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Post by Seraph Benoit on Jan 26, 2018 16:38:44 GMT -8
Île... really wanted to stay annoyed at Sharpie, but damn those claps were cute. >8T ... She was really cute... Sharpedo were not supposed to be distractingly cute ugh why this. =///=
His face wasn't the only one vaguely heating up, though, as Shaun's descriptions were managing to fluster Seraph in more ways than one. He was uh... pretty open about stuff, wasn't he? And pretty confident and.. heh, he had every right to be, huh? "I ah..." Come on, Seraph, it wasn't like you were flirting, just paying him a compliment, right? "I mean.. Yeah I can see why?" Er.. That didn't come out exactly like he meant. "Like.. I legit used to be a model and I'm pretty sure you've got a nicer figure than I ever did." This still wasn't sounding like he wanted but oh well. He also knew his cute face and bubbly energy had been very important factors in his modeling gig but that wasn't the point right now.
"Uh... Hey like... sorry if this sounds.. sudden? But like. D'you wanna hang out some time?" Arceus help him he wasn't asking him out he swore; he hoped it was only in his own head that everything was vaguely taking that tinge. "Like... It'd be super cool to have someone I could chill with in my cutest girliest clothes and not have them question if I'm really a guy."
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Post by Shaun Underwood on Jan 27, 2018 3:26:10 GMT -8
Despite the probably oddly frustrated looks, Sharpie would just continue clapping along the little Squirtle as it got more and more comfortable, keeping a good distance, before eventually easing closer to see if the Squirtle would let her swim alongside it.
As for Shaun...yeah, he briefly took Seraph's words as flirtatious. Like damn kid, drop the fact you were a model right into conversation AND compliment him at the same time? If it weren't for the faintly nervous tone Shaun was taking away from this, he would have definitely been convinced Seraph was trying some line on him, but it seemed clear enough they weren't...or at least weren't used to it if they were. He made a mental note to ask about the modelling thing later, definitely curious how that musta felt if Seraph registered as male. Heck he liked his own body but the thought of displaying it like that for magazines or some shit felt....ugh. He couldn't place it but it just felt off. Picturing soooo many people just seeing him as a girl in some shitty fashion mag. Blegh.
Still, as Seraph went on it was clear what they were going for, just trying to be friendly and...honestly, they were pretty cool. They weren't asking weird questions even if Shaun was always okay answering them, they shared an issue and any question was just Seraph trying to understand...he also seemed pretty chill with how Shaun handled his own body, which a LOT of people, even some LGBT peeps, didn't do.
"Hey ya know what mate? I'd love to. You seem like a pretty chill dude, and hey if you wanna wear a dress or some shit power to ya.~ Anyone gives you shit about it-" He pounded his fist into his open palm, grinning wide. "I'll be sure to shove that shit right back down their gullet!~"
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Post by Seraph Benoit on Feb 19, 2018 5:11:40 GMT -8
>////> FFFfffffffine. Île had tensed for a moment as Sharpie approached just out of-- eh, habit, stereotyping, whatever you wanted to call it. The general perception that Sharpedo were dangerous. But she did not exactly seem like a criminal mastermind luring him into a false sense of security or anything, so.. sure, yeah, c'mon let's swim together, why not. At one point, he may have even bumped against her during a turn in a light, friendly nudge way.
Seraph's spirit lifted as he accepted the invitation-- and he couldn't help but laugh a bit at that threatening assurance. "Sweet!" Ah, what would-- ...a bit of color rose to his face again as he said, "I uh.. just realized I don't think I caught your name? ...Which is like, way unfair when you already knew mine." A sheepish grin tried to play that off lighter. "Though we should trade numbers, too~" he added, pulling out his phone.
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Post by Shaun Underwood on Feb 19, 2018 5:46:11 GMT -8
Sharpie was glad to be swimming alongside the Squirtle, and at the light playful nudge she felt so much better, to the point she'd begin to lean against the squirtle for a moment as they swam. Of course, if they pulled away, Sharpie would follow the lean and do a barrell roll in the water, disorientating her for a moment before shaking it off and chuckling at the silly motion.
Shaun himself was grinning wide, glad to see Seraph reacting so well to his little threatening reassurance, resting his hands behind his head with a confident stance, fully sure in himself he could totally fend off any pricks who'd make Seraph feel like crap. As his name was asked, he couldn't help but snicker as he realized the slip off.
"Ah sorry, name's Shaun. Shaun Underwood. Here-" Pulling out his own phone, it looked a bit older but it was really just more heavy-duty. Waterproof for starters and likely to float, though it made the thing look a little clunky. "I might be busy during the days, but I'll always be free to text ya back. Work by my own schedule so at most I'll have my hands full for an hour or so if I'm diving."
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Post by Seraph Benoit on Feb 19, 2018 5:57:51 GMT -8
"Nice to meet you~" Seraph replied in basic formality. He gave his number as he took Shaun's, then listened and made a mental note about hours.
"Oh yeah? Things can be pretty sporadic for me. One day it's boring routine patrols and I can text constantly, the next I'm on a job and hours have passed before I've even realized, heh." Plus contest practice and getting in some training occasionally and hitting the gym or a free-running course if he hadn't been active enough from just work lately and trying to keep in touch with the fam sometimes and-- what was sleep? ahahaa.
"Wha'd'you do, though? Working for yourself sounds nice."
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Post by Shaun Underwood on Feb 19, 2018 6:09:38 GMT -8
Not knowing his number by heart Shaun got it up on his phone as Seraph spoke, holding it up and letting them copy it down before saving Seraph's own number, be it manually entered or Seraph texting them, fiddling with a few small settings like the ring tone assigned to the contact and such before sliding it back in his pocket, smirking a little. "Well I'll leave the contact in your hands eh? Like I said, I'm free practically whenever, but if you're the busy body I wouldn't be wantin' ta text ya when yer in the middle of sumthin'."
Dusting off his hands, the phone always feeling dust due to its rough and hardy case, Shaun's expression lit up a little at the question, but more snickering at himself as he tried to think how to answer. "Ah god...I do fuckin' anythin' mate. Most of the time I fish or haul scrap from the sea, but really, if it pays well enough I'm there. Just last week some old bird paid me to fix her roof. Had to call a friend who knew what they was doin' but we got it done.~" He smirked and snapped his fingers, remembering something. "In the summer though, I'm gonna see if I can get a some licenses! I know how to scuba dive already so I could make some money as an instructor ya know? Or maybe try and teach that mantine surfing thats suddenly so popular!~"
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Post by Seraph Benoit on Feb 20, 2018 10:22:02 GMT -8
Oh man, that sort of work kind of sounded like hell but also pretty interesting. Who knew what you might find, or catch, or whatever? "That's super neat," he said, before realizing that 'super neat' probably made him sound super lame but whatever. >///>
Licenses, though? Like... Oh! "Oh yeah? I might have to take some classes if you offer them." Scuba diving probably wouldn't come up very often, but it never hurt to have more outdoor exploration skills as a Ranger, right? And then... "I've actually been meaning to learn about Mantine Surfing eventually. It was just starting to catch on in Johto before I left, but like. Mostly Olivine and Cianwood, and I lived out between Ecruteak and Mahogany so--" so he was apparently assuming Shaun knew Johto geography whoops-- "not really close enough to the coast to see it much." Yeah that was better.
"But like..." He smiled mischievously. Red eyes shifted over to the steps that led up out of the canal and back to the raised street. Without warning, Seraph turned and ran up them about two thirds of the way before hopping up and back, bouncing off the curb at the top of the wall, and flipping through the air to land near Shaun again, wearing a shit-eating grin. "You could say I'm sorta into that kinda stuff on land, so doing it in the water sounds pretty rad~"
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Post by Shaun Underwood on Feb 20, 2018 11:56:06 GMT -8
Shaun smirked a little, tempted to make a joke about the fact he had little to no idea where Seraph was talking about beyond 'johoto, somewhere in johto, maybe a city or a town but at best you know it's JOHTO', but Seraph's face told 'em he was probably realizing that of his own accord over the passing seconds, just leaving the man snickering into his palm and shaking his head. He would have followed with the fact it was good to have his first customer, but before he could speak-
aaaaaally oop!
Shaun stepped back a little as Seraph flipped back to their feet infront of him, making sure they didn't fall into him, the brief shock of the motion stunning him just briefly before a slow, building snicker pushed through his features, shaking his head and dropping to one knee, throwing his arms out to either side. "Oh no! I was not aware I was in the presence of a parkour god!~" He was struggling not to burst into giggles as he went full blast with the teasing mockery, bowing his head and dipping it as low as he could without getting dirty canal dirt on his forehead. "I am not worthy! I am not worthy!~"
Of course the snickers broke through eventually, and Shaun shifted back up to his feet, dusting the knee of his pants off before giving Seraph a playful tap to the forehead. "Nah, seriously. Pretty impressive to pull that off on the spot. Might take me a while to get my license...but er..." He gave a shady look in either direction, an exaggerated one to say the least, before leaning in, hand covering the opposite side to Seraph to make it extra secretive. "If you want any lessons off the books, I teach the odd guy here or there on the weekends.~" Of course that wasn't exactly leeeegal but Shaun hadn't had any complaints or gotten in trouble yet, and despite being a Ranger he thought Seraph was chill enough to let that be. If not, he'd pretend that was all a joke.
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Post by Seraph Benoit on Feb 20, 2018 18:48:09 GMT -8
Hm?? -ajiwjiojifjiaow PFFFFFFFFFFFT OH NO. An embarrassingly shrill giggle erupted from Seraph at Shaun's over the top praises, and he squirmed as he fought to keep from doubling over in laughter. O-oh no now his face was so red and-- aiojwiajijfiaw ffffffff.
Pretty impressive to pull off on the spot. "Th-thanks heh." ... Oof! Hey heh. He rubbed his forehead, still lightly blushing.
That said, Seraph didn't take his explanation as selling his services as a teacher, but more as a friend showing another friend how to do a cool thing. As such, the shady look just came off as comedic, and he chuckled lightly. "Sure~ I could give you a call."
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Post by Shaun Underwood on Feb 22, 2018 5:54:31 GMT -8
Shaun was wearing a wide grin from the reaction his little over the top display had gotten him, enjoying Seraph's smile and pretty chuffed with himself for getting through it without too many giggles. As far as he knew they were on the same page about the scuba lessons too, so he nodded along. "Yeah sounds like a plan.~ Course its best you do it in the summer, and we need to hang out sometime where we can actually TALK rather than vague hand signals." He snickered a little and shook his head, glancing off towards the sky to check the rough time.
"Nnnngh..." Thinking for a moment, Shaun wanted to keep talking, but he had only meant for a quick ride around the Cannals... "Look I'd love to keep talking but if I wanna get back to Pahalla before sundown I gotta hop into the boat." He'd turn and whistle for Sharpie, the shark Pokemon catching the whistle and shifting along to the edge of the pier. "You're welcome to come along for the ride if ya want? I just really gotta get movin..."
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Post by Seraph Benoit on Mar 5, 2018 10:42:45 GMT -8
Hm? Seraph wasn't really sure what he meant by hand signals but felt certain he was missing something obvious and didn't wanna ask. The important thing was best to do Mantine instruction come summer, right? Right. So he nodded.
As Shaun realized the time, though, he apologized. "Oh! Sorry for keeping you." And considered the offer. "Mmmm... It's kind of tempting, but I'd had the day kind of scheduled out. Stopping to chat's only gonna squish my time frame a little, but I should probably get back to training." Or put another way he'd better make sure he had some progress to tell mom about next time she asked, heh. Not that he'd get worse than a whiny lecture, but ehhhh he benefited from the training too so may as well avoid the complications.
"I'll text you later and catch you some other time, yeah~?"
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