Mai Takatsukasa ([personal profile] dancermai) wrote in [community profile] route_10652016-04-19 07:50 am

On the new journey

Who: Mai [personal profile] dancermai , Yachi [personal profile] donoteat , Tanaka [personal profile] monkcut  (and anybody else who would like to join in)
Where: Route 29
When: April 19 - 23 ish.
Summary: It's time to start the journey through to the next town. Mai heads out after texting Yachi upon reading that she was nearby. Unbeknownst to her, there was also a Tanaka to join the fray. (And anybody else that may like to come and join in the beginners pokemon journey).
Rating: PG - possibly for battling pokemon
Log:

A) [After a good solid day of walking Mai had managed to find a nice spot to stop for the day and she set about setting up her area. She was exciting that soon she would be meeting people and it gave her the courage she needed to keep going. Since reading the manual, she had managed to..somehow..get through a few battles with wild pokemon but it was more self defense than anything. She didn't have the courage to outright ask Jam to do anything that would hurt himself.

Instead, most of her focus was on making sure Jam came out okay. To the point where it never even crossed her mind to take out a pokeball and catch one of the wild creatures that she had faced. She sighed. There was a slight look of dejection but she was determined to at least keep trying.

Mai caught Jam doing a little dance to the never ending background music and smiled. At the very least she would try harder for him.]

B) [It was only the second day on her journey out into this world of Pokemon and of course, the weather would suddenly take a horrible change. After all, he bag was only packed with the basics and she hadn't considered to purchase anything else before she left New Bark Town. When she looked out at the sky it had seem so clear. Mai dashed towards the nearest tree as the thunder sounded and a short burst of rain hit.

That wouldn't be so bad. A moment later, there was also a small amount of hail that followed and she sighed as she stood there. Well, at least with her backpack, the rest of her things would stay dry. It was more than could be said for the clothes she was wearing. She gave her drenched hair a tug and frowned slightly.

C) Pick your own open tag? I'm sure there's lots of things that can be done on this route!

[personal profile] donoteat 2016-04-26 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
UWAHH! AHH-- [Yachi jumps to her feet, ready to help. but. sort of... just... hand-hovers. WHAT TO DO?? SHE LIKES HER HEAD AND FINGERS TOO.] Tr-Trigger!? Stop! Please stop!! ["Trigger happy"? Is that where Tanaka got the name because it SURE LOOKS THAT WAY, the way the little bird goes straight for the head at the slightest provocation, Tanaka what did you do to this poor bird.

She needs to stop this, she needs to-- before someone-- ]


Eli!! [Her Totodile snaps to attention at the call of his name, teeth gleaming in excitement.] Water gun!

[Not as fun, but he jumps into the fray and unleashes a spray of water towards Tanaka and his Pokemon, the force propelling his little body backwards. Yachi looks mortified, full of regrets, silently mouthing "I'm so sorry." That's not how you break up a fight. You hose down dogs, not people.]
Edited (what is spelling) 2016-04-26 01:28 (UTC)
monkcut: (pic#10161288)

[personal profile] monkcut 2016-04-26 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ trigger . . . like a gunshot. at least that's what tanaka was going for, something terribly gangster or badass— and it was quite a fitting name! the bird was quick and explosive just like one, and he continues to peck at both jaeger and his new trainer with little mercy. tanaka can't see a single thing as he runs around, and poor jaeger is trying so hard to headbutt the fluttering creature-!!

but in a spray of water, one that throws the starly off course and away from them but also sends the scary face duo a few feet back and falling backwards to the ground--

was that what it was like to get blasted with a power washer. tanaka lays there, defeated and even more drenched than before, jaeger on top of his face, and trigger taking shelter above the try, squawking down angrily at them. ]


. . . Ow . . .

[ his skin feels like it's earned a harsh bellyflop from the neighborhood swimming pool— except he got it right to the face

you did well, yachi . . . you did well . . . ]

[personal profile] donoteat 2016-04-27 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[WHERE CAN SHE CRAWL INTO A HOLE IN AND DIEEEEE

Don't worry, Jam, Yachi's got a handle on her Totodile, grabbing him around the middle and kowtows right in front of everyone who got soaked, palms and forehead pressed into the wet grass and Eli struggling in between her stomach and knees]


I'm so so so sorry...!!

[Times like these she'd ask herself WWJD. Except instead of J, it's S. And S is the holy trinity of volleyball parents senpai that is Sawamura, Sugawara, or Shimizu: long time veterans of knowing exactly what to do and how to do it, that doesn't involve almost killing your friends.]

I'm sorry, Tanaka! Jaeger! Trigger! Mai [for good measure] and everyone!! That wasn't- None of you have a fire Pokemon, do you...?

[Her Pidgey could probably blow dry them off, but have you ever gone outside sopping wet on a windy day? They'd literally freeze to death.]
monkcut: (pic#10161186)

[personal profile] monkcut 2016-04-28 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
—O-oi, Yachi!! It's fine!! I'm fine!! Right, Mai?!

[ he quickly looks over to the other girl for support. HE'S TOTALLY OKAY LOOK AT THAT RED WETNESS FROM THE NECK UP-- he's hoisting himself back up now, jaeger sliding down to the ground and shaking herself dry. he's trying his best to get her to calm down with gestures and— well-! a proud smile-!! ] You saved us!! Kiyoko-san's teaching you so well . . . !!

[ is he ready to cry? wait, was he crying already? his bare arm buries itself into his face; ah, the karasuno goddess . . . there was no way one couldn't cry at her shimmering memory . . . ]

[personal profile] donoteat 2016-04-28 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
[OH GODS. She made a grown man cry, what would Kiyoko-san say to her? (gj, probably, but only because it's Tanaka).

Yachi looks over at the Pokemon gathered around Mai, Tanaka's Scraggy who had gotten soaked because of her, and the Starly who would never ever trust her ever again. She owes it to them, and to restore honor to Kiyoko's tutelage, to figure out how to get out of the situation. It's the manager's job, Kiyoko had taught her, to make things run smoothly so everyone can play without worry.

She gets to her feet, and recalls both of her own Pokemon back into their balls before they cause any more trouble.]


Tanaka... Mai... Are you okay walking a bit longer? If the hail is getting worse, we shouldn't wait out a storm. [She tilts her head over to where the two of them came down the route] If it sprung up as quickly on you two as it did for me, the storm must be moving either northward or southward. If we head out west, towards the next town, we might be able to get clear of it.