Need to talk privately with Cilan? Send him a message via the crystal or carrier pigeon? Want to meet with him without posting a log for it? Here's the place to do it!
Pretty well, actually! [We don't talk about the Night of Selenium.] There's not too much to report, but that's probably for the better in a place like this.
Yes, I believe so. [We don't talk about the Night of Selenium.] I suppose that the lack of things to report might be considered a little stale for some, but honestly, this relaxation time has had a nice taste to it so far. As a result, things have been going well for me and my Pokemon, thanks to having enough time and energy to get some work and training done.
[IE, no major disasters being unleashed and wrecking the town to take attention away from such things. Aside from whatever the fuck that thing was with Pride or whoever they were...]
[Yeah seriously what was up with that? Not something Hizumi particularly cares about is what.]
What was the sayin'... "No news is good news?" Or maybe we're both borin'.
[More like blatantly avoiding certain topics but whatever.]
Trainin', though? Like what?
[His mental image zooms immediately to sitting under a waterfall. Cilan, were you keeping this a secret, are you actually some buff guy who just looks slim in clothes!!!]
[With a salute and a sparkle (not really, he can't produce those unlike certain other individuals, but figuratively) he's off to pay for his purchases. He'll go ahead and wait for Cilan to finish up with his own stuff outside.]
[Once Cilan has gotten his own groceries taken care of too, he'll step outside and gesture for Hizumi to follow him to an open spot that should give some appropriate distance from any townspeople walking by. Somehow, he manages to shift his stuff to one arm as he uses his other hand to fish out three poke'balls.]
Alright... everyone, it's showtime~!
[He tosses those three pokeballs into the air, and they burst open with a flash of light. When the light fades, now there's thesethreePokemon standing before Hizumi, which Cilan introduces each in turn.]
Pansage, Crustle, and Stunfisk... this is Hizumi. Hizumi, these three are my Pokemon.
[Pansage and Crustle smile at Hizumi, the former even offering a wave... Stunfisk mostly just sort of blinks in response to Hizumi's presence.]
Yes, that's right. Humans and Pokemon have been living in close proximity to one another for a very long time... in fact, I don't think there's any place in our world where you wouldn't be able to find a Pokemon living there.
Because of that, you'll find that most people that come from my world are Pokemon trainers, or at least have a Pokemon companion of some kind accompanying them.
[When Hizumi crouches down a little closer to Pansage, the Pokemon blinks a little in surprise, before it then smiles and holds out a paw to him, as if offering a handshake. Nice to meet you, Hizumi.]
[He has to wonder if the people in Cilan's world are simply highly effective at training other species. He will go ahead and shake the pokémon's paw, however.]
Nice to meetcha! Do you usually give 'em nicknames, or do you just call 'em by their species, or...?
There are plenty of Pokemon that still live in the wild, but yes, there are just as many that have chosen to live in the company of people...
[So yeah, everywhere and anywhere.]
Some people will certainly give them nicknames upon befriending them, while others call them by their species name. I'll admit that I'm the latter, in this particular case.
[Not that he doesn't think his Pokemon aren't deserving of nicknames, just... they've been together for so long that calling them by a different name now would be a little strange.]
Well... [And here, he looks at his Pokemon, at Pansage in particular.] I've had Pansage with me since a very young age, and back then my brothers and I didn't think of any really good nicknames to give Pansage and the others we had with us. By the time I met Crustle and Stunfisk about... a year or so ago, it felt strange to try to call my partners by a different name?
No, not really. I've been with my Pokemon for so long that honestly, if they were lost somewhere in a crowd of their own kind, I'd be able to immediately tell which one was my friend from sight alone.
[He sure sounds pretty confident about that...]
After all, just because they look similar to other Pokemon of their species doesn't mean that they don't have their own unique taste that separates them from the others.
[does anyone really know what that situation is in pokemon world though]
Well, as a Pokemon Connoisseur, it's important to be eloquent when it comes to sharing our thoughts--as such, we're taught to speak that way when it comes to describing the observations we make in the course of our studies.
[...Though, Cilan tends to speak that way even when it's not about Pokemon...]
It's considered a necessary ingredient in the lifestyle of a Pokemon Connoisseur, so... you'd probably be considered to have a strange taste if you didn't do so, I think.
[... Which is a pretty fancy way of saying yes, you have to talk like this if you're gonna call yourself a Pokemon Connoisseur.]
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What about you? Still hangin' in there?
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[IE, no major disasters being unleashed and wrecking the town to take attention away from such things.
Aside from whatever the fuck that thing was with Pride or whoever they were...]no subject
What was the sayin'... "No news is good news?" Or maybe we're both borin'.
[More like blatantly avoiding certain topics but whatever.]
Trainin', though? Like what?
[His mental image zooms immediately to sitting under a waterfall. Cilan, were you keeping this a secret, are you actually some buff guy who just looks slim in clothes!!!]
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Oh, the usual: making sure that we stay in physical shape, practicing with old techniques and trying new ones...
...Come to think of it, have I ever introduced you to them? My Pokemon, I mean.
[Because honestly Pokemon training might not make sense unless Hizumi's already met them or has seen what Pokemon are capable of here...]
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[He's met Trip's, at least.]
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Give him a second here to try to figure out what Hizumi's talking about, until...]
Oh, wait, I take it that you met Trip's Pokemon? [Or at least Vanillite, right?]
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[When the kid was around.]
I don't really get it, 'sides there bein' critters like that defyin' all logic.
[Be grateful he isn't curious enough to get to dissecting. Good thing his focus is on human genetics...]
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[And maybe that way Hizumi will understand a little better why Cilan made such a big deal about what happened during the Thras challenge...]
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Sure, why not? My world doesn't have anythin' like 'em-- it'd be neat to see more.
[Still doesn't see what the big deal is about an illusory monster dying, though.]
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[Because... well, grocery store is not best setting to introduce animal monsters... maybe once they're outside somewhere first. ^^;;]
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[With a salute and a sparkle (not really, he can't produce those unlike certain other individuals, but figuratively) he's off to pay for his purchases. He'll go ahead and wait for Cilan to finish up with his own stuff outside.]
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Alright... everyone, it's showtime~!
[He tosses those three pokeballs into the air, and they burst open with a flash of light. When the light fades, now there's these three Pokemon standing before Hizumi, which Cilan introduces each in turn.]
Pansage, Crustle, and Stunfisk... this is Hizumi. Hizumi, these three are my Pokemon.
[Pansage and Crustle smile at Hizumi, the former even offering a wave... Stunfisk mostly just sort of blinks in response to Hizumi's presence.]
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Hmmmmmmm...
Yeah, they're still pretty weird looking. He crouches down a bit to get a look at Pansage in particular.]
...They resemble animals from my world, but... They're a lot more exaggerated, I'd say. [Yeah, that's a word for it.]
So these guys are just everywhere where you're from?
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Because of that, you'll find that most people that come from my world are Pokemon trainers, or at least have a Pokemon companion of some kind accompanying them.
[When Hizumi crouches down a little closer to Pansage, the Pokemon blinks a little in surprise, before it then smiles and holds out a paw to him, as if offering a handshake. Nice to meet you, Hizumi.]
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[He has to wonder if the people in Cilan's world are simply highly effective at training other species. He will go ahead and shake the pokémon's paw, however.]
Nice to meetcha! Do you usually give 'em nicknames, or do you just call 'em by their species, or...?
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[So yeah, everywhere and anywhere.]
Some people will certainly give them nicknames upon befriending them, while others call them by their species name. I'll admit that I'm the latter, in this particular case.
[Not that he doesn't think his Pokemon aren't deserving of nicknames, just... they've been together for so long that calling them by a different name now would be a little strange.]
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Any reason why not?
[Are you secretly a huge hypocrite who doesn't love his Pokémon enough to give them cute names or--]
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Pansage gets a couple pats on the head before he stands again.]
It's not confusin' to come across others?
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[He sure sounds pretty confident about that...]
After all, just because they look similar to other Pokemon of their species doesn't mean that they don't have their own unique taste that separates them from the others.
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[But hey, that's not all that different from pet owners who can recognize their own right away.]
Gotta say though, the way you put it, it makes 'em sound like delicious meals.
[...Unless they really are meals, since they seem to be the animals of Cilan's world?? Hell if he knows.]
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does anyone really know what that situation is in pokemon world though]Well, as a Pokemon Connoisseur, it's important to be eloquent when it comes to sharing our thoughts--as such, we're taught to speak that way when it comes to describing the observations we make in the course of our studies.
[...Though, Cilan tends to speak that way even when it's not about Pokemon...]
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[What the heck.]
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[... Which is a pretty fancy way of saying yes, you have to talk like this if you're gonna call yourself a Pokemon Connoisseur.]
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...Guess it makes sense if you're a cook, but what if you aren't into that at all?
[He said Pokemon Connoisseur, that's surely different from being a chef, right?]
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