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!]

Comments

[radiantflame]

Well, we're all learning.

[Sorry, she has no idea how to be reassuring.]

[hyruglyphics]

We are. ... Have you worked with horses before, or no animals at all?

[radiantflame]

Nothing of the sort. I've cared for Blades, but they could at least speak to me.

[hyruglyphics]

Then... would you care to hear a bit of advice a friend once gave me, to connect with animals?

[radiantflame]

Certainly, if you think it might help.

[hyruglyphics]

"Be sure to take the time to soothe your mount, for that is the only way it will know how you truly feel." It was advice for bonding with a horse... but I think it might apply to Pokemon as well. Animals to not converse with words, as people do, and so that more tactile expression will come through more to them.