❀ 4th Weed in the Garden - Action / Voice ❀

[shamelessness]

[It's a beautiful day today! The sun is shining, but it's not particularly hot. Perfect weather. Just perfect. So today Shiemi ends up taking a nap just off the road on her way to the plaza. The girl and her Skarmory end up spending most of their day there enjoying the river and the small open space of grass by it. She can be caught napping, playing with her pokemon, talking to the plants, or splashing around a little in the shallow part of the water. And later she'll ask a question in the journals.]

What's your favorite thing to do on a sunny day?

Comments

/eleventh? I mean [Voice]

[blessingone]

If I had to pick one...I like to swim, when it's warm enough.

[...And probably when it's not warm enough, too, though less so then.]

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

In the lake or ocean?

[Voice]

[blessingone]

Well...mostly, I swim in the lake. It's a little easier to get to. [She's not exactly fond of the teleporters, though she uses them now when she does go to the ocean.]

But I do love the ocean, even if it's not as good as the one back home.

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

It's that different?

[Voice]

[blessingone]

I guess so...? Well, it used to be a desert before it got flooded, so it's not like it's a real ocean, right?

[It's more like her world's ocean is her people's petulant patron god and thus there's a connection issue, but Fenimore is not nearly spiritual enough to understand what's going on.]

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

I- I wouldn't know?

[Voice]

[blessingone]

...You never went to the sea back home?

[OH MY GOD YOU POOR THING]

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

Is that bad?

[Voice]

[blessingone]

Ah -- it's not that it's bad, exactly.... But I feel bad for you. The real ocean is an amazing place. It's not that the one here isn't great, too, but...the ocean is just beautiful.

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

It's really that different?

1/2

[blessingone]

Mmm...I guess it's not a huge difference, besides that it's different depending on where you are, anyway. I don't know if I can properly describe it. It's more like...the difference between a normal village and "home."

[...Oh dammit, thinking about this sort of thing is making her feel a bit homesick.]

[Voice]

[blessingone]

[She forces a laugh and tries to sound more chipper, largely succeeding.] Maybe I'm just imagining it, though! It could be just that I'm overthinking it.

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

No, no! I believe you, Fenimore.

[Voice]

[blessingone]

Even if you believe me, if you don't understand what I'm trying to say, then it's useless, right? [A sigh.] I'd show you what I meant if I could, but that's --

[-- kind of impossible, huh. She'll just let that trail off.]

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

Maybe you can show me with the Battle Dome someday, Fenimore?

[Voice]

[blessingone]

Um...I don't know, really. At least -- I'm not really sure how to use the Battle Dome. It looks pretty complicated.

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

We can always ask someone how to use it? I've been getting pretty god at it.

[Voice]

[blessingone]

Maybe. I'm...not that great with elec'ricity things.

[Which is probably evidenced by her mispronounciation of electricity and the way she can't find the proper word for "electronics."]

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

Fenimore doesn't have to worry about it, I'll take care of that!

1/2

[blessingone]

[Hmm. Maybe that would work.]

Oh. Then --

[Voice]

[blessingone]

[...Wait a second. Memory from AU week incoming. Shiemi didn't seem...especially capable at it.]

...Are you sure you can do that?

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

[Shiemi nods.]

Silver has been helping set up Pokémon battles, so if you tell me about it an Ocean shouldn't be hard!

[Voice]

[blessingone]

[Pokey-whatsit...? Oh, right, that little knife bird.]

It's worth a try, I guess. Who's Silver?

[She...assumes it's a person? But what a stupid name.]

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

He's a good friend of mine! His Murkrow was Skarmy's dad.

[Voice]

[blessingone]

There's more metal birds around here?

[She wrongly assumes that Pokémon genetics make sense. It's a good thing that there are these beast tamer-like people about to keep them under control, though.]