ohmyarceus | JULY - AUGUST TEST DRIVE MEME

[A; Violet City Pokemon Center]

[The pokemon centers are great places for social gatherings. All trainers need to stop there for rest and healing, and they're usually the most iconic landmarks in any given town, making it easy for friends traveling down different routes to meet up fast. However, there's one girl here that isn't using this stop to be friendly; Amity has what looks like half a shelf's worth of library books spread out on one of the tables in the lobby, all tabbed and open to different pages. It looks like she's studying up on battling, and looks from one book to another as she jots some notes down on a small pad.

Despite her focus on her work, occasionally she'll pull a small treat out from a bag propped up in her clutter, leaning down and feeding the nidoran napping at her feet.]

Water washes away fire. Fire melts ice. Ice kills plantlife in winter. Grass...

[Hm. Seems like she's studying type advantages?]

[B; Any Random Route]

[Training pokemon is hard. Training pokemon who have vastly different personalities is harder. Take Amity's pokemon, for instance; Otabin the Nidoran was a good boy. Eager to fight and play and happy to listen to her orders. He was more than just her pokemon; he was a friend. A companion that Amity might say she even loved.

On the other side of the coin, however...]

Abomination, rise!

[In front of her is a Grimer. A normal old grimer, burbling and grumbling and hunched over in a slimy purple mound. Amity holds her hand up, like one might do when teaching a dog to stand on its hind legs, but the blob just. lays there.]

I said, rise!

[... No dice. The grimer seems to sink even lower to the ground, now resembling a very toxic puddle.]

Ugh, why won't you listen????

[C; Wildcard]

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[Luz walks in, carrying her slightly injured Cubone in her arms. She only got him to stop crying just a few minutes ago, and at first she doesn't notice Amity reading while she approaches the counter. When she gives her Cubone to the nurse for healing, she overhears Amity's voice, and quickly jerks her head to see her reading.]

AMITY!!

[Luz nearly trips over herself trying to get over to where Amity is, her mouth in a wide smile.]

I am so glad to see a familiar face! Did you wake up in a weird house with a fake mom too?

[Deep in her reading, Amity doesn't notice Luz running past her table at first. It's a common occurrence; trainers bolting in after running or biking nonstop from the outlying routes beyond the city, having pushed their partners hard in training and now wanting to get them rested up before the next training session. Amity's already learned to phase the flurry of activity out, but she can't ignore the sound of her own name.]

Luz? [Oh. Oh, okay! She's here!] I, uh... yeah. That happened to you too? I thought it must've been some kind of illusion, but I haven't been able to do any kind of magic since I woke up here.

[Amity's not going to admit she booked it out of that house as fast as she could when she ran into "mom". Considering the problems she has with her own parents... it bordered very much on uncomfortable.]

... Wait. How long have you been here?

Yeah, me neither. It's like this world doesn't have any magic at all, despite having cute adorable little creatures that can set things on fire.

[At least Luz recognizes the world she's in.]

Oh, um, I've been here... a week? I haven't seen Eda or King or anyone else I recognize.

Yeah, it's pretty weird... some of these creatures look like they'd be right at home on the Boiling Isles, but no magic? I'm not sure if we should be suspicious or not.

[She doesn't like it. She's worked too hard to refine her own abilities for them to just... disappear like that.]

... Wait, seriously? That's around when I woke up here. You... must've run out a lot faster than I did.

[Does she sound... slightly disappointed? Nah, can't be....]

Well, if this is anything like the games, we're supposed to be non-magical kids raising a team of powerful Pokemon...

[Luz trails off a bit, wondering if she should've admitted to the playing the Pokemon games. Is that too kiddy? Is Amity gonna think she's an immature baby?]

... I mean, the video game that I uh, played when I was younger!

[There. Luz puts her hands on her hips.]

Geez, we must've just barely missed each other. Well, I'm glad we found each other now!

[Luz's rambling just gets a confused tilt of the head from Amity. She's not like Gus, or any of the members of the Human Appreciation Society; all of this just kind of. Goes over her head.]

A what? Some kind of game? [????] You sound familiar with all of this... are you telling me the human world has monsters like this?

[Ah... there's something kind of cute about seeing Amity head tilt. Luz brushes that thought away quickly.]

No, no! Well. Not exactly. It's a virtual, role-playing game.

... Which thaaaat probably doesn't make sense either since the Boiling Isles doesn't have television. Wait, I know-

[Luz suddenly gets an idea, and pulls out her PokeGear. She remembers seeing some game options earlier while she was poking through it. She flips to the games section, and taps on Robot Rapidash Attack and then puts it down so Amity can see.]

-this is what I mean by video game! Something like this!

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[Role-playing... she's heard some of the kids at Hexside talk about role-playing games. But from what she could gather, it's all dice and paper and math, not... this.]

So this is all a human thing.

[Once, that might have been said with a sneer. Now it's just... well. It's a little blunt, because she's just simplifying the information she's been given, but there's no animosity or anything behind it. She almost sounds... curious.]

If humans created this "video game", does that mean you know how to get out of here?

Well... the game ends once you get all eight badges and beat the Elite Four. So I guess we'd have to do that?

... We definitely need to make our Pokemon stronger first though.

[Her little Cubone isn't even ready for its first gym challenge. She vaguely remembers playing more than one Pokemon game, she can't seem to recall this game. Would the gyms be the same?]

Sounds ominous.

[And... kind of a good lead. Ominous means powerful, and powerful means that they control more than what they initially let on. It's their best lead right now, at least.]

Do you think we should... uh. [She clears her throat, reaching up to scratch nervously at the back of her neck.] Maybe... teaming up will be a good idea? If they're as powerful as their name implies, it might be better. You know... strength in numbers.

[... Smooth, Blight. It's just a simple tactical plan that makes sense! Why did you ave to make it weird like that????]

Of course we can, Amity! We'll train a team that nobody can beat!

[Luz has a big grin on her face. Traveling a video game world with Amity? There's no way Luz is gonna say "no".]

Since I've never played this particular game... we should go sightseeing!

[Right. Sightseeing. Totally normal. It's not like some people consider stuff like that a kind of.... date activity or anything.]

Uh- yeah! [Another quick throat-clearing.] I mean... yeah, that could be nice. I heard there were some pretty neat places in this town to check out. Like the tower with the swaying support pillar inside.

Well we should check out ALL of them!

[How exciting!]

This is going to be so much fun, Amity! We should come up with a team name like...

Amituz? Oh wait, Lumity!

[amity.exe has stopped working]

Mmmmmmaybe something a little. I dunno. [THINK, THINK.] Maybe something similar to Azura and Hecate's team-ups...?

[WAIT NO SHIPPING THOSE TWO IS A THING TOO-]

[Someone save this poor girl, because Luz is going to run with this idea.]

Oh! That's a good idea! Maybeeeeee... Team Azurate?

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[Slouched on a nearby bench is a man wearing a purple hoodie and sweatpants. Various bandages dot his face, and a few are wrapped around his hands. There seems to be a large lump resting under his clothes. Really, on first glance, one might mistake him to be a homeless person.

Clint's busy trying to take a nap when he hears a child yelling about...something. His expression twitches as he tries to ignore it, but she just keeps going. If he wanted peace and quiet, maybe he should've just turned off his hearing aids. He blearily opens his eyes and looks towards the source--a green-haired girl shouting at a purple puddle on the ground.]

Kid, it's not gonna get up if you just yell at it. You've gotta give it some encouragement. Don't you have any treats on hand?

[At the word 'treats', the lump in his hoodie begins to move. A Rowlet pops out from the front, ruffling her feathers and staring expectantly at Clint. She lets out a hoot, opening her beak.]

No, not for you. You've already eaten more than enough for today.

I've tried that. I know different training methods work on different types of pokemon.

[Stretched out sunning himself close to where Amity has left her pack is a nidoran; judging by the little ribbon tied around his neck, it's clear Amity's done some sort of pampering for her pokemon!]

He just... likes not listening to me!

[Clint manages to sit a little more upright, rubbing his eyes and eyeing the toxic puddle of goo on the ground. How old is this kid, anyways? Can't be any younger than thirteen or so.]

Well, maybe you've gotta convince it that you're worth listening to in the first place. What have you done so far?

[The Rowlet nesting in Clint's hoodie squirms her way out and flutters down, hopping over to inspect it. She gently pecks at the ground. Clint frowns.]

Fletcher, leave her alone.

[After a moment, she hoots at the Nidoran, fluffing up her feathers, as if asking, "What's wrong with them?"]

[From the literal ground, where Lys is being methodically (and enthusiastically) licked to death by her Rockruff:]

Maybe they're just tired?

[... Geez, and Amity thought she was kind of a pushover when it came to Otabin.]

.... Looks like you need more help than I do right now. Need a hand?

[She tries, through the relentless waves of slobber and her own futile gasps for breath, to wave a hand in blithe reassurance. It doesn't quite work.]

I'm fine, I'm fine! Anja here's just a little needy.

[With an effort, Lys manages to put a hand over her Pokémon's face, pushing them away just enough to sit up and start wiping her own face with the back of her sleeve, patiently tolerating the way her Rockruff immediately starts rubbing their pebble-coated ruff against her side instead.]

So.....Abomination? That's really their name?

[Weeks ago, Amity would've called such a display pathetic. But thanks to her new friendship with Luz and her rekindled friendship with Willow, she's getting... used to this. It's still a little exasperating, but she leans down a little to offer her hand.]

Correct. They're named after my alchemical partner back home; a creature of sludge I can summon at will. An abomination.

[ oh thank the stars another elf - aw, she's just a kid, and it's hard not to overhear, and when people call you The Queen of the Forest it's hard not to at least offer... something? ]

Not to give unasked-for advice the moment we meet, but... you seem awfully convinced you can order your way into getting that creature to obey you.

JULY - AUGUST TEST DRIVE MEME

Amity Blight | The Owl House

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