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 Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:12 pm
Ivory's mouth formed a small "o" shape as Yuri called the vendor an old man. Turning to face the clerk, she mouthed the words "I'm sorry," apologizing for Yuri's comments. It might have been his first time in a Pokemart, but she visited frequently enough that the employees knew her on a basic level.
The white puppy did not truly seem nearly as invested in this whole process. Sure, Repede-friend was listening intently, Ivory-friend was being kind of quiet and polite, and dark-haired-friend was busy reading things to Repede-friend. Opal, sadly, did not really care too much about having any new moves, seeing as she really didn't need any. In an effort to keep herself entertained, she eventually attempted to bunch up Repede-friend's tail fur with one of her legs. In a playful manner, she began to fuss with it using her teeth.
Once it seemed like a TM had been decided, Ivory couldn't help but ask "...so... what type of attack is that anyways? Normal, Fire?" Though she knew what TMs were, she still didn't have all of the different types of moves tucked away in her brain yet. The only way to learn more was to ask.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:11 am
At Ivory's question, Repede perked his ears and looked up at her, giving three barks.
"Electric. Repede doesn't like having a disadvantage, so he wants to have his bases covered if he ever needs to fight a water Pokemon." It made sense to Yuri anyway. He knew enough that Repede was weak to water attacks, so an electric move might come in handy.
The TM was placed in a bag and then handed over to Yuri. Repede sat at his master's feet and barked up at him.
"Okay okay, here you go." Yuri said as he bent down and held out the bag to the Growlithe.
Discarding the stick in his mouth, Repede then took the bag by the handle and proudly started marching out of the Pokemart with it.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:27 pm
The girl was impressed, clapping her hands together a couple times to show such. "That is very smart of both of you!" she acknowledged, though it wasn't truly what had impressed her. It was the fact that Yuri seemed to have a deep understanding of what Repede wanted. She had her own understanding of Opal, but it didn't make the bond Yuri and Repede seemed to have any less impressive.
Opal seemed pretty blissfully ignorant of what was going on around her. That was, until the puff of fur she had been playing with walked off. With a slight yip, she cried out for the other Pokemon to wait for her, scrambling to get to her paws and trot a bit to catch up with him.
With both of the Pokemon seeming to take the lead, Ivory offered "Well... we should probably go outside... once we get out there... we can sort out some lum berries for you and Repede. Sound good?" Gesturing after the two Pokemon, she began to make her way out, waving back to the clerks in a grateful manner.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:04 pm
Yuri just kinda blinked at Ivory's reaction, a bit confused. "Huh? Okay. I didn't really think it was -that- impressive." Surely anyone could have thought to use an electric move on a fire type? Oh well.
Hearing Opal bark, Repede paused and looked behind him to wait for her and the humans to catch up.
Yuri picked up the box of berries and soon followed the two Pokemon and Ivory. "All right. Are you sure about that? You don't have to share, you know." Not that he minded, but he felt a little weird just taking things from someone he'd just met. Plus she probably spent a lot of money on them or something.
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:03 pm
Now that Opal had caught up, her pink nose was sniffing all over the bag that Repede-friend had in his mouth. It smelled like paper and plastic to her. With a couple of yips, she asked if the learny-machine would make Repede-friend strong!
Once outside again, the girl had to pause to open up her umbrella in a practiced motion. Turning to face the man, she reassured him with a small smile. "I don't mind... it's not like you're taking the whole box home with you! Think of it this way... you're making it so Opal can't get fat by eating the whole box herself!"
The white puppy Pokemon's ears lifted up as tall as they could as she barked out a disapproving "Growl growl!" at the joke Ivory-friend just made at her expense.
Ivory chuckled, lifting her free hand up to touch the back of her head scarf. "Sorry, Opal!"
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:17 pm
With the bag in his mouth, Repede glanced at Opal and gave a single nod and a bark. This would definitely make him stronger, or at least more prepared. Now he wouldn't have to be at a complete disadvantage when fighting a water type. That was definitely a plus.
Yuri gave a humored laugh and paused as Ivory did. "It's a deal then." Berries for the sake of Opal not getting fat! "Lead the way, m'lady."
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:49 am
Rather than lead the way, the girl glanced about before pointing in the direction of a tree. "We can stop there and sort it out," she offered casually enough before taking the lead Yuri had requested.
Type disadvantages were something that Opal was familiar with, but only because every time she changed, she'd have very different disadvantages. She more or less had to rely on the Pokemon she changed into to have some sort of special moves for her to take advantage of. If not, then she had to just deal with it.
Once she had managed to find the shade of the tree, the girl closed her parasol once more. She looked to the two puppy Pokemon and signaled for them to come closer. "...we have something to share with you, Repede!"
Opal tilted her head slightly, but rather obediently trotted over to Ivory-friend. With a slight whine, she seemed to ask what was going to be shared.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:33 pm
Yuri followed Ivory to the aforementioned tree and carefully set the box down. It was her stuff, so he just stepped aside to allow her access to it and instead took a seat on the ground.
"It's all yours."
With his back against the tree, Repede came up to him and let Yuri take the bag. The Growlithe's ears then tilted up and he walked over to where Ivory was, his tail wagging slowly.
The black haired man hummed thoughtfully to himself as he pulled the TM out of the bag and read the instructions to see how it worked.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:21 pm
While Yuri busied himself with the TM instructions, Ivory was busying herself with the box. It had some of that thick, nearly impossible packing tape holding it shut. Rather suddenly, she leaned down and scooped up her false puppy Pokemon up in her arms, then set her down on the box. Once the canine was down, the girl held onto one of Opal's forepaws and pushed one of her claws against the tape, just enough to poke it into breaking.
"Thank you for your assistance, Opal!" she said cheerfully before scooping the white puppy back up and setting her back on the ground near the others.
The white Pokemon let out a little "wuf" sound, approving of the fact she had been helpful. Her tail was at full wagging before she began to investigate the black haired person-person-friend. Now that he was on the ground, it made it easier for the Pokemon to try crawling into his lap, pressing her nose against his new bag, and partially shoving said nose against his chin.
It was almost as if she was trying to say Hi to him with her nose rather than her Pokemon-words.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:34 pm
Well that was one way to open a box. Yuri could have used his sword if she had asked, but oh well. Looks like Ivory had the situation under control. Thus the man only glanced in her direction once before looking back at the TM. It seemed simple enough. Having set said sword down beside him, Yuri continued looking at the TM, that is until he felt something climb into his lap. He blinked in surprise and then squeezed one eye shut as the white dog pressed her nose into his business and against his chin.
"Hey, that's cold!"
He wasn't upset about it though, and just ruffled Opals head fur in a friendly manner. Repede looked over but seemed unconcerned. He wasn't the type to get jealous. Instead he sat next to the box and sniffed at it. There was food in there! And food was always interesting.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:52 pm
Yuri might have regretted treating Opal so kindly.
Soon enough, that pet on the head resulted in the puppy in his lap wriggling and soon enough attempting to assault his face with puppy kisses of the happiest variety.
Oh yeah, Opal was one of those types of Puppy Pokemon (when her form matched at least).
With the tape torn, it was much easier to open the top of the box. Soon enough she pushed the edges of the box towards the sides and she could see a spread of green in front of her. She dipped her hand in and pulled out a handful. Closing the gloved hand, she soon enough noticed the darker of the two Growlithes investigating.
"...hmmm... not all Pokemon like the flavor of Lum berries..." she mused quietly to herself before speaking up a bit louder to catch Yuri's attention.
"...is it okay if I give Repede a berry to try?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:23 pm
There was no reply to Ivory's question as Yuri's face was now being accosted by a puppy tongue.
"Agh! Hey! Cut it out!" Yuri protested as the white dog jumped and wriggled in his lap, while slobbering all one his face. He tried to grip the wriggling mass with his hands to pull her away from his face so he could at least breathe.
This drew Repede's attention and he turned to give Opal a reprimanding bark, telling her that his master had, had enough.
Repede had never been this hyper, and Yuri was definitely glad for that.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:54 pm
With a rather sharp yip, the false puppy Pokemon retreated quickly from Yuri to hide behind Ivory-friend's leg. Peering out, a pair of red eyes seemed to water in an effort to give some puppy-guilt. She had only been showing how much she liked Mr. Man-friend-person-person. Now she felt like a bad doggy.
Ivory's mouth twisted up slightly as her own Pokemon seemed to sulk behind her leg. "...now now... maybe you've had too much time in that form today, Opal! Change back to a ditto."
Quite quickly, the white puppy shrank down until once more she was just a blob of white jelly. A blob of jelly that was still trying its best to give puppy eyes with her beady dots-for-eyes.
In a well-practiced manner, the bundled up girl scooped her free hand under the ditto and lifted her up. She then walked up to Yuri and then planted the blob of jelly on his head.
"...now you have a hat..." she started before adding "And I asked if I could give Repede a berry to try... so... answer?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:15 pm
Yuri couldn't really be angry with the overly friendly puppy-ditto, especially as it gave him those eyes. Still he did not enjoy having his face slicked with dog drool, and he used his hand to wipe off his face. Blegh. The man then blinked as the white jelly blob was placed on his head. His face holding a look that was a mix between confusion and a pout.
A hat huh? Riiight.
He used a finger to poke at the Ditto on his head.
"Huh? Well that's up to Repede." Yuri said finally in answer to Ivory's question.
Repede looked up at Ivory with an expectant wag of his tail. It certainly seemed like he was willing to give them a try.
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:47 pm
The easiest way to describe how the ditto felt to Mr. Person-person's finger was the consistency of hard jello. It had a reasonable amount of give, but still solid enough to not have a hole poked into it. And it easily caused her to jiggle a bit on his head.
Of course, Opal was now hugging onto Yuri's head as if to try to apologize for her earlier actions. She didn't want to lose the chance to make a new friend. Unfortunately, humans did have a hard time understanding direct translations of what a Pokemon said.
After receiving permission, she knelt down in front of the fire-type. With her free hand, she plucked one berry from the handful she had in the other and held it between her pointer finger and her thumb.
"Okay Repede... here you go..." she held her hand out. "Go ahead... take it."
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