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Post by Professor Victoria Yew on Mar 26, 2021 15:18:09 GMT
Professor Yew time: day weather: clear participants: Kyuuna Dracul, Professor Victoria Yew battles: none"Kyuuna Dracul?" The professor looked up from her clipboard and blinked, a bit taken aback by the height and general appearance of the woman sitting in her waiting room. There were a couple other people in the waiting room, but Yew couldn't shake the feeling that this was the person who'd made the appointment. She was starting to have a sense for that. Yew pushed away her initial reaction, of course, burying it under a professional smile. She didn't want to judge potential trainers on their appearance, and even if she had, there was nothing wrong with having a fashion sense. Or being tall, which wasn't even a choice. "You're here to choose a starter?"how can we claim to understand something we've never experienced?
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Post by Kyuuna Dracul on Mar 26, 2021 15:54:33 GMT
The tall female looked up slowly at Yew's question and utterance of her name, seeming to try not to move too quickly. Even as she stood the clink of chains gave her rise some noise as she nodded "that'd be me and m'reason for traveling so far from home ma'am". Then she looked over her shoulder "sorry about the leaves in your walkway, was camping nightly on my journey from Sylvanport to your Laboratory". Then she tried to smile in turn at Professor Yew "I'm actually excited to see what pokemon you have to show me in fact, Professor Yew". What the professor probably wouldn't hear till later was this odd woman had been so firmly asleep the others present had wondered if she still lived. Wasn't Kyuuna's fault her clothing made it hard to tell if she was still breathing though.
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Post by Professor Victoria Yew on Mar 27, 2021 18:08:28 GMT
Professor Yew The professor nodded, smiling at the comment about leaves in the hallway. "No worries. Our staff is used to things like that -- Pokemon can be a bit messy themselves, after all.
"Speaking of which, let's go see what we have for you. Right this way, please." Assuming Kyuuna followed, the professor would lead her through the door and down a hallway to a medium-sized white room, completely unfurnished except for two chairs sitting by a device on the wall. The device had a touch screen mounted to the wall and, beside it, six Pokeballs resting in cups. how can we claim to understand something we've never experienced?
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Post by Kyuuna Dracul on Mar 27, 2021 19:50:44 GMT
Kyuuna chuckled under her breath "force of habit to apologize, feels like half the time a weird gust kicks up when I open a door and makes me look like I'm being dramatic". Then she followed indeed, moving enough to cause a gentle chorus of tings muffled by her swishing coat. Before she beheld the device and the pokeballs waiting "you...sure they won't fade away if their opened?; I remember that was a worry not too long ago". As she spoke her hands slowly moved into clenched fists for a moment before calm returned.
Then she looked over the six pokeballs "guess that's a silly question if yer offering people one of these as a new partner...hopefully whatever I get paired with likes me and my friends back home". Speaking up louder as if she thought the pokeballs residents could hear her "I can't imagine you lot are all that happy being stuck inside your pokeballs; but whichever of you is fine with me as a partner I promise to take care of".
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Post by Professor Victoria Yew on Mar 30, 2021 0:59:01 GMT
Professor Yew The professor nodded at Kyuuna's question. "It was an issue for a long time, but I've successfully opened hundreds of Pokeballs now, without a single Pokemon vanishing. We wouldn't have offered Pokemon to the public unless we were certain it was safe for the Pokemon."Kyuuna's words to the Pokeballs made Yew smile. "We do have some evidence that they can hear and perceive the world while they're in their Pokeballs, you know. It's good that your first thought is of your Pokemon's well-being. Now, let's see who's in there."The professor sat down next to the screen, activated it, and began to swipe through six Pokemon images. As each image appeared on the screen, the cup under the matching Pokeball lit up. "We have ... Solosis, Taillow, Pineco, Slakoth, Wynaut, and Machop."Sitting back, the professor flicked the screen into a mode that showed all six Pokemon at once. "Let me know if you want more information about any of these Pokemon, of course."how can we claim to understand something we've never experienced? | | | | | | Solosis | Taillow | Pineco | Slakoth | Wynaut | Machop | male | male | female | female | male | male |
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Post by Kyuuna Dracul on Mar 30, 2021 1:52:13 GMT
Kyuuna looked at the images as the Professor spoke, before stepping toward the other seat and sitting herself down "well I guess the first question I have would be what any of this lot can eat, it can be hard to find consistent food where I live but I'd do my best for whichever partner wants me". Then she looked back at the Professor "I don't want to force them to accept me after all". Smiling a bit more calmly "though it helps hearing that you got whatever was making them vanish under control". After a moment she chuckled at the woman's comment about her speaking to the balls "ah...I appreciate your kind words in that regard, but I hadn't been totally certain they could hear me when I spoke up".
As she finished speaking she looked back up at the images "as of right now I think I know what I'm going with but still feels odd? to finally have the choice at hand...does that seem strange?".
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Post by Professor Victoria Yew on Mar 31, 2021 19:05:06 GMT
Professor Yew "A lot of Pokemon are omnivorous and can eat most common human foods," the professor answered. "Algae bars should be just as nutritious for them as they are for us."Yew nodded when Kyuuna spoke of only taking a partner who wanted her, too. "We would never force a Pokemon to accept a partner it didn't want. But most of the trainers I've seen come through here have pretty quickly hit it off with your partner Pokemon. Not to pressure you, though."Then the professor shook her head. "Honestly, most trainers in your position do have a pretty good idea of what they want to go for fairly quickly. Which one are you thinking?"how can we claim to understand something we've never experienced?
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Post by Kyuuna Dracul on Mar 31, 2021 19:54:08 GMT
The Professor's words led to a visible relaxation this time for Kyuuna before she spoke "funny enough I think I'd like to see if the Taillow would have me Professor Yew". She looked up at the picture "the old stories about em sounded like me as a kid". Her grin getting mischievous "I was a scrappy kid when I was younger after all". Then she mumbled "and if the lil one wants to travel outside the pokeball least I could take a nap without someone poking me in the foot to see if I live for once...". Then she spoke up louder "even though I picked Taillow; I'm sure the rest of you lot will find a trainer in time!".
Yep definitely an odd woman but not unpleasant that much was certain. Though she looked at Yew again "you wouldn't happen to know a place I could find tools to fix up a bike would ya? the one I've got is on it's last legs I think". The mental image of such a tall person on a bike was probably gonna make it alot harder to swallow a gigglefit if Yew wasn't careful. Though the sheepish grin now gracing Kyuuna's face implied she already knew it was an amusing thought.
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Post by Professor Victoria Yew on Apr 3, 2021 0:17:31 GMT
Professor Yew "Let's see about the Taillow, then," Yew said, smiling as she tried to picture the woman before her as a scrappy kid. She couldn't do it, but she didn't doubt Kyuuna's word. She hoped -- and expected, considering the meetings she'd supervised so far -- that Kyuuna and Taillow would hit it off. Taking Taillow's Pokeball from its cup, Yew offered it to Kyuuna. "Would you like to do the honors?"The professor knew it was an important moment for people, overseeing their first Pokemon's emergence into the world, and she didn't want to rob Kyuuna of that memory. At Kyuuna's other question, Yew frowned in thought for a moment, then answered, "There's a good bike shop down on 5th Avenue -- Bill's Bikes. That would be my first pick."how can we claim to understand something we've never experienced? // Since Taillow is your Pokemon, you'll be controlling it in this and every other thread. Here is your starter's statblock! Please copy and paste the code for this statblock into a new post on your tracker. Make sure to paste it twice, once normally and once in [*code] tags (remove the asterisk). Taillow // Level 1 // male Max HP | Attack | Defense | Speed | 8 | 8
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Ability: Guts - Taillow's Attack increases by 50% (1.5x) when affected by a major status ailment (poison, burn, paralysis, freeze, or sleep); if burnt, Taillow does not suffer an Attack penalty Held item: none Moves: Growl, Peck
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Post by Kyuuna Dracul on Apr 3, 2021 1:23:10 GMT
Near reverently Kyuuna accepted the orb that held her new hopeful partner "alright Taillow I choose you!" gently tossing the orb into the air and triggering it's release mechanism for the tiny bird to burst forth. The tiny blue pink and white creature flapped rapidly as he oriented himself. Landing at Kyuuna's feet; preening before he looked around peeping curiously only turning around when she spoke while crouching down "hey". Holding out a hand in a friendly gesture "I'm the one ya heard inside your poke' ball little friend". A quick hop and suddenly he was not only on her hand, but climbing up her sleeve to her shoulder as she stood up "think...he? likes me?". Laughing when the tiny swallow preened her ear lobe "hey! ya goofball that's my ear".
Chuckling more when he puffed his feathers tickling the side of her face "ok guess that answers my question...but I don't want to just call ya Taillow all the time like we're not friends...how about the name Casull? Cas for short?". This got another peep but thankfully quieter due to being right next to Kyuuna's ear "well that sounded like approval! thanks again Professor Yew, me n Casull here are gonna work hard to become the best!". Three short peeps from Cas in what sounded like agreement made her chuckle "and thanks for the information about the bike shop, will definitely stop there on my way out of town".
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Post by Professor Victoria Yew on Apr 5, 2021 16:12:25 GMT
Professor Yew The professor smiled as Taillow exited his Pokeball and reacted to Kyuuna. As she'd expected, Pokemon and trainer immediately hit it off. That was the case for most of the trainers Yew had helped introduce to their Pokemon, and she was glad to see that Kyuuna was no exception. "All right -- I'm glad you two like each other. You'll want this, too." The professor offered Kyuuna a business card. "It has my contact information -- you're always welcome to call or text me if you need help as a trainer -- and instructions for downloading our Pokedex app onto your phone. You'll find a lot of very useful information in there."Then the professor took a moment to think, but no, that was about it. "If you have any other questions, please let me know. Otherwise, you and Casull are free to go -- or you can have this room for the rest of the hour, if you'd rather get to know each other here."how can we claim to understand something we've never experienced?
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Post by Kyuuna Dracul on Apr 5, 2021 19:45:42 GMT
Kyuuna took the card smiling "thanks, I'll definitely remember that when I'm on the road". Then she pulled her phone out with a little charm dangling from it that Casull took immediate interest in. Poking it playfully with his beak as Kyuuna downloaded the app "y'know Casull, that's not helping me any ya goof". The cheeped response made her snort laugh "ok cheeky". Once she had it set up she held up Casull's poke'ball "you wanna ride on my shoulder while we travel or go back in the ball?".
Casull just cuddled into the crook of her neck and put his head under his wing "ok guess you wanna ride on my shoulder then". After that she pocketed the ball and looked at Yew one last time "ok I think we're gonna get started on our journey instead of hanging around more, thanks for all the help though Ma'am". That said she turned and headed out the door with her poke'mon sleeping peacefully for the time being on her shoulder "sorry lil buddy if the ride gets bumpy soon as we get to that bike shop we'll be better off". With that, the new trainer and her first pokemon left the lab to start life together and see where the path of the Trainer would lead them.
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