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March-April Test Drive Meme

TEST DRIVE MEME

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ACTION; all bark, no bite
[ Wandering around New Bark Town is a young girl with fiery red hair and a fiery chick hopping after her. Seems like she's trying to ignore it, but unlike the music (which she has tuned out already due as though it were second nature), it seems to be a little more persistent in getting its trainer's attention. Needy little chirps escape from it as it hops around in her footsteps, trying to not get left behind.

The trainer herself doesn't look malicious. In fact, she may be completely unaware to the desperate state of her Pokémon as she wanders around, taking in the rest of her surroundings. Was she surveying it for a reason? She seems experienced in that much, as she keeps an eye out for any possible threats.

It's why she's ready with a greeting whenever she's approached. ] The fire bird is a message, isn't it?

[ Because of course she would be paranoid about that. ]

TEXT; at least she's a quick learner
This PokeGear thing is pretty neat. I can dig it.

I'm Jean. [ Just Jean. Bad things seem to happen whenever she gives out her full name or someone recognizes her, so she's kind of hoping for a fresh start here. ] Looks like I'm another fresh face in the world of Pokémon. Pretty rad, if you ask me.

Let's train together sometime. If you're hanging around in the newbie area, that is. It'd be a pain to have to travel all the way back here just to show a novice like me up.

PS: Is the special symbol over the e necessary? I see it used in everything. Kinda annoying to have to type it out every time though, you know?

Sion Astal, it's a pleasure to meet you.

And if you're in sore need of company, anyone who's traveled the area enough could get as far as Cherrygrove at least easily enough. Though if you just have questions, I'd certainly be happy to answer.

Ha, I'm in the process of learning how to ask them. [ Questions, she means.

She might have grown a bit too attached to just reading minds and acquiring the answers to her questions that way. It made traveling to the future (the present?) a lot easier. You know, once she got over hearing a hundred voices at once. ]

Been here long?

*that gets a light chuckle*

Well, if you're not sure where to begin, I do have a guide of sorts prepared, should you be interested.

*he'll even provide a handy link for your perusal*

A few years, yes, I suppose you could say that.

[ There's a brief pause as her head moves back and forth a bit as she reads quickly in an attempt to take in all of the information he sent her. Efficient, but then again Jean was always kind of a book nerd. ]

This is great, but... your phrasing on one part. [ She frowns, unsure of how to speak on it. The other is that people who weren't human before become so on arrival just kind of rubs her the wrong way a bit. ] Aw man, forget it. It's semantics at this point.

Oh? Is it confusing or ambiguous somehow?

*he tried to make it as clear and simple as possible, but...*

It's not that, it's just... [ She bites her lower lip and chews on it thoughtfully, as if mentally weighing the options in her mind.

Is it really the time to be getting into this? Probably not, but it'd be a good way to alleviate the stress she has at appearing suddenly in a new world for the third? Fourth? Fifth time in her life?

(Why does this keep happening to her?)

She exhales loudly. ] Listen... in some worlds, don't you think it's a little offensive to say someone's human on arrival?

... Ah.

*oh, that gets a somewhat wry smile*

I'm sure I could come up with a better way to put it, really, but I decided that, for the majority of cases, it was best to keep things simple. Even so, what's considered "human" varies from world to world as it is. For example, in my world it's quite normal for humans to be capable of using magic, and some even have other rare abilities or talents they're born with, but it isn't possible to use any of those here. So to be perfectly accurate, everyone is made more or less "human" by this world's standard upon arrival. For some, that means a rather drastic change; for others, a less obvious but perhaps no less important one.

*he's speaking from personal experience from the latter, really, though that's a subject he's not overly inclined to discuss much...*

Yeah, I understand that. [ A bit too intimately. ]

I'll just cut to the chase then. [ Mostly because she just can't read his mind for the answers she needs to hears. ] Are you talking about mutants?

Mutants?

*that's probably answer in and of itself, but...*

Ah, perhaps I should explain. Some people who've arrived here have been of species that aren't remotely human. A good friend of mine knew a young girl here who was apparently a cat in her own world, for example. Many such people find themselves disoriented, if not outright distressed, upon arrival here because of changes, so I felt it was prudent to mention the matter up front.

... a cat? [ Hold on, they bring cats here?

And give them a humanoid state? ] I don't think I was prepared to hear that.

I only know of the one time, but it's happened, yes. There was also a fellow who said he was originally some sort of coyote, and one who uses the term "monsters" to describe himself and his fellows.

*Sion finds it... odd that anyone would use a word like that for their own species, but it's not really his place to argue that one*

[ Now she feels a slight pang of guilt for her earlier annoyance. Not much, but it's there. It's difficult some days to be an empath when you're a mutant. ]

Maybe monsters hold an entirely different meaning in that man's world.

I suspect that must be the case.

*strange as it is to consider*

Though, to answer your earlier question, I'm afraid I'm not familiar with "mutants" as however you seem to be using the term.

A message?

[Cissnei had taken everything in stride upon waking, carefully noting everything that was told to her by her 'mother' and the 'professor' before she had scooped up her new companion and started to get a feel for the town. And her pokegear. It was a lot to wrap her head around but this was the sort of thing she was trained for so, to the untrained eye, it may seem like she belonged here what with how at ease she was.

Minus the fact that she was in a suit.]

What sort of message would it be? [Tilting her head, Cissnei offered the other young woman a smile.] I think our partners are picked at random, honestly.

[ The suit is surprisingly the least of Jean's concerns. After all, she's seen her fair share of folks running around in nicely tailored suits both in the past and in the future... present day. Point is, Cissnei looks like she belongs a lot better than Jean--at least in the young psychic's mind, that's how she perceived it to be. ]

Random? It's just random that I picked up some kind of baby phoenix? [ Yes Jean, not every little thing has a purpose. ]

What about yours? Are you sure it's random?

Are you sure that's a phoenix?

[Cissnei pulls her 'gear out of her pocket, sliding it open so her dex can scan the small bird creature at Jean's side.]

Torchic. A fire burns inside, so it feels very warm to hug. It launches fireballs of 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit. Torchic sticks with its Trainer, following behind with unsteady steps.

[The Turk looks thoughtful as she closes her 'gear.]

It didn't specifically say phoenix...I think a fiery chicken may be a better term for it.

[At her side, Vulpix churrs softly when brought into the conversation causing Cissnei to smile.]

I think so. I don't think I have any sort of relation to a fox. [A glance at Jean.] What does a phoenix have to do with you?

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March-April Test Drive Meme

TEST DRIVE MEME

Jean Grey | All-New X-Men

Video because he STILL writes texts like composing letters...

come on, writing letters is so in these days... ;)

It takes time and he has to have the wording JUST SO though!

she would have found it so delightful

perhaps another time, though! (maybe if she texted his inbox directly?)

note to self: do that sometime!

I fixed my notifs on that page so \o/

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hello there, sorry for the delay! I'M CURRENTLY A PLAGUE BRINGER lol

No worries! I hope you're feeling better!