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Post by Laurel Allard on Apr 13, 2016 3:47:38 GMT
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD WHAT BECOMES OF CURIOUS MINDS? The beautiful, rustic city of Shalour! In all her life living only a route away from this place, Laurel had only been a handful of times. Today was one of those times. She stretched her hands above her, trying to stretch herself out and get ready for a big day of exploring. She smiled as she looked around, trying to decide where she was going to go first. The sky was bright, not a cloud in sight, and she had all day to take it in. She hooked her thumbs in the straps of the bag on her back and took her first steps into the city. The streets were bustling, and it seemed like there were quite a few shops to choose from for a souvenir or two. She made her way through the crowd, getting jostled here and there by the tourists and residents alike. Her brow furrowed in agitation. She didn't like being boxed in like this. Laurel finally made it through the crowd, and practically launched herself to the freedom of the sidewalk on the other side of the road. But not before catching her toe on the curb and sending herself falling to the ground. It was like slow motion, Laurel thought. She put her hands out in an effort to catch herself and immediately regretted it as the heels of her hands came in contact with the pavement. "Shi-" she grumbled, pushing herself into a sitting position on the curb. She looked down at her palms and saw they were cut up and beads of blood were starting to form around the scratches. So much for a great day in Shalour. She didn't have any sort of bandages with her to wrap her hands in, nor did she have any desire to try to buy some in a shop. She bit her lip, trying to decide what she was going to do. Words: 318 Tag: Ziggy Moon Notes: Poor Laurel :c Also ironic thread title because of the song I was listening to, haha.
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Post by Ziggy Moon on Apr 13, 2016 21:19:06 GMT
With it being peak crowd time, it wasn't worth risking teleporting about the place, even if tgey were on a loose timer. There were a few reasons why Ziggy would be at the seaside city, and this one required a few more pokeballs. Sure, they could've teleported to a less busy city, but the butterfree resting on their shoulders, wings relaxed and dropping, had other things to use his energy on in the coming hours.
Besides, walking into the city made way for chance encounters. Like trying not to laugh as Petal popped out of the flow of the crowd and immediately tripped. Ok don't be cruel, not everyone was as blocky and lackadaisical as them when it came to crowds. Plus she was one of the people that could really lend a hand - a band aided hand, they should go make sure Laurel wasn't going to cry or get an infected hand.
"I still think you should ride about on that plant dino of yours, or get a gogoat." Jumping right into conversation, Ziggy plonked them self next to her, digging through their jacket. "Didn't the old man teach you to ride, Petal?" Ah there we go, they had wrapped some net balls they had used in clothe but it was clean enough to offer as a bandage, setting the balls aside for the moment.
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Post by Laurel Allard on Apr 13, 2016 21:53:48 GMT
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD WHAT BECOMES OF CURIOUS MINDS? Laurel could feel tears threatening as she felt her hands start to burn. She really needed to get a bandage, but she also needed to pull herself together. She was such a crybaby, and she hated not being able to control her emotions like other people. That's probably why she was called childish all the time by her peers. Laurel practically jumped out of her skin when a familiar voice spoke next to her. She hadn't even seen Ziggy sit down because she was so emotional. She smiled at them and tried to blink back her tears, then shook her head. "Zahra is way too big for a crowd like this, plus he'd get too scared of all the people, the big baby," she said. "Also, I'm sure you can think of a better nickname than Petal, it's way too girly."She sighed in relief when she noticed Ziggy pull cloth out of their pocket. "It's a good think you showed up, though," she said, gesturing stiffly with her cut up hands. "I don't think I was going to be able to find any bandages, anyway. The crowds in this place are crazy this time of day." She bit her lip for a second, looking at them. "Wait, why are you here?" Words: 212 Tag: Ziggy Moon Notes: N/A
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Post by Ziggy Moon on Apr 13, 2016 22:22:20 GMT
Watching the crowds that had no sign of dying down, they hummed in agreement, before take Laurel's hands to clean and wrap. Small durant marched along the edges of the light tan cloth, safe from heatmor looking for a snack. "Work!" they could practically hear a single eyebrow being raised without looking up from their gentle dabbing. Ok so maybe they had a reputation of stirring up the Shalour gym leader, but not this time! "No, really, there's a bit of a problem going on over in the ranches with some territory squabbles. Some of the herds got spooked and I need to relocate some pinsor and heracross." Tying up one hand with the cloth, they started digging about for a second. They had been hoping the ranchers would know how to deal with the rough housing bugs by now, but having herds of rampaging tauros could put a dint in the best laid plans. They'd gotten a few swarms to move on, and the dwebbles and crustles were doing their part to help keep the younger of the herds away from cliffs. Ziggy really couldn't blame the Route 12 ranchers for calling them in. A soft purple blue glow picked another bundle of net balls out, Ziggy quickly catching the tumbling balls as Apple gripped the cloth with Psychic. As his trainer made sure none of the balls would release either an irate pinser or a confused dwebble, the butterfree bopped Laurel with the scatterbug themed cloth. "So Petal," Nope, not giving up the nickname, just gonna pretend they heard nothing. "Up for some skiddo herding?" Nabbing the second piece off Apple, they tied that one up too. Very cute hand wraps, very cute, but they weren't going to say that, even if their perpetual grin widened a little and gave them away. Laurel Allard
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Post by Laurel Allard on Apr 14, 2016 0:50:29 GMT
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD WHAT BECOMES OF CURIOUS MINDS? Laurel flinched a bit as Ziggy dabbed her hands with the cloth, but persevered. She felt her eyebrow raise in question at their answer. She nodded in time with their explanation. "That sounds kind of difficult for one person to do, don't you think?" She watched as they nearly lost all their Pokeballs, but couldn't grab them in fear of getting blood all over them. Laurel grinned when Apple bopped her head with the cloth. "Hey, Apple, doing okay?" she asked with a smile at the Butterfree. She always like Butterfree, despite the species and their friends eating all her flowers back in Coumarine City. The young Leader rolled her eyes as Ziggy used their unwarranted nickname once again. But she stopped mid-roll at their next question. "Skiddo herding? I've never been," she said. She took her hand back from Ziggy and flexed her fingers a bit once the cloth was tied. She grinned, looking at the cute little bug Pokemon embroidered around it. "These are kinda cute, actually. Thanks for wrapping me up, Zigzag." See? They weren't the only ones who could come up with lame nicknames. She got to her feet, making extra sure that she wouldn't trip again when she stepped back onto the sidewalk. "Where do we head to do Skiddo herding?" she asked. The glanced around, as if the herd of Skiddo were just going to appear in front of her. All she caught were glimpses of people walking up and down the street, and the occasional pet Pokemon accompanying their Trainer. She wished she could have her Pokemon out with her, but they were all a little large for this crowd. Words: 277 Tag: Ziggy MoonNotes: N/A
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Post by Ziggy Moon on Apr 15, 2016 4:38:13 GMT
Failing to stifle guffaw at Petal's attempted nickname jab, Ziggy pocketed the net balls again, dragging themself to their feet. Good, that's the reaction they wanted - hopefully the next part didn't get them in too much trouble. Rocking a little on the balls of their feet, Ziggy reached up for Apple, the butterfree still giving small chitters at Laurel. Bringing the butterfree around, Apple jumped off and floated to settled onto Laurel's shoulder instead, trying not to ruffle the girl's hair too much.
"Wellllll I did leave Pom and that Aiden kid to hold the fort down while I got some more net balls, but if you wanna help a little old me out..." The sentence trailed off with a shrug, before there was a bwip! of Apple Teleporting. Yeah, they were totally getting like, an angry holocaster call or something. Hopefully Diantha didn't kick their arse too hard. Oh well, time to scuttle on over to a Pokemart and get some net balls, those upset pokemon weren't going to relocate themselves!
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It was cool that he had been asked by The Bug Gym Leader to help out on a route problem. Even if Leader Ziggy was... offputting in some respects, the man knew how to deal with bugs. He'd even taught Aidan how to better work with his pokemon! Even if he was just patrolling the line of dwebble and crustle that dotted the cliffs around Baa der Mer Ranch right now, it was Important League Work. The bwip and rush of air of a Teleport did startle him, sending his mothim fluttering off his head.
"Didja get the net balls, Le-- oh, you're not Zig-- Laurel? F-from Courmarine?" What. Wait. He got to work with two gym leaders? Ha, and Anthony thought Route 5 was cool because the old Shalour gym leader used to use the skate park there! "I-I'm Aidan! Mothim and Yanma and Whirlipede and I are all helping Ziggy out and uh...!" the youngster blurted out in a rush, red crawling all over his face as he realised he hadn't even let Laurel get her bearings after the Teleport.
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Post by Laurel Allard on Apr 15, 2016 19:00:11 GMT
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD WHAT BECOMES OF CURIOUS MINDS? Laurel was absolutely not expecting to suddenly be teleported out of the city. She let out a shriek of shock, but was almost immediately cut off by some kid she had never seen before speaking rapidly to her. She held a hand out as he cut himself off, trying to get her head to stop spinning. "Wait, wait, wait. There are three of you right now. Unless you're triplets, give me a second," she moaned. She eventually got her bearings and raised her head to look around. Absolutely no Ziggy in sight. Where the... They just LET Apple teleport her and didn't even come along? Laurel stomped her foot in frustration and made a weird noise somewhere between a growl and a scream. She turned toward the youngster in front of her, trying to calm herself down. "Apparently Ziggy decided that I was going to come help you out here. I'm not sure where he is, but I think he's coming? I don't really know. But yeah, here I am." She said all of this in a rush, but she hoped the kid understood her. "Laurel, by the way. Leader of Coumarine Gym. Nice to meet ya. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to make a very angr- important call."
Laurel pulled out her phone, and dialed Ziggy's number. They were never going to hear the end of this. How the hell was teleporting her Arceus knows how far safe?! Words: 241 Tag: Ziggy Moon Notes: N/A
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