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Hearthome City

For almost 6 months, a room in the Hearthome Pokemon Center had been consistently occupied by a single patient. A victim of a vicious attack by an Abomasnow in the lobby of the center itself, the young man had laid in a coma, unresponsive, possibly braindead. His pokemon had been released by the authorities with him not expected to ever wake, but a single Pokemon had stuck around, a white Scatterbug that had grown into a beautiful Polar Vivillon. She had become his main attendant, doing everything in her power to make his unconsciousness more palatable... at least, for herself.

The gentle rays of the sun were Babochka's cue to wake, to change EJ's IV drip- a job she had taken by force from the Chansey nurse a few months ago, and had become quite proficient at. As she attempted to flutter upwards and begin her day's work, she found herself pinned gently by an emaciated arm. Her head slowly turned to look upwards, meeting EJ's slowly opening eyes.

"B...Babochka...?"

edited 29th Nov '16 1:09:34 AM by Orichalcon

GM House

(The Adam lookalike is still staring uncomfortably at Joseph.)

Belinda: Oh, him? Don't worry, he's just kinda timid.

Sunyshore

Phaz: -watching Sergey swooping away some glitch dust- ...Now that i think of it... Let's verify this.

-Phaz then stomps hard on the ground, possibly scaring or surprising some peoples, wondering if it'll make some loud noise or if the glitch will decrease it.-

GM House

-Joseph shakes his head, his expression becoming more worried and sympathetic-

Joseph: No, this goes a bit beyond timid...

-he gets on his knees before Vincent, carefully extending a hand in an offer of ear skritches-

-For most people the sight of a Mew playing video games in a room at the pokecenter would be at least unusual. But for Blitz's team, it's been far too common-

-Fortunately Ammon and Down were helping to keep the more restless mon occupied outside-

Rocket: <you know, I didn't expect you to be this lazy with the holidays comimg up>

Blitz's Room

-Knock knocky knock knock. Knockity knock~

-No wait, this more apt.-

GM House, past

(Some, but far from all, of the Umbreon's apprehension melts away. He leans into Joseph's hand expectantly.)

Belinda: Aww, he likes you already! He usually needs a few hours to warm up to new people.

GM House

-Joseph smiles, but regards the Umbreon-

Joseph: Can you speak?

-ear skritches are applied-

-The game is swiftly paused, leaving Blitz's solid white character stuck between grappling and pounding on a green huminoid alien's head and literally streching back like a rubber band in preparation to deliver an elastic kick-

Rocket: <Gah! What's all that about??>

Mew!Blitz: <I dunno, did someone get in trouble?>

Rocket: <How am I supposed to know from here?>

Blitz: <Then go answer the door>

Rocket': <But it's your room>

Blitz: <That you rented with my ID>

Rocket: <Then why don't you shift and answer it?>

Blitz <Matching my picture takes extra energy, okay?>

-The ditto grumbles and shifts into Blitz's human form to get the door, by the time it's open a pink-haired girl in fuzzy blue winter pajamas is sitting on the bed instead of a Mew-

edited 29th Nov '16 12:50:16 PM by BlitzTrain

Blitz's Room

-It's a Maria!-

Maria:Hellooooooooo~

-She lets herself in-

-Beeeeeeat-

-Fem!Blitz pooooooooooke-

Hm?

Mt. Battle

-Ludmilla looks over the edge of the platform into the bubbling lava, her eyes squinting at the fiery glow of the molten rock.-

Ludmilla: What is that...?

Dune: That is lava. It's very hot, please don't touch it.

-The girl gazes at the swirling molten earth in a trance.-

-At least until part of it bubbles and explodes outward on the other side of the crater.-

Ludmilla: WAH!

Dune: Oh, there he is.

Ludmilla: Wha?!

-A gleaming metal carapace shakes off the rapidly cooling metamorphic rock from its hide as four powerful legs pull it onto an outcropping.-

Dune: Ludmilla, I'd like you to meet the Heatran of Mt. Battle. We call him Grandpa Mountain. He's an old friend of mine.

-The lava beast looks around before spotting Dune waving from the platform. A grin creeps onto the old Pokemon's face.-

Heatran: <Ah, Dune! It's good to see you!>

-The Heatran flexes his legs for a second before springing with surprising ease over the yards between his outcropping and the metal battle platform. Thankfully, it's been braced for just such impacts. Ludmilla squeaks in surprise and tries to hide behind Dune.-

Heatran: <Hello, old friend! Who is this little one?>

-Dune takes Ludmilla by the hand and eases her out from behind him.-

Dune: This is Ludmilla. She's my new daughter.

-Heatran blinks.-

Heatran: <... Now, I know I'm not current on human reproduction, but...>

-Dune gives a wry smile.-

Dune: Adopted.

Heatran: <Ooooooh, that makes sense. Does she have the Tongue yet?>

Dune: Telepathically. We haven't shown her the armbands yet, though.

Heatran: <A shame.>

-Ludmilla looks a little lost, only having half of the conversation, but is curious at the mention of armbands and how they're apparently important.-

Dune: Anyway, how're you doing?

Heatran: <Just been thinking back to my fellow Heatran. Would you believe I'm far from the oldest Heatran? Not even close to the youngest, but there were a few who were around before I was.>

Dune: Oh?

Heatran: <Eh, doesn't matter so much now. A lot of the elders are sleeping - time just bored them to tears. Those are most of the Heatran that live inland. The one in... I think you call it Unova now? She is almost as old as I am, but she's done nothing in the last several centuries... which is better than her getting angry, but still.>

Ludmilla: Um...?

Dune: Oh, he's just reminiscing about all of his companions. Yes, there are more of him than just him. Not just like him, but still.

Ludmilla: Oh.

Heatran: <Now the Heatran who handle the volcanoes in the ocean, those guys, ho ho, THEY are some of the most powerful.>

Dune: How so?

Heatran: <They work almost all the time. Island chains created by volcanoes? All done by Heatran who take their jobs VERY seriously.>

Dune: Interesting.

Ludmilla: Uh...

Dune: He's saying that island volcanoes have Heatran too, and that they are really really powerful.

Ludmilla: Ooooooh.

Dune: ... You know what Ludmilla, I think it's time I showed you what an armband is.

Ludmilla: You mean like the one Champloo wears?

Dune: Hehehe... they look like that, but not quite.

GM House, past

Vincent: <Y-yes I can... why do you ask?>

GM House, Past

Joseph: Well, you were just kinda quiet, and Belinda was talking about you like you were a kit...

-continues the ear skritches-

Are you alright?

Rocket: <Ah->

-Blitz!Rocket practically jumps back as the door is opened before he can get to it, then reverts back to his shiny ditto self-

F!Blitz: "Oh! Phew"

-Blitz eyebrow raises as "she" is poked-

"What's up Maria?"

edited 29th Nov '16 3:37:32 PM by BlitzTrain

Blitz's Room

Maria:Ah-

-She hops-

Oh! Yer still a girl!

-She giggles-

I wondered why ya looked cute~. :3

-More giggles-

I mean, I wanted ta ask ya something~

-Rocket pushes the door closed-

-Blitz chuckles and shifts back to Mew form-

Mew!Blitz: <Technically, I'm still sort of a Mew. That's just kind of my 'default' human form since I changed, so it's easier to turn into... >

-Still, Blitz tints slightly at being called cute-

edited 29th Nov '16 4:13:17 PM by BlitzTrain

GM House, past

(Belinda raises an eyebrow at Joseph.)

Belinda: I'm not sure what you're getting at there.

Vincent: <As alright as I ever am, I suppose...>

Blitz's Room

Maria:Oooooooooh.

-Beat-

-Maria huggles the Mew!-

Aaaaaaaanyway. I was wonderin'...wanna go on a dig with me? :D

-Maria, you're making the cute comment worse-

Mew!Blitz: <Well, I guess I could>

Rocket: <It'd be a nice change of pace from just sitting around all day>

Mew!Blitz: >_>

-Blitz hugs back.-

-...Well, for as much hug as you get with short Mew limbs at least-

<So, what are you digging up?>

GM House

-Joseph momentarily becomes flustered-

Joseph: I mean-it's just-you kinda-gah.

-he sighs-

Sorry.

-he pats Vincent-

What's wrong?

Blitz's Room

Maria:Anything I can find! Just...watch!

-She pulls out a box-

-Presses button-

-Buuulip!-

Sinnoh Underground!

-And lands way down here-

-Now with added mining helmet!-

=D

GM House, past

(Belinda's eyebrow remains raised.)

Belinda: I was serious, though. He's never warmed up to anyone as quickly as you, even me.

(Vincent doesn't respond, since he's at a complete loss to explain what's wrong and doesn't want to cop out with a blunt "everything".)

GM House, past

-Joseph blushes a bit before sitting down, cross-legged, before the Umbreon-

Joseph: I sort of have a feeling I know what's happening...I dunno.

GM House, past

Belinda: And that would be?

GM House, past

-Joseph thinks, before shaking his head-

Joseph: Nevermind. He doesn't feel like his son.