Ready Your Weapons

[singularjustice]

Who: N and anyone!
Location: Forest
Time: Morning.
Style: Either-or!
Status: Open to all!

There is a clearing not too into the forest that has obviously gotten some abuse in the past. It sits on the bottom of a hill and much of the vegetation has been burned away; the hill itself looks as if it has been gouged on occasion by something very large.

Right now, it may be obvious what the cause may have been: a large white dragon sits on the edge, though at the moment she seems contented to lounge on her belly, eyes half-closed. Nothing nearly so traumatic as destroying part of the hill is going on right now; instead she is watching over her trainer with a much smaller beast.

N has a sword in hand, though the scabbard is still on it, and he is all but dancing around, blocking as his Zorua lunges at him, swiping at him again and again.

It is all very serious until the fox Pokemon apparently has had enough. The Zorua jumps up and grabs ahold of the scabbard, pulling down on it with a playful growl.

"H-hey! This is not tug of war!" N protests, but he ends up laughing as he tries to wrest the sword away from him.

Comments

[by_my_will]

"Fight! Fight! Be careful!" N might have recognized the tinny robotic voice, but, if he looked, the Haro watching them was purple, not blue. It flapped at them, almost amused by the whole thing it was witnessing.

[singularjustice]

"Haro, we're not really --" N paused mid-sentence, surprised. "Oh, you're not Haro. You're someone new!"

He looked past the robot, trying to see if anyone was with it.

[vedaandme]

"Haro new! Haro new! Christmas gift!"

"Haro?" N might recognize that voice, but he really didn't need to. Tieria wasn't long after. "Haro, I've told you not to-" Oh. N. "Hello. I apologize if he bothered you."

"Haro not bother! Not bother!"

[typeadvantage]

[Cheren was still relatively familiar with the layout of Vatheon; enough to find his way around, even if it had been some time since he remembered being here. Out of all the places he remembered spending time, the forest area was where he spent a good deal of it, training and just relaxing and what have you out in the shade of the (underwater) trees. Not to mention that he knew that other Trainers had used the area for similar purposes, so. Since he wanted to see if anyone he remembered was still here (not that he would admit to that, though), naturally the forest area would be one of his first choices. That said, he didn't exactly expect to see N wrestling with a Zorua for a sword when he made his way over there. Naturally, he just sort of. Pauses for a moment or two, watching N with a bemused expression on his face, before actually speaking up.]

Mind saying what exactly you're doing over there?

[singularjustice]

[ That voice caused N to stop tugging on the sword, meaning it went straight out of his hands. The Zorua yipped in victory, promptly starting to drag it away before he realized his trainer was not paying attention. N had instead turned towards the voice. ]

-- Cheren?

[brbstealingpknm]

Silver himself had been in the forest since way too early o'clock practicing his sword skills and training his pokemon in his own clearing that could have been nearby for all anyone knew. Not that Silver advertised he hung around in the forest most mornings and generally not too around this time, but..

.. He'd been working on trying to gain trust with his pokemon; it was still going at a snail's pace that frustrated the hell out of him.

Silver looks to be a good mood nonetheless, if not a bit dirty, even as he leans against a tree, just watching with an amused smirk. Oddly enough, his hair's pulled back into a low ponytail and his jacket's around his waist; there's a sword slung over his back as well. ".... Looks like it from here."

[singularjustice]

Reshiram's eyes opened fully at the voice. Yes, she recognized him, and would be keeping a much firmer eye on him.

N did too, straightening. Still, he managed a tiny smile as he got the Zorua to release the sword.

"Well, it wasn't supposed to be."

[rarimatiger]

Kisa had yet to go into the forest she was still more than a little nervous about venturing too far from the city...it was all too new still for her. After gaining some courage though she finally decided to venture to it though as she saw the hill and the dragon she quickly wants to run back. It was so large and she wasn't sure how mean it was but the moment she sees the person it caused her to relax very little, but it wasn't hurting him...still that was a dragon what Hatori's form may have used to look like from the stories she heard. All she could do was stare from from just below the hill.

[singularjustice]

The dragon noticed Kisa first, her blue eyes opening wider as she glanced in her direction. Though there was nothing audible, N paused abruptly, straightening and looking towards the edge of the clearing. The Zorua did too, ears perking.

"Hello?"

[and_yellow]

[And here comes Hilbert sneaking up nearby. The trainer made it obvious that he was looking for his friend--ducking as soon as he spotted his green head. He squeezed his own Zorua in his arms, who quietly whines. Zorua appears tired of Hilbert's behavior, ready to drop the small present hanging in his mouth by a ribbon.

Hilbert quietly shushed the small fox, peeking at the strange scene.]

Oi... What is he doing, huh?

[singularjustice]

[ N's Zorua looked up, ears perking, when he heard Hilbert's voice. He promptly dropped the sword to yip. ]

Huh? What is it?

[beautifies]

[He was just training in the forest when he heard some strange noises... Upon further inspection, this is thoroughly unacceptable! Inserting himself between the two, there's not a third party struggling for the scabbard.]

Have you no respect for this weapon? A sword is not meant to be used in such a way!

[singularjustice]

[ That gets the Zorua to drop the sword, spinning to growl warningly at Hajime. N gives it another tug, startled as well. ]

Hey! Let go!

Duke is pinged. So pinged. Also, he can talk to an

[radiantwingedone]

That. Is a very interesting dragon, and a very interesting fox and Duke just wants to dig out his monster-book and add a page for each.

"... Fascinating. Not a scale-type, perhaps.... Bird type..?" He'll watch, somewhat visible toward the edge of this clearing. Maybe when the game of tug-o-war slows he'll come out. Or when he's noticed or something.

:D <3

[singularjustice]

The voice makes the dragon raise her head, eyeing the place where Duke stands. Duke may hear her voice as she alerts her trainer, simply saying N.

N straightens, though there was nothing actually audible about it, looking first at the dragon and then around until he spots the man. The fox stops struggling, ears perking in curiosity. "Hello?"

[boundbynaught]

He was finally getting his bearings in this place, and in this new form - enough to check back on some of the things he missed. Very few people took his interest to merit that. N was one of them, and he'd mentioned something about pets in the event their owners disappeared.

That was why Rep appeared in the forest with Ven's dog in tow, following N's trace smell until at last he found him.

"Hey. I'm... You probably don't know who I am."

[singularjustice]

Rep was right about that; the boy's face was completely unfamiliar to him.

"... I don't think so." N straightened; Zorua had let go of the sword to investigate the newcomers. "Hi! I'm N."

[ironoxided]

[There's a girl suddenly standing at the edge of the destruction, her white skirt whipping back and forth in the breeze as she narrows her red eyes at the sight.]

[A dragon and a boy with green hair. Also some sort of fox thing. Huh. How interesting.]

...What are you doing?

[singularjustice]

Huh?

[ N looks up, then gives a bit of a sheepish smile. ]

Oh -- hello! We're just playing-- Krishna, let go!

[unnoticeable]

It was slightly odd state of the hill that had first caught his attention, shortly followed by the sight of the dragon. After all, it wasn't exactly the common of sights to him. Even so, the dragon looked so... peaceful, really. Caring. And yet certainly not any creature to be taken lightly.

After marvelling at the dragon for a bit, he watched N and the fox Pokemon play around so jovially and he couldn't help but smile. It was nice to see N having fun and being so carefree and happy (even if the Pokemon seemed to have other ideas of fun).

Smiling a bit, he finally announced his presence. "I think someone has declared the game to be changed."

[singularjustice]

N looked up, a smile still on his face.

"Canada! I think he -- whoa!" Krishna had let go of the scabbard to investigate the newcomer; the sudden lack of force from the other end caused his trainer to lose his balance and land on his rear.

[tsundyne]

[It is perhaps the path of burned vegetation that led Yukari to the clearing. She's a little curious about it, though she did not suspect that Reshiram -- or N would be waiting for her once she followed it. She has to smile, upon seeing the scene, though dares not interrupt them.

She simply watches as Zorua tugs at the sword, folding her arms.]

Need some help there?

[singularjustice]

Huh? Oh! Yukari! I think we're -- hey!

[ N stumbles back as Krishna suddenly lets go, the fox Pokemon spinning to bound over to Yukari excitedly. ]

[not_heavens_adam]

"Looks like he got tired of practice~" A man sat in a tree nearby, watching with a bit of a smirk.

He hadn't been there long, but his soundless entrance to the tree's branches had allowed him to watch the tail end of 'practice.' It was amusing, he'd never seen an animal like this one before. And the dragon was an entirely different story. Sure, he had been one of those knights who were supposed to slay dragons back in the day, but he'd never seen one before.

"I don't blame him~ 'All work and no fun,' as they say..."

[singularjustice]

N looked up at the voice, as did the two Pokemon. The Zorua dropped the sword in order to yip at Johnny curiously, causing his trainer to stumble back from the sudden lack of resistance.

"Ack!" He ended up on his rump in the grass, though it just made him laugh. "... I think I'm done too."