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farawayplace2022-08-20 11:59 pm
ulternnpc) wrote in farawayplace2022-08-20 11:59 pm
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Suddenly in the midst of a Summer Festival--
There's a distinct sound of waves, and bustling of people nearby.
In the coastal city of Turnbloom the sun is bright and warm, and the scent of the sea wafts through with the cool gentle breeze that makes the glittering pinwheels spin, and the leaves on the palm tree dance.
Today the streets are extra decorated with these cute, colorful and floral shaped pinwheels. It seemed the people who were out in the streets were dressed in colorful summer attire--either casual, or the more traditional yukata. It seemed like with the booths were set out for both food and games for festival of some kind that was currently underway.
Just how did you get here, and why? A mystery, and it seemed the people in the streets didn't seem to notice anything out of the ordinary as they go about enjoying their time out on this bright sunny day.
In the coastal city of Turnbloom the sun is bright and warm, and the scent of the sea wafts through with the cool gentle breeze that makes the glittering pinwheels spin, and the leaves on the palm tree dance.
Today the streets are extra decorated with these cute, colorful and floral shaped pinwheels. It seemed the people who were out in the streets were dressed in colorful summer attire--either casual, or the more traditional yukata. It seemed like with the booths were set out for both food and games for festival of some kind that was currently underway.
Just how did you get here, and why? A mystery, and it seemed the people in the streets didn't seem to notice anything out of the ordinary as they go about enjoying their time out on this bright sunny day.
[... -remembers to track thread-]
Trip came closer to the counter. "Mr. Larson, you said all your Pokemon were caught here. May we see them?"
no worries!!!
"Oh! Here I thought you came to introduce me to your new friend." He gave a chuckle while glancing over to Ash, and back to Trip. "Things are a little slow today because of the festival here so I don't mind showing you my Pokemon. I'm not sure whether they'll be of interest..."
Trailing off instead of pulling out his Pokeballs he'll turn over to the backdoor of the cafe.
"Come on over you two, we've got guests."
"Aaa?" The first one to emerge is a Doduo. It's two heads tilted with a questioning look. Larson chuckled while gesturing for Doduo to come closer to the counter.
"I raised this good boy since he was a little Dodaerie, and...Blissey! You too!" He calls out. "The tea can wait!"
"Blissey!" While the name may be familiar to the two, Blissey's appearance was completely different from normal when she stepped out. Her overall fur is yellow, and had a prominent, apron-like pattern with her fur.
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"This is... a Blissey?!" A mix of surprise, disbelief, and fascination swirled within Ash. Wanting to make sure, Ash pulled out his Rotom Phone and pointed the lens at Blissey's direction.
Immediately the Rotom Phone's Pokedex function responded.
"Blissey, the Happiness Pokemon. A Normal Type. It is the evolved form of Chansey. Whenever it finds a weakened Pokemon, Blissey will share its egg and offer its help until it is nursed back to full health."
On his screen however, instead of the yellow-colored Blissey that's right in front of him, the image only shows the pink-colored Blissey that he's used to seeing back in his home world.
"It looks really different." Ash mused to himself as he looked at the screen and then back to Larson's Blissey. But then recalled other Pokemon such as Sirfetch'd back when it was a Farfetch'd where it appeared much different than the ones he's used to. "Hey, is this like... it's regional form here in Ultern?"
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Trip brought out his camera to aim it at Blissey.
"Maybe there's all sorts of regional forms here we've never seen before. It's exciting to think about, right?"
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"Blissey, bliss!" Blissey nodded in agreement while one of Doduo's head rested itself on Larson's shoulder. Larson reached over to pet him while looking between both Trip and Ash, and made a thoughtful "hmm".
"I suppose she would be a regional variant. In fact in Ultern, Blissey has two different appearances. The other one is more pink than my little lady here." He turned back to Blissey who smiled back at him.
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"Hehe, I can't wait to show Goh and Prof. Cerise about this!" he said to himself out loud.
After he snapped a picture, he looked up to Larson when he explained further about Blissey.
"There's two different appearances?" Ash couldn't help but repeat what Larson said. But he said it's pink in color. Like, the commonly known variant? He wondered.
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“Picked up a new hobby?”
Trip soon put away the camera, not wanting to embarrass the bashful Blissey anymore.
“Your Pokemon both seem very well-raised.”
And quite attached to him, but that was plain to see! Out of everyone new he met here, Larson was the easiest to trust.
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"You're the star of the show today, Blissey." He commented before looking over to both Ash and Trip. His expression lit up upon hearing a mention of a "Professor" from Ash, and over to Trip he smiled.
"Well, they're both my friends and my family. We take care of each other equally. Isn't that right Doduo?"
"Aaa!" Doduo fluffed it's feathers up in response while playfully nipping at Larson's hair. Larson didn't seem to mind as he kept his attention to the conversation at hand.
"That reminds me, if you both own a Pokedex I think it would be a good idea to go visit Professor Banyan! He knows a whole lot about Pokemon, and he's currently researching the difference between the Pokemon in Ultern, and the Pokemon who have drifted here."
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"Nah, I try to make it a habit to get data for the lab I'm working at." he answered, "That way, my friend wouldn't have to do all the work by himself."
He then smiled as he watched Larson's Doduo being playful through the camera. It was clear Larson and his Pokemon are really close given how happy they all looked.
As he pocketed his phone, he then looked up to Learson curiously when he made his suggestion.
"Professor Banyan?" Ash perked up a bit. "So this region has a Pokemon Professor too!"
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Ash? Well, it has been a long time…
“I’m sure we’ll get more information from the Professor. Thank you, Mr. Larson, Blissey, and Doduo.”
Trip thought for a moment, realized he had focused all his attention on the different Blissey and largely ignored Doduo! He hadn’t wanted to hurt its feelings. then tried to reach over to pat Doduo, faltering midway. “Um, is it alright…?”
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"Professor Banyan is amazing! He's always researching so hard about Pokemon! He even helps trainers who drifted in updating their Pokedex to recognize Pokemon in Ultern too."
"Aaa!" Larson's Doduo upon realizing Trip was reaching out to pet him moved one of it's head to gently headbutt into Trip's hand. Larson chuckled before giving a pat to his Doduo.
"Well, it seems Doduo himself doesn't mind. Neither do I. My Doduo here is very friendly. He loves giving rides to people, and of course playing with people too."
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Then, he turned his attention to both Trip and Larson's Doduo as he watched his friend proceed to interact with the Twin Bird Pokemon. It's nice to see that Trip's being friendly with other Pokemon some more.
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"Updating the PokeDex sounds great," Trip said.
He wondered if the entries would stay in his PokeDex even if he went home.
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His Doduo in the mean time fluffed his feather up more before moving its other head off of Larson to bump Trip's offered hand. Yay pets!!! So nice!! Larson chuckled while moving to pat his Blissey.
"Oh! But he may be dropping by tomorrow. Something about needing more supplies...but today who knows? He might be out there enjoying the festival like everyone else."
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"You must be very strong if you can carry people," Trip commented, then focused on Ash again.
"Sounds good. It'd be nice if we could speak with him today, but... I guess we've covered enough ground for the day. Deciding where to rest is probably all that's left to do for today..."
He didn't like delays, but, learning to appreciate things on the way instead of always being in a hurry to get to the next stop on the journey is something he'd been working on.
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"Doduo is one of the popular Ride Pokemon here in Ultern. Some even have a Ride Pokemon that's a Dodrio." Larson explained as he returned to patting his Doduo's side. Looking between the two young trainers, especially at Trip's concern about lodgings his expression lit up. "If you'd like, we offer free lodgings here at this Pokemon Center! There should be plenty of rooms left."
He paused before adding-
"Of course there's plenty of space for three people in one room!" He couldn't NOT include Lear into the count.
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"Is that so?" Ash looked at Larson's Doduo. That's interesting! The fact that Doduos are used as Ride Pokemon sounded like they're really strong, like Trip said. Although he's experienced riding on a Dodrio before, he wouldn't mind trying it out again.
And when Larson brought up lodgings, that got Ash to realize that the fact they're suddenly here in Ultern, the thought of finding a place to stay did not cross his mind.
"Oh nice, that's good to hear!" Ash looked grateful at Larson. "Sure! Trip and I can have a room together!"
[……… Spongebob and Squidward]
“… y-you…”
He wasn’t even going to say “yes” at first! But now it would be awkward to contradict him now and it’d probably be rude and Ash was just being nice, wasn’t he, it is sweet that he trusted him this much, but he didn’t like having no control over things aaaand is this why folks didn’t like him taking pictures without permission? You reap what you sow, etc.
“… never mind, that’ll be all.”
And Patrick!
With that he's walking around the cafe counter and making his way to the lobby, waving his hand towards the pink haired nurse who was standing behind the other counter area.
"Nurse Emi! Nurse Emi!"
Looks like the situation was already slipping further and further away from Trip's hands. Meanwhile both of Larson's Pokemon manned the counter while he stepped away.
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"Hehe, at least we wouldn't have to worry about finding a place to stay!" And he just smiled. Not that it's a big issue, Ash didn't mind roughing it out when there's no where else to go anyway.
"Oh right!" His puts his fist over his palm as a thought occurred to him. "I better tell Lillie about this place too!"
He'll keep note of that when they meet again later.
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That was abput all Trip managed. Oh, well, time to just accept the futility of protest. He could stay for a night, then sneakily book a hotel room tomorrow.
“Lillie? Is she someone from our world too? … is she that girl with the sunhat?” … who was repeatedly losing it to the sea breeze, but he had just enough sense to know he shouldn’t say that.
It’s too late for him, but maybe he can work up enough courage to say something for her sake.
“Don’t get carried away, maybe she’s got other plans… or reservations. Don’t impose, alright?”
He handled that pretty well, having the time to plan ahead how to respond! Now, if only that came to him earlier… oh, well, plenty of time to make up for lost time learning to interact with other kids! Maybe…
[2/2; ~Lillie Interlude~]
We didn’t pack for travel, Snowy! So I should probably go shopping for clothes later… ah, and Pokemon food, an—
Ah…
[She sneezed, hurriedly, into a paper napkin.]
… e-excuse me!
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And maybe ask if she's found someplace to stay. Though that's for when they meet again. At least he has a phone now, making it easy to reach out to friends.
"But yeah, Lillie's from our world too. She's a good friend and classmate at the school I used to attend to back when I stayed in Alola!" He followed his statement with a grin. "I did mention to you about her earlier!"
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2/2; oof, sorry for the delay!
No problemo!!
[sorry for the looong delay! It can end here unless we're gonna have a one-on-one with Larson ^^]