Week 1.

[azumods]

WEEK 1. As Cynthia had promised, the sun does indeed rise the next morning. Whether you slept or not (and sleeping inside the Pokémon Center you were in before seems totally fine by the attendant), it seems Cynthia kept her word; she left sometime shortly before sunrise, and you haven't been bothered by Team Galactic and those that work for it in the interim. It isn't advisable to return to the headquarters building, however. At least not for the time being. However, a new day does dawn, and with it comes the knowledge that you're in an unfamiliar city, completely on your own. There are several things to be done before you can leave: gathering supplies and provisions, finding maps, obtaining new clothes... Of course, your new "companions" are still with you, and they don't seem willing to leave your side; they'll follow you dutifully, but they still seem...wrong, horribly so, and it doesn't seem to be wearing off. Maybe if you work with them a little...? Try to talk to them, train them, teach them to do things... Who knows? It might do them some good. CURRENT LOCATION: VEILSTONE CITY POKEMON AVAILABLE: WITHIN CITIES MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY [OOC: Welcome to week one 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 this weekend! Feel free to investigate the city as you see fit this week; we ask only that you try to stagger investigations and be mindful of what's already been checked. If you wish to investigate, notify the mods in your comment subject for your top-level and we'll get on it as soon as possible!]

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[fatalstrikes]

[Yuri's getting ready to head out for the morning, but he overhears Ari from nearby and he watches for a moment before speaking up.]

Maybe ask it what it wants to be called.

[yuri no that is terrible advice]

I kinda doubt gears need to eat, but you could always leave some food out and see what happens.

[omissions]

I tried, but...

[It's not really working. His Pokemon is just not the noisy type right now and so we have to sort of figure out what it might mean without verbal cues here. Which is not easy, given it's facial features being different most Pokemon.]

[fatalstrikes]

Hmm. You definitely ended up with a pretty strange partner.

[The gears are definitely harder to read than a dog...]

[omissions]

Yeah... but, I'm willing to keep trying and do my best to get some kind of response here.

[It's the least he can do for a Pokemon that is loyal enough to keep following him around here for the past few days, despite being allowed the opportunity to leave.]

[fatalstrikes]

I hope you get one. It'd be great if there was some way to help these guys out so they aren't so...

[He waves a hand, probably to mean "apathetic" or "blank" or something.]

But it doesn't look like there's much we can really do for them right now.

[omissions]

Yeah... what about you? What kind of companion did you get here?

[fatalstrikes]

A dog, so nothing too strange.

[He steps aside so Ari can get a look at his Rockruff. She doesn't even remotely care about what's going on, but she's here!!]

I'm calling her "Roc".

[omissions]

"Roc"? Huh... that's kind of cute.

[He needs to think of a nickname for his Pokemon too... but he's not very good at coming with things like that on the spot.]

[fatalstrikes]

I asked her what she wanted to be called and she replied with "rock", so that's where it came from. It'd be cuter if her species name wasn't "Rockruff". Apparently these guys just say their species name sometimes, I just wasn't aware of that.

[He doesn't seem embarrassed by it, though. If anything it's kind of funny?]