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Who: Duo Maxwell, OPEN
Where: Goldenrod
When: After he's done with Rocket Training
Summary: Duo scopes out his new surroundings to get a feel for where he is
Rating: G (might have some strong language at points, though)

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[FREEDOM!!! Having suffered through a couple of weeks of being stuck in that stuffy base going through stupid classes of things he already knew (but didn't want people to know he knew), Duo had been released into the wilds of PokeWorld! Sure, he had a mission, one he wasn't too proud of, honestly, but he was a rebel and determined to be the good guy, so... he figured he'd play this out "Trowa-style". Gather intel, figure out what this whole Rocket thing was about. So, it was time to act like a Trainer. At least, that's what the ID they'd given him said he was.

Starting in Goldenrod was a little odd probably, sure, according to what he'd learned so far, but that was fine. He could play along.

He'd met and made a few friends while in the base... at least, he thought they were friends, so he was hoping that they were people he could trust. They'd played it a little vague, but subtext had been pretty clear to him, at least. He hoped he wasn't making a mistake.

And, if he was, well, he'd just have to take care of himself. He'd done it before.

Either way, his Duskull and Houndour were his true trusted buddies for now, and it was time to figure this place out.

Sorry, Quatre... but Duo just couldn't reveal his current situation to his friend just yet.

Duo was wandering around town, scoping the area out for things to do, sights to see, and maybe some food to eat.]

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[Horse takes that moment to sit. They very much like this current situation, it's nice and calm, and peaceful! And-]

...OH MY GOD WHERE DID YOU GO-!!

[Horse clamps their mouth, previously open- shut with a jolt.] ....Lly!

[Carly for the moment is looking everywhere but the right direction! Once she does notice she runs over in a bit of a panic.] HihhHHHHHH-!!! Horse..! You're too big to wander off like this...!!

[It occurs to her at that precise moment- much later than it should have perhaps- that Horse is sitting in front of a whole person, with two pokemon.] Uh.

[Ahem.] S...sorry about any trouble they might have caused....

Nah, it's cool. [Duo looked visibly amused by the display.] It's a pretty neat looking creature. A Silvally? Seems pretty friendly... which, considering the size, is probably a good thing. [He laughed a little.]

Yep.

[Good to see the dex is working.] Honestly they're completely harmless like this- rescues can't actually fight!

[Which is good because she's pretty sure Horse would just, fall over....]

I'm thinking not all of them like to fight... like, this ghosty thing here doesn't seem to really care. It just bobs around like it's in a daze all the time. [The Duskull seemed to do just that as if on cue.] The dog, though... strong prey drive there. [The little Houndour seemed eager, but he also noticed that Horse wasn't doing much in the way of aggressive behaviors, so he eventually wandered off to find something else to do.]

Oh, definitely not- I've got a whole pack of pokemon who'd rather never battle- but in this case it's literally impossible, the adopted Nulls and Silvally can't level up. Makes me worry about 'm sometimes...

[Ah well.] Hooooo...a houndour huh? ...That sounds right, they really like battling...

I'd offer to treat him to a battle, but I don't really uh. Have any under-levelled sorts with me right now, I have a pretty precise team when I'm in the area...

[Her ~Rocket Team~, but she's not saying that when she has no idea if she's talking to a rocket or not yet.]

That's fine. He's pretty under-leveled even for my Duskull, but he still tries. [Duo laughed a bit.] It's a good thing Duskull is laid back or the Houndour would have been laid out a few times already.

These are the only two I've got right now, though. Just got my start.

[Duo didn't exactly realize, yet, just how that might sound considering most people just getting their start were over in the New Bark Town area...]

Ehhh, don't count on that being how it goes all the time, sometimes even the most relaxed ones have their limit...

[..........................................Oh dear.] Just started huh~? Woke up here in town I take it?

[She'll play it cool to start. And then gently, quietly, explain why that's the worst possible thing to tell most people yepppp!]

I guess. [Duo shrugged. Then again, he had limits, he supposed, and he was probably the most laid back of the guys back home.

He nodded at the question.]

Yeah. Does that happen a lot around here?

Mmmmmm...Being honest, not really. Pretty much everyone wakes up in a house in New Bark.

Only a small handful wake up, ah...here, with an extra pokemon and a job.

Holding out okay?

[He looked thoughtful about that. Interesting... That might explain some of the secrecy stuff that had been drilled into him back in the base. Okay. Point taken.]

I guess. It's a weird place, and the idea of being in a whole different world is something to get used to for sure.

How long have you been here?

Not to mention the, ah, quirks. [Like BGM...]

It's a lot, but it's not too bad~ Kind of relaxing anyway, at least thanks to how the place works...

Anyway. I'd say a few years? Enough time to get married, believe it or not!~ Not to mention top promotion, at least as far as people like us get...

[The best part is that she can honestly say that for non-rocket matters too, thanks to her Gym.]

[The music definitely took some getting used to.]

Years???

[Okay, that's a long time to be stuck in a world that wasn't your own.]

Do you worry about what's going on back home?

Well that's the weird part.

[You know, after the other weird parts.] Best we understand it...it's like they hit a pause button back here. Time just...isn't passing wherever we came from.

Wait, so like... everyone's just stuck until we get back? [Duo frowned a bit. That was both good and bad, he supposed. It was such a weird thing to wrap his head around.] This is starting to sound like some weird sci-fi movie.

[Carly gives a hand wobble.] Honestly? It helps to just not think about it too hard I think. I mean, far as I've heard anyone who's gone back sure didn't remember this place while they were there, so who knows what's going on!

Whatever the process is, knowing it doesn't change it if you ask me- what takes priority is sorting out life while you're here!

Huh... okay. [Duo took a deep breath and... yeah. As much as part of it bugged him, he was actually surprisingly okay with letting it go for now. He puffed out his lips in a big sigh and then nodded.] I'll try not to think about it too hard. Sounds like the better option here. [He laughed a little.]

Exactly~! It's just a really weird vacation!

...With background music, but it gets easy to block that out after a while, trust me. It gets nice and appropriately quiet at night.

Well, that's good. I was wondering about that.

[Duo laughed a bit.]

I mean, where I'm from, there are sometimes street fairs or restaurants and business that play music on the street, but... yeah. This is a whole new level in regards to having a soundtrack of life.

You said it..! It makes for a handy warning cue though, I have to say...

Nothing tells you to get out of dodge like a sudden jump-chord.

[He raised an eyebrow.]

Does that happen a lot? What usually causes it?

[Should he be worried?]

Heheheee...oh, nothing serious!

...How much it hits is something I'd say depends on how often you're going caving, but if you hear the chord it probably just means you found an ursaring really.

[Just, y'know. A BEAR. Don't worry about it.]

[Honestly, Duo didn't get it. He'd never seen an ursaring before.]

What's an ursaring?

Lucky for us both, a pretty easy pokemon to describe. Ever see a bear?

That's about what it is, just has a big ol' ring mark on its front, [she explains with a gesture.] If you can see that clearly though, you're probably too close. The bear part is the important part.

I've seen them in videos and photos, but yeah. I get the point.

[Duo nodded.]

Thanks.

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and now it's my turn to have irl eat me evidently...

you and me both

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she and jolyne got stuck in their tent bc of cave ursaring once,

LMAO

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