[ Kirishima's definitely not going to hustle her along to that point of acceptance. Hell, it's been eight months and it's debatable if he's really reconciled with his Quirk being gone. His reflexes have changed to no longer expect its protection for the most part... But he still senses its lost like a phantom limb sometimes, something he sometimes tries to flex back into life even though his mind realizes it must be gone. He feels for his friend.
Eijiro gives a scoff at her tease, shaking his head slightly. He'll wait for Mina to review her map. ]
I'm gonna be happy to see you no matter what.
[ He can't even try to tease her. She's grinning like that but Kirishima senses she's got to be feeling vulnerable. Maybe it's because they're friends or maybe he sees familiarity in his own defense mechanisms. ]
Two days, whether you're in Cherrygrove or not. I can fly now.
[ Okay... maybe there's a hint of a boyish smirk there. ]
[ she grins wider when Kirishima says that ] Ehehe~ you better, Santa Boy! [ While Mina prefers to always smile a lot rather than feeling down -she is a very positive person-, she doesn't fully understand her own feelings. She was displaced and changed, and parts of her were taken away; it's not like Aizawa-sensei's quirk which can stop quirks, this is entirely different from that and it's entirely strange.
She is feeling vulnerable indeed, but she tries not to show it. ]
Gotcha-
wait, WHAT! [ ah, but that clicks faster than usual because she has seen a Rapidash before and was certain it could carry someone ] They DO use Pokemon to travel. [ Mina waves her arms ] So why isn't there a transport services here? [ walking from town to town takes so long. Plus, who just sends kids out to walk like that? What if there is a villain? ]
[ Being called Santa Boy makes him give a good-natured chuckle. He refuses to be ashamed for admiring a man who uses his time distortion Quirk and flying ungulates to deliver joy to so many children, or uses that same Quirk ( "Quirk" ) to deliver heroes to stop villains taking over a holiday market for that matter. ]
There are. A couple of them! But the FREE ones only happen for us off-worlders around events and others are...
It's weird. [ He shakes his head a little. ] The locals feel like it's cheating to let trainers skip around the continents if they don't travel there once or have licenses to ride their Pokemon. I guess I get the riding part - a lot of Pokemon can be really hard to hold onto, especially if you wanna fly.
But eventually you'll visit places that have warp pads that can take you to other places so long as you've already been there before. It's like a teleportation Quirk but a machine does it.
Ohh I heard about these warps. [ she nods. Teleportation is super handy, be it due to a quirk or a machine.
Mina gets up from the floor, though her pokemon is still holding the phone for her while she speaks ] Can I just be a pokemon rider instead of trainer? I can open a business to take people around! [ she let's out a laugh as if she is the first person to ever think of this. She is probably joking. But then again, it'd be an amazing idea too!!
Mina starts packing her things, looking back at Kirishima ] Hey, are you a trainer, then? Trying to go to the top and all that? I bet that's what Bakugou is doing...
[ Kirishima's impressed but not entirely surprised; Mina's always been good with talking to people, which is what he assumes has gotten her all this information!
His eyes widen a little bit at her suggestion. He actually does think it's a great idea and maybe it actually could be an option? But then she laughs and Kirishima feels like a fool but he's an amused one. ]
I think that'd still make you technically a trainer?
[ He straightens up a bit more at the question. ]
Yeah, I'm a trainer! Me 'n Bakugou have been kind of taking our time exploring this place and training up a bunch of Pokemon. We uh... We were more focused on getting money for a while to make sure we could support everything. It's actually pretty tough to make money battling so we'd have to take a few days to have jobs place to place.
Oh yeah! I oughta tell you. If you ever think about gettin' a job here, you gotta work at LEAST five days. Or they'll put you in jail!
[ His eyes widen a bit. You think he's kidding? He's not kidding! ]
That's what we were told anyway. We haven't tested it.
Really? [ Mina blinks, tilting her head ] I mean, i don't mind working but- that really sucks. [ well, five days isn't a lot? maybe.
The whole "rider" idea is now sounding so sweet in her head ]
Well, i need money anyway and it's not like I wanna go after the gyms and leaders and the league right off the bat. [ so a job it is ] ... never thought I'd do anything but hero work, though. [ not that regular jobs are bad, but it's certainly not something she ever saw herself having ]
[ I mean it sounds pretty dope to Kirishima, so he's the wrong person to go to if you don't want support. How cool would it be to be one of the uBird pilots or pick up something for ground tranport? Sounds fast-paced and fun and free and he could see that for Mina. ]
Heh, yeah... I can lend you some money if you're cool with it? Just to get you and your Pokemon some supplies. You can always pay me back later.
[ He offered the same to Midoriya. Bakugou usually keeps a tight watch on their budget but whatever plans Eijiro might have had for his portion, he sees them as tertiary to making sure one of his friends is supported - not that he doesn't think Mina can take care of herself. She could probably punch her way through the routes to Cherrygrove if she wanted to, Quirk or no. And probably charm a meal out of anyone... ]
I can handle it! [ she really can. ] Ya just said money is hard to get right? I'm not taking yours. [ doesn't feel right. And if Kirishima (and everyone else!) managed it when he arrived, so can she. ]
besides, I don't mind working for 5 days to get some for myself. Sounds easy enough. [ being a waiter or something like that doesn't seem that difficult. Plus Mina has a great personality and is a people's person, even if she makes mistakes, most likely she will be forgiven ]
I know you can handle it! But... But I also told you I've been here for a while! I have money to spare now.
[ And still, unlike Midoriya, he stops short of insisting. It's only because he thinks maybe Mina will actually like the adventure and the odd job over the next few days?
Kirishima gives a little sigh. ]
You've got this but you're not alone. I'm gonna come down there in a couple days because I wanna see you. And if you wanna fly around on a giant bat dragon, that's on the table.
[ Wry grin incoming: ]
Any other questions I can answer for you? Or you wanna see my pink Pokemon now?
[ there is a small pause, before Mina grins really wide and reaches for the phone to pick it up ] hey- hey hey!
It's alright. Don't get too eager, remember? [ Kirishima always has that desire of wanting to do things right by others, doesn't he? It's admirable, Mina likes that about him. ] I will wait for you. And I totally wanna ride your bat dragon! [ that really sounds amazing ]
And show me your pink Pokemon!!! [ she rises her fist, excited ]
[ Remember? Who told him not to get too eager before...?
Oh. A whole lot of people because sometimes Kirishima is just too much. It's been a while, though.
He takes a breath and nods. It's spring now, not like when Midoriya arrived. The roads should be good for Mina without risk of freezing her while she's stuck outside. ]
Ha~! I don't have any of them with me today but...
[ The first picture is of a pink ( shiny ) Ampharos, his arms outstretched towards the camera and an eager expression on his face, his fur brimming with electricity. He clearly desires to be picked up and looks to be in the process of affectionately attacking the cameraman.
The next photo is of an almost ethereal-looking Hatterene passing into the trees, her witch-like hat tilted so that half her face is shown. Even so, it's easy to read the expression of a smirk. One can just see the claw at the end of the ribbon-esque tentacle at the bottom of the frame. Most of Kirishima's girls give him grief, actually...
Finally, there's a chonky Miltank mid-roll in a pile of snow, flurries flying off from her tail. In the background, a bull-like Pokemon lays watching from what seems to be a single spot on the ground not affected by the snow cover. ]
[ She gets it. Last time she asked him if he was okay, he was still getting there. So it's fine, Mina doesn't mind Kirishima's eagerness - plus, she figures they all feel a bit helpless without their quirks and try to make up some other way possible.
And while Kirishima shows her his pokemon, Mina uses the pokedex to learn a bit about them. Ampharos, electric; if Denki was here he'd probably go those types she figures. ] Ohhh, shiny~ [ but out of the three, it's probably Milktank she likes the best] Aawww, so cute, look at its face!! I wanna meet them all. [ and hug them all, it's a thing now. She must hug all Pokemon. ]
Some Pokemons look human, don't they? [ Hatterene looks a bit different, but she is somewhat human-shaped ] It's a bit freaky... [ she doesn't dislike it, but it's still strange! Plus she didn't forget your Machoke and how it looks, Kirishima. ]
[ There's definitely a trend of Kirishima preferring to take or show off pictures of his Pokemon being happy as opposed to, say, battling (though of course he has some of those too). Hearing Mina wants to meet them makes him smile. ]
You will.
[ Hatterene's eyes are actually somewhat reminiscent of Ashido's natural ones if her iris was blue, so it's no wonder it might freak her out. ]
Yeah, they actually have a category for them in breeding called Human-Like. Who'dve guessed finding aliens would be like this?
Oh, that reminds me. There's a small group of people here that call Pokemon 'Paliens' instead. I think it's a mashup of pal and alien?
[ if she wasn't such a airhead she'd understand the implications of all of that. But this is not her world, and she doesn't have to go to school and think about any of it - so she just doesn't care enough. ]
I guess. Well, they got pokemon and pokemon's have quirks, so at least they got something. [ can... they be called quirks? Mina sure is going to call them that. ]
Oh, is there anyone else from our world in this place? [ Kirishima, Midoriya... There was a third person who knew about quirks, so she's guessing it's Bakugo, even though they didn't introduce themselves. ]
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Eijiro gives a scoff at her tease, shaking his head slightly. He'll wait for Mina to review her map. ]
I'm gonna be happy to see you no matter what.
[ He can't even try to tease her. She's grinning like that but Kirishima senses she's got to be feeling vulnerable. Maybe it's because they're friends or maybe he sees familiarity in his own defense mechanisms. ]
Two days, whether you're in Cherrygrove or not. I can fly now.
[ Okay... maybe there's a hint of a boyish smirk there. ]
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She is feeling vulnerable indeed, but she tries not to show it. ]
Gotcha-
wait, WHAT! [ ah, but that clicks faster than usual because she has seen a Rapidash before and was certain it could carry someone ] They DO use Pokemon to travel. [ Mina waves her arms ] So why isn't there a transport services here? [ walking from town to town takes so long. Plus, who just sends kids out to walk like that? What if there is a villain? ]
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There are. A couple of them! But the FREE ones only happen for us off-worlders around events and others are...
It's weird. [ He shakes his head a little. ] The locals feel like it's cheating to let trainers skip around the continents if they don't travel there once or have licenses to ride their Pokemon. I guess I get the riding part - a lot of Pokemon can be really hard to hold onto, especially if you wanna fly.
But eventually you'll visit places that have warp pads that can take you to other places so long as you've already been there before. It's like a teleportation Quirk but a machine does it.
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Mina gets up from the floor, though her pokemon is still holding the phone for her while she speaks ] Can I just be a pokemon rider instead of trainer? I can open a business to take people around! [ she let's out a laugh as if she is the first person to ever think of this. She is probably joking. But then again, it'd be an amazing idea too!!
Mina starts packing her things, looking back at Kirishima ] Hey, are you a trainer, then? Trying to go to the top and all that? I bet that's what Bakugou is doing...
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His eyes widen a little bit at her suggestion. He actually does think it's a great idea and maybe it actually could be an option? But then she laughs and Kirishima feels like a fool but he's an amused one. ]
I think that'd still make you technically a trainer?
[ He straightens up a bit more at the question. ]
Yeah, I'm a trainer! Me 'n Bakugou have been kind of taking our time exploring this place and training up a bunch of Pokemon. We uh... We were more focused on getting money for a while to make sure we could support everything. It's actually pretty tough to make money battling so we'd have to take a few days to have jobs place to place.
Oh yeah! I oughta tell you. If you ever think about gettin' a job here, you gotta work at LEAST five days. Or they'll put you in jail!
[ His eyes widen a bit. You think he's kidding? He's not kidding! ]
That's what we were told anyway. We haven't tested it.
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The whole "rider" idea is now sounding so sweet in her head ]
Well, i need money anyway and it's not like I wanna go after the gyms and leaders and the league right off the bat. [ so a job it is ] ... never thought I'd do anything but hero work, though. [ not that regular jobs are bad, but it's certainly not something she ever saw herself having ]
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Heh, yeah... I can lend you some money if you're cool with it? Just to get you and your Pokemon some supplies. You can always pay me back later.
[ He offered the same to Midoriya. Bakugou usually keeps a tight watch on their budget but whatever plans Eijiro might have had for his portion, he sees them as tertiary to making sure one of his friends is supported - not that he doesn't think Mina can take care of herself. She could probably punch her way through the routes to Cherrygrove if she wanted to, Quirk or no. And probably charm a meal out of anyone... ]
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I can handle it! [ she really can. ] Ya just said money is hard to get right? I'm not taking yours. [ doesn't feel right. And if Kirishima (and everyone else!) managed it when he arrived, so can she. ]
besides, I don't mind working for 5 days to get some for myself. Sounds easy enough. [ being a waiter or something like that doesn't seem that difficult. Plus Mina has a great personality and is a people's person, even if she makes mistakes, most likely she will be forgiven ]
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[ And still, unlike Midoriya, he stops short of insisting. It's only because he thinks maybe Mina will actually like the adventure and the odd job over the next few days?
Kirishima gives a little sigh. ]
You've got this but you're not alone. I'm gonna come down there in a couple days because I wanna see you. And if you wanna fly around on a giant bat dragon, that's on the table.
[ Wry grin incoming: ]
Any other questions I can answer for you? Or you wanna see my pink Pokemon now?
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It's alright. Don't get too eager, remember? [ Kirishima always has that desire of wanting to do things right by others, doesn't he? It's admirable, Mina likes that about him. ] I will wait for you. And I totally wanna ride your bat dragon! [ that really sounds amazing ]
And show me your pink Pokemon!!! [ she rises her fist, excited ]
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Oh. A whole lot of people because sometimes Kirishima is just too much. It's been a while, though.
He takes a breath and nods. It's spring now, not like when Midoriya arrived. The roads should be good for Mina without risk of freezing her while she's stuck outside. ]
Ha~! I don't have any of them with me today but...
[ The first picture is of a pink ( shiny ) Ampharos, his arms outstretched towards the camera and an eager expression on his face, his fur brimming with electricity. He clearly desires to be picked up and looks to be in the process of affectionately attacking the cameraman.
The next photo is of an almost ethereal-looking Hatterene passing into the trees, her witch-like hat tilted so that half her face is shown. Even so, it's easy to read the expression of a smirk. One can just see the claw at the end of the ribbon-esque tentacle at the bottom of the frame. Most of Kirishima's girls give him grief, actually...
Finally, there's a chonky Miltank mid-roll in a pile of snow, flurries flying off from her tail. In the background, a bull-like Pokemon lays watching from what seems to be a single spot on the ground not affected by the snow cover. ]
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And while Kirishima shows her his pokemon, Mina uses the pokedex to learn a bit about them. Ampharos, electric; if Denki was here he'd probably go those types she figures. ] Ohhh, shiny~ [ but out of the three, it's probably Milktank she likes the best] Aawww, so cute, look at its face!! I wanna meet them all. [ and hug them all, it's a thing now. She must hug all Pokemon. ]
Some Pokemons look human, don't they? [ Hatterene looks a bit different, but she is somewhat human-shaped ] It's a bit freaky... [ she doesn't dislike it, but it's still strange! Plus she didn't forget your Machoke and how it looks, Kirishima. ]
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You will.
[ Hatterene's eyes are actually somewhat reminiscent of Ashido's natural ones if her iris was blue, so it's no wonder it might freak her out. ]
Yeah, they actually have a category for them in breeding called Human-Like. Who'dve guessed finding aliens would be like this?
Oh, that reminds me. There's a small group of people here that call Pokemon 'Paliens' instead. I think it's a mashup of pal and alien?
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[ a GASP ] I'm an alien! That's so cool! Guess Alien Queen fits me now!! [ it fit her before, let's be honest here ]
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Woah! I never thought about it like that before! But wouldn't that mean they evolved to be quirkless?
[ That's so big brain, Mina!
He gives a chuckle. ]
And there's no Miss Midnight here to tell you "no".
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I guess. Well, they got pokemon and pokemon's have quirks, so at least they got something. [ can... they be called quirks? Mina sure is going to call them that. ]
Oh, is there anyone else from our world in this place? [ Kirishima, Midoriya... There was a third person who knew about quirks, so she's guessing it's Bakugo, even though they didn't introduce themselves. ]
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Yeah! Midoriya and Bakugou are here. Me 'n Bakugou have been traveling here for a while and Midoriya got here last month or so.