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Post by Tachibana Saya on Feb 28, 2018 16:58:39 GMT -8
“Hmmmmm…” Giving the slow hum of consideration as she marched forward in the crisp air of the morning, as the fresh sun of a new day caught her frame, one had to observe that Tachibana Saya was looking a rather different to her usual ladylike design. Dressed in a pair of dirty wellington boots into which a loose fitting set of overalls had been tucked, her upper body was somewhat exposed as it sprouted out of the baggy item she had chosen to tie at her waist, the sun highlighting much of her skin as she sported only a tank top and brown work gloves to cover herself up. “I can see why you like it here, yet…” Casting her head to one side as she carried a smooth shaft of wood over her shoulder, with a pickaxe in hand Saya smirked a little as she spoke to her companion and set out into the ‘kingdom’ which she had recently come to call her home. A small and simply built house to the side of the beauty and mostly flat and grassy earth surrounding it, if one had thought that Miss Tachibana had taken up living in the middle of nowhere they might have been mostly correct. “I shall have to confess that I would never have thought a person could live in a place like this?” Certainly her new home a place that was remote and somewhat rural, this was not some backwater moor but rather a location a little more exclusive. After all, not just anyone would have a house in the sky, and so it was lucky for Saya that she was good with heights. "To me it shows... Rather remarkable imagination?" Not many weeks before, had someone suggested to Miss Tachibana that she move in with them on some strangely floating island, the dark haired girl probably would have laughed. Now though the young woman with her sleek locks pulled back into a plait had become so accustomed to her lofty residence that she barely even noticed it, never thinking much on the fact that she was one piece of loose footing away from a rather steep decline. People were more adaptive than they were given credit for, it would seem. “So… I think this is about where we had in mind to start, yes?” Rounding a wall on the cottage-like home in which she had been staying and turning toward her host with a slight and soft nod, as a little squall sent a slight tingle up the spine of Saya, she waited on the confirmation of her companion. The duo about to engage in some quite literal home improvement, while Miss Tachibana was brimming with enthusiasm and strength, she still felt a little bit like she might just hit the wrong thing and bring the whole house down in the process… Yumi Tasukai |
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Post by Jay on Feb 28, 2018 17:06:26 GMT -8
Oh look... What have we here?! -- Natural Evo Items!CHOOSE ONE: | Thunder Stone |
A green jewel with a lightning-shaped band through the middle. (Mod Summon to Claim) |  | Shiny Stone |
A stone that glows mysteriously; it might make a good nightlight or even flashlight. (Mod Summon to Claim) |  | Prism Scale |
A small but gorgeous scale that shines with an iridescent light. (Mod Summon to Claim) |  | Oval Stone |
Oh dear, who left an egg out here all alone!?...Oh, it seems it’s just a rock (Mod Summon to Claim) |
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Post by Yumi Tasukai on Mar 1, 2018 1:58:04 GMT -8
Yumi hadn't been too sure about her suggestion to the purple haired Kantonian maiden. Having someone live with her hadn't been something she really thought about till way after she ended up suggesting it but...it hadn't been too bad? Saya was very understanding about sleeping on the couch till they managed to get this extension build, and with the help of her Pokemon and some past experience, it shouldn't take them too long here. Relatively so at least. Plus Saya was clearly a hard and eager worker, so it was a good sign that she'd be a great house mate...!~
"Yeah it's a pretty chill place...took the last of the money I earned from my battle earnings but its quiet...chill...a real nice place don't ya think?" She gave a nice bright smile as she followed behind Saya to the back of the building, planning to build Saya an extension room on the first floor beside the livingroom without going through the kitchen. She herself was wearing some dungarees and an old shirt, carrying a shovel herself with Ko-ken following behind, cracking his knuckles and ready to use his fists. "I dunno about imagination though...maybe ingenuity? Sounds accurate.~"
As they got to the back of the building, Yumi gave a light nod and pulled a tape measure out the pocket of her dungarees, making sure she got just the right space. After a bit of measuring, she marked some chalk to say where the door would eventually go, then dragged the sharp edge of her shovel through the grass to mark out where they'd be digging for the foundation.
"Right, so I flew under the island with Rodriguez (Noivern) yesterday so we have plenty of space to dig without anything breaking...we should mainly have soil to go through, but that pickaxe you got should help us break through some harder rocks sticking through the grass.~" Smiling bright as she brimmed with a fair bit of her energy, she shoved her shovel down hard into the grass, getting to work digging through the mud. Ko-ken using his hands to pull up fair chunks of it at a time. "You er...sure you can handle this? I've really got enough Pokemon for the job if you wanna sit inside.~"
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Post by Tachibana Saya on Mar 1, 2018 6:02:58 GMT -8
Ingenuity? Thinking over the term that Yumi had used and it’s meaning, Saya realized the redhead’s correction may have been more accurate and nodded. Fluent enough in the language she was using to get by but by no means an expert, there was the odd time still when the barrier of language left her choices a little lacking, but Miss Tachibana was hardly bothered by her error. After all, to her what was a mistake but a chance to find a better way of doing things?
“It’s still somewhat surprising to discover people in this land ride around on monsters?” Smiling a little at the image of the redhead hurtling through the air on the back of a Pokémon, perhaps one of the biggest adjustments for Saya had been the differing relationship between people and Pokémon. In the world that she was from, the magical creatures tended to be nuisances and even threats, with the rare individuals seeming to throw their lot with humanity. These generous and semi-tamed souls held in the highest regard, it was odd to associate such creatures with the role of a beast of burden, even if they were the closest parallel she should find.
“I am thankful for your concern, as always, but I believe that I should be fine…” Smiling brightly as Yumi asked her if she would rather sit this round out, though Saya had seen the benefit that using Pokémon could bring in tasks, at the same time she felt compelled to do her share. Considering herself somewhat indebted to her host for the lodging she had been given, Miss Tachibana was keen on doing something to level her ledger so to speak. Not that this was her only motivation, of course, and she was certainly too well-mannered to risk any guilt from Yumi by admitting it either.
“I’ve not been training as hard as I’m used to since coming here, so whilst it might be a shock to my system at first…” Moving over to one of the lumpy pieces of rock that poked out of the earth and taking a slow breath, after focusing herself a little bit more Saya lifted her pick up above her head much like she might do a sword of steel or wood.
“It should do me some good to do some hard labour!” Noting the heavier weight of the item in her hands and her toned muscles growing slightly tighter as she prepared herself to strike, she gave a quick grin before sending the item hammering downward in much the same fashion a student of kendo would employ a shinai, splitting the surface of the stone with a single blow!
Claiming Thunder Stone
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Post by Yumi Tasukai on Mar 1, 2018 11:09:16 GMT -8
Yumi flinched a little as the pick was brought back down to strike, careful to not get any rock chips in the face, but all the same she held a smile, glad to see that Saya was so eager to work and put in the effort. Even if she needed to be here to supervise the Pokemon, she supposed she could make them do all the work too...but it was good to put your hands in and pull your weight, and she was glad to see Saya had the same, or at least a similar mentality.
"Well I'm not too sure what it was like back where you came from, but pokemon mounts are pretty common here. Heck I know some places that rent out Gogoat for people who don't wanna use cars." She jabbed her foot down into the back end of her shovel to get a good chunk of earth as they continued to work, a machamp carrying bags of cement walking by, Yumi pointing towards a mixer and gesturing for him to unload there.
"Still, if you want some muscles....ngh...this should definitely help get you back on the training train!~" Flipping out some soil and placing it outside their markings for the foundation, Yumi was getting into the flow of things pretty quickly. "So long as we get through this, and leave the right space in the cement while it sets, even the wiring and crap should be super easy..."
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Post by Tachibana Saya on Mar 1, 2018 16:53:42 GMT -8
Not bad… The solitary swing that Saya had imparted seeming satisfactory, the girl let out a slow breath as she steadied herself and lifted her tool up again, looking to improve on her work with the next strike.
…You have to put your all into every swing, especially practice ones, or you shame the art you use! The motion that mimicked a form of training that felt almost automatic, as Miss Tachibana swung her pick downward and cracked the rock even more the words of a young man filled her head for a second to encourage her to strike again and again in a steady but focused fashion.
“Cars…? Ah, yes, those automatic chariots… I’d say that perhaps taking a mount would feel more relaxing and natural than that, for certain?” Taking a few seconds to speak to Yumi as she waited for her breathing to even out after cleaving the rock she was focusing on into pieces with her pick, Saya made it seem like she was perhaps the only person in the world who struggled with the association of the term ‘car’. These wheeled devices something that were somewhat new to her, the dark haired girl still found the idea that a cart could forget the horse and pull itself rather a strange one.
I wonder if she has one of these ‘Gogoat’? Slowing in her work as the image of herself taming some monster mount like a wild horse suddenly seemed like it might be quite exciting, but as Saya noticed that the redhead was getting busy with work as well, she quickly found herself feeling as if she was falling behind. Twirling her pick in hand as she stepped over to the next piece of stone that might need to be broken, perhaps a little of the competitive desire that Miss Tachibana carried fuelled her drive even more as she began to welly the hard surface with everything she had.
“Back where I came from, we tended to rely more on wood than stone to build housing…” Glancing toward Yumi with a small but happy smile as she continued to work, Saya felt like she was ‘feeding’ off the other girl. Working harder as she saw her friend doing the same, while her arms began to burn a little after smashing the second piece of stone away, the workout girl felt a much stronger desire to continue than take a break just yet.
“Are these the kinds of things girls in Veria learn growing up?” Taking her mind off the mild throbbing of her arm as she glanced around their workspace for sign of another rock, with nothing that she could spy that would be in their way, Miss Tachibana skipped over and exchanged her pick for a spare shovel that had been left leaning against the wall of their house.
“It is rather far removed from the lessons I had as a young woman…” Smiling and moving in next to Yumi with the glistening brightness of perspiration highlighting her face, neck and chest, Saya plunged her spade into the earth in a manner that mimicked the redheads.
“This seems much more useful than Ikebana, I’d say!” Grinning and tearing a piece of turf away from the floating piece of earth on which they lived, with gusto the girl plunged her tool into the ground again as she subconsciously tried to outpace her host. Taking the common task as something of a contest, as proud warrior woman, Saya felt a pressure to outdo the other girl. Not in a nasty way of course but the compulsion making her training all the sweeter, it felt nice to be able to set something of an example for a change… |
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Post by Jay on Mar 1, 2018 17:45:27 GMT -8
Oh look... What have we here?! -- Natural Evo Items!CHOOSE ONE: | Prism Scale |
A small but gorgeous scale that shines with an iridescent light. (Mod Summon to Claim) |  | Frozen Rock |
A deep blue stone that seems permanently covered in a layer of frost (Mod Summon to Claim) |  | Ice Stone |
Cold to the touch, some suspect it may be a variant of NeverMeltIce (Mod Summon to Claim) | | Thunder Stone |
A green jewel with a lightning-shaped band through the middle. (Mod Summon to Claim) |
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Post by Yumi Tasukai on Mar 2, 2018 6:07:34 GMT -8
"Heh, yeah, those 'automatic Chariots' would be the best description for 'em I guess." It was a little weird sometimes learning what Saya was and wasn't used to but...in it's own way kind of endearing? She tended to be eager to learn about things in most cases and she was hardly against new technology, so it was just learning more about what her home did, or did not, have.
As she talked about what she used to use at home, Yumi gave a little smirk. "Well we'll be using both to build this. What we're mainly gonna do is use some wood for the support structure, surround that with Bricks, and then a nice layer of wood around that to match the rest of the house. It should also help insulate the place if we layer it right...or so I've been told." She snickered a little at herself, just taking in most of this from stuff she'd read online and in library books when she built the rest of the house, she just had to take everything that was said in those sources on faith.
"But er...nah. This ain't normal work for a girl I'd say...had to figure it all out myself from trial and error the first time." She continued digging away at the soil as they talked, hitting some hard rock and guiding Saya to it as she moved on to another soft patch and continued her work. "Guess I wouldn't know anyway really...I didn't exactly have the usual upbringing but I'm pretty sure girls still tend to learn cooking and crap, guys still tend to learn building work..." She shrugged casually. "Sometimes its just a natural divide, but girls definitely at least have the choice to learn this stuff if they want to. Your home really all that stuck in it's ways?"
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Post by Tachibana Saya on Mar 2, 2018 12:54:09 GMT -8
“That sounds like rather an ‘ingenious’ method!” Flashing a grin as she used the term which Yumi had reminded her of earlier on, now that the other woman explained the idea behind their method, Saya found a few things making sense. The air of this high place brisk even on the warmer days that she had spent here, compared to the houses she had grew up in, this seemed very warm by comparison. Not needing to bundle herself up to any particular degree in spite of the chilliness that would surround them of a night, it was a comfort that many might have overlooked, but not Miss Tachibana.
“I cannot say that I have ever held the ‘normal’ work for a girl in much regard?” Nodding at the direction that Yumi gave her and grabbing her pick again, Miss Tachibana showed with the strength she put into smashing this new piece of stone that she was very much a believer in atypical development.
“Granted, I have found it nice preparing meals for the two of us recently, yet I hated learning to cook when I was younger. I always used to want to be in the dojo with the boys?” Steadying herself and running the back of her glove across her forehead to wipe away some of the glisten on it, after taking a breath the beauty buried her tool into the ground again.
“I would say that my father and the other men of the village were so very deeply stuck in their ways that they could not see an alternative even if it was right next to them?” The question of her companion only seeming to provoke even more reminiscence from Saya, she paused for a second with her pick resting on her shoulder and looked above her. Smiling before giving a soft chuckle as she made a playful joke about her past, the grin of the girl seemed to melt a little after a couple of seconds as she began to remember where she came from more fully.
“Father was a great man in many ways, but… Not in the ways that went far from tradition.” Feeling a little more sombre now that she pictured the patriarch of the Tachibana household, while she could remember feeling great love for the man, the memories of her dad seemed to be tainted by a sense of frustration. Going from a little girl who had a strong willed and protective father to a young woman who felt those same characteristics were keeping her in a ‘cage’, it was hard for Saya to dwell much on the memory of the man without feeling rather conflicted…
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Post by Yumi Tasukai on Mar 2, 2018 13:21:44 GMT -8
As the conversation turned somewhat sombre, Yumi held a soft expression and just listened as they worked, slowing down her own work and effort just to make sure she could hear her fully, and as she came to the end and her tone dipped...Yumi was never the best with words, and she just eased across to her side, giving her a light, one armed squeeze against her side.
"Well...he missed out on seeing one badass girl with a sword." She smiled a little, trying to be reassuring but knowing she likely wasn't doing well. Plus she didn't know if Saya was actually 'good', but seeing her practice a few swings now and then since she moved onto the island, Yumi...well she at least thought what she saw must have been good, but it was hard to tell with a lack of personal experience with such weapons. "Honestly, you're strong, you're skillful...and heck you're still more of a lady than I'll ever be. Heck I can't even cook a pasta dish let alone some of the stuff you've pulled off from my pathetic fridge."
Getting back to work so long as Saya felt a little better, she started to idly think about her own parents...or rather the lack thereof. "Where I grew up...there weren't actually many jobs, so us kids didn't really have much to aspire to. We all had that desire to be one of those adventuring trainers we'd see pass through all the time? The care workers didn't really appreciate how active I was though...ended up getting shipped to boarding school in Unova. Was a bit rough and...well, without any care workers keeping an eye on me, I ended up running away, met Ko-ken, and he made sure no matter what I did, I was safe...heh. He's a good friend..."
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Post by Tachibana Saya on Mar 2, 2018 13:53:51 GMT -8
“Bad ass? Is there something wrong with my rear?” Frowning a little as she largely misinterpreted a turn of phrase with which she wasn’t totally familiar, Saya turned to one side and stuck out her behind a little in Yumi’s direction, glancing over her shoulder as she tried to understand what was bad about the pert little bottom she possessed. Once again the clash of culture that Miss Tachibana experienced taking a moment that most might have seen as sarcastic and adding something sincere, she showed off that despite how cleverly she had been taught to speak and strongly she could swing something, there were times that Saya could be quite the ingenue.
“Your words are very kind, Yumi-san… I am humbled by them.” Distracted from the matter of her rump as the compliments of her companion continued, though it pleased Miss Tachibana rather a lot to hear someone talk so favourably of her, that ingrained humility she possessed prevented her from basking too much in this positive light. Blushing all the same and giving a small bow of appreciation at the kind words, Saya did however want to show a little of her true feeling in regard to how Yumi belittled herself.
“Toward me, at least. It might be presumptuous of me to observe but I fear you judge yourself far too harshly. The kindness and generosity that you have shown me are debts I am not sure I will ever be able to repay, and certainly the stuff that the great women I was taught about would show?” Dropping her pick and shifting her weight onto it with one hand, with the most sincere smile she could manage Saya placed her free hand on the arm of her friend to reassure her tenderly.
“Your story shows that you indeed do have the most fundamental qualities that a great woman should have. Some might think that what makes a lady is the silk she is wrapped in, yet I believe that the true test of her character is the steel that lies beneath it? For certain, to have come through what you describe and still be so giving to others, I would say that the metal that makes you would shatter any sword that tried to cut it?” Perhaps indulging a gift given by her own more apparently ladylike qualities to use flowery words, having listened quietly to the feats of Yumi’s youth, Miss Tachibana was only more convinced that her friend was certainly of the finest ilk. Lacking in confidence as had been revealed by their very first conversation but possessing some marvellous qualities that Saya felt she too easily tended to overlook, the slightly sweaty swordswoman wished that the redhead before her could glimpse herself through her own blue eyes and see how special she truly was…
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Post by Yumi Tasukai on Mar 2, 2018 14:19:20 GMT -8
"...B-badass." She repeated, clearing her throat a little as Saya stuck her ass out like that. The first night they shared a bed had been awkward enough, little slip ups like this weren't helping. She'd just have to be more mindful of them in the future. "It erm...it means cool, strong, tough, stuff like that. Watch a few action movies with me and you'll figure out what it means quickly enough." She chuckled a little at her explanation, and it helped her feel a little better after the somber topic.
Saya's hand on her arm felt like a gentle bit of reassurance, and without much thought behind it, Yumi ended up reaching out and grasping Saya's arm beneath her elbow, resting her shovel in the dirt to one side as she tugged Saya in and gave her a full on hug, just smiling as she indulged in a bit of warmth from her house mate on the cold day, and tried to express how much she appreciated those words.
"Ah shut up ya Kantonian poet." She let out weakly, finding that as poetic and fluffy as her words may have been they did mean a lot. She wanted to say they didn't mean anything, that she was still a bit of a crappy, paranoid person even if she could be nice sometimes but...nah. She needed to take some of that in, and even as she tried to it was hard to fight back against them. Saya had been in a situation where she didn't really have anyone and Yumi had offered her somewhere more interesting live where she might have someone to support her a bit...
Giving a last squeeze in the hug she pulled back a bit misty eyed, rubbing them and giving Saya a playful jab. "Come on, getting me all sappy just so you don't have to work...focus up!~ Ain't much more to go if we work together!~"
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Post by SGYUMI on Mar 2, 2018 14:37:13 GMT -8
Oh look... What have we here?! -- Mega Stones!CHOOSE ONE: | Scizorite |
A stone used to Mega Evolve Scizor! |  | Greninjite |
A stone used to Mega Evolve Greninja! |  | Alakazite |
A stone used to Mega Evolve Alakazam! |  | Key stone |
This stone'll be useful in all forms of Mega Evolution! |
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Post by Tachibana Saya on Mar 2, 2018 17:45:14 GMT -8
“Oh! Heeheeheehee…” Gasping as the redhead pounced on her with a heart full of affection, after a second Saya lifted her arm up and gently wrapped it around the waist of the other woman, squeezing her into her body lightly with a little chuckle.
“Goodness, I hope that work hasn't made me feel too sticky?” Perhaps some vain and feminine part of Miss Tachibana prompting her to lightly poke at the fact that the two of them had been working up quite the sweat before the moment, she was glad for the show of affection all the same.
Enjoying the slight advantage she had in height over Yumi and feeling an odd and satisfying sense of gratification in the embrace, Saya lifted her hand and giggled into it because of the endearing way her friend tried to brush off the little moment they had shared.
“Yes, it seems we have been making some excellent progress, teeheeheehee…” Nodding enthusiastically as her host called for them to return to work, after scanning the site they had managed to clear and feeling her spirits lifted up by the pride she felt in their success so far, Miss Tachibana couldn’t help but chuckle as she felt compelled to be a little bit cheeky.
“You know, with ladies like the two of us accomplishing feats such as this, I’m starting to wonder what use men will have for us in future?” Smiling at the fine feat of female accomplishment, it seemed that the notion Saya had always felt about being able to do just as good a job as a man was proving to be a sound one. Nodding in triumph before lifting her pick back up and slamming it into the next part of tough ground, the dark haired girl was brimming with pride in what they had done, and felt even more eager about continuing to demonstrate their capability. Yet as her tool sent something bright and shiny skipping over the earth that they had cleared, it seemed that their progress might just have to slow down a little…
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Post by Yumi Tasukai on Mar 2, 2018 18:05:02 GMT -8
"Ah don't be silly, even when you sweat you're all lady like about it!~" Yumi smirked a little at her almost nonsensical tease, but it had some grounds. Saya's skin was a little damp but it felt more slick than sticky and grimy when she hugged her, though that just could be from how little skin on skin contact there was. All the same they were getting back to work, and Yumi continued to chuckle as she brought up the comment about the men.
"Aaaah I dunno. We'd at least need to keep 'em around for something to gawk at now and then...either that or the lesbians will wipe out the straight and bi girls and survive solely on eachother." She smirked a little as she turned it into a bit of an apocalypse even for them two, shrugging with a confident smirk. "Good thing I got the island!~ It's like a reverse bunker! They'll never find us up here!~"
Catching the shimmery object as it flew out of the rocks, Yumi followed it with her eyes but didn't want to be invasive since Saya seemed to spot it too, tilting her head to the side as she tried to discern what could have been stuck in her island's rocks.
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