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Stardust Beach - Traveller

[A rather confused Trip might be found wandering the beach today! It seems he's drifted back in for the first time in a while (not counting his younger self who's been staying at the Professor's place)... well, at least he's already dressed for the beach, with a sun hat, (oversized, hiding nearly half his face) shades, capris, and a breezy (very orange) shirt! But, there's just one little problem...]

... have you seen my Frillish?

Pokemon Center - Takeover

[Nurse Emi was supposed to be off today, wasn't she? Yet, it seems she's come to work anyway! Quite the workaholic, isn't she? ... or is it her? She seems to be acting, well, strange...

She's lazily flung herself, ragdoll-like, as if she isn't quite sure what to do with her limbs, into a seat behind the desk and is rudely bossing around the Pokemon Nurses like a little despot! She didn't have to be here today, why is she being so mean?! Maybe she's not feeling well? It seems like nothing's good enough for her!

She isn't even really doing any work, she's mostly just... drinking jasmine tea. She's been drinking cup after cup of jasmine tea with no end in sight.]

Home - Trick

[Not at the beach or the Pokemon Center today? That's alright, a bored and mischievous Ghost type Pokemon could bring chaos and confusion to your home, too! Is that where you left that thing? Wait, who ate those treats you were saving? Are your Pokemon partners or other room mates mad at you and you have no idea why?]

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A camera? Drasiel's seen those before. She doesn't mind, but she's also not the type to pose for pictures, so she just nods, then waits for Trip to take a photo, before sitting down on the floor near Gold to talk with Gold's Pokemon while they're in their Pokeballs.

"Me too!" Gold says. It was for a pretty short time, but he managed to reunite with Silver!

Gold doesn't look as serious as Trip about the attack on Goldenrod anymore, now that he's experienced it himself. So he just shrugs casually with a small smile.

"Pretty well," Gold says. "I mean, the Team Rocket grunts on the streets had their hands full trying to deal with the Gym Leader and her Miltank rolling all over them, so I mostly just wandered around looking for Silver, defeated some Rockets that tried to stop me, talked to people... And then I found him in the underground tunnel!"

Gold's smile drops then, and he gets a bit of a faraway look in his eyes. Silver... What went on between the two of them back there isn't something he wants to share with anyone. Not all of it, at least...

Gold sips some tea, thinking of what to say, before putting his smile back on and continuing.

"He was alright and all, but he wasn't, like, alright in a way where it'd be chill for him to walk out on his own, y'know? So I held his hand and lead him out of the city, and then told him to go to my dad's place while I went back and dealt with the rest of the Rockets. But since Silver didn't have any Pokemon that knew Fly, I let him borrow Nerica, and he let me borrow Drasiel in return. Then we split up, I called my dad, and headed back to Goldenrod City... But right when I stepped through the gate, bam! Ultern again." Gold sighs, long and drawn out. "Well, I did the most important thing I wanted to do, so I guess it's fine, but that's a weird moment to pick to send me back, right?"

That's perfectly fine, Trip can enjoy posed pictures, but he tends to prefer them natural. Trip smiled a little in relief, hearing it went well, although finding Silver in a tunnel sounded strange... did he get injured? Was he hiding from Team Rocket? He wasn't so sure... "I'm glad he's safe... or going to be, anyway."

It is weird timing, but when has this place ever cared about timing, really?

"Drifting is always weird, but... I'm glad you weren't taken before something else you'd have to worry about."

He can enjoy himself better like this, right?

Trip enjoyed the scent of the jasmine tea and sipped appreciatively, relaxing. It wasn't even too hot! (Probably because of the time spent dealing with Frillish... or the almost-dance...)

"I was just going down for a swim, taking a little time off, but ended up on the shores of Ultern instead."

Hence the beach wear.

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Something like that!

"Yeah, he's in good hands," Gold says. His usual grin softens to something he hardly ever shows to anyone he's not close to. "After worrying about him for so long, it's a real relief to know just where he's gonna be the next time I go back. And it was great talking to my dad again, too..."

He takes a sip of his tea, still smiling. He only heard dad's voice on the phone, but it was enough. Dad still cared about him... It had been silly to think he wouldn't.

"Yeah, totally," Gold says, the usual grin back. "All I gotta do next time is storm the radio tower and fight the Rockets' temp boss or whatever, then drive them out. Can't be too hard!" It totally can, but he's not worried. He's got Umbar, after all.

"Oh, so that's why you were wearing that," Gold says. "Didn't really seem your style, I totally thought you were some other Trip." No he didn't, he's teasing. "Did your clothes get left behind in your world?"

"I'm glad..."
Gold always did seem to like his father best. He's glad he has someone safe to return to...

"I'm sure you can do it!" Trip's pretty confident in Gold's skills too.

It's nice seeing these rarer expressions from Gold, too...

He laughed a little at Gold's joke, but with this place, he could have been... he tried to picture another him that was a total beach bum or surfer... maybe he'd be stronger and more athletic in that world!

"My clothes..."

His eyes widened, then, he frowned. "I did leave my usual suit jacket and pants there..."

Oh, but, at least...

He dug out another suit jacket, in the same shade of orange, that looked practically identical to the other one. "This one doesn't really suit me, but..."

He turned it over, pouting a little.

What's the difference? It's hard to tell just by looking! (It's an American suit jacket with a single vent, unlike the Italian cut he usually wears [that's more flattering on his smaller frame] that has no vent.)

"...It's the same kinda jacket," Gold says. He can't tell any difference at all.

"Sucks leaving stuff behind, but at least it was just clothes. Me, I left a whole Pokemon at home. How am I supposed to get to places without Nerica's flying? My Pokemon are gonna get all lonely without her, too!" Gold whines.

(Not like he'll get lonely, of course not. He just misses what she can do for him. If he focuses on that, he doesn't have to admit he misses having her around already.)

"... it is not!"
Trip's affronted! Actually, wait, if Gold can't tell the difference, maybe... no, some will definitely notice! But, maybe the average person won't...

"Well, she has a job, you know, she's keeping Silver safe." Oh, like he won't be missing her? Trip's going to give Gold an unconvinced look, before smiling.

Still, that did remind him of something...

"... a whole... Pokemon..."

Wait. Trip frowned, recalling something, suddenly rising.

"Tepig! I left Tepig at Professor Banyan's! Before I left, I caught one, how is it? Have you seen it?!"

There's probably a lone Tepig running around there, sniffing and digging up mushrooms and other things!

"It's totally the same."

"...Yeah, true," Gold says with a sigh and a nod. If Nerica wasn't with Silver right now Gold would probably still be worried about him. It's better this way. "Still sucks though..."

Gold blinks at Trip's realization, then goes "Ohh."

"Yeah, I remember that Tepig. Professor Banyan told me it was yours! It was doing fine last time I was here, I fed it sometimes. I think we get along."

That's an understatement. Chatting and playing with that Tepig was definitely a way Gold coped with Trip leaving. Trip might find the Tepig a little bit spoiled with treats when he meets it again...

Trip frowned a little, then, thought he might demonstrate it by wearing the jacket. Not as big of a deal in these loose, summery capris as trousers, though. Maybe it's fine with different pants...

Trip felt relieved to hear it was still there and well taken care of... Gold tending to it also made him smile.

"... thank you."

It would've been nice if Tepig got to go home back to Unova with him, but a member of his old team being separated from the rest would've been sad...

"... was I gone a really long time? I know it was, like, a year apart the last time... maybe we can go say hi to Professor Banyan and Tepig together. Unless you're busy, that is."

The jacket still looks the same to Gold, he can't see a difference.

"No prob, man," Gold replies with a smile. He doesn't really feel like it was anything worth thanking him for, to be honest. He did it because he wanted to.

"I dunno how long it was, I feel like more time passed here than back home. It was fall when I went home, and now it looks more like spring or summer. I'm totally out of whack," he shrugs with a sigh. "I feel like I'm gonna have jetlag or something, I dunno." He's not entirely sure what jetlag even feels like, but he's pretty sure he will soon.

Seeing Professor Banyan... Gold hesitates a little. If it's been months since he was here, was his room even still his? Some other drifters could've needed that space more than him. But... no way to know without checking, is there? And it'd be nice to meet Tepig again, if nothing else.

"Nah, I've got nothing else to do, so why not?" He looks around to see Drasiel poking around at some decorative plastic plants in Skiploom-shaped planters. "Hey, Drasiel! Don't eat those, we're gonna get going soon!"

Drasiel gives him a kind of offended look.

("Why would I eat them?? And why did you say it like leaving soon is the only reason to not eat them...?")

"You should probably rest, then. Might take a day or two to adjust to the sudden change, like travelling to a different timezone."

"... does she... regularly eat plastic?" Trip asked, raising a brow.

Yeah, no, Trip wasn't going to overlook how odd that phrase was, like Drasiel's going to pull up a chair and slowly and daintily dine on plastic plants...

She can probably burn it, but...

"Yeah, probably. Guess we better get going then." Gold downs the rest of his tea and stands from the table. He can rest at Banyan's place. "What about you? Think you'll have jetlag?"

"I dunno, maybe," Gold shrugs, sticking his hands in his pockets casually. "I wouldn't know, we haven't hung out a lot." Most of his meetings with Silver so far have been pretty brief and he hasn't seen his Pokemon outside of battle. He doesn't know their habits, maybe one of them eats plastic for all he knows.

("I don't! You hear me? I don't!!") Drasiel shakes her head empathically a the question, glaring at Gold. You're making her look uncool, kid!

"Let's go, then. It's summer here too, but... maybe. The weather's still different. The pace of life is much slower in Ultern."

Trip blinked at Drasiel's reaction, then smirked in amusement. "I think she's trying to tell us she doesn't."

He reached out as if to pet her, but he'll let Drasiel decide if she wanted to or not. "That's alright, we believe you."

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"Yeah, true. It's so weird skipping right past winter."

"Huh, alright. You can if you want to though." Gold, don't encourage her to eat plastic... Drasiel gives a flat look at him for that one.

Gold was going to recall Drasiel, but since Trip's going for a pet, he'll keep her out of her Pokeball for a while longer.

Drasiel looks satisfied that she made her point, and doesn't stop Trip. She's not against being pet, especially by someone that clearly has common sense, but she'll draw back if his hand strays too close to the area on the back of her neck that can ignite.

"Yeah... hope it wasn't your favourite you had to miss. At least you can look forward to it back home."

"... Gold, no. Burning plastic releases some pretty toxic gases," Trip warned, feeling exasperated by how Gold was not dropping this plastic-eating idea, even if he knew Drasiel was wholly uninterested in that idea.

Not to worry, his petting's brief and restrained, and he certainly won't wander to somewhere dangerous! He doesn't know if touching that area might set off flames, and he doesn't know if those flames always burn or can be made safer for those the Pokemon is close to... they've only just met, too, so even if she could temper them, he wouldn't think himself worthy of that yet!

They'll set off after that.

"Nah, winter sucks. It's cold outside and it's hard to find food," Gold pouts. Not that he's had to do that in a while, but still!

"I'm talking about eating, not burning," Gold says, confused, but then glances at Drasiel and thinks he gets what Trip's getting at. "Ohhh. Right, she breathes fire so anything she eats would burn. Yeah, I guess that's bad."

Drasiel doesn't react much to the brief petting, she's got a sort of 'huh, sure' mood about it. She can control her flames pretty well, but she's always careful not to get distracted by petting since that can loosen her control.

After that, Gold recalls her back into the Pokeball, sneakily grabs a few cookies for his pockets, then heads off towards Banyan's lab with Trip.

Since Trip brought up the idea of having a favorite season before, Gold finds himself thinking idly about it. He's never thought about which season is his favorite, but he's immediately got an answer.

"So what's your favorite season? I like fall. Lots of good food."

Trip cringed. He probably should have considered that...

"... yeah, being cold and hungry isn't fun."

When Gold brought up fall, Trip smiled. "Same here. Fall's always been my favourite. I love the way the leaves change colour and crunch when you step on them... and yeah, the food's great too. You should try a pumpkin pie in Unova sometime! Our pumpkins are softer and sweeter than the kabocha here."

He thought for a minute, then offered, "How about I cook something from home? ... I've gotten better at cooking now."

It's still going to be a relatively easy recipe, but hey!

"Sure isn't." And that's all Gold will say about that, not wanting to dwell on it any more than that.

"Oh yeah, I said I wanted to go to Unova before... Wait, did I say that to you? Or was that little Trip?" It's been a while, but he's pretty sure he talked about that with a Trip... "Well, anyway, if I do go there I gotta try that out!"

"Huh, would you? I'm not gonna say no to food!" Gold grins. Trip's cooking skills have never been too bad for him anyway!

Trip wasn't sure either, just laughing a little.

"You can thank me later!" he said, teasingly, before nodding. "Yeah, maybe I should pick up some things on the way back, though, just in case..."

He could drop by any little store on the way for beans and sausages! Trip's preference is vegetarian, but... for Gold, he ate meat, so...

"Which do you like best?"

"Which what?" Gold asks. You're gonna have to ask the whole question out loud, Trip!

Trip lifted frozen (meat substitute, in his case) sausages. "Which one do you like?"
He pointed to the freezer.

"It'll work with any kind, so pick something."

"Eh, anything goes," Gold shrugs, then scans the prices and points at the cheapest one, whether it's meat or substitute. "How about that one? What are you making, anyway?"

He's kind of craving a burger, to be honest, but he's fine with whatever sausage-based food Trip wants to make. Maybe he'll grab burger ingredients for himself for tomorrow, since they're already at the store...

That...? Trip frowned a little, but shrugged it off and took the one Gold picked. Is he picking solely based on the price...? Oh, well, like he said, it didn't matter too much, because the spices, olive oil, and beans will give it all the flavour it needs.

Sure, Trip wouldn't mind if Gold picked up other things! He'll be grabbing some beans, too, just in case there weren't any at Professor Banyan's.

"Red beans and rice with sausages. Well, maybe minus the rice--we could have bread or even leftovers with it."

Not so picky either...

Gold will be grabbing some minced meat, hamburger buns and lettuce! The cheapest he can find, and if it's discounted because it's close to expiration date, that's all the better!

"Sounds good. I dunno what leftovers there are, but I bet there's bread or rice around," Gold says. Maybe his hamburger buns will do in a pinch if they can't find anything else.

Trip frowned slightly.

"Gold... you sure you can eat all of that before it goes bad?" he asked, carefully.

He didb't want Gold eating spoiled food anymore.

He'll pay!

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[I decided to include the other suit jacket... Trip with orange jackets in different cuts]

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[Assuming Banyan would've told Gold about that Tepig being Trip's at some point!]

[Probably, yes! ^^]

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[Okay, Drasiel made me laugh. xD;;; ]

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[Sorry for the delay, I was on-call for 4 days and called out 3 out of those 4. x_x;; ]

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[Now wondering what leftovers Professor Banyan has... if it's taro, they're gonna be so gassy xD]

[We could say he conveniently has leftover rice!]

[Spagonia confirmed, he has warm rice in the rice cooker!! ^^]