Impromptu Oran Sleepover

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Who: Oran newbies
What: Having fun with communal dens
When: Sometime after Mightyena gathered them up
Where: The Spire, low tier dens
Warnings: Will add if anything comes up, but not anticipating anything

[As everyone knows by now, the Oran Berries depend heavily on communal living, sharing a bed is simply to be expected. For some, this experience was temporary. Mightyena was kind enough to lend the mysterious misplaced Pokémon a place to rest, but now some of them have moved on.

For others, this is now a part of life, and it's time to get used to it. The Oran Berries value treating everyone like friends and family, after all, so you're expected to do the same! Why not have some fun with it?

Whether you've noticed your fellow newcomers are all gathering in one den, or you suddenly find yourself dragged into the the party against your will, everyone is invited! Everyone's going through the same thing, belong to the same guild, you gotta stick together.....right?]

[[ooc: Feel free to use this as a mingle log! We have nine Oran Berries (I think???) and although the dens are said to hold up to eight, I think some members are small enough that we should be able to include everyone!]]

Comments

[outbounds]

It is. [ especially when you have as much fur to work through as Emmet does. ] I think that's something you need a higher rank for, though.

Mightyena did tell me to get a good room, but I am not sure there is much difference between them this far down.

[offtracks]

[Ingo shrugs. If there is one, he couldn't tell.]

The two-person rooms are higher up, aren't they? Those are probably rather better.

1/2

[outbounds]

You are saying she was telling me to hurry up and get a better rank in the Guild, then?

2/2

[outbounds]

Well, fine. But you better work hard too. I am Emmet and I am not going anywhere without you.

[offtracks]

Of course! I may not be bothered much by the room, but I am quite interested in helping with these quests!

[From what he's heard, it isn't unlike what he was doing already. Ingo's always found his work rewarding, and it will help him to establish his place in this new world besides!]

[outbounds]

Like I said earlier. We will help. Though, I wonder what they will mostly be like...

[ obviously helping the community, but as far as priorities go, what all are the city's right now? building themselves up more, exploration... those maps in the archives seem very incomplete.

the tea's mostly finished by now, and emmet can, despite himself, feel himself fading. not this exact moment, or anything, but in those stretches between thoughts where they wander just a little bit too long. and while he's not particularly eager or in any rush to try to get back to sleep, it's also probably not a good idea to doze off in the kitchen. ]

... We probably should start cleaning up soon.

[offtracks]

[Ingo lets a long yawn slip out, a flash of quite sharp teeth in his short muzzle.]

Yes, I suppose so! Let me see what I can do here...

[He can take one (1) piece of dishware at a time.]

[outbounds]

[ oh no, they're contagious. that is to say, Emmet also lets out a yawn of his own following Ingo's, mouth stretching open far enough for a clear glimpse of both teeth and tongue.

(they're not still, or anything, hisuian zoroark might simply not be entirely capable of it, but right now, even the curling wisps clinging to his form seem a little bit more sedate.) ]

Me too. Let me see...

[ wasn't really able to manage it well enough to drink out of a hot bowl while carrying it, but maybe now that's it's cool... he can also maybe carry some of the dishware? if he does it very carefully. ]

[offtracks]

[That helps get it done a little faster, at least!]

I do hope that no one minds us having been in here.

[Maybe he should've thought more about that before, but like...the door was open.]

[outbounds]

[ ... ]

We will apologize for it. If we weren't allowed. Maybe we can find something to make up for what we used, if we have to.

[ Maybe they should have thought about that more, but what's done is done? ]

[offtracks]

Yes, I suppose so.

[It's true - there's nothing to be done now! Ingo resolves not to worry too much about it; if there's anything to be made up for, he'll do it. With the dishes about as away as they're likely to get, he turns back to the door.]

Maybe I will go out to the fields and try some ghost-type moves tomorrow.

[outbounds]

Sounds fun. Want me to come with? Or do you want to just practice on your own for now.

[ He's not entirely sure if that was meant to be an invitation, or just a declaration of intent. In any case, they should start heading back now, huh... ]

[offtracks]

You ought to come! We were brainstorming it together, after all!

[Ingo would have just as readily gone alone, but if he didn't want Emmet's company, he would have simply not brought it up at all. Their time together has been...awkward, at points. It tends to leave him feeling uncertain. But Ingo imagines that the only way out of that is through it.]

[outbounds]

Right, right! Just checking. I don't know if I can help help but maybe a jumpstart might also make it easier.

[ same way as he currently uses Shadow Claw to start his attempts at Shadow Ball, or Shadow Sneak to start general playing around with that sort of thing. ]

And maybe I can also practice things that aren't just shadows.

[ though no one look at what normally comes next in Zoroark's learnset after Shadow Sneak. ]

[offtracks]

You ought to know a few normal-type attacks. Swift. Slash.

[The scars on his arm, now foreleg, seem to ache for a moment. He does not break his stride.]

[outbounds]

I mean, I can probably just do regular Scratch or Slash if I can Shadow Claw...

[ it's the same idea, right? just he doesn't have the backing power of the ghost claws on top, so he'd have to put more physical force into it? ]

Swift, though? I know of the move and how it works. But I do not know where I would start with that one.

[ huh. how do you just... manifest star rays to fly around in undodgeable patterns anyway. ]

[offtracks]

Oh, goodness, I'm not sure! My fire is nowhere near so...abstract.

[He has spots of fire on him right there, they just light up! There's no summoning energy beams out of nowhere - the nearest he has are probably the ghost attacks he can't quite figure out how to create.]

[outbounds]

Abstract. Hm. If normal and ghost can't normally touch each other...

Think the opposite of ghost thoughts? Maybe.

[ so that's... what, be present, be grounded, be there? but make it abstract and starry.

... this isn't going to be easy, is it. would probably be something worth working on, though. ]

[offtracks]

Solid and yet abstract...

[Slash would probably be easier.]

I haven't even used any normal-type moves myself! Other than Tackle or Growl, maybe, but I am never sure how to tell if I am doing that or simply...tackling and growling.

[outbounds]

Well. I can tell you Growl worked, that first time. [ on the beach, that is. ] And we know Snarl does too ...

[ but why don't they move on from that. ]

Taunt and Torment have also worked how I expect them to. Though I am not completely sure if it was the moves or if the little Detective Rookidee and his friend were just rising to the bait.

[offtracks]

Is there any real difference?

[That's just Taunt!]

Hm. You ought to try it on me sometime. I will try and remember to use Growl! [Hardly the greatest setup move, but it's what he has. He ought to learn some more, though...]

[outbounds]

Taunt makes them have to attack, Torment makes it so they can't keep doing the same thing over and over. No spam allowed. But mostly I just wanted to make them have to get creative.

[ learn by doing... ]

But sure. We can see how it goes.

[offtracks]

Between being Taunted and simply being taunted, I mean.

[Are the capitals audible?]

I have never thought about how that must be for the other Pokemon. I've seen it happen to some who are normally quite even-tempered!

[outbounds]

[ Well, they are now. ]

Good question! Not sure. Maybe there is, maybe there isn't. That is why I am not sure if it was the actual moves or not.

[ Maybe teenage boys are just easy to provoke, you know. Though, Ren had apparently been under some kind of influence at the time... ]

Maybe dark is just really good at getting to people, one way or another. So you can talk someone out of being taunted but not out of being Taunted, maybe? Makes sense to me. It does feelings too, sort of? At least for certain moves.

[ Dark Pulse being the most directly weaponized application of it, but status moves like Flatter, Fake Tears— those are considered dark too, aren't they?

Well, all of this is speculation and theory anyway, they're not going to have any idea until they try it out. ]

[offtracks]

That Stufful is very good at Baby-Doll Eyes!

[Granted, Ingo likes cute Pokemon anyway! But he's not that concerned about cuteness; none of his own team are probably traditionally "cute".]

I do not learn anything like that. Not even by tutor, at least so far as I have seen! Though I suppose I cannot claim to be a full expert on everything a Typhlosion might learn...I would consider myself more reliable on the matter if I were a Gliscor!