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[eagletalons]

Who: Hope Estheim (eagletalons), Steve Rogers (starspangledavenger) and Carol Danvers (tookthename).
Where: Violet, and then wherever they will be on the 4th.
When: June 28th, and July 4. Two days in one log!
Summary: A science man and an Avenger had a meet scheduled for July-- cue science man traveling to get there on time. But apparently Avenger is a lot closer than he thought.
Rating: GP I suppose? To be edited when necessary.

Splitting this thing into two master threads for the two days so we wont spam the comm with our characters and any dorkiness/angst that may occur in the future!

Warning: The second thread contains spoilers for FFXIII, FFXIII-2, and Captain America: The First Avenger.

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June 28

[eagletalons]

[Hope's a planner, and he prefers doing things this way because it makes things a whole lot easier in the long run. And plans are a welcome thing when you're in a world that tends to throw the unexpected at you at any given moment.

At least the weather is warm enough that he can use his flying Pokemon to get a fair bit of distance in today-- the unexpected snow yesterday had put a dampener on everyone, and Hope had had to make use of Sleipnir.

Who obviously didn't like being asked to charge through the snow.

Siren is happy to be out of her ball in the warm sun though and takes to the air. They're currently over Violet City, floating around for a bit to get their bearings, the Altaria probably looking like a low cloud from the ground.

Oops.]

[starspangledavenger]

[Steve is wandering the city, he knows they're probably leaving today so he's letting Margret, his Absol, stretch her legs since she's not the most fond of long periods of travel on her feet.

Margret yips at the sky, causing Steve to look up too, trying to spot the creature that's caught her attention. What he sees is a cloud and... is that Hope? Amber, who's curled around his neck, looks up too, chirping happily. Steve decides to call out to the person and check for sure one way or another.]

Hope?


(Carol is welcome to jump in anytime~)

[eagletalons]

[Hope cant hear it much unfortunately, because he's busy looking around to get his bearings, but Siren does, and it's a giant surprise to him when she starts floating downward.]

Siren, what are you--

Oh.

[Well then. That somewhat simplifies things.]

Hello Steve. [Fancy meeting you about a week in advance.]


[[ooc: feel free to jump in anytime, Carol!]]

[tookthename]

[Carol walks up next to Steve just as Siren lands. Helen takes off from her shoulder and goes over to inspect the large cloud bird. She's suddenly glad she left Boston in his ball. No need to bother the other pokémon with more hyperactive bird.

Carol extends a hand.]

Carol Danvers. I'm traveling with Steve.

[starspangledavenger]

[Steve grins at Hope and lets Carol and him make their introductions before speaking up]

I was just thinking of calling you this morning to suggest a closer meeting place since plans changed, but this solves that. [looks at Carol] Hope and I planned to meet up a week from now and shoot the breeze.

[Margret sits besides Steve and studies Hope closely as Amber chirps happily at Hope in greeting]

[eagletalons]

Hope Estheim. [Hope shakes Carol's hand as soon as he gets off his Altaria's back-- glove still on, though. Oops.

He also waves his hand at Amber and Margaret-- the Absol seems to have taken after her mother instead of her father, thank goodness.]

I can work with this though. I'd already told my sisters that I would be away for a few weeks.

[tookthename]

[Carol doesn't mind the glove. Everyone she knew wears gloves. She gives his hand a firm shake.]

We can stay in town a bit longer if you want. I still need to get the Violet gym badge.

[When Hope speaks Carol smiles]

You have family here as well?

[eagletalons]

Yes. ['All but in blood' he doesn't say.]

Though for now I'm with you two. [Who look like family, to be honest. It's probably the hair color. Of course, he's not making assumptions.]

[starspangledavenger]

Sticking around for a couple more days would be nice, thanks. [He gives Carol a smile. And no, it's not because the snowstorm yesterday makes him want to wait a couple days to see if it'll happen again]

You're welcome to stay with us as long as you want, Hope. [Though he assumes Hope will probably leave soon after the 4th and get back to his sisters, but the invitation still stands]

[tookthename]

[Yeah, that snow storm was really weird and Carol wasn't to keen on getting out just to get stuck in another one. She also understands if Steve has any aversion to things like snow and ice.]

Yeah, it seems those three are already getting along pretty well.

[She nods over to where both Boston and Helen are happily nestled in the Altaria's fluff.]

[eagletalons]

Ah, yes-- Siren's friendly to everyone. But thank you for the offer-- I'll be sticking around for a couple of weeks at the least.

[May be able to give some gym advice too.]

[starspangledavenger]

[Oddly enough, Steve is really glad the three Pokemon are getting along too, because he just knows Grace is going to dislike them. She always does.

Steve smiles when Hope says he'll be around for a couple weeks]

Good. So, how was traveling in the snowstorm?

[eagletalons]

[Hope shakes his head-- his body language for utterly horrible.]

My two Rapidash refused to go out in the snow, so we had had to wait till the weather calmed down before moving on. When it became clear enough, I started to use Siren.

[Waves a hand at the Pokémon, and Siren trills where she stands.]

July 4

[eagletalons]

[So. Birthdays. For a man who tends to forget his own birthday a whole lot, he sure does remember other peoples' special days.

The talk they'd agreed on weeks ago is still obviously in his mind (and he still doesn't know how he should share the things he's been omitting from everyone else), but first.

Birthday.

Hope is outside, tending to a predominantly blue egg and waiting for Steve. Can you say awkward?]

[starspangledavenger]

[Steve hadn't forgotten what day it was, but he still hadn't made a big deal about it.

Today seemed more about the talk he and Hope agreed to have. The idea of talking about his life before coming here made his throat constrict with emotions he didn't want to identify, but a story for a story. What a way to spend his 93rd birthday. No, it's 2013 here, so 95th? Or 27th, maybe 29th, if you go by how long he's been awake, birthday.

Either way, he goes to find Hope and give him a big smile as he makes his way outside and finds him.]

Good morning.

[Then he notices the egg and gives it a quizzical look.]

[eagletalons]

Good morning, Steve.

... I hope you haven't forgotten what day it is. [Hope wont fault him for it though, since he'd completely forgotten his own till he'd been reminded. After the entire morning and most of the afternoon had passed.

But he'd still feel like a fool if he needed to remind someone that it's his birthday.]

[starspangledavenger]

[Steve thought about pulling Hope's leg and acting like he didn't remember, but it felt ill timed.] Definitely not. My birthday falls on a national holiday back home, makes it hard to ever forget.

[He just wasn't expecting a present and still really isn't, just thinks it's funny that Hope is just carrying around his egg like that]

[eagletalons]

Really? That makes two of us-- except mine is considered a holiday on Earth instead. [A bit of an awkward one though.

But anyway, Hope holds out the egg.] Happy Birthday, Steve.

[starspangledavenger]

[His eyebrows lift as he takes the egg and then he smiles as he looks over the egg then back up at Hope] Thank you. Should I ask what'll hatch? Or should I leave that to be a surprise?

[eagletalons]

It's a Mudkip-- if you remember our meeting in Olivine, you may recall seeing the Swampert with me. That's her egg.

[It would be rude of him to steer the conversation into the more serious topics that their original plan would be, and honestly, he's still not sure how to go about this thing. Hope has always been a planner, yes, but not when it comes to... well. This.]

Would you like to be somewhere else for our talk, or...? [Awkward.]

[starspangledavenger]

[He was about to comment on the egg, but then Hope kind of derails him. There's a second where he just blinks awkwardly at Hope, then looks around.]

Well, would you rather walk around or sit? [walking around makes if it's here or not kind of pointless, but if they're going to sit, maybe they should find a comfortable place to sit]

[eagletalons]

... Honestly, I'd prefer doing this someplace where people wont be able to listen in. [Even Carol. She seems nice, but Hope doesn't know her well, and he doesn't trust her enough.

Which all boils down to trust, because he trusts Steve with this because he thinks the man can empathize with him somewhat.]

[starspangledavenger]

[Makes sense. Carol probably knows about Steve's history, after all, she didn't really question why Steve didn't want to go out into the snowstorm. Still, he isn't quite ready to talk about it with her, even if she already knows.

He nods at what Hope says]

Wherever you're comfortable.

[eagletalons]

One of our rooms at the very least?

[Hope thinks he should insist on Steve choosing, really, but he's going to be paranoid either way unless it's behind closed doors.

A cafe is too open, too public, out on the streets is a bad idea, and you never know who or what's listening if you go to the outskirts of town. It's a private talk best done someplace where you have a semblance of privacy, and Hope can only think of the temporary rooms in the hotels.]

[starspangledavenger]

Your room would be best. Carol is less likely to come in unannounced. [he wouldn't put it passed her to do so with his room and he wouldn't mind. She has a familiarity with him that he hopes to one day reciprocate.

So if Hope wants to keep it as private as possible, then that would be the better of the two rooms]