This world is inhabited by creatures that we call pokemon. People and pokemon live together by supporting each other, but now the scourge threatens the safety of the entire region. Kohaku has become a dangerous place, where children stay at home and only brave souls go adventuring.
Welcome to KOHAKU. Come for the nightmares. Stay for the tea and crumpets.
The season is SUMMER. It is easy for survivors to forage for food from the land, as there are entire abandoned farms ready for harvest. On the downside, you can smell the corpses.
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The ship is as cold, wobbly and altogether as unpleasant as he remembers it being. Jayden frowns, muttering something about the salty tang of the sea breeze as he steps onto the deck, eyes narrowed against the sunlight. The cruise ship sways along with the waves, and he wonders why atlanta chooses to have her gym here, of all places.
"It's been a day." She's not right in front of him, but he knows that she can hear what he's saying. "Are you actually going to fight, today?" Granted, he's also learned a little something from last time - haste kills, but he's got a promise to live up to, and that in itself is more than enough motivation to only try harder instead of shying away.
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"into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely."
atalanta looks up from a magazine. she's never going to run out of magazines if these challengers keep piling up. it doesn't help that she's literally subscribed to like half a million.
"are you actually going to refrain from attacking my pokemon staff today?" citrus
He smirks at her - she doesn't ignore him today, and it's already a far better start than the first time, there's potential here. "Based on past experience? Probably." He holds up both of his hands and swivels them around. Nothing in them, not a single pokeball is visible on his person, actually.
In his back pocket, they sit quietly, some of them wobbling in anticipation, some of them quivering with the doubts and insecurities that he refuses to let slip.
That comment sits in silence. The worst thing is talking trash and then losing, he knows he'll never hear the end of it if that happens.
"Oh, do you make some of them serve and battle? How productive." He's not kidding, either. Pokemon should be used to their fullest capabilities, to accommodate for the overconfidence that comes with strength. Confidence without the evidence to back it up is fatal, and it's up to them, as trainers, to grind that into their pokemons' heads before it's too late.
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atalanta is fraught with none of jayden's insecurities. it comes with crushing ace trainers for years and holding on a title that is so rightfully hers that it didn't even matter if she won or lose. not that she would lose to this child.
"maybe impoverished trainers like yourself do." her pokemon were her crown jewels. did anybody actually use ruby-encrusted gravy boats to serve gravy? atalanta didn't think so.
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"I don't see what the problem is." Jayden shrugs his shoulders. "Is there that much of a distinction between serving and battling?" They both require a certain amount of finesse and skill that are both unique and useful to have around. To have both on the same pokemon can make putting full faith in them that much easier, and it's a luxury that he doesn't have the resources to experience.
At least she spoke to him first this time, rather than her serving staff. Jayden's expression settles back into the scowl that he's used to and he concentrates, because the rumors of atlanta's strength are no laughing matter, and he can afford no missteps.
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HvUy3RtV < 30 flinch
toska haha i just realized i forgot to roll for flinch those two times, oops
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"into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely."
atalanta decides to order breakfast. a lightly toasted bagel with seaweed and thinly sliced remoraid. with nonfat cream, of course. it probably smells delicious.
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For him, breakfast mostly consists of snack bars and cold cereal. "Can I have one?" He doesn't expect her to say yes, or anything, for that matter. Maybe that blastoise will show its face again to take away the tray when she's done.
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"The loser gets tossed off the boat? Is that a promise?" Atlanta would probably be happy in the water. He thinks that she'll probably treat it as some sort of refreshing swim, as unappealing as the ocean looks.
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"We'll see about that." Losing takes on a whole new meaning. Jayden frowns, and decides that it's all the more reason to win, since he'd rather not be sharkbait if he had the choice.
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kWc7QSRa < 30 flinch > 50 actually flinches (because of course it was right on 30)