@Stitches Now thinking of a girl whose mother took off in her childhood to return to Delville. Probably gonna make her college-aged or just out of college, theology and philosophy double major cuz she’s convinced her mother went back due to religion or smth (is there a church in Delville)
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Natsuko Rinha
Morning || Land of Fire: Konohagakure — Rinha Compound
“Mother, Father, I’m heading out!” Natsuko called down the hallway of her house. Silence followed her words, but after the pause came an affirmative grunt that indicated that her father had heard.
So off she went, down the stone porch and out the wooden gate, dashing through the streets with a grin on her face. Her hair was tied up to allow the Rinha sign to show on the back of her light purple shirt, which she tucked into her shorts to add an edge of “put-together-ness” that she’d come up sometime during the morning. While breakfast had been an unremarkable affair, with family already busy into their daily schedule, the tow around her was anything but. Along the streets were vendors calling out names of various brunchtime foods, and it took Natsuko a bit of effort not to get sidetracked when she heard “mochi” get called too.
Soon enough Natsuko reached the street that turned onto her sensei’s street, and at her destinated corner she was surprised to see a familiar figure holding an unfamiliar bag as he paced. With a grin on her face, Natsuko sped up her pace, though Kazuhiko looked up before she even got close enough to pounce.
“Morning, Kazu-kun!” Natsuko called, waving as she sprinted towards him, but he turned the corner before she had a chance to catch up and grill him on why he’d been standing there and what he was holding.
Muttering under her breath about how a certain male teammate of hers could thank his lucky stars she wasn’t inclined to ask Koharu boost her into fly-kicking his ass, Natsuko turned the corner as well, spotting that same teammate again as he spoke with Minoru outside their sensei’s house.
“Thank you… gift… didn’t know… mochi,” Kazuhiko was saying to Minoru, but Natsuko was too far away to make out more. From what she did make out, though, it sounded like Kazuhiko had brought a gift she could appreciate as well: mochi.
“Kazu-kun, wait for me!” she called, but again Kazuhiko simply ignored her, entering into the house before her without so much as a second glance. So, okay, she’d have plenty of opportunities to talk to him in a minute or two, but did he really need to ignore her so many times?
“Ugh, morning Sensei!” Natsuko said, finally reaching the doors. “I need to teach Kazuhiko not to ignore me. Now, I know you told Haru-chan not to use that ice thing again with me, but hear me out: What if we use it to check Kazuhiko? Please? If not for me, then for my honor! They’re not the same, promise!”
Once inside, Natsuko was greeted by the delightful smell of lunch already being made. Spotting her teammates with Azumi in the kitchen, Natsuko dashed over as well, pulling back just as she got within distance to hug the Hyuuga. Would she hurt the baby if she hugged Azumi too tightly? Well, not if she was gentle!
“Good morning, Azumi-san! The food smells good!” she said, hugging Azumi gently around the waist.
Spotting Kazuhiko and an open box of mochi and sesame powder on a counter, Natsuko ran over as well, a grin on her face as he vocalized some surprise before she wrapped him into a hug as well.
“Morning, Kazu! Thanks for the mochi!” she said, swiping a bite and popping it into her mouth before Kazuhiko could stop her.
“Natsu—”
“Nope, too late, it’s gone.” she said, opening her mouth for him to see.
Kazuhiko pulled a face, then sighed, turning back to Koharu. “So, again, new sword right?”
“Oh, new sword?”
Natsuko’s eyes stretched wide as she crouched down next to Koharu, looking her teammate’s new acquisition over. Truth be told, it looked about the same as her old one, though clearly more expensive. That its quality had gone up was about the only thing Natsuko gleaned from looking at it, and soon she was back on her feet, listening to Koharu chatter on to Kazuhiko. The talk didn’t interest her much, being of swords and the like, but both her teammates were invested. Kazuhiko seemed to show an open curiosity for it, but Koharu was much more animated, indicating some sort of deeper interest that Natsuko could only admire on the surface in this case.
Instead of listening to them, Natsuko found her eyes wandering to their casual clothes. They’d all opted for shirts, which was just as well, considering most shinobi’s limited wardrobes. Practicality over all and all that. For Kazuhiko, that meant a black shirt and baggy cargo shorts of a similarly dark shade, calling into question whether he owned anything that wasn't in tha range of grey to black. His clan sign was a lot simpler than either Natsuko's or Koharu’s, being a circle with a line through it, but the line had a sort of elegant curve that suited Kazuhiko well. Resembling a brushstroke more than a cut like Natsuko would expect, the line reminded Natsuko of the refined stiffness she’d seen in Kazuhiko’s father, but she quickly moved on to admire the intricacy of Koharu’s clan sign, which was much more to her liking. Symmetry could be tacky, but clan signs and symmetry went together like water and tea leaves: They’d been used together for so long Natsuko couldn’t imagine a world without them.
“Azumi-san, when’s lunch?” Natsuko called, eyes drifting to Kazuhiko’s mochi again.
When his hands swept the box closer to him, Natsuko’s eyes shot to his, and she pouted. “Oh c’mon, Kazu-chan. I’ve been so good this morning—give me some reward.”
Kazuhiko Taketori
Late Morning || Land of Fire: Konohagakure — Kawaguchi Household
“Buy your own, or eat them after lunch with everyone else,” he said, putting the lid back onto the box. “I didn’t buy them just for you.”
“You should’ve,” came the retort, which prompted an eye roll from him. He’d wanted to bring an impromptu gift to set the tone for his apology to Azumi and Minoru, not feed the endless well that was Natsuko.
“Anyway, Wakahisa swords. Do they get passed down? Or is it just the techniques that get transferred from generation to generation?”
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Same here (obviously)
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@Stitches Okay, that makes more sense. Let me clarify: I wanna play a newcomer who gets pulled in recently by a returning resident. That should be okay right?
On the other hand, is Discord a thing for this RP?
On the other hand, is Discord a thing for this RP?
@Ryik Making another thread sounds fine to me, and I'd be down to continue
Aedre Charbonnet
— Mesalon Pokecenter —
“Nice!” Aedre called, clapping as Reaper cut through the thrown grapes. Now that they were outside the Pokemon Center, she was more relaxed, the concern of dirtying the floor lifted off her mind.
When Reaper almost cut into Ty, though, Aedre gasped, raising a hand to cover her mouth as she watched, transfixed. Though Reaper recovered from the situation by returning himself, which allowed Ty the space he needed to do the same, the scene stayed with Aedre in her mind, the two’s sudden discoloration and horror replaying in her head. The ease at which she could command Thea and Little had caused her to forget that Pokemon were, in fact, wild at heart. They were capable of hurting humans as much as they were of other Pokemon, and they were arguably more dangerous to humans on account of their weaker natural defenses and healing properties. While Aedre wasn’t too concerned about Thea or Little injuring her since she trusted that they wouldn’t, Decus was a different story. He’d only made her acquaintance a few days ago, and while she trusted him, she couldn’t help but entertain the thought of the same happening with his as it did with Reaper. Would he look equally horrified, or would he—as a Pokemon who was used to sapping the energy of others—be comfortable with it?
Listening to Amber and Sophia’s reassurances to Ty, Aedre tried to take their words to heart and reassure herself as well. This was trainer life: mundane training, countless losses, and the possibility of injury all for the possibility of adventure and success. It was more exciting than lab life precisely because it held the thrill of the unknown and sometimes the unknown could hurt. She’d have to accept that as much as she’d have to accept the responsibility of being a trainer for her Pokemon, and for the moment, she could only think to set aside her worries to ponder over at a later date.
A ruffle of feathers from her shoulder reminded Aedre that Little was with her, and she raised a hand to smooth out the feathers on his neck as the conversation turned to the matter of the local gym. Sophia, for one, seemed rather confident in her victory even though Aedre seemed to recall her not getting the badge once before. While Aedre admired Sophia’s assuredness, she also wondered whether Sophia really was as confident as she let on. After all, it hadn’t been much time since her last loss, and if she failed to get the badge this time… Well, she needed all the support she could get.
When Amber brought up that Aedre could use the training exercise with the grapes for Decus, Aedre smiled, nodding.
“Yeah, I’ll definitely try some fruits or berries with him. I was thinking trees at first, but they don’t move, and cutting down trees isn’t the best idea anyway.”
Then, glancing at Sophia leading the way forwards, Aedre lowered her voice a bit. “I think Sophia’s got a fair shot this time, since she’s gone through the battle before, but should we watch? Do you think she’d mind?”
Personally, Aedre liked to deal with her failures alone, and—judging by Sophiai’s casual flippance—she thought maybe Sophia might be the same. After all, having people there to watch a possible failure meant more pressure and anxiety, and Aedre wouldn’t want to burden someone with that.
Then, turning to Ty, she grinned. “I don’t think we’ve properly met, have we? I’m Aedre, a research assistant. I'm, um, trying trainer life on for a bit, but my roots are still in research, like Amber. This is Little,” she said, indicating the Fletchling perched on her shoulder, “And Decus, or Dee, is my Honedge who could use some skills like Reaper. By the way, how did you get Reaper? Did you catch him here in Kosei, or?”
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@Stitches Sounds reasonable. As for visitors, then, would I be able to make a visitor character, or has that quota been filled?
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@Stitches Alright, very interested in both the premise and the PM/application system you got going on. I’m thinking of a character from out of town as well but I’ll stew on it for a bit.
Related question to one asked earlier: How often to town residents leave, “recruit” people, and return? I imagine that the horror wouldn’t let its subjects go, but would it be able to choose people it knows will come back and allow them to leave to gather “fresh blood?”
Related question to one asked earlier: How often to town residents leave, “recruit” people, and return? I imagine that the horror wouldn’t let its subjects go, but would it be able to choose people it knows will come back and allow them to leave to gather “fresh blood?”
Eryn Montero
Wet Caverns || Day 3: Mid-morning
That light in the cavern seemed to be coming from its water was pretty odd, but Eryn was a bit preoccupied to think much of it as she dodged Graveler and came rolling down towards her and Eri. Thankfully, both of them managed to skirt out of the way of the rolling rock-types and into the cave in the back. Thankfully, neither the Zubat nor the Geodude and Graveler seemed willing to pursue them into this part of the cavern, but that just served to creep Eryn out. Who or what was preventing them from giving chase?
Inside the cavern, tunnels greeted Eryn. Snaking and curving in all sorts of directions as they faded into the darkness or swung out of sight, they seemed erratic enough to tell her that they weren’t man-made, and she was still walking forwards, eyes scanning the various paths when something popped out of the ground in front of her.
“W-Woah. Oh, Diglett?”
Recovering and loosening her sudden death grip on Dei, who coughed a belch of smoke in response as he shot her annoyed glare, Eryn crouched down in front of the Diglett, who looked up at her with its tiny black eyes.
“Aw, you’re adorable. What’s your name?” she asked, looking it over. “So small—did you really build these tunnels by yourself? If so, you’re a real architect!”
Eri tensing told Eryn something was up, and right on cue the ground, the walls, the whole tunnel started shaking, prompting Eryn to start backing up as she motioned for Eri to do the same.
“Diglett! Get cov—”
A boulder appeared from within the tunnel, snaking out to reveal its true size as its eyes looked down at Eryn, whose jaw hung open as she looked up at the Onix before her. Clearly, this was why neither the Graveler nor the Zubat had pursued her.
Here, she had two thoughts: that she had no Pokemon able to take on the Onix, and that she definitely wanted an Onix on her team. Neither thought was helpful, unfortunately, and she shelved them both, hoping to find a peaceful way to resolve things that didn’t boil down to having her Pokemon fight against a literal chain of boulders.
Another cry from the Diglett reminded Eryn of the much smaller Pokemon’s existence, and she glanced between the two, wondering if they knew each other. Although unlikely, the two Pokemon were both known for their digging, and by the way the Diglett was so clearly not scared, Eryn figured it likely. So, given that she was alone in trying to avoid a fight after entering a section of the caves all the other Pokemon knew to clear of, Eryn swallowed, raising a hand and waving.
“Hello Mr.—Ms.?—Onix!” she said, wondering whether she should raise her voice so the rock-type could hear her, then deciding against it in case it came off as rude. “My name is Eryn, and this is my Charmander, Dei, and my friend, Eri.”
She shot Eri a glance, raising her eyebrows to indicate that he should do something too. Thankfully, Eri understood, snapping up a hand to wave just as Eryn had done a second before.
“Right, sorry for trespassing, Mr. Onix. We were trying to get through these caves, and I decided to have us take a detour into this cavern because, well, curiosity.”
She smiled sheepishly up at the Pokemon. “Sorry if I’m interrupting your nap. You wouldn’t happen to know how to get out of these tunnels, would you, Mr. Onix? Or you, Mr. or Ms. Diglett,” she said, looking to the Diglett. “Would either of you happen to know the way out of here?”
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@Aviaire I’ll keep it in then to give them more history/background together
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