a new rival appears

[blue_ice]

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.

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[ ooc: want a different prompt? feel free to suggest one here! ]

Comments

Working Hard for the Money

[heartofalioness]

Help is on the way! A young woman with (messy) curly white hair and a pink kimono top runs forward, a teal and tan rodent at her heels.

"Plamer, use Flame Wheel!"

A few squeaks and the little Fire Mouse rolls into a ball and spins forward, wreathing itself in flames before it slams into the Burmy!

wiggle, wiggle

[thetombkeeper]

Kaiba. Why did it have to be Kaiba. Of all the people from his world. He nearly had a heart attack when he recognized that booming voice of his. Almost ran away to hide as well but... that would draw attention to himself, which is the last thing he wants.

Marik grinds his teeth as he forces himself to approach the other teen. Still, he isn't exactly friendly. Arms crossed, looking down at Kaiba with a less than thrilled expression, and a Gastly floating next to him.

Be civil, Marik. You're both out of your element right now in this... even weirder place than before. It's better to have him as an ally and use him to your advantage.

"Well. Look what the Mimicat dragged in."

[orangesmith]

Miele! Use Scratch on the Burmy!

[Narancia jumps into help, his new Teddiursa quick to follow instructions and attack the opposing Pokémon. It seems this Teddiursa is very eager to please its new trainer, as it looks back at Narancia for approval after its attack.]

Hey, stay focused there! [This might not be over yet, depending on how effective that Scratch was!]

Night Skies

[crystalmaster]

[Radley spent some of the morning screaming, but then calmed down and got right to work, since obviously they had to all pull together or this was not going to work out. He was too upset earlier to process Seto Kaiba being there, but now as he and his Eevee Lily bring in Berries, he sees Seto and hears Seto's question and really focuses on the fact that someone else from home is here.]

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?

[fortuna_tenax]

If Cara Liss doesn't manage it, we have multiple geniuses who'll do it for her.

( and if they need to revolt against the woman, she's more than rowdy enough despite that refined composure she has- jinx is not a girl who allows herself indignity, even now.)

It's just a matter of getting to that point.

Wiggle Wiggle

[shiningkindness]

After everything has been explained, Fluttershy...well, she had to take some time just to calm herself down. The strangeness of everything is very reminiscent of when she'd first arrived in this Pokemon world, but now they had traveled back in time somehow? And Allegra wasn't even with her now to help her.

Eventually, though, she does manage to compose herself, at least enough that she's not having a panic attack. It helps after meeting her new partner, a cute little bear-like Pokemon that reminds her a bit of Harry back home. She still misses Allegra, but this little guy does seem to do her best to help her too, and she's grateful for that.

As she's cleaning up by the river, she can't help taking note of the other person who's joined her, someone she doesn't quite recognize. Her Teddiursa wanders into the water to greet his Pokemon cheerfully, and she can't help a slight frown when he speaks.

"Um..." she begins hesitantly. "You shouldn't underestimate them. They are more powerful than they might seem at a first glance."

night sky

[cuttingremark]

To our homes or back to Jhoto?

[Vakker the Zorua gives Kingyoku a happy greety yip.]

Never Quite Clean

[phoenixwiz]

While he has certainly experienced a life of roughing it in his world, this is a completely different adventure for Harry: he finds himself getting in tricky situations out of his control such as running into stronger wild Pokémon wanting to attack him and Lily, his Rowlet, as they explore the wilderness of Hisui. It seems as if trouble never seizes to find him no matter what time or place he is in.

Luckily, there is not a single wild Pokémon wanting to go after him today so he could wash his messed up clothes (which got even messier upon arriving in Hisui) at the river when he find another trainer busy washing clothes too and hoping for a washing machine under his breath.

“Hey, is it okay if I can wash my clothes in here as well?” Harry asks him politely.

“Rowlet, Row, Row-let?”

“Lily, don’t worry: he doesn’t seem to be interested in battling anyone right now,” he does his best to reassure her.

highest heights

[dejabrewed]

[ just after kaiba can pull away the goomy from the edge, a rowlet and murkrow show up, as if trying to help the goomy to safety. when they realize that the goomy is now safe, the rowlet heads back to her trainer, who was somewhere behind the group.

the murkrow, however, perches itself on the goomy, eyeing it curiously. ]

Nectar, leave the Goomy alone. [ his trainer calls out, causing the murkrow to look at sandalphon with a shake of his head. no, it’s a possible friend. ]