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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 10:35:32 GMT 9
Saint’s eyes slowly closed.
He really, really, really should have fucking seen this coming.
He debated with no trace of irony whether he could weaponize anything in the room to kill Finn. The guy likely had a REALISTIC pain threshold, so it shouldn’t need much, assuming he could land the hit.
He eventually came to accept that no, murder was not on the table yet.
That still didn’t mean he could fucking answer this in any capacity.
“There is no number in the world I can give you that you’d believe over what you’ve already decided in your head,” he said calmly. “So I’m just going to tell you right now: I stopped keeping count.”
And now he was glaring. “My turn. When was the last time you genuinely dated someone? As in, not just for their ass.” They had already started off the deep end, might as well see how far they can go.
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 5:17:31 GMT 9
Saint paused, attention taken by the shaking of a bush. His savior had arrived.
“Look, Pudding! A bigger mushroom!” he called, pointing to the sacrifice that had been unwittingly shanghaied into this fight.
The clamp around his ankle disappeared, and with a soft thump, he watched as Pudding ran up to the unfortunate Foongus, LEERing death at it.
He climbed down from the tree, readying a test tube for spore samples. This, too, he can teach her further on—once she gave up trying to eat it whole.
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 5:13:53 GMT 9
“Can we strike up a deal.”
<Girrv’ Prrdd’n the shrmmm, buy.>
He’s halfway up the tree with an espurr clinging to his ankles using her mouth. Saint was now debating how far he could throw this mushroom and whether his reflexes were fast enough to nab Pudding before she broke a world record finding and ingesting a poisonous shroom.
It was surprisingly not a gamble he was eager to take. Even as she chewed his socks into strips, she still looked precious.
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 5:09:33 GMT 9
<Pudding yearns for the shroom!>
“Pudding does not yearn for the shroom!”
A petilil paused as they fluttered across the grove, a berry in their mouth. In the clearing where they usually plucked mushrooms from, a strange human and a cat were chasing each other in circles.
The petilil rolled their eyes and continued on. Tourists.
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 5:02:30 GMT 9
Saint turned, finding nothing amiss except for Pudding looking elsewhere. “Did you find something?”
<No.> Pudding huffed, waddling over. <Pudding would like to see the shroom.> She tugged at his coat.
“Okay, okay,” Saint knelt down, gloved hands cradling a mushroom wrapped in plastic. “We’ll need to have this properly identified, but it is likely poisonous. The mushroom I’m familiar with is known for it, but ingesting doesn’t necessarily mean dying—upup.”
Pudding hissed, glowering at him, which really was not that effective.
Saint kept the mushroom out of reach. Pudding hopped on her stubby legs trying to reach it. “You are not eating this! Never eat a mushroom you aren't positively sure you've identified.”
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 4:56:42 GMT 9
As Saint began carefully extracting the mushroom, Pudding took note of some movement nearby.
A bug.
The little bug was slowly scooching in from the bushes, trying to nibble from the mushroom patch.
Unacceptable. This was now territory dedicated to vital research. Pudding’s territory. <Begone,> Pudding hissed, fur standing and floppy ears raised in a threat.
“What was that?” SPAWN RESET
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 4:50:08 GMT 9
They walked down the path, crunching autumn leaves. A big plus was that the grove was scenic—it was easy enough to keep an eye on his surroundings in broad daylight, and as long as they didn’t wander too deep in, they could stick to clearings where wild Pokemon can easily be identified.
<Pudding has found the shrooms!>
Saint couldn’t help smiling a little, hurrying to join Pudding. Despite her excitement, Pudding kept a safe distance, letting Saint crouch down to identify the mushroom she found.
A new issue: This was Pokémon. Much of the mushrooms looked quite similar, and quite unrealistic. He squinted at the reddish orange fungus. It was based off a popular one, the fly amanita. But if he remembered correctly, there was a mushroom item in the original games that was considered gourmet, so was it edible? Poisonous, unless prepared a certain way? It was unfortunate he didn't know more.
“Let’s see if we can pluck it out. Please stand back, Pudding.” He rummaged his pockets. The gloves he had were much like the medical supplies in his pockets—not particularly effective on a technical standpoint, but a good precaution, not to mention a good example.
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 4:35:43 GMT 9
<And there will be poison?>
“There will be poison. Mushrooms.” Saint didn’t know how he got here, but apparently he was tutoring his espurr about the different applications of poison in the Pokémon world.
She was waddling ahead of him, her arms outstretched on either side to keep her silly head balanced, like a toddler. Who was deeply invested in the concept of substances so volatile they can melt stomach lining.
Saint sighed, wondering just how far he would go for cuteness.
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 4:05:07 GMT 9
“… Maybe that was overkill.” Saint sighed, as he put bandages on his arm. He had flushed out the poison, of course.
The zubat lay on the ground, lightly cooked after bearing the brunt of a LEER and a CONFUSION blast. Pudding was poking it with her stubby paw, pausing as she stared at the strange creature’s wide mouth. <Teach Pudding.>
Saint brightened. “Is there something you want to learn?”
<Poison.> She pointed at the Zubat’s fangs. <Teach Pudding poison.>
“… Oh.” Saint stared at her. Pudding stared back, big, big kitten eyes on a comically large head. His eyes slowly closed. “Fine.”
With the pain of a father teaching his daughter how to kill a man, he knelt down, taking out a test tube from his many pockets. “I don’t think you can make your own poison, but… this is how you take a sample...”
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 3:55:16 GMT 9
“How about this,” Saint started, once the silence dragged on too long. “If there’s anything you see that you’re curious of, tell me and I’ll try to teach you something new about it.” Maybe he could teach her a new hobby, like pottery, or knitting, or how to brew moonshine. That would be cute.
<Pudding understands.> He watched Pudding’s big, fluffy head turn up, getting a full view of her face from where she’s being cradled. <Pudding thinks you should duck.>
“Wha—” he’s barely able to move his head when something struck him down from above. Saint hissed as it slapped him repeatedly, an ear-piercing shriek throwing his senses into disarray. He impulsively curled around Pudding, waving his arms to try and drive it away—only for something sharp to sink into his arm.
As her trainer cried out, Pudding’s ears lifted, the marks under the flaps glowing pink.
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 3:47:30 GMT 9
They continued on. Saint did have a particular encounter in mind, though for the most part, he simply wanted to see what Briarbane was like in the late hours. There were plenty of rumors about the town, from ghost cowboys to Billy The Elekid. But it also let him spend some time with Pudding.
The espurr had been another mystery in his team for a while now. He’d been ecstatic to have her from his first trade, but hadn’t found the time to bond with her under the chaos of… everything in his journey so far. “Pudding, do you like to battle?”
<Pudding fights as necessary. Pudding makes it fast and painless.> She would turn her head on occasion, paying close attention to their surroundings.
“That’s… good? I’m glad you aren’t going out of your way to hurt others.” Saint wondered if he was being a good role model, encouraging this. It was kind of inevitable she’d have to fight, right? And he was training her to be a Tank, so her 'fast and painless' can't really equate to destructive. “Is there anything you’re personally interested in?”
Pudding didn’t respond. Thinking, maybe. Saint didn’t push, only continuing to walk at a lax pace through the lit areas of the town.
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 3:31:08 GMT 9
At the end of the alleyway, he saw a little child. Sparse moonlight streamed through crumbling slats of wood, bathing the stranger in a strange light as it turned to stare him down with softly glowing blue eyes.
Saint sighed. “Oh, that’s not too bad. Gothita are pretty cute.”
The Gothita glared at them, hopping out of the trash can. Pudding didn’t glare, but the look in her eyes appeared to intensify, baring into the wild Pokemon’s soul. Her ears twitched ever so slightly, as if waiting for the thing to step a little too close.
SPAWN RESET
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 3:21:39 GMT 9
There’s the sound of something shattering nearby. Saint panicked, immediately reaching down to scoop Pudding into his arms. “What was that?!”
Pudding didn’t stir, neither reassured nor irritated being held like a stuffed toy. <It’s the dark.> She pointed her paw to the alleyway between a saloon and a hat shop.
Saint stared at the shadows, shuffling through a hundred different scenarios. And they were terrifying, of course, but also—
What could be scarier than what he’s already seen?
He squeezed Pudding to his chest, before slowly walking towards the source of the noise.
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 2:23:28 GMT 9
It had been a while since he went on some solo excursions. With far too many water types in his PC, it was about time for something new.
Saint frowned, stepping into Briarbane as the sun dipped below the horizon, lamps being lit as the goth-western town prepared for the night. It was strange. The streets were barren, no hustle and bustle, the tell-tale Mudsdale and Rapidash hitched in their stables, the shop windows dark and shut.
He was wary of the stragglers, keeping a wide berth. Another thing that reassured him was his companion, who was waddling by his side, her little paw in his hand.
“It’s a… little spooky, isn’t it? You don’t find the dark scary?” he said, trying for conversation.
<Pudding is not scared of the dark.> The espurr’s voice was soft and monotone, evoking the image of two extremely creepy twins at the end of a hallway. She turned her head to face him and Saint could have sworn he heard it creak. He could see his reflection in her huge, unblinking eyes. <The dark should be scared of Pudding.>
“…Okay.”
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Saint
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 386
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Angelo Alvarez
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Saint on Jan 29, 2024 1:45:41 GMT 9
#s://b~l3n~co/i/mfJyyK~png #s://b~l3n~co/i/mfJyyK~png TO: 𝓑𝓮𝓵𝓵✨🌸
it’s an mmo, you don’t know who’s cute until you’ve seen the face behind the avatar so basically grindr rules (if you’re going to play you better msg me! my handle’s Saint) i’m working on it. i don’t want to scare them by being pushy. they’re really, really nice. too nice, honestly. it worries me. their name is kasey and i think they live way too far from where i’m studying lol so whatever you’re plotting over there, it’s probably not going to work 😐
Several minutes later…
slr also no. i don’t have time for dating, way too much stuff going on if you want one so bad though i could set you up with my roommate rich, hot, the only caveat is that he’s a fuckboy you owe me a new phone btw
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