue thing so it feels...expected...] So you ride them?

[[ johnny places a hand on landslide's snout, petting him as he responds. he is big, taller than johnny even. while that isn't a huge feat for most adult people, it certainly is an accomplishment for a goat. ]]

Yeah, some kinda grassy goat, I guess. Not quite as big as, uh, Robo, but definitely big for anything like a goat. [[ if johnny didn't have a golurk of his own, the absolutely size of robo would probably freak him out. he's used to it now, at least... it is still a little unsettling, though... not that johnny would admit that to an eleven year old. ]]

A lot of people ride 'em, they practically built for it. I'm pretty sure Landslide will cross any terrain in front of him. [[ landslide bleats happily without missing a beat, nuzzling johnny's palm. ]] There's a lot of Pokemon that are good for riding. Apparently, Tiny Dancer will evolve into one, too.

I'm not sure most things will be as big as Robo. I just hope he doesn't get bigger- the pokedex said his level was pretty low compared to the norm, so I'm a little worried...

[Oh-] They will? ...I guess they're just a little small for an adult right now huh...

[Tiny Dancer being taller than Sparks, the kid can't help but think he'd be fine on the donkey. But Sparks is Sparks, so...]

We'll both go pretty fast this way though. And Robo found a tarp, so if it rains again there'll be cover. I've still got lots of mushrooms for food too, so that should be fine for a few days if we make sure to look for more, and-

[...oh right.] ...We should...probably compare supplies before we leave huh?

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