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Post by Izumi Yamamura on Nov 7, 2014 5:37:41 GMT -5
Since Josh had already offered her a tour of “casa Dragomir”, she knew that it was inevitable that she’d have to return the favor. Luckily, today was the perfect day for them to drop by—since the construction team wouldn’t be around; as the Ranch where all of her “army members” made their home at weren’t around, so it was a good time to come by and visit. She knew that she had probably double, possible triple his number of ‘mons, and she’d have one hell of a time introducing them all to him, but that was kind of the point as to why this visit was being arranged for this particular day! After making sure that Kouji (and the purple-haired assistant) wouldn’t be walking in on them, she then fished out her mobile phone and then punched in one of the few numbers that was always on speed dial. Unlike Josh, her sponsor’s Ranch was all the way in the Unova region; and even if she’d already haggled with him to move to Hoenn (so that she’d have easier access and visitation rights to her own ‘mons) he didn’t want to budge at all!
Geez, I wonder why Kouji’s hooked on staying in Unova anyway. I do recall him mentioning that his family’s already settled down here, plus something about one of his brothers…? Meh, I’ll ask him when I get the chance… she thought as she was now waiting at the “back entrance” of the Ranch that she frequented for her breeding requests—and apparently Josh was now as frequent a customer as she was. There was a reason why she was waiting at the back entrance—this entrance was for “Staff Only”, plus it led directly to the grazing grounds—which was once again, in the middle of expansion. Thankfully all of her own ‘mons hadn’t made a fuss out of the weird humans coming and going, apparently expanding the Ranch grounds yet again! “I hope he enjoys the place as much as I do…” she snickered to herself; sneaking a peek out into the expansive grounds and seeing several silhouettes moving around and just basically having fun.
WORDS 361 TAGSJosh Dragomir NOTESTime for me to turn the tables introduce you to... everyone.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Nov 11, 2014 1:58:23 GMT -5
It was only a matter of time, he supposed. Yknow, before Izumi got the same idea he did from introducing her to all his 'mons at the ranch. Of course, Josh had less then Izumi, he was sure... It didn't take him very long to show her all of his. Josh had a feeling that when he took the trip to Unova with Izumi, he'd be here awhile. Oh well, no skin off his ass. Not like he had much else to do besides travel the globe anyway. In a way, it made him sad. He wondered what his purpose was... Besides catching and training Pokemon. Was that all there was to it, he wondered?
Still, it wasn't long before his motorcycle would pull in. The blonde would stare out at the surroundings before pulling off the helmet. His lo'real hair would flow in the wind as he took the helmet off. Helmet hair sucked, he knew. Josh took a breath as he put the helmet on the side of the bike as usual before hopping off, watching as Lightning would hop out of his side-seat as soon as the seatbelt snapped off. Josh chuckled and helped Lightning get his helmet off before putting it away as well and the duo would head to where Izumi had instructed them to, looking around at all the Pokemon as they went.
Post by Izumi Yamamura on Nov 11, 2014 8:09:50 GMT -5
It seemed that no matter what region he’d travel to, the motorbike would always be a part of Josh’s “trademark” appearance. Now that he’d finally managed to locate the place (after getting quite lost for a few times) she then chuckled as he took off the helmet, and as if on cue, some weird commercial jingle played in the back of her mind, causing her to smirk before breaking out into a fit of the chuckles. “Heh, there’s nothing you can do about your helmet hair,” Izumi began with a snort, after allowing herself a couple of seconds of amusement. She then watched the Pikachu hop out of the side car (as was its customary position) and was assisted in removing the Pika-sized helmet it wore whenever he’d go out for a spin on the unbelievable motorbike, before leaving it just…parked there, to say the least. “Heh. Yes, we could totally do a commercial shoot here you know,” she began with a chuckle as she then opened the back fence in order to let him in.
“Welcome… to Casa Yama—well, technically it’s Casa Sakuraba, seeing as I’m borrowing Kouji’s Ranch in order to let my ‘mons run free rather than being cooped up in cold storage,” she began with a flourishing motion of her hands, spreading it out as wide as it would go. “Technically the place is still in the middle of expansion, but yeah… little trivia: Kouji actually bought the beach strip that’s connected to this part of Humilau… in a way he owns a “piece” of the beach itself,” she began, starting with a little history. “Originally when I came here to check out the place it was a lot smaller than it was now, seeing as it just housed his ‘mons… but now that I’ve rerouted my PC settings to his place… it grew a lot. It’s been expanded a couple of…” she trailed off, holding up one hand and counting down, “…a total of three times so far. This is the fourth; they’re completing a freshwater lake further inward, plus they expanded the fruit orchards…” she trailed off, pointing in the distance before squinting up at the sky.
She then took a few steps forward—before something had suddenly decided to tackle her; almost pitching her forward! Managing to catch her balance in time, she then chuckled as she looked down—and saw that it was Arashi, Inferno’s big brother! “Well, him you’re already familiar with. Say hi again to Arashi, otherwise known as Ara,” she began with a chuckle, and the Typhlosion then waved a paw in welcome before sniffing Josh quite curiously. “Graah,” he said in his own mellow-sounding voice; a few scales higher than Inferno’s before cracking a grin. “Go on, call mama Kaji over here… Zira if you can too,” she said, letting the Typhlosion run wild on the grass. Some of the other ‘mons had seen the commotion, and were starting to crowd around.
“Looks like we’re at the Fire-type part of the Ranch… you see the two Ponytas over there, not too far away? One of them used to be a male… but apparently he likes being a girl now. The taller one’s Ixion, while the one standing right by her side? That’s Lime. They’re twins,” she began, and the taller Ponyta looked up before galloping forward and then rubbing its own head under her hands for a rub. If Josh was quick to notice, there was a Vulpix who was sniffing around his feet; wanting to be scooped up and petted. “Heh, you’ve got a friend following you… the Vulpix’s name is Kurama,” she continued, watching as the Vulpix began pawing at his boots, trying to get his attention—and the Pika’s as well. Some distance away, there were some other “starters” who had apparently congregated and were in the middle of watching something…
“Let’s look over there,” she said with a chuckle, holding a finger to her lips—a sign that they were to keep quiet upon approach. Right at where most of the other Fire-types had gathered there was another Typhlosion; an older, gaunt one, who was in the middle of squaring off against a very interestingly-colored Combusken. The others that were surrounding them were a Chimchar, a Charmander, and a Magmar (who was apparently egging the Combusken on). Pointing as discreetly as she could to them, she then introduced them in order, “That’s mama Kaji, Zira, Panji, then Ravana… and Agni. Agni’s a bit jelly of Fulmine, the Electivire. The two that’re sunbathing not too far away… that’s Pele,” she indicated the Slugma, before smirking at the Numel, “…and that’s Asaki. Gressil is… somewhere…oh, hi there,” she said, crouching down and watching as a Larvesta had gently bumped his entire body against her, before she scooped up the “rare” Bug/Fire type. “He’s a rather shy one,” she chuckled, holding him out for Josh to take a better look at, and to pet if he wanted to. “He doesn’t burn… well, not yet,” she added, remembering that it was his evolutionary form that had wings as hot as a blazing fire.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Nov 11, 2014 23:05:15 GMT -5
As soon as Josh got there, Izumi was already making the cracks about his hair. He smirked and just fixed his hair up while she let them in. Josh and Lightning casually walked in, before Josh would, as soon as they got in past the fence, proceed to do just what he had done last she'd snarked at the Badlands: Lay a smack right on her ass. Lightning simply laughed, remembering it from last time, and Josh would pay no further heed to the situation after that. The amazing strength of Josh leaving a red imprint on her ass beneath the clothes would be enough to make his point.
Josh chuckled as her Typhlosion would greet them. "Hmm.... Maybe I should bring out Inferno?" he asked. "I did bring him. I knew he'd love to meet his brother and mother, and he hasn't seen them since he became a Typhlosion, if I'm correct" he said, chuckling. "Inferno's as big as his brother now. He grew quite quickly. I'm sure they'd love to see each other" he said as he pulled out a Pokeball. "Go, Inferno!" he said as he let the Typhlosion out. "Graaa!" he growled before he noticed his brother heading off. "He'll be back with your mother" he said with a smile as he patted Inferno's head. He would nod and follow them as they went and Izumi introduced him to her Pokemon. He laughed a bit as the Vulpix tried to get his attention. He'd lean down and pat the Vulpix on the head, running his fingers through it's scalp gently. "A cute one, she is" he said, smirking. "I have one back at the ranch now too. Really young"
"Isn't that Inferno's relative, and his mother?" he asked, pointing to the Combusken, and the other Typhlosion. He motioned for Inferno to wait. He was sure they'd come eventually. Izumi introduced him to a few more and he smirked. He eyed her as she showed him the bug type. "Hmm... Nice to meet you" he said with a laugh to the Larvesta.
Post by Izumi Yamamura on Nov 13, 2014 8:42:32 GMT -5
She then tried her hardest not to chuckle as the Combusken and the older Typhlosion suddenly met in a clash of techniques—but as it turned out it was just another normal sparring session—and she saw sparks of indigo-and red colored flames fly as the two had let loose with their Fire-type techniques! She then chuckled to see that Josh had sent out Inferno—and here it became obvious that the two really were much bigger than their mother—and they were now watching their half-sister trying to weather out the burst of flames that mama Kaji had dished out. The Magmar was cheering them on, while the Charmander and the Chimchar were just staring at the proceedings, transfixed—was this what could happen to them if they grew up and got stronger? Over at where Izumi and Josh were, she then chuckled as he picked up Kurama and gave her, in essence, a very nice head scratching session before letting the little six-tailed fox jump out from his hands—and the Larvesta wiggled in her grip.
At this point, the female Typhlosion had noticed that there were two bigger mirror images of her own watching the little match—and its attention was diverted for a second; before her flames suddenly exploded outward; having been bommeranged back by the indigo-colored Combusken, who had taken the chance to turn the tables against her! All of this didn’t matter to the female Typhlosion, though; because she was now running and finally came in a rough-and-tumble collision with her two sons, who were definitely much bigger (not to mention more well-built and taller than she was) and there was chaos afterwards; the younger ones had scattered due to these three “titans” suddenly crashing against each other—but what they were doing was just their little “happy family reunion moment”! “Oh, look over there,” she said with a grin and a bit of tearing up in her eye, “…she’s finally seen all her kids grown up. Well, almost all of them; except Zi over there. Still trying to find a way to get her into her final form and then just go crazy…” she remarked, letting the Larvesta squirm in welcome in Josh’s direction before watching him hop out of her hands and watching it walk through the area, looking for a place to sleep.
“Well, let’s leave the little fire family alone now, shall we?” she added with a grin, watching as the three were now apparently rough-and-tumbling all over the place, very much like kids set loose at a playground. As she continued walking around, she then saw several shadows chasing each other—and looked up. “Alright, so I know it’s hard to contain the Flying-types… let me see if I can introduce you to them in order… the Skarmory, that’s Aine. Found her at the same time I got the Phanpy for you,” she said, pointing at the sword-like Steel/Flying who was now whizzing alongside a Tropius—that wasn’t hers, it was Kouji’s—before seeing a Spearow and a Pidgey circling around each other in mid-air. “Welp. I haven’t gotten the chance to pick out names for those two yet, so I’m welcoming any suggestions,” she admitted with a sheepish grin on her face; before squinting and seeing that there were a few more figures up above. Giving a very sharp whistle, she then watched as the shape that was soaring high in the sky suddenly veer down, hurtling towards them before coming to a three-point stop and landing, folding his wings as he did so.
“Him, you already know. That’s Sora, my Braviary. Been with me for the longest time… and…oh, Sora, you’re teaching the other kids to fly?” she continued, remarking as several more shapes suddenly came down from seemingly nowhere—a Swablu, a Fletchling, and a Murkrow. “…alright I’ll admit it I haven’t got any names for most of the birds yet… that includes those three young ones,” she continued with another sheepish grin on her face, before pointing at the Fletchling in particular. “Him I managed to save from somewhere in… Vaniville I think? The Fletch’s wing was all bent up and bloody. I asked Kouji to take care of him, since he has some experience with dealing with injured ‘mons…” before the Fletchling suddenly hopped forward and began singing in a sweet-sounding voice; quite surprising that it was a male. “That… and he has one hell of a singing voice. Been chirping non-stop ever since,” she added with a chuckle; before seeing another shape gliding not too far away from where the Braviary then turned around and continued to squawk in their own Pokémon language; going over the basics of how to fly and stay up in the air for long periods of time (at least that’s what they were talking about, to normal humans it wouldn’t make any sense).
“That’s Scorpius, my Gligar. Also came in at the same time as Aine and your Phanpy,” she said by way of explanation, and the purple, airborne scorpion came to a stop and almost crash-landed, before picking himself up and trying to drift on the air. “He’s… been doing that for a while, at least form what Kouji told me. Trying to drift on the lower air currents…” when another roar split the air; making her look up again and check the surrounding area. “Hoo boy, looks like the Dragons want to meet you. Come on, follow me,” she added, quickly veering off the path and then heading towards what looked to be a rocky canyon that had been assembled near a gigantic rock that had been chipped to the shape of a mountain.
WORDS 948 TAGSJosh Dragomir NOTESFire, Flying, heading to Dragons nao
Post by Josh Dragomir on Nov 14, 2014 21:23:09 GMT -5
Josh smiled a bit as he watched the family reunion between Inferno, and Izumi's two Typhlosion. It was the first time they had met since Inferno had become a Typhlosion, and him realizing his dream was likely a happy moment between the family. "Aye, it's best we leave them alone" he said. "Let them have their reunion... I know Inferno's been waiting for it" he added. "Aye, my Combusken evolved as well. He's a happy little Blaziken now" he said with a laugh. "Tough fella. Don't piss him off. He's got a short temper ever since that mission he took. He's not sweet and innocent Torchic anymore" he explained.
At mention of the Skarmory, he scratched his head. "Didn't you guys call me about a Skarmory not too long ago?" he asked. "I could almost swear. I forget though, it must have slipped my mind" he added. Sounds like he'd been busy again. He smirked up at her unnamed birdies. "Well, why don't we work on naming them later on?" he asked. "I'm sure we could back and fourth on some name ideas. I have some no names too, I'd love if you could help me do the same" he offered.
Once he heard the stories of the flying types, he was just processing the fletch story when she suddenly mentioned dragons... And then a roar was let out. "Uhh... Okay" he said, tilting his head as he followed her... Into a canyon? He blinked and looked around, curious....
Post by Izumi Yamamura on Nov 18, 2014 8:51:14 GMT -5
At the mention of the Skarmory, she suddenly did a quick spin on the heel of her foot, before grinning—and then giving a shrill whistle. She still had to work on the “signals” so she was not surprised to see a barrage of birds suddenly flit in and surround the both of them. “Whoops. I didn’t mean to call all of you—well, all of you can go. Except for you, Aine,” she began, watching as all of the Flying-types that she owned had suddenly converged on her in one feathery mass. As the other birds chirped before flying away (the Fletchling choosing to stay perched on her shoulder) she then stared at her own Skarmory squarely in the eye. “Aine, can you go get your mirror image? You know, the other one who doesn’t look as beat up and as battle-scarred as you?” she inquired, watching as the Ska then squawked in her direction; before nodding and suddenly veering off into the deeper parts of the Ranch.
“Thanks for reminding me about that,” she continued with an embarrassed chuckle on her lips; before noticing that her right shoulder was occupied. “And here’s that Fletch I saved on the outskirts of Vaniville. Say hi to Josh over there,” she continued, pointing as discreetly as she could—and the Flying-type followed her gaze; before chirping out a few melodic tunes in his way. “Yeah, his wing’s all better now, but I’m still uneasy on taking him out in the wild again. Until I find out what had injured him, then I can’t be too sure on his safety. He was shaking like a leaf when I found him all bloodied and battered,” she offered by way of explanation—when another roar suddenly shook the area.
“Stay on my shoulder, okay?” she said to the Fletchling on her shoulder as they turned down the path and reached another part of the Ranch that had been redesigned to look like a canyon, tall walls and jagged rocks included. “Sheesh, I was hoping to save this part for the very last, but they want to meet you like, right now—“she trailed off, before seeing another long, large shape race through the sky above them. “Oh, there’s Ishi. I can’t remember if you’ve seen her as a Noibat, but she’s a nice big Noivern now,” she began, pointing at the shape and watching Ishi land on one of the rocky crags before folding her wings and looking at her curiously. “Can you call everyone else for me?” she asked, looking up hopefully at the Noivern—who then began calling out to all the others who were hiding in plain sight. The cries the Noivern was making reverberated through the canyon—and sooner or later, several shapes then darted out from behind pillars and crags; some of them had decided to perch up on the crags like Ishi.
Sooner or later, most of the Dragon-types had assembled; some of them were on the ground, while the others were up, perfectly balanced on one crag or another. Pointing to them in order, she then introduced them, “That one over there you know, it’s Mau. Nice ol’ Flygon now. He became the ‘silent helper’ kind when he evolved, dunno why. The Salamence is Gabriel, last time you saw him, he was just a wee Bagon. Now he’s flying all over the place. I’m still trying to train him on carrying me on his back. He’s kinda like Ry, unwilling to ferry people astride them. It’s taking a while, but I’m getting there. Garchomp here, who’s apparently teaching the younger ones, is Draken. I was supposed to use him on our mission at Fallarbor but I decided to let Mau take the center stage,” she added with a snigger. She then felt something bumping into her—and as she looked down, she saw that it was the Axew, followed by the Dratini. “I know you have a Dratini of your own… but let me introduce you to Kairi. She’s not big on fighting. Total peace keeper. I don’t know why. I know she wants to get stronger, but she doesn’t like getting involved in anything too violent. The Axew’s Kiba. Yes, that name was semi-intentional—I blame the fangs growing out of his mouth. I’m not sure if his siblings are out there somewhere…but yeah, that’s him.”
There was another shape that was still hiding behind one of the crags, who then let out a belch of draconic energy—before flapping her wings and shuffling forward. She was quite tall, but the wings on her back were purely just there—for show. “That’s Draconia. I got her from…somewhere, and decided to raise her myself. She’s actually trying to get friendly, but for some reason, anyone who approaches her ends up backing away in pain. I don’t know why…” she trailed off, a look of concern on her face. It was at this point she realized who was missing—and then shook her head. “Someone’s not here, I know that I still have…hey, Riku!” she shouted, cupping her hands in order for her voice to carry as far as it could. “I know you’re still hiding there somewhere. Can you come out for me, please?” she asked; before seeing that there was a weird-looking sea horse wannabe that was poking Josh’s knee curiously. “That’s Myrkky. I don’t know if you’ve seen a Skrelp before, but there he is,” she continued, before gently kneeling down and carrying the Mock Kelp ‘mon in her hands, before showing him Josh’s face. “Myrk, don’t squirt ink on him, he’s not a bad person…” she continued, before the Skrelp let out a bracing cry, and flailing one of its fishy limbs in welcome.
Another black shadow then swooped down before coming to a land—and then was about to let out a roar when he saw who it was. “And there he is. The first Dragon-type I’ve ever raised—Riku. He’s actually gotten beaten down by the Tower and lost his pride for a while, but thankfully, he’s recovered now and is determined to get stronger at all costs. He’s actually one of the ‘big daddies’, considering I have close to a hundred Pokémon. His partner-in-crime in battles is my Braviary, who you already saw over there,” she said, pointing with her other hand (after letting the Skrelp jump right at Josh) over at the way where they’d come from. “I’m still missing a few Dragons here and there… unless I already got them all? I’m not sure…”
WORDS 1,095 TAGSJosh Dragomir NOTESLookie, it's the Fletch. Meet the Dergans too
Post by Josh Dragomir on Nov 20, 2014 9:44:47 GMT -5
Josh laughed a bit as he looked up. Izumi hadn't just called her Skarmory. She'd called ALL her birds! An amused grin crossed Josh's lips as he looked up at the squackers and bawkers that had crowded the area to Izumi's whistle. Looks like she needed to find a way to divide them up, because that was a lot of birds to call in one go! He would notice the Fletchling on Izumi's shoulder and tilt his head. "Hmm... Isn't that a Fletchling?" he asked, looking it over. "I've never actually seen one up close before. I've been thinking of catching one myself. Maybe it's time I took another trip to Kalos?" he said, giving a casual shrug. He'd handle it later, he was sure. Just another trip to Kalos, nothing new.
To her response to the reminder, he chuckled a bit. "It's fine. Just happy to remind you" he said, grinning cheekily. Aye, he had wondered what had happened to the Skarmory... But at least now he knew. Izumi introduced the Fletchling and revealed it had been injured, getting a frown from Josh. But he was happy once he saw she'd patched it up and nursed it back to health. Good. He'd expect nothing less from Izumi.
"I think I've met your Noibat before" he said, shrugging as she introduced her first dragon. "It's been quite awhile though. And it's definitely grown" he added. As she introduced her dragons, he laughed a bit when the Skrelp was introduced. "He's adorable" he commented, hoping the dragon type wouldn't attack him. "Yknow, I've started experimenting to see how I'd handle with dragon types lately" he said. "I've caught a Dratini who I evolved into Dragonair.... A Tyrunt who I evolved into Tyrantrum... And a Gible who I caught recently" he explained. "I think I'm getting the hang of it. They're a little different from other types, but I don't mind the challenge"
And then she introduced her first dragon type, Ryu and he chuckled a bit when it recognized him. "It's good to see you too" he said. "You've grown too, I see"
He looked over at Izumi and smirked. "If I can make a quick PC stop, I could bring a few of my Pokemon for yours to meet" he said. "Maybe bring my dragons and my birds"
Post by Izumi Yamamura on Nov 29, 2014 1:13:27 GMT -5
Seeing that he’d noticed the little one that was constantly perched on her shoulder, she then nodded in his direction. “Yep. They’re kind of uncommon, even in the region that they’re home to. I was looking for a Litleo but ended up getting this little guy instead. Word of warning from the wise: it’s going to take you a while to find the ‘mons that are native to the Kalos region, due to its apparent sheer ‘size’ in terms of land area,” she began, looking a bit grim at the final statement. At the mention of him trying to raise Dragon-types though, her ears perked up; and so did most of the other Dragons who were listening to him—at least, the Salamence and the Noivern were. The other Dragon-types then took off in one sudden flurry of movement, roaring all the while. The varied calls shook the “canyon”, and she could only chuckle. “Sure, go ahead and bring ‘em out. I’ll wait here,” she continued, pointing in the general direction as to where the Ranch’s “front office” was located.
“I’ll wait for you here, okay? So will Myrkky here. He’s apparently pleased with the notion of having visitors over,” she said, gesturing to the Skrelp that had decided to hop into her arms and decided to stay there, curled up in the crook of her left; while the Fletchling remained perched on her right shoulder. She then waited for him to temporarily depart the scene, before she began whistling a few clear notes—and this time the Hydreigon came flying to a stop in front of her. “Hey, Riku… nice to have you back,” she began in a softer voice, before reaching up to his head and giving it a gentle pat. Unlike the past few months where he’d gone completely and absolutely bonkers, the Hydreigon had calmed down somewhat now; and was more than willing to listen to her now. “Remember what we talked about with Thomas? Don’t let that loss get to you. It’s just an… obstacle we have to conquer. And your pride as a Dragon is no less tarnished. Trust me, okay?” she cooed softy, before rubbing her hand gently atop the Hydrei’s frill on its head; and watching as the Dragon-type attempted to open his eyes—but shut them soon after.
“Since you got used to the darkness… I think I know how to counter that, at least temporarily. Okay? Trust me on this. I got something worked out. We’ve got to get back to training… Momo and Arashi are already waiting for the rest of you guys to catch up to their level of training…” she continued, still giving the Hydrei reassuring pets on the head; and if Josh had returned and was watching the scene, he’d hear the Hydreigon…growling softly, but it sounded like purring.
WORDS 473 TAGSJosh Dragomir NOTESIncoming Skarmory in next post
Post by Josh Dragomir on Nov 29, 2014 2:08:52 GMT -5
Josh chuckled a bit as she told her story. "Aye, that's just two more I might check out then. Fletchling, Litleo, and Lilipup were on my mind recently" he explained. "Never seen a Fletchling up close till now though" he admitted. "I'll go to Unova and Kalos and get cracking soon enough, I guess" he said, laughing a bit. "Just more to do, right?"
Once her oversized cereberus deino flew over, Josh was quick to realize this was the one with the confidence problem. He would smile a bit, walking over and placing a hand on the Hydrogion's head. "Hey" he said. "I know you're taking the loss hard but... Guess what?" he asked the cereberus monster. "We're gonna tackle those guys again, and this time, I'm helping Izumi out. I'm gonna make sure she wins this time" he said with a grin. "And if we don't win, we'll go in again and again till we do!"
Post by Izumi Yamamura on Dec 2, 2014 7:44:42 GMT -5
Riku, for that matter, knew that his confidence would still take a bit of time rebuilding—but he decided to leave the matter of “getting back” with his mistress, and growled—more like purred—at her reassuring statement; although he was quite surprised to hear another voice chiming in from what he could pick out to be the opposite side of where she stood. This man’s voice was definitely not the same one as that of the other male that hung out with his mistress a lot—but all the same, he could tell that this human also had plans as well, and allowed him to pet his head without actually breathing fire in his face. Over at where Izumi stood, she cracked a grin. “Heh, looks like Riku’s also starting to like you. He never lets anyone asides from me come in close and give him a good pat,” she began, when two screeching noises cut the silence overhead. She then gave him one more reassuring pat, before saying hastily, “Be right back,” and leaving Josh with the Hydreigon.
As she looked around for the source of the noise, she then saw that Aine had returned—and that she was not alone. Beside her was another Skarmory, one whose steel sword-like feathers weren’t as worn-down— or as battered— as her own. “And here she is. Yes, Josh. The Ska that Kouji had found… was also a female. I don’t know how the hell he can tell the genders apart. It has to be something a Breeder specializes in,” she began, after whistling a few times and letting her own Ska hover over to where she stood; while the second one landed right in front of Josh and sized him up. “She’s a bit skittish at first, but once you spend enough time around her, she’ll never stop following you,” she continued with a chuckle, before reaching into her pocket and pulling out the trusty note pad she always had with her and ripping off the piece of paper that had something scribbled on it in Kouji’s rather peculiar handwriting, before handing it to Josh. If he cared to look, this is what was written on it:
• Female Skarmory • Ability: Keen Eye • Caught in: Kalos, Victory Road • Current known Moves: Agility, Metal Sound, Air Slash, Night Slash
“Here, the information you need to know,” she continued, after checking to see if the data on it was correct before passing it on to him. “You might want to tap her on the head with a PokeBall, seeing as Kouji originally caught her—but he said that the Ska he’d found was for you. Something about ‘being a valued client of the Ranch’ or something similar on those lines,” she ended with a chuckle. “So, shall we get on with the rest of the tour?” she asked a few moments later, looking at the rather vast expanse of land they still had to check out—it was her first actual time coming to the place, to be honest.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Dec 2, 2014 10:06:00 GMT -5
Josh couldn't help but chuckle a bit at the three-headed dergan. He certainly hoped it liked him, because he didn't feel like getting eaten. Of course, Josh's own dragons would cause trouble if it didn't like him...
"Maybe you'd like to meet some of my dragons?" he asked. "I can go get a PC and bring a few with me" he said. At her saying to be back in a moment, he'd smirk at her. "I'll go grab em while you're doing that" he said, offering for the Hydrogion to go with him. Eventually, he would return, some new Pokeballs in tow, with or without the Cerberus dragon. Just in time to see Izumi with two Skarmory. One being his own. He grinned wide as he listened to her explanation, patting his new Skarmory on the head as he would read the information. "Thanks Zuzu" he said with a small smile as he would pull her into a tight hug. "I owe ya one. Really" he said.
"As for now... Why don't I show you my own dragons?" he asked as he would take out a few Pokeballs. "Cmon out, guys!" He said as he would let them out.
First came the smallest of them: A Gible. "Gible!" She would let out as she looked around. Josh smiled over at Izumi as he patted the Gible on the head, taking his hand away though when it curiously tried to nip at him. "This is my newest one. Gible. Haven't named her yet" he explained. Next he let out a Dragonite. "Grooo!" He let out as he stretched. "Izumi, meet Gawain" he said with a smile as he would rest against the Dragonite, who would look around the area. It was obvious they got along well though. "And can't forget.." he began as he let out two more. "Axew!" two of them let out, a male and a female as they were let out of their balls. One, the male, was obviously a baby. "Meet Axew, and Axel" he said. "I haven't named the female yet. She was sold to me, I don't know if she had a nickname" he explained. "I'll get her one sooner or later" he added.
"And while he's not a dragon yet, I'd like you to meet... Warrior!" he said as he let out his Trapinch. "Pinch!" It let out as it looked around... For food! He was obviously hungry, as he always was.
"And my last dragon... Go, Yoshi!" He said as he let out his last dragon. A large roar was let out as the giant dinosaur, would come out of his ball. He was a bigger then normal, green and red Tyrantrum. Oddly coloured, oddly big... This was no normal Tyrantrum.
"Izumi, meet Yoshi" he said, leaning his arm against the leg of the Tyrantrum.
Post by Izumi Yamamura on Dec 3, 2014 7:13:10 GMT -5
The Hydreigon had decided to go along with Josh, and would float off with him as he departed the scene in order to bring out his own Dragon-types to the scene, while Izumi would be busy hunting down the Skarmory. In record time, he’d returned along with an assortment of PokeBalls, the Hydreigon still following him around like some sort of rear-guard. “Looks like he’s taken a real liking to you,” she continued, and if he’d turn around he’d notice that the Hydrei was still there, hovering behind him. She then watched as he sent out his own Dragon “collection”; and chuckled at the Gible’s initial reaction to nip at his fingers. “I’m telling you now, Gibles love to Dig—like Draken over there,” she began, pointing out her own Land Shark ‘mon who’d come over to take a look at the little chaos that was going on in their canyon. Upon seeing a miniature form of his current evolutionary stage, the Garchomp then approached the Gible cautiously, before coming to a stop, folding his appendages back as he crouched down to take a sniff at the little one.
The next flash of light lit up a spark of determination in her eye—before she continued, “Hey, you told me you have a Dratini, but that’s a Dragonite you got here. Now you’re making me all jealous and want to raise Kairi. Well, you know my problem. She’s too much of a pacifist, won’t fight at all unless it’s out of self-defense,” she added, rolling her eyes internally. She’d admit, his Dragonite was quite large, and she then made to ask, “Is he capable of carrying anyone on his—her back, if I got the gender wrong—because even I can’t believe that something like that can actually fly…” she said with a bit of doubt in her voice—because the Dragonite’s wing span, as compared to that of a Salamence, was quite…small. At the sight of the Axews, she then asked, “Uhhh. Been meaning to inquire. But do they have egg moves? In particular… do they know Endure? Because if they do… then one of their siblings is with me,” meaning her own Axew, Kiba—who’d come out of one of the crags in order to take a look at the commotion. As the Trapinch hit the ground, she couldn’t help but chuckle, before crouching down and petting the Dragon-to-be on its rather large head. “Don’t make ‘im fall over. Yuya—I mean, Kei—had one hell of a time with Mau while he was still in this form,” she continued with another chuckle, before she blinked and looked up in time to see a huge T-Rex hit the ground, causing the ground to quake.
“…what’s with his coloration?” she asked after a few moments of silence had passed; suddenly remembering she had her own smaller version of this one, but hadn’t gotten around to raising it yet. “Also, why’s he so huge?” she continued, looking up in awe at the red, green and white-colored T-rex Pokémon that was now apparently roaring its head off. “W-well, I can get the answers to that later… feel free to leave them here, I think you got the attention of my Dragons…” she added with a chuckle; as the Dratini was now staring up in awe at the Dragonite, while her Axew was interacting with the other two—and the Salamence was hovering around the rather large Tyrantrum, wondering just why he was so huge. The Noivern ahd taken to observing what was going on, before waving a limb at them—a sign that she ahd everything under control. “C’mon, let’s leave them here… I got to take you to the Orchard and the Lake,” she continued, before quickly ducking out of the Tyrantrum’s way, and making a full sprint towards a crest on a hill that led down to an orchard where all manner of delicious odors were wafting up. “Man, how did he get his hands on all these Berries… they smell great…” she continued before continuing down the crest, skidding to a stop and coming into a circle where most of, if not all, of her Grass-types were currently gathered around a rather large pyramid of multi-colored, delicious-smelling Berries. “Hey, Josh!” she shouted back up the hill. “Get down here! I want you to meet everyone else!”
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Post by Josh Dragomir on Dec 4, 2014 1:47:36 GMT -5
Josh laughed a bit as he looked back at the Hydrogion that Izumi had pointed out. "Huh, well will you look at that" he said with a smirk as he patted the cerberus dragon on the head. "I suddenly want to catch one of these guys for myself. A shame that Deino are so rare. I'd love to raise one" he said, shrugging. He laughed at her response to Josh's Dragonite though. "Well... We've done a lot of training together since I told you that" he explained. "It didn't take him long to evolve, but it was a long and hard road to get there. Gawain's a tough bastard though" he said, smirking. "Not sure about his flying ability. I haven't taken him out for a spin like that yet. He usually just flies on his own" he explained.
To her question about the Axew, he would shrug. "I have no idea" he admitted. "I'll have to ask" he added. The Trapinch would nip at her fingers playfully, and Josh would chuckle a bit. "Looks like he likes you" he teased. To her reaction to the Tyrantrum, he smirked a bit. "He was always like that. Even as a Tyrunt when I first met him. It's why I remembered him and was able to identify him when I came back for him on a future trip to the safari zone" he explained. "Now we're inseperable"
He would nod to Izumi's suggestion to leave them be, heading with her, and tilting his head when she mentioned berried as he walked over. "Alright, I'm coming!" He called.
Post by Izumi Yamamura on Dec 4, 2014 9:30:35 GMT -5
Izumi heard him over the crest of the hill, and waited for him to slide down the opposite side so that she could get things started. She could only scratch her head in wonder—because just what the hell was going on here; she was now looking at a literal mini-mountain of berries that majority of her Grass-types had plucked from the trees, the bushes, parts of the orchard in general. She then began sheepishly, “You guys know that Kouji might have your heads if you pluck too many of these things,” she said, before reaching for the pile and plucking out a Leppa berry, looking it over to check if there were bumps or anything on it. As she then scanned the gathered circle, she saw that it was mostly starters—her Grotle, who’d grown tired of sunbathing had joined them; while the Bulbasaur and Treecko were conversing rather animatedly, trying to choose which berries to attack first; while a Snivy was watching them quite boredly, just waiting for the fun to begin. The two Oddish were now clamoring amongst themselves—but only because they wanted to start eating the huge pile in front of them.
The Petili and Cacnea were still off gathering some more Berries somewhere; while the Deerling was just as bored as the Snivy, curled up in a patch of sunlight, and just waiting for the madness to commence. She then looked around and did a quick headcount—asides from a few; everyone was assembled and accounted for. As she waited for Josh to join her, she then looked to the most senior member around—the Grotle—and approached her before quickly patting her head. “So what are you guys up to with this huge mound of berries?” she asked the Grotle, to which Hayato grunted before gesturing over at the ever-growing pile. “Are you going to eat them all? Or are you just waiting for some of the Fire-types to get here so you can have a huge barbeque of Berries to dive into?” she inquired, because the little pyramid was steadily getting taller and taller; due to the Cacnea and Petilil going back and forth with Berries in hand. She really had no idea what they were up to; just that they were preparing for something.
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