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Post by Josh Dragomir on May 13, 2015 13:00:17 GMT -5
He nodded in response. "Yeah. I'm lucky to have her looking after my Pokemon while I'm around. I used to only have a few Pokemon on an old journey I was on, I didn't even have six, so there was no need to send them anywhere. Now I've been catching Pokemon like crazy since in Hoenn and Nue, Pokeballs don't have prices marked up to oblivion" He added with a chuckle, with a hint of sadness in his voice. Of course, that was only one of the reasons, as much as he hated the serious price mark up. The other reason was simple. There just weren't really any wild Pokemon to catch.
"Lightning was one of my first, of course. Vulcan I was given as a gift. Lightning, I found him when he was only a few weeks old" He added. He chuckled as he imagined all of Yumi's Pokemon in her apartment. All of them. "I'm lucky I have this ranch, and mom and Kouji and others taking care of all of the Pokemon. She's a brilliant inventor, so she's able to cope as hard as it is with all of the Pokemon here. I didn't know how she'd handle the extra work when we merged with Sakuraba Ranch and Izumi's Pokemon were moved in as well. But Kouji's handled a lot of the load, as has his assistants, so I don't think she minds the change too much. Of course, with her inventing skills, I know she's working on things like auto-feeders and other sorts of things to make the work load a little easier for everyone" He explained. "I don't know how she does it. She's a miracle worker" He admitted with a chuckle. "Makes me wish I always had her around sometimes, but... I'm just glad it all worked out" He added quietly.
He looked over at her. "I gotta ask though.. Where exactly do you stay? Like... Do you have somewhere to rest your head besides a Pokemon Center?" He would ask curiously. "I've never once asked where you live" He said as the smell of the food started getting more and more irresistible.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 13, 2015 13:31:27 GMT -5
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Yumi was certainly impressed with Serena, able to run a place like this, still look after her son, AND invent things? It was like...Serena : Super mom! She gave a little chuckle at her internal joking about, sitting up and resting her crossed arms atop her knee, resting her foot on the edge of the couches arm and getting comfy, raising a curious eyebrow at Josh's question and nearly chuckling again as she realized Josh must have thought she was still homeless.
"Dude. I WAS homeless. Not anymore. I got a nice little job that can afford me an apartment in flash city. Place has a balcony and everything, and enough room to let at least a 6 man team sleep outside of their pokeballs for a night. Only downside is...well...it's no ranch I guess. Wish I had some land in the wilds or something to fill with my pals, but I've never been too good at DIY, odds are i'd end up building myself into a doorless house, end up trapped or something." She gave a weak chuckle, genuinely afraid of her own building skills. She ended up nailing her hood to a tree branch once and hung there until Ko-ken came back with the supplies. She would never try building a tree house again. "But yeah, to answer it simply, I got a nice little home. Nothing like this for sure, but nice.~" Her bright smile was interupted by a loud growl, Yumi squirming as her stomache churned. "H-hope your mom's nearly done..."
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 13, 2015 15:04:04 GMT -5
Josh shared Yumi's sentiment that Serena was impressive. He didn't know how the hell the woman did it sometimes, to be quite honest. She was able to cook, clean, take care of Pokemon, do her jobs, do her inventing, and somehow she was still sane and coping with the loss of her husband, and her only child being out traveling all the time. He tried to help whenever he was home, of course. But he couldn't always be home. Like her, he had dreams that he wanted to fulfill, things he had to do. She had gotten to live out her dream, even if it had come at quite a cost. Now it was his turn to live his, despite his guilt for not being able to help all of the time. Still, Serena appreciated the Pokemon that were always sent over, as it gave her a chance to further her research and breeding prospects. In that fashion, Josh was helping he supposed, even when he wasn't home.
He nodded at Yumi's response to his question. "I wasn't sure. You never really mentioned living anywhere. Nor have you invited me over" He would tease with a playful nudge to her ribs. "You're always welcome to stay here whenever you like, even let your Pokemon out for a little while for some air and grazing. I'm sure mom wouldn't mind. And when Zu and me finish our house, you can always stay with us instead" He offered with a small smile.
Man, he could feel his stomach growling, as the smell got even better. ".... Oh crap, I smell pork chops, bacon, carrots and mashed potatoes. I hope they're ready soon" He responded. "I forgot I haven't eaten all day" He admitted with an embarrassed chuckle.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 13, 2015 15:32:29 GMT -5
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A faint blush hit Yumi's cheeks as she considered the offer Josh had made about staying with them once they'd done up the place. Admittadly she'd kinda love have space like the ranch to let out her pokemon. Plus it would be nice living so close to her friends...but was it possibly a little too close? Yumi wouldn't wanna step on any toes for one, and beyond that she knew from her own habits around the apartment it would likely be easy for Josh to catch her in a state of undress, a thought that gave her a shudder as she tried to avert her gaze from him at the mere thought. "I'll...think on that. I do appreciate it though...tonnes.~"
Sniffing the air again she was already drooling. All she knew was she smelt food, but when she heard all that was on the menu she was definately surprised, only more hungry as she was expecting something simple like a bacon sandwhich or something. "Oh god you're making me even hungrier..."
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 13, 2015 16:03:23 GMT -5
Josh had meant more of her staying over for the night to rest her head whenever she was in the area of course, since they were a ways from Flash City, though he was sure Serena wouldn't mind her having a place in the area if she was willing to help out with the Pokemon when she was home since her collection was so... Well, massive. They had a very large plot of land, sometimes Josh thought it was a bit too large. And his and Izumi's house wasn't even taking up that much space either. A little lakeside area, that was about it. Still, it'd likely take a lot of deliberation between the co-owners, being the Dragomir Family and Kouji's camp since the land, ranch, etc was all joint owned. How else do you think they were able to afford so much land, even with the deep pockets of the Dragomir seniors? He was pretty sure Izumi and her family also owned a stake in the land as well, from Izumi's profits working as a co-owner and sometimes waitress of the... Izakaya? He couldn't remember the name very well. Still, if that wasn't a possibility, he wouldn't mind THAT much Yumi rooming with him and Zu, maybe she could help hoof the costs a bit, split the bills three ways, etc. He wasn't sure how Zu would react or if she would allow it though. He hadn't even considered the possibility of ending up seeing Yumi in a state of undress. Actually, he hadn't even considered the possibility of seeing IZUMI in a state of undress, and she was his bloody roommate! Then there was Yumi's eating habits. Combined with Josh's eating habits, that was quite a bit of dishes to do, and a lot of eating. They'd likely all have to make dinner together if they were planning on eating together, even with Izumi's absolute love for cooking which Josh pondered if it sometimes bordered on obsession. Poor Izumi Yamamura. Granted, as the three of them traveled a lot, maybe it wouldn't be as bad as he thought. I mean, how many times a week would they be in the same house at the same time? Josh had been trying to make an effort to fly home at the end of each day lately, but he couldn't always do it.
Still, Yumi had given him that Abra recently... He wondered if it knew teleport? He could very well fly to the nearest Pokemon Center, take that Abra out, and have it teleport him home at the end of the day, since he went to a Pokemon Center at the end of each day if he couldn't get home anyway...
Ideas, ideas, ideas....
Those ideas were shuffled aside for the moment as he had to wipe the drool from his chin. "Oh shit" He muttered. It looks like the idea of all that food was making him hungry as well. It seemed Yumi was the same. He happened to get up and peek into the kitchen, which made him even more hungrier, then walked back into the room. "It looks like she's just about ready. Maybe we should go help her out?" He suggested. "Even if she started laughing at me when she saw the hungry look on my face" He admitted with a laugh.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 14, 2015 3:22:46 GMT -5
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Given the chance to get even a little close to the food being prepared, Yumi wasn't about to turn it down, grinning wide and kicking off the arm rest of the chair to land on her feet, spurring towards the kitchen before Josh could truly finish what he was saying, the red head spotting Serena and knocking on the kitchen door so she didn't go up behind the woman and end up scaring her.
"Hey miss er...Josh's mom?" She felt a little nervous about using her last name, seeing as it was possible she never took the name of Josh's dad. "You need any help laying the dishes out? Josh is apparently getting desperate for his food, so the sooner we get blondie's mouth fed the better." She gave a little chuckle as she put all the blame on Josh, but blushed as her stomache growled and ruined it all.
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 16, 2015 21:02:47 GMT -5
"Hey! You were drooling like hell before I even brought up that I was hungry!" Josh called from the living room, heading to the kitchen and wrapping his arms around Yumi, pulling her into a tight hug and-even better-A big old friendly noogie! He messed up her hair a bit on purpose, as the perfect little playful revenge. Serena started laughing, especially after BOTH of their stomachs started growling!
"Well, you two, why don't you come sit down? I'm almost finished" She said, looking back at them with an amused smile. "I don't need any help, unless you two wanted to at least help set the table" She would offer. She wouldn't turn down offered help, even if small right?
"Sounds good!" Josh said as he would release the redhead and grab a few plates before starting to set the table, along with cloths, napkins and all of that other rot. He was hungry, he didn't care what he had to do at this point!
"What about Vulcan and Yumi's Blaziken? Why don't they come in and eat too? I made extra" Serena would offer with a smile. "After that ordeal I just watched, I'd happily serve them personally too" She said. It seemed she had made dinner with the two Blaziken in mind.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 22, 2015 15:32:21 GMT -5
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"AH!" Yumi couldnt help but giggle and scream as he hair was mussed up, flailing and trying to get an arm round to beat Josh up until she was released, giving a playful, chuckle filled growl as she shook her fist as a challenge for Josh to try that again, soon rolling her eyes and calming down as she helped him set the table, taking the knives and forks and focusing on those more than the plates and clothes.
The moment the blaziken's were brought up Yumi was a tad surprised. With the feeders and stuff set up around the ranch, and Yumi's own way of letting her pokemon find their own food unless they were too young, the red head was surprised by the mere idea... "Er...I'm sure she'd love it..." She looked back at the table before turning back to Josh's mother. "Do they sit at the table or...?"
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 22, 2015 15:42:12 GMT -5
Josh gave Yumi an amused grin on her little fist-raising challenge toward him. Oh, he was sure they would throw down after dinner. The question was if she would forget or not. While they were setting the tables, Josh thought for a moment about Serena's offer concerning the two Blaziken. It was obvious by her mentioning she made extra, that she felt the two Blazikens deserved a bit of a bonus dinner for their hard work in mega evolving and fighting as hard as they did. Vulcan, especially. Mega evolving for the first time was no easy task, and it was sure to have taken the fight out of him. That, and he knew that Serena had a little soft spot for the Blaziken as it was one of the Pokemon that Josh had brought home when he came home, along with Lightning, Bail and Ace.
Josh looked over at Lightning. "Hey Lightning, since Yumi and I are setting the table, do you think you could go fetch Vulcan and Yumi's Blaziken?" He would ask him. Lightning didn't really feel like doing much right before dinner, but one thing resonated with the Pikachu. They weren't going to start dinner until everyone was at the table, including the Blazikens. So the sooner he got them there, the sooner they could start eating. "Pika!" Lightning responded with a goofy looking salute before he jumped out the window and ran off to go find the Blaziken duo.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 24, 2015 6:36:01 GMT -5
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Yumi blinked between the person serving the food and...the person who's mother it was, wondering if either of them were going to answer her question about pokemon at the dinner table, but in the end she could only shrug, taking a seat and just waiting for the blaziken's to come in as she excitedly tapped the base of her fork and knife against the table. Truth be told this was he first time actually having a proper sit down dinner with anyone, even her pokemon tended to eat away from the dinner table when she made herself food at home, so she only knew how to behave from what she'd seen on bad TV shows, chanting quietly so as not to be too rude. "Bring on the grub. Bring on the grub."
Following lightning back in the somewhat confused blaziken would wave to her trainer, wondering what on earth she'd been called inside for, and trying to make sure her talons didn't scrape the floor.
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 26, 2015 0:29:13 GMT -5
Josh eyed Yumi once they would both take their seat. He could hear the chanting, even if Serena couldn't, and buried his face on the table to try and hide the fact he was laughing hard. 'Bring on the grub, bring on the grub" Yumi was quietly chanting. It seemed that she didn't know what table manners were. Granted, it took him quite some time to remember what table manners were as well when he got back from his first set of travels. All of the belching and mega munching and all of that was great and all, but it was also pretty impolite, so he was quickly scolded and made to stop.
Lightning would return, bringing in both Yumi's confused Blaziken, as well as Vulcan. The Blaziken was confused, but as soon as he saw the extra grub on the table that was obviously too much for three humans and one Pikachu, he got the idea. He knew she was a kindly, yet overbearing old lady, the food was obviously for them, judging by what the Pikachu had said to them, or, well, tried to say to them. It had come out more as "Food. Hurry up. Food. Must eat food. Lets go. Follow me. Hurry up. Food"
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 28, 2015 7:20:09 GMT -5
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Still somewhat confused despite the clear idea of food being presented to her, the Blaziken moved into the room and pointed a talon at one of the empty chairs, giving that confused expression she held to her trainer, who could only return it with a slight shrug from the table. "I assume so. I asked but no one elaborated." Both trainer and pokemon equally confused still, the Blaziken rose up it's thick legs and tried to slip them beneath the table, sitting somewhat awkwardly in the chair. Yumi had in fact asked if they were meant to sit at the table or not, but no one had cared to answer her. Seeing as the fiery fighter was somewhat humanoid in shape, it seemed to be at least a viable option.
Now sat awkwardly in her seat opposite her trainer, Tequill poked at the plate that was layed out before her, wondering what on earth was going on, seeing as she and Ko-ken tended to find their own food outside unless Yumi had something special in mind, and even then that just tended to be a treat they could eat out of their hands.
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 28, 2015 22:29:21 GMT -5
Serena chuckled a bit as Yumi's Blaziken awkwardly sat on the provided chair. Vulcan, meanwhile, seemed more used to it as he would sit down across from them without any sort of problem. Lightning would climb into the high chair provided for him, prompting a chuckle from Josh as the Pikachu pouted in his Trainer's direction. It seemed that the blonde poked fun at the Pikachu for needing a high chair more often then not. If anything was going to motivate that Pikachu to evolve, it was going to be that he wouldn't need a high chair. Serena though, noted Yumi's concern.
"If this is uncomfortable for your Blaziken, Yumi, I can put out some Pokemon food outside for Tequill" Serena would offer. "I just figured after all of that, both of your Blazikens deserved a little treat. I taught Vulcan how to sit at the table and eat properly for kicks while Josh was out travelling at one point, during a rare time he didn't take Vulcan early on" She revealed. "Yeah, tried to teach him how to do dishes too. Didn't work out" Josh would mutter under his breath. "So, can we eat now?" He asked, and Lightning would look over with hopeful eyes.
"Of course. Dig in!" Serena would chirp as she sat down herself. That was all they needed as both Josh and Lightning dug in like they were starving saiyans or something. Vulcan would shrug and just gently eat using his hands. Serena knew not to give him a fork, he'd just crush it.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on Jun 3, 2015 17:07:12 GMT -5
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Yumi chuckled a little nervously as she seemed to be the "out of place" one at the table. Not because she didnt normally come here, but more because it wasnt common for her blaziken to eat at the table while Vulcan seemed perfectly fine. "Heh, I'm sure tequill will be fine. Thanks for the food too.~" With a bright smile to Josh's mum, Yumi was ready to dig in herself, grabbing her knife and fork and practically devouring the plate like a hungry beast.Her blaziken took one last moment to make sure she wasnt in the wrong place before picking up her place and tipping it towards herself, literally just letting the food slide off and slip into her beak, swallowing whole mouthfuls at a time, clearly sharing Yumi's appetite.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Jun 3, 2015 21:58:54 GMT -5
Josh and Lightning just continued to eat like animals. Serena was about to glare at them for messy eating with a lady present at the table... Before Yumi started eating the exact same way. The redhead couldn't help but start laughing at this little twist. "Oh my lord, you two are so alike" Serena would comment amusedly, shaking her head at the shenanigans. Did all Pokemon Trainers of this day and age eat like that? No, she supposed that wasn't the case, unless Izumi was the exception and not the rule. What drove people like these two, along with the tiny Pikachu, to eat like that anyway? Of course, she knew that after that ordeal, the two of them, Josh and Yumi, were probably incredibly exhausted, and hungry to boot.
As for Lightning? Well... He was always hungry.
Finally, after quite the dinner, the first thing Josh would do? Let out a belch once he'd pretty much cleaned the plate. And who sounded one pretty much at the same time? Lightning. The two were pretty much like big brother and little brother at this point. This was something that Serena had gotten used to. No wonder she let the little guy eat with them. He was like part of the family.
Serena would wait for Yumi to finish eating before motioning toward the counter. "There's dessert there if you two are still hungry. I had a feeling this would happen after your battle" Serena would reveal. Josh raised an eyebrow. Usually, she didn't prepare dessert unless it was a special case. What was the occasion? Achieving mega evolution? He wasn't sure, but he wasn't going to pass up a meal as he got up to check out the dessert. Cake? That was new. Okay, this was definitely some kind of special occasion. The cake was small, sure,likely so she didn't take forever, but labelled with enough vanilla frosting to make him salivate.
Josh eyed Serena curiously, not really seeming to understand why she had gone to all of this trouble all of a sudden.