azume | Week 4.

Week 4.

WEEK 4

Backtracking may not seem like an ideal situation, especially not given the situation on Sunday morning, but it isn't without reason or merit; after all, Lake Valor is within a reasonable distance, and perhaps more importantly, there's reason to believe that something may be there. Whether it's one of the Guardians you seek or something else entirely has yet to be seen; there's only one way to know for sure, however.

So back onto Route 213 it is; you should reach Route 214 by Tuesday afternoon, and the entrance to Lake Valor by Thursday night; you may want to wait to explore the lakefront proper during the morning, however. Who knows what you may run into...

You've seen at least some reasons to not give up hope as you left Pastoria; for the time being, let that hope give you strength.

CURRENT LOCATION: ROUTE 214
POKEMON AVAILABLE: PLAINS/FOREST / MOUNTAINS/ELEVATED AREAS

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[OOC: Welcome to week four of Azume; feel free to make as many top levels as you'd like and tag out to other characters! This post is for all of your interactions this week... at least until the weekend. Don't forget that a write-up is due next weekend!]

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[ . . . ??? Okay so like... Hmm ]

Tricks, do you say?

Uh, yeah. Like, um...we'll use a starting formation that makes it look like we're going to run with the ball, but we throw it instead. Or we throw the ball, but then it gets immediately tossed to a runner, who runs with the ball while the defense is all far away trying to stop the person who caught it...stuff like that.

[Honestly, he listed really simple, simple tricks. The Devil Bats...get absolutely, absolutely convoluted.]

I see, [ She doesn't see? So feints? Without ant basis for how the game even looks at all it's hard to picture but she nods all the same, watching the Pokemon go if they're still going? ] That must make your team a difficult one to compete with!

W-we're actually a rookie team, so we don't have the sheer power or ability other teams have...

[He clenches his fist, a determined light filling his eyes despite how nervous he still looks.]

That being said...we're not gonna lose that easily. We've overcome the odds because our team pushed ourselves to the limits every time, even when people thought we weren't gonna make it...so we're not gonna stop there. So in that sense...we are a difficult team to beat. We have to be.

[He tenses, then laughs sheepishly.]

At least, I think so...

I do not doubt it, if they all can get that look you have now. Your teammates, I mean.

[ She laughs a little, though her Beldum, if all things, seems even more curious about the look. Can it make that look? ... It tries to make that look with one eye and no mouth. ]

Look...?

[Sena doesn't exactly get it, but he grins.]

Trust me, they're all really pumped to win. We all have our reasons, but getting to the top...it's something we all want to do.

[And then he sees Miphanus. It looks...worrying.]

Um...is it mad at something I said...?

[sena, honey.]

[ Must not... laugh too much... But she shakes her head and, ]

I believe they are trying to copy that look!

H-huh?

[Sena stares down the Beldum. He gets a facefull of (ಠ) for his troubles.]

Um...I made a look like that...?

[That's kinda scary, Miphanus.]

[ The eye relaxes a little, but Zelda and Miphanus seem to nod in unison??? ]

Oh...

[He's not sure what to make of that.]

W...well, that's what playing football feels like, sometimes. It's pretty intense.

So it seems. [ She sounds amused, at least? ]

Your enthusiasm seems to be infectious - Monta and Miphanus both are taken with it.

Aha...well, if Miphanus ever wants to play a game with Monta and Vee, I wouldn't mind...

[Even if...it doesn't look they can catch anything.]

I guess they'd make a good lineman instead of a receiver, though...

Both they and I would need to know more of the game, but would you like that...?

[ Miphanus looks... I mean, as curious as an eye can look. It widens at least? ]

Uh, well...the more the merrier, if they wanna! Football's a team sport, anyway, and you need different types of people-or, uh, Pokemon, I guess-to play different positions...

[He thinks the Beldum wants to play? Maybe? Vee's coming back with the stick now, so that's a chance to see if they really do want to join.]

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[ The Beldum is totally willing to try...! ... Ignoring it doesn't have hands! But yeah, it looks interested and floats in such a way as to imply that. Mostly. ]

Oh yes?

Oh, uh...great!

[Honestly, if any Pokemon is starting to show interest in anything, he'd be happy to encourage it.]

Um...since you don't have anything to really catch it with, though, I think you should try something different...

[Give him a second.]

Maybe you could play a lineman or a field position like a linebacker - they try to stop the offensive players from catching the ball or running down the field...so you could try to stop Monta and Vee from catching the stick?

[ I mean, it only sort of follows, but it seems to acknowledge that with the eye, and then starts floating as fast it as it manage over in that direction!! ]

... Thank you for humoring them.

Huh? I-it's nothing...I mean, if they're interested in something, we should encourage that, right?

[He laughs softly.]

Besides, you said it. These pass routes...they're for avoiding obstacles. Having someone to go up against is gonna help Monta and Vee too, I think...

... Then let us be organized about it! So Miphanus you're to intercept the stick?!

[ IS that it.... ]

[Sena nods rapidly.]

Either knock the stick aside so they can't catch it, or tackle one of them...actually, since we don't want anyone to get hurt too badly right now, maybe just touch them...like in touch football. Those rules, if you get touched it counts as hitting the ground, so it's safer.

[After all, tackling is apparently an actual Pokemon move that causes actual damage and they don't want to go that far when they're trying to travel, right?]

Simple enough, right?

[ She claps her hands together, but does Miphanus understand!

... Maybe! It's a little hard to tell, actually!

But still! ]

Okay, um...

[This might be a good chance to see what Vee and Monta have learned, actually. He tugs the stick out of Vee's mouth, then motions with it so that all three Pokemon can see.]

So, uh, to keep things fair, I don't think I'll make Vee and Monta follow a specific pass route, 'cause Miphanus doesn't know them...instead, I'm going to throw the stick that way, and Vee, Monta? You guys pick the pass route you think can get you past Miphanus. Miphanus, your job is to stop them from getting the stick...either you knock the stick away, or you touch Monta or Vee...you win instead.

[After saying all that in what seems like a confident, experienced way, like he came up with that after doing several practice sessions and knows how it works...he grins sheepishly and rubs the back of his head.]

D...does that sound okay?

[ Miphanus looks to Zelda...

But then She nods! ] I think that makes sense, yes! So they need to play interference!

Uh-huh!

[He nods in relief, glad that they understand.]

Alright, so...ready?

[He waits for the Pokemon to give him a signal that they're ready to go, then throws the stick as hard as he can in a high arc in Miphanus' direction. It's pretty clear that he's no quarterback, the pass is him just throwing the stick as hard and far as he can.

Vee takes a rather straightforward route, a simple slanting run that's easy for anyone to predict. After all, she just needs to catch the stick right? Slant is easy and doesn't require a lot of strategic thought. Monta, on the other hand, decides to go for a zig-zagging route instead, with lots of sharp, sudden turns. It's awfully similar to Sena's running, actually, but he's clearly still following a route to where the stick's going to land, somewhere behind Miphanus.

It's anyone's ~~ball~~ stick game now.]

Miphanus, I know you are capable...

[ Zelda says, almost to herself and Sena given the ... you know, soft voice here. Still, the Beldum seems to consider this situation, sees how they're running... Should it try to go for the stick?

Oh wait, it doesn't have enough time to think! So let's jet over to try to touch out the Eevee! It seems like an easy target! It can float, after all. ]

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