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Who: Loki
Where: New Bark Town
When: Morning
Summary: Loki just woke up in a strange place with no memory of how he got there. He's going to make it everyone else's problem
Rating: T for language
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The still, quiet peace of a new dawn in New Bark town is shattered by a loud scream. A few moments later, a tall man with stringy black hair is pushed out of the front door, bag in hand, Snorunt by his side.

"Excuse you!" He whips around and tries to go back in, only to find the door locked. He starts banging on it. "I demand answers! What journey? And who are you to call yourself my mother?!"

Whoever this is, he's very persistent. He's just going to keep doing this for about an hour while the poor Snorunt trembles while it clings to his leg.

((OOC: if you tagged his TDM with the arrival post and want it to be canon, link it here and we can continue the shenanigans.))

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((ooc: Continued from TDM here))

"Well, at least they're useful. For the most part." Snorunt chitters indignantly from Loki's arms.

"The madwoman also said something about a journey. I tried to ask what manner of journey, but she simply shoved that," he indicates the bag, "in my arms and threw me out. Care to share your insights on that as well?"

"Apparently it is a rite of passage here for children to travel with their pokemon for a time. And since this woman seems to think ANYONE in her house is her child... well, you can see the process here."

"That is both annoying and a little sad." Loki scowls back at the house for a second.

"But judging from the size of this town, travel would be necessary if I am to figure out a way to get out of this place. How fairs this 'journey?' I can't imagine it is too treacherous if they expect children to embark on it."

"So far as I've seen, not very. Clear marked paths, interesting sights if you wish to go off the road but as long as you have a pokemon with you it may as well be a stroll through the flowers.

I suppose if your pokemon remained weak it COULD be dangerous- but they seem to enjoy fighting and training, so that has not been an issue for me so far"

Loki gives Hubert a dubious look. He bends down to put Snorunt back on the ground, only for the creature to start shaking again as soon as his hands withdraw. He gestures to it...her, as if presenting evidence.

"Yes, she seems a most fearsome warrior," Loki says sarcastically. Snorunt chitters, seemingly offended. She lets go of Loki's leg and waddles over to Hubert's Corvisquire, chittering in what he supposes is meant to be a menacing way.

"Little flake, that bird is twice you-" before Loki can finish his sentence, Snorunt lets out another puff of Powder Snow.

It's not very effective.

And Corvisquire, even though barely chilled by the attack, squawks in distress. True, Flying types are weak to Ice, but the power difference is a bit much to make a difference. Wouldn't seem like with with how the bird screams. And when he starts up the Murkrow starts too.

"Flames help me, would you two stop?!"

They do not.

Snorunt apparently gets spooked by all the squwacking and hurries back over to hide behind Loki's leg. Before she can, though, he scoops her up to stop her trembling. Now it's his turn to chuckle at Hubert's pokemon-based distress.

"Fine, fine, you are a mighty warrior, Snjókorn." Snorunt chitters happily at her new name.

He raises an eyebrow at Hubert. "Are they alright? I'm sure she didn't mean any harm."

"They're fine, just loud." The Murkrow flies down to her companion and the two start scream-cawing at each other:

THE BABY ATTACKED YOU!!!!
SHE DID YOU SAW IT YOU'RE A WITNESS

Thankfully the two humans don't have to actually understand this hoopla.

"You would think creatures that resemble ravens would be a bit more clever."

Snorunt chitters smugly at the chaos from the safety of her trainer's arms. He seemed mean at first, but he gave her a name! He can't be all that bad.

"Not all ravens can be the smart ones." Loki has to raise his voice a bit to be heard over the enthusiastic retellings of Snjókorn's crimes.

"I thank you for the information, Hubert. You've been most helpful."

"It is of no concern." He moves to walk away, and see how long before his pokemon notice he's gone. But instead pauses, an idea coming to mind.

"Actually, I have a proposal for you, Loki."

Loki smirks, raising an eyebrow. "My, how forward of you. We've only just met."

His ears turn just slightly pink and he huffs.

"Nothing of that sort, but if you want to be quipy about it I can just leave-"

He has a feeling this man is not too dissimilar to Claude and that curiosity might be enough of a lure on it's own.

"It was only a jest," Loki says before Hubert even has a chance to turn. "What, pray tell, did you have in mind?"

Bingo.

"I left this little hamlet a month ago, but I found myself... offhandedly defeated in a battle recently, and... well, I decided a return to the beginning would be wise. To reassess my training and tactics. So we will be traveling the same early roads for a time.

Your little snowflake seems interested in proving it's strength, and perhaps observing someone else's methods would help inspire me. I feel we could benefit each other."

Edited 2022-06-21 21:32 (UTC)

"An interesting proposal." Loki doesn't have any reason to trust this man, and from what he said the roads aren't exactly dangerous enough to necessitate a traveling companion. Still, being with someone who knows their way around this place and it's strange animals could prove advantageous.

And just because he's without his powers doesn't mean he can't defend himself.

"Why not? What do you say to a traveling companion, Snjókorn?"

The snorunt shivers. She wouldn't have attacked that bird if she knew they would be traveling together!

Hubert chuckles, which probably does little to ease the pokemon's nerves.

"Do not worry about those two, I have a feeling they already forgot what they were yelling about."

And in fact the birds are now just caw-chatting at each other, not even noticing the Snorunt anymore.

Snorunt looks up at her trainer, to the other trainer, then down to the birds cawing about some weird bug they found the other day. Okay, so maybe she isn't in as much danger as she thought.

She nods, something Loki didn't think was possible without a discernable neck.

"It's settled, then. When were you planning on departing?"

"Whenever you are ready, actually. Perhaps int he morning? That way you can confirm if this is just a strange dream you are having or not."

"I see no reason to delay. If it is a dream, that can be confirmed on the road as easily as it can be here."

The shrieking is what draws Mando's attention. Months in this quiet, peaceful world, and all it takes is some yowling to get his hackles up and his hands reaching for blasters that aren't there.

At least he has all his armour back.

He creeps in on the sound, coming at it from the side. As he gets closer, it becomes abundantly clear that no one is in any real danger. Just another new arrival, and this one particularly pissy about his set of circumstances.

Mando watches the new guy bang on the door for awhile, then sighs. He should intervene, shouldn't he? This guy is going to wake up the neighbourhood.

"They're not going to let you back in."

Loki's quick turn is somewhat inhibited by Snorunt's position, but he manages to pull it off enough to see who spoke. He narrows his eyes at the stranger. Waking up in a strange place with a sentient triangle on his chest had already set him on edge, seeing a clearly armored person approach did not help that fact.

Especially now that he's realized his powers are gone.

"And who are you?"

Ah yes, the full armour is intimidating at the best of times; all the worse when it's so different from what everyone else here wears, or before a new arrival realises that all fights here are done with cute animals.

Speaking of which, Mando has a pair of little birds on his shoulders, twittering away at the Snorunt.

"You can call me Mando." He keeps his hands where the stranger can see them, and his posture and tone are relaxed. He gestures with his chin at the Pokemon Centre. "They've given you all the information they're going to. But they're not kidding about there not being a way home."

Snorunt chitters back at them from behind Loki's legs. She's friendly, but would prefer to stay over here.

Loki, on the other hand, frowns. "You sound as if you are speaking from experience. Were you also brought here against your will?"

"Most people were." Mando makes a sweeping gesture to indicate everything around them. "You'll learn to recognise the locals. Everyone else comes from another world."

Loki raises an eyebrow. "And do we know who or what is bringing us here? And for what purpose? Surely it's not just to travel around with these-" he gestures down at Snorunt, "-creatures?"

"No. The locals won't tell anyone." Mando looks down at the Snorunt. "That's a Pokemon. As best anyone can tell, you're supposed to travel around with it and collect other ones."

[Radley has decided to come back to New Bark Town from time to time to check on possible new arrivals. Sometimes it takes them a while to post to the network, and Radley imagines some of them are very shaken upon first coming here and could use a friend or a listening ear.

Thus it is that when he wanders in with four Eevees, a Skitty, and an Espurr, he encounters Loki pounding on the door and yelling. Wincing, Radley goes over.]

Yeah, I don't think that's gonna work. It never has for anyone else.

[Evie the Eevee warbles at the Snorunt to say Hello!]

[Loki turns to see the source of the voice. The grace with which he tries to move is hindered somewhat by Snorunt clinging to his legs, but he manages it okay.]

So I am not this madwoman's first victim? I suppose there is some comfort in that.

[Snorunt chitters back a tentative hello. She clearly very shy and doesn't really want to come out from behind her trainer's legs.

Loki looks between the creatures, then up to Radley.]

And who might you be?

Yeah, there's quite a few of us here. I'm Radley.

[He smiles.]

That's Evie trying to say Hello. She loves friends.

I am Loki, Prince of Asgard.

[He looks down at the strange...fox? Creature?]

I am unsure what my creature is called. I woke up with it sitting on my chest.

[That definitely gives Radley a start.]

Like in Norse mythology?

[Well, after everything else, finding out the people from his planet's myths are real probably isn't the strangest thing that could be happening.]

... Yeah, I haven't seen those either. Let's see what the PokeGear says.

[He holds it up to scan the timid Pokemon.]

The very same. [So either this world has heard of Asgard, or This Radley is from another realm that has. Either way, it's good to be recognized.

Loki squints at the unfamiliar device. It returns that this is a female Snorunt! The Snow Hat pokemon!]

...It's a hat?

[Snorunt chitters indignantly from behind Loki's legs. She's a very nice hat, thank you very much! The effect is somewhat mitigated by her shivering.]

Edited 2022-06-23 16:22 (UTC)

Cool.

[He smiles.

The info in the PokeGear is surprising indeed.]

A hat? ... It also looks like Snorunt can take two different evolutionary paths?

[He's a little creeped out by the backstory of the one called Froslass. Formed from the regrets of a woman who died on a snowy mountain? ... And they eat frozen souls?!]

... I wonder if everything in here is for real. I don't get how this form could be evolved to if this backstory just happened to one particular person.

[Evie warbles innocently. She thinks the idea of a hat Pokemon is neat!]

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yessss, hello fellow Disney+ friend

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Hope it's okay if Radley is aware of Norse mythology! I can change it.

Totally!

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