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 Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 10:59 pm
Some days Aatami couldn't stop thinking about what life would have been like if he had chosen to stay in bed that morning. Just lazing about the tree house, snugged up under his blanket, curled up next to Truffles; safe, warm, and content.
A fool's paradise. Instead, the real world came knocking in the form of an empty stomach and out they had went to search for breakfast. In a bid to gather more food each twin had separated, and that had been alright, not perfect, but okay, for a while. He'd managed to snag some berries, a fruit or two, that is until the Scolipede had chased him off from it's fruit tree. The squealing Eevee had managed to climb up into a tree before getting attacked, but that didn't mean that the peeved pokemon had given up. If anything it was just angrier.
"I'm sorry, okay?! I told you I was sorry! I gave them back!" Aatami screamed, reaching for another branch when the larger bug tried to lean itself against the bark and raise itself, thus giving it prime opportunity to pierce him with those poisonous horns! He tried to pull himself up, but lost his footing, and screamed, all the while holding onto his branch for dear life.
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 11:13 pm
Quinn knew he didn't resemble anyone's notion of what a bounty hunter was supposed to look like, and that was fine by him really. Between his unique appearance making him stand out...and the fact he had more of the Snorlax build than anything it was always comical to him, to watch peoples reactions to learning his profession. Or that he was the guy after them. Then they either started laughing...or got nervous. He liked it when they laughed first...because watching the mirth vanish and the fear replace it in their eyes was again funny to him. Yet, it seemed (most) children liked him. Oh sure a few had been afraid of him...and he didn't blame them! He was huge, and looked weird but on the whole...well things went smoothly. Today, was not a smooth day. Today, was a Quinn was in a bad mood and wanted to stomp something day, mostly because the person he'd been after was eluding him...and no capture meant no money. No money, meant he didn't eat...and it was obvious he liked to eat. At this point he'd been following up on a tip that the person he sought was taking refuge in the woods, so he was crashing through the bushes and all, sounding like a Rhyhorn on a rampage when he heard that scream and it made him stop in his tracks and listen. It wasn't far, who ever it was yelling was just beyond those trees...and despite his size Quinn took off at a run, once more glad he was quicker than he looked. He burst out of the bushes and took stock of the situation, seeing a child hanging from a tree branch...barely...and one pissed off Scolipede below. "Hey ugly! Over here! Pick on someone your own size!" that was an understatement. At a little over seven feet, there wasn't much that was Quinn's "size". Still he waited for the bug to take the bait, even going as far as to reach for a pine cone hanging near his head and chucking it at the insect to really get its attention. Or piss it off. "Hang on kid, I'm trying!"
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Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:23 pm
At first Aatami thought he was in trouble deep. What could all of that stomping be, if not for another Scolipede?! His heart was racing a mile a minute as he clung to the branch, pulling his legs in as far as he could between yelps. With every jump his angry foe was getting a little closer, just a little closer...
When insulted, the Scolipede planted itself on the ground to get a good look at Quinn. Big guy! But not so big that he couldn't take him on. How dare he get in the way of his vengeance, anyway?! The insect pokemon made a snarled growl, lowered it's horn and charged, only pausing momentarily to rear it's angry head when hit with the pinecone.
"The horns! The horns on it's body! They'll make you sick!" Aatami shouted, not so much daring to twist his head to look at his would-be savior. If he did he knew he'd fall, and then Truffles would skin his hide for sure.
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Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 1:12 pm
If Quinn had realized that he was mistaken for a Scolipede he might've been amused in a way. For the moment though concern was over riding any other emotion he was currently feeling. Of course the pinecone had pissed it off more....but it had also paused. He had another in his hand and threw it as well, listening to the yelled warnin and couldn't help a light chuckle. "Get up in that tree already kid!" though Quinn was moving towards the tree, trying to edge around the Scolipede. His plan was to boost the kid up into the tree properly. He wasn't terribly worried on if he got attacked by the pissed off bug really...and so he charged at it and slammed his body into the Scolipede's using Heavy Slam. He was more than a little glad to outweigh the poison bug by quite a bit...but also to know Immunity as the thing grazed his shoulder with it's horn. Still it brought a growl from Quinn who wrapped his hands around the horns and began to tug the pokemon towards the ground. "Don't make me turn you into my means of transportation!" no idle threat, he'd do it!
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Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:55 pm
"S-sorry! I'm going! Promise!" Aatami swung his legs to and fro, back and forth, ignoring the way his hands begun to slip and when his legs were close enough he managed to get a light grip with one leg. Unfortunately, he couldn't seem to bring the other one up to par.
Pissed off beyond below and now injured on top of things, the Scoliopede pushed back, trying in vain to out maneuver the hybrid. How dare he block his attack?! No matter how much it struggled, it's legs bowed and it hit the ground like a beaten steer. However, that didn't mean it stopped. The bug squawked and wrestled, ramming it's horns at any piece of Quinn's flesh that it could.
Aatami turned his head to look at the scene below, and almost instantly regretted it. His arms slipped and in a mad dash to stay onto the branch he swung his head around, giving himself a bad case of whiplash. He hoped the big guy wouldn't make fun of him if he lost his lunch. That is, if they lived!
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Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:56 pm
Quinn could hear the kid saying he was going up the tree and he spared a look that way to make sure of it, watching him swinging and he cringed a little internally. That didn't look too promising. He could feel the bugs legs buckle on it as he continued to wrestle it to the ground, grunting in pain as it rammed its horn at him over and over. He could feel the pain in his arms and stomach and he was glad it wasn't able to inflict worse damage though this would be bad enough. Finally though he had enough and with a loud roar he clasped his hands together and brought them crashing down on the bugs head in an attempt to knock it out. It was fortunate that Aatami fell during the time he was yelling or he might've heard the thud! Another blow was delivered to the bug, then a third pausing a moment to make sure the Scolipede was incapacitated for the moment. "You okay over there kid?" Quinn was wiping at the bloody patches on himself to see how bad the horn had gotten him. Not too bad. A bit of gauze and a wrap of bandages and he'd be good he thought.
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Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 6:43 pm
The Scoliopede really thought it was getting somewhere! Each new hit gave it a larger boost in confidence, even as it's own strength began to wan. As it charged again - it was vaguely aware of extreme pain on it's head before passing out.
Aatami hadn't expected to fall, but when he did he was glad that his enemy was preoccupied! Otherwise, he might have been caught unawares with his head in a bush and his butt in the air. With a groan he sat up, rubbing at his sore head, unaware of the blood that was staining his light hair. It was a minor cut, but as with all head wounds they bled, and when he got a good look at his hands all his efforts to get out of the bush went into a squealing flail back in it.
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Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:25 pm
Quinn turned away from the bug then glad it was out like a light then and moved over to where he saw the kid hanging from the tree.
....only to watch him go flailing into a bush.
"Err...you okay there kid? You can come out now really. I ain't gonna bitechya."
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 12:21 pm
"Yeah, I guess." Aatami took a deep breath to calm himself, and picked his way from the bush. He whipped off his pants with his hands, trying his best to make himself look more...well, better in front of the guy that saved him. The BIG GUY. Oh Lord, looking up at him from this angle was daunting.
"A-a-are you okay? You're bleeding!" He gasped. "We should-we should get you to a Poke' cen- a hospit- somewhere!"
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 11:27 am
Quinn could see the distress all over the boys face and gave a gentle smile. "Don't worry, I'm not a threat to you kid." far from of course. He was amused, he didn't often frighten kids, but it did happen. "What? Oh. I guess I am. I have a first aid kid I'll patch myself up." he reached for his bag and sighed. Hell where had he dropped it? "Well once I find my bag I have a kit. Before I go searching take a deep breath and let it out slowly so you calm down a little huh?" he chuckled some shaking his head. "I'm Quinn, and you are?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:23 pm
Aatami wiped at his eyes on a shaky breath. "R-really? Swear to it?" Promises could be broken, but swears were forever. Doing just as the teen told him, he took as deep a breath as he could, exhaled and did so again until he felt calmer. Well, as calm as Aatami could get in this situation.
"I'm Aatami. W-we should find your bag soon. If we don't you could get infected and then it'll swell a-a-and..." Aatami wrung his hands in the hem of his skirt, and took another deep breath before nodding his head. Those wounds had to be treated, pronto!
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Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:15 pm
"I swear it yep. I don't hurt kids. Honest." he felt bad the kid was apparently utterly terrified of him, but then given the situation he'd also just been in it was no wonder yet another big pokemon was scaring the crap out of him. "Easy Aatami. Worrying so much isn't good for you kiddo. Hang on my bag should be over here somewhere." and he moved over to where he was sure he'd dropped it and located it. "See? All good. Now, come give me a hand and we'll get you patched up too alright?" He pulled out a few things from the bag he had, one of which being a simple potion which he sprayed over the wounds watching them mend a bit. He was resistant to the poison which he was glad for. Still he did pull out bandages to be worn till the wounds fully healed. "Hold here and pull around as it comes back to you then we'll secure..." he explained things to Aatami as he worked, and finally taped the gauze. "Now you. A bit of potion for your scrapes and all. It'll heal them quicker." he sprayed the spots he could see, and wrapped some gauze gently. "Have a berry kid, it'll help too." he pulled out one and held it out with a smile. "What're you doing out here anyhow?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:32 pm
Without being able to tell if Quinn was telling the truth or not, he was forced to go with it. Aatami wrapped his hands around the edge of his shirt and wrung the material so hard he felt his fingers go numb. At least he was learning to breathe again, though.
"What? Am I gonna die?!" No, no, no! He couldn't die! If he died, Truffles would be on her own, and Chism wouldn't have anyone to make sure he was okay and then they'd be alone in the forest and then they'd try to kill each other and then...then...Aatami took a deep breath, trying his best to steady himself. "I-I...Sorry. For being...weird."
He set about helping Quinn as much as he knew to do, which would have been following orders given to him. Despite his nervous nature, his hands were sure, as if he'd already tended wounds before. Aatami quirked his eye at the slightly cooling sting of the potion, but stood still and ate his berry like a good boy.
"I heard that people pay a lot of money for fresh honey, and I was looking for some, so I could buy a coat for my sister. But I didn't find any, and I got attacked." Aatami's ears lay flat with his dejection. "I'll just have to patch mine and give it to her..." He murmured, thinking on how he was going to get rid of the smell.
"What about you? What're you doing out so far in the woods?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:08 am
Quinn watched the kid from the corner of his eye as he looked through his bag and pulled out what he needed. What this kid needed was something for that anxiety! He was going to have a heart attack at this rate geez. "Whhaaat? No. Make yourself sick to your stomach if you keep worrying like this? Probably." he gave Aatami a smile and couldn't help a light chuckle. "You're not the weirdest person I've met, seems to me you have a lot on your shoulders for someone so young." "Thanks for the help, you're good at that. Had practice with that sort of thing before? If not well you fooled me. Either way you're a natural at taking care of people. You'd make a good healer or doctor kiddo." well he'd dealt with plenty and not all of them were as steady handed or gentle as this kid was! Listening to what Aatami had been up to, Quinn reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet and withdrew some money and held it out. "Consider this payment for helping to patch me up. Go buy you, and your sister both a new coat. It'll be getting cold soon and I'd hate to find out you or your sister got sick when I could help you out...and this is safer than going after honey." He started to pack things back into the bag and chewed on a few berries himself. "Oh I was looking for someone. I'm a bounty hunter, and the guy I was chasing lost me awhile back and I thought he'd come this way. Guess he doubled back a different way or something. That's alright, I'll find him again. The guy needs to go back to jail for awhile." at least he wasn't a violent criminal. Just a stupid one.
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Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 1:07 pm
Aatami kept his mouth shut about it, but Quinn was right, he did had a lot on his shoulders. It wasn't like it kept him down most days, he was usually fairly chipper, but that suppressed worry about daily life presented itself in the form of anxiety. And apparently now that he wouldn't die, the anxiety was appeased, something that let Aatami help Quinn with his work.
"My sister's pretty wild, so someone's gotta take care of her." He smiled, feeling his little ego getting a good pump. A doctor? Or a healer? That didn't sound too bad, especially if it paid well! If he got better then he could buy Truffles all the coats she could ever need! And food!
Aatami's eyes bugged out of his skull. "Are you sure? You-you might need it! What if you get hurt again, and run out of stuff?" Still, he felt his fingers reach out for the money and hesitant before he pulled them back to his chest. It was tempting, so tempting, but money wasn't easy to come by, so what if Quinn really did need it? At the last money he reached out and took it, tears of gratitude shining in his eyes. "Thank you, thank you so much, mister! I-I-I'll pay you back someday, I promise." He hugged it to his chest.
Aatami bit his lip, and sighed. He couldn't very well tell Quinn to quit his job, but he didn't want him to get hurt anymore. "Be careful, and don't go chasing after him with those wounds, okay? Go home and get warm."
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