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Who: Melfina, OPEN
Where: Just outside of Violet City
When: Midday
Summary: Gene's busy, Tofu the Spearow just evolved, and the eggs have all been claimed or have hatched. There's nothing for Melfina to do around the Ranch, so... time for a contemplative walk.
Rating: PG, PG-13 for possible emo undertones. ;|

"You're a bird, Tofu... Why don't you like to sing?"

The nearly 4-foot tall Fearow crowed out a defiant answer to her trainer as she selected a rocky gathering beneath a tree cluster, taking a seat in the shade to rest.

"Your new form is very beautiful." The pale-skilled bio-android reached out, cautiously stroking Tofu's long beak, which she opened and closed idly. "You can stretch your wings if you like. I will wait here, if that's alright."

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Ventus was on his way back from training, albeit at a dawdling pace. Skiploom had evolved into Jumpluff and the plant was latched onto his head as usual, which made getting a good look at it a clumsy task.

Eventually with a sigh he gave up, supposing he'd see it eventually. Bringing his attention back to the path, he paused as he passed under a shadow. Ven paused and looked around, starting when he got a look at that huge bird.

"Whoa-" Pokémon sure got big. It took him a few moments to notice Melfina, but when he did, he waved. "Hey, Melfina!"

Mel did see Ven coming, but... Well. She just didn't recognize him as Ven right away, that's all.

Not that she wasn't happy to see him.

"Roxas...? I didn't know you were still in Violet City."

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"Huh..?" Oh right, Ven had nearly forgotten about all that. Most of the people he had regular contact with seemed to have learned to differentiate between the two of them, but that didn't change the fact that they were identical. So Ven shook his head and explained, "Nah, I'm Ven! I did see Roxas in town the other day though."

"Oh, you're the boy I spoke to on the..." The young lady cupped a hand over her mouth slightly, her sentence falling a bit short as she marveled at the resemblance.

"... It's just that ... you two look so similar. I hope I haven't offended you."

Ven waved it off, smiling to reassure her he didn't feel at all slighted. "Don't worry about it! I think everybody's bound to mix us up at first. Most people met him before me, so I can't blame anybody for that."

"... Okay."

Relaxing a little, her right hand rubbing the bend of her left arm as she glanced up to the sky to check Tofu's distance. She could hear the bird, but she couldn't see it anymore... It was probably thoroughly enjoying itself.

"It is nice to meet you in person. How has your journey in Johto been so far?"

Ven followed her line of sight, but only saw the clear blue sky. Unsure what she was looking for, he shrugged and looked back to Melfina. "Nice to meet you face-to-face, too!" Truthfully, he still found the whole video communication thing rather strange.

"It's been nice, this place is really peaceful compared to what I was in the middle of back home. How about you?"

"I definitely agree with you... Johto isn't nearly as chaotic as what Gene and I are used to." Her gaze dropped slightly, thinking of Jim. It was awflly saddening to imagine him alone on the Outlaw Star, but... Gilliam II would take care of him as best he could, wouldn't he?

No... that would be silly. The Ctarl-Ctarl, the Pirates... Jim wouldn't be able to handle all of that on his own. Even with Gilliam.

"... Then again," Melfina spoke softly, "Johto isn't very ... consistent ... for such a small region."

Concern passed over Ven's features for a fleeting moment, thinking that Melfina seemed troubled by something. He wasn't yet sure if he should ask, shuffling his feet a little as he looked to their surroundings. "I can't say it's like any world I've ever been to, but...what do you mean by not being consistent?"

"It's just a thought... There are periods of intense chaos followed by a harmonious window of time. As if the chaos never happened at all."

She pinched at the fabric of her sleeve thoughtfully, glancing at Ventus from time to time.

"... That's all."

Ven pondered that for a few moments. "I guess...if everything was peaceful all the time, we wouldn't appreciate it as much. Maybe that's why things get crazy sometimes."

Her eyes closed momentarily before she felt as though she could nod in all honesty.

At least... the ratio seemed balanced. Inconsistently balanced, but it was enough for her. After all, if it weren't for the chaos of Pancake's kidnapping, she would have never been able to meet the rest of her team at the Safari Zone. And Pancake came home in the end.

When her brown eyes opened, she was smiling.

"That makes sense. Thank you, Ven."

It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the sky was clear, and Kay was attempting to build her stamina back to its normal levels. It wasn't the easiest feat to accomplish, but she prided herself on not being stuck in bed.

So it was that she was out with her usual bird on her shoulder and her usual Wooper in her muffler when she spotted the Fearow first. This consumed a good three minutes of blinking and wondering what it was, before she saw someone else. Now this one, she knew.

"Heeeey!" She called, cupping her hands around her mouth, and nearly startling Byrne into flight. "Melly!!"

Only one person in Johto really ever called her by the name of 'Melly', and the bio-android was up on her feet before she even saw Kay approaching.

Miss Kay?

Overhead, Tofu screamed her usual alert in mid-acrobatic stunt, beating her considerable wingspan to venture higher up -- probably to avoid being called down to socialize.

Kay paused to regard the large bird with a bit of a pout - okay fine, DON'T say hi - but quickly dismissed it and picked up her pace to reach her friend. Flapper had burrowed further down in the muffler, either because she was sleepy (unlikely, though she was more active at night) or she felt like being playful.

"Hey," she said breathlessly, all smiles and happy that she could still feel that way. "It's good to see you!"

Trotting over carefully to meet her halfway, she absolutely had to give her a hug. It had only been about two weeks since she'd last seen Kay, but ... for some reason, it felt like so much longer.

"It's so good to see you, too!"

Of course, the hug was painfully brief. And she seemed just a little embarrassed for having done it at all.

"... You're looking well, Miss Kay."

And so was her Pokemon -- the one she could see, anyway.

If anything, Kay seemed even happier that Melfina was comfortable enough to hug her at all, and very quickly reciprocated after she had pulled back. She didn't know enough girls who hugged back, oddly enough, but there was a distinct difference between Melfina's gentleness and the exuberance of either Johan or Juudai. She liked all hugs, though.

"Thanks," she said sincerely, releasing her friend and beaming. It was so nice to be told that, especially after everything that had happened, and if Melfina thought she looked well, maybe Crow and Johan would stop fussing and agree to head on the road again. "So are y--"

It was at that moment that her Wooper decided to play Jack-in-the-Box and poked her head out suddenly with a trill of "Woopa~!"

Now that... was unexpected. She squeaked and flinched, obviously startled at the POKEMON JUMPING OUT OF HER CLOTHES WHAT.

"... Goodness! What is that??"

"Huh? Oh." Kay's confused expression cleared within seconds; she'd gotten used to Flapper's antics ever since the Wooper had first thrown herself at her face in order to capture her attention. "I guess you never met Flapper-- she's my Wooper! And she kind of-- well, she really likes surprising people, but she's friendly."

As if to prove her point, the Wooper beamed somewhat vacantly at Melfina and bobbed her head in greeting.

"Flapper... That's a sweet name."

Perfect for such a, um... friendly Pokemon, she figured. Mimicking the gesture of the Pokemon, she nodded slightly in return. Might as well use body language that she would understand, right?

"... You definitely surprised me, Miss Flapper. She's very good at it, isn't she?"

Kay looked rueful for just a few seconds, still too embarrassed to admit that Flapper had been a total accident, when she'd been trying to remember the Wooper's name and accidentally registered her attempt as a name instead. But when the little thing had started displaying bird-like tendencies, she figured it had all worked out for the best anyway.

"She is!" Now she beamed proudly, patting the Wooper's head, who was already chirruping at all the attention. "She's got a bucket to use while I'm working, and she got used to hiding at the bottom and then popping up to surprise customers when they came to the counter!"

Which was just plain hilarious, in Kay's honest opinion.

"Miss Flapper would get along famously with Gumdrop... she likes to sneak up on people as well."

... Although Gumdrop's intentions were probably just a little more malicious than Flapper's were. Tilting her head at the little water Pokemon adoringly, Melfina laced her fingers together and leaned forward a bit.

"The customers don't mind, do they...?"

Kirsten was wandering around cautiously, holding her Meowth in her arms and still wearing that blue dress. (She did have a change of clothes from the backpack, but while she was getting used to other girls wearing pants, she was still reluctant to do it herself.) It was getting hot, though, so the girl wandered over to the trees and waved.

"Um, Miss Melfina, right?"

A passing smile and a polite wave was given to the young girl in return, not minding the company at all. Tofu, on the other hand...

... Well, it didn't matter. Tofu didn't like anybody.

"That's right... ... Have we met before?"

"Well, I don't think I've really talked to you, but..." She looked away nervously. "I'm Kirsten Larson, miss, and this is Daisy." The Meowth yawned in response.

"Hello... Kristen Larson." The bio-android tilted her head to the left and crouched slightly, leveling with the Meowth.

"... Hello, Miss Daisy. You're very pretty."

Knowing better than to reach out to pet another person's Pokemon when she hadn't been prompted to, she stood up straight and extended her hand to the Meowth's trainer instead.

"... I'm Melfina. It's very nice to meet you both."

"Kirsten," she corrected before turning pink. "Ah, I'm sorry, miss. I didn't mean to!"

Unable to curtsy while holding a Pokemon, she hesitantly shook Melfina's offered hand. "It's nice to meet you, too. Were you in the ranch? I was looking around there earlier."

"Of course... Kirsten. I apologize, Miss Kirsten."

With the handshake completed, she seemed very satisfied. What a sweet girl.

"Yes... A friend of mine and I are staying there for a while."

"I looked around there," she said. "It sort of reminds me of home -- of course, we didn't have Pokemon back home, but I lived on a farm. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go off track. If you don't mind, are you two friends from your home?"

"A farm? ... An organic farm, really?"

The thought was absolutely enchanting to a space-farer whose feet rarely saw the opportunity to walk upon true-blue soil with wild grass and non-artificial planet life. In the case of Melfina, that had only happened once or twice in her known memory bank.

"Oh. .... Yes. Gene and I both appeared in Johto together."

"Organic?" Kirsten blinked. "I'm sorry. I don't know what that means..." She smiled up at Melfina nervously. "But it's good to have friends around. I wish someone I knew were here, but my new friends help me a lot, so I'm trying to be useful for them, too."

"Oh."

She gave a pointed glance to her feet in sheepishness. She hadn't meant to complicate things unnecessarily.

"I do agree with you... The people here in Johto have been immensely kind and helpful. Have you been traveling with company?"

"Oh, no, it's my fault." The younger girl looked away. "I don't speak very good English yet, and most people here know a lot more than I do about things like the machines they have here."

Kirsten nodded at Melfina's question. "Oh, yes! They've all been very kind to me, even if I just slow them down."

"Your English seems fine to me, Miss Kirsten."

No one should ever resent a parentless child for slowing them down -- That was her first thought, anyway. It was just awful that she didn't have any family from her home planet with her... and it reminded her of just how lost she would feel if she didn't have Gene.

"By the way... I hope you don't mind me asking. I'm only curious. Is Miss Daisy the only Pokemon you have with you?"

"Right now, yes," she answered sheepishly. "But I've decided from now on that I'm going to try and catch new ones that are harder to find. That will help everybody out, won't it?"

"That's right! You must be a Breeder, too."

Kirsten sure seemed to have the right idea... That was such a simple, optimistic way of capsulizing what a Breeder's mission was.

"The Ranch is a wonderful place for us to operate from."

"I am, miss." She nodded. "It looks like it would be. The Pokemon seem happy, don't they?"

"Very happy."

She glanced skyward, shielding her eyes from the sun's glare with the back of her hand. Tofu was still swooping about somewhere up there, but she'd probably come down to roost in another hour or so.

"...I just wish we had bigger facilities to accommodate as many Pokemon as we could ever possibly need. There's still plenty of room, but..."

... But there wouldn't always be.

Johan had been out attempting to get his baby Nidoran (who had either two names or none, Johan hadn't quite decided) used to some easier battles, with his Venonat there to help coach her-- Unfortunately, the little rabbit ended up playing with the overly-affectionate insect more than they looked for wild Pokemon to fight, which meant that training was... most likely off for the day.

His two companions rolling around in front of him, Johan couldn't help but notice the large bird up ahead - and the trainer with it.

"Melfina...?"

Lost in her own musings, Johan's presence was lost on her until he spoke up.

"... Johan?"

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KKKKKKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY \o\

MELLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY /o/

/FLOPS ON <3

<3<3

oh god the wooper xD

she's very... special

I just realized that if Pancake transformed into a Wooper their faces would be EXACTLY THE SAME.

HAHAHA that would be amazing.

/throws a derp party for all of them.

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/ typed 'Hojan' at first ;_;