we'd be a crazy team

[when_turks_fly]

Who: Valeria (when_turks_fly), Lea (frisbees), and Demyx (melodicnocturne)
Where: Route 30
When: June 11, 2012 - Afternoon
Summary: After five days' travel, Valeria, Lea, and Demyx finally meet up on Route 30.
Rating: D for mostly Disney
Log:

[ With her gloved hands shoved in her pockets, Valeria continues looking through the dirt path laid before her as she walks it. A lot has happened in the past five days and her mind is full, full enough to distract her from the immediate present and she realizes as much. She gives her head a light shake, drawn back as a result of both her realization and her Growlithe nosing at her leg in passing, and turns her eyes to locate Lea even as she draws a hand out of her pocket to pat the puppy Pokémon's head. Right. She needs to focus on the now and in the now, Lea is here and they're about to meet up with a new friend and traveling partner, so why...? ]

How long has it been since we sent Aero out? You'd think she would have spotted him by now.

[ At least, she thinks it's been long enough to say so. Time does have a tendency to blur when one is preoccupied with other things and she's been nothing if not that. She was, is still so preoccupied almost misses that Lea the Cyndaquil is currently perched atop Zack the Growlithe while Isa the Lunatone floats after the pair. Almost. She catches sight of them out of the corner of her eye, but she doesn't smile. No, she looks back to Lea instead. ]

Comments

[frisbees]

[It's not as though Lea hasn't noticed Valeria being a little distracted, but they have been plowing along, on the road for the last five days; her regularly taking glances on him isn't all that lost either, and in the end? He just figures there's something in his hair.

He'll deal with it later, right now, they're meeting up with his future co-worker!]

Maybe he's blending in by sticking to the shaded parts of the road? It is kind of hot out today. She hasn't been gone that long though, Val! Relaaax! [Grinning lightly, Lea half gestures for his Deerling to go cheer her up; to which, the deer snuffs her delicate nose and trots over, tail in the air and promptly ignores her trainers wishes.]

Wh -- hey, Elena! Not cool!

[melodicnocturne]

So, this trainer stuff isn't so hard. I thought it would take a lot more effort, but you an' I seem to be doin' alright.

[Demyx was speaking to the white, green-capped Ralts that had situated himself comfortably on his shoulders and was letting its chin rest on the top of his hooded head. He walked briskly, indeed hidden in the shadowy edges of the forest to prevent overheating, to make up for time spent in Cherrygrove buying potions and was idly considering the coming meeting with Val and Lea.]

So...I got a plan, yeah? I'm gunna play this cool. When we see them coming I'm gunna give 'em a scare. This coat looks wicked intimidating from a distance, so I'm gunna play a trick on 'em before we say hello.

[It was typical of him, really. He enjoyed playing pranks and games with other people almost as much as jamming on his sitar. However, while he was speaking aloud his Ralts turned its head up to the branches of the trees. The little one tapped on his head and motioned upwards, signaling to a strange bird that seemed to be following them from above. Demyx flipped out the pokegear and checked it on the 'dex out of curiosity.]

Starly? Huh...Good eye, Alto.

[Of course, as soon as they noted the creature it decided to make the single loudest and most abrasive call ever in the history of Johto. Or at least Demyx thought it was, considering how loud it seemed to him. The resulting sound caused both Alto and Demyx to flinch and cover their ears, yelping in shock.]

Ow! Ow, man, loud! Go! Go, shoo! Alto, growl at him or somethin'!

[This command made him a little confused, but the little guy nodded and perched himself upright on Demyx head to give a growl at the bird and attempt to scare it off. The Starly flinched and quietly skittered off from them, leaving the two to continue making for the other pair.]

Good job, lil' guy.

[Demyx reached up to pat Alto's head as he shifted back down to his shoulders and the pair continued on.]

[when_turks_fly]

Relax? I am relaxed! I'm totally relaxed.

[ Except she's not, not really. She's distracted from as much by the Deerling, though. ]

Something tells me she's going to be a difficult one, Lea.

[ But that doesn't really surprise Valeria, considering Elena's namesake. It does bring something of a smile to her face, though. Well, it does until Aero comes into view, chirping with displeasure. ]

Aero, hey! What's wrong, girl? Why are you so upset?

[frisbees]

Something tells you she'll be difficult? I can tell just by looking at that nose in the air gesture! [Poutymcpout, Lea's trying to jog and catch up to the deer while she just easily trots about five paces ahead of him, leading her trainer in circles around Valeria for a few minutes.

It's only when the Starly comes chirping back that Elena pauses, and it's long enough for Lea to catch her by her rump.] C'mere you -- huh? [Looking up with how Aero sounds fairly displeased, he quirks his head.]

Do you think she couldn't find him?

[melodicnocturne]

'Umm...Demyx?'

[Demyx tilted his head up a bit to the pokemon on his head and quirked a brow.]

Yeah?

'I don't...think that was just a wild pokemon. We haven't seen any of them on the routes we've been on, have we?'

[This caused the blond to pause for a moment and try to think back a bit, then made his head slowly tilt sideways and unbalance Alto for a moment. Ultimately, he realized that they hadn't seen any Starly at all since leaving New Bark...leading to the realization that...]

...Oh, man. We just scared off someone else's Starly...

'It might not be...that big of an issue. You should try to-'

N-nah, we should probably keep moving so the trainer doesn't come lookin' for us.

[Alto sighed a bit as Demyx hastened his steps through the woods back onto the trail. A few minutes later, he left the woods in a rush only to find himself running out toward the pair he had been looking for.]

'Oh, man. It's them!'

'...and I think that's the Starly I growled at...They're going to be a little upset at us.'

[Demyx stopped in his tracks a few yards away from them, the tail of his coat billowing from the momentum of his pace as he did and giving a strange impression of the hooded man in black before the two. After staring toward them for a few moments, the hooded male slowly raised an arm up pointed out to the pair.

...and then his other arm went up to match the first. Followed by him...wiggling his fingers.]

Ooooooo~

[Yep. Best first impression ever. Alto lowered his head in shame and embarrassment for his trainer, then raised one of its hands in something resembling a palm against his forehead.]

[when_turks_fly]

[ Valeria had been about to answer Lea when the hooded figure broke from the tall grass and made to approach them, causing her to tense and instinctively reach beneath her jacket to grip knives that simply weren't there. She holds her ground, her first balling as the disgruntled Starly alights atop her left shoulder, informing the rest of her trainer's party as to what happened. The Growlithe and the Cyndaquil turn their heads up to chat with her. It was probably just a misunderstanding, right? And they're looking at Alto now. Riiiiiight?

Their trainer's focus, however, is upon the hooded figure wiggling his fingers and 'oooo'-ing at her and Lea. The apparel is familiar and she slowly quirks a brow, then relaxes and draws her hand out from beneath her jacket because seriously? ]

Demyx, are you okay? You didn't hit your head on anything, did you? Or eat any of the wild berries?

I'M SORRY THIS IS SO SHORT BUT..

[frisbees]

Uh.... so this is the guy? [SO. UNIMPRESSED. WITH THAT WOOOOOING OF THE FINGERS. Crossing his arms, Lea makes a bit of an unsure face, eyebrow raised.]