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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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"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.