❀ 9th Weed in the Garden - Voice/Action ❀

[shamelessness]

[The victory against Masaomi, the hard training from Green, and Green's question about power... It's got her thinking. Is she powerful? Is she catching up? Is the day she can fight side-by-side with her impressive friends close? She doesn't want to be a burden. She wants to be strong. She wants to help.]

Luceti? I want to know what you think makes you strong. How does a person get strong? Or what do you do to make yourself strong?

[If one-on-one is more your sort, anybody can find Shiemi outside of the clothing shop trying to wrap a scarf around her 7ft+ metal bird. It can't be easy facing winter weather when you're metal. Especially when facing it after a nice heat wave.]

Comments

[Voice]

[castbytheglyph]

I know what makes a Skarmy strong! Laser cannons and beak bazookas that fire aaall the way up to the moon and back! Or the barrier and back anyway.

[Giving Skarmy a laser is still a great idea okay.]

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

E-eh!? I don't think she would like those!

[Voice]

[materiathief]

Depends on what type of strong you mean.

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

"Type of strong"?

voice;

[ex_tessen852]

There are a lot of ways a person can be strong. But I think what makes a person the strongest is the friendships they form with others. I probably wouldn't be half as strong as I am without my friends.

voice;

[shamelessness]

So you think having good friends help you get stronger?

[She didn't think of it like that.]

[Voice]

[niceguypose]

[He recognizes her vaguely - wasn't she that alien girl from the week of amnesia? But first thing's first/]

Oooohh!

A person becomes strong through diligence and constant training! I do everything I can to convert every moment of my waking day into some form of training, to assure that I am in a constant state of improvement!

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

Even when you eat?

[tsuntrader]

Resilience. [To him, that answers all the questions at once.]

[shamelessness]

That's all?

[bravefighter]

Well, that kinda depends on what you means by strong! I know to get physically strong, I train with my Pokemon and stuff, but...

Yeah! There's all kinds of strongs that you can be.

[shamelessness]

What kind do you think you're best at?

[rashness]

[Man he's got no idea how he should be responding to that voiced bit. After all, he's not sure himself, mostly because he hasn't thought that much about it. Okay, well, he has, but he's just gone in a straight line doing what seemed most relevant to be doing with it. Which is to say, mastering his flames.

...So he's not going to comment on that.

So instead, he's going to sigh and go about his day, only to encounter Shiemi working the scarf thing later. He blinks and-] Skarmy likes that color, huh?

[shamelessness]

She picked it out! [Skarmy has picked a green color, which is actually the color of a shiny skarmory's wings.]

[etudes]

Ah, I heard the answer to this a while ago. [ she feels so proud that she can even answer it, honestly... ]

It's training.

[shamelessness]

I hear training is different for everyone, so I want to hear about all kinds!

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

Strength, huh. [That's not too difficult.] I think you get strong when you have someone you want to protect.

[voice]

[shamelessness]

Yeah, I've heard that! But how does someone get strong enough to protect that someone?

[Voice]

[uccellodifuoco]

In my case I just keep training and fighting, as long as I am just enough strong to protect what I care for and defeat my enemies I don't really care about how strong I am exactly or if I get stronger. Though I know some people who are far stronger than I will ever be without really wanting or trying to be that strong.

Guess that in the end strength is something you're born with or not.

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

So being strong to you is about physical strength?

voice;

[descrier]

If you're looking for something that will help with mental strength, chess works well.

voice;

[shamelessness]

I don't know how to play.

voice;

[menial]

Uh, hm. I hear bench pressing is a big thing? I wouldn't really know.

voice;

[shamelessness]

Pressing down on benches makes people stronger?

[silversnowfall]

That depends on what kind of strength you want to discuss. I think being strong means not letting trouble keep you from moving forward.

[shamelessness]

Would that be something like "resilience"?

[blessingone]

[Fenimore doesn't think she has too much to contribute to this conversation beyond what has already been said, but she is curious about one thing:]

Why do you ask?

[shamelessness]

I want to learn how to be strong.

Is action ok?!

[misterbrief]

[Vegeta's got himself a popsicle despite the cold weather as he's walking back down to the clothing shop to pick up some more formal wear, eyes on his journal, listening to Shiemi's broadcast when he stops and notices the huge seven foot metal monstrosity outside the shop.]

[And what a whopper of a bird that was. He gives out an involuntary yelp at the sight of Skarmy.]

What in the cosmos is that thing!? [He's never seen a Pokémon before!]

Yeah it's cool

[shamelessness]

[Shiemi quickly turns around, and gives him a bow as a greeting.]

She's a skarmory!

I'm going to just double up [voice]

[generalflirt]

Wooowie, there seems to be a lot of people who know a lot about strength, don't they?

[voice]

[shamelessness]

Maybe it's something everyone can have?

Action!

[contestconqueror]

That's a skarmory wearing a scarf...?

[I am from Johto and what is this? No, really; he wasn't aware that there were any trainers who owned a skarmory here. He's quietly muttering this to himself as he walks by. Even if she doesn't hear him she (or Skarmory!) might catch his sidelong glance though.]

Action

[shamelessness]

[Skarmy actually pushes passed Shiemi to stare down Ruby. You have a problem with her impeccable beauty? Do you? Her trainer comes along to chase her down. Jeez she's so much trouble.]

Skarmy get back here!

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[hueless]

Friendship. [ the Pokémon world more or less runs on the power of friendship, so this is the obvious answer in her opinion. ]

There's only so much you can do on your own so teamwork is really important! I support my Pokémon to the very end and they're always by my side-- we help each other grow stronger.

voice;

[shamelessness]

I hear that a lot! But what if someone doesn't have a lot of friends?

[voice]

[teardropshaman]

[That is a question Cecilia asks herself a lot. She's seen it in action, even: Jack was looking for an Absolute Power to make him stronger. But when Rudy was in trouble, Cecilia had saved him by herself, using a different strength.

After a few minutes of thought, she'll respond.]

The ability to help those you care for, in any way you can. You don't need physical strength for that, just the strength of your feelings.

[voice]

[shamelessness]

Do your feelings protect your friends?

[Voice]

[mischiefbreeder]

That's simple. Strength comes from understanding what you're fightin' for and never givin' up, no matter how bad the stakes look.

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

That's how you became strong?

[Never give up, resilience, and not letting trouble stop you. A pattern, maybe?]

[Voice]

[infinitegrin]

That's easy. Strength is being able to support your friends and family, no matter how much they're suffering. It's being able to stay and support them through the worst of times.

Raising Pokémon and getting strong with them is one thing. I see a lot of strong trainers. But being there for Ingo is a more important strength, to me.

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

Mm, a lot of people agree! I think that's really good.

But you're close to Mr. Ingo?

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

I think... what makes you the most strong is when there's something you want to protect.

[Voice]

[shamelessness]

Do you think you can't be strong without it?