NOVEMBER - DECEMBER TEST DRIVE MEME

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I don't believe I posted right before the new tdm went up

[stopfen]

Action - Route 29

[It had been a long time since she'd had a chance to take a leisurely walk anywhere. It was actually kind of nice looking at the strange animals here, watching them, without having to hurry around. Though there was a slight disturbance.

And that was in the form of the Sneasel on her shoulder crouching and extending it's claws. Mikasa's already reaching to it, letting it nuzzle her hand.]

Leave them alone.

[The 'cat' squeaks back, then it turns, ducking to cling even more. Then it's hissing a jumping down pointing at the passerby. Mikasa can only stare at it and sigh.]

...Stop trying to pick fights.

[Why are you like this?]

Network

[The gear starts recording for a few seconds before she says anything. There's a blink, a slight incline of the head before she's sure it's on.]

What are we supposed to be doing here? Collecting badges?

[She wasn't complaining. It just seemed so...relaxed.]

network

[bladecaller]

[ blake's communicator is being held up by her croagunk -- though mikasa likely can't see that. ]

I guess so. That'd be my best guess. [ a pause. ] I think they want us to keep on challenging other trainers and grow as strong as we can.

[stopfen]

I'd understand if they said it was in preparation for an attack. But this place is so... [Unnervingly peaceful. ]

[bladecaller]

Peaceful?

[ yup. blake was thinking the same thing. ]

You're right. It doesn't really make sense when you think about it that way. [ she shrugs. ] It almost feels like something's going to happen at any given moment.

Phone stop being dumb

[stopfen]

Yeah. [And she just silently stares for a moment. This recording to talk is amazing. ]

The police here are really lax and I've not heard about there being a military. I guess the lack of weapons makes sense with what pokemon can do even if they're kept as pets.

oh no!

[bladecaller]

[ blake, on the other hand, is more than used to this form of communication. comes with being from a world with advanced technology. ]

Still, you would think that with the powers that Pokemon have, there'd be a lot more damage being dealt. Destruction.

[ she frowns...and then catches herself. she's too used to things not being okay, just like this other girl seems to be. ]

Sorry. I shouldn't say things like that. ... For what it's worth, I'm glad things are peaceful here.

LOUD NOISE

[schachmeister]

[That is... not a face Armin was expecting to see on the network. He has to triple check the feed before he even allows himself to believe that, yes, it is her.]

M-Mikasa?

[There is a bit of a crack to his voice, all disbelief and uncertainty.]

My phone is still being a butt

[stopfen]

Armin?

[Mikasa's eyes widen and uh, you'll looking a little different there. But there's no denying it's him.

So she's quick to gather herself and get down to business.]

Where are you?

[schachmeister]

It's a bit hard to explain. I'll come to where you are. Please just wait.

[Sure, he can tell her he is on the Sevii Islands, but that won't mean anything to her. And anyway, he can travel far more quickly than she can.

He's starting to tear up a bit (damn these traiterous eyes) when the realisation hits that yes, this is Mikasa. She is finally here. It's been three years since he last saw her but she is finally here.

She is also probably going to worry watching him tear up.

Rubbing at his eyes quickly, he tries to get himself under control.]

Sorry. I'm okay. [pre-empting her question] It's just... this won't make sense to you, probably, but it has been a very long time since I last saw you.

[stopfen]

[Her mouth is open and ready to ask. But then he says something even more confusing. She doesn't take her eyes off the screen.]

What do you mean? We were together, you were right behind me... [And his hair's long again? But seeing him in person would clear it up.]

I'm- [He very nearly gets disconnected when she starts messing with the gear to bring up her map.] On route 30. Near a house.

[schachmeister]

I'll promise to explain everything as best as I can once I get there. It'll take me a few hours, but I am on my way, all right?

[Thankfully Jean has already filled him in one what has been happening back home, so despite not living through it, he has some idea what Mikasa as been through. And he'll try and get her up to speed on the Pokemon world as quickly as he can.]

» video | I'm assuming this is older Mikasa?

[lordofthefries]

[Is that who Sasha thinks it is? The voice matches (the face is a little off from what Sasha remembers), but after not really seeing anybody new from home in over a year, Sasha's thrown for a little bit of a loop.

But that loop doesn't last long before she's shoving her face into the gear's camera and calling out in a way too loud, maybe too excited voice.]

Mikasa!

Yup, I've been going with 117. And I need to go finish that profile/info post

[stopfen]

[That manages to get more of a reaction than even Armin got. Because Mikasa just stares and blinks. What? How?

Then there's a horrible cross between a hiss and a screech. The camera's view spins around the room, a pokemon centre, then it's being dragged under a table. The face now looking back definitely wasn't Mikasa, she wasn't fuzzy or have fangs.]

-Sasha! ...Come back here.

[Her voice is muffled, but that's not enough to hide the crack. Sneasal give that back and stop ducking between legs.]

[lordofthefries]

[How? No one knows. Sasha tried asking once, but everybody is just as confused as she is.

If Sasha didn't have a stomach of steel, that flip and swirl view would surely turn it over. At least being here long enough has given Sasha the ability to recognize that this face isn't Mikasa.]

Mr. Sneasel, please give that Pokegear back to my friend. I would really like to talk to her.

[She sure hopes it's a mister and not a miss as she tries plying to it's more polite nature. If it even exists.]

[stopfen]

[Look at those long head feathers. Look up his nose as he smushes it into the gear to scowl.

But even if he's not polite enough to listen. It at least distracts him enough. That Mikasa is able to get under the table and scoop him up. Her other hand appears on screen for a moment holding a pokeball. She doesn't say anything, she just holds it near him.

That's enough to get the gear returned, even if the Sneasel is still scowling once he's on her shoulder.]

...Sasha... You're alright?

[Still wavering, not sounding sure about this.]

route 29!!! and i fooled myself

[usurpers]

[ this is. a very different change of pace. stage diving in liberio on minute, waking up here the next. it’s been a devastating amount of time since eren’s had a good dream, and his spine still erects tensely as he walks around this one. hard to shake off the edge.

missing a shoe, too. at least he has a pretty friendly bugger at his heels, searching desperately for her new friend’s— well, something to put on his bare foot. the riolu happens to bark when it comes across the sneasel and a human. the human that the fighting type sprints towards, and points frantically at her boot. ]

That one’s got an owner. [ mikasa would only be offered a somber nod of acknowledgement. hello. her look of disappointment was still fresh in his head. ]

Going with before the airship. At some point I'll settle on a cannon point

[stopfen]

[Oh no. The sneasel's long feathers immediately stand on end. He crosses his arms, chuffling. Haa, taller than you. ]

Eren... You're here as well. I didn't see you in the town. [Hint hint. She's that distracted that she's not even telling the murderweasel to stop puffing it's self up. The only thing she does is put her foot down so she hasn't paused midstep.]

me too fam

[usurpers]

[ the riolu’s own little ears stand, vibrating and looking towards eren. it’s talking to him. like, he could hear it (her, in fact), in his head. this kind of communication is a trip, but supposedly of the species, he’s heard. ]

I didn’t stand out. [ something he did for quite along time until he mastered it. well, most of it. his ga goes to the sneasel, and worriedly, the riolu whines at her new trainer. he’s got something bigger in him than sadness. ] What’re you planning on doing?

Spoilers for 123, because I guess that's relevent ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[stopfen]

[Sneasel couldn't do anything like that. He could only yowl and run back to grab at Mikasa's leg. She doesn't lean down to meet him though, only letting her hand brush his feather.

Because she's too busy staring at Eren with the same look she'd had in Marley. Because she's not sure what to say, he'd just vanished. They'd hardly had time to talk before.

But...]

I'm not sure. There doesn't seem to be a lot of restrictions here.

[A weird lady just gave her a bag, then a new pet latched on and that was that.]

my heart

[usurpers]

[ he was prepared for this. ever since he walked out of that building, he made a choice. seeing mikasa again after so much time and to greet her almost nonchalantly . . . well, a lot happens in a few months. maybe he just had yet to grasp a reason to push further away. yet, of course. it’s always been yet for him for a while now.

it’s how things are now, and if he had any tears to shed, or saddened gazes to share, it would be with a mirror. he’s going back to where he belongs— and that was that. he’s hardly able to keep his guard down so soon, and where they break off would depend of, well, them, so. hm. ]

Guess we can go ahead, then. [ the riolu gives a bark in agreement, though staring very intently at mikasa’s boot, still. unless—!!! come, sneasel! she needs to find the biggest leaf she can around here! she’ll make a boot for eren. ]

just skipping the introductions, looks like you've got enough of that already

[angewiesen]

Network:

Apparently that's what you're supposed to do if you're a "trainer". You get paid for it, so it's worth your while, aside from being a crash-course on how things work around here.

[Aside Jean is a little Blitzle who noses her way under his arm. He pats her head without really thinking about it.]

A thread where she isn't internally screeching

[stopfen]

This place is really strange after everything we've seen. It's like being paid for nothing.

[It's so simple, that it shouldn't be this confusing but it is.

...Why couldn't her pokemon do that when it wanted her? Instead of jumping on her.]

peace be with ye

[angewiesen]

I've asked the locals here how the economy stays afloat. Usually their answer boils down to "because Pokemon."

[Domino was a respectable Blitzle, thank you very much. Also, she found that being sneaky was the best way to get Jean's affection. She got the most pets when he wasn't really thinking.]

[stopfen]

That seems to be the answer to everything. Where the food comes from, how transport works...

[And she got stuck with a sneasel, that was an angry toddler. Sure he listened. But he's try and run to attack the wildlife if she didn't tell him not to.

And with that thought. He's poking his head into view. Then it's time for him to aggressively headbutt the arm holding the gear. It gets him a glance, and a head pat from her free hand. It doesn't work he's just gets more clingy.

Jean...Jean please look at what she puts up with. Cause she's giving up and linefacing her way through it.]

Everything revolves around them.

[angewiesen]

[Domino snorted at the Sneasel's bratty behavior. A starter should make their Trainer's life easier, not worse! He should behave himself!]

I can't blame them. I mean, these things are basically an endlessly renewable energy source, not to mention a form of transportation, free personal protection... People would be stupid not to harness that kind of power.