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Post by Daniel Bosch on Jan 29, 2018 23:53:44 GMT -8
Death is a choice that I rejected |
Go outside and do this! Go get more exercise! Get some more sunlight! Nag nag nag. His cardiologist was really laying into him, and it was gettin kinda annoying, so he put the stupid step counter on and decided to leave the hotel he'd been staying at to take a break from his studies to go on a stupid walk on a sunny day.
Sunny days were so difficult for a good portion of his team, he and his Pokemon thrived in the dark and being out in this sunlight would make it uncomfortable for his Duskull to be out. He'd have less hiding spots, and his sensitive eye would be overexposed. So here he was, walking alone for the most part since Skuntank are frowned upon in public frowning at his step counter.
Sometimes he just considered shaking the thing while doing his work, but his cardiologist had ways of knowing. It was annoying how well he could guess when Daniel wasn't getting his exercise in. His doctor had finally given up the battle with getting him to wear his glasses, so at least he'd won that fight. With one hand grappling at the scars on his chest, hidden under his shirt, Daniel had to step off to the side somewhere and take a breather, sitting down on a bench to watch passer-bys, elbows on his knees.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Jan 30, 2018 14:12:41 GMT -8
Click, clack, click, click- "Woof!" - Whiiiiiinnnneeeee. "Rrrawrrrrr…" Whiiine. Woof.
This… fantastic series of noises was coming up rather slowly to Daniel as Orion and a small pack of Poochyena and Rockruff danced around him. Occasionally one or more of the Pokemon would do something annoying to the others, and they'd share bite sand whines and frustrated sounds before being 'bumped' into by Orion and encouraged to stop.
"Alright, yall, we're here," Orion commented fishing out a squeaky ball from his pocket and causing all of their attention to flick to him on instinct. Squeak, squeak yep that shiny red ball was ready to go. A sharp toss, and all of them went running and tripping over one another to get it. The first would snatch it up only to be tackled and bit by the others who were fighting for it. Frustrated noises, a lot of confused yips, and various other sounds continued to fill the air until one came darting back with the toy.
Orion took it again and tossed it, and the cycle repeated- at least until the small pack came circling and fighting for the ball and …. Were about ready to bump into the benches that were nowhere near where Orion had thrown the ball last. Lovely. "Hey! Stop it! Leave it!" Orion called, but they would not.
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Post by Daniel Bosch on Jan 30, 2018 15:12:01 GMT -8
Death is a choice that I rejected |
Luckily for Daniel, he'd payed enough attention to see the other person approaching, some rowdy Pokemon playing around their feet. He saw the red toy fly and then eventually be retrieved by one of the Pokemon, then he saw the Pokemon working his way. He wasn't afraid of Pokemon persay, but just for safety.
Leaning back in the bench, Daniel grabbed a ball and let his Skuntank out. "Lay. There." He commanded, watching as Salem lazily dropped his self to the ground, playing his self between the rowdy pups and Daniel. Looking to the guy that threw the ball, he raised an eyebrow and pointed. "Lose some Pokemon?" He joked, tilting his head to try and get a look around the Skuntank's large form, but gave up, letting Salem, the grouchy old man, sit there and take up the space between him and the rowdy dogs.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Jan 31, 2018 6:57:02 GMT -8
As the Skuntank made a space between the man and the pups, they would, in fact, sort of bump up against it very briefly before continuing in the opposite direction, yipping and nipping each other to try and retrieve the ball. Orion sighed and allowed his gaze to flick back to the man that had spoke, a small apologetic smile pulling at the corners of his mouth. "Apologies, they're all very young," he admitted reaching up and ruffling his hair.
The Poochyena trio were not very young, having been caught during a swarming season and vaguely a year old before that point. The Rockruff were a little younger, but still. And yet… they were all pups as far as Orion was concerned. Good pups, but still pups none the less. Finally, one came bounding back to Orion with the squeaky ball in his mouth, and Orion would bend down, fish it up, and toss it again. The small horde went running after just as quickly as before. Orion watched for a few seconds before slowly walking over to the man. "Nice day out, isn't it?"
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Post by Daniel Bosch on Jan 31, 2018 7:14:27 GMT -8
Death is a choice that I rejected TAG. Orion Alim-VerdiNOTES. all of the growl borks also, I forgot an important detail, he needs to have his service Pokemon out in case something happens during exercise lol |
When the pups bounded in another direction, he returned Salem to his ball after a few solid pats. Pokemon that had a smell to them just, once again, weren't that welcome. Quietly, he let his Houndour out in exchange, watching the dark type sit between his feet at attention, head looking side to side, even as Daniel pet his head with a rough ruffle.
You're fine. Puppies will be puppies." He admitted, moving over to the side in case the other wanted to sit down on the bench as well, Gladius moving over with him with trained side steps before sitting back down at attention. "Gladius, up." He commanded. He looked sketchy, and he had caught a side long glance from the distance towards the obviously protective Houndour. He did project aggression, and he couldn't blame him. Quickly, he put the service vest on him and sat him back down. "There ya go buddy. Maybe next time she'll think before she gives ya that look again." He laughed out, scratching his Houndour's jaw.
"It's a wonderful day!" He spoke up, a little more cheerful that he had watched the lady quickly go somewhere else once a harness was put on the Pokemon. "Refreshing seeing that level of energy bounding around. They're like a little tornado of fluff and fangs." He spoke up with a grin, hands still on his Houndour, only one pulling away to offer his hand in a shake. "Daniel Bosch!"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Jan 31, 2018 7:27:47 GMT -8
Oooh, a Houndour. What a good boy. Even already having a Houndoom (a very special Houndoom with a very special connection to his owner), Orion was endeared. (And even the hard looks of the Houndour could do nothing but endear him more.)
As much as his gaze wanted to fixate there, it would sweep forward again to take in the Rockruff group pouncing and biting the Poocheyna clan and vice versa. Despite their differences in age and maturity, it was obviously all in good fun for them- probably. Two of the bigger pups looked more annoyed than playful, and as one in particular swiped up the ball and went bounding at Orion again, he quickly outpaced the others to hold it up to Orion.
Orion took the ball again and chucked it one more time before looking back towards the other man. "Orion Verdi," he answered taking the hand and giving a small shake. "You should see them at home when they don't get a chance to get out and run." He grinned stupidly before shrugging his shoulders and sitting down on the park bench next to Daniel. "They're cute though." In their own way, of course, but cute none the less. "Seems you have a cute one yourself~"
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Post by Daniel Bosch on Jan 31, 2018 7:42:35 GMT -8
Death is a choice that I rejected |
Daniel let out a short laugh and watched as the Pokemon bounded away. As his hand was shook, he nodded in response to the name, his other hand still petting the jaw of the dark type keeping a diligent watch, his ears pricked and rotating. "I could only imagine. My mother had two Glameows, a Alolan Meowth and three Purrloins. None of them got along and they were incredibly energetic." He laughed out, shaking his head. "I think it's what chased me to want anything but a cat." He was still chuckling, a large grin written across his face.
"Puppies have a way of being charming, despite them running off with your shoes n what not." He gave Gladius several firm pats on the shoulder, looking to Gladion with a nod. "Thanks, he doesn't like that title, but he's gonna have to take it." The Houndour's ears flicked down for just a second to convey annoyance, but were immediately back up, Daniel ruffling his head again.
Raising an eyebrow at the count of Pokemon in the ferocious tornado of floof, he looked back to Orion. "Like dark types?" He asked, it was a stupid speculation to make, but a good chunk of the puppies were Poochyena.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Feb 2, 2018 18:01:43 GMT -8
….Wow that was quite a number of cats wasn't it? A small snort escaped from Orion as Daniel furthered his comments. He could understand that- a bit too well ever since his Incineroar had evolved. She'd gone from a fairly reasonable cat to too much cat, and there was little he could even do about it now, heh. A grin passed across his features again at the mention of being charming. Yeah. It was like Rockruff and Lycanroc were made for him- or he was made for them. Heh.
At the question, Orion shrugged softly. "Quite a bit, though… I think Dog type might be more appropriate," he answered just as the small horde came back again. He snatched up the ball from one of the Poocheyna who'd brought it and tossed it again pretty easily. "Anything with their general disposition… Poochyena and Houndour included- are you a Dark specialist?" It'd make sense given the question, but he probably had just jumped assumptions there. Heh, whatever though.
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Post by Daniel Bosch on Feb 2, 2018 22:06:58 GMT -8
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Dmien's head lifted from looking down at his Houndour when Orion asked the question. Had he made it that obvious? Well shit. Grinning, he shrugged. "That obvious? Yea. I specialize in dark and train poison, ghost and the occasional psychic type with them." He admitted, watching as the Pokemon charged after the ball once more, Gladius letting out a huff of annoyance.
Just to annoy him more, Daniel started bouncing a finger on his head gently, just enough to be felt. He laughed when his Pokemon started shaking his head, turning it back to look at him with an expression screaming 'are we serious right now?'. Looking back to Orion, he motioned to the Pokemon in front of them. "Do you battle or do you just train them for service?" It was a legitimate question that could go both ways. Gladius was both a battling and a service Pokemon. Which made him a back of the line pick unless his typing was needed in the current situation. But he was still trained in both areas.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Feb 3, 2018 13:12:01 GMT -8
A toothy grin flashed across Orion's features as it seemed he was correct. Not just that Daniel liked Dark types but was actually a specialist. Heh. Dark and Poison and Ghost- and occasionally Psychic? Seemed he had quite a number of the more spiritual types, yeah? Then again, it may also have been to just cover weakness for a preferred type, yeah?
Watching the man interact with his own Pokemon had Orion grinning a bit too much. However, as the question was asked of him, his features relaxed some. "Some I train for battle, but others are for companionship," he admitted with a small chuckle. The pups had started arguing over who would get the ball and were tossing and tumbling around in the pile now. "I work for a breeder and get Pokemon 'trainer ready' per say… but sometimes I end up taking care of litters and keeping them." He chuckled and shrugged his shoulders. "Thankfully have a big enough house and space for them usually." That and of course he could use ranch lands if he really needed to.
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Post by Daniel Bosch on Feb 10, 2018 9:09:10 GMT -8
Death is a choice that I rejected |
Daniel shifted where he sat and made his self a little more comfortable. Gladius stretched his head backwards some, twisting it to get a better look at his master for just a moment, head snapping back to attention when the pups began to argue once more among each other.
"That sounds absolutely glorious. House full of pups." He smiled, head rolling back for just a moment before looking to Orion. "You ever find yourself noticing anything with any of them having potential for a strange ability?" He frowned, looking towards the pups then back to him. "I know it's a strange question, but I study Pokemon abilities. There's some pretty strange ones out there." He went down a mental list of some of the different abilities he had found.
His biggest mystery though was why the hidden ability capsule didn't work on rarer species. But until he cracked that mystery, he needed to work on smaller ones.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Feb 10, 2018 9:49:17 GMT -8
A strange ability? Orion's lips quirked a little, and a small nod was given before he looked at the pack. "The Rockruff in this pack actually have the ability Own Tempo," he mused leaning over his knees and resting his chin in his hands. "I caught them in a swarm during… December?" Was that when that was? Or was it November? He couldn't remember now.
A whistle was given that caused all the Rockruff and Poochyena to momentarily stop. "Line up." The small pack, as wild and free spirited as it had been, begrudgingly did so. Orion extended a hand, and slowly one of them came up to him to carefully lift up onto the park bench. "The rest of you go play." And the small vortex of fur and teeth were quick to do just that.
The Rockruff now in his lap squirmed and whined for a few seconds before relaxing. He wasn't going to be released from Orion's grip so oh well better make the best of it. "Nothing too special on the outside but he can't get confused~" Orion chuckled.
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Post by Daniel Bosch on Feb 23, 2018 19:45:12 GMT -8
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His eyebrows lifted when he spoke up about the Rockruff and he watched as the Pokemon was called over before turning in the bench some to get a better look at the now settled Rockruff.
"It's escaped me how this one Rockruff type, with the ability Own Tempo, are the only Rockruff seemingly capable of evolving into their dusk forme." He clarified, holding out his hand, palm up for the puppy to sniff at. Gladius, meanwhile, simply turned his head up to give a glance towards the other dog before looking back ahead at the other puppies with a huff.
Daniel tapped the Houndour with his foot, gently, as he tried to let the Rockruff catch his scent. "He's a good boy, I'll give him that." The Pokemon wasn't absolutely flailing like most puppies would, it seemed like. Of course he put a struggle, but that was only natural. He just wanted to keep playing with the rest of the pack.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Feb 23, 2018 20:34:46 GMT -8
Own Tempo Rockruff were only ones able to evolve into their Dusk forms? This was news to Orion, and his brow did quirk a little at that. He actually had one Dusk Lycanroc of his own right then, a good boy by the name of Paws, but the realization that he could just as easily not completed the form set if he had had another ability was vaguely intriguing.
The Rockruff in question, meanwhile, sniffed at Daniel a couple of times before looking up thoughtfully. He smelled like canine Pokemon, and given his Houndour was around, it was obvious where it came from but… What a good human! A small yip noise resounded, and he squirmed a little in Orion's grip again before slowly managing to 'force' his trainer to let him climb into the lap of the other human to sniff him more. Orion snorted softly, more than willing to hold the pup back if Daniel turned out to not like it but just as vaguely amused by the pup's curiosity.
"I actually have several Lycanroc forms- all of them I think?" he ask-clarified thoughtfully. "As well as this group. They're much more mature as far as Pokemon go and have that sense of pack already strongly instilled. My Dusk Lycanroc seems to be shorter than average, though, for whatever reason." Granted not all Pokemon came standard to begin with, this was pretty easy to ignore. However, Paws was… about half the size he should have been, and it was noticeable when standing alongside Fang the other four-legged Lycanroc form. Vaguely, Orion had to wonder what happened, heh.
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Post by Daniel Bosch on Feb 28, 2018 18:44:01 GMT -8
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Daniel listened quietly, his demeanor staying relaxed as he allowed the puppy to climb on him without any issue from him. He did expect the man to have all forms of lycanroc out there, especially with the numbers out there he had playing. "Well, I'm not too specialized in evolution, but it has been proven that some Pokemon may evolve earlier than others, resulting in a 'dwarfed' version of their species."
He pet the rockruff carefully, giving him more than enough room to back away from his hand if he didn't like the human touching his shoulder. Gladius's ears twitched a little as his head turned ever so slightly to watch the Rockruff on his master. There certainly wasn't any immediate threat at the time, so the service Pokemon whipped his head back to attention, looking to the crowd of puppies playing.
His other hand reached up to rub beneath his eyes, wiping away a yawn the best he could. "It's so bright out today." He commented on the sun. He knew that his other Pokemon likely missed the darkness of sorts, or the safety from the sun inside of his home. "At least it's not raining this time though."
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