ohmyarceus | Test Drive Meme

[He's sure that his words do little to help, but he couldn't just say nothing after all that was revealed to him.]

No problem, man.

Hopefully- but I'm not expecting it with our track record.

[Radley appreciates it.]

I know that feeling. Sometimes life just wants to beat you down in every way possible.

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I don't plan on letting it though.

Good for you. I hope that works out for you.

1) Route 29

[Okay, so, this isn't too hard. Controlling the actions of a living creature is a little awkward, but it's not too much different than Duel Monsters, strategically speaking: find a weakness and hammer on it. Plus, she got a cute penguin for a starter, a female Eiscue that she's named Nereid. Rio currently has her out trying to get a feel for this battling thing by smacking down flying creatures, which appear to be less capable of withstanding ice than the bugs or rodents or other such things living on the route.

The grass rustles. She tenses, turning towards it and preparing to issue a command. But in the span of a few seconds, a chain of events happens. Nereid is blown off her flippers by... something, and the something then comes hurtling toward Rio with the recoil.

...The resultant shriek is audible for a long, long distance.]

--Get it awaaaaaaaay!

[It's an Espurr, sitting on top of her in a daze. She manages to shove it off and shuffle back until her back hits a tree, promptly forgetting everything she's learned so far in favor of being afraid of the cat.]

No! I hate cats! Hate them, hate them, hate them!

2) Goldenrod City

[Rio finds the shopping mall almost immediately, wasting no time in stuffing a few bags full of whatever she can afford that strikes her. At the very least, there's some provisions like medicine and Pokeballs in there; she's not completely daft. But then there's stuff like candy, little trinkets, and other miscellany she doesn't really need.

Not that anyone can tell what she bought. That is, until she trips over a radio wire on the ground and bumps into a guy wearing a Rocket uniform, who proceeds to go off on her to watch where she's going. For a blessing, she stands there and lets him continue on and on, at least until her temper finally gives.]

Are you done? The least you could do for laying a thick wire flat across the ground for people to trip over is to help me pick up all of it.

[Unsurprisingly, he does no such thing, turning away and returning to his business. Maybe someone else will have witnessed the scene and lend her a hand?]

[ After the contest, Yuzu needed to wind down for a bit... and fortunately for her, Cherrygrove isn't too far away from Azalea. At least, that's the case when you have access to both warp pads and flight. A picnic with her Pokemon on the beginner-friendly Route 29 followed by some time at the spa sounded nice and relaxing, after all.

Then, as she was making her way through the route... she's startled by the sudden shriek that Rio lets out. Yuzu is pretty sure she sees a few birds off in the distance, startled by the sudden scream. Yuzu can't blame them. She practically jumped as well. ]

W-What's going on...!?

[ Either way, even if the Pokemon on this route are pretty beginner-friendly, in terms of strength... it does occur to her that somebody might have ended up here like she did, so she's quick to rush over in the direction of the shriek and— ]

...Eh?

[ It's... just an Espurr? And not even an agitated Espurr either. Not that she's ever really seen an Espurr's expression change much from their thousand-yard-stare, but still. ]

Hey! Get back here! [IV breaks out of a nearby shrubbery, having slid down a ledge after the quarry he and his Rockroff had just sorta lost.

If you count the hound having blown the poor thing far too far away with its stone-throwing attack, and the innocent Espurr having gone toppling down the hill and into the grass below as lost, that is. ~~Sorry Rio, it's all his fault again.~~]

Ah, there you are~ [Attention still all on his target, IV manages to dismiss the poor person it's sitting on until after he has successfully tossed a pokeball onto the Espurr. The ball bonks the already dazed pokemon on the head, making it vanish in a beam of light. After a very brief moment of wriggling around inside the ball, the hunt is successful and the Espurr is caught.

It's only then that IV follows what his Rockruff has already found -- sorry, that's a dog in Rio's face now, right after the cat-attack -- and freezes]

What the- YOU?!??

Route 29
[Listen, Nashira isn't happy. Her powers are gone. Her scales are gone. Her horns and tail are gone and she has no idea how other races live like this. And there was a weird lady calling herself her mother which is a whole suitcase full of issues she's not even gonna bother to unpack.

There is another problem. Maybe it was a lingering essence of her old life but she appears to be wild pokemon nip. She cannot speak to them. They keep approaching. It's like someone dipped her in nectar. She has reached the point of picking up her Charmander and running for it. An entire swarm of weedil and sentret are following.

Help.]

[Goldenrod City - The Magnet Train Station]
[She doesn't have a ticket but she has been in here for like an hour, staring at the train in rapt fascination. She keeps getting caught by security trying to approach it. Her pokemon (a charmander and a jangmo-o) are distressed enough to start asking strangers to please make her stop trying to look at train rails up close?

Of course, once you approach, she's all excitement.]

Oh, guardians, where do you think they put the shrine on it?

[Wildcard!]
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moepuff to work something out or just make something up! Be free!]

[ leave it to yachi to get very, very anxious at the site of the woman too close to a mechanical hazard. the woman’s pokémon don't have to ask twice, either! she comes rushing forward with one hand trying desperately urge her back, while the other holds a togepi having fun with the sights. ]

Oh, please be careful, Miss, that’s really close—! [ yachi is seeing her getting split in a half or worse. ] Sh—shrine?

Well, of course, there has to be a shrine to one of the Guardians, doesn't there? It's a train.

[Nashira, you're gonna have to back up like seven steps.]

[Noticing the footfalls headed her way, Rio realizes she might be able to use this opportunity to get rid of it. She doesn't have Ryouga to bully into it, after all.]

Help! I don't wanna go near that thing! I mean, look at it!

[If it occurs to her to send her Eiscue after it instead, she doesn't act on that impulse. Yet.]

[Because dogs are not cats, Rio's perfectly content having it in her face for doggy kisses, though she finds it's quite heavy for something of its size. But then she hears the almost accusatory exclamation, shifts her attention... and huffs.

Of course.]

I do have a name.

[Gently easing the Rockruff away, she pushes some hair out of her face and stands up, crossing her arms.]

And I think you should remember perfectly well what it is.

[That went smoother than planned. Monsoon's unsure why the idiot is in his uniform in broad daylight when he told him to be inconspicuous but it seems the girl didn't notice. Good.

He happens to be conveniently walking by when the event happens and makes a seemless beeline towards them.Rio is greeted to a very tall older man, dressed a bit like one would expect a member of the Yakuza to look. A red dress shirt with the first two buttons undone, a black blazer, black dress pants, and nicely polished dress shoes. His hair is hanging loose for once, sort of framing his face. The only oddities are the black leather gloves, the heavily tinted red wraparound sunglasses that obscure his eyes almost completely, and how soft spoken his voice sounds when he talks.]

Are you alright, miss? Do you require assistance?

T-That thing…?

[ Yuzu glances at the Espurr, and the small creature stares back with a perpetual O_O face. Well, even if she doesn’t see anything threatening about the psychic cat with an unchanging expression, this girl obviously does, so… ]

Right, right… go on, shoo!

[ At her side is a Sylveon, who lets out a few high-pitched barks as Yuzu gently shoos the Espurr away. Seemingly understanding, the Espurr promptly turns and starts to trot away.

Congratulations, Rio, you’ve been saved. ]

[Radley is more than a little outraged to see a Rocket around up to no good, but as long as Pokemon aren't actively being endangered at the moment, he doesn't want to do anything about it himself other than tip off the police.

He goes over to Rio.]

Hi. You'll be waiting til Hell freezes over for someone like that to help you.

[He bends to start picking stuff up for her. His Pokemon are happy to help.]

[Radley is alarmed to see the person continually trying to do something so dangerous. When the Pokemon come to seek his help, he comes over with his.]

Hey, this thing can seriously hurt or kill you if you get too close.... Guardians? Shrine?!

[What?]

Ah...

[Yakuza indeed. Fortunate for him that Rio is not afraid of people by default. She grins awkwardly and shakes her head.]

No, no, I'm fine, really! I just have a few more...

[The last of her trinkets go back into the bag in random order, and she springs up with a smile once she's finished.]

There. Though, I wonder what such a large cable is doing here? The whole point of radio is supposed to be that it's wireless, after all...

...Eh.

[Belatedly, it occurs to her how embarrassing the whole spectacle must look to someone else. She stands up and brushes her skirt off indignantly, sighing.]

My apologies. I just... really hate cats.

[And it's a great way to bully her brother. If he were here, that is...]

Ah, my name is Rio. I'm sorry about all the trouble, making it sound like more of an emergency than it was...

[ Now that Yuzu is getting a good look at Rio, she's definitely a pretty girl with an elegant air to her... an elegant air that's hard to perceive now because of how her first impression with Yuzu has gone. ]

A-Ah, don't worry about it! I guess we've all got our fears, huh?

[ Now that she thinks about it, actually, a fear of cats isn't too unusual. Not something that she can understand—they're so cute, after all—but it's hardly the strangest thing to be afraid of. ]

Oh, I'm Yuzu! Nice to meet you, Rio! [ Either way, it looks like she's fine now that the Espurr is gone... so she may as well ask. ] I take it you're uh... new here, right?

If you're sure.

[He may have swiped something that rolled away on his way over, while she was yelling at the grunt. The man is rather gifted at pickpocketing. Perhaps it was a pokéball or something - although he suspects it will be empty when he does get the chance to open it.

Monsoon moves his head to indicate he's following the path of the wires before returning his gaze to Rio.]

Maintenance, I would assume. That sort of equipment always seems to use larger cables and the like. Or they're updating the system? I'm not entirely sure myself.

You are right though.

[He motions with his hand along the eyesore of cables along the floor.]

They could at least put a carpet over it or something as to avoid being a tripping hazard. Really, in such a high foot traffic area of all places...

The Shrine? To the Guardian this train is dedicated to?

[Sir are you new to trains???]

[Is that how trains are used in her world?]

... Ah, well, this train goes to another city, not a shrine. There might be some shrines in the city, though....

[He wouldn't know about that.]

No, I mean the shrine inscribed into the train. I can't see a dedication on the wheel blocks, either...

[Someone may have forgotten about the "different worlds" bit in her excitement.]

... Oh. Trains here aren't really like that. They are in your world?

[ make that!! twenty!! ]

Which . . . Guardians are you talking about—? U-um, do you mean— ”The Legendary Beasts”?

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oops I just saw that message, but it worked out on it's own. Sorry!

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Rio Kamishiro | Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal

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