001 - [Video | un: Uravity]

[floatsaway]

[It has been...a long few days for Ochako Uraraka. A long, long few days. After arriving in Newbark Town, like everyone else, she was given little to no information about, well...anything, and left to her devices. Like. Everyone else. Honestly, you'd think that there'd be an actual system put in place for all these newcomers or something. Like a Welcome Center, with information and helpful things to know. Hell, and some spare clothes...one single pair of pants and a t-shirt, alongside her pajamas, are not going to last a grueling journey like this, seriously. Thank goodness Ochako is as frugal as frugal comes. She can most certainly make her money last, and knows all the tricks to ration her food and take care of her belongings.

One of the few perks of being dirt poor.

The first day or two was spent mostly just acclimating to the new normal. Getting to know her Pokemon - a cute and very pink Cleffa, which Ochako finally decided on a name for...Parfait. It was cute and sweet, just like her little, meeping partner. Next in line was, uh...actually training up the little thing. It was weird thinking that this tiny, pudgy, pink cream puff could fight, but...then again, a lot of people underestimated her, and Ochako had one hell of a punch, and her high kick was, by Gunhead's standards, top shelf. So, after a few fumbled first battles (Ochako learned quickly that birds are jerks in this world), she eventually got the hang of it, hanging around the outskirts of Cherrygrove (in the early part of route 29 and 30 respectively), battling Pokemon and looking to expand her growing team.

And boy did she find one hell of a Pokemon to add. The video feed comes one with Ochako looking quite disheveled, her hair standing up in a few spots and a spattering of...some sort of food item on her cheek.]

Mmh... H-Hello, everyone, um. M-My name is Uraraka. U-Uraraka Ochako... [She tries to smooth her hair down, but to no avail.] I-I'm new here and. Ehh...

I-Is it normal for Poke...Pokey...Poker--...for your critters to refuse to eat? D-Do they have preferences? Because, um... [Ochako switches her Gear's camera to show off a very petulant looking Espurr, sitting on its butt on a stone with arms crossed, a little bowl in front of it floating around and smacking on the side of the rock every few seconds.] Th-This one won't accept anything I've given her. She's like a picky child...

[Ochako heaves a big, heavy sigh, shoulders drooping.] I don't want to waste all my food, but I don't want her to not eat, either!! Mmmaahh...Eclair-chaaan...please eat something. Maybe some water? At least a drink?

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[floatsaway]

[Oh dear god, that flavor combination sound repulsive to ochako, who makes a face at her gear as her tongue sticks out and her nose scrunches up. Salty, fishy...mixed with the sweet tartness that she associates with berries...eugh. Nasty.]

I mean...
I guess a cat WOULD enjoy something like that
Maybe...
OH!! ACTUALLY!! I JUST REMEMBERED!!!!
I think I might actually have some of those berry things with me! I found these tangerine looking things in one of the pockets but they were blue so I thought they were rotten and wrapped them up in a bag to throw away when I got into town again. Is that what everyone's talking about??
I think that woman saying she's my mama packed them for me.

[neverfinishanyth]

The berries meant for pokemon look and taste offputting for people, so that could explain some of the confusion.

[floatsaway]

Yeah, I thought they were covered with MOLD so I wrapped them up right when I saw them...
I hope Eclair-chan will eat them.
Do I need to peel them? Cut them??
This is the most prep I've put into fruit in a long timr......

[neverfinishanyth]

I know sometimes, the pokemon like to eat the berries whole, peel and all. But perhaps Eclair is pickier than most?

[floatsaway]

She definitely does seem the type to be...
I'll keep you posted, sir, give me a little bit.

[And after perhaps ten, maybe fifteen minutes, Ochako returns. Or at least Leo is getting a response again.]

Well, she ate it.
But you were right...she wanted it peeled, seeded, AND cut up for her.
My fingers are all blue and sticky... >:C

[neverfinishanyth]

Alas, sometimes we must temporarily sacrifice our fingers for the greater good. Or, at least, to get our pokemon to eat their dinner.

[floatsaway]

It feels more like taking care of a preschooler than an animal...
I think most animals would behave, or listen, a lot better!!
But...I guess that's what it means to be a Trainer?? Or something?

[Though she has no idea what she's doing.]

[neverfinishanyth]

Obedience tends to vary from pokemon to pokemon, and, admittedly, among most other animals as well.

[floatsaway]

LOL I have a friend who fits that last part really well, actually...

[Do you feel a tickle in your nose, Bakugou-kun? Someone's talking shit about you.]