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Post by Dylan Allardice on Jun 21, 2015 18:45:17 GMT
THE TRUTH SHALL SHINE UPON EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY. . .
Finally Dylan had reached Rustboro city, The place where his challenge would be, well his first gym challenge would be anyway. He healed up his Pokémon and thanked Nurse Joy graciously, afterwards he'd stand off to the side staring down his team. "Nidoran, Slugma, Gastly, Elekid, Skiddo and Shinx." He muttered to himself looking at the Pokeball that contained each said Pokémon. "Skiddo, Elekid, and Nidoran will probably the three I use for this Gym, unless I can get something better than Nidoran. . ." He muttered and rubbed the back of his head. "I can't just charge into this expecting to win I need a plan. . . Shinx will be utterly worthless in this battle, so will Slugma. . . Gastly can barely take a hit. . ." Dylan sighed pushing his hair back. He was feeling highly stressed, he did not want to lose another battle, he lost his first one against Andrea, and that was extremely close for him.
"Ah man. . ." Dylan said exhaling loudly. "What to do what to do. . . Maybe I should go train? Find someone to battle hope it turns out for the best." Dylan then exited the store and found somewhere to lay down and rest, he let his Pokémon outside to roam freely, they deserved it after being cooped up in their pokéballs for so long.
Post by NATALIE OSWALD on Jun 22, 2015 4:13:56 GMT
natalie had never been more glad to finally be out of route 104. she wasn't entirely afraid of bugs, but being victim to numerous practical jokes involving them had induced a certain unease being around them. she sighed in relief, glad to be out of there, in any case.
zoe drifted along beside her, lone crimson eye studying its surroundings critically and silently. she still hadn't decided on a name for them... it was kind of embarrassing. but, natalie figured that she had time to think about it. no one was rushing her to decide formally on a gender or name for her beldum but herself. besides, she had better things to be worrying about, like her first gym challenge. she wanted to use zoe, definitely... maybe ymir as well? mikasa and levi were definitely not going to be very useful in this fight, so she wanted to refrain from using them. if they got a little stronger, maybe they'd stand a better chance, but nat wasn't counting on it.
she kept walking, not noticing the bump in the road that sent her flying. "aaaah!" she cried, knees hitting the ground unceremoniously and her bag opening, several of its contents spilling out, including her teleporting pad for her to travel between the magma base and her present location. "oh, shit..." she muttered, hurriedly trying to pack her things in. hopefully, she hadn't raised any suspicion... as far as nat was concerned, she was trying to keep the whole magma deal under wraps. she wasn't involved with any of the criminal activities - not really - investing her time in research above anything else.
Post by Dylan Allardice on Jun 22, 2015 4:34:33 GMT
THE TRUTH SHALL SHINE UPON EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY. . .
Dylan's women in need senses were tingling, and he quickly sprung up off the bench. He took a look around and saw a lady who had just tripped and dropped quite a bit of stuff. He quickly rushed over with his army of Pokémon behind him. "Are you okay?" Dylan asked kneeling down to help her pick up her stuff, Momma didn't raise no barbarian who wouldn't help a woman in need.
He quickly scanned over the items that fell out of her bag and noticed the Magma Teleporter, he didn't know this was a member of Magma, but now had to be extra cautious of her. Work life was never suppose to meet normal life in Dylan's eyes. He refrained from grabbing it for the woman and quickly help her pick up her other items. "Are your knees scrapped? I have some bandages and Neosporin if you need any."
Post by NATALIE OSWALD on Jun 22, 2015 12:37:59 GMT
she was in a frenzy, hurriedly shoving things into her bag. thankfully, she had been in jeans, but as denim scuffed against the raw wound and she cringed in pain. "y-yeah, i think so," she waved a hand in assurance, gritting her teeth as the wound stung. she sat a little uselessly on the ground as zoe circled her, examining her carefully. "i'm fine, zoe!" she tried to reassure her beldum, pulling her knee up and clutching it, grimacing in pain.
"i might have scraped it, yeah," she mumbled to dylan, looking chagrined. she tried to tug at her jeans, but her skinny jeans could only roll up that much. "looks like i won't be able to see to it till i can take these off, though, but thanks for the offer. it's real sweet of you." she tried to play it off with a tough exterior, but nat was already crumbling. it wasn't like her threshold for pain was high enough.
she peered behind dylan and spotted his pokemon. he had quite the party of them... and real cute as well! she could have gushed over them in delight. "oh, they're cute!" she beamed, taking a look over the party. zoe blinked in interest, examining them wordlessly. "thanks for the offer again. i'm nat," she introduced, trying to prop herself up to get onto her two feet again.
Post by Dylan Allardice on Jun 22, 2015 15:44:00 GMT
THE TRUTH SHALL SHINE UPON EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY. . .
Dylan watched her movements very carefully, even the slightest sign of pain would not go undetected by him and his woman in need senses. He noticed how tightly she grabbed her knee and grimaced from the pain.
"I might have scraped it, yeah," she mumbled to Dylan, to which he simply nodded in response.
He reached into his messenger bag and pulled out both items, the band aids and Neosporin.
"looks like I won't be able to see to it till I can take these off, though, but thanks for the offer. it's real sweet of you." She added, but Dylan couldn't just take no as an answer, she was definitely hurt in Dylan's eyes. "Please take these, and try to use them as soon as possible." Dylan said handing her the items anyway. He flashed his kindest smile afterwards, he didn't mind losing them for a bit.
Her gaze seem to have shifted past Dylan, and onto his Pokémon party. "oh, they're cute!" She commented and Dylan nodded. "Aren't they?" He replied. Afterwards She'd finally introduce himself to him. "thanks for the offer again. I'm nat."
"No problem Nat, I enjoy helping people. I'm Dylan by the way."
Post by NATALIE OSWALD on Jun 23, 2015 14:56:40 GMT
dylan was probably the nicest guy she had yet to meet thus far in her journey. he wasn't arrogant and cockily full of himself, which was a refreshing change of pace compared to the likes of rory and julius. she was surprised when he pushed the first aid to her. silly nat hadn't thought of getting any for herself. "oh!" she gasped, pleasantly surprised. "well, alright, then. i'll have it returned to you as soon as i can," she smiled sweetly.
zoe slipped under her arm to help lift her off the ground. nat was visibly hobbling from the pain. at least none of her belongings had been broken, including that fossil which she wanted to get revived somehow. it would be a shame if that rare artefact got ruined! "they are," she nodded helpfully. "i've got zoe here... then a drilbur, as well as a pair of zubat," she admitted. her team looked abysmal compared to dylan's.
"do they have names?" she asked, eyes on the shinx. looked real gutsy.
Post by Dylan Allardice on Jun 23, 2015 17:13:16 GMT
THE TRUTH SHALL SHINE UPON EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY. . .
Dylan felt relieved, and so did his woman in need senses. Even as a criminal Dylan couldn't not help someone, it was in his blood. He rubbed the back of his head, Dylan was still smiling idiotically, but he couldn't help it right now.
"Oh! well, alright, then. i'll have it returned to you as soon as i can," she said happily, and smiled sweetly afterwards.
Dylan nodded. "No rush, I won't be doing anything too dangerous anytime soon." He said with a slight laugh.
Dylan was well prepared to catch her if she were to fall again. He even put down his Pokémon Egg for once, but he knew it was well guarded by his trusty Nidoran, the ringer leader of his Pokémon when he wasn't watching, he knew the rest of the Pokémon team would guard the egg with their life as well. It made him happy to know they had equal trust in each other as they do in him, well all except for Shinx. Shinx was the lone wolf, he didn't like Dylan, nor any of the other Pokémon, perhaps Dylan just didn't have the right touch for him. The two couldn't get along no matter how hard Dylan tried.
Natalie agreed with Dylan on how his Pokémon were indeed cute, but behind those cute faces laid immense power. "I've got Zoe here... then a Drilbur, as well as a pair of Zubat," she admitted, her team was smaller, and less varied than Dylan's, but he'd never brag about it.
"Do they have names?" she asked and Dylan rubbed the back of his head again. "No, I'm still thinking about giving each one of them nicknames, but nothing comes to mind."
Post by NATALIE OSWALD on Jun 27, 2015 5:24:43 GMT
god, dylan was the nicest guy she had met in a while. she hobbled forward a little and stuffed the medicine into her pack, wedged between her standard issue uniform and her pokemon supplies.
she looked over them again with bemused interest, standing lopsided on one leg due to the injury. in comparison, naming was something that came naturally for her. she had gone through at least five with zoe, though, but the rest of her pokemon seemed settled. "well, hmm, i could help with that?" she offered, looking over them. her eyes were fixated on the shinx. "that one kind of looks like an annie to me."
of course, she didn't know the difference between the male and female varieties... but that didn't matter, did it?
Post by Dylan Allardice on Jun 27, 2015 20:31:14 GMT
Dylan scanned each and everyone of his Pokémon, they were all being happy as usual, except for Shinx still who stood off to the side alone napping. "Shiiinx. . ." The Electric Type snored in it's slumber. Dylan smiled at it, he loved cute things. He turned back to Natalie who was also looking over his Pokémon, mainly at Shinx.
Natalie had offered to help Dylan, but Dylan declined. "The names would be much more meaningful if they came from me I believe, but if you do have any good ones I will certainly give them a thought." He replied, rubbing the back of his head. He then looked over towards the napping Shinx, and thought to himself. "Annie? But it's a male Shinx. . ." He shrugged his shoulders. "Well it's a male Shinx, but I dunno if he likes the name Annie he can have the name Annie."
Post by NATALIE OSWALD on Jun 28, 2015 13:35:27 GMT
looked like she had made a mistake. natalie looked at loss for words. um. male, right. "oops," she muttered in embarrassment. she contemplated suggesting another name, but dylan had made it pretty clear that he wasn't interested in that. "right, that makes sense. sorry!" she apologised sincerely, not wanting to make an enemy out of idyllic conversation.
still, she couldn't help but to fawn over the pokemon he had. natalie watched the slumbering pokemon for a while. "they all look very well behaved," she commented, one hand propped against her cheek. zoe was nice... but it was hard to find a piece of floating metal cute, as compared to something fluffy and more conventionally adorable.
Post by Dylan Allardice on Jun 28, 2015 19:47:38 GMT
Dylan chuckled a bit, she had a look of embarrassment on her face, but Dylan wasn't laughing at her. "It's alright you didn't know, it's pretty hard to tell isn't it?" He replied and nodded again reassuringly. He really had no clue what to do with names though, he hoped something will pop into mind soon.
Dylan admired his team, he was happy he had such cute and strong Pokemon it made him feel good to know he was the trainer of all of them, he hopped they'd grow into strong respectful Pokemon one day. "Yeah they all respect each other and me, well except the Shinx over there. He doesn't really like me or anyone of my Pokemon. . ." He muttered and looked over to Natalia. Maybe a motherly hand could change that? "Why don't you try talking to him, maybe he'd take a liking to you."
WORDS 147 TAGSNATALIE OSWALD NOTES You can take control of Dylan's Shinx for your next post.
Post by NATALIE OSWALD on Jul 1, 2015 13:56:19 GMT
"yeah!" nat agreed readily. gender differences weren't always obvious, and she was never that keenly observant to details. it was easy for her to mess things like these up. her attention had remained on the shinx as dylan explained his woes. "hmm, shinx, really?" the thing was sleeping rather soundly, so she didn't seem to notice any disobedience on his end.
she rubbed her chin. "huh," nat mumbled, "well, alright, i'll try." she looked at the shinx grimly, not sure what to do. she carefully bent over to nudge him. "hey there," she cooed softly, trying to get the creature to respond to her. she only hoped that he didn't act out or behave so poorly that nat wouldn't know what to do.
Post by Dylan Allardice on Jul 1, 2015 16:32:02 GMT
Dylan went quiet, he didn't really have much else to say, but he certainly did want to watch how this would go down with Shinx, was it going to over react and attack Natalia or remain calm and do nothing. He hoped he wouldn't have to force it back into it's Pokeball, but if he went to attack Dylan would recall it immediately.
Dylan watched a bit from a far hand on Shinx's Pokeball, but not going to press the button just yet, he had to make sure Shinx wasn't doing anything. Shinx though lifted an eye to stare at Natalia, when she nudged him he decided to flop over onto his stomach uncaringly. "Shiiiinx. . ."
nat was visibly surprised to see that she had managed to elicit some sort of response from dylan's shinx. it wasn't by means a favourable one - the shinx had spared her a glance before outright ignoring her again, splayed out on his belly in all his glory. she wasn't so much seeing a hostile creature than one that was looking for pets. "hey there," she cooed incessantly like a mother coddling her child.
she extended her hand, reaching for the spot behind the ears where most felines really liked. she never figured out why, but it was worth a shot. she ran her hand from behind the ear to down at the scruff of his neck, trying to find that sweet spot that he'd really like. doing so seemed to be a feat in itself.
Post by Dylan Allardice on Jul 6, 2015 0:15:58 GMT
That was strange.
Shinx didn't claw off Natalia's face to Dylan's surprise, he remembered when he disturbed the Pokémon in its slumber before, and how badly he'd been scratched and then electrocuted. "Oh!" Dylan said and smiled. "I think that's a good sign." He added with a nod. Dylan always tried to give the creature a soft pat on the head or a rub on the back, but it always ended with him getting hurt he decided he wasn't right for this Shinx after a few electrocutions and deep scratches. He began to ponder. "Would Natalia be a better trainer for Shinx then me?"
Shinx enjoyed the scratch behind the ear, this human certainly was better than his current trainer. Shinx let out a soft meow, and rolled over in defeat. "Shiiinx."
WORDS 132 TAGSNATALIE OSWALD NOTES Sorry for the late and bad post q-q