Jun wasn't expecting too much out of the corn maze, but it wasn't something that he really saw around Ecruteak, so anything would be a nice surprise. Also, it wasn't crowded out here, and he could use some air. Or at least, as close to it as he'd get at this fair.
"I've... never seen this much corn," he said. Wow, great observation Captain Obvious. "They had some mazes back...home," he hesitated over the word, "But they were always indoors, or just made out of sheets and rope."
[ Total Tickets: 218 ] [ Corn Maze | 2o ft 2 plush (+5 Ft & plushie) Pokemon
From the corner of his eye he saw someone approach him, and Christian turned his head accordingly before flashing a grin to Jun. "I guess you were hungry," he mused, noting his lack of corn dog. He took the twenty, giving a grateful nod in response, before he bought his meal and Jun's water, then handed the man the former and his change.
Biting into his food, Christian took a moment to appreciate the simple combination of meat, bread, condiments, and a pickled cucumber. It lasted all of two seconds, however, before he shoved such appreciative thoughts to the side and concentrated on actually eating. "Mm." Switching from his burger to his soda, he sipped from his straw thoughtfully before he nodded. "Sure, it sounds like fun." Trying to wade your way through corn, what could possibly be more entertaining than that?
⋅ BATTLES WON ⋮ 0 ⋅ BATTLES LOST ⋮ 0 ⋅ POKEMON CAUGHT ⋮ 01 ⋅ OBEDIENCE ⋮ lvl 20
■ PARTY
⇨xxN A M E: Chickpea - Chikorita *
T Y P E: L E V E L: 07 G E N D E R: Male ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Mild: Too curious for his own good, a little more than 'a little clumsy' ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Overgrow: When HP is below 1/3rd Grass type attacks do x1.5 damage ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Growl - Lowers target's physical attack one stage Tackle - 40 Razor Leaf - 55: 1/10 chance to critically hit ---
70/70 HP | Status: None | 04/17 EXP | Next Move; lvl. 09 - Poison Powder
■ INVENTORY
⋅ Special Items - Pokedex
⋅ Poké Balls - Pokeball x∞
⋅ Medicine - Potion x∞ - Super Potion x5 (Unclaimed)
⋅ Berries
⋅ Battle Items
⋅ TMs / HMs
⋅ Personal Items Broken Cellphone | Waterlogged music player | Tangled earbuds | Trail mix | Empty Wallet | Trainer ID | What Can I Do With My Life?: Pokemon Edition | Amorette's number
Chickpea nodded his head, vigorously and earnestly. "Oh yeah, the ocean is suuuuper salty, like you wouldn't believe!" In fact, that was the one thing he didn't like about the beach, the salty air made him feel a bit nauseous. "You can't drink it because of that. At least, I couldn't drink it," he confessed.
"Mama Jun?" He lifted his head up to the human, and stared at him, long and hard, before erupting into a cheerful cry. "So that's his name! I didn't catch it before, but I like it!" So this was what a human 'mama' looked like! "Ooh! Did you guys see anything cool while you were out?"
⋅ BATTLES WON ⋮ 0 ⋅ BATTLES LOST ⋮ 0 ⋅ POKEMON CAUGHT ⋮ 01 ⋅ OBEDIENCE ⋮ lvl 20
■ PARTY
⇨xxN A M E: Chickpea - Chikorita *
T Y P E: L E V E L: 07 G E N D E R: Male ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Mild: Too curious for his own good, a little more than 'a little clumsy' ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Overgrow: When HP is below 1/3rd Grass type attacks do x1.5 damage ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Growl - Lowers target's physical attack one stage Tackle - 40 Razor Leaf - 55: 1/10 chance to critically hit ---
70/70 HP | Status: None | 05/17 EXP | Next Move; lvl. 09 - Poison Powder
■ INVENTORY
⋅ Special Items - Pokedex
⋅ Poké Balls - Pokeball x∞
⋅ Medicine - Potion x∞ - Super Potion x5 (Unclaimed)
⋅ Berries
⋅ Battle Items
⋅ TMs / HMs
⋅ Personal Items Broken Cellphone | Waterlogged music player | Tangled earbuds | Trail mix | Empty Wallet | Trainer ID | What Can I Do With My Life?: Pokemon Edition | Amorette's number
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 9:22 pm
■ spookival: picnic alley - violet city ■ jun ■ curious ■ OOB:
As per the maze attendant's instruction, Christian withheld from actually touching the corn as they traveled past it; even if he was tempted to just run his thumb over the exposed kernels, because why not? It was easier to focus on the trail ahead, especially when they forked. They were making good progress.
"It sure is a lot," he agreed, and held back a snort. Hm, home. Jun had mentioned that he was from... some town; one that started with an 'M' and was named after a color. "Tell me more about Maroon Town," Christian urged. "...Or whatever it's called -- I'm bad with names."
⋅ BATTLES WON ⋮ 0 ⋅ BATTLES LOST ⋮ 0 ⋅ POKEMON CAUGHT ⋮ 01 ⋅ OBEDIENCE ⋮ lvl 20
■ PARTY
⇨xxN A M E: Chickpea - Chikorita *
T Y P E: L E V E L: 07 G E N D E R: Male ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Mild: Too curious for his own good, a little more than 'a little clumsy' ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Overgrow: When HP is below 1/3rd Grass type attacks do x1.5 damage ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Growl - Lowers target's physical attack one stage Tackle - 40 Razor Leaf - 55: 1/10 chance to critically hit ---
70/70 HP | Status: None | 06/17 EXP | Next Move; lvl. 09 - Poison Powder
■ INVENTORY
⋅ Special Items - Pokedex
⋅ Poké Balls - Pokeball x∞
⋅ Medicine - Potion x∞ - Super Potion x5 (Unclaimed)
⋅ Berries
⋅ Battle Items
⋅ TMs / HMs
⋅ Personal Items Broken Cellphone | Waterlogged music player | Tangled earbuds | Trail mix | Empty Wallet | Trainer ID | What Can I Do With My Life?: Pokemon Edition | Amorette's number
[ "Ewww, salt? Blech." ] Dune laughed, sticking his tongue out to emphasize. He laughed again, feeling like what he said was something someone joking around with a good friend would say. And that was him! And Chickpea. [ "I can't believe there's salty wa-water!" ]
[ "Uhm. E-everything was kinda cool, because it was the first time I saw human st-stuff. Their caves are made out of wood!" ] Or, no, they weren't called caves. They were, um... dens? Homes? Homes sounded right.
[ Total Tickets: 238 ] [ Corn Maze | 2o ft 2 plush (+2o Tickets) Pokemon
Jun took so long to answer, Christian might start to think he'd taken offense. If the blond turned to look, however, he'd find that Jun was... gone?
There was a rustling, and Jun stepped out of an exceptionally thin opening in the corn. Without a word, he put three plushies and twenty tickets in his bag. "Sorry, got distracted."
"...did you say Maroon town?" His voice cracked dryly. "It's Mahogany Town," he corrected, though he didn't sound upset about Christian flubbing it. He did fiddle with the hilt of his katana, trying to think of what to say. "Not really sure what to say about it."
[ Total Tickets: 238 ] [ Corn Maze | 25 ft 3 plush (+5 ft & plushie) Pokemon
Jun realized that he actually liked Christian, and actually felt like sharing things about himself. He'd spent so long around other members of Team Rocket, who he didn't feel comfortable sharing with, or Takumi, who already knew more than Jun wished he did.
"I didn't even live in town, really," he said, "I was on an estate, I guess you'd call it? Lived with some family friends for a while. Not sure where my parents went," he said, heading off the inevitable question. He may want to know where his parents went (or what happened to them), but that didn't make him jumping to talk about it.
[ Total Tickets: 238 ] [ Corn Maze | 35 ft 3 plush (+1o ft) Pokemon
Chickpea laughed, a sound of merriment that shook his body (as small as it was), before mimicking Dune. "It makes you wonder, doesn't it?" He stuck his tongue back into his mouth, adopting a thoughtful expression. "What other kind of water there is!"
Wooden caves? Hmmmmm. Chickpea tipped his head to the side, allowing the leaf on his head to brush against one of the stalks of corn, before he brightened. "Oh! You mean a house! Haha, yeah, those are kind of weird. But, they're nice! And very warm too."
⋅ BATTLES WON ⋮ 0 ⋅ BATTLES LOST ⋮ 0 ⋅ POKEMON CAUGHT ⋮ 01 ⋅ OBEDIENCE ⋮ lvl 20
■ PARTY
⇨xxN A M E: Chickpea - Chikorita *
T Y P E: L E V E L: 07 G E N D E R: Male ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Mild: Too curious for his own good, a little more than 'a little clumsy' ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Overgrow: When HP is below 1/3rd Grass type attacks do x1.5 damage ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Growl - Lowers target's physical attack one stage Tackle - 40 Razor Leaf - 55: 1/10 chance to critically hit ---
70/70 HP | Status: None | 07/17 EXP | Next Move; lvl. 09 - Poison Powder
■ INVENTORY
⋅ Special Items - Pokedex
⋅ Poké Balls - Pokeball x∞
⋅ Medicine - Potion x∞ - Super Potion x5 (Unclaimed)
⋅ Berries
⋅ Battle Items
⋅ TMs / HMs
⋅ Personal Items Broken Cellphone | Waterlogged music player | Tangled earbuds | Trail mix | Empty Wallet | Trainer ID | What Can I Do With My Life?: Pokemon Edition | Amorette's number
One minute, he was walking alongside Jun and indulging in a casual conversation, and in the next he was alone. Christian blinked, did a slow 360, then huffed gently; his light-hearted questions had gone and run off his second friend, that was cool.
"Oh, there you are." Christian turned to his friend as he reappeared through the corn, then raised an eyebrow at the loot he'd, apparently, managed to find. "Huh. Guess there's more than just corn in here," he mused.
He shrugged, neither surprised or upset that he'd gotten the name wrong. "Mahogany, Maroon; they're both colors," he, casually, defended. Still though, as unconcerned as he seemed about getting the name wrong, Christian showed genuine interest in hearing Jun talk about his hometown.
⋅ BATTLES WON ⋮ 0 ⋅ BATTLES LOST ⋮ 0 ⋅ POKEMON CAUGHT ⋮ 01 ⋅ OBEDIENCE ⋮ lvl 20
■ PARTY
⇨xxN A M E: Chickpea - Chikorita *
T Y P E: L E V E L: 07 G E N D E R: Male ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Mild: Too curious for his own good, a little more than 'a little clumsy' ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Overgrow: When HP is below 1/3rd Grass type attacks do x1.5 damage ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Growl - Lowers target's physical attack one stage Tackle - 40 Razor Leaf - 55: 1/10 chance to critically hit ---
70/70 HP | Status: None | 08/17 EXP | Next Move; lvl. 09 - Poison Powder
■ INVENTORY
⋅ Special Items - Pokedex
⋅ Poké Balls - Pokeball x∞
⋅ Medicine - Potion x∞ - Super Potion x5 (Unclaimed)
⋅ Berries
⋅ Battle Items
⋅ TMs / HMs
⋅ Personal Items Broken Cellphone | Waterlogged music player | Tangled earbuds | Trail mix | Empty Wallet | Trainer ID | What Can I Do With My Life?: Pokemon Edition | Amorette's number
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:59 pm
■ spookival: picnic alley - violet city ■ jun ■ curious ■ OOB:
"Did you like it? Living on an estate?" Christian felt... guilty wasn't the word for it, but it was close. Here Jun was, sharing a bit about his life, and it only seemed fair for him to reciprocate. But... there wasn't much to tell, and the whole 'memory loss' seemed too heavy a subject to bring up to someone he'd just met. Especially while they were in a corn field.
"I've always wondered what it'd be like to stay in a place like that. Spacious and roomy, though, you'd think, a house could only have so many rooms." Owning large property was one of the best ways to show one had wealth though. But... wait, did that mean that Jun was rich? Or, well, no. He had said he'd been staying with family friends. And yet... "Hey, you're not, secretly, a billionaire, are you?"
⋅ BATTLES WON ⋮ 0 ⋅ BATTLES LOST ⋮ 0 ⋅ POKEMON CAUGHT ⋮ 01 ⋅ OBEDIENCE ⋮ lvl 20
■ PARTY
⇨xxN A M E: Chickpea - Chikorita *
T Y P E: L E V E L: 07 G E N D E R: Male ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Mild: Too curious for his own good, a little more than 'a little clumsy' ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Overgrow: When HP is below 1/3rd Grass type attacks do x1.5 damage ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Growl - Lowers target's physical attack one stage Tackle - 40 Razor Leaf - 55: 1/10 chance to critically hit ---
70/70 HP | Status: None | 09/17 EXP | Next Move; lvl. 09 - Poison Powder
■ INVENTORY
⋅ Special Items - Pokedex
⋅ Poké Balls - Pokeball x∞
⋅ Medicine - Potion x∞ - Super Potion x5 (Unclaimed)
⋅ Berries
⋅ Battle Items
⋅ TMs / HMs
⋅ Personal Items Broken Cellphone | Waterlogged music player | Tangled earbuds | Trail mix | Empty Wallet | Trainer ID | What Can I Do With My Life?: Pokemon Edition | Amorette's number
Dune... had not thought about that. What kinds of water...? What could there even be? Leafy water? Airy water? Dirt water?? [ "I n-never realized, how much there is I don't know." ] He would never have seen all the things he has so far, or met Chickpea or Ledian if he'd never left the cave. For the first time he thought, maybe, he didn't hate his wings so much. They may make him different, but would he have ever left if they didn't?
[ "O-oh, yeah! I remember now. Houses." ] Dune wiggled his tail back and forth thoughtfully. He didn't seem to be having as much trouble keeping up as they walked anymore. He was too distracted. [ "What kind of place did you l-live in, Chick-pea?" ]
[ Total Tickets: 238 ] [ Corn Maze | 4o ft 4 plush (+5 ft & plush) Pokemon
Jun considered Christian's question. "It wasn't too bad, I guess."There was a little s**t that followed me around everywhere he almost added but didn't. Honestly, he hadn't minded Takumi that much. "The Ko-" he coughed, reflexively stopping himself from saying their names. "-Kohails were alright," he finished. They had been distant, but checked in on how he was doing often enough he could tell they cared. Or at least, that they were either close with his parents or really owed them.
"The house wasn't actually that large-" okay, kind of a lie, it was sprawling, "-at least, not compared to the grounds. It was only one floor, so it looked larger than it was, too." He probably had spent more time in the gardens than he had inside, anyways.
[ Total Tickets: 238 ] [ Corn Maze | 5o ft 4 plush (+10 ft) Pokemon
The idea that Christian could suspect Jun to be a secret billionaire, when really he was a poor kid, caused Jun to snort. "I'm really not." His parents had lived in a goddamned hut in the middle of nowhere. Seriously. "The Kohails paid for me while I was with them, but they didn't just hand over money." If he'd had his own money, maybe he wouldn't have made the idiotic decision to join Team Rocket.
"Oh, hey, is that the exit?" It felt like they hadn't been in very long, when they stepped up to an opening in the corn, but maybe that was just because they'd been chatting.
[ Total Tickets: 238 ] [ Corn Maze | 6o ft 4 plush (+10 ft) - Finished! Prize - GS Ball + GS Ball w/ the plushies ] Pokemon
"Mm, it's alright!" Chickpea assured. "I don't know much either." That's why he was on this adventure! Or, well, actually, he was on this adventure because his human had decided to pick him out of his three choices -- but those were such small details. "Don't worry though. I bet we can discover a bunch of different things, together!"
He looked down, reminiscent, upon Dune's question. "I lived in a place called a lab!" he eventually answered, and lifted his head up. "It's a kind of building that lots of cool stuff happens in! There were a lot of other Chikorita there, and some pokemon called Cyndaquil and Totodile too. The people there took care of us, and did something called 'research' on us. Though, we were mostly given out to new trainers. It's a really nice place!"
⋅ BATTLES WON ⋮ 0 ⋅ BATTLES LOST ⋮ 0 ⋅ POKEMON CAUGHT ⋮ 01 ⋅ OBEDIENCE ⋮ lvl 20
■ PARTY
⇨xxN A M E: Chickpea - Chikorita *
T Y P E: L E V E L: 07 G E N D E R: Male ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Mild: Too curious for his own good, a little more than 'a little clumsy' ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Overgrow: When HP is below 1/3rd Grass type attacks do x1.5 damage ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Growl - Lowers target's physical attack one stage Tackle - 40 Razor Leaf - 55: 1/10 chance to critically hit ---
70/70 HP | Status: None | 10/17 EXP | Next Move; lvl. 09 - Poison Powder
■ INVENTORY
⋅ Special Items - Pokedex
⋅ Poké Balls - Pokeball x∞
⋅ Medicine - Potion x∞ - Super Potion x5 (Unclaimed)
⋅ Berries
⋅ Battle Items
⋅ TMs / HMs
⋅ Personal Items Broken Cellphone | Waterlogged music player | Tangled earbuds | Trail mix | Empty Wallet | Trainer ID | What Can I Do With My Life?: Pokemon Edition | Amorette's number
"Mm." Christian nodded his head. So, Jun's life hadn't been terrible, despite not knowing where his parents were; that was good. Absently he looked ahead, to another fork in the trail, before randomly deciding to go left. So far they hadn't run into any dead ends (because they were just that good), and it seemed that it would continue that way, as the left path stretched ahead with no signs of stopping.
"That's pretty cool," Christian noted, bending over to pick up fallen doll on the ground, and then another, and then another. Man, who'd ever been dispersing these had gotten lazy. Maybe that was a sign that they were getting close to the end? "I bet you'd never find yourself bored. You'd have so much to explore."
⋅ BATTLES WON ⋮ 0 ⋅ BATTLES LOST ⋮ 0 ⋅ POKEMON CAUGHT ⋮ 01 ⋅ OBEDIENCE ⋮ lvl 20
■ PARTY
⇨xxN A M E: Chickpea - Chikorita *
T Y P E: L E V E L: 07 G E N D E R: Male ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Mild: Too curious for his own good, a little more than 'a little clumsy' ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Overgrow: When HP is below 1/3rd Grass type attacks do x1.5 damage ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Growl - Lowers target's physical attack one stage Tackle - 40 Razor Leaf - 55: 1/10 chance to critically hit ---
70/70 HP | Status: None | 11/17 EXP | Next Move; lvl. 09 - Poison Powder
■ INVENTORY
⋅ Special Items - Pokedex
⋅ Poké Balls - Pokeball x∞
⋅ Medicine - Potion x∞ - Super Potion x5 (Unclaimed)
⋅ Berries
⋅ Battle Items
⋅ TMs / HMs
⋅ Personal Items Broken Cellphone | Waterlogged music player | Tangled earbuds | Trail mix | Empty Wallet | Trainer ID | What Can I Do With My Life?: Pokemon Edition | Amorette's number
