MAY QUEST CATCH-ALL

[seacub]

Who: Emporio and others fighting Gumsoos and Zangoose! ...And others he's questing with.
What: Emporio's Quest Catch-All!
When: Throughout May
Where: The Spire, the Forest, Etc...
Warnings: Pokemon Violence

[POP GOOS THE WEASEL]

The last time there was any trouble with swarming Pokemon, they came in from the sky. It was a situation that carried two problems- the first being that, back in March, Emporio wasn't nearly confident enough to think about holding his own in a battle, and the second being that with all of the pokemon being airborne, he didn't really have a good advantage to work with.

This time however, things are different. His confidence still isn't fantastic mind you, but a pile of weasel and mongoose pokemon swarming through the streets to cause havoc is a particularly good reason to step up to the plate, so with fists clenched and shaking Emporio pulls on his helmet and lines up with everyone else to plan for attack.

...It occurs to him then, of course, that. Well.

"...I think I still only have normal moves...is that going to be a problem against these guys..?" He feels like the mission request specified 'Normal' type...

[[OOC - To keep things simple, and because of how many are fighting off pokemon in their own teams, this will be a thread-jack friendly prompt! While initially Emporio's team might hold some kind of order, everyone is encouraged to break off into individual threads...Even if it means multiple with the same person, or something. The hope is that this prevents things from stalling on tag-order!]]

[SCATTERED BUG - CLOSED]

It's fairly strange, Emporio thinks, that this quest has appeared on the board again. The first time, he didn't pay it much mind. The second time was a bit odd, but he opted to let someone else handle it. The...third time, well.

"Well, if we're lucky, it won't take us too long to find this," Emporio is explaining to his team mates, a few of whom were with him when he spotted the form at the board. "...But it's kind of worrying that they've lost this pouch so many times..." Ah, well.

Helmet in place, he looks at the others. "I got a lot of information from Anasui about where we can go to get through this part of the forest. It'll cut down our time a lot, and it should make it easier to find what we're looking for! Is everyone else ready?"

[SOCIAL GATHERING - CLOSED (Wooden it be Nice + Clay Clamber) ]

For the rest of the month, there are smaller tasks to busy oneself with. Simple things, little matters that help to contribute to the general upkeep of the city over all. Wood, for those bridges that Emporio's pretty sure came a part because of Anasui's work- Emporio shows up at that one with familiar fellows indeed, ready to make good use of what he's learned as a Pokemon.

Clay on the other hand is a bit more interesting. When it comes to gathering clay, Emporio shows up to the task and finds himself staring at the underwater deposit they're meant to be gathering from. He slowly turns his head to look at the three with him. "...Will this really be okay..? It's salt water, right?"

He might not have thought this entirely through...

Comments

[arceusstansme]

Yeah Emil, I am sure you can do it.

[Yup, her teasing of Emmet still continues.]

I can break down a lot too. Maybe we can do a whole buttload, and then Emmet can stay busy while we get that wood treated.

[outbounds]

"I am Emmet. I used to say that to not be confused with Ingo." Before it became something that stuck, anyway. "But you just want to make me say it to hear me say it, don't you."

Since it's pretty hard to mistake one twin for the other here when he doesn't have an illusion active, and all. Keeping him busy, though . . . look, even if he has to figure out how best to cleanly split and cut all these planks they're planning to make:

"Hmm. I think heat treating is the part that will take the longest, if you really want to try. You are not very big. Can only do so much wood at a time."

[seacub]

"Heh?"

Emi?? Emil??? This feels like a joke he is NOT in on. Emporio is a bit busy charging a tree and successfully knocking it down with a loud CRACK however, and after shaking himself off he turns to blink at Emmet.

"Is that really how the habit started..? I guess you must have looked really alike..."

Anyway. Emporio nods to Akari, but still grimaces. "We should only treat a few pieces, probably. They might have specific processes they want to do, that fire would ruin."

[arceusstansme]

"Yup, it's fun to see if you will keep correcting me. But now the game is over for that." she wanted to frown but hey, it was fun while it lasted.

"Now I got to discover a new way to poke at you."

Then she processed that 'not to be confused with Ingo' statement.

"So you don't like, just have the same haircut as him or something?"

[outbounds]

"We are identical twins," he says, heading over to where Emporio's felled the first of presumably several trees. Hmm, Hone Claws first, maybe? "Mirrored, but the same. You would probably notice Ingo first in a crowd, though."

(It's the volume.)

[seacub]

"You must have been really alike in that case..."

THUD

CRASH

That's another one!

The helmet lifts up. "Even for Identical Twins, there's normally differences in how each person behaves or acts...and right now that's definitely the case too. Though I guess that's not something most people pay attention to right away huh..." he mutters, frowning at the thought.

Maybe, scratch everything he said, then.

(ah, the volume...) "...That makes sense though..."

SORRY FOR BEING LATE. FOREVER.

[arceusstansme]

"Mirrored? What does that mean?"

She asks also trying to take down some more wood for Emmet. They needed a stockpile before she could make the wood better, right?

[outbounds]

"Means we're flipped," says Emmet, running his claws against the wood for a moment. "I am left-handed. He is right-handed. Other things like that."

How the hair parts, other assorted little things. Anyway probably first he should hack off any protruding branches— they're not going to be enough to make planks from, and will only get in the way otherwise. That part, at least, goes pretty easily, the shadows wrapped around his claws lending them a sharpness and force that cuts right through.

Aaaaand then now he needs to hack off the sides of the log so it can have relatively straight edges before splitting the rest of it ... honestly, the work involved there might just qualify as hone claws anyway.

[seacub]

"Huh."

Well, he needs to give himself time before slamming his head into another tree, so he'll just watch the others work at that wood. "...Neat. I didn't actually realize identical twins could be 'flipped' like that, if it makes a lot of sense. On stuff like handed-ness, I mean."

It's a little different than something like a personality point, or a habit after all.

[arceusstansme]

"Thats cool weird. I guess my image of you back when Ingo explained a man that looked like him was close, but very off. Are you also bald?"

Akari, really girl?

[outbounds]

"Something about the timing of when the zygote splits. Or something like that. Also, I am Emmet. I suddenly have some concerns."

Like, about how much stress daily living in Hisui apparently entails, maybe???? Bald??? Also, what does close but very off even mean.

On the other hand, this first log sure is coming along. Might be able to start splitting it after a little more touch up...

SCREAMS I KEEP TRYING TO FORGET THAT ART

[seacub]

Not the male pattern baldness...

"B...bald huh..." Tragic. "...You guys didn't seem that old..?"

He had to ask, he's very sorry.

NEVER.

[arceusstansme]

"Wax his head and peer into the future."

Akari joked, now getting more trees down. It was obvious, though, Akari was actually just ragging on Ingo a little. That's what he gets for some of those asshole 'Path of Solitudes' he had done.

[outbounds]

Sure, Emporio. "We are thirty-three. I am not bald. What you will find under the cap is generally messy hat hair."

You know, if they were human and not Pokemon, but hey. All right, first log split into planks... time for the next log; any fine work (or Akari maybe trying to heat treat) can happen later.

[seacub]

"That's definitely not that old..."

Emporio's standards sure are.

"A-anyway, at least you're both not...oh. Although..." He thinks about what he was about to say. "...I guess compared to Ingo, you've got a lot more hair now??"

Emporio no not like this

[arceusstansme]

They're identical twins, so as a human, Emmet probably uses more toothpaste than shampoo.

[outbounds]

"Sure. I do these days. Don't have to, though!"

The next pass of Shadow Claw has him pulling a little more of the nearby shadows to him, his form blurring as he sweeps down to start trimming the new log. He vanishes for a moment at the end, the Zoroark disappearing into his own shadow to return to his starting point faster...

But anyway, what emerges from the shadow is distinctly not a Zoroark, but ... something with a lot less hair! Or a Hisuian Typhlosion, if you have to be boring about it. Despite looking like a near-identical copy, he's probably hard to mistake for Ingo anyway, considering the way he carries himself and the brighter set of his features. Relaxed yet straight-backed, ears perked high (almost more like Typhlosion's Johtonian cousins than the tendencies of the Hisuian variant to lay flat), and corners of his muzzle curling up... yeah, there sure are differences in how identical twins behave and act, huh?

They can all see how Hisuian Typhlosion probably would do Shadow Claw now though, considering they're all still at work.

[seacub]

Emporio muffles a laugh at that- and then blinks as shadows wrap around Emmet.

"Hmn?" They swirl, and Emmet disappears as Emporio watches. And then-

WOAH. "WOAH-" That's.

He didn't expect that! "Y-You turned into..!?"

[arceusstansme]

I'm not going to call you cool, Emer.

[That was cool, ok? Ok. Emmet has now probably been around Akari enough by now to know when she is trying to hide what she actually thinks.]

Can you do people shape?

[outbounds]

No, I cannot. At least not with my own shape. Or with other people I knew. Not for a lack of trying either.

If there were other shapeshifters or illusionists here— Ditto, other Zoroark, ghosts and psychics who might make the attempt— I would also warn them not to try.

[ Want to try to look like yourself? Don't. ]

[seacub]

That actually makes some amount of sense, [Emporio remarks between the two as he adjusts his helmet for tree-totalling.]

From what I've understood, Pokemon are over all way more malleable in their biology than human beings. It's just a theory, but it's probably a lot easier to mimick the forms of other Pokemon because, even at their most varied, their biology still has a lot more in common than with a human being.

[Though, Emmet's warning sounds kinda...Ominous?]

Uh. You didn't...get hurt in the attempt though, did you?

[arceusstansme]

It better not have hurt you.

[She says as she knocks down some more wood, planning on trying to heat treat some sooner than later, but might as well get this step done first.]

[Also, she SO is not caring about if Emmet got hurt because of Emmet (this is a lie), it was because she was sure Ingo would be upset if it did (this is not a lie)]

[outbounds]

Interesting theory. But still flawed. [ Let's not tell Emporio about manga Ditto... actually no, we're telling Emporio about Ditto while splitting more logs. ] Ditto are verrrrry flexible in structure. Organic, inorganic, Pokemon, human— doesn't matter. They sleep like rocks. Literally.

As for Zoroark. Zorua and Zoroark can and will disguise themselves in human shape. Zoroark can even manage human speech. This is known. Experienced ones can alter entire landscapes and make it convincing.

[ We are sidestepping the hurting himself thing. It's fine though, don't worry Akari. He only hurt himself while they were basically still strangers to each other so there is no problem, definitely. And then he's gone out of his way to avoid practicing around Ingo mostly. ]

[seacub]

[A small, but somewhat embarrassed laugh.]

To be fair, I didn't think it was impossible so much as more difficult...

...you might be a Zoroark now, but it's not like you grew up one, right?

[Also he can't help but notice that sidestep. If Akari doesn't catch it though, he'll let it slide.]

....I wonder how long it'd take for you to be able to easily do that kind of thing though, then...

[arceusstansme]

I am sure he will get master it quick.

[Ingo is a bit of a freak of nature, she assumes Emmet is one too. Emmet, did you know your brother just brought three wild Alphas into town one time? Then, once he was done with them, they just left like they were done playing board games at his house?]