i'm through accepting limits;

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Who: Tobias and open!
Where: Violet City
When: Sunday September 14th, Monday September 15th, and Tuesday September 16th (aka Day of Smelly Birds)
Summary: Tobias is wandering around, taking in the bird atmosphere. Clearly this means he needs to be bothered.
Rating: PG-13 only because Animorphs is a depressing canon and things come up.
Log:

Really, Tobias should have stayed in the area, but training took priority over interest. Regal and Volts needed stronger enemies to fight, and the wild Pokemon around here just weren't cutting it. It had taken a while to get through the forest again, but he didn't mind. His Pokemon didn't seem to mind either, and so when they packed up the camp site they headed in to town.

They mostly spent their days wandering around, Regal perched on Tobias' shoulder and Rachel toddling along next to them. Sunday afternoon and Monday mid-day found them sitting and watching the aerial shows. It made him smile, but he couldn't help but miss the feeling of flying himself. During the most of the rest of Sunday and Monday, the group was around Sprout Tower, both lending a hand and exploring the tower itself.

Of course, Tuesday found the group with a small flock of pink and white birds. Tobias tried to entertain them, but apparently they decided that perching on him was more entertaining. He might need some help.

Comments

monday!

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[ ahh, the aerial shows! gamzee's been in violet city for little over than a month now, and every time it happens, the clown watches on like an event that's totally new. every damn time. it never ceases to amaze him, the twists and twirls, the ups and downs— he's looking up as he slowly walks, with a small scraggy waddling by his side, holding up its shed skin, and a mime jr getting a piggy back ride on its trainer's head.

all three have facepaint on, so it isn't hard to notice a group of clowns— he speaks as he walks: ]

Man— Makes you wanna get your flap on up there too, yeah? Looks kinda like one of those— Motherfuckin' tilt-a-whirls, 'cept you be doin' your own thing, right?

[ the mime jr gives a nod and a mime! in return. he didn't even have to, gamzee would just either chat it up more or space out, but— he's a nice little pokemon and knows deep down that attention is good for gamzee. he's been inside that baked head of his.

on the other hand, his scraggy, pb, is the first to notice the other three sitting and enjoying the show— the painted lizard doesn't pay much attention to the show in the first place, keeping more of a look out around them— he spots something that's always a good sign, a challenger! he's too bold for his own good, and wastes no time in hurrying up, pulling up his loose skin to get a better sprint start towards them. "hey!" the scraggy is pretty assertive in voice, both if understood or not, puffing out his chest and trying to look extra tough!

it's a good thing that miracle is there to keep an eye on them, so when he sees that happening, he steers gamzee in the same direction. go to that little hoodlum child before he hurts himself ]

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[Rachel steps in front of the group and growls a little. She's the one in charge here! Tobias stops, looks down at the Scraggy, and looks up at the approaching Gamzee and Mime Jr.]

It's okay, Rachel.

[Don't start fights here, come on. He gestures towards the Scraggy as Gamzee approaches.]

One of yours?

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[ then fight me winnie >:I

which is exactly what's almost going to happen— pb is a reckless little thing— he's underleveled compared to tobias' pokemon, but he's . . . still at it. it takes the mime jr, who's hopping down from his ride to aid, pulling on the scraggy's little tail as he fumes and tries to go forward.

"let me at 'am, plush is askin' for it!!"

miracle does the apologizing, as the little clown holds and says sorry to everyone— gamzee makes it in due time to them, and just laughs a bit as he looks down at his bros. ]

Yeah, haha— This lil' motherfucker's always goin' for a tussle with the next dude!

[ but he's friendly and ain't even bothered— he hasn't seen tobias on video, has he? only on text, which mean— ]

What's good, bro? Name's Gamzee.

[ ain't aware 2 hi 2 care ]

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[He scoops Rachel up and holds her in one arm. Come on. Calm down. Regal just laughs a little, making Tobias wince. That was right next to his ear.]

It's fine. - oh! It's Tobias. I've talked to you before.

[Rachel looks up at him. You know this guy? Tell him to keep his team under control! Sadly, Tobias can't understand her words, but that glare tells him everything he needs to know.]

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[ luckily, miracle being psychic, gives gamzee a small mental push, asking him if he could either pick the troublemaker up and give him something else to do or put him back in his ball— gamzee's a bit slow, but he makes sense of it soon enough, tucking his hands under the lizard and pulling him up near his chest. ]

A'ight— c'mon, lil' man.

[ he keeps squirming, though, gesturing, trying to verbally provoke the teddiursa with insults and words such a young thing shouldn't say to a lady— despite not understanding, gamzee's got this, rummaging through his back pocket and pulling out an extra poptart packet, half open, and handing it to the scraggy.

who immediately stops, stares . . . and starts nibbling. his weakness . . . ]

—Tobias? [ wait for it— ]

. . . Yoooo, what the hell is up, motherfucker!! We typed at each other once, yeah?

[ honk honk!!!! just look at all this clowny mirth— gamzee extends his hand to give it a bro shake— will you take the bro shake bro

will you ]

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[Rachel struggles as well, but once the Scraggy calms down she does, too, and Tobias returns her to the ground. He looks a little hesitant, but he's gotten better at hands again and so he reaches out to shake Gamzee's hand.]

Yeah, we did.

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[ awesome. don't worry if it feels clumsy, tobias! he's doing some weird . . finger slapping broshake. no handshake is normal when it's with gamzee. ]

Nice— So what's your bad self doin' around here, man? You chill?

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[It's. He's not keeping up very well. But it's okay.]

I was watching the air shows. I'm thinking of taking on Falkner soon, but I think we still need some more training.

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I was just tellin' this at Mirabro, man— It's like a free-for-all tilt-a-whirl for them feathery fuckers up there. Makes you wanna get the flap on and join 'em.

[ he looks up, and sighs contently. ]

Motherfuckin' beautiful.

[ the scraggy rolls his eyes— flying types, peh— he's munching on the poptart a bit harder, somewhat bitter about flying types for a reason that has more or less traumatized him, but when tobias mentions falkner, he seems to be listening.

trying to hide it, but he is. challenges are to his interest! ]

Mimi's goin' for that shit too, yeah— Think I should give it a try.

[ a short pause. ]

Y'all can train with my pokebros if you wanna? Meems does it all the time.

[ and then the scraggy just— almost beams for a moment

training

"-!!!!" ]

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Yeah, I... want to fly. That's really the only reason I want to take on the gym.

[Rachel eyes the Scraggy. You are not going to be a challenge for her.]

I would but... Rachel and Volts are probably going to be my main attackers for that fight, and both of them are pretty tough. I wouldn't want to hurt your Pokemon... neither of them are good at taking it easy.

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[ whoa hold up ]

. . . We can fly if we take 'em?

[ gamzee looks down to miracle, and the two exchange looks and mental words for a moment— the little mime enjoyed battling as much as a kid in a sweets shop! or a teenage girl in dance class— mimicking gamzee, he starts synching with his trainer's movements as he speaks. ]

Nah— most my pokebros dig the battling do'. Ain't it all fun for 'em?

[ as a matter of fact— ]

Harshwhimsy's kinda like that, too.

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Well, if you get the badge, get the right item, and have a Pokemon that can learn the move, yeah.

[He shakes his head. Regal puffs up a little bit.]

Regal doesn't like fighting so much. And Tiny, one of those little cats that fell from the sky? He doesn't like fighting so much either. And Sunshine, one of those goat things - she doesn't like battling at all. She just likes running around in the sun.

( 1 / 2 )

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[ and at that moment, gamzee finally decided ( for good ) to take on the gym ]

I always up and wondered what it's like, man . . .

[ when you wish upon a star . . . ]

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[ he chuckles a bit. each one of his took battling differently, too— albeit most of the take part, possibly one? two-? take little interest. ]

Everyfucker's as different as the next one, yeah?

[ but the offer still stands! ]

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Yeah, I guess. They all have different personalities, like people do.

[Rachel climbs up Tobias' leg and he smiles a little bit, leaning down to pull her into his arms. She taps her paws together in a clap, and then gently bops him on the head.]

Hey! ... I guess she does want to fight.

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[ yes!! yes yes yes— miracle gives a delighted smile and hops with glee— oh, battles were great. on the other hand, the scraggy squirms in gamzee's arms enough to force him to put him down— pulling his shed skin up and seemingly warming up for the to be battle. there go the taunts again— he'll get slaughtered hahaha, where miracle tires to talk some sense into him ( which obvs ends up fruitless ) then just kind of shakes his head and mindtells gamzee something. ]

. . . Haha— Okay. You know what's the deal more than I be knowin'!

[ where he . . . returns pb to his pokeball. poor thing looks absolutely betrayed when this happens— but it's for your own good, little man. ]

Aiiight, we good, Tobias?

[ miracle teeters to a good length away from and in front of gamzee, waving once at them. start your engines! ]

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[Tobias nods, and Rachel takes a few steps forward, tilting her upper body so it looks like she's about to charge.]

Looks like it. Let's go!

[She charges ahead, going for a Slash. She seems to know what she's doing in battle so Tobias is more than content to let her choose her own attacks.]

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We good!

[ the slash comes in at full force— miracle takes the hit with the attack across his body with yelp, but battles are like a dance, which is what he's doing, falling, twirling back, and bowing. he shakes to get the sting away from those claws, but smiles gleefully nevertheless. on his own, he uses BARRIER, a pink lighted ball that envelopes him, to lighten his intake of damage. ]

Let's pray, bro.

[ and by praying, he means MEDITATE, to up his attack. the mime jr. sits, crossing its tiny legs and shuts its eyes. ]

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[Changing status? They can do that, too. While Miracle might be trying to up his stats, Rachel has other plans.]

Take it down!

[And by that, Rachel knows what he means - she glares at Miracle, using Leer to try and drag his attack back down. Even Tobias takes a step back - he doesn't like it when Rachel glares any more than wild Pokemon usually do.]

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[ it was worth a shot— and a smart move. with attack giving a rise and leveling back down ( he shudders at the leer ), miracle settles with a raised defense by its barrier.

this time, gamzee watches on instead of giving orders— he wasn't too good at that anyway, but miracle takes his lead without a beat. its eyes begin to glow the same light pink the barrier sparked, and psychically sends a wave of CONFUSION to the bear. ]

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[Rachel snarls in response and rubs her head. That hurt a lot! Tobias frowns - is she having problems? But she shakes it off and charges at Miracle. She's aiming to tackle him in a Take Down, even if it'll cause her some damage, too.]

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[ miracle goes right in after her, confident in the earlier barrier's help in keeping his defenses on top. he begins to MIMIC, he mimics being in a bubble first, to represent the barrier, then mimicking her, from mannerisms, to expression, to the very move TAKE DOWN.

he wants to get close, really close. when both collide, he falters right there— it takes a few moments, but given the chance he starts to TICKLE her. tickle tickle tickle, rachel :o) ]

—Hahaha.

[ that's kind of cute ]

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[She squeals indignantly, and goes to Lick Miracle. Hopefully she'll paralyze him. Tobias frowns, a little worried. This is more of a challenge than he thought. Maybe he should have her give up... but she'd never forgive him for that.]

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[ miracle is about to charge up his energies for a psybeam attack when the lick comes along— it's a one in three chance of getting paralyzed ( and since the holy flip coin has heeded so ), the slurp sends a rigidness up the tiny clown's spine, causing him to glow a light shade of yellow; it's visible now in his movements that he's having difficulty moving, staying more still than in motion. paralysis also drops down speed if they can manage to move.

and gamzee knows paralysis all too well. both first and second-hand. ]

. . . You stuck, little bro?

[ miracle tries to shake his head— it's easily dodge-able and not only that, but a small burst rather than continuous; he uses a weaker PSYBEAM before succumbing to the paralysis. his turn was a weak one. ]

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[Rachel dodges out of the way, waggling a claw and laughing.]

Urs urs urs!

[She taps her paws together and approaches Miracle, looking down as if she's ashamed or embarrassed before going for a punch. Covet is a sneaky move, and Tobias looks pretty amused at her. It's the sort of tactic Rachel might have used at home, if she were inclined to look cute rather than gorgeous.]

[Tobias no. This is a battle, not a time to think about your girlfriend.]