Two boys and their Pokémon

[aftermtsilver]

Who: Enzan (warlord_of_aurora) and Red (aftermtsilver)
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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[aftermtsilver]

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?"

[warlord_of_aurora]

"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.

[aftermtsilver]

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."

[warlord_of_aurora]

"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."

[aftermtsilver]

"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.

[warlord_of_aurora]

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.

[aftermtsilver]

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."

[warlord_of_aurora]

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.

[aftermtsilver]

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.

[warlord_of_aurora]

"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."

[aftermtsilver]

"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."

[warlord_of_aurora]

"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.

[aftermtsilver]

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.

[warlord_of_aurora]

Eevee's reply comes out a little defensive, but he catches himself and calms back down. In a more even tone, he explains that he just wanted to know for future reference since their battles back home would be getting tougher.

Pichu gazes at him, her usual cheer not present. When he finishes, she huffs and bonks him lightly on the head once, making a comment to stop being a worrywart. She then grins and her cheeks spark a little, adding that everything will be all right. They just needed to trust their friend and help him the best way that they can.

[aftermtsilver]

Neither Pikachu nor Espeon understand the defensiveness that comes from Eevee, though it's Espeon that speaks up: evolution is different for everybody; for their kind, it's not so simple.

And with a slight tilt of her head, she asks- does he wish to evolve?

[warlord_of_aurora]

Eevee pauses and his ears droop a little before straightening out and nods his head.

Enzan buys the last of the stuff he needed and makes his way back to the Pokemon.

[aftermtsilver]

Espeon's ears twitch, and she picks herself up onto her legs and moves her feet with no aim. There's a somewhat playful tone to her voice as she says that they can talk to his friend about it, if Eevee likes. Pikachu finds a place to pipe up there, saying (and maybe to explain further, where Espeon's intentional simplicity can give the wrong impression)- Eevees can evolve into different things, maybe their friend can help Eevee decide if he doesn't know what he wants to be?

As Pikachu talks, Espeon turns, having already noticed Enzan approaching, and there's a flick of her tail end upwards as she sends a signal to her trainer, who still took an interest in all the different stalls that there were- anything could keep his interest for a while, it seemed. But he'll be joining them in a second too.

[warlord_of_aurora]

Enzan eventually makes it back to the group of Pokemon, his bags in hand. His Pokemon all perk up when he comes back.

[aftermtsilver]

And Red is there not long after, hands empty and held out to show as much as he approaches the group.

"Oh hey- done?"

[warlord_of_aurora]

"Yes," he shifts the bags a little and manages to get a smaller one, "I even got some apples for everyone."

[aftermtsilver]

He nods, not really assuming that the 'everyone' also includes him and his lot. Pikachu and Espeon come up to his legs, though don't really move away from anybody else as he does.

"I don't know where you plan to eat. You wanna take the lead again?" Red shrugs, slipping his hands into his pockets. And then he figures he can give the pokédex to Enzan during that time.

[warlord_of_aurora]

"There's a spot over here we can sit down at."

Enzan moves towards an empty spot of the town.

[aftermtsilver]

And so Red follows, with pokémon companions in co! He finds a spot to sit in the area (seats not at all necessary), Pikachu quickly taking a place on his lap as he does. He rests an arm against a knee.

"So, what else do you do here?" He pauses. "I mean, if you have anything you like to do here. Training?"

[warlord_of_aurora]

"I've tried training, but I guess I'm so used to be surrounded by other people that it feels weird to do it by myself with just my Pokemon."

He settles down in a cross-legged position and pulls out the small bag. He hands out the apples inside, even to Red, his Pikachu, and Espeon.

[aftermtsilver]

"Makes sense. It's weird without the wild pokémon around to even battle," Red slips in, just before the offering of apples. The fruit makes him blink, but then he grins and takes it.

"What, us? Thanks!" He thinks for a moment, then reaches to his side pocket to bring out a small swiss army knife with probably a different name in the pokémon world but whaaateeever. Pikachu's happy to plonk his in his own lap (after a thank you-like sound directed to Enzan), but Red faces to Espeon, flicking open the knife portion of the utensil to slice the fruit into slips. When the first one comes out, he hands it over to her- and the pokémon makes the uncut apple in front of her move from before herself and to Red's side.

Swapsies.

"She likes them like this," Red explains, focusing back onto Enzan once the espeon's taken the first slice to begin munching on. But, returning to the topic before apples- "So, you haven't found anyone to train with? I heard there's some other trainers here."

He begins to make another slice. "None around the same level as you?"