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

[offtracks]

Perhaps they do! I have not heard of one yet, but I have been focusing on learning the moves I know that I can accomplish! I only managed Infernal Parade very recently!

[arceusstansme]

Show me? I bet you feel like a total badass when doing it!

[Akari has a bad habit of standing too close to Ashes when he does it and always ends up on her butt. In fact, Ingo has seen this more than once. But also, she is now a Cyndaquil so-]

[offtracks]

Ha! Well, perhaps so!

[He'll take several steps further to the side before using the move. It comes rather more easily to him now, and several phantasmal fireballs converge on a random point off to one side.]

I learned it while Emmet and I were fighting a horde of Swoobat! It was helpful, with his Will-o-Wisp use!

[arceusstansme]

[She cheered with the fireballs landed.]

I bet you made those Swoobats feel like fools going after you.

[offtracks]

Ah! I am not so sure...they seemed very strange to me.

[Ingo, of course, takes it entirely earnestly!]

It is as if many of the wild Pokemon around here are dealing with some kind of minor frenzy! The effects of the mushrooms, I suppose, though none of the cases I have seen before were anywhere near so bad!

[arceusstansme]

[Akari has a look on her face, the look that would be followed by a nod as it was obvious she was putting it into her mental log of things to look into.]

Always mushrooms.

[offtracks]

Ah, well, the doctors are looking into it!

[There's nothing they in particular can probably do!]

[arceusstansme]

Do you ever wonder what Paras and Parasect would be like without their mushrooms?

[Would they be less likely to eat their flesh?]

[offtracks]

Hm...logically, mustn't there have been a time when they did? Maybe some still do, somewhere!

[arceusstansme]

Maybe a population of Pokemon also know about that. Like, do you think the mushroom is the Paras or the creature?

[offtracks]

It's the creature, surely?

[arceusstansme]

It would be cool to find out.

[Proof that Arceus did pick a good person to see all Pokémon because even of her (perfectly normal) fear of Paras, she is curious about them too.]

[offtracks]

It would! Perhaps the Pokemon here would know! They ought to, if they have encountered any Paras before, wouldn't you think? Though I have not seen any here myself yet!

[Neither wild nor...villagers, he supposes one might say.]

[arceusstansme]

Ok, that is getting added to our mystery pile. This is like, a really good chance to do some research for Laventon.

[offtracks]

That's very true! You will have quite the story to tell him!

[arceusstansme]

You should write down your experiences too.

[offtracks]

Perhaps I shall! It might prove interesting for people! I cannot recall the last time I wrote anything of note, anyhow - it would not do to get out of practice!

[arceusstansme]

Doesn't matter if it is 'of note'. Anything written is helpful for people. Like do you think someone was thinking I would find something 'of note' when I found an ancient potato mochi recipie?

[offtracks]

You found an ancient potato mochi recipe?

[arceusstansme]

Sootfoot, humble root— harvest it, and peel it. Broil, baked, or steamed will do, just let nobody steal it. Mash the root, then knead the mash, then once more heat it over— Grill it only till it browns— use Ember, not Flamethrower. Now harken well, and listen closely: the wise adore potato mochi


[Yes, she did memorize it, simply because she wanted to stop giving Beni her business. He should leave Hisui and she would happily help pack his bags.]

[offtracks]

Ah! Maybe you could make some of it here!

[arceusstansme]

Can do. You can tell me how much better I do than Beni with it.

[offtracks]

Of course! I look forward to it!

[arceusstansme]

[Akari seems quite pleased with herself about that as she keeps moving forward.]