"Hmm, let's go!" she went north along a bridge to the tower, "'Sprout Tower', huh."
"<Sprout? Like Bellsprout?>"
"Yeah," Lillian nods at Coco, "Well, let's go in," she heads through the doors and inside, "Woah, that's a pole," inside the building, in the middle of the floor was a giant wobbling pole. The floors and walls are wooden and there are stairs in the upper left corner.
"I don't see anyone here...maybe they're on an upper floor."
"<Or Wing-Pao killed 'em all and hid the bodies.>"
"<Stop being a massive nerd.>" Tents whined, earning him a swift kick in his viscous behind from Zettis.
"Viscous behind" is gettin to be a runnin' gag...
edited 4th Jun '10 4:58:25 PM by MisterAlways
Always touching and looking. Piss off."Well, I doubt they'd want to train in an area where people just walk in," Lillian walked around and looked at the pole, "I guess this is what they did to protect against earthquakes..."
"<Mommy! It wiggles like a Bellsprout!>"
"Yes it does, sweety."
Goddamnit, I'm going to ahve to roleplay the monks, aren't I? And probably Falkner too. Tch.
Lillian walked up the stairs and looked around, "Huh, I guess monks do shave their heads," there were three monks on the other side of the piller, two of them fighting and the other one watching.
"<Mommy! They're doing Kung Fu! I wanna do Kung Fu!>"
"I don't think it is Kung Fu, but I'm sure you can learn once you evolve, sweetie," Lillian watched them fight and patted the Torchic on the head.
Maybe somebody else wants to do Falkner, seeing as you did Whitney.
"That's pretty cool..."
"<Left guy's stance is a bit off.>"
"Needs to spread his legs more...shift his weight to the back a little."
"<Then Dragon Kick the other guy's ass into the milky way.>"
One of the monks turned to Clive and companions, frowning. "You think you can do better, bandana kid?"
"Bandana Kid...I like that. But yeah, I have a hunch I can."
"Why don't you show us, then, if you're so confident?"
"<Do it. Do it. Do it.>" Tentacruel chanted.
Always touching and looking. Piss off."Well, I want to see how you do against a human opponent," Lillian nodded at Clive.
"<Mister Clivenson von Clive gunna fight the Kung Fu Monks?>"
"So it would seem, sweetie."
"<Bandana Kid And The Evil Kung-Fu Monks Of Sprout Tower.>"
"We're not evil!"
"<No, but admit you'd watch that movie.>" said Tentacruel.
"<I would, for one.>" said Zettis.
"...maybe. Alright. Dhaoko, do you feel like showing this guy what we're worth?"
"Always..." muttered a grizzled-looking monk with a tattoo of a Gyarados on the side of his skull. He stood up from the floor, striking a fighting pose, much like Clive did. "Let me show you how the monks of Violet City do battle."
"Let me show you how the Do Bez family fights."
"<Like CRAZY!>" Zettis shouted, slashing the air.
"Like a crazy Ratatta on mescaline!"
"This should be interesting..." Dhaoko muttered.
Pretty soon, a rather fierce battle erupted. Hard kicks and punches were thrown. Approving nods for both sides from all around. Franctic cheering from Zettis, Tents, and even a monotonous "<Apply your foot to his rear end, Clive>" from Magneton.
Always touching and looking. Piss off."<Yay Bandana Kid! Beat those evil monks of Sprout Tower!>"
"You know they aren't really evil..."
"<But that's what Cap'n Tents said!>"
Lillian sighs, "I need to get you a better role model. But anyway, Go Clive! Do it for, uh hows that go your fathers honor..? I suck at this sort of samurai kung fu thing."
"<Now, Clive! Hold the memory of your father in your blazing heart, and strike forth with blazing retribution!>" Scyther called out, perfectly dramatically.
"<Wing-Pao: Enter The Dragon Fist. Classic.>" Tentacruel said. He would grin, if he could.
"I AM THE DRAGON FIST!" Clive shouted, furtherly playing out the quote in question, then palmed the monk in the chest hard enough to send him flying back a couple of feet, collapsing on the ground.
"...well, damn." went most of the monks.
edited 4th Jun '10 5:37:26 PM by MisterAlways
Always touching and looking. Piss off."Hurrah and huzzah, you won again, Clive!" Lillian said to Clive as she walked up, "Now I'm going to check to see if he is still breathing. I doubt I would be if I got hit by that..." she kneels down by the monk, "Dude, you awake?"
"<Yay Bandana Kid!>" Coco hopped up to Clive and bounced around him, "<You were all like 'phoosh' and he was all 'Oh no, I've fallen and I can't get up!' I want to learn Kung Fu! I can't wait til I'm a Combusten!>" the little Pokemon said excitidly.
"And now Coco is all wound up. Dandy."
Dhaoko was breathing, but he politely informed the bystanders he was just going to lay there for a few hours, if that was okay.
"<Come to think of it, I've never seen a Pokemon like that little chicken thing before...>" Scyther briefly wondered what she'd taste like. "<Anyway. Good style there, kid. We'll get to work on the whole Sky Uppercut thing later.>"
"Yeah, alright."
Some of the monks were shaking their heads, speaking with eachother in hushed tones.
"He's being trained -by- his Pokemon?"
"Well, everybody's got a different method."
"I'm glad I'm not Dhaoko. I mean...that looked like getting hit by a bus full of fat tourists."
"What'd that kid say his name was, again?"
"Do Bez. Why?"
"..."
"Oh. Yeah."
"Do you s'ppose he knows?"
"I have a hunch not many people outside Cianwood City know about it...it was kept rather quiet."
"I'm certainly not telling him."
"Me neither. It wouldn't be quite right."
Clive missed all this, of course. He was busy talking with Scyther.
Yes, it is what you think (if you think what it is). Also, Lilian might overhear this.
Always touching and looking. Piss off."Not telling him what about Cianwood?" Lillian turned to the monks, "I hate it when people talk about others when they can't hear."
"<Uh oh, mommy is mad. They must've said soemthing they shouldn't have...>"
She gritted her teeth, "I had to deal with this shit for all my life. You," she walked up to a monk and started poking him, "Are going to say that stuff to him. The people who aren't willing to say stuff like that to a person face are cowards. I am not dealing with this. I left home to get away from two-faced cowards like you and I'm not going to deal with it here!"
Refusing to say stuff honestly to a persons face is Lillian's Berzerk Button. Sorry if it seemed to have been a bit forced.
The monk remained rather calm. "Young lady, please. I don't mean to trick or hurt your friend. It's just not my place to tell him what happened to his father. Please try to understand when I say I shouldn't be divulging informa-"
He stopped as he saw Dhaoko grab Lillian's leg, half-sitting up. "His father is dead," he rasped, "and we're not supposed to be the ones to tell him. Neither are you."
Hands up if you saw it coming.
edited 4th Jun '10 6:05:15 PM by MisterAlways
Always touching and looking. Piss off."THEN WHO THE HELL IS!?" she kicks his hand away, "He's freakin' looking for him! He needs to know at least where to look!" she gritted her teeth and reached for her Pokeballs, "Listen, if you don't tell me where to look I will do something really crazy." she grabs a Pokeball and holds it.
"<Uh... misters? Mommy has Glitzy's pokeball in her hand. I think she is going call it out...>" Coco hides behind Tents, "<Glitzy scares me...>"
Dhaoko grunted, sinking back down. "He'll end up in Cianwood eventually. Knowing him, he'll hope to beat the gym there...he'll find out. But trust me. This is something he must find out by himself...it's just not right otherwise. I know about that."
"Hey, what's goin' on over there?" Clive called out.
"<Tell me she's not takin' that thing from its ball...>"
"<What thing?>"
"<Long story.>"
edited 4th Jun '10 6:19:52 PM by MisterAlways
Always touching and looking. Piss off.Lillian palmed her face and sigh, counting to ten, "I am really mad. I actually want to fight. Why do I want to fight?"
"<Uh... I think Mommy is calming down... Clivenson von Clive, can you go check on her? Mommy scares me when she is mad...>"
Lillian took a deep breath and pulled out her cell phone, she seemed to be searching the web for something, "...fighting, huh? And across the sea, no way I'm riding on Tents, I'll have to hire a boat..."
Cianwood's in Johto, actually.
"...how do monks make a girl angry? I mean, are you guys even allowed to hit on people?"
"We are. We don't, though. It's something completely unintersting and complicated and not at all related to fighting, though."
"Hey now...I'm not just an idiot who cares about nothing but fighting."
"It doesn't matter. It'll become clear to you eventually."
"...right."
Always touching and looking. Piss off. I know that, but you have to cross the sea to get to Cianwood from Olivine City.
"I hate it when people aren't upfront, but apparently I can't be right now," she put away the cellphone, but is still holding Glitzy's ball, "I am really really mad right now, you have no idea," she rubbed her temples, "Are you planing on doing more training here? If not, I want to leave."
"<Mommy?>" Coco hopped out from behind Clive, "<Mommy what made you mad?>"
Lillian picks up Coco, "You know how those people back home would act like everything was fine, but you had, like, a kick me sign on your back and they'd never tell you? It's like that, but worse," she turns to Clive, "Apparently there is a fighting type gym in Cianwood across the sea, how would you feel if you fought against an actual fighting pokemon?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm...done here, I think." Clive said. "See you bald guys later. Hope your ribs get better, Dhaoko."
The monk smiled wryly. "I'll be fine."
—
Clive'd led the gaggle of Pokemon and Lillian back out of the tower. "The fighting gym in Cianwood? Yeah, I know about it. I was plannin' on going there, but I have like, no idea how to get there. I mean, it's not so much the whole 'crossing the sea thing' as 'not having any idea where any harbours are'."
Always touching and looking. Piss off."If we go to Ecruteak, the town with the ghost gym," Lillian starts as she follows, "There will be a road west that will lead us to a town with a harbor, Olivine City. There is a steel gym there."
"<Mommy? Fire types are strong against steel, right? And fighting as well? Can I fight the Gym Leader? I promise I'll train! Maybe I'll even evolve!>"
"..." she looked sadly at the Torchic, "I guess, but!" she said right before the little pokemon started to cheer, "But! Only if you evolved, there is no way I'm putting you in that much danger while you a little chick!"
"<Okay Mommy! I'll train super hard! Mister Zettis! Will you help me train?>" Coco looked at the Scyther with cute, pleading eyes.
"Right, so...ghosts, then steel, then fighting...hmm. I don't know if visiting the Ghost gym will be any good, but if we're passing through anyway, hell, we may as well check it out. Sounds like a plan, to me!"
"<Help a Fire type train? Hmm...could be interesting. Who knows. From what Tentacruel tells me, your evolved forms are quite the martial powerhouse...you can breathe fire, right?>"
Always touching and looking. Piss off."<Yep yep! Mommy taught me Flamethrower!>"
"Coco also knows Night Slash and Rock Slide, if that matters," Lillian said as she petted the Torchic, "Don't ask how, though, Coco was born with it."
"<I think my biolo... biola... real daddy knew those moves!>"
"I think Theo said it was a Smeargle so..."

"Man, that's just asking for a tornado to come by..."
"<Or an angry Rhyhorn.>"
"So the monks are s'pposed to be in there, huh? Let's check it out."
"<I wonder if it'll pack out like the time where Wing-Pao had to beat his way through that monastery to get the...what-was-it-artifact.>"
"Man, I hope so."
Always touching and looking. Piss off.