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 Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:10 pm
Alastair rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly, wondering what he ought to do in this sort of situation. He had a vague inkling that there was some sort of special procedure to follow, just in case someone’s brain ever broke like this, but… well, his more chaotic side demanded that he have some fun with the catatonic Zuki. Like drawing a silly mustache on him or something, or at least try poking him a few more times. But, at the same time, he didn’t want Zuki to have a complete mind-melt or something.
Luckily, Basil had no such problems with snapping Zuki out of it. Alastair patted the large arcanine awkwardly, hoping that he wouldn’t try biting him.
“Did I see what you did? Well… yeah. I am standing right here. You fell on your a**, that’s what you did,” he said, completely misunderstanding the question. What kind of question was that, anyway? ‘Did you see what I did’? Waitaminute… Ryou had fallen earlier and now the short trainer was falling down…
Con snickered as well, a series of slightly smoky cough-like noises. ‘Generally when he causes someone’s brain to explode, he means to do it.’
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:08 pm
"What?" He asked, looking at Alastair as if he was from another planet or something. "No, did you see what was behind you! Did you?" Poor Zuki was completely unaware of the fact the other trainer obviously hadn't, because he didn't have eyes in the back of his head. His mind was attempting to recover, and obviously wasn't paying attention to logic or the laws of nature. "It was.. It.. Did you see it?!"
Ryou snorted in amusement, nibbling on another ham sandwich and watching without even facing the scene. The perks of having special psychic abilities. "D'you think he meant to make Kazuki's explode? Cuz that happens on its own sometimes. Last time it happened was.. hmm... When he got the giant fluffball, I think," he said thoughtfully, his tail twitching back and forth. He apparently didn't put too much thought into it, as he immediately delved back into devouring his delicious ham sandwich. Mmm, ham... "I doubt Alastair's brain implodes like that? I haven't seen any other trainer who acts remotely close to Zuki." Pity, he was so amusing to watch, too.
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:14 am
Alastair merely tilted his head to one side and blinked in confusion, wondering what Zuki could have seen that made his mind break this badly. “Errm… no, I can’t see out the back of my skull. I have many talents, but that’s not one of them, ‘m afraid.” Now he looked behind him, eyes scanning for any hint of what could have spooked the tiny trainer. Actually, now that he thought about it, the cause could have been any number of things. Perhaps it was an overlarge dust bunny…
Or maybe every single air molecule within a small distance decided to, all at once, move in the exact same direction, just to scare Zuki. He was awfully adorable when he was all freaked out. “What did you see?” Alastair asked, once content that there would be no repeat performances of synchronized air molecules.
Could Zuki have seen… maybe… could it have been…? Lucine? But why would she stick around here? Oh. Right. Because she thought something around here was entertaining. Or perhaps she smelled the sweet food and decided it was worth an investigation. Alastair hoped that wasn’t it. He had once given Lucine a small bit of candy. It took her two days to calm down from the sugar high.
As a matter of fact, Lucine had indeed discovered something sweet and sugary. Or at least she was trying to. The dewgong was hogging the big bag, but the mew was clever. Currently, she was poking around at a shoulder bag, lifting the flap cautiously with one little arm before climbing in, all the while giggling to herself. Oh, hey! What was this?! She picked up something small and round before trying to give it a nibble.
However, upon discovering the pokeball was inedible, she tossed it aside before moving onto something else. There had to be something good in here… somewhere…
‘No. Normally, when he’s trying to make someone’s mind explode, he flirts with them’, Con responded honestly. As for Alastair’s mind exploding… well, Con hadn’t seen it happen yet. Well, not like this. ‘You remember the caverns, right? Not Inhinx, but the last ones… he lost his temper back there and almost killed someone. Does that count as a mind explosion?’
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:00 pm
"Are you sure? You didn't... you.. how.. what? But.. but it... it was... it.." How could Alastair not have seen the mew?! Clearly he was blind or something, it was right there, right behind him. Why didn't he see it?!
Poor Zuki's mind couldn't fathom how the other hadn't seen the mew, at least not yet. It was still trying to recover from the initial 'shock-of-seeing-mew'-induced implosion.
While the trainers were having their conversation - or Alastair was having it, all Zuki seemed to be doing was spouting a string of incoherent drivel - Basil's ear twitched at rustling sounds that were not Manami enjoying the finer delicacies called fabric and plastic water bottles. He turned his head just in time to see the pink thing clamber into his short trainer's sidebag, and interest overtook him. He got up and padded over to it, giving the bag a nudge with his rather large nose. "Arr?" Maybe it had found some food in there? He knew there was a bag of small chocolates in there, along with beef jerky and the now-devoured ham sandwiches.
Speaking of ham, Ryou had just finished his sandwich. He smirked, floating another one over. Mmm.. Nothing could compare to the deliciousness of ham. "Well, that would probably scare Zuki to death," he said thoughtfully. He wasn't too sure. "But I doubt it would make his head explode. And..." Did wanting to kill someone count as a mind explosion? "...no, I don't think so. More like a mind-shut down and rage explosion. Something like that, I think. It'd be like if Lucine stole all the ham and food and ham in the house. And the ham." Yes, that sounded about right.
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:57 pm
Well, now this was downright concerning. Usually, it took more effort to make someone’s mind totally explode like this. The fact that Alastair hadn’t done anything was mildly disconcerting. Oh, sure, he was used to creating mind-implosions… it was just that he hadn’t even been trying. While Zuki seemed a rather fragile fella, it still was… odd. “Well, I’m no expert in most anatomical studies, but it seems pretty basic to me. I can’t see behind me because I don’t have eyes back there, regardless of what anyone else might say.”
Gingerly grabbing Zuki’s shoulder, as if afraid that he might break the other boy if he was too harsh, he nudged the other trainer towards a fallen tree branch that could serve as a bench or something. “Go sit down before you keel over. And, please, tell me what you saw. Must’ve been something interesting…” but not Mew, of course. Surely, it couldn’t have been Lucine.
It was just those damn air particles playing tricks again! Damn them… no doubt, they had all convalesced into the form and shape of a mew. Or something vaguely mewish, anyway.
Speaking of ‘mewish’, Lucine was having a grand ol’ time in the bag. There was chocolate everywhere! Finding a small piece, she delightedly began to nibble on it, looking as happy as can be. Mmm… delicious… She had just about reached the cream filling when something poked the bag! How dare they interrupt her meal of deliciousness! Pouting a tiny little frown, she used her psychic abilities to lift the flap of the bag juuuust a little…
And then she threw the chocolate ball right at the arcanine’s nose. Not the most effective weapon of all time, but perhaps it’d be enough to surprise him.
Once again, Con paused to think about a world without ham or any other sort of delicious food. And it made him very sad. ‘Yes, that does sound like a rag explosion, especially if Alastair didn’t pick up more food quickly… Hmm… where was Lucine now? Unless Con’s eyes betrayed him, then it appeared that one of the bags on the ground was wriggling around more than it ought to. And the white arcanine was nosing it. It hardly took a genius to figure it out, although it appeared as if Alastair would never actually accept the truth.
Figures.
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:37 pm
Kazuki was still, poor boy, trying to explain what he saw without actually saying it. "You didn't.. how... why didn't you... but it-it..! It--!! How... but why? How could--" He allowed Alastair to pull him over and sit him down on the branch, using his hands while babbling to try and show him what mew looked like, which was... a flailing mass of waving arms and hand gestures, apparently.
Basil snorted when the bag opened, about to grab whatever was inside and pull it out, when he was abruptly hit on the nose with a half-eaten piece of chocolate. He snorted and shook his head before glaring at the bag, pawing at it gingerly to try and get whatever it was, out.
He couldn't though, as Kazuki sighed and gave up, grabbing the handle of the bag and pulling it over across the ground. "I don't know... how could... grah! Pokedex..." Clearly, he could use his pokedex to find a picture of mew and show it to Alastair, since obviously the other trainer didn't have a clue that a mew had appeared.
"Oh, oh, Con! Things are about to get better!" Ryou said with a grin, flicking his tail back and forth. He even stopped devouring the sandwiches. He didn't want to choke on them from laughing too much when Kazuki's mind re-imploded.
The short trainer heaved another sigh, mind slowly recovering, and pulled his bag into his lap and lifted the flap, having every intention of grabbing the red device from it.
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