[ti]open[/ti]004 — Caught Off Guard

He was exhausted. The pain still had yet to abate, but Lacrimosa wasn't of a mind to do anything about it. What was he meant to do? Scrape and beseech a "legendary" for aid? Cleanse himself of whatever scant connection he had to understanding?

No. No, he could manage a bit of pain, if it meant he could finally accomplish his goals.

His goals should have entailed heading back, to Mistra, but unfortunately he had been dropped all the way back into the stupid settlement- And there was more idiocy to be found outside the gate.

Another player, some pink thing, and a chirping voice:

You too!

Lacrimosa paused, looking between the pokemon, and the other trainer. He offered a wan smile. "Oh, no, I'm sorry- Don't mind me." He said, trying to ease his way out of the situation.

QUACXEE did not care. Having selected two players, she drifted over to the tall grass.

POKÉMON ARE FOUND IN TALL GRASS- JUST LIKE THIS!

The sound of her voice was making his arm throb. "Ah- I've already caught a pokemon," He offered, trying to get her to shut up, or stop, or anything.

Lacrimosa watched QUAXCEE for a moment, before realizing he would rather rip out his own antlers before giving her a shred more of this time. He glance to the other man, catching that bare flicker of almost-recognition. Which... sure. Lacri had no idea who this was, though, and Sarthor certain didn't match up with Lacrimosa. So, he opted for a doe-like look of confusion.

And then another npc had to tromp in. Mom, for some reason, charging through the landscape to beat up a groundhog.

This was not exactly the scientific endeavor he had been looking for. "I had thought this was a children's game..." He mused. Mom and QUAXCEE were bringing that into question, though.

He glanced back towards the other trainer, giving him a smile. "How wonderful to meet you, Luxe- I'm Lacrimosa." He looked over Yuze again- nothing specific stood out, but everyone had their uses. "Are you a new trainer, too?"

Yuze certainly made a face. But he didn't bring up the wildly incorrect name- interesting. If he hadn't known his own name, he wouldn't have reacted. Perhaps incredible politeness, but even those polite tended to correct regarding their own names.

Interesting.

At the question, he offered Luxe another soft smile. "Oh... I studied it in school, but I don't know if I'd say I know it." He dismissed. It was an easy enough language, provided you held the required patience and intellect. Did Yuze have either?

Regardless, Mom interrupted his musings and Yuze's wonderfully short answer. "It's a good thing I have pokeballs on me..." She thought, then walking over to the pair of them. "Right- I forgot to give these to you! You can use them to catch pokemon. Why don't you boys give it a try on that patrat?"

What she handed over was a pair of pokeballs- Not the traditional red and white, but... gold. Gold, textured and sparkling, and incredibly gaudy. With only mild hesitancy, Lacrimosa took the pokeball. This was... who made this?

"Now, all you need to do is toss the pokeball at the pokemon you're trying to catch! The pokeball will do the rest." Mom said, gesturing to her medicham and stepping back a bit. "Now, you try!"

Seeing no real way to get around it, Lacrimosa threw the ugly thing at the patrat.