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victory_road2022-07-04 07:57 pm
blue_ice) wrote in victory_road2022-07-04 07:57 pm
a new rival appears
Who: Kaiba, Kingyoku the Goomy, and you!
Where: Obsidian Fieldlands, Cobalt Coastlands, Alabaster Icelands, Hisui
When: July!
Summary: One of the stranded people in Hisui wasn't in the present with the rest of you. Someone is completely lost and angry at the world. Help him or snap back?
Rating: E10+ for minor instances of anger and small injuries.
Log:
wiggle wiggle:
Among the temporally displaced newcomers to Hisui is a tall teenager with messy brown hair and sharp blue eyes, one most of the others won't recognize. He's growled at the guild members, reluctantly taken their deal for clothing and shelter, and ended up walking away with new blue and grey clothing in an ancient style and a strange red and brown ball in his hand.
Once he finds a relatively calm spot on the river, he releases the hatch on the ball. His eyes widen when some sort of purple slimeball pops out. It makes an odd squishy noise at him, twitches its antenna in the air....and rushes straight at the river to play in the shallows. This thing seems to really like the water. It wobbles and shivers like some kind of dessert jelly....
"Great. So I'm...in a new world some hundred years behind mine, where almost everything's trying to kill me, with this little jelly for protection?"
What a day. Kaiba peels off his new sandals and rolls up his pant legs, opting to sit close to the small creature and watch it play. It splashes about, all smiles: contrasting his trainer, all frowns.
working hard for the money:
Kaiba eventually picks up on the basics of Pokémon training through observation (and maybe a few questions). His little friend Kingyoku knows a few attack and defense abilities that he can use if the two get in trouble, and together they're meant to explore the wild and gather supplies. Fine, he can do that.
They don't stray far from camp (how he hates sleeping next to all these strangers), but they do search high and low for berries and leeks to earn their keep. Kingyoku's especially good at finding leeks, doing a little wobbly dance whenever he finds one. It's...almost cute.
Berries are a different story. Kingyoku isn't really solid enough to ram into trees to knock them down, so that leaves Kaiba to attempt to climb them. He hops onto a tree, hauls himself up the branches....
...and is promptly knocked down by a falling larva-like creature wrapped in leaves. Whoops. Kingyoku bubbles angrily, zooming over to try to scare it off! He hisses and spits a hot stream of bubbles. Kaiba looks up bleary-eyed as he hauls himself to his feet. What the heck?
The little goober is protecting him? He feels a strange surge of emotion in his chest and hops up to his feet, just as the weird leaf-bug surges forward for a bite.
"Attack!"
Kingyoku can't dodge in time, but it's so gelatinous that the bite doesn't seem to have much of an effect. And it's in perfect range for Kingyoku to spit some kind of hot breath, sending the thing flying backward.
Kaiba spares a little smile. Maybe they'll survive after all...is what he thinks until another one of these leaf-cloaked larvae drops out of the next tree, also gearing up to attack.
Help?
night skies
After dusk, when it's too dark to safely travel and unnerving ghostly sounds fill the area, Kaiba reluctantly retreats to the beach where everyone's tents are set up. He seems to hesitate around the outskirts of camp, looking at the gathered people socializing with a frown.
How are so many of them calm about this? Taken from their lives, partnering with strange beings...none of it's normal. He's no delicate flower, he can survive, but the idiot who trapped them here needs to get her mistake fixed ASAP.
He plants himself on a log and frowns up at the sky. The stars are surprisingly bright without the light pollution of the modern world, but...! No. No positives.
Kingyoku bumps into his leg then. Ugh, he's going to get his new clothes all slimy. Kaiba oh-so-carefully picks him up and sets him on the log beside him, but his hands are a mess. He wipes them on what remains of his old turtleneck, which he's decided to keep as a rag.
He feeds Kingyoku a berry absently, and takes a deep breath...and that calms him enough to dare to try to speak to one of the more experienced people passing by.
"...How confident are you that they'll send us back?"
--((prompts for weeks 3-4))--
never quite clean (fieldlands)
The trouble with having a Goomy for a partner is that they're very slimy. And very affectionate. That means his only fully intact outfit is very often slimy.
Kaiba's once again at the river by the dam at dusk, wearing his slightly ripped black leather pants while he washes his clothes *again*. He has a whole setup for laundry with buckets, water heated by a small fire (thanks to the little Ponyta curled up on the sands nearby), and he's rubbing his hands raw with scrubbing. Goomy slime really is stubborn.
Meanwhile the guilty Pokémon plays in the shallows in front of his Trainer, doing his usual dance.
"I'd probably kill for a washing machine right now."
highest heights (coastlands)
Once Kingyoku and his new fiery pony Zephyra are both a little stronger, it's finally time to train against tougher Pokémon! He takes them to the Cobalt Coastlands for some searching, training, and gathering. And an incredible view of the ocean wouldn't hurt, really.
He finds such a view on the cliffside to the left, and there's a relatively easy walking path up there. They have to battle their way through a few Pokémon, but once they make it to the top...it's an incredible view of the beach, with a few hidden lakes and lagoons on either side.
Time to let Kingyoku and Zephyra see the view! He lets his two Pokémon out of their balls and takes a seat on the cliff beside them. A little risky? Of course. But the view can't be beat.
He just...gently pulls King back from the ledge before he can attract a nearby bird. "Easy. I don't know how an aerial battle's gonna work when you can't fly."
King seems to pout. He's a dragon, he wants to fly! But that's not gonna happen, buddy.
hot spring field trip (end of month, icelands)
Kaiba is absolutely miserable once they arrive in the Icelands. He has a team of three by now, but his gentle little moth isn't really doing well in the cold. It's Zephyra who takes the lead here, the pony's gentle heat very welcome in this environment. He walks beside her on his travels, and her flames seem to scare off most of the smaller Ice-types. That's a relief.
He's looking for somewhere to stop and double check his supplies when he finds an unexpectedly peaceful place...a hot spring. Zephyra accidentally kicks a rock and the Pokémon in the spring turn to him...but they collectively shrug and turn back. Two that resemble muscular men with reptilian faces approach...but all they do is flex, laugh...and are they waving them over?
"...do we join them?" Kaiba asks, frozen in place. What a bizarre situation.
wildcard:
[ ooc: want a different prompt? feel free to suggest one here! ]
Where: Obsidian Fieldlands, Cobalt Coastlands, Alabaster Icelands, Hisui
When: July!
Summary: One of the stranded people in Hisui wasn't in the present with the rest of you. Someone is completely lost and angry at the world. Help him or snap back?
Rating: E10+ for minor instances of anger and small injuries.
Log:
wiggle wiggle:
Among the temporally displaced newcomers to Hisui is a tall teenager with messy brown hair and sharp blue eyes, one most of the others won't recognize. He's growled at the guild members, reluctantly taken their deal for clothing and shelter, and ended up walking away with new blue and grey clothing in an ancient style and a strange red and brown ball in his hand.
Once he finds a relatively calm spot on the river, he releases the hatch on the ball. His eyes widen when some sort of purple slimeball pops out. It makes an odd squishy noise at him, twitches its antenna in the air....and rushes straight at the river to play in the shallows. This thing seems to really like the water. It wobbles and shivers like some kind of dessert jelly....
"Great. So I'm...in a new world some hundred years behind mine, where almost everything's trying to kill me, with this little jelly for protection?"
What a day. Kaiba peels off his new sandals and rolls up his pant legs, opting to sit close to the small creature and watch it play. It splashes about, all smiles: contrasting his trainer, all frowns.
working hard for the money:
Kaiba eventually picks up on the basics of Pokémon training through observation (and maybe a few questions). His little friend Kingyoku knows a few attack and defense abilities that he can use if the two get in trouble, and together they're meant to explore the wild and gather supplies. Fine, he can do that.
They don't stray far from camp (how he hates sleeping next to all these strangers), but they do search high and low for berries and leeks to earn their keep. Kingyoku's especially good at finding leeks, doing a little wobbly dance whenever he finds one. It's...almost cute.
Berries are a different story. Kingyoku isn't really solid enough to ram into trees to knock them down, so that leaves Kaiba to attempt to climb them. He hops onto a tree, hauls himself up the branches....
...and is promptly knocked down by a falling larva-like creature wrapped in leaves. Whoops. Kingyoku bubbles angrily, zooming over to try to scare it off! He hisses and spits a hot stream of bubbles. Kaiba looks up bleary-eyed as he hauls himself to his feet. What the heck?
The little goober is protecting him? He feels a strange surge of emotion in his chest and hops up to his feet, just as the weird leaf-bug surges forward for a bite.
"Attack!"
Kingyoku can't dodge in time, but it's so gelatinous that the bite doesn't seem to have much of an effect. And it's in perfect range for Kingyoku to spit some kind of hot breath, sending the thing flying backward.
Kaiba spares a little smile. Maybe they'll survive after all...is what he thinks until another one of these leaf-cloaked larvae drops out of the next tree, also gearing up to attack.
Help?
night skies
After dusk, when it's too dark to safely travel and unnerving ghostly sounds fill the area, Kaiba reluctantly retreats to the beach where everyone's tents are set up. He seems to hesitate around the outskirts of camp, looking at the gathered people socializing with a frown.
How are so many of them calm about this? Taken from their lives, partnering with strange beings...none of it's normal. He's no delicate flower, he can survive, but the idiot who trapped them here needs to get her mistake fixed ASAP.
He plants himself on a log and frowns up at the sky. The stars are surprisingly bright without the light pollution of the modern world, but...! No. No positives.
Kingyoku bumps into his leg then. Ugh, he's going to get his new clothes all slimy. Kaiba oh-so-carefully picks him up and sets him on the log beside him, but his hands are a mess. He wipes them on what remains of his old turtleneck, which he's decided to keep as a rag.
He feeds Kingyoku a berry absently, and takes a deep breath...and that calms him enough to dare to try to speak to one of the more experienced people passing by.
"...How confident are you that they'll send us back?"
--((prompts for weeks 3-4))--
never quite clean (fieldlands)
The trouble with having a Goomy for a partner is that they're very slimy. And very affectionate. That means his only fully intact outfit is very often slimy.
Kaiba's once again at the river by the dam at dusk, wearing his slightly ripped black leather pants while he washes his clothes *again*. He has a whole setup for laundry with buckets, water heated by a small fire (thanks to the little Ponyta curled up on the sands nearby), and he's rubbing his hands raw with scrubbing. Goomy slime really is stubborn.
Meanwhile the guilty Pokémon plays in the shallows in front of his Trainer, doing his usual dance.
"I'd probably kill for a washing machine right now."
highest heights (coastlands)
Once Kingyoku and his new fiery pony Zephyra are both a little stronger, it's finally time to train against tougher Pokémon! He takes them to the Cobalt Coastlands for some searching, training, and gathering. And an incredible view of the ocean wouldn't hurt, really.
He finds such a view on the cliffside to the left, and there's a relatively easy walking path up there. They have to battle their way through a few Pokémon, but once they make it to the top...it's an incredible view of the beach, with a few hidden lakes and lagoons on either side.
Time to let Kingyoku and Zephyra see the view! He lets his two Pokémon out of their balls and takes a seat on the cliff beside them. A little risky? Of course. But the view can't be beat.
He just...gently pulls King back from the ledge before he can attract a nearby bird. "Easy. I don't know how an aerial battle's gonna work when you can't fly."
King seems to pout. He's a dragon, he wants to fly! But that's not gonna happen, buddy.
hot spring field trip (end of month, icelands)
Kaiba is absolutely miserable once they arrive in the Icelands. He has a team of three by now, but his gentle little moth isn't really doing well in the cold. It's Zephyra who takes the lead here, the pony's gentle heat very welcome in this environment. He walks beside her on his travels, and her flames seem to scare off most of the smaller Ice-types. That's a relief.
He's looking for somewhere to stop and double check his supplies when he finds an unexpectedly peaceful place...a hot spring. Zephyra accidentally kicks a rock and the Pokémon in the spring turn to him...but they collectively shrug and turn back. Two that resemble muscular men with reptilian faces approach...but all they do is flex, laugh...and are they waving them over?
"...do we join them?" Kaiba asks, frozen in place. What a bizarre situation.
wildcard:
[ ooc: want a different prompt? feel free to suggest one here! ]
Night Skies
Honestly, by now I don't know what to expect. I'm still furious, and I'm worried about my Pokemon back home. But all I can do is work to find those parts and pray that we're going home. Maybe I'll have to demand to be there when this lady is putting it all back together, to make sure she doesn't send us anywhere else like she apparently wants. But it's not like I know how time machines work, so I don't know what I could really do.
... Maybe you could offer your expertise, Mr. Kaiba?
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Wow, another human! And another Pokémon! He slides off the stump and right over there. ]
So you've heard of me. But my name's little more than any other set of syllables in this world...so I'd have to prove myself to her somehow. I can build basic structures and simple physics-based machines, but I'm hardly setting the world on fire with a coconut.
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Honestly, after what she's done, I'm not too interested in proving anything to her. She needs to prove to us that she knows what she's doing! If we got at least some of the group on your side and approached her all at once with demands, she might have to listen. I hate that we have to trust her to do this right. If at least some tech people could be on hand to watch and make sure she doesn't blunder anything else, I'd feel better.
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[ And that puts him in a position of weakness. He hates it. ]
I'm still trying to figure out what I'm doing with these.
[ He gestures at Kingyoku, who does a little wiggle-dance at Lily. ]
Some of you taught me a little about Pokémon, but it's still new. My cards didn't need to be fed and watered.
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[Radley sighs. Having been pulled away first from his friends in Crash Town and now from his Pokemon family, he's hurting very deeply to lose two beloved families. And with the Pokemon, he has to worry what's happening to them. Poor Cosmo, especially ... how will she handle it?! She's okay with his Pokemon, but she's afraid of any people who aren't him. And when he doesn't come back and they all realize something's wrong ... he can hardly stand to think of it.
He chuckles at the cute Pokemon antics. Lily is watching while swishing her tail. Finally she makes a few dance moves too.]
Pets are new to me too, although I did know about Pokemon before I came here. Only basic stuff, though.... I've never heard of this place before.
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[ King agrees with a little chirp, then circles back and gives Kaiba the Big Eyes. He clearly wants a berry. ]
...and just like pets, it's so easy to spoil them. How many berries does yours eat?
[ He sighs and offers King, and then the man, a hard-won berry each. They're going to have to shake another tree soon. ]
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I lost count.
[He accepts the berry.]
Thanks. I'm Radley, by the way.
[He offered the berry to Lily, who accepted in pleasure.]
Lily doesn't eat as many as Evie back home, but she likes them too.
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[ Among people with less taste. Those with taste would prefer dragons, obviously. ]
How long have you been in...the future of this world?
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Over four months.
[He tries not to sound bitter, but he is still angry, and so very worried about his poor Pokemon.]
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...You're allegedly a dragon. I won't call you cute. Appealing with potential.
[ King seems satisfied by this and sinks down into a little Goomy puddle. He then turns back to Radley. ]
What was your life like there?
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It was mostly peaceful. I had a happy Pokemon family and I was finally opening an restaurant and breeding business. I had two eggs I was going to hatch. And I had a very clingy Ralts who wouldn't let any humans be around her except me. I miss them all and I'm worried about all of them, but especially with Cosmo, I don't know how she's going to deal with this.
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Surely someone's going to notice that this many Pokémon are suddenly abandoned, right? Don't people...usually take in stray animals?
[ Not all people are kind, he knows that extremely well. But everyone he's met so far speaks so fondly of that world. ]
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[He sighs.]
Or maybe I'll go back and find she's okay with people now. I'd be glad for her, but ... I think I'd feel bad I wasn't there to help her get feeling better with them. I was working on that with her right before ...
[He trails off.]
And Evie, my starter.... She loves me so much, she didn't wanna be away from me ever. When we started taking turns on who got to go out, she always had to come.
I know other people have Pokemon they're missing and worrying about too. I have to help everyone get home soon. I'm going to.
[He clenches a fist.]
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[ He has Feelings about people suddenly leaving, turns out...]
But how we're going to rebuild a time travel machine out of some sticks and leaves...that, I have to think about.
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[Radley speaks softly.]
I don't get how we're going to do it either. But we have to. I'm going to get up early to look for the parts some more.
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[ It's a big area. He looks up at the looming mountain with a frown. ]
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Guess I have to learn everything about them the hard way.
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[He sighs.]
We could ask if anyone in the Guild knows....
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[ He sits back, and King climbs right on over to cuddle up to him. Slimy pal...but he allows it. And while he's learning about Pokémon...]
What's the rest of your team like?
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I have four at home like this girl.
[He pets Lily the Eevee.]
Then I have a Skitty and an Espurr. Those are both kitties. I have a Rookidee, which is a bird. Eventually they grow big enough to carry you around. And lastly, I have my shy little Ralts, but I'm not sure how to describe those. They look kind of ... plant-like? My friend back home watches the anime Sonic X and there's a character on that that looks kind of like a Ralts.
I also have those two Eevee eggs that I was going to hatch.
[He sighs heavily.]
They'll probably hatch without me.
I hope everyone will be okay....
[He can hardly stand the worry, but there's nothing he can do except try so hard to get everyone home fast.]
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[ They are cute. He'll begrudgingly admit that. ]
I hope they're all right. They don't deserve to suffer for certain humans' foolish mistakes.
[ Pointed. Glare. Over at Cara Liss. Her name certainly suits. ]
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I do. And yeah, people love them.
[He nods.]
They really don't. If we can't get back ... or if we do and something's wrong ... I'm afraid I'll really struggle with forgiving her.
[He sighs tiredly.]
But I know I've screwed up too, so that wouldn't be fair.
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