July - August Test Drive Meme

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➞ Post with a character you wish to test drive in this game's setting.
➞ Tag other people's starters and thread out shenanigans!
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➞ Have fun!

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[grice]

Y-yeah—! I am! [ there’s a problem— ] But, where’re you?

[smallshot]

Near Violet city. [Puffs up.] I'm going to get my first badge.

[Smugsmugsmug. Okay, maybe she's a little too into all this. But it's so low stakes compared to everything in their lives so far. She can be competitive without being bloodthirsty here.

... She's still bloodthirsty. Just a smidgen. ]

[grice]

Violet City—? That's . . .

[ oh, wait a second— falco sets his pokegear down in front of his as he gets onto his hands and knees to open the paperback map of johto he'd been flipping through earlier. in the meantime, a blue little penguin flaps its flippers at the screen. ]

—That's days away! Gabi?! [ hello???? ] How'd you get there so fast—?!

[smallshot]

I've been here days. [Duh! She'd almost immediately rushed off.]

[grice]

Well—!

[ oh— you know what?! he’s gathering his things! ]

I’ll be there!

[smallshot]

Hmm~? But I'll be done then. [Smugsmugsmug. She's winning, she didn't even know he was here to compete with and he's started after her. But she's winning.]

[grice]

You say that like I haven’t beaten you in racing!

[ take that! he’s already gathering his things, including his penguin in his arms, before he fixes the pokegear up to get their faces while they walk.

it’s upside down. ]

[smallshot]

Oh yeah? [Wrong move, cause she's with drawing the geodude. Who was still just flexing in the back. Starting to move through patch of forest she'd been training in.]

Who won all the spars?

[grice]

[ a big sigh!! and her— rock with arms? why is a rock with arms flexing—

poppie can’t flex her flippers. she looks awfully bothered by this. ]

What’s that got to do with this . . .

[smallshot]

[The Geodude didn't even notice, too busy showing his...gains?]

It's all about winning the battles. [She's clenching her fist. So hyped for this.]

[grice]

[ question for the masses: how does a rock gain mass ]

Wh— no it’s not. [ well, it’s the point if you’re a trainer, but . . . ] I’m not going to battle.

[smallshot]

[Gabi just stares at him, silently. Blinking, deflating. Borrrring.]

What are you going to do then? [She didn't mean to sound sulky, but it sounds sulky.]

[grice]

[ oh, gabi— don’t looks so down—! falco feels bad even, when the competition falls flat. ]

Well, um— we can still train together, I guess . . . [ he pulls out his handbook and puts it in front of the upside down screen. poppie is fixing it for him. ] I’m supposed to be a “Breeder”.

[smallshot]

[Falco, she craves violence in this world without blood. She will do many violence. All the violence.

His job makes her lift her head to squint, eyes narrowing. ]

You have to look after babies? Eww...

[Babies = pee, poop, vom and more poop]

[grice]

—No?

[ that’s not what the manual says!!! he’s done his studying! ]

Whoever gets the egg takes care of the Pokémon. I’m going to, like . . . Learn how to breed better ones. [ poppie holds his gear for him as he flips through the manual with a free hand. ] It says here with moves and abilities you wouldn’t find in the wild.

[smallshot]

[That still sounds like a lot of baby handling. ]

What of no one wants the egg? Then you have to look after it.


... Or you have omelet...

[grice]

[ poppie makes a face. ]

—We're not making omelets. [ they're talking about!!! their pokemon's babies!! ] I'll figure it out, okay? It's how I'll make money. I'll find the right people to buy them. And if you want something specific then I'll try to. . .

[ the mumblies ]

[smallshot]

[But eggy...And her pokemon don't have babies, ones a rock. ]

Okayyy... [DOUBT. She wasn't sure how he'd get money out of it when pokemon seemed pretty easy to catch. And with the rare ones, he'd need to find the adult and catch that. Wouldn't he? She didn't know, she skipped that part.

But she squints again.]

You'll what?

[She missed most of that.]

[grice]

[ of course gabi skipped that part. but at least he’s got a whole book on it that she doesn’t need to worry about! ]

I’ll try and, [ ahem! ] breed something for you. With a special move, or something.

[ falco is under the impression they were on completely different wavelengths when it came to breeding. he’s read his handbook and will probably go through it again. how much did she read about her’s before running off . . . ?

he needs to catch up to her before she gets into trouble. ]

[smallshot]

[Nah, that didn't impress her so much. Not for now anyway, her pokemon seemed strong enough without that. Not that she'd only seen a few moves so far.]

You don't have to... I like looking for them.

[Exploring! Spelunking! She couldn't go everywhere yet, but once she has more pokemon...

She'd read the handbook, the trainer handbook. It only had a little section on breeding, it'd been boring.]

[grice]

. . . I know you do. [ knowing her, but right now— falco waves the thought away and keeps walking. ] Nevermind. I'll try and explain when I get there.

[ and the fact that he wanted to gift her at least one thing he could do around here with this newfound knowledge, but gabi is. gabi, at feelings. brushing away the redness burning his cheeks, he picks at something else to talk about. maybe something she's newly passionate about. ]

Is that rock-creature the one you woke up with?

[smallshot]

[There's a little grunt, a tilt of the head. Then a blink. Okay...

She's easily distracted by him bringing up her starter. Because she stops, her eyes glinting, puffing herself up. The awkward was being completely forgotten.]


No I found this one. I woke up with- [The gear falls, catching a lovely view of the nearby foliage. A rock wall, Gabi's shin and boot as she shuffled through her pockets. Then the sound of a Pokeball opening.

Then... it's the big boy.

Just a big fuck-off rhino... A rhino with fangs. And Gabi's just there, smirking with her eyes closed. Heck yeah she's proud.]

[grice]

[ falco seems to know her all too well. he makes a sound when he sees it— this huge (not cart titan huge, or zeke huge, but huge) stone creature that actually looks intimidating! ]

It’s big—! [ and when poppie chirps up, ] I’ve just got this penguin . . . I named her Poppie. Does yours have any names?

[smallshot]

[Was it as intimidating when you noticed the little blep? Because he was belpping as he looked at Gabi? What do?

The nickname question takes the wind out of her sails though. Because she hadn't and someone else had already asked. So she blinks, scratching her head. Hesitating for a moment.]

... I called the other one Rocky...

[grice]

[ falco wasn’t any better at names as of now. “poppie”. or “poppy”, they “-y” ending is the easiest to go to after all, and rocky was . . . well.

they were twelve. give them a break. ]

Rocky and . . . [ stare stare stare— ] —Horny? Because of the horn. Or— Rhyno?

[ someone stop them. ]