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Post by Lucien Benoit on Dec 5, 2017 16:52:02 GMT -8
Rio was… so very comfortable and pleased and just yes. He could almost go to sleep like this, maybe. A mid-day or whatever time it actually was-nap did actually sound nice. Yawning out a small noise, he settled comfortably.
Alamea, meanwhile, slowly shifted back towards Lucien, hopping up to his shoulder and folding her legs and arms comfortably. Though her true spot was often in the messenger bag he carried, he didn’t seem to have that today, so she’d sit pretty here instead. Absently, Lucien’s hand reached up to feel through her feelers gently.
A small grin flashed across Lucien’s features as Hunter hoped his stay would be good. Heh, about a year ago he would have bitched about how cold it was and whined incessantly that the family should move down to the warmer coast. Now, though, he’d come to terms with it— kinda sorta, almost, maybe, heh. Hell, so long as Antoine was happy and safe, everything would be fine.
The question had Lucien perking up a bit. Looking back over towards the menu and finding that the barista had actually put his drink up and Rio’s cookies. Oh right, he totally forgot until now. “Actually ordered the Mocha Mint Surprise,” he answered looking back and grinning at Hunter. “Fergot ta grab it actually…” Whoops, that was what getting eaten but by a conversation did but yeah. Shifting up, he paused. “If ya know whatcha want specifically I can order it fer ya?” Why not, right?
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Post by Hunter Griswold on Dec 5, 2017 20:36:13 GMT -8
Osmium Synchronize Teleport | Shadow Ball | Energy Ball
Barium Intimidate Crunch | Flamethrower | Reversal | Leer
Iridium Unnerve Dragon Dance | Dragon Pulse | Slash | Dragon Claw
| Osmium was already drifting to sleep, per the usual with the species. As the Abra drifted to sleep, Hunter took note of the aura changes below him and shuffled a bit as the Abra leaned against his leg, officially taking up even more of him than Barium was. Chuckling, he allowed it to happen, but was obviously stuck in place for now.
Hunter returned the grin and looked to the barista as well, eyebrows raised and a small chuckle escaping him as he looked back down at his legs. "Just tell me how much it was and I'll get you back the amount. I seem to be anchored in place." No, he really was. He didn't want to just up and move, disturbing the sleeping pokemon all piled up against his legs. He knew that he'd regret it when he actually went to move out of the seat to start heading home... but they were just too cute to disturb.
Listening to Barium at his feet give a small huff when his master shuffled, he let out a playful, annoyed sounding groan back at him.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Dec 6, 2017 15:05:00 GMT -8
Rio wouldn’t drift off to sleep immediately, but he was very comfortable. Eyes closed, he could still see the whips of aura in the world, but they were becoming dimmer slowly but surely. Mmmmm…
A small laugh escaped from Lucien. “Lrighteh,” he answered giving a small salute and heading to the register. He… wasn’t too sure of what Hunter wanted but decided to order another one of the mocha mint surprises considering that sounded good. Taking up his own and having a sip, he grinned a bit. “Wanna try, Mea?” The Lurantis took a sip of her own accord and looked thoughtful. It wasn’t the best thing she’d ever had (that reserved to a specific juice that seemed to be exclusive to Alola, sigh), but it certainly wasn’t bad. Handing the cookie he’d ordered to Alamea, Lucien waited for the other coffee to be made and grabbed it in his other hand.
Walking back, he set one coffee in front of Hunter and the other in front of himself. “Thar ya go.” Alamea had already opened the wrapping of the spicy treat and seemed to be nibbling it. Rio’s noise had yet to catch it, however, and she hoped he was asleep entirely so she could have all of it to herself, heh.
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Post by Hunter Griswold on Dec 6, 2017 17:07:39 GMT -8
Osmium Synchronize Teleport | Confusion | Shadow Ball | Energy Ball
Barium Intimidate Crunch | Flamethrower | Reversal | Leer
Iridium Unnerve Dragon Dance | Dragon Pulse | Slash | Dragon Claw
| Hunter had his head down and was observing the three sleeping pokemon, his head tilted to one side as Barium seemed to slip into some sort of puppy dream. Chasing something by the way his paws moved ever so slightly. It was comfortable for the most part, but his legs were starting to go numb, or at least feel tingly from the lack of motion he had in them. He could easily move his legs, but that would disturb the sleeping pokemon and he just couldn't do that.
So he consigned his self to not moving, at all. 'guess i'll die' he joked to his self, snorting softly in laughter while Lucien was at the counter. When he started walking back though, he straightened up a bit and nodded in thanks. Digging out his wallet, he casually passed the amount he heard the barista say to Lucien. Don't ask how he keeps track of which bill is which, he's very systematic about how things in his wallet are stored, especially his IDs.
"Thanks yea." He said with a light grin, shuffling some in his sleep as he took a hold of the cup when Lucien's hand left it. He kept one hand on it to keep track of it as well. It actually smelled kinda nice. Taking a moment to figure out the smells in it, he took a small sip and was actually surprised by it's flavor. He usually didn't like adding anything to his coffee, but he was open to trying new things, a lot of times they turned out like this, not half bad. "This actually isn't all that bad. A nice change from plain coffee."
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Dec 6, 2017 17:21:52 GMT -8
Lucien hesitated for a second but would accept the change as it was handed to him, folding it back in his wallet before putting that back in his pocket again. Alamea took the initiative to sit back down on the table instead of Luci’s shoulder, and very subtly she made to steal another sip of his drink. Hmmmm yes, this was pretty good. Lucien absently reached up to help her with that, which pleased her even more. She shifted again as he raised it to his own lips and took a drink.
“T’s a seasonal thing ah think,” he grinned a bit. “Hawt chocolate ‘n mint ‘n coffee…” He grinned a bit before admitting: “T’s hard ta drink regular coffee, heh.” Regular coffee was so dark and bitter and kinda gross. This stuff kinda tasted like a desert, so he could roll with it. “They ‘ad somethin’ kinda like et ‘n Alola,” he shifted a little. “Ut ah think Alola wins out.” It always did in his opinion, but then no one asked for it heh.
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Post by Hunter Griswold on Dec 6, 2017 18:25:05 GMT -8
Osmium Synchronize Teleport | Confusion | Shadow Ball | Energy Ball
Barium Intimidate Crunch | Flamethrower | Reversal | Leer
Iridium Unnerve Dragon Dance | Dragon Pulse | Slash | Dragon Claw
| Hunter laughed some as mea took a drink of Lucien's drink, and to be honest, he was kinda glad Barium wasn't here to try and rip off some of his drink. He was a good seeing eye Growlithe, but sometimes, he could get a bit pushy. Taking another drink, he shrugged one shoulder. "Yea. I've just always been a sucker for bitter things. My uncle would agree with you on that though." Something else about Alola. He was at a loss.
He couldn't tell anyone the first thing about any region outside of Veria. Raising his eyebrows, he stopped for a moment before looking back at Lucien. "I'm guessing you've been to Alola?" He knew quite a bit about it, it seemed. But that was just because he mentioned it so much. It almost sounded like homesickness, but people often liked to talk about things they missed, even if they weren't originally from it.
Just a characteristic of liking things. Just how he liked and respected Pokemon a little too much at times. With the three sleeping Pokemon still at his feet serving as a perfect example of this, he moved his legs around juuuust a bit to try and get some feeling back into his feet. At least it wasn't one of his uncles Pokemon on his feet again. That... got a little painful after about an hour or so of sitting still.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Dec 6, 2017 19:24:00 GMT -8
A sucker for bitter things? Lucien snickered a bit at that but gave a small nod. He knew at least a couple people who were, but he just wasn’t one of them. At the question, however, he’d perk up pretty quickly, flashing a grin.
His aura would shimmer with a sense of nostalgia and excitement all at once. “Yeah! Lived ther fer almost six years,” he answered shifting a little forward. “T’s kinda what ah consider ‘home’ home e’en ‘f most of the fam’s in Kalos.” Were they? Antoine, Elena, Thomas, Andie, and Seraph were all here, so— eh, maybe that accounted for all their parents presumably being in Kalos too so ehhh. Anyways, he settled again kinda softly. “I ah… kinda jus’…” couldn’t help bringing it up? Was being reminded that come January or February he would have been in Veria for a solid year? Yeah….. That … weirdly hurt heh.
Rio would, in fact, register the slight movement of Hunter. A red eye opened, flicking up to the Abra, then to the man’s leg, then over to Lucien before closing again. One aura receptor on the side of his head raised, and he took in the world better that way instead. Hmmmm….
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Post by Hunter Griswold on Dec 7, 2017 1:54:36 GMT -8
Osmium Synchronize Teleport | Confusion | Shadow Ball | Energy Ball
Barium Intimidate Crunch | Flamethrower | Reversal | Leer
Iridium Unnerve Dragon Dance | Dragon Pulse | Slash | Dragon Claw
| Hunter smiled at the brightening aura and smile as Lucien talked of staying in Alola. Almost six years added up to a long time, either way. Then he mentioned most of his family being in Kalos. As he listened to him speak and wrap up his thoughts with an unfinished sentence, Hunter frowned a bit. He was incapable of relating to any of that, unless you count worrying about his uncle being alone in Aleal while he finally got to start traveling Veria. But that was nothing, he didn't have family miles away. He had never been to another continent. Nothing like that.
"You don't have to keep going if you don't want to. I'm just a stranger that's honestly asked too many questions as it is." It was true though. Damning his natural curiosity towards the unknown, Hunter took another drink of his coffee and observed the Riolu beneath him. His shuffling must've disturbed the sleeping puppy.
Oops. Osmium was quick to put an arm over the puppy, petting its side in its sleep. He liked these puppies, even the twitching one that's kicked him in the back, somehow, twice now. Barium had really gotten his self tangled in their masters legs, it seemed.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Dec 7, 2017 6:29:41 GMT -8
Lucien shifted a little in his seat. A hand reached back and mushed a couple of stray hairs there. Even with the reassurance that he was just talking to a stranger in Aleal, he felt inclined to say something to finish up that thought. A small, much weaker, laugh escaped from him after the fact, and he found his shoulders shrugging. “Ah gat attached to et,” he finally answered. “Nd ah wouldda stayed prolly ‘f may sister hand’t gotten hurt…” His eyes glazed over a bit, and his aura twisted and convulsed.
It was… kind of funny but even though his cousin, his brother, and so many more of his family members had been hurt by Niso Konto as well, it was his sister, Elena, who he worried most for. Perhaps it was because of how close they were when they were small. Perhaps it was the guilt that he had been away from her for so long before rushing to her side when he heard she had been hurt. Sure the family kept ties with text messages, calls, and the like but it wasn’t The Same, so… So yeah.
Alamea looked form Lucien to Hunter and then back again. Sure Lucien had been vague but this was the first time he’d really told a virtual stranger why he was there. Oh Luci, they needed to take a trip to Alola to perk you up, dear boy.
Rio settled again feeling that small arm’s pressure as a source of comfort. He was the dog who rolled up in whatever blankets were left out just to feel the pressure of softness around him, heh.
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Post by Hunter Griswold on Dec 7, 2017 15:50:47 GMT -8
Osmium Synchronize Teleport | Confusion | Shadow Ball | Energy Ball
Barium Intimidate Crunch | Flamethrower | Reversal | Leer
Iridium Unnerve Dragon Dance | Dragon Pulse | Slash | Dragon Claw
Mercury Arena Trap Sand Attack | Hyper Beam | Crunch | Bide
--- | Hunter frowned at the weaker laugh and frowned deeper when he heard that the other male's sister had been hurt. "I'm sorry to hear about your sister, is she ok?" He didn't outright say anything about her dying, so that was a good sign... hopefully. Sometimes people avoided the words dead, died or anything like that. It was understandable.
His uncle hated using the words, but if they were needed, he'd speak them. But it was in his aura and it showed that he hated thinking about it. There had been a massive incident that's had his uncle paranoid, a whole expanse of land now a wasteland. Pursing his lips, Hunters thumbs ran along his cup in silence, thought taking over him for a minute as the pokemon beneath him all relaxed after his shuffle.
Mea looked back and forth between them though, and Hunter just gave her a quick smile before taking another drink. Something to keep his mouth closed to stop the flood of questions.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Dec 7, 2017 17:01:14 GMT -8
Lucien tried very hard to perk up. “Y-yeah,” he answered. That should have been it, but then, of course, he added. “She… kinda lost ‘er sight cuz ‘f some shit Niso fuckin’ Konto did…” The name probably rang plenty of bells considering it had been on the TV for the past however many months. Lucien himself was now… conflicted on how he felt about the kid after some recent events, but he could still be mad at the past at any given moment in time, apparently.
And yet… some part of him wanted to leave a bit on a happier note and sort of Segway away from his feelings on Niso Konto specifically. Thinking of Elena again, he smiled a bit weaker. “She sees aura so she’s… learnin’ ta use it kinda sorta ‘n place ‘f sight.” He shifted in a little in his seat. “Been tryin’ ta help ‘er whenever ah c’n but… ‘snawt easy er ‘nything.” Not easy at all when he had sight and aura sight on top of it. Though… that did also push him back to looking a bit more at Hunter’s eyes. “Er— do ya see aura? Or….” he … wondered.
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Post by Hunter Griswold on Dec 8, 2017 0:02:10 GMT -8
Osmium Synchronize Teleport | Confusion | Shadow Ball | Energy Ball
Barium Intimidate Crunch | Flamethrower | Reversal | Leer
Iridium Unnerve Dragon Dance | Dragon Pulse | Slash | Dragon Claw
Mercury Arena Trap Sand Attack | Hyper Beam | Crunch | Bide
| His sister was blind then? Lifting his head some more, he took another drink and took a moment to think on what he had just said. "I've heard Aura sight can be difficult for some people to train." He spoke, trying to pick his words carefully. He didn't want to set anyone or anything off. Taking another drink, he put the cup down and pursed his lips once more in thought.
He knew it'd pop up eventually. He didn't know why he was anticipating it like this, he really wasn't uncomfortable with it at all. Raising his eyebrows, Hunter gave him a nod. "Yea. It's what I use to get around." He admitted with a nod, feeling Osmium lean up against his leg more. He'd offer to help his sister learn, but at this point, it felt a little like intruding. He didn't know enough about the situation to even ask.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Dec 8, 2017 15:08:13 GMT -8
The way Hunter’s aura shifted had Lucien blinking slowly. Heard Aura sight can be difficult for some people to train. So he’d… just heard? Was that common knowledge or— Oh, cool, his question got answered right after that. It’s what I use to get around. Immediately his own aura would brighten a bit as he felt a little more at ease from the assurance. Alamea, meanwhile, looked genuinely surprised at that. So… so then, that was what was up with the man’s eyes? How interesting. Even Rio perked up a little, his ear twitching at the sounds as he began to register what was around him again.
“Have ya ‘lwayz had it or— er— sorry uh…. Kinda personal ah guess…” Lucien ducked a little and grinned softly. His thoughts were going a mile a minute, but he was holding it together pretty well all things considered.
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Post by Hunter Griswold on Dec 8, 2017 15:18:21 GMT -8
Osmium Synchronize Teleport | Confusion | Shadow Ball | Energy Ball
Barium Intimidate Crunch | Flamethrower | Reversal | Leer
Iridium Unnerve Dragon Dance | Dragon Pulse | Slash | Dragon Claw
Mercury Arena Trap Sand Attack | Hyper Beam | Crunch | Bide
Vanadium Inner Focus Blaze Kick | Force Palm | Foresight | Feint
| Hunter smiled a bit again when Lucien made it obvious that he wasn't the only one afraid to bring up subjects like this. They could get a little awkward when it was with a person you didn't know very well yet. "No, it's fine. This subject is always a little strange to get onto with strangers. Yes, I was born this way. Congenital Cortical Blindness. It wasn't till I was older though, obviously, that I could tell my uncle that I could see his aura." He finally admitted in full.
Now was the best time among any though to offer. "I say heard because it just came naturally to me. Never had a trainer, just had my uncle to tell me what his brother had described it to be like. But that brings me to ask. Does you guys need help with the aura sight? I wouldn't mind giving what tips I can on it. But I do remember what I did when I was younger to train it over the years." He had a feeling if he didn't ask as well, both of them were probably going to sit there, beating around the bush.
It was a funny thought! Well, it would be, if it didn't involve someone else suffering from total blindness. He couldn't imagine what it must be like. To see color, objects, patterns. To know how beautiful the world actually is only to have it swiped away by someone driven mad.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Dec 8, 2017 18:43:56 GMT -8
Oh, so he was… he was blind blind. Lucien actually didn’t know what he was expecting, but maybe some part of him had thought Hunter’s case would be a carbon copy of Elena’s for some reason. It was… kind of good Hunter didn’t have anyone to blame for it, though? The hate was such an exhausting thing.
The question, however, had calmed him some. The instability in his aura seemed to fade away become it usual serene shade of green and deep blue. “Realleh? Y-yeah dat’d be great,” he answered a bit softer than intended. “I’ve actually had Aura Sight since before I can remember,” he chuckled a bit. There wasn’t a precise time that he remembered that the world wasn’t colorfully lit with beautiful flames.
“Onleh recently learned ta turn ‘t off even.” Which was a saving grace considering how it had rapidly evolved from small nuances to bright centerpieces with the growth of his sight. “T’s… hard ta help ‘specially since I… I can see …ya—“ he had to stop himself from saying ‘ya know’ considering No, Hunter didn’t know.
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