Ain't no party like a ninja party

[usedswift]

Who: open to literally anyone in Blackthorn City who wanders into the ninja party + friends
Where: Blackthorn City (mainly hotsprings but also anywhere)
When: July 23rd
Summary: Sasuke gets a birthday party whether he wants one or not. Lucky for him, he has friends (in spite of his best efforts) who'll plan one.
Rating: G? PG for violence

[ooc; general mingle log for Blackthorn City/Sasuke's birthday. Most of it will probably take place at the hotsprings itself, though like the 'who' says, it's completely open to anyone just walking by and wondering what the big deal is, or someone who's already there and then has their pleasant soak interrupted by a bunch of dumb ninjas.]

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[usedswift]

[She snorts a laugh.]

Yeah, I'll probably keep her if he doesn't want her.

But yes! I think we should. There are hot springs and dragons. What more could you want out of a place? With everyone else here, it's just about perfect. Well, except that I already got the badge for here, but once I get all of Kanto, you can bet this is probably going to be where I'll want to spend most of my time.

[believeit]

Oh, right. The badge here.. I dunno what one it is, I ought to go look it up. [He doesn't know if he has pokemon high enough for it yet but if not..]

I'm definitely gonna stay here until I get that badge, at least! Better than going back to Violet anyway, I'm not going back there even if people try and pay me.

[usedswift]

It's Clair, the Rising badge.

[She reaches into her pocket -- wait she's in a bathing suit, she has no pockets -- and subsequently pouts before explaining,]

Remind me later and I'll show you what it looks like. She's got Gyarados, Kingdra, and Dragonite, between levels sixty-five and seventy. Don't be fooled by Dragonite, though, it's Flying even though Dratini and Dragonair don't have wings.

[believeit]

Sixty-five and Seventy, huh? Guess I'd better train some more first, then.. [In a week or so, he may at least hold a change of doing well against her. Probably be pushing it though, but he'll try anyway.]

Yeah, I'll ask later, thanks, Tenten! They're all dragons, right? What are they weak against, again?

[usedswift]

Well, Gyarados is almost ridiculously weak against Electric 'cause even if he looks like a dragon, he's actually Water and Flying. I've used my Luxray against every Gyarados I've faced and never had a problem. Um... let's see, I used my Gyarados against her Kingdra, since they're only weak to other Dragons and at the time, he was the only higher-leveled guy with Dragon-type moves I had. And then--

[Not admitting her massive fuck-up of using a Ground type against a Flying type for Donphan versus Dragonite,]

And then it was my Skarmory against her Dragonite. If you've got Dragon or Ice, definitely use those. Ice is super-effective, but Bing wasn't high enough level when I challenged her. Um -- my Vanilluxe, I mean.

[believeit]

[Look at that- he's actually listening and paying attention here. Ice or Dragon types, huh?]

I dunno if I've got any of those, I've gotta check.. not with any of my high levelled guys, anyway.

[Looks like he may have to train harder than he thought..]

[usedswift]

[Not having high-levels of every type, wow, what's that like?]

If you don't have any, you could catch some around here! You'd have to work at it, but I know you can get Dragon types here. And there's a place called Dragon's Den not too far from here! I mean I already caught myself a Dragonair when I was in Seafoam but that place, I've got to check it out. And then there's the Ice Path, too, but I've heard the Pokémon there are pretty powerful, so unless you have types that are good against Ice, I wouldn't go alone.

[believeit]

Maybe I'll ask Sakura-chan if she wants to go with me and catch some Dragons.

[usedswift]

Oh, good idea! Are you and her, um...?

[Is there potential gossip here let there be gossip here.]

[believeit]

Are we what?

[Gonna have to be a little clearer, Tenten.]

[usedswift]

You know....

[She leans in close, both eyebrows quirking up.]

Together?

[believeit]

{oh.]

Oh, er. Not exactly? [HE'D LIKE IT IF THEY WERE THOUGH.]

[usedswift]

Oh.

[She looks disappointed. No gossip here.]

Well, you guys will have fun catching dragons together anyway.

[believeit]

Oi, what's that look for?

[usedswift]

Oh! Nothing.

[Nothing to see here.]

So have you looked into what kind of dragons you'd want to catch?

[believeit]

[Giving you a suspicious look, Tenten.]

I dunno yet. I guess I'll go look it up later and see what's there.

[usedswift]

See if there's Dragonair.

[Being utterly serious.]

It's definitely the most dragon-looking of all of them, but you have to make sure it doesn't evolve. Even though it gets really powerful when it evolves, it looks-- dumb. Like a massive fat bat instead of a dragon.

[believeit]

A Dragonair? Got it, I'll keep a lookout for one, then! [He's trying to picture a fat bat with wings now. Attempting to fly.]

[usedswift]

[Probably not far off from derp-dragon.]

C'mon, I can show you! [And she perks back up again, beckoning for him to follow so she can grab one of her Pokéballs to let her own Dragonair out.] This is the one that evolves into Dragonite, which you'll face when you go against Clair.

[believeit]

[Following as he should, and watching her bring the pokemon out.]

This one's really strong, yeah? And-! [WAIT.] I think I have one of those already.. well, the baby evolution, y'know? Noisy looks just like it, except a bit different.

[usedswift]

Yeah! He's about level sixty-five or so now, he was around level fifty when I caught him.

[Once released, Zhu takes a moment to look over the older male before ducking down to rest his head comfortably atop his trainer's. Zhu's one of her favorites, and he knows it, the smug bastard.]

You mean Dratini? I gave Sasuke one of those, once. Bought it from Riku before I realized I wanted to catch one myself.

[believeit]

They're that high when you catch 'em?

[Woah, that would really help a lot. Naruto's eyes are still focused on the Pokemon when he answers.]

Yeah, Dratini, that's it! I got an egg off Obito the other month, I haven't levelled it much though it's still only level ten or something right now..

[usedswift]

Not around here I don't think. I caught Zhu down in the Seafoam Islands, after that one week of weird travel.

[At the mention of Dratini, Zhu lets out a curious noise, slithering forward a bit to look the older trainer in the eye.]

Don't mind him, he's kind of nosy. You should definitely level them, though, they're really great.

[And, save for Gyarados and Milotic, the most dragon-looking of all of them!]

[believeit]

It's okay, I get it. They're sorta weird, the one I've got is super noisy all the time. [In fact, its name is now simply 'Noisy'.]

You should come too! Or are you going somewhere else after the party?

[usedswift]

Weird? I think they're wonderful.

[She reaches up to grab hold of the Dragonair's nose, tugging him in to hug his head against her chest. If that's not an odd sight...]

Maybe I'll come, but I've got to hit Kanto to grab more badges before I start exploring for pleasure. [She pulls a hand away to clench it into a determined fist.] Sasuke won't know what hit him, once he lets me challenge him.