avalar_logs | Two boys and their Pokémon

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Two boys and their Pokémon

Who: Enzan (

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What: oh hey I met you over a stone thingy majiggy once
Where: Glimmer
When: 12th October, 2013
Warnings: None.

Exploring was one of the priorities for Red since arriving in Avalar. It felt like an unusual activity to his body, if only because of how long it had been since he'd moved from anything but the same paths along the same snowy mountain. Not that it couldn't be adventurous at times when the weather would get unpredictable and the pokémon feistier, but everything had become largely familiar in those years. It wasn't unwelcome- maybe this would be a change that was needed for him, one that he was unaware of.

The days felt too short for how much there was to be seen- but that was fine, since they were going to be there for a while, it seemed. Red only learnt (somewhat embarrassingly) the access to more locations, and he was itching to see what to make of them. Still, he felt there was plenty more to explore about the places that he knew of. Making known of what there was free would be good, at least the trainer thought so; he lived off what existed already, so there was no need for now to be any different. Sunrise Spring had turned out to be good for all those fruit trees everywhere.

What interested him in a visit to Glimmer was the apparent sports fields there. Wide and open areas could be good. How big were they?

He was in no real rush, however, to get to any certain place. He had plans for later on, but travel was made easy for him with his charizard and the transport she provided him. The fire pokémon was tucked away inside her belt for that visit though, and Red walked through the location accompanied by two other pokemon - Pikachu and Espeon.

Espeon took a lead as she usually did, with Pikachu perched on his shoulder with a curious eye at all that could be seen. They may have looked casual, but they were two of Red's most aware pokémon of their surroundings and what was nearby. A pokémon who felt change and could predict the future and a pokémon who kept alert to sounds.

And there would be some certain figures for them to notice on this day out. Now- where might they be?

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The smile makes Red do the same, feeling an understanding for it.

"I get that- I had my friend Leaf with me when I started off my travels. Not the same, but." He shrugs, and then with a wave of his hand adds, "Oh yeah, but it's not the same Leaf that's here if you know her. Different girl. Kinda like with me and the other Red."

He continues, "But she helped me out a lot. I haven't seen her in years... but I guess the sooner we can get back, the sooner we can see them again. A war's probably an important thing to get back to, too."

"Yeah."

They eventually reach town and Pichu makes a happy sound. Enzan makes a small gesture with his hand, "Here we are."

Red lifts the brim of his hat up, taking in the sight of the town as Enzan gestures.

"Do you live here too?"

"Yes, I do."

Pichu begins waving her arms ecstatically and starts telling Pikachu about the town. Dratini and Eevee both shake their heads fondly at how excitable she always was.

Pikachu listens with earnest attention, while Espeon flickers between amusement and watching Enzan and Red.

"Is it anything like Ransei?" The question is half-serious, all light-hearted, though Red thinks it might open up to possibly asking more about where Enzan comes from, a subject that seems easy and casual for speaking about while walking (and not as heavy as war, especially after working for how ever long).

Enzan smiles sheepishly, "Mm, not really. The buildings are different and the only thing that is remotely similar is the mine. Except the mines in Ransei are gold mines and not gem mines."

"Why don't you tell me about it? It sounds like it's got to be an interesting place."

He waves a hand, looking up as he thinks, "You said you were a lord of a place there. What did you call it? Roara...?"

"Aurora. It's one of seventeen kingdoms that make up Ransei, and I'm also taking care of six others."

"Taking care of" being the nicer way of saying he challenged the previous leaders for control and won, thereby forcing them to leave.

"Aurora," he echoes, taking note of the name in his head. "So, have you always been lord of there?" Since he 'babysits' kingdoms, it seems reasonable to ask. "What's it like?"

"Actually, I've only been a lord for half a year."

And his luck was so bad that he ended up having to fight to protect it on his first day.

"Aurora is a beautiful place. The weather is nice most of the year and many Normal-Type Pokemon make their homes there."

"Oh yeah?" Lord for barely a year and babysitting other kingdoms. What a life. But the mention of normal-type interests Red.

"What sort? Like, the pokémon- what normal-type do you usually see around there?"

"Let me see; there are Meowth, Starly, and Minccino that usually hang around. Sometimes Audino too."

There were also Woopers too.

His eyes light up in a certain way, and he takes a step closer to Enzan.

"I only know what one of those are, the Meowth. But Starly, Minccino- Audinos? Can you tell me about them? What are they like?"

"Well.."

Enzan then goes into short descriptions of the Pokemon Red was asking about. Even going to some of his own experiences with them, even mentioning another warrior, Muneshige, and his Starly who he had fought against.

It's the kind of subject that would have had Red prompting it onward at every other mention. What they're like wasn't the only thing on his mind, but anything at all about their character that the warlord might know.

"The Starly sound like Spearow- normal flying types," he goes on into explanations himself afterwards. "Have you got them? They're popular in Kanto, them and Pidgey, especially where I come from." He grins, looking away for a moment with a laugh in his voice, "I remember when I got a Pidgey and I saw my friend again, he had one and he accused me of copying him- like I knew what he had. But that's Green for you."

"No, I don't think we have Pidgey or Fearow in Ransei," Enzan had shaken his head when he said this, "I'd like to see them someday."

"They're bird pokémon too. They both start off about this small?" He makes a size with his hands. "But they get bigger as they evolve. Pidgey has more evolutions than a Spearow. Pidgey..."

And off he goes with descriptions. He shares the differences between them, Fearow's more distinctly-shaped beak and a Pidgeot's impressive crest that sweeps down from its forehead, and then speaks about their differences as bird types.

It's somewhere through this that an idea crosses his face, and he reaches to his back pocket. "How about I show you?"

When he turns back, a pokédex is in his hands. He flips it open and starts to click down through it. If Enzan's looking, he can maybe see images of pokémon flicker on the screen.

Enzan's eyes widen as he looks over the pokedex, "Whoa!"

This machine was unlike any other he had seen before and it had images and descriptions of Pokemon in it. Like the scrolls and books they had, only not in those forms.

'Lord Motonari would've loved to see this,' he thinks to himself.

Red catches Enzan's surprise, and he looks at him with some amusement. "Have you never seen one of these before?"

It's a serious question. There were the talks of warlords and kingdoms, but there was something also old-fashioned about Enzan's person, too. Red didn't think about it entirely seriously; Avalar was weird, everybody was going to come from a weird situation.

...And maybe pokédexs were still a new or unknown technology for some, and Ransei sounded like it was far away. They had only been made a few years ago, hadn't they?

Along with the question though, it doesn't take long at all for a Pidgey to show up on the screen, and Red holds it out more for Enzan to see. "Here, this is Pidgey."

Enzan looks at the screen with interest and there's a sharp kind of focus in his gaze.

"No, I haven't seen a piece of machinery like this. Not even in Violight."

They had blimps and generators, but not anything like this small codex that Red was showing him.

He's curious about what makes Violight special, but he holds the question off.

"Do you want t'look through it?-- maybe when we're sitting down, I mean. It's got a full list on the pokémon in Kanto, so there's a lot there. I was supposed to do the same for Johto, but I got distracted," he admits with a laugh in his voice.

"I'd love to."

Dratini then comes back over to them and trills up at Enzan. The warlord's attention is fully on the Dragon-Type who nudges his head towards the food stands.

"Oh! You're right, thank you for reminding me Dratini," he turns back to Red, "I'll be right back."

"Sure. I'll take a look around." He points to all of the stalls himself, grinning. "See what they've got. Just tell me when you're done."

"Sure."

He walks over the the stands and starts asking if the stuff he needs is in stock. While he does this, Eevee asks Espeon what is was like to evolve.

A quick "You watch everyone, alright?" is given to Pikachu on a bent knee, a pat on the head accompanying it an a happy affirmative given in response, before Red lifts up again and checks at the stalls there are. He has no plan to buy anything, limited in the money he has for the world, but there's no reason to not see what's being offered, the different types foods always a curious sight to see in any location despite his not well-travelled mouth.

Espeon considers the question presented to her, pondering it as her tail sweeps slowly against the ground. And then she answers- for her, it was a state of mind. She decided that Red would keep by her side, and she would ensure that.

Pikachu intervenes, but waits to do so after she's spoken. He tells Eevee that you don't need to evolve to be strong and loyal to your trainer. He knows an Eevee too that's strong, and she loves her trainer a lot, just as much as they love Red.

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