victory_road | 2nd Sacrament

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2nd Sacrament - Training

Who: Walter (

secondhandsome )
Where: Route 35
When: Afternoon/Evening, 13th September
Summary: Walter trains his Pokemon and meets with ~~a friend~~ someone he's met before.
Rating: PG, typical Pokemon training violence

Log:

Walter had taken to leaving the city to train his Pokemon. As autumn approached he wanted to be outside more, to feel the wind and rain on his skin as he had before he had died. That, and it wasn't safe to stay in Goldenrod. Henry had apparently made friends. Dangerous friends. He wouldn't put it past said friends to attack him on sight, as Henry had, and he didn't know what they looked like. Henry probably had described him to them so they could easily ambush him.

He currently had his Pokemon practicing techniques together, but after he would seek out wild creatures to have them battle.

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[Tim takes every opportunity to get away that he can. Jack doesn't constantly pay attention to him, of course, so he gets plenty of time. But even a minute with him feels like an hour. So being unavailable for a while is still nice. Just... some nice time without that jackass bothering him.

His Pokemon like being out and about too, so leaving the city for a while isn't a bad idea. Never too far, just... right outside.

There's other people around here more often, sure, but no one he's paid much attention to. This time he actually recognizes who he sees, so he stops walking. His Ditto is on his shoulder as always, but there's a Meowth wandering next to him as well.]

Oh-- Hey. Didn't expect to see you out here. [He glances at the Pokemon out.] ...Oh, wait, are you training? Uh. I didn't mean to interrupt or anything...

Maybe he wanted privacy? "I can leave-" Walter offered, seeing how flustered Jack seemed to be over seeing him. Although he had two of his Pokemon out as well, the jelly like 'Ditto' and a cat, calmly padding along. Maybe he wanted to train by himself.

Unfortunately the newest member of Walter's party, a Shinx, saw Jack come. Her eyes literally lit up at the sight of him, bounding forward and getting into a playful, yet clear, fighting stance. Complete with a little growl and butt wiggle, preparing to pounce forward. Walter mentally sighed.
"Chaos, no." The cub replied with a displeased growl at her trainer. If two trainers lock eyes, they have to fight!

"No, it's fine, that's not what I--" And then there's that small... blue... cat thing. Tim blinks at that, because he knows cats well enough to know what that behavior means. But considering this one's pretty small, it's... really hard to take it seriously.

Or just impossible, really. He can't help but smile at that. Just... look at that. That's freaking adorable. "Wow. You got a fierce one there, huh?"

"Yes. She wouldn't let me pass without a fight. Even started following me when I was trying to train my other Pokemon." Walter stepped behind Chaos, bending down and picking her up by the scruff. Chaos tried to roar at him but it came out weak; she wasn't big enough to give an impressive, regal roar yet. So she settled with looking as sulky as a cat could.

"There are more of them in this area, but she's the most...determined to battle everyone she sees."

"Ha, yeah, she looks like that type." Well, not... actually a Fighting type, but a fighting type. Tim's really trying not to laugh at that fierce display there. What the fuck, it's so cute...

"Guess in this place it's good to have a fighter anyway. 'Specially when she grows up. For now she's just kinda... well... adorable."

Chaos meowed in disagreement at Tim, still pouting. Walter changed his hold, bringing his arm under her body but still keeping a tight hold of her scruff, so she wouldn't try and cause trouble or wriggle out of his grasp. She begrudgingly accepted, still watching Tim and his Pokemon.

"Have you seen what she evolves into?" He asked curiously. He had looked up her evolved forms after catching her and had been quite impressed by how she would grow. But maybe Tim had seen one in person?

"Nah, can't say I have. But bigger and stronger's the pattern, right? At least, that's what it seems like for most of 'em." He glances down a little, at one of his pokeballs. "Not really sure what mine'll turn into... I don't think Dittos evolve at all."

"You can look it up on the PokeGear." Walter took out his own (letting go of Chaos' scruff) and showed it to Tim. He pointed it at Chaos, letting the device scan her and showing it to him. On the screen, Walter found the option to view a Pokemon's evolution chain. On the page it showed a Shinx, with an arrow going towards a Luxio and then, finally, a Luxray. While Tim was correct in 'bigger and stronger', it was nice to see exactly what he could expect. Had he not known, he would've certainly be shocked by Chaos' eventual evolution and, admittedly, a little fearful. Which wouldn't be good for maintaining control as a trainer.

Tim leans in to get a better look at the screen and... oh, wow, that is quite the transformation waiting in this little cat's future, huh? He immediately glances over at Chaos, trying to imagine her looking like that. "Wow, she's gonna end up looking pretty fearsome, huh?" ...Ah, wait. "Not that she isn't already."

Both a joke and an attempt to make sure he hasn't offended the kitty. Because that's important to him, shut up.

"That's much easier, though. I've been looking everything up manually. Way more of a hassle..."

At being told she was 'fearsome already', Chaos drew herself up as best as she could in Walter's hold, purring smugly. She knew she was, but she appreciated others respecting her fierceness. Seeing that she wasn't about to fight, Walter put her down.

She immediately approached Tim with a purr, butting one of his legs. Then turned to his Pokemon and ceased her friendly behaviour. She puffed out her chest and tried to show her dominance, especially towards his Meowth. Walter didn't hide a deep sigh as he exhaled through his nose.

"I need to get that under control before she evolves."

Tim's Meowth, unfortunately, doesn't take kindly to that behavior and already starts hissing loudly. It's bad enough this cat is taking up his trainer's attention, now this? Nuh-uh.

Said trainer, well... he'd be lying if he said he wasn't a little amused by this. Just a little. "C'mon, buddy, don't do that." The Meowth just lets out an annoyed mrow, at that. "Right... That's probably gonna become something of an issue when she gets bigger. Well..." He crouches down slightly, so he can reach Chaos. Carefully, he starts to pet her. "Maybe she'll just grow out of it?"

...Maybe not. But he's weak to the cute kitty, okay, he's not really thinking about this.

The reaction from the Meowth caused a gleam in Chaos' eyes. She allows the petting but circles the Meowth, clearly interested. Evidently she also liked when a Pokemon stood up to her. Now if he was strong as well, then she would be truly impressed.

"I don't want to rely on that." Walter admitted, walking a little closer so he could intervene if something happened. He didn't really approve of Tim petting her when she was misbehaving but remained quiet. He looked over the Meowth. He had only seen Rhys' before and his had been overweight. Since Tim was petting Chaos, he slowly lowered himself onto his knees and hesitantly reaching out to lightly touch the Meowth's head, ready to retreat the moment the cat or Tim showed displeasure.

It does occur to Tim that he probably shouldn't be petting the cat right now, but... He's weak. He can't help it.

And Tim might be nice and gentle, his Meowth is... less so. His eyes narrow at this strange new human and he quickly jumps back, letting out an irritated growl. Tim blinks at that reaction for a moment. "Hey, c'mon now, play nice." But nope, his Meowth doesn't really listen to that. His trainer sighs. "Sorry, that one's... kinda got an attitude problem."

The instant the Meowth growled, Walter jerked back and stood up. He didn't answer Tim's reassurances, more worried about getting scratched or bitten. Seeing his trainer's flinch, Assumption ran over hurriedly. He put himself between Walter and Jackpot, hugging Walter's leg and watching the Meowth carefully.

Chaos didn't approve either. She gave a soft growl until Tim's fingers. If the Meowth wanted a fight, she'd fight him! But she stayed where she was for the moment, eyes narrowed and tail flicking back and forth.

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Tim shakes his head and walks over to his Meowth, just picking the cat up. At least that means no fight.

"Alright buddy, come on, don't be like that. Geez..." He looks back up at Walter. "Sorry, this one uh... Well, maybe it's a little unfair to blame this on someone else, but I did get this one from someone else. Wouldn't surprise me if that's where he picked up this attitude."

Walter didn't say anything. He exhaled slowly, glad to avoid an injury and crouched down, picking up Assumption. It helped to focus on him; Assumption's shy, innocent nature helped calm him down from occasions like this, when a Pokemon scared him. It helped that his Pokemon sensed his fear, leaning against him and patting his arm.

Darkness, his Murkow, soon fluttered to his shoulder, giving both Tim and his Meowth a haughty look as Doll floated over to see what the fuss was about. Chaos stalked back over to him. As far as she was concerned, this was her human. She was the only one permitted to growl or swat at him. Surrounded with his Pokemon, Walter relaxed again with an easing of the tension in his shoulders.

"I see. By...trading, right?"

Tim looks a little apologetic at Walter's response to his Meowth's behavior. That definitely didn't go as intended, but... that's how it is with the troublemakers. Thankfully his other Pokemon are much friendlier, so that helps make up for it.

"Sorta, yeah. Not exactly a trade, since I didn't give anything in return. But uh... he has a lot of Meowth, so one less doesn't make much of a difference..."

It's all part of the whole deal. Being an employee of Jack... Probably the most official one here, really. Tim doesn't go into detail about Jack, of course. Walter doesn't need to know about him.

"You... absolutely didn't hear this from me, but he's not the best trainer, so... Honestly, for the most part all those cats just kinda run around the place."

Walter nodded slowly. He glanced down at Chaos, imagining if he didn't try to curb her aggressive nature and establish that he was in charge and she was to obey his commands.

"That's unacceptable. Especially given the powers these creatures hold." None of them were fully grown or fully leveled or however it should be termed. But Walter had seen their individual strengths in training with them and in battle. To let them use it unrestrained and wild when they were meant to be under his care wasn't something he could ever allow. Namely, because of his own fears of them attacking him.

His own Pokemon largely eased, except for Chaos. Despite his training, she still looked for fights and this was more justified than most of her attempts to get into a scrap. She hissed at Jackpot, bearing her sharp teeth.

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