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Post by Lucien Benoit on Dec 17, 2017 12:38:03 GMT -8
After harvesting a couple flowers, Lucien stood up again. Allowing his gaze to sweep over the area, he frowned softly for a moment. “Ya sense ‘nything, Rio?” he asked. The Riolu looked back up at him and whined softly. “Yeah me neither…” Maybe if they went around to the side.
They’d started that way when Jazz and Rocket came back into ‘sight’. Stopping briefly and waving a hand again, Lucien grinned. Hmmm? They’d found some more? “Noice!” was the only call before Luci made a head gesture to Rio who nodded back. Both started running to catch up to Jazz and follow after him. “We found s’me ova that way ‘ut dere didn’t seem ta be ‘nymore.”
As they came around to the large area Jazz had described, however, both Lucien and Rio seemed to pause briefly. “Jazz…. Be careful…” Lucien’s voice had shifted some, his tone slow and careful. “There’s… a lotta sleeping mon under tha snow…” Could Jazz sense them? Lucien certainly could, and Rio certainly could. There were a lot of flowers, yeah but…. picking them in this mound of resting Pokemon was going to take some skill.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Dec 18, 2017 2:12:50 GMT -8
Jazz smirked and waited for Lucien to nodded when he explained they'd found more too. Well, at least they'd found some, that was a good thing. "Yeah, Rocket 'n I found a small patch too before this one." They still had a lot left to recover but... well, hopefully this next area would have enough for both of them. It was getting colder and Jazz was having a hard time feeling his fingertips now. Which... wasn't really a good sign, was it. Well, they just had to find more, no big deal. The flower couldn't exactly be rare if the guy wanted a dozen from each of them. Thankfully the area Rocket had spotted did have a lot more of the flowers. Maybe they'd be able to go back inside soon after all! Rocket had nearly lunged for the flowers when Jazz stopped him after hearing Lucien's tone. That... huh. How hadn't he spotted that before? Now that Lucien had said something, he could see the other colors blending in with the flower's aura. It was bright, and Jazz found himself squinting a bit. Arceus. Things could never be easy, could they? "I can see eht now. Jis gotta take it slow. If the snow shifts too much, it'll disturb them. Nawt gonna take a chance ders a Pangoro 'r an Ursaring either," Jazz murmured, looking over at Rocket who nodded. Slow, right, they could be slow and careful. Getting into a fight just to pick some flowers sounded lame anyway. Leaning forward, Jazz started to pick the flowers closest to him slowly, carefully. He could see the way the aura twisted before him and watched it move, stopping when he saw it stir even the slightest bit. Rocket too focused more on the aura in front of him and started to pick more of the flowers. Though he wasn't as careful as Jazz was, he was faster. That wasn't always the best though considering the Riolu had managed to crush a couple of the flowers. "Slow down, Rocket. 's nawt a race. We need the flowers to look good, so dun crush 'em." Rocket huffed, he didn't like taking things slow but... well, ok, he'd mangled that one pretty badly. Jazz just smirked and rubbed the Riolu's ears a bit before showing Rocket how to make sure the flowers didn't get crushed. It was slower going, but well, they were getting there at least. Hopefully they'd be able to walk away without waking one of those Pokemon.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Dec 20, 2017 8:07:54 GMT -8
Lucien chewed his bottom lip but nodded his head at Jazz’s assessment. “Lright, Rio let’s go,” he spoke just loud enough for the Riolu to hear. The pup gave a small nod and started to shift through the snow right after. Carefully, slowly, awkwardly, they made their way through the area picking up the snow flowers as they went. Briefly, both pairs of eyes raised up to look towards Jazz and Rocket before settling again as he managed his own Pokemon well enough. After some time, however, Lucien made a hand gesture to Jazz and started back towards the temple. Once they were far enough away, he grinned. “Gawt twelve,” he grinned proudly showing each one that he and Rio had picked. Making sure Jazz had twelve as well, he made a head gesture to start back up inside. Hopefully their next challenge was warmer.
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Post by Super Gmagical on Dec 20, 2017 19:18:50 GMT -8
Now that Jazz and Lucien have gathered the flowers, they're allowed into the temple, and promptly led to a room filled with various craft and art supplies, from fabrics and ribbons to baskets to paints and brushes and more. Use the flowers and whatever else you like to craft a bouquet, wreath, or other arrangement that you and your partner Pokemon can agree reflects the nature of your bond. Will it be 'cool', 'cute', simple or complex, smoothly flowing or chaotic? There are no wrong answers, but it has to really reflect 'you'.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Dec 25, 2017 21:08:00 GMT -8
After what seemed like way too long, Jazz and Rocket finally gathered enough of the flowers and backed away from the pile of sleeping Pokemon. Phew. Good, that meant they could go back to the temple and get warm again. As soon as Lucien stated that he had gotten all twelve, Jazz grinned and showed him the flowers he and Rocket and gathered. "Awesome~, got 'em all too. Less go back. I can't feel my fingers." As soon as they got back inside, Jazz sighed in relief as warmth rushed over him like a blanket. Rocket seemed to share this sentiment as he made a happy sound, stretching a bit and dashing inside to explore more. It was cute and Jazz didn't correct him right away, the Riolu had done a good job after all. The man asked to see the flowers which Jazz proudly showed him and looked over at Lucien when he actuallly led them inside. Good, that meant he didn't need to worry about going back out in the cold. Flashing Lucien a grin, Jazz followed the man only to be led to a room of ...what the fuck? What the hell? Was this what the flowers were for? He had to bite his tongue to keep from groaning as the man explained that yes, they actually had to make some sort of project from the flowers they had gathered. Arceus, they had braved the cold to gather flowers just to make a pretty artsy thing? The hell? When asked if he understood, Jazz forced a smile and nodded. Nevermind his aura was certainly reflecting how pissed he was at such a menial task after going through all that trouble to find the flowers. The man seemed to study the two of them before leaving as Jazz studied one of the nearby wreath kits. Fuck this. He hadn't braved the cold and found all those Arceus forsaken flowers just to make something pretty. Was quitting an option? Could he just walk out that door? "Fucking wreaths? Really?" Jazz hissed, slamming a hand on the table while Rocket ran around the room, examining this and that. "Sure doesn't sound like any training I-... Rocket, no, that's not food!" A few quick steps would be made just in time to snatch a wax apple from the Riolu. Arceus. Could anything else go wrong? Like hell he was going to waste time working on some stupid project.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Dec 27, 2017 21:02:24 GMT -8
Golden eyes slowly drew over the room filled to the brim with art supplies and kits of all kinds. The directions were simple enough: create something that reflected the bond with Rio. The only problem with that was Lucien had no idea who what when where why or how. He might have looked back to Rio and started a discussion about what they should do, but Jazz’s aura actually caught his attention before anything else. The way in which it moved and swirled reflected his irritation, and Lucien found himself biting his lower lip.
As the man left and Jazz’s outburst hit the air, Lucien frowned even more. As Rio started to go through some of the various art supplies and kits, his trainer closed the distance with the other human in the room. A hand reached out and clasped Jazz’s shoulder. “Ey….” Lucien paused before offering a smaller smile. “Jus’… jus try ‘n relax a bit der, no need ta be so angry ya feel?” His hand left Jazz’s shoulder pretty quickly after that, but Lucien’s smile didn’t fade. He’d wait for Jazz to reply before starting to look around as well. Hmmm what should they make? Rio appeared to be going through a box of paint brushes but had yet to find anything that realy caught his attention.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Dec 30, 2017 0:18:25 GMT -8
Jazz was still fuming over this bullshit task when he felt Lucien's hand on his shoulder. He might have jumped a little at feeling it, but really Jazz didn't have any more fucks to give. Looking over at Lucien, Jazz took a deep breath and nodded. Right. He was right. It was still bullshit, but getting mad about it wasn't going to help. Might as well get it over with. Ugh. "Right... right,"Jazz murmured, taking another deep breath, " 's still bullshit but yer right." Besides that, how many times had Grandma worked with them on projects like this. Braving the cold to find flowers was one thing considering it had been an exercise in using aura sight. This though, what was the point even? Ehh, whatever. Rocket seemed to have found a few funny looking things he liked in the meantime. Right, what were they going to make even? There were just too many things in the room for Jazz to know where he wanted to start. Of course it didn't help that he didn't want to do this stupid task but whatever. There were some paints and some things that looked like gears? Well, that looked cool. Maybe?
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Dec 30, 2017 10:35:51 GMT -8
Lucien shrugged his shoulders only once before turning to look through the various arts and crafts sets that were there. Rio had pulled out a canvas and was looking at him a little weirdly, a mix of uncertainty and desire. “Ey ‘f ya wanna use et bud let’s do et,” Lucien snickered with a small shrug thereafter. The puppy perked up rather quickly and grabbed it up before wandering over to a wooden easel to set it down on.
Now they just… had to figure out how to make it work with the flowers or make the flowers work with whatever they wanted to make, right? The Riolu squinted and whined a little only to find Lucien’s hand on his head ruffling his ears. “Ey we gawt time ‘n ets warm ‘n ‘ere at least,” he assured again. The puppy perked up rather quickly. Hell yeah!
Lucien took a couple steps back and stared at the canvas. The flowers they had picked were mostly white, so maybe they could make the canvas a dark color for contrast— HHhhhhh it had been a long time since he had painted, hadn’t it? Heh. He needed to do that more often. Looking back towards Jazz, he grinned a bit. “Ya find somethin’ ya wanna try yet?”
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Dec 31, 2017 0:25:39 GMT -8
As Lucien moved to talk with Rio, Jazz dug out some more gears and ohhey, the guy hadn't said anything about using outside tools right? Hmmm, he could work with this. Rocket had grabbed some paints and a few more of the apples from before and brought them to Jazz looking a little uncertain. Well, well... maybe they could use it? Grinning at the Riolu, Jazz nodded and ruffled his ears. "Sure, we kin do summin with 'em." That seemed to cheer the Riolu up who went racing around the room again, digging through some other things that looked interesting. Watching Rocket zoom around the room was fun in and of itself and Jazz found himself relaxing just the slightest bit. Heh, well, maybe this wasn't so bad. Rocket seemed to find it fun at least and it was a lot warmer in here. By the time Rocket came back with another armload of stuff, Jazz had found some more gears and other odds and ends he was pretty sure he could put together to make something cool. Good thing he brought his tools, or rather his redesigned swiss army knife. It was one of the few things he didn't leave home without and would certainly help with putting these things together. Mmm, maybe some wire too. That left the stuff Rocket had brought over. Uhm, there were paints, a few more gears, and a few other odds and ends that Jazz couldn't quite place. But they still had to incorporate the flowers somehow didn't they. Ah... right, maybe that was possible? Lucien's question had Jazz looking back over him, smirking a bit. "Sorta? Dunno how flowers fit with gears 'n knick knacks though. We'll make eht work though, right Rocket?" The Riolu gave an enthusiastic nod as he helped pick up the assortment of supplies over to one off the tables. Well, they had supplies at least now just... right, glue might be nice. Ohh, and black glitter might make the white contrast less stark. Yeah, this would work. "Ya figure out 'nything yet?" Jazz asked more as an afterthought as he set Rocket to work bending some of the parts he needed. Heh, his strength sure came in handy.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Dec 31, 2017 18:25:21 GMT -8
Gears and knickknacks and flowers? Lucien raised an eyebrow but only continued to grin. “Neat,” he’d answer before looking back at the canvas again. Rio had taken the liberty of grabbing some paint and squirting it … all over the canvas, actually. Lucien’s eyebrow quirked, and his golden eyes fell over to Rio’s red ones. The puppy blushed a little embarrassed but a little too proud to admit he had no idea what he was doing. Humans just squirted this stuff or something, right?
On seeing the way Rio’s aura shifted in response, Lucien chuckled and looked back at the canvas. “Yeah et could use moar blue….” he agreed. The puppy perked up rather quickly and yipped in assurance. Lucien grabbed up a paint brush and slowly began dabbing the massive blob that was on the canvas into smaller much more textured blobs. “Maybeh fin’ some gold too?” he asked. The Riolu blinked but nooded, grabbing as close to gold as he could and squirting it on the canvas as well— in a sort of arch this time. Lucien grinned and blotted it in.
Squirt, blot, squish. The canvas became a sky of blue gradients and yellow trim, a sunrise over the water. When Rio got too excited and squirted in some red and green, Lucien made them into a sea green sea and a red sun coloring the horizon. They still had to incorporate the white flowers somehow but— “Oi, noice Rio,” he grinned a bit as the puppy began to fill in the foreground with a field staring off into the water— or that was what Lucien chose to interpret it as as the flowers were added to the lower area. Carefully, Lucien dabbed them with bits of extra color to fill in as well. Heh, hey not bad?
Looking back towards Jazz, Lucien grinned a bit. What was he making?
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Jan 2, 2018 2:03:39 GMT -8
Jazz grinned back at Lucien when he spoke and nodded, snickering a bit as Rio squirting paint all over the canvas. Ok, this was kinda fun wasn't it. Not that he'd ever admit that but well, making something with Rocket was nice. Still, there was still the question about how to include the flowers. Hmmm, maybe they could use the wreath kit after all. Rio sure seemed interested in it and there was the remnants of a pocket watch they could finagle in the center. This way they could use the flowers without it looking too out of place and maybe give it a bit of Christmas flair. Hmm, what other sparkles did they have? Nah, maybe stick with the black and gold glitter. Rocket had just finished with his little curl when Jazz saw him grab one of the wreath kits and pull out the contents. Hmm, there were pine cones and other things too that would work with the wreath. All they needed was wire to make this work and... hmm, maybe something with a little motion? Yeah, that seemed to fit. Working with the wreath, Jazz added in the gears they had found, working them together to make sure they fit perfectly. Rocket meanwhile was having fun adding the gold and black glitter dust to the flowers. It wasn't enough to completely hide the white but it certainly looked pretty. He even added a few of the gadgets to the wreath with wire, a few curls and worked in some of the gadgets they'd found. That set of keys looked pretty cool too! Oh! and this thingymabob! Jazz usually found it easier to work on his own but working together with Rocket like this was nice. The Riolu had a lot of good ideas and every time he added something to the wreath, Jazz worked it into the design. Yes, that would give it some extra flair wouldn't it. "Noice, now if ya put that gizmo 'ere, I think we're almost done. Hmm, kinya find sum kinda bird?" Rocket nodded and dug through a few of the boxes and found a few balls and some feathers? Ohh, this was a neat kit. That would work? Maybe he could put this together, yeah.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Jan 2, 2018 18:17:21 GMT -8
Yellow eyes reflected the wreath as it was begin put together, and a small smile curled on Lucien’s lips before he focused back on his own work. Jazz’s aura had noticeably calmed, and that little flicker of enjoyment wasn’t lost on Lucien. Heh, good. With that, he went back to working on his own painting— no, his and Rio’s painting.
As their teacher of sorts came back in, he would find that between the humans and their Pokemon, each project was mostly done now. Ah, look at that harmony, yes good. Perhaps it was time to move them on to the next exercise then.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Jan 2, 2018 22:46:45 GMT -8
By the time Rocket came back with the bird he'd made, Jazz had finished tying the gadgets together to create a nice, if busy wreath. The flowers were woven into it so it added a little flair to it rather than look out of place next to the gears. It was certainly steam punk inspired but well, that was Jazz's aesthetic and Rocket seemed to like the finished product as well. That left the bird that was actually very well done but looked so much better with a few additions like a top hat, a gear monocle eye, and a splash of glitter. Even Rocket agreed that it was perfect like that. After a bit of finagling, Jazz managed to get everything to work the way they wanted it to. Or at least, in theory. Every part moved independentally as long as the wire connecting them wasn't tightened. But when that happened, each gadget and gizmo twirled, spun, or moved in some form or fashion. It looked busy but it was a controlled chaos. Every part had a function and a purpose and well, Jazz was proud of it. "Watcha think Rocket? Did we do good?" Jazz smirked, ruffling the Riolu's ears when they nodded yes, holding their arms out for the wreath. Jazz chuckled and held the wreath out to the Riolu, watching as Rocket fiddled with this and that. It was so cool! The way Rocket's aura shone was nice, and Jazz was actually kinda glad they did this. Nevermind he hadn't wanted anything to do with the project earlier. Seeing his Riolu's face light up when they saw their finished project was nice and sort of a reward in and of itself.
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Post by Super Gmagical on Jan 4, 2018 0:49:48 GMT -8
The teacher looks over the projects and is pleased to see how unique each is, and moreso how pleased with what they'd made together the trainers and Pokemon were. This was more the focus of the exercise than the product: to have them thinking and working together.
Now the students had endured trials of patience, endurance, creativity, and cooperation. Perhaps they really were proper candidates?
The final test involves physical effort, communication, and control. Lucien and Jazz are asked to spar with Rio and Rocket, trainer versus Pokemon. Trainers should try to keep up with their Pokemon's high energy to give them a proper workout, as well as avoid seriously hurting the smaller creatures with any advantage they might gain through size. Pokemon must fight hard enough to make it a proper match, but go easy enough as not to injure their trainers with their full power. Both will have to figure out how to deal with a foe so much bigger / smaller, and giving each other advice is encouraged. Use of tools/"weapons" is permitted so long as both sides agree to a particular thing, but they are not required. Use of aura to enhance or otherwise aid the human fighting is encouraged. Above all else, everyone should clearly communicate when they don't feel challenged enough or are feeling too overwhelmed, and react accordingly.
500 word count; as this is a 'battle' of sorts / physical training, each Riolu will qualify for 2 evo points if desired.
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Post by Lucien Benoit on Jan 4, 2018 9:50:51 GMT -8
Huh… Well… this was interesting? Lucien didn’t even know what to say as their teacher explained what was to come next. He, heh, hadn’t really ever sparred a Pokemon. Sure, he’d taken a beating calming one down more than a couple of times, but… heh. Following the man out to the sparring room, he couldn’t help but smile at the decor. The tatami floors and the patterned walls reminded him of some of Alola’s Kantonian aesthetic, but he wouldn’t have time to really take it in before Rio was pulling at his hand. Hmmm? Oh- right, yeah. Focus, right.
Their trainer gave a few more instructions regarding aura and weapons but then… went and sat in the corner? Er— heh, was he just gonna sit and watch this one? That was almost awkward, wasn’t it? Vaguely so, but Lucien managed to keep his mouth shut this time around. Looking back to Rio, Lucien grinned a bit. “Ya ready ta go, bud?” The puppy wagged his tail and gave a nod. Yep! Ok, ok, he could totally reinforce his legs and— UHMPH!?!?
Rio had dropped low and swiped his leg around in a circle. Lucien dropped almost immediately and landed hard on his ass. W-what? Ow hahahah ow ow fuck wow. “E-easy der,” he grinned weakly starting to shift back up again. Rio blushed a little and rubbed the back of his head. Ok! Ok, he would be careful, he promised! That was just… sorta an exciting moment… was all, heh.
Lucien… wasn’t going to take another chance like that too quickly anyways. A green glow began to spread out on both his legs, reinforcing and strengthening them. “Try dat again,” Lucien challenged with a wicked grin. Rio yipped surprised and pleased, running forward and swinging his leg to kick yet again. Lucien took the blow much easier, stepped down hard, and kicked back— only to kick right over the Riolu’s head. The puppy snickered. Lucien blushed briefly only to laugh. Well, well that was cool too, sure, heh.
Rio was already on the move again, however, hopping from side to side and then lunging upwards. Lucien raised a palm, taking the hard punch and wincing slightly. Yowzah. “Easeh easeh man … yer a lot stronger den me,” Lucien emphasized. Rio frowned and folded his arms in front of himself. Lucien had Aura Reinforcement. He should be fine? This was the bare minimum as far as he was concerned!
Lucien fronwed in response. “Er… sorreh?” he mumbled reaching up and ruffling his hair. “Ya know ah dun do this kinda stuff a lot.” Rio huffed even more, and a weird, awkward laugh escaped from Lucien. “Yeah… jus’…. Try ‘n keep et light,” he tried again. The Riolu frowned but nodded. Alright, let’s see. Jumping up, he threw out his paws. Lucien was quick to raise his hands to try and block. Yeah, that wasn’t bad now was it? Heh, just like that. They’d continue, growing a little more comfortable and a little less careful as they went on.
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