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Azume Mods ([personal profile] azumods) wrote in [community profile] azume2018-08-19 06:04 am

Week 12.

WEEK 12

For the time being, it would seem that you're back on the routes again.

Route 202 is thankfully a simple one - it's straightforward as compared to the winding paths of Eterna Forest, with a clearly marked path surrounded by trees. The usual patches of tall grass are present here, though they can be avoided if you really want to stay clear of them; it's a fair easier walk than most of the routes you've traversed so far, and mercifully it's also a far shorter one. It seems August is being kind to you in that way; there's decidedly less walking required of you, which is likely not all that unwelcome after the frozen hellscape that constituted most of July.

As before, the changes to the world are still present, particularly in your own Pokémon, are still occurring but seem to be slowing down a bit as the month continues on; a worrying trend, perhaps, but they haven't stopped altogether. That said, however, there's a change to the route that you may see from time to time - patches of those bright flowers in varying colors will show up along the routes themselves here and there. Perhaps a sign of gratitude from a friend you've helped out...

By Tuesday morning you'll find yourself in Sandgem Town. It's very small, similar to Floaroma Town in size, and the town itself smells vividly of the saltwater of the ocean; the main points of interest seem to be the research lab and the beach to the south of town proper, though there are a few locals present as well.

Your stay here shouldn't be long; you're actually very close to Lake Verity, and it won't take you long to reach it given how relatively simple and straightforward the routes here are. Thursday morning will see you on Route 201 - it's just as easy a walk as the previous route, if not easier, and if all goes well you should be able to find the lakefront by Friday evening...

CURRENT LOCATION: SANDGEM TOWN
POKEMON AVAILABLE: WITHIN CITIES / NEAR WATER

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY
[OOC: Welcome to week ten 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.]


discutio: (trade your heroes for ghosts)

[personal profile] discutio 2018-08-20 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm hardly sensitive, I merely take my appearance seriously. Just because I can't see it is far from an excuse to present myself poorly.

[Beat.]

...That said, I think perhaps I'll leave it this way for a bit longer.

[for noooooo reason whatsoever don't be silly]
eudaimonikos: (again and again)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2018-08-20 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, you're working it. No problem with changing up your look from time to time! My hair's been getting kinda long...

[He runs a hand through it thoughtfully.]

I'm used to being able to just snap my fingers and put it back to normal.
discutio: (hey youngblood)

[personal profile] discutio 2018-08-21 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure that's ordinarily highly convenient for you.
eudaimonikos: (as you can)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2018-08-22 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
It really is...

[Michael contemplates his lack of omnipotence for a moment.]

How long does it normally take to grow back, if you screw up cutting it yourself?
discutio: (hey youngblood)

[personal profile] discutio 2018-08-22 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
It varies depending on how mangled we're imagining, but I'd say a number of weeks minimum.
eudaimonikos: (but I want to make yours come true)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2018-08-22 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Michael grumbles.]

Maybe I'll ask Camilla to help. She seems like she would have an idea of what to do, don't you think? Oh - I heard you two fought!
discutio: (blue skies from pain)

[personal profile] discutio 2018-08-22 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
She does seem rather well put together, and considering she has siblings I'd not be surprised if she knew how to handle such a thing.

[did someone say fight]

We did--it was quite the enlightening experience. I think it safe to assume we both enjoyed ourselves.
eudaimonikos: (works of love)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2018-08-23 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
She said she'd invite me to watch next time. It sounds a little nostalgic, but not enough so to be a bad thing.

[since probably no one wants to be compared to anything Michael considers nostalgic]
discutio: (did you exchange)

[personal profile] discutio 2018-08-23 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I can't deny I would quite love a rematch with her once she's better accustomed to fighting on foot. Hopefully we'll provide some measure of entertainment.
eudaimonikos: (ethics without principles)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2018-08-23 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Not like there's a lot else to watch, right?

[He's smiling, though; he's actually kinda jazzed to watch a human battle?]

You could make a whole show of it! Not too much suspense, though. She said you totally kicked her ass the first time.
discutio: (hey youngblood)

[personal profile] discutio 2018-08-23 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, she sells herself a bit short. For someone more used to mounted combat, she did quite well.
eudaimonikos: (that's guided to you)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2018-08-23 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Mounted combat could probably be arranged, given some time. None of her Pokemon are large enough now, but I think Arion and the baby tyrannosaur are going to get there. Imagine that - mounted dinosaur combat.

[.....]

Oh, does Eos have tyrannosaurs?
discutio: (cold comfort for change)

[personal profile] discutio 2018-08-23 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Have...what, sorry?

[short answer: no]

[long answer: contemporary wildlife is worse]
eudaimonikos: (a boost over heaven's gate)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2018-08-23 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Tyrannosaurs. They're a type of dinosaur - those were a bunch of giant reptiles that used to be around before the last big extinction event...oh, sixty-six million-ish years ago. A meteor hit the earth and most of the life forms died. It took ages after that for anything interesting to happen there again.

There weren't any humans back then, obviously. Nothing as intelligent as a human, either. But humans just love finding dinosaur bones.
discutio: (can you tell a green field)

[personal profile] discutio 2018-08-23 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Our recorded history only goes back about two thousand years, so if such things existed before then I wouldn't know. However, our most ancient creatures are giant reptiles--the jabberwock and adamantoise, I've never heard of a tyrannosaur.
eudaimonikos: (euthyphro)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2018-08-23 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Our humans pieced a lot of it together from fossil records. Though birds are basically just the surviving descendants of dinosaurs, so you know what those are like.

[the rest of that, though......what the fuck my dude]

Do the jabberwocks whiff frequently, through the tulgey wood?
discutio: (cold comfort for change)

[personal profile] discutio 2018-08-23 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Do they...what? Those aren't words that you just said, Michael.
eudaimonikos: (madness and civilization)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2018-08-23 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
’Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe...?

[He has no expectation Ignis will suddenly recognize the poem, he is now just doing it for shits and giggles]
discutio: (walk-on part in the war)

[personal profile] discutio 2018-08-23 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
...Have you hit your head recently?
eudaimonikos: (as many times)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2018-08-23 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[He chuckles.] We make our bodies more durable than that.

It's an Earth poem - The Jabberwock. That's where the idea of a jabberwocky comes from at all, there, some nonsense rhyming people like. Do you have bandersnatches, too?
discutio: (can you tell a green field)

[personal profile] discutio 2018-08-23 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
How did-...yes, actually. They’re bipedal creatures, and while a bit difficult to handle are nowhere near the jabberwock in ferocity.
Edited 2018-08-23 16:16 (UTC)
eudaimonikos: (what is called thinking)

[personal profile] eudaimonikos 2018-08-23 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my god. How about jub-jub birds?