Our hearts, covered in patches and stitches, are in a state of instability.

[generalflirt]

Who: Masaomi (and Linda), Shikamaru (and a deer), and much later Silver (with some pokemon?)
What: A hike through the mountains
When: The 10th onwards (ending...17thish?)
Where: The... Mountains. Including a fertile valley.
Summary: Masaomi is really depressed and really needs to get away. So he goes to hunt down Shikamaru (and later makes good on a bet)
Rating: Vegas

[To say Masaomi Kida was in pain would be the understatement of the century. It wasn't just what happened the day before. It wasn't just the trip home which he now remembered. It wasn't just the sweetness of the lie which made it hurt. It wasn't anything else to do with the AU experiment either. It was all of those things and more - his own weakness, his own pain, his own frustration with the person he was now. And frankly, he couldn't take it anymore. As he promised the Error Katara on the 9th, he was gone by the tenth, marching out of the village by mid-day in his ninja flack vest and carrying a decent sized backpack of food with him. ...

It seemed like a better idea then. He got the mountains's base by the end of the day, made camp a ways up, and then began his hike in the morning. He kept this up (with isolated meditation attempts and "training Linda" attempts until about the morning on the 12th, at which point, well. He concluded he was lost.

...It was then that he ran into an enormous deer. I will let Pi decide if that is threaded or we just cut to the chase]

Comments

[tsuntrader]

[Murkrow could not possibly have perked up faster. For a bird with a weakness to electric types, he really seems way too excited about this.]

Go for it. They're gonna be stronger than they normally are against Murkrow, though. [Fuck yes.]

[generalflirt]

[...Okay then. Well first up is Thundershock. Despite all the distractions, Linda's gotten pretty good at it and she is eager to let loose. To signify he wants her to do that, Masaomi makes a gun shape with his hand and "shoots it"]

[tsuntrader]

[And Murkrow takes it like a man. It hurts, sure, but not terribly so. ...In fact, when all's said and done, he seems a little underwhelmed at its strength and is left with a surprised look on his face.

Silver is surprised for the very same reason, but... Well, she's no Togetaro. It shouldn't be that surprising. What is surprising, on the other hand...]

You're already teaching her to recognize hand signals?

[generalflirt]

Well I figured in a fight, I stand a good chance of not being able to talk for some reason. I mean, I live with a ninja and you saw how loud some of those Third Party fights got.... right?

[Silver was there for some of them, right?]

[tsuntrader]

...I was always right by my Pokémon, so I guess I didn't have that problem.

[...] Hand signals are a mixed bag since your Pokémon would have to look at you to see them, but at the same time, it's good to avoid yelling out everything. As long as you can clearly communicate with her somehow and you're both on the same page, you two are on the right track.

[generalflirt]

If only she was psychic, right?

[Anyway, moving on to number two, this one he actually announces:] Linda, Volt Tackle!

[And with pleasure she performs...! ...Well her current level of Volt Tackle is about what it is in the anime. So it's pretty impressive but it's got nothing on what it was in Special]

[tsuntrader]

[One day you'll have a bullshit so in sync it might as well be psychic bond with Linda, Masaomi. One day.]

[...] That one needs work. ...A lot of work.

[generalflirt]

She's a baby, Silver. Gold told me it's a God-move or something and try as I might I couldn't get her to improve it.

[Which is why he's trying to supplement it]

[tsuntrader]

She may be little, but Gold touched her egg at some point, didn't he?

[generalflirt]

...Yeah, I guess?

[tsuntrader]

Gold has a special ability when it comes to Pokémon eggs. It's why he's called The Breeder.

Linda has her bangs because of Gold. [He would point, but. Hands are full.] She probably also has some personality trait she shares with Gold.

More importantly, all of her strengths have been drawn out to their maximum potential. All because Gold touched her egg.

[generalflirt]

The moment she was born, or she has the most potential?

[tsuntrader]

Both.

[generalflirt]

...Silver that doesn't make any sense.

[tsuntrader]

Now you're getting it.

[generalflirt]

[...]

Okay, let's try this again. Are you telling me she's born as strong as Chuchu, for example, or with the potential to be as strong as Chuchu?

[tsuntrader]

Togetaro managed to take down an incredibly powerful Tyranitar in one hit within maybe a week of being born. I don't exactly know how long.

A Tyranitar is a giant... It's a ridiculously strong Pokémon. It kept the rest of his team from doing a single thing without even trying, but a Togepi from an egg Gold just hatched made it look like a chump.

Even with all of that, there's still a potential for him to get a lot stronger. I don't think Linda's that strong and crazy, but you get the idea. [Basically Linda's hax.]

[generalflirt]

[...What the shit]

...Wha- She--

WHAT?

[tsuntrader]

...Gold really didn't tell you anything, did he?

[generalflirt]

All I got was him going on about her being crazy-strong or something but I didn't think he meant beyond normal pokemon standards?!

[tsuntrader]

Now you know. [God damn Gold, you are so awful at explaining shit.]

[generalflirt]

[...Ugh]

...Linda, show him a regular tackle now.

[Linda blinks. Okay? Incoming regular tackle!

...which she actually is quite good at]

[tsuntrader]

[-Right. Moves. Tackle. ...That's a pretty strong tackle. Silver thinks he might be seeing a pattern here, but...

...Oh, right.] Murkrow, Roost. [Murkrow blinks for a moment before pretty promptly landing and perching. From there, well... He starts to glow. When all is said and done, he's all healed up and ready to take more hits and look cool doing it.]

[generalflirt]

...Silver, what was that?

[He asks Silver to explain before he opens and closes his hand at Linda to signal her next move. Linda nods and builds up her energy. Her cheek-ports glow brightly before there's a blinding Flash of light. She's only faintly glowing after the initial burst though, not nearly enough to be a proper cave-flashlight]

[tsuntrader]

Roost. Murkrow can heal himself with it, but he has to be on the ground to use it. Don't tell Gold about it. [Roost definitely falls under "things he'd never expect to read about in his dad's book."

Now naively, or maybe stupidly, Silver's going to look right in the direction of Linda's Flash to see what exactly it is... Which he pretty quickly figures out was a really bad idea. Silver once again stops to wait for his eyes to readjust to the light. Murkrow's having the same problem but worse since the attack was directed right at him. The fact that it doesn't remain is a bit overlooked.]

That's Flash. It can be used to light up caves, temporarily blind an opponent... Or whatever else you can think to use the light for. ...A little warning would've been nice.