Earning her keep

[arceusstansme]

Who: Akari and any poor sod who crosses her path.
What: Akari is here to prove her worth to Bottlecap Bay. Whether you like it or not.
Where: Bottlecap Bay
When: Sometime during April (all of it)
Warnings: Swearing, the traumas:tm:



Some people (or, well, Pokémon) would take a day or two to adjust to having their bodies shaped into something new and thrown into a new location. Maybe take a moment to adjust to any weird dysmorphia about suddenly having no fingers or being a sentient bag of garbage (which, let's be real, isn't a change for some people.)

Akari on the other hand started to work. Someone needed a berry delivered from point A to point B without being eaten somewhere in the middle? Akari was on it. Needed someone to go tell their kid who was playing dangerously close to a ledge to stop it? Akari was already there. It didn't matter; it seemed like the moment someone looked mildly uncomfortable, the Cyndaquil was already there trying to fix an ill or find something.

It would be impressive if it seemed like she took a break. Or if she didn't seem like she was just sitting in traffic waiting for a light to turn as she listened to whatever someone needed. It was also obvious she was also trying to make sure the task was done 100 percent, even if she checked back in with the person like she was throwing a cigarette butt at them when she was done.

That was just the nature of her. Sometimes you might see her resting her feet for a second or two; other times you might see her waiting for someone or something to appear to give a message or deliver something. Or sometimes, she might stop and stare at you for a moment before asking if you needed help.

Comments

[bladeofnymeia]

Mm...well...I don't think I would like to be picked up myself. But then again, I am not a Bidoof.

[arceusstansme]

Bidoofs are great, they have the stupidest faces and I love it.

[bladeofnymeia]

...Maybe you ought not say that to one you meet here? Especially a native. It might not go so well.

[arceusstansme]

You think I am going to tell a total stranger they look stupid?

[Because you would, Akari and we all know it.]

[bladeofnymeia]

No, I don't...

[It's more like she hopes not. Firoza's known Akari for like five minutes and already she's low key worried about this kid.]

It is merely a suggestion.

[arceusstansme]

But like Ingo. He looks like a Typhlosion right now. That was my starter-

['First partner Pokémon', Akari, use the Nintendo approved phrase!]

Well, Cyndaquil. He looks stupid and adorable.

[bladeofnymeia]

Would he want to be called that to his face?

[She really wouldn't say that about anybody, mostly because Pokemon are so very alien to what she knows - compared to actual aliens, too - so she really has no reference for what Pokemon look doofy or not.]

[arceusstansme]

If he didn't want me to say it, he could use his big boy words and told me. Hiding stuff gets nothing done.

[bladeofnymeia]

That is true. But I don't see...mm.

[If they were people, she would understand both sides to it - how it doesn't help to hide things, but sometimes it's better, for reasons of circumstance, to hide things. But being creatures as they are...]

...I think I don't have enough understanding of Pokemon to make a judgement on looks. Nor do I feel comfortable doing so if I did.

[arceusstansme]

You're thinking too hard on it.

[Akari said placing her nubs on her sides.]

Pokémon can look like anything, so it is really a 'beauty in the eye of the beholder' thing.

[bladeofnymeia]

Mm, maybe I am.

[She's now lost the thread of the conversation. Give her a second.]

...But...regardless. Perhaps it is just my opinion, but you look to need a rest from all your work. At least a brief one.

[arceusstansme]

[Akari will always follow her own line of thought, even if it leads her into a wall.]

And do what? Twiddle my thumbs? I don't have those anymore.

[bladeofnymeia]

But you do have a body, and a mind. And both work at their best when rested.

[Why does she feel so much like her own friends, herding her into her quarters for a nap or something after the day's latest overwhelming obstacle?]

You can't do anything for anyone when you're hungry and exhausted.

[arceusstansme]

I eat when hungry.

[She defends weakly.]

[bladeofnymeia]

And do you rest when exhausted?

[arceusstansme]

If I am in the mood to.

[That answers nothing!]

[bladeofnymeia]

Is that a collapsing mood, or a reasonable mood?

[arceusstansme]

Depends on how I am feeling. Like one time I was in the Icelands studying Garchomps. And I just got into such a groove watching them do Strong-Style moves, a few days passed and I didn't even realize it.

[Akari, thats not healthy!]

Did similar with watching Magikarps use 'Splash' it was just nice to sit on Basculegion watching them fight and nothing happening.

I slept really well after that though.

[bladeofnymeia]

...That does not sound healthy.

[Said very bluntly, like your big sister exhaustedly telling you to go to bed.]

[arceusstansme]

[FIGHT HER, BIG SIS.]

It is fun though.

[bladeofnymeia]

...

[Well.]

Okay, yes, it is a little fun to see just how long and how far you can go.

[arceusstansme]

It is, like I remember working the field lands were tough, then eventually there I was in the Icelands, beating up Alphas like I was getting paid to do it.

[Because you were.]

And catching Gods and stuff. Just ask Ingo. I caught his God.

[bladeofnymeia]

You...caught a god.

How.

[arceusstansme]

Two actually, and in the normal way- beat them up then threw a Pokeball at them.

[bladeofnymeia]

...How large is a Pokeball, anyway?