bottlecaplogs | (open log) First mix

Who: Aelita, anyone!
What: New Pokemon that is also learning how to be alive, do chores and commit violence
When: April
Where: The city (Cheri berry guild, the training rooms, beach)
Warnings: Heights? Possible talk of child endangerment and everything about Aelita's background sounds Unfortunate without context.

Cheri Berry Guild
Berry collection
[Having to collect food was one of the many new things to her. Though from what she'd learnt from the others, humans didn't collect food. Her friends had mentioned going to a canteen but Aelita was sure that wasn't as involved as this.

Because she had a small woven basket tied to her back and was nimbly climbed up the thinner branches. Filling it with a few berries, then scurrying back to place them into a larger basket for someone else to collect.

The height didn't bother her. She regularly had to navigate worse when doing her patrols.

What did make her pause was the big berry. Something that had become apparent very quickly was that... She was small, very small. And this berry was more than two inches larger than her. It wouldn't fit in her basket and even if it did, she wasn't sure how much it'd weigh.

Time to return to platforms. Then she darted to the first Pokemon she saw.]

Hello there. Are you busy? I need help carrying something.

Leaving present
[For the last year, Aelita hadn't need to sleep. She'd spent her time looking for Xana activity, helping Jeremie on the materialisation program, talking to Jeremie, browsing the internet when Jeremie was sleeping.

So the first time she fell asleep was... Probably a bit more literal than it should have been.

But she knew better now! She could recognise when she was sleepy and where to go. She'd been given a pile of leaves. A majority of those leaves remained as a bed. The rest? They'd gotten tangled in her curly fur. Though some did fall out when she moved suddenly. Or when the scruffy creature did a full body shake.]

Quest related
Not a minior ma-
[She just wanted to help. Aelita hadn't liked watching the Minior when they were...in pain? She wasn't sure. But she'd not had the skills to help with their healing process.

What she could help with, was making these catapults. Her little paws were great for tying knots, climbing up and placing delicate parts of the mechanism. She was light enough to avoid brea-

With an actual squeak and she was gone.

Good news! The catapult works. Bad news, the rodent is airborne.]

Other
(ง •̀_•́)ง No longer an escort quest (debatable)
[Aelita didn't fight. She had powers on Lyoko, but those required life points to use and they weren't practical in the same way a sword was. There was a difference between an actual weapon and manipulating the terrain so foes would take themselves out.

Since arriving she'd had a few bursts of power. Shooting off uncontrolled sparks of electricity (her first sneeze). No one had gotten hurt but it was probably better to learn what she could do.

That was how she found herself in the training rooms of the Spire... Now what? She awkwardly waited by the sidelines until another Pokemon seemed to be done, then waddled over with wave.]

Excuse me. Um... How do you know what to do?

Coastal charms

Can you really touch it without being destroyed here?

[She'd been sat in the sand for a while, just watching as the waves ebbed and flowed. Though she never got near. When it seemed like the tide was changing, she'd get up and retreat further up the beach and away from the water.

Aelita hadn't even looked at the approaching Pokemon. She'd just spoken without moving her gaze from the water. Those who'd met her before might notice that she was a lot more subdued. She wasn't looking at everything, marvelling at the feel of the sand...just listening and observing the ocean.]

It's beautiful...

[Was this what her friends had wanted her to see?]

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[ She gestures with one of her hair tendril in an approximation of a wave back. ]

Well, it sounds like you were lucky before, then, Aelita-chan. Of course they were more used to your circumstances more than others might be, if they were already your friends.

[People REALLY like calling her that... But there's a small jolt as she realises a thing.]

Wait, Hatenna? I was told to find you... They said I needed 'Adult supervision' and to find you or a Striffin.

[The frown and that Aelita hadn't actively looked for either probably said her thoughts there.]

[ That statement along with her expression gives Hatenna just enough pause before she actually laughs softly. ]

...Ahaha, is that the sort of reputation I have...? That sounds so boring. Surely, I'm more cool, and mysterious?

[ Siffrin being also in that category is what's sending her... mostly because they were more likely to be at odds from being able to see through the other and not talking about certain things. ]

It's still as I've said, I'm keeping what we talked about to ourselves, and if anything else gets weird you can ask. Sounds like you've really gotten someone concerned though, huh?

[ She's leaning 80% Mayaka if she considers everyone she knows. ]

[Aelita's ears perked up at the 'rejection'. As much as interacting with people was fun and this pokemon seemed knowledgeable, she'd have preferred it if her friends were the ones guiding her. Or to work some of it out herself.

She got a weird feeling when people watched her try basic life things. It seemed like a good idea to hide her lack of knowledge in some areas, given how some people reacted.

Though she was tilting her head at Hatenna's comment and making a face.]

...I wouldn't say you look cool. Though I don't really know what that means. [Yumi was the coolest, wasn't she? Aelita thought she was anyway. As for someone being concerned, Aelita huffed through her nose.]

She asked my age, then said I needed an adult when I told her...

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Age and experience are two different things. You must have said something that seemed very worrisome to them, somehow.

[ She's not worried about explaining the 'cool' thing. Rather, it served to better inform just how naive Aelita was and likely the sort of context that might make someone tell her to seek 'supervision'. Then again, it wasn't too much different from handling someone like Guilmon who just needed a good steer in the right direction now and again. ]

In this sort of world, almost anything can be a danger from just not knowing certain things.

[Hm, that made sense. There had been moments before where she'd say something and the others had paused before they'd answer. The same went for the danger.]

Is there anything in particular I should be wary of. [She figured that she'd worked out a lot of them, but she had a lot to learn.]

Most things should be obvious, but you did have concerns about water, before...

[ Which makes her wonder about other potentials, in that digital world. ]

You might be a target for larger pokemon in the wild, so you'll want to make sure you learn more about your species and defenses, if you haven't.

[A nod. Then she paused....]

A target for larger pokemon? Isn't that the same for everyone and the wild pokemon?

I admit, that might be a question better followed up by someone like... [ There's definitely a little bit of a pause here, reluctantly. ] Bigby-san. But if you've already been learning about things like that, it should be fine. Try not to go off on your own, that sort of thing. Something could, theoretically, try to eat you.

[From now on, she would look for Bigbysan, one day she would realise.]

I have been lear- [Wait...what.] Eat me?

[Enjoy, the blank stare as Aelita slowly turned. u wot????]

It's weird, isn't it? I'm not certain how much of that actually happens around here to be sure, but as I said he would be better to ask about it.

[ But she'd sooner lead someone toward Bigby to explain any hunting-or-being-hunted related issues than Akechi, at least in this regard. ]

But, if someone really threatens you, make sure to let me know.

[Well. That's definitely an information bomb she'd not been expecting. For the most part, she'd been solemn as she watched the waves. But with this new bit of information, she stood up and frowned. ]

Would I have that much warning? The last time someone hunted me, they shot first.

[She'd left the safety of the Tower and the first group of Kankerlats started blasting.]

Not always, but you do have your new natural defenses in that case.

[ Being an electric type she imagines comes with it's particular handy sparks, and any additional typing she may have would have a benefit. ]

Most pokemon do seem to know better... but if they don't, you don't want them to stalk or intimidate you so easily.

(open log) First mix

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