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victory_road2022-07-21 09:03 pm
foolishwren) wrote in victory_road2022-07-21 09:03 pm
I Can't Believe It's Another Hisui Catchall
Who: Heather Mason and YOU!
Where: Hisui
When: July/throughout the event
Summary: A catch-all for Heather Mason, who can be encountered doing various things and saying various swearwords under the cut.
Rating: PG-13 at most
Log:
GENERAL INFO: During her time in Hisui, Heather will be a rather tatty bandit's outfit (she was late getting to the table with all the clothes), some cozy boots, and a blue cap. Heather's new starter is a Hisuian Growlithe who she has creatively named "Twojo" (her actual starter is a Growlithe named Cujo). Over the course of the event she will be catching a shiny Pikachu (!!) and a MYSTERY THIRD POKEMON I have not decided on yet.
She is very tired and not particularly happy about the possibility that she'll never get to see her other Pokemon ever again, but for the sake of other people who she's assuming probably feel the same way, she's at least trying not to be a complete vibe-ruiner over it.
PROMPT A: General Campground Presence
One of the few things that actually help get Heather's mind off of the less-than-ideal situation is keeping busy! When she's not actively exploring, she'll be fairly active around the campground, primarily in the form of keeping the firewood well-stocked and patrolling the camp's borders with Twojo (and a nice hefty stick, in case Twojo's barking doesn't do the trick) to keep high-leveled wild Pokemon from demolishing everything.
As a hot-water-enjoyer herself, she will also be readily volunteering Twojo's firey breath to help keep the showers nice and warm.
Maybe you're joining her on these ventures! Or maybe you desperately need to wash the stank off and there's nobody else around to heat the water for you. OR MAYBE you found her sacked out by the campfires after a long day of roughing it and are in the mood for some conversation.
PROMPT B: Training and Sparring
Being an otherworldly "old-timer" at this point, Heather is used to RARELY having to worry about encountering a problem that can't be at least adequately dealt with by whipping out a level 100 Pokemon.
Needless to say, suddenly being stuck in the untamed wilderness with NOTHING but a measley level-20 Pokemon? That's like... a baby. NAY, a zygote. And she doesn't like that, no SIR. By sunset on that very first day, Heather has thrown herself into vigorous training with Twojo, hoping to stack some levels onto this pup before they have the bad luck to encounter something they can't handle.
Which means she is looking for folks to engage in friendly training battles with! She can't be the only one who's in a hurry to toughen up their new friend in case things go awry.
On that note, she won't say no to friendly sparring, either. When they're all in one place like this, maybe it's a good opportunity to meet some other folks who are into that kind of thing. You never know when you might have to jump in and just punch a wild Pokemon in the face yourself.
PROMPT C: WILDCARD!
You got another idea? COOL, go for it! You can also ping me on Plurk for plotting if you'd like to brainstorm!
Where: Hisui
When: July/throughout the event
Summary: A catch-all for Heather Mason, who can be encountered doing various things and saying various swearwords under the cut.
Rating: PG-13 at most
Log:
GENERAL INFO: During her time in Hisui, Heather will be a rather tatty bandit's outfit (she was late getting to the table with all the clothes), some cozy boots, and a blue cap. Heather's new starter is a Hisuian Growlithe who she has creatively named "Twojo" (her actual starter is a Growlithe named Cujo). Over the course of the event she will be catching a shiny Pikachu (!!) and a MYSTERY THIRD POKEMON I have not decided on yet.
She is very tired and not particularly happy about the possibility that she'll never get to see her other Pokemon ever again, but for the sake of other people who she's assuming probably feel the same way, she's at least trying not to be a complete vibe-ruiner over it.
PROMPT A: General Campground Presence
One of the few things that actually help get Heather's mind off of the less-than-ideal situation is keeping busy! When she's not actively exploring, she'll be fairly active around the campground, primarily in the form of keeping the firewood well-stocked and patrolling the camp's borders with Twojo (and a nice hefty stick, in case Twojo's barking doesn't do the trick) to keep high-leveled wild Pokemon from demolishing everything.
As a hot-water-enjoyer herself, she will also be readily volunteering Twojo's firey breath to help keep the showers nice and warm.
Maybe you're joining her on these ventures! Or maybe you desperately need to wash the stank off and there's nobody else around to heat the water for you. OR MAYBE you found her sacked out by the campfires after a long day of roughing it and are in the mood for some conversation.
PROMPT B: Training and Sparring
Being an otherworldly "old-timer" at this point, Heather is used to RARELY having to worry about encountering a problem that can't be at least adequately dealt with by whipping out a level 100 Pokemon.
Needless to say, suddenly being stuck in the untamed wilderness with NOTHING but a measley level-20 Pokemon? That's like... a baby. NAY, a zygote. And she doesn't like that, no SIR. By sunset on that very first day, Heather has thrown herself into vigorous training with Twojo, hoping to stack some levels onto this pup before they have the bad luck to encounter something they can't handle.
Which means she is looking for folks to engage in friendly training battles with! She can't be the only one who's in a hurry to toughen up their new friend in case things go awry.
On that note, she won't say no to friendly sparring, either. When they're all in one place like this, maybe it's a good opportunity to meet some other folks who are into that kind of thing. You never know when you might have to jump in and just punch a wild Pokemon in the face yourself.
PROMPT C: WILDCARD!
You got another idea? COOL, go for it! You can also ping me on Plurk for plotting if you'd like to brainstorm!
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[Mando watches them go, then sighs and shakes his head.]
Looks like they worked out their differences.
[He glances back at Heather.]
Ball likes putting out fires. He's going to be harassing your dog to make fires for him to put out now.
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[... And the little red-orange blob on the far side of the field now is quite obviously VERY enthusiastic as she spits embers onto a dead-looking thorn-bush for Ball to douse.]
... So.
Met any of the wild ones here yet?
[Because they are, uh, INTENSE.]
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Not really. Ball isn't much of a battler.
[You see, Heather, Mando only uses water Pokemon when they can do other types of moves and be cheap as shit. Admiral Ackbar back home? Water and Ground. Super cheap.]
I don't battle with them much. Do you?
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Me?
Well, here, no. Not yet. Twooj is too little, she needs some serious experience before I want her to wind up doing the real thing.
[And the wildlife here is way more brutal than the stuff she and Cujo had battled, back when he'd been as bitty as Twojo was, level-wise.]
But back h-- ... home, [Because... it is home, and this isn't. Even if it's still in the same world.] I do a lot more. Kind of made it my job.
So, not that I can't hack things by myself, but I have gotten pretty used to having my gang around to back me up.
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[Mando knows that some people have been in this Pokemon world for a long time, and that it's become their home. He doesn't share that sentiment--his kid is still somewhere else, and Pokemon world will never be home until he knows Grogu is okay--but he's been surprised at how much he misses his team, being here in Hisui. Ball is great and everything, but they haven't known each other that long, and they haven't bonded in the same way.]
I haven't been here long, and my team is small. Always up for getting pointers on which Pokemon to look out for.
[Both to avoid battling and to consider catching.]
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My original starter was also a Growlithe-- you know, the kind you can find in Johto.
Over the years I've wound up with a pretty motley crew... some who like battling, some who are basically happy to be pets.
The strongest ones... mm, Rapidash, Feraligatr, Absol, Togekiss, Lucario, Talonflame... If you specifically want protection, for you OR your more vulnerable team members, Absol is a good choice. They can sense danger better than any other Pokemon, and with training, they can get really powerful.
Alessa-- that's mine-- is half the size of my Growlithe but an infinitely better guard dog, heh.
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[Since that's the one she mentioned more than once, Mando focuses in on that.]
It's a type of dog?
[He'd look it up if he could, he swears!]
Are there any you've found that are surprising? Either in how they start or how they evolve?
[Please tell him about the glory that is a Magikarp, Heather.]
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[AS FOR EVOLUTION, THOUGH.]
Holy shit.
So.
[SHE'S GONNA TELL HIM ABOUT MAGIKARP.]
Have you seen those orange fish yet? They're in, like, MOST bodies of water. They splash around a lot and look like they have one brain cell.
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Yes.
[Mando's tone implies that he doesn't think much of them.]
We thought they were food at first.