lucetilogs | (no subject)

Entry tags:

(no subject)

Who: Green (

cooltrainer) and Masaomi (

generalflirt)
What: An important meeting between Senior and Junior.
When: January 9th
Where: The Forest
Summary: Masaomi seeks guidance from one of the most senior Pokémon trainers after a recent losing streak.
Rating: PG

[It was typical, of course, for Green to be in the forest and training. He had a set schedule, after all, even if his training spots were often a bit varied. Lately, despite the bitter cold, Green had taken to dressing lightly and using a wooden sword himself, practicing his own skills that he hadn't trained as severely since he was a very young child.

He'd swing at his Rhydon to raise its maneuverability, he'd strike at Charizard to teach it to react instead of flinch, and he'd have Scizor train him to be faster and parry blows better. It's important, after all, for a trainer to get more involved - even if Green has been training since childhood.

Masaomi would likely find him along the water today, wearing a t-shirt and light pants and practicing with Scizor at the moment.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Wow it is way too cold for -- okay no, it's warmed up a lot today. Masaomi, with Linda on his shoulder is making his way out of find green. He's got his bejeweled hoop earring in his second piercing in his left ear. But no, mostly-- there's the sound. Huh.

No he won't interrupt that]

[Green continues his training for a good few minutes, until he catches the sight of Masaomi out of the corner of his eye. He parries Scizor and swings off the assaulting claws, turning to see his junior.]

Masaomi. Do you need something?

Well, we were planning to catch you in a downtime moment. [He means him and Linda, but Linda's already floating over off his shoulder to go and rest on Green's Rhydon's face. He's the most attractive thing right here, after all]

[Rhydon grumbles, calming down from his training mindset and just staring at Linda in a chilled out manner. Green goes to his bag and pulls out a towel, wiping sweat off of the back of his neck.]

I've been training all day, it's no interruption. What is it you were planning to talk about?

Haaaah. [And he tilts his head a moment, suddenly finding this much more awkward than expected. He exhales and glances briefly at Linda on the bipedal rhino's face before he looks back at Green]

Some retraining, or perhaps some insight.

[Well, that certainly catches Green's interest faster than most other things.]

Retraining? What do you mean by that?

I... mean. That Linda is being civilly disobedient [she makes a little "oh please" sound from her perch] because of a certain key loss we had.

[Are you saying she lost? She stands on the rhydon's nose now, pika-shouting some]

[Rhydon shakes his head, grumbling and scolding Linda for her attitude. Fighting with your trainer is bad, mkay?]

I see. I had a feeling that would happen eventually. You're raising her to be stronger without raising your own skill as a trainer, it's only natural that she would become disobedient.

[Green sighs, shoving his hands in his pockets.]

You should have taken it slower.

I'm not --- [here for a lecture] Sure that's entirely true, Green-san. I've been working on my spacial recognition and athletics non-stop. My reflexes are easily on par with you lot.

[Well, maybe not him personally, but he's confident he's got Gold. And Red. ~~because he doesn't know how strong Red is~~

As for Linda-- you might be cute, but shut up this is her problem. She lightly coats her tail in iron and bonks him between the eyes. Not a real attack, but a light physical rebuttal, as she's prone to]

[Rhydon growls, dropping his head to shake her off before turning his back to her.

Green, meanwhile, grows a stern look.]

That's not what I mean. You've been training for months to work with Pokémon at longest, and you're working from ground zero of even understanding them. I wouldn't expect you to be even marginally as skilled as a starting trainer from my world, let alone one of the Pokédex holders.

And yet, I'm more skilled than you'd expect. [He does see Green's point, but he does not want to be categorized as weak. It's a complex of sorts, yes, but he's been at this... eleven months, now. So.

Okay no he's totally giving lip.

Linda, for her part, yelps in protest to Rhydon. Meanie]

It's been an interesting experiment on everyone's part, but I'm still saying that you shouldn't be surprised that things are starting to go awry. The advise I can give you is going to be dependent on how far you've taken Linda.

[He turns his attention to Linda!]

Linda! Come here.

[Why should she obey you? She's still annoyed, you know! ...But then, she sighs and with a dramatic little shrug to show what a favor this is for her to come, she comes on over. Masaomi adopts a sort of crooked grin]

[Green very keenly watches the body language. Not just of Linda, but of Masaomi, and he takes quick note of his grin before returning his attention to the pikachu.]

You're a smart Pokémon, aren't you, Linda?

[Most Pokémon are, but that's not quite what Green means. He means it more as in smartass. He continues talking, though it's less directly to Linda and more as though he's talking about her, to her face.]

But a Pokémon like that... I've raised a dozen Pikachu before. What has Masaomi done for this one that makes it different?

[Who said Masaomi did anything! It's not like she's taken elements of her personality from him or anything- in fact, that's an insulting implication, that she'd be influenced by him. She says all this indignantly with gesture and sound before glancing at Masaomi, who is smiling at Green and thus not looking at her-- Linda looks at him briefly like some schoolgirl who can't work out her feelings, but then she's right back to giving a little arrogant tirade about how awesome she is.

Masaomi for his part, just ha a knowing smile through this, watching her in his peripheral vision]

[Green is carefully watching Linda, only briefly glancing to check Masaomi's expression before going back to watching Linda. Interesting.]

And what about you, Masaomi? Why do you train Linda the way you do?

Because she's powerful, Green-san. [He'd normally be much more cautious than she is, and that was the key that got her past the Pichu form- she accepted his weakness and helped him to overcome it, and he accepted her strength and allowed her to flaunt it]

[Green frowns quite severely at that.]

That's irresponsible. When you make a Pokémon powerful, you need to have a firm hand in raising it. That's what being a trainer is all about - it's not about feeding and giving your Pokémon exercise, it's about measuring one another carefully as you both grow. Newbie trainers would do this by going on journeys, depending on their Pokémon as much as their Pokémon depended on them for guidance.

But you've raised this Pikachu to do however she so wishes, and you've made her powerful. And you still understand next to nothing, when it comes to Pokémon.

[While he stomachs that with only a slightly defiant look (he's really not a no-nothing, he isn't) he does reach behind him to make three quick hand signs at Linda, who was already starting to spark. He anticipated her reaction and she makes a little annoyed "Pii" at his back before pouting and comply]

Yeah, well, that's why I have you.

[An ill-tempered and strong Pikachu, and a trainer that can only barely control her. Green is getting frustrated.]

What are you trying to accomplish, Masaomi? What do you want out of your Pokémon?

That's simple. We're getting stronger together to keep up and - one can hope - surpass everyone around us.

[Linda appreciates the surpass part. She nods. They're actually in sync about that]

Why do you want to be stronger? What are you going to do with power?

I'm going to keep up with those friends I have now who are all in another realm than me.

[That's the simple answer, and while it's true, Lidna rolls her eyes, and floats with a Magnet Rise up to Masaomi's shoulder. When she does, she hits him in the back of the head (lightly) with an iron tail and clarifies, with speach and hand motions that they're going to change this world.]

So you're doing this to compete with us.

There's no fast track to strength, Masaomi. You are endangering yourself and maybe even others if you keep going forth with such an irresponsible way of raising Pokémon. I've encountered people like you, before. You don't want to become someone like that.

If it helps, not you specifically. I doubt I'll be hitting your level for years.

[But that's with an irreverent tone. It's an echoing of something Shikamaru said and it... makes sense]