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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.
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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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Oh, he did? It must have slipped his mind in the midst of everything.
"Oh, yeah, I think you said something like that... I wonder if there's any special reason for drawing in different people from different regions at the same time... the other new arrivals I met all came from different regions too. I wonder if there's a pattern."
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Well at least Ash is aware of it now.
"Hmmm, maybe they all have a Pokemon with them?" He then folded his arms. He has his team, Trip also brought his own Pokemon, and Lillie has Snowy, so that might be it? "...Though I dunno what other reasons are there."
There's just not enough clues to go by.
"At any rate, we'll definitely figure out why at some point!" And puts up his usual trademark carefree smile.
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“Yeah, you totally do.”
Then, on a lighter note, “It’s alright, getting carried away trying to help others sounds just like you.”
Witness Trip, trying to be nice.2/2; oof, sorry for the delay!
Trip looked thoughtful and serious a moment, but Ash’s expectedly carefree interrupted his train of thought, but rather than react with annoyance or even exasperated acceptance… he yawned.
“… sorry, I guess all that talk about where to stay’s got me tired.”
Or meeting others here in the same situation, as well as Ash being this carefree about it with similar previous experiences, has just that calming and reassuring an effect!
Or his brain just gave up trying to figure out Ash’s logic, as a meaner Trip would claim… a pretty big turnaround for someone who was utterly convinced he was going to be eaten by fairies or something earlier, at any rate!No problemo!!
"Hey now, I couldn't just turn a blind eye if someone asks for help y'know!"
And then Ash took notice of Trip yawning.
"Is that so? Well how about you go ahead and take a break?" Ash suggested, "I still wanna look around anyway. Plus I promised Lillie I'd go meet her again later!"
He then adjusted the straps of his backpack before beaming at his friend. He still looks full of energy it seems.
"Tell Mr. Larson I'll be off for now!" Ash said as he started walking away and waved at Trip.
[sorry for the looong delay! It can end here unless we're gonna have a one-on-one with Larson ^^]
And off Ash went again, as energetic as ever!
Trip, smiling rather ironically, waved back, but his voice had a warm fondness to it when he replied, "Yeah, I will. See you."
He would only rest for a little while, too uneasy or excited to sleep for long, but there was still more to explore afterwards anyway and the festival might give him some interesting information too! For now, he waited for Larson to return, inching a bit closer to Doduo to watch how it worked in Larson's stead, as he waited to deliver Ash's message.