❀ 8th Weed in the Garden - Voice/Action ❀

[shamelessness]

[The Voice function on the journal starts up, but instead of Shiemi's voice it's Rin's:]


[Voice]
Ossu. It's me, Rin -- I lost my journal a while ago and I still haven't find the thing. 'M using Shiemi's just for a bit to make sure anyone who doesn't know, knows. [...] Uh, I can't really keep using this, so if you wanna come talk meet me at House 15?

[Action]
[People can find Shiemi doing one of two things today:

1) In the sky people can see Shiemi practicing with her now very large (now full grown at five feet and seven inches) skarmory. She'll stand on her Pokémon's back as if she were surfing, ride on its back like it's a horse, or - this one has her particularly frightened - practice falling. Shiemi stands up, lets herself fall backwards off of Skarmy, and then Skarmy swoops back around to catch her. Honestly they hope never to put the skill to use for real, but they might have to use it.

2) After they're done the duo go back to the house (#15) to rest. Shiemi treats Skarmy to some spicy foods, and while the large bird starts preening its feathers... some steel feathers fall off! Skarmy is has started molting, and leaving large, sharp metal feathers everywhere. Oops!]

Comments

action 1

[bravefighter]

[And of course, Red is watching as soon as he sees it happening! It's always fun to see people training with their pokemon, after all! Especially in exercises like this. Plus, you can never be too careful, right?

Though after a bit, he'll finally yell up.]

Doin' pretty good up there!

action 1

[shamelessness]

[She recognizes that voice! Though the sudden yelling shocks her, and she steers both Skarmy and herself into a tree. Because of her pokémon's sharp feathers a many of the tree's branches get sliced off and fall from the plant. Confused, Skarmy pops her head up from the top leaves of the tree to look around. Meanwhile Shiemi is stuck on a low hanging branch and hanging from her clothes. Though the position looks a bit precarious she is less concerned and more... well, swirly-eyed.]

[bravefighter]

Whoa!

[WELL SHIT. He wasn't expecting that to happen at all! He'll run on over, quickly bringing out Saur. Probably the best choice for getting someone unstuck, really.]

Help her down, Saur!

[Since yeah, vines are handy for this sort of thing. Of course, Saur will do his best to clear the branches and hoist her down slowly, placing her gently on the ground.]

H-Hey, you alright? [And of course, yelling the same up to Skarmory too. Way to go, Red...]

[shamelessness]

Ah, thank you! Sorry for the trouble!

[Skarmy pops out of the tree, and promptly lands near them. She inspects Shiemi by nudging her around with her beak to make sure her trainer is okay. When Shiemi doesn't collapse the large bird decides that yes, her human is unharmed.]

[bravefighter]

Hey, I should be the one apologizing! I was the one that made ya hit a tree. Sorry 'bout that.

[shamelessness]

It's all right! Skarmy and I need to learn to concentrate better.

[bravefighter]

I guess that'd help too, yeah... I should probably learn not to throw off people's training, though! Haha...

[shamelessness]

A-anyway it's nice to see you, Red! How have you and Saur been?

[bravefighter]

It's nice to see you too! We've been good. I think we're almost back at our old strength!

How 'bout you two? I see you guys are getting along great!

[shamelessness]

We're doing fine too! We just want to be strong like everyone else.

[bravefighter]

Well hey, you're definitely getting there! So no worries there. I'm really impressed.

[shamelessness]

Ah, really? Th-thank you so much, Red!

[bravefighter]

No problem! You don't gotta thank me or anything. I'm just tellin' the truth!

[shamelessness]

Red's too kind. We still need a lot of work.

[bravefighter]

And as long as you acknowledge that, you're doing fine! It takes a bit, after all.

[shamelessness]

What does Red usually do to keep in shape?

[bravefighter]

Well... I just kinda practice with my Pokemon, I guess? Like, if they're running around, I run with 'em!

[shamelessness]

And that's it?

[Wow, so simple!]

[bravefighter]

Yeah! And, y'know, eat right and stuff I guess! I don't really do all that much to keep in shape.

So yeah. Just training with my Pokemon and eating.

[shamelessness]

I meant how does Red keep his Pokémon in shape, but maybe it would have been better to ask how does Red train his Pokémon?

[bravefighter]

Oh! Well that's pretty easy. I just kinda have 'em battle with each other! Learn how to cover their weaknesses and stuff. You'd have to ask Green for really specific training stuff. That's more his area than mine!

His training is uh... interesting. He works his Pokemon hard. They're really strong though, so I guess it works!

[shamelessness]

So Green is really tough... and he's in Luceti?

[bravefighter]

Yup, sure is! He got here around the same time as me. I guess the easiest way to put it is that he's my rival.

[shamelessness]

That's so cool!

[bravefighter]

Do you think so? It is pretty cool, huh!