Respiro
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Post by Respiro on Sept 4, 2024 16:19:42 GMT 9
Respiro cocked his head questioningly at the closed door. He stood at the back entrance to the Pokémon Lab, where a dark wraith had just come out and given him a package.
He did not immediately recognize this shadow as Dra. Bunya. He remembered the tiny, feline woman from his own Starter Lab. He'd liked her. The experience was very different from the first time, when he'd met Profesor Ash. Ash had been kind, understanding. She'd allowed him to write down his answers, seeing he was too shy to speak. And she'd chosen Respira to be his starter, knowing the Chimchar would help him grow. Help him change.
Ah, he was feeling sad again.
To distract himself, Respiro crouched down and ripped open the package. He didn't understand the English the specter of darkness had fired off in a jumble, so it seemed like he'd just been given a random present. He was suspicious. What could an evil ghost possibly give him!
Snow.
Respiro reached both hands into the box and pulled them out as if stung, yellow eyes stretching wide in disbelief. His fingers tingled, his reduced pain settings mitigating the burning cold. Snow!
It was quite the shock. Respiro hadn't seen real snow since he'd changed servers.
But thankfully, the box of shaved ice bore little resemblance to the brutal winter, the nights of darkness, the dreadful Chill. Likely Bunya just wanted someone to deliver her ice.
Respiro didn't know that. He reached in, took a handful of snow, and carefully packed a ball.
Then he threw it!!
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Alicia Westfield
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Post by Alicia Westfield on Sept 4, 2024 16:40:49 GMT 9
The flying snowball would suddenly be grabbed out of the air by a potentially familiar hand, as a pink-haired girl arrived. While the orb of cold had deformed a bit in her hand, and was melting a bit even now from her natural body heat, she could easily see who it had come from. Someone who had been strangely silent, but had tried to help her back during an ill-fated run through the corporation. Even though she knew now that it would’ve cost them both something precious, it was still a bit heart-warming that he tried. ”I remember you...” Alicia commented as she walked toward Respiro and his package. Returning the snow to it, she smiled softly, holding her non-chilled hand out to him. ”I’m Alicia. We, uh… hmm… I suppose ‘met’ isn’t exactly the right word for what happened at Midas Corp. ‘Crossed paths’ sounds more fitting for what happened."”Momma, do we really wanna be talking with this guy? Stranger danger!” Nym commented, poking her head out from Alicia’s hair. The hero-aspirant chuckled softly at that. ”He’s just the strong, silent type, I think…” Alicia waved her sushi dragon’s concern off. Turning back to the quiet soul, she hummed in thought. ”After all… you did try to catch me back then.”——————————————————————— {PARTY}Tikani (Bayleef) [3/3/4]
Giyun (Duraludon) [3/3/4]
Crios (Onix) [4/4/4]
Nym (Tatsugiri) [3/3/4]
Ronda (Cyclizar) [4/4/4]
Pearl (G!Ponyta)[3/3/3] Respiro |
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Respiro
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Player Name: Miquel Torres
OOC Username: M00k
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Post by Respiro on Sept 4, 2024 16:51:46 GMT 9
Ah!
Respiro's beaky head shot up in surprise. Someone had caught it! Someone with pink hair! Someone familiar!
He pointed at her!!
He was excited. He pat-patted his wet hands off on his jacket, then seized Alicia's hand and shook it adamantly. He almost jumped up and down as he did so, shifting his weight between his feet. She was here! The fallen girl! The lost girl! The pit-swallowed, explosion girl!
He peered at the hair-Tatsugiri, looking suspiciously like a bird eying a worm, then realized he was still holding onto Alicia's hand. He looked down at it and released it, very gently, like it was something fragile.
She'd returned his snowball. He wondered why. Respiro pointed eagerly at the Pokémon Lab, then reached down to make another snowball. He mimed throwing it at Bunya's window, then gestured at the box. Did she want to play with him?
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Alicia Westfield
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Post by Alicia Westfield on Sept 4, 2024 17:23:13 GMT 9
Alicia chuckled softly at how animated Respiro had gotten upon sighting her. Bouncing like crazy in a way that reminded her of a kid in a candy store. But still no words. Just gestures. A thought occurred to her. Perhaps it wasn’t a choice to not speak. Perhaps… it was something he lost at some point. Birth defect? Trauma? Whatever the reason, she now wished she knew a sign language of some kind to open communication that way. But she didn’t. It never occurred to her to learn. She was never around enough people to have met someone who was mute, partially or completely. She couldn’t imagine what she’d do if the world had stolen her own voice… ”Back off, bucko.” Nym snipped out as Respiro eyed her like dinner. ”I may look like sushi but I’m no one’s dinner!””Come on now Nym, let’s not be too hostile.” Alicia chided the little dragon softly. And as the boy made motions implying throwing snowballs at the Pokemon Lab, she chuckled softly. ”The mad doctor’s not on my list of favored people at the moment, ever since that trip to Mistra almost unannounced… So the offer is quite tempting.”At which point a soft ping resounded, and Alicia looked over to flick her finger over the message. A similar one to that which Respiro had received at first. Modified, of course, to account for the fact that she’d just turned up after the fact. A grimace crossed her features at that. ”But I imagine she’ll be quite upset if we use the contents of her package to vent our frustrations with her, however meaningless the package itself is. Tell you what, we get this where it needs to go, and I’ll have a snowball fight with you if it ends up not being needed by the recipient.”Closing the package up, she hefted the box onto her shoulder. Nym promptly squeaked as she had to scramble out of the way to avoid being crushed. She’d been too slow to move when Alicia first kneeled down to get the package. ”Momma!””Pay attention, Nym.” Alicia retorted to her Tatsugiri’s cry. ”That lack of spatial awareness could’ve caused us trouble back when you used Muddy Water without warning.””Erp...” the sushi dragon eep’d out as she had nothing to crack back with. ——————————————————————— {PARTY}Tikani (Bayleef) [3/3/4]
Giyun (Duraludon) [3/3/4]
Crios (Onix) [4/4/4]
Nym (Tatsugiri) [3/3/4]
Ronda (Cyclizar) [4/4/4]
Pearl (G!Ponyta)[3/3/3] Respiro |
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Respiro
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OOC Username: M00k
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Post by Respiro on Sept 4, 2024 17:55:27 GMT 9
She laughed, but her eyes said no. Respiro lowered his snowball, disappointed. He meekly put it back in the box, as Alicia had done, and squashed it flat so the lid could close.
He might not speak, but he did watch. He could see Alicia was reading something-- something he could not see. Perhaps a message? Ah! She wanted to send him a message!
Respiro opened his chat window. ¡Hola! he wrote, and sent it.
That was it, but he seemed pleased with himself. She spoke English, but perhaps it would translate! He had never had a foreign friend before.
While he was in his UI he noticed he had another notification, which turned out to be the delivery mission details. Now he understood! It was not a present for Respiro: it was a present for someone else! He just had to deliver it!
Enthused, especially since Alicia was doing the heavy lifting and leaving his hands free to gesticulate, Respiro ran ahead down the path, then stopped and waved.
He ran farther along, then stopped and waved at Alicia again.
Like a "follow-me" NPC, he ran ahead down the sidewalk until they reached a sudden construction barrier. Caution tape, orange cones, and striped barriers blocked off the path, where a giant, jagged sinkhole had appeared in the ground.
<Move along, people,> grunted a worker Machoke, signaling them to go around. Respiro didn't budge. He eyed the hole, then eyed the construction barrier.
Then he bunched his muscles to jump!
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Alicia Westfield
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Post by Alicia Westfield on Sept 5, 2024 3:32:54 GMT 9
Alicia blinked in realization as a message from the beak-masked player popped up. ‘Hola’ was Spanish and that wasn’t a language she was familiar with. But also it reminded her that she got lost in the flow of UNOVR too easily. Forgetting it was a game with systems like this. Forgetting she could just open up a chat window and fire a message his way. This game was too good by half at times. But that did point out that there was a possible communication problem beyond Respiro’s apparent muteness. ”No habla Español… Tu… hablo? Ingles?” Alicia attempted some brief Spanish of her own. The language came up often but despite her best efforts she could not parse it properly most of the time. But she’d managed to piece together just enough with the express purpose of explaining that she had difficulties with Spanish. ”What’d you say there, Momma?” Nym asked in confusion. ”I think I got the formatting wrong, but I got something implying Respiro here is Spanish so I attempted to tell him I don’t speak Spanish very well, and ask if he spoke English.” the Pinkette replied as she followed the boy once he raced off. Coming across the abrupt construction barrier was a bit of a surprise. But the Machoke’s words were concerning as well. It would be bad to fall into the sinkhole. Not cripplingly so, but it would be an annoyance. Not to mention the Machoke would likely be upset with them if they did. And Respiro looked like he was going to jump it. Oh boy. ”Giyun.” Alicia intoned, letting the Duraludon out. The monolith dragon glanced around and nodded softly. He stepped forward, shifting so his tail was poised. Alicia smiled at that and hopped on in Respiro’s view, tensing her own legs. ”And Fire!””Alley-oop!” Giyun called, swinging his tail sharply in a Breaking Swipe. And with the extra force behind her own leap, the pinkette launched herself in her own leap. ”WHOO!” the hero-aspirant cried out as all-but-flew. ”EEEEK!” Nym was not nearly as enthused. Even with Alicia’s Swimmer class granting her aerial mobility, this was still a little disconcerting! Especially with how roughly Alicia landed with the package, skidding to a stop on the other side. If Respiro hadn’t made his own leap, the Duraludon would look back to him and wave a hand in a ‘come here’ gesture. Then he would set himself up to do another launch via Breaking Swipe. Otherwise, the pinkette would recall her comrade and be ready to carry on. ——————————————————————— {PARTY}Tikani (Bayleef) [3/3/4]
Giyun (Duraludon) [3/3/4]
Crios (Onix) [4/4/4]
Nym (Tatsugiri) [3/3/4]
Ronda (Cyclizar) [4/4/4]
Pearl (G!Ponyta)[3/3/3] Respiro |
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Respiro
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Post by Respiro on Sept 5, 2024 10:48:32 GMT 9
She spoke Spanish!
But she said she didn't speak Spanish. In Spanish! How confusing.
Pero... hablas un poco Respiro sent. He blinked at Alicia hopefully, waiting for her and her sushi-dragon to catch up, and shook his head adamantly in response to her question. No English! Well, maybe writing. He typed hesitantly for a moment. Hello he sent finally, a little pleased with himself, then closed out of his chat window. This was taking too much time!
<No! No! Don't you do it!> threatened the construction Machoke as he prepared to leap. Respiro skipped sideways away from him, not taking his eyes off the jump. Mentally, he gauged how far across it was. Did he need a running start?
Thonk. The little fighter's head whipped up as Alicia soared overhead, landing on the other side.
He leapt at the chance to follow, eyes lighting up. <Go around!> groused the Machoke, starting to lumber towards him. Alarmed, Respiro quickly clambered up Duraludon's tail, balancing deftly on its tip.
Then he was launched!!
Wind shot past him. Respiro turned a somersault and landed on the far side next to Alicia, sandals throwing up sparks on the pavement. The Machoke shook a fist at him from the far side, but settled back down.
First obstacle: passed!
Increïble he wrote to Alicia, then 👍
What was next??
There was more road construction ahead: it looked like they were re-laying the road next to Cerulean Boulevard. Teams of Magmar aimed their Flamethrowers at the asphalt, melting tar and pavement back into a smooth, shimmering state. Waves of heat poured off the surface.
Respiro skipped from foot to foot, uneasy. If they walked through there, the snow would melt, and there would be only water left! Was there a way to protect the box?
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Alicia Westfield
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Post by Alicia Westfield on Sept 5, 2024 13:39:58 GMT 9
”Sorry about all that, sir.” Giyun called to the Machoke they’d upset. ”The Boss gets ideas in her head and she’s a certifiable nut job.””I heard that!” Alicia shouted back. ”You were supposed to!” Giyun bellowed in return. Alicia rolled her eyes and recalled the Duraludon to his Pokeball. Letting him back out, she flicked him on the chin. Before promptly wincing and hissing in a flash of pain. ”I mean, what were you expecting?” Giyun asked with a smug smirk. He laughed as he disappeared back into the Pokeball again. Meanwhile, Respiro… kind of got it? There was another chat message in Spanish. Then finally a ‘Hello’ to which she immediately responded back with her own. The… well, almost complete ‘Incredible’ after the launch got a thumbs up reply in return. It looked like Respiro’s English was as shaky as her Spanish. Which made her wonder where the masked individual was from in the real world. Mexico seemed… strangely unlikely. She wasn’t sure why but Respiro didn’t have the right vibe. Maybe… she should check more what happened in the EU server. There was a chance he was Canadian, but who knew. More importantly, they had another issue. Lots of ambient heat in their next path forward. And not a single ice type in the team she brought to her name. Velkhana’s Icy Wind would’ve been perfect here. But alas. However… if they could cross without letting the box too close to the radiating heat, then they would be fine. ”Crios, we need a high ride.” Alicia called. The Onix appeared in a flash and shook his head a bit. ”Is that so?” Crios asked. When Alicia showed him the contents of the box they were transporting, the Onix’s eyes widened a bit. ”I see.”Passing the box to Crios, who took it tenderly between his jaws, Alicia hopped on to his head and held a hand out to Respiro, offering for him to join her. ”Hop on!”Once the silent soul was aboard, Crios would slowly and steadily rear up. Using just over half of his body length, he towered over the Magmar teams below by fifteen feet. As hot as their Flamethrowers were, and as many as were around, all heat dissipated quickly when removed even a few feet from their source. Alicia couldn’t protect the box. But removing the box from danger was within her team’s abilities. Thus did Crios slither onward, carefully picking his path to disturb the crews as little as possible. And if it worked for approaching flowing magma, certainly it could work for a bunch of flames. ——————————————————————— {PARTY}Tikani (Bayleef) [3/3/4]
Giyun (Duraludon) [3/3/4]
Crios (Onix) [4/4/4]
Nym (Tatsugiri) [3/3/4]
Ronda (Cyclizar) [4/4/4]
Pearl (G!Ponyta)[3/3/3] Respiro
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