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Post by Mariko Sahno on Nov 7, 2017 20:47:47 GMT -8
It was finally time, Mariko was about to set out on her journey, or would be if her mother hadn't been fussing over her and her Pokemon. She had tried to assure her several times that it would be okay but it hadn't worked and now.. well, you know. Luckily she had managed to escape and now was wandering around the city, Slowpoke walking at her side and Nincada nesting in her hair. In her haste to escape from her overbearing mother she hadn't bothered to return the pair to their balls, but oh well, so long as they behaved it probably would be okay.
As for where she was going or what she wanted to do with her time before leaving, frankly she had no idea, though she was okay with that as she enjoyed the hustle and bustle of the city. As usual there were plenty of tourists around and there was likely some kind of event going on in town. With that in mind, it would be a waste if she didn't at least go take a look at the festivities. After all, once she left, who knew how long it would be before she got to come back home.
And so she looked down towards Slowpoke walking at her feet and nodded, sprinting into the crowd with her partner slowly following behind, yawning and keeping up his own slow pace, not even attempting to keep up with his trainer, knowing that he would catch up eventually.
Meanwhile Mariko herelf was dashing ahead, excited about the possible events that awaited her. nything could happen, it was just a matter of time.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Nov 8, 2017 5:56:27 GMT -8
Living so close to Caravella had many perks for Lucien Benoit. One was, of course, the beach front property that was his ranch space. The other, however, was being in such close proximity to the hustle and bustle of such a warm and friendly atmosphere. Sure, there was underlying tension between the remaining nobles and the citizens, but he could ignore it in the face of so much brightness and joy that came with every festival.
Wandering through the streets in a t-shirt, shorts, and sandals, Lucien could easily have been mistaken for a tourist. The flower pattern bag on his right shoulder and the sunglasses that rested on his forehead only accentuated the look. Inside that bag, however, rested a tiny Lurantis seemed to be surveying the area very carefully for as relaxed as her trainer was. Every couple of minutes, she’d make a noise or two that would have him glancing down and chuckling a bit at her assessment. Well, can’t please everyone right?
As they got to the stalls, Lucien started to wind in and out of them, looking for trinkets, items, stones, Pokemon, whatever happened to catch his eye. He probably could have set up a stall of his own given his business, but ehhhh there was always next time, right? Coming around the corner of one stall, however, he bumped hard and fast right into someone. “Outch!” he stumbled a bit. “Ey! Ahr ya a’right?” he asked quickly trying to help the girl up if she needed it.
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Post by Mariko Sahno on Nov 8, 2017 6:19:43 GMT -8
Of course, Mariko wasn't paying attention to where she was going and ended up smashing into another person.Of course it could also have been due to the fact that she was more or less running through a crowded street but it was more likely that she just hadn't been paying all too much attention. Regardless, it hurt being spent sprawling into the pavement, the girl rubbing her now sore butt a moment before a greater concern came to mind and she reached into her hair, plucking out an annoyed looking Nincada, whom had apparently been napping up until that point. "Sorry bud. "she spoke down to the little bug, though it was just a moment before she looked back up, at that point finally noticing the person that she had bumped into.
"Ah, yeah I'm fine. she responded to him, letting Nincada crawl back into her hair before accepting her assailant's outstretched hand and being helped up off the ground. "Just wasn't paying attention to where I was going I guess. Sorry about that.she apologized, sheepishly rubbing the back of her head.
Meanwhile it seemed that Slowpoke hadn't been too far behind as he bumped into his trainer's leg causing her to look down, the Dopey Pokemon yawning as a greeting. "Oh, hey Slowpoke."
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Nov 8, 2017 6:37:32 GMT -8
It took Lucien a moment to realize the girl was reaching for initially, but once he saw it, he couldn’t unsee it. A Nincada? As she reassured it and then set it back in her hair, he found himself staring. It had been a while since he’d seen one of those. Huh, from like… the swarm a couple month back or something? Anywho~ He’d help her back up pretty easily once she took his hand. “Sal gewd so long’s yer ok,” he grinned a bit. From the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the pink Pokemon that would bump into the girl right after, and a small laugh did escape from him. “Looks like yer gettin’ run inta by e’eryone.”
Alamea cooed from his bag causing Lucien to glance sideways at her. “Look ‘Mea ‘s like a c’ple ahn tha ranch,” he thumbed over to the Slowpoke. She gave a resounding nod before slipping further into the bag again. Turning his attention back, he found himself briefly glancing over the girl’s aura and wow it was bright and nice! Just like the festival. “Ah! Namez Lucien, call meh Luci!” he grinned giving a brief wave.
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Post by Mariko Sahno on Nov 8, 2017 7:16:20 GMT -8
"Name's Mariko and mah partners are Nincada and Slowpoke. It's a pleasure to meet ya."Mariko responded to the greeting, smiling as she introduced herself, Slowpoke seeming to echo the sentiment with a yawn and Nincada poking up out of her hair just long enough to let off an introductory click before burrowing back down and going back to napping.
Well then, now that introductions were over.. how to proceed from here? this wasn't the first time that she had ever bumped into someone during a festival but it was the first time that she had ever actually gotten a chance to know someone out of it. Now was she going to let it go to waste? Well, no of course not. She just wasn't sure what to do, currently settling for just awkwardly rocking on the balls of her feet as she thought it over.
"So, what brings ya here?" she asked, having blurted out the first thing to come to mind, and mentally chastising herself for such a lame question. Well, it wasn't entirely unfounded as he seemed to mention something about a ranch. There was a chance that she was taking up valuable time, though some part of her was really hoping that wasn't really the case.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Nov 8, 2017 8:13:55 GMT -8
Mariko, Lucien did his best to commit the name to memory with a small nod. Nincada and Slowpoke were easy enough considering the species name, but yeah. As Mariko settled, Lucien set his hands behind his head relaxedly. Oh- oh yeah heh. “Heh, tha festival mos’ly,” he answered thumbing back around towards the various stands and stalls. Pretty easy to guess why anyone would be there, but yeah heh.
“Ah live outsi’ tha city a ways ‘ut ‘ts noice ta c’me in ‘rvy once ‘n a while. Ya from ‘round ‘ere?” he asked just as warmly back. Sure, he may have never seen her before, but the greater Caravellian area was pretty big all things considered (as seemed to be the case for most of the cities? They had such weird boundaries that extended so much further than where the houses ended, heh.). But then again Caravella was also one of the big port areas, so she could have just come off the boat for as far as he knew.
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Post by Mariko Sahno on Nov 8, 2017 9:42:44 GMT -8
At first Mariko simply nodded, some part of her feeling relieved that she didn't seem to be getting in the way. Though she had to admit to some amount of surprise when the question was turned back towards her. "Ah yeah, I live here in the city, though I'll be going off on a journey soon with my partners. Thought that I would try to enjoy the festival one more time before we leave." she said, looking around at the crowds, the various stalls and such surrounding the area. She really was going to miss the liveliness of the everyday that came from living in such a city.. But now wasn't really the time to be getting sentimental, after all there was still a long day ahead of them.
"If ya don't have any particular plans would ya like to take a look around together?"she suddenly asked, realizing that it may have been a bit sudden, but hey, that's just who she was. And her tendency to just say things as they came to mind had worked so far, so who knew, maybe it would pay off once more.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Nov 8, 2017 9:57:54 GMT -8
Oh? She was headed off on a Pokemon Journey then? She looked a little older than ten, but heh who cared? That was exciting! “Realleh?” he grinned wide. “Noice, ‘ts a great ‘xperience.” His own ‘first journey’ had been like an extended vacation if he was honest, but who could take anything seriously on the islands of Alola? (Apparently a lot of people, but that wasn’t quite the case for Luci, heh.)
Oh? The offer to hang out had him dropping his hands slowly. “Ey surez!” he grinned a bit more. “Twould be kewl~” He winked once before making a head gesture back the way he came through the various stalls and such. “Derz a lotta games ‘n stuff ‘round tha corner, er derz tha food stands ah think dat way?” They were festival games whose prizes were less than stellar but still fun to play and experience. Food was always good too, though.
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Post by Mariko Sahno on Nov 9, 2017 1:47:47 GMT -8
So it seemed that being impulsive really did pay off from time to time, now if only it would work this well all the time. Mariko was absolutely ecstatic at Lucien's quick acceptance of her proposal and though she was making her best effort to not show too much outwards excitement,she was certain that she had a big grin on her face.
"Excellent. I'm sure that we're going to have a great time."she said. At the very least, it was going to prove to be interesting, plus there was the excitement that came with having the chance to hang out with a person outside of her own small friend group. The only question was.. how to go from here? "So what to do first? Games? Food? Maybe we can look around and see if anything interesting pops up? There were really any number of options, all of which sounded to be equally appealing. Perhaps it was simply due to excitement, or maybe at least in part due to her own nature, but she just couldn't decide what it was that she really wanted to do first. All she knew was that she wanted to enjoy herself however possible.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Nov 9, 2017 15:26:41 GMT -8
Though Mariko may not have shown physical excitement, the way in which her aura changed made it obvious to Lucien. Sure, Lucien may not have been able to tell the deep intricacies of emotions yet, but he could tell excitement at least. That and the grin on her face and all too heh. A wider grin flashed across his features at that. He gave a two finger salute at her words. Yep! He was sure they’d have fun! Always!
Hmmmm where to first? Games, food, whatever else? Golden eyes flashed around for a moment taking in the stalls again before he grinned back. “Ya wanna try out s’me festival gamez?” he asked, thumbing over to one of the ring toss games. Spend some enegery and eat some energy right? Sounded like a plan. If she confirmed it, he’d start over that way and go up to the counter. Fishing a couple bills from his pocket, he’d ask for two sets of rings, and once they were provided for, he’d grin and set a stack in front of Mariko. “Ya gawt some mad throwing skills?” he asked with a small laugh. Didn’t really matter if she did or not.
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Post by Mariko Sahno on Nov 11, 2017 5:03:58 GMT -8
"Games sounds good to me.she said, a smile crossing her face as she noticed him thumbing towards the ring toss games. That was a fascinating choice, the perfect appetizer for the day that lay ahead. "Oh, I see... Good choice. she said nonchalantly, hands behind her head as she followed him over towards the counter.
Upon reaching the counter, she reached for her wallet, only to withdraw her hand as she saw Lucien paying for the both of them.
She grinned as she looked over towards him and then down towards the stack of rings, picking one up and . "I think that I'm getting good enough. I've been practicing my throws."she said with a laugh of her own.
It was just a moment though before she turned her attention towards the game itself, picking up her first ring and letting it loose with a light toss towards the center, a clink indicating a very narrow miss,the ring sitting close to the target in question.
"Darn, just a little bit off."
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Nov 11, 2017 16:59:05 GMT -8
From the corner of his ‘eye’ Lucien caught Mariko’s movements for her wallet. Turning his head, he flashed a grin at her and then went on from there. As she spoke, he grinned a bit. Practicing her throws eh? Neato. “Schweet,” he answered watching her first throw. “Nawt tew bad,” he grinned flicking his wrist and trying to nail one of the bottles only for it to spring off and— land in a second one?
The guy behind the counter squinted a little looking from the bottle to Luci and then back again. Luci flashed a grin and shrugged his shoulders. He still needed to get .. how many? Two or three of these to get any sort of prize? Don’t worry man, don’t worry. Luck is apparently not on your side, but whatever, right?
Lucien’s bag stirred again as Alamea sat up to watch this strange game go down. Looking back at Mariko, she made a small feeler gesture to try again, being a bit more outwardly encouraging than her trainer just by nature.
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Post by Mariko Sahno on Nov 13, 2017 4:17:59 GMT -8
As she watched Lucien attempt his first throw, a pretty nice one at that, out of the corner of her eye, Mariko caught sight of the tiny Pokemon peeking out of Lucien's bag. It was so cute! And it seemed to be encouraging her. It was admittedly a bit distracting as some part of her had to actively resist letting out a girlish squeal at the very adorable creature.
She took a deep breath to mentally pump herself up. "Alright, time to put forth mah best effort."she whispered to herself, facing towards the bottles and making her second throw. The throw was a tad shaky, rolling around the edge of a battle, shaking a bit, before finally falling in, a smile crossing her face and Nincada making what seemed like a cheering noise, the bug Pokemon having crawled out of her hair and taken up a perch on the shoulder of her non-dominant arm to watch the event.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Nov 14, 2017 14:29:02 GMT -8
From the corner of his eye and within his mind’s eye, Lucien watched Mariko move. He could see her aura shimmer with something akin to determination as she threw, and he could see the way her aura resounded on the ring as it flew onto the bottle. Nice. Flashing a grin back at her, he clapped once. “Awesome!” he grinned.
A small noise escaped from Alamea in congratulations as well. Looking up at the Nincada, the Lurantis stared at the bug Pokemon curiously. It had been a very long time since she’d seen one of those— long enough that she couldn’t even remember where, exactly. That was a true Bug Pokemon, though, quite a bit different from her species of pure Grass.
Grasping his second ring, Lucien closed his eyes very briefly. He….. may or may not have been training his aura sight just a little and might have been wanting to test it out to show off. Alright, alright, he could see the world’s aura in his mind’s eye— the mainly blue hues with the occasional touches of life. He could see the little bits of aura remnants on the bottles that brought them to life in the process. If he just… tossed it that way—
The ring hit the bottle perfectly, and as Lucien opened his eyes again, he grinned a bit too hard. “Heck yeah!”
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Post by Mariko Sahno on Nov 28, 2017 14:39:30 GMT -8
It was a very small thing, and yet Mariko couldn't help a grin at the satisfaction that she felt. "Alright,let's keep this momentum going." she spoke, fists clenched as she continued to pump herself up. As she was doing that, Nincada meanwhile was looking towards the tiny Fomantis with a sense of curiosity, having never seen one before. It looked like a plant but also like a bug.. Was it a grass type or a bug type?
As the tiny bug Pokemon puzzled over what the Fomantis really could be, Mariko herself was a bit puzzled over another matter, tilting her head in confusion as she noticed Lucien closing his eyes and seeming to concentrate, not even opening them as he made his throw.. a throw with a perfect landing. It.. was pretty incredible. "That was pretty amazing!" she exclaimed with a light clap.
Some part of her wanted to show off in return, but she knew that there was no chance that she would be able to even pull something like that off, and so she opted for a normal throw, albeit a bit harder than normal so as to reach out farther, hitting on a bottle in the very back line.
"YES!Just one more!"she exclaimed with a wide grin.
This was getting to be really exciting.
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