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Post by Josh Dragomir on Feb 16, 2015 10:41:00 GMT -5
The blonde would look down at Rachel when she would yell up at him, and stick his tongue out at her playfully. Lightning would as well, letting out a "PZZZZT" as he would wiggle his tongue out at her, and pull up the skin on his eyes to make funny faces at her as he did. Oh, he was obviously enjoying this. "You never said HOW I had to keep up with you!" Josh would call down to Rachel. "Oh pfft, we'll be fine, we won't overshoot!" He called as the Charizard would start to fly a little bit lower. Josh couldn't help but laugh as Rachel nearly crashed into people, several times, due to them gawking up at the 8 foot Charizard soaring through the sky with the two on his back.
After awhile of these shenanigans, Rachel would call down to them, indicating that she had arrived. The Charizard would go in for a landing and land beside her. "So, can my Charizard come in too?" He joked cheekily.
Post by Rachel Zwingli on Feb 20, 2015 22:54:23 GMT -5
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Rachel didn’t have to look too far; in fact the moment she thought she heard something calling her attention, she looked up—and saw that he’d used a rather…creative way of following her. Not to laugh at that, but I’ll admit that’s pretty creative, she thought to herself once the Cha soared down for a landing, before watching Josh hop off, the weird Lightning Mouse still perched atop his shoulder.
As she then gestured at the rather…small alley of food stalls, she then began to look back and forth—between the big lizard with fire on its tail and the crowded alley full of stalls that were cooking up a storm of smells that was making her mouth literally water at this point. “I’d play it safe at best; can you keep him in his containment unit and get him the food instead? I don’t want these guys to scream,” she said after a few moments of consideration—because the alleyway could only hold so much human traffic at any point.
After the little point had been brought up, she then cracked her knuckles and checked her wallet—she definitely had more than enough to feed not just herself, but her Braviary and Petilil as well. “What’re you waiting for? Go nuts.Buy as much as you want!” she called out, before quickly plunging into the crowd; making gangway towards the nearest stall that sold grilled meat skewers on sticks (otherwise known as barbeque).
Once she’d made her purchase of what literally looked to be a bag full of them (and handed over just a few pieces of the local currency in exchange) she then made her way over to where the waffle stand was located; and had placed her order there as well; before informing the one in charge at the stand that she’d be back later—before heading next to a hamburger stall and ordering one with a ton of bacon and cheese on it! Yes, who knew that Rachel was a heavy eater?!
Post by Josh Dragomir on Feb 20, 2015 23:17:52 GMT -5
Josh would grin cheekily at her comments toward his method of tailing her. "Hey, since you had a headstart, I needed a good way to follow" He would tease with a smirk. "And Fawkes just happens to be my fastest flyer, so I figured... Why not, right?" He would crack, with a casual shrug and that good old cheeky signature smirk to boot. "Aww" He let out when she would suggest he put Fawkes back in his Pokeball. "I'll bring you back some BBQ'd meat, Fawkes. Promise" Josh would promise the disappointed Charizard as he would return Fawkes to his Pokeball. And with that, he dashed off to get some eats.
Once they'd grabbed their things, Josh would meet Rachel at a table. He'd grabbed waffles, yeah, some sandwiches and some BBQ'd cheeseburgers, but he had most grabbed the BBQ'd meat... Before bringing out Fawkes again, the Charizard happily digging into the meat set aside for him. Josh would chuckle and watch as Lightning would watch how hungrily and quickly Fawkes dug through his meal... Before digging into his own food like a champion. The Pokemon Eating Contest was on! And Josh was laughing his head off.
Post by Rachel Zwingli on Feb 23, 2015 5:39:33 GMT -5
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Now that her companion had managed to score a table, she then made headway over to where he was already eating—and the big flying lizard with its tail on fire was out and eating the load of barbecue that her companion had bought! “Well, well, who knew that your companions are heavy eaters,” she began with a chuckle, before suddenly remembering that she’d ordered some waffles and a burger from another couple of food stalls.
She then dropped the bag of barbecue that she’d already purchased on the table and muttered, “I’ll be right back,” before quickly diving back into the alley full of delicious food being hawked around. Several minutes later, she’d returned holding several more paper bags that were emitting the most delicious smells one could ever hope to inhale.
“And I’ve returned,” she said several minutes later, announcing her presence as she then placed the paper bags on the table—and saw that not just the flying lizard-like Pokémon was eating through what looked to be a mountain of barbecue; it was also the weird yellow mouse who was attempting to stuff himself (or herself) silly!
“Is it just me or are your companions really that hungry?” she chuckled as she then plucked out a particular containment unit and sent out her Braviary, who spread his wings and let out a squawk of welcome. “Hey, Sky. Remember I told you I was going to get you some of that meat? Well, here it is,” she began, before quickly reaching for the first bag that held what looked like a ton of barbecue skewers.
“Brav! Braviary!” she heard her avian companion chirp rather cheerfully; and with a chuckle, she then began peeling off the meat with her own hands and tossing them through the air; watching as her Brav began to hop around like a madman, trying to catch the flying meat out of the air. “Can’t risk him eating the sticks now, can I,” she added with a chuckle as she continued to watch the ‘eating contest’ from a corner of her eye; while feeding her Braviary more and more of the delicious meat.
In-between bites, she’d extracted the waffles that she’d purchased and began to dig in herself; now that was a proper and filling meal!
Post by Josh Dragomir on Feb 23, 2015 15:01:14 GMT -5
Josh would stick his tongue out at her when she would bring up that his Pokemon were big eaters. "Yeah, yeah. We travel a lot. So they get tired. When we can afford a big meal like that, we all chow down" He said. "They deserve it and I'm proud of them, so they can eat as much as they want. It's because of them that I can afford it, they deserve what fruit it bores, right?" He would add. As they dug in, Rachel would leave for a moment, before returning with a Braviary. Josh would look over from his meal and notice it, and snickered when she brought up their eating habits again.
"I already told you why, and I have no problem with it" He said. "This Braviary of yours reminds me of a Braviary a friend of mine owns. As well as my own Rufflet. Should let you meet him sometime" He would add with a cheeky grin. "So, anything else you wanna do once we're done snacking down here?"
Post by Rachel Zwingli on Feb 24, 2015 4:58:35 GMT -5
starting over again and
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Rachel was now busy feeding Sky by removing more and more of the skewered meat and chucking the pieces in the avian’s direction—she’d noticed that her Braviary had taken it to be a game and was now trying to see how many pieces he could catch in mid-air before having to actually pluck them off the ground. “Big eaters, even bigger appetites—not to mention the hole in your pocket it leaves after. But eh, if it makes them happy, then you broke even pretty much,” she began with a smirk; before quickly getting the idea of removing an entire skewer’s content in as smooth a motion as she could go, before taking careful aim and letting the chunks of meat take to the air!
Now that the Braviary had noticed that there were a lot of targets coming in from a single space, it then made a move forward, before attempting to valiantly catch all of the meat—several of the pieces had landed on the street; but he paid it no heed; and snapped them up just the same. “Oh? Really? You have a Rufflet of your own?” she remarked with a curious look in her eye; and her eyebrows shot up slightly at the mention of her own Sky reminding her companion of a friend’s own Braviary.
“Well, if that Braviary also has a bottomless appetite like this one does, then you could say that they’ve been cut from the same cloth,” she added with a snicker as she continued to watch Sky pecking at the fallen pieces of meat and inhaling them—did he even chew?!
She then chuckled and returned her attention to her waffle, taking a few more bites out of it before turning to face her companion; who was now seemingly busy tucking into even more food. After she’d swallowed her bite, she then gave him another look, before getting an idea
“Oh, I know. You want to go look around for clothes? Heh, I’ve seen some places where tall guys like you can get your money’s worth and look like you came out of a fashion boutique or something. If you’re going to go pursue a career on-screen, you got to have alternate options for clothing, can’t wear the same thing all day, e’rryday!” she ended with a smirk on her face—it was borderline devious.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Feb 26, 2015 9:38:54 GMT -5
Josh would shrug when Rachel mentioned the hole in your wallet that big eating Pokemon brought. "Yeah, it's quite expensive to feed them. But it makes them happy, and I have a tendency to spoil my Pokemon just to make them happy" He would admit with a laugh. "This is also why I don't generally bring my Snorlax with me when I'm traveling. He would eat me out of house and home, though my mother cooks a special type of Pokeblock meant for dealing with the appetite of that monster" he would add with a smirk.
He would nod when asked about Glory. "Yeah, he's a big eater too. I'd say they're cut from the same cloth" he said with a chuckle. As for the shopping thing, he would tilt his head. "Well... These are my travel clothes. I'm a Trainer. And I have two suits, one for formal occassions and one meant for hosting the contest. What's wrong with those?" He would ask with a bite of curiousity. "I mean... Why would it effect my on screen career? I'll be wearing whatever they want me to wear anyway" he would add. It was true. And Rachel had the money to spare for big shopping sprees. Josh did not.
Post by Rachel Zwingli on Feb 27, 2015 23:33:07 GMT -5
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Rachel had already heard rumors of certain… Pokémon that could literally eat its way through an eat-all-you-can buffet and not bat an eyelash; and these rumors certainly were true once her companion had pointed out something regarding one of his own companions who had a bottomless pit for a stomach.
“Ouch, good thing you don’t do that. Otherwise you’d be way in the hole,” she added with a sagely nod, before reaching for another couple of skewers of meat and removing the meat, and then chucking the pieces towards the Braviary. Seeing that the little hail storm of food wasn’t exactly over yet, the Braviary then flapped his wings before quickly hopping around, managing to snatch most of the incoming meat chunks, while some fell to the street.
Nevertheless, the avian continued to eat them; and while Rachel was tossing more of the barbecue towards her avian, she could only resist the urge to roll her eyes in Josh’s direction—he was completely missing the point with her statement regarding his wardrobe. “Look at it this way, man: if you want to make an impact when you start acting, you got to know how to walk the talk, wear clothes that can define your role. You can’t just wear the same thing over and over again when you make public appearances.
It would lead to a lot of misconstrued impressions—like the fact that if you repeat suits over and over, they’d think that you’re just dirt-poor. A star’s image not only depends on the way he brings himself on and off-screen, it also lies in the way they dress. As they say in Kalos, ‘clothes do make the man’… or woman, in my case,” she said after considering her reply to the rather… dense airhead that was now with her.
“How do you think models succeed in the fashion industry? They don’t wear the same dinky things over and over again. They go with the current trend; and if there are some things that do stick, it becomes associated with them.
How does one explain the number of models who model out fur coats, jeans, all the clothing you can think of? They also have this ‘mass appeal’ that makes the general public want to look like them. You catch my drift, or is it going over your head?” she continued after a few moments of silence—which she spent eating up the rest of the waffle that she’d purchased.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Mar 1, 2015 0:23:25 GMT -5
"Yeeeeeahhhh.... There's no reason to travel with a Snorlax in tow when he's got somewhere to stay back home. If I have a battle incoming that I know he fits... Well, yeah, I'll bring him along. But long term travelling, nah. I tried that when he was a Munchlax. It didn't work out" He would admit, scratching his had and sighing as she would begin criticizing him on his fashion choices. His eyes narrowed as he just took in the information, even if he obviously did not care for it and casually kept munching his sandwich as both the Pikachu and Charizard stared at her, sharing their Trainer's discomfort. Fawkes considered Flamethrower. Lightning considered Thunderbolt. They agreed for once.
"Alright, alright, I'll borrow some money and look for a few new fashion choices later" He would remark irritably, just wanting her to stop pestering him about it. Just because his family had funds didn't mean they always extended to him. He just wanted to drop the subject.
"So... I mentioned earlier that the old man suggested something to me, right? He also signed me up for... Something. Not sure" He began, nomming a sandwich and letting it hang from his mouth ridiculously, trying to lighten the mood with a funny face before snatching the sandwich up with his teeth. The Pikachu saw this and tried to imitate him with his own sandwich... "I forget what the movies called, but I guess it's to be an extra or something. A background guy"
Post by Rachel Zwingli on Mar 1, 2015 7:02:17 GMT -5
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Thankfully, Rachel had the answer to that little problem; before chuckling and reaching for her wallet; which looked rather thin on the outside. Inside, though, there were a lot of folded compartments that melded and meshed together to form one cohesive unit; and she began to rummage around until she’d managed to pull out a think, white plastic card that had a logo printed on one side; and had a black strip on another.
“No need to borrow money, I can easily lend you this,” she began, sliding it across the table. If he was to look at the logo on the front side, it was from one of the theatrical houses that were well-known in the Unova region; and she’d just recently found out that the troupe’s membership cards were also eligible for use in Nue—that was a relief in itself.
“I rarely touch the amount that I have in that card anyway. If they ask you where they got it from, tell them that Ophélie gave it to you,” she remarked, before gesturing to herself. “That’s my second name. To be exact, my full name is Rachel Ophélie Zwingli, daughter of the Unova-famous Adrian Zwingli. But I doubt you’ve heard about stage plays and Broadway, from the looks of ya,” she remarked, before snickering in her mind—boy, how her Blondie had stared outright at her once he’d learned just who her father was.
“Feel free to tap out the balance in there; I have my own wardrobe supplier anyway… think about it. If you want to go out on a date with some girl you fancy, impress her with a nice spiffy new wardrobe. Oh, and feel free to buy your Pokémon scarves or anything like that. Give them your own additional touch,” she continued, gesturing to the blue scarf that the yellow mouse had.
In any case, now that he’d mentioned something about getting a part in a movie, she then looked at him rather curiously, before asking, “What’s the title of the movie you’re going to be in?” while looking at him with another odd glint in her eyes.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Mar 1, 2015 13:34:09 GMT -5
Well, he supposed he had no excuse now, though that did obliterate the major problem with her plan. He would raise an eyebrow when she handed him the card though. Josh was seriously against people just giving him money like that. He didn't like bumming for it, he sure as hell didn't like accepting monetary charity. He was raised to earn his money, and his mother would kill him if she knew that he'd just taken her card like that. But before he could outright refuse, he realized that Rachel wasn't going to take no for an answer, probably had a great deal of money anyway considering her career, and wasn't going to stop badgering him about the clothing thing until he splurged. And his mother would kill him if she found out what he was going to splurge on. This wasn't how he was raised. But...
Fuck it.
He would sigh and take it, knowing he had no choice in the matter. It was better to just take the card, do what Rachel wanted, and just explain to Serena later that she had pretty much demanded it and shoved the card in his arms, which wasn't a stretch at all. He would smile faintly in thanks. "Thank you" He said. "I suppose since you're paying, we could go together and pick a few things out. I wouldn't feel comfortable using your money, or even your gift cards, without you being there and approving" He admitted sheepishly with a nervous laugh, scratching his head. It was obvious he wasn't used to taking charity from others, nor had he been offered it much in his life. Considering his background though...
Oh right, the movie. "I think it was called Voni's Killer 2, or something like that. A wild western movie. I'm just an extra in the bar fight scene" He admitted sheepishly. It was nothing glamorous, but it was a start. He said he had a stake in it, and if I did well, it'd probably garner enough attention to get me into the next instalment of the series in a proper role" He would add.
Post by Rachel Zwingli on Mar 3, 2015 4:01:44 GMT -5
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“Hey, being extras in random scenes is where people get their start,” she remarked with a chuckle, before tossing even more chunks of meat towards the Braviary, who had by then finished off the pieces she’d tossed his way earlier. “Make sure to go out with a bang. Are you on the winning or losing side?” she inquired further, hoping that she could still be able to give him some more advice.
“If you’re on the winning side, just fight like you would naturally. Are they going to be getting stunt doubles for some of the body-tossing and chair-slamming that would happen on-set?” she inquired, now legitimately curious as to what he was going to be cast in.
“Well, if you’re one of the bad guys, just make sure to sock ‘em where it really hurts. They say that the more realism there is in acting, the more the audience feels the pain… or the hurt… or the action,” she added a few moments later, chuckling at the mental image she’d revisited in the back of her mind.
This takes me back to the days when Walter was getting started in the field of film acting… t’was a surprise he could easily transition from stage to film in just a few weeks. Even I couldn’t pick up the pace that quickly, I still need an adjustment period… she mused to herself as she then continued to eat the rest of the waffle that she’d ordered and finally managed to put it away.
Now that the barbecue sticks were running low, she then fished out the last few, and stripped off all but two of the sticks; tossing the meat chunks to the Braviary while reserving the last two for her own consumption. “Voni’s Killer… care to give me a brief summary of the story? Asides from the fact that it’s a western,” she added with a sheepish grin on her face.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Mar 3, 2015 17:43:44 GMT -5
The blonde would chuckle a bit as he bit into a sandwich. "Honestly? I'm not too sure. They just said to fight with this guy, throw a few punches and I'm golden. Of course, I did a rehearsal yesterday actually, while they were doing them in town. I'm uh... Not used to fake fighting" He would admit sheepishly, scratching his head as a crimson glow would emit across his face. "I... Might have accidentally walloped the guy with an uppercut so hard that they had to patch him up.... After he woke up. I didn't mean to, of course, and they understood when I mentioned that I'm a bit too used to throwing fists when someone throws one my way" He admitted, obviously embarrassed. "I felt really bad, and it was so embarrassing because it made me look like an amateur. Surprisingly though, the director thought it was hilarious. Whether because of how green I was, or because I uppercutted the guy out of his boots and unconscious for two hours.. I'm not sure" He added, shaking his head and letting out a sigh. "Not... A good start to my acting career, I'll admit"
"As for the plot..." He began, thinking as he would take a munch of the meat. "I believe it's gang warfare, wild west. A gang leader was assassinated, and the leader of another gang who was trying to reform their ways was framed and forced to become aggressive again to defend themselves. Voni, the leader's son, is a member of the framed gang and wants to end the gang war and complete his dad's work to reform. The scene I'm in is a bar fight scene, where attempts at peace talks go wrong and erupt into a brawl" He would explain. "Heated stuff, I must say" He joked cheekily with a laugh.
Post by Rachel Zwingli on Mar 6, 2015 7:08:11 GMT -5
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After hearing her companion’s quip about not being used to stage-fighting (or at least acting out in front of the camera) she could only chuckle. “Wait, let me guess… you’ve gotten into your fair share of fights, that’s why you mentioned that you’re not used to ‘taking it easy’, eh?” she remarked, watching his reaction. She could feel the waves of embarrassment emanating from him, loud and clear; and without thinking acted on them. “There’s nothing to be ashamed about, Joshua. Or should I call you Josh instead?” she began, chuckling in his direction as she then stripped one of the two sticks clean of the meat it held and chewing through them, giving her more time to think about what she wanted to say.
“If the director thinks it’s fine, then you’re good. You just got to remember to be a bit more careful next time. What’d the guy you knocked out for two hours say once he’d woken up? Did… did he lose a tooth or anything like that?” she inquired, hoping that the other guy was alright. Extra or not, she knew that stunt doubles existed for a reason—unless, of course, the person in question was Walter Heydritch, he who insisted on doing all of his stunts without a double in order to ‘make the action feel more realistic. “How on earth did you turn green after you slugged the guy, that’s what’s stumping me,” she continued, stripping off the meat on the second skewer and eating her way through it.
Once she heard her Braviary let out a loud belch, she knew that he was satisfied. “Alright, Sky. You full up, I know you’re sleepy… get back in here,” she said a few moments later, withdrawing his containment unit, popping it to full size and recalling the avian back in a flash of red light. She then listened to the brief commentary, and chuckled once he was done. “So basically you’re caught in the middle of things and you got to fight your way out, am I right?” she remarked after she’d calmed down from all the laughing. Who knew that for a first-time actor, he was definitely pulling his punches, so to speak?
Post by Josh Dragomir on Mar 6, 2015 22:12:48 GMT -5
".... Yeah. Let's go with that" He lied, looking over at Lightning. He didn't really know how to explain the real reason. Saying he'd just gotten into a few fights was easier then saying that he had been forced to kill to survive for a year of his life. She wouldn't believe him, or think he was crazy. There were a lot of things he would need to get over in order to properly live his life in a normal fashion, and do things like acting out fight scenes without knocking someone silly. "The director seemed to think it was more funny then anything. That extra was laughing about me being green anyway, and it was overheard. So they at first thought I kinked him on purpose. It was by accident, granted but... Yeah" He said. "I don't think he lost any teeth. Even if it would have been an improvement" He snarked cheekily.
He would toss a sandwich to Lightning as he ate another one himself. "What do you mean by turn green?" He would inquire, blinking. "And yeah. I'm just kinda fighting in the background. No real focus on me. I'm just kind of there, throwing punches, a guy in the middle of it all" He said. "Nothing glorious, but its a start"
