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Gamzee: Commute

Well, commute isn't quite the word most people would use, though it wasn't necessarily inaccurate. More correctly speaking, Gamzee was doing something along the lines of getting his bearings in the city. He'd never been particularly far out of his hometown, much less as far as Viridian, and as such, everything was rather new. Fresh. Interesting.

But there was the question to consider of how he'd gotten there in the first place. Unfortunately, the story wasn't as interesting as you might think, and would have to be abridged should anyone ask. It'd started out easy enough, reaching Vermillion with Aradia's help and exploring about. Diglett's Cave had seemed like a good idea, because everything seems like a good idea at first glance. It was a straightforward, simple path. You really couldn't get lost on it, right? Wrong. Getting lost was one of the things Gamzee did best, and before he knew it he'd lost both his travelling companion and his way, and popped out near town.

The flitting around of his own shuppet had gotten him as far as the pokemon center, where he got Buddy Rich rested up and... Promptly fell asleep on the waiting couch to the tune of an inexplicable jigglypuff. Unfortunately his facepaint made writing on his face a tad redundant, and the poor thing had to jiggle away unsatisfied.

Several hours later, Gamzee had been kicked off the couch by a couple of angry locals (he still couldn't for the life of him figure out why, though there is a distinct possibility it could have been the snoring) and had made his way to the local pokemart instead, with the intention of stocking up on supplies and the results of winding up with a load of shit he didn't actually need (how exactly he had the money for 420 potions and where the hell he was keeping them would boggle the mind of the shopkeeper for years to come).

Which brings us to where he is now-- leaving the pokemart with an armful of Paralyz-heals and a somewhat annoyed looking shuppet at his shoulder. He proceeded to keep walking , humming something or other as he did. Where to next? Maybe he'd check out the gym or something-- Oh hey, who's that?

Gamzee: Greet other troll

He really shouldn't, because it isn't his business, but Gamzee can't help but think that this chica might be the slightest bit lost (or at least new) and, despite the fact that Gamzee doesn't know any more about the town than she probably does (actually, he probably knows less), he does at least know where the pokemart and center are, and regardless, two's company. He grins, making his way over to the troll girl in a slightly hasty fashion, which isn't the best idea for someone carrying an unreasonable amount of shit. As everyone probably expected, he drops one of the little yellow spraybottles and promptly trips over it, falling at the Cerulean Lady's feet with a loud honk from him and an exasparated peep from Buddy Rich, who is probably tired of his trainer tripping all the time. He can't necessarily help it, either, and he's back on his feet in moments way. He doesn't even wipe the dirt off his face before he's talking again, and anyone who knows Gamzee surely expects that this oughta be good. "Hey there, signora," Shut up, Gamzee. You don't speak italian. "You all lost or somethin'?"

A small blue-and-black feline comes bounding up toward the two trolls with an excited look in his big yellow eyes. Though he doesn't actually target either troll, instead interested in the fellow quadruped standing near Aranea. With a leap, the Shinx pounces on Serket's Eevee - but within moments, it's revealed that the intentions were purely playful, and this Shinx isn't seeking out a spar.

Shortly thereafter, a girl dressed in green runs up, coming from the direction of the Pokécenter. She's got the same excited look in her eyes, and her arm lifted high. "Aranea! Aranea! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee!" she squeals all the way until she's reached her.

"It's great to see you! Ah you have no idea!! How was your trip? Have you been here long? Did you do any exciting things here yet?" Stooping down to a kneel, Meulin offers a scritching pet to Xinli, in addition to the nuzzles which the Shinx is trying to give her. "EEEEEE, your Eevee is supurr purretty and cute!! Atom, don't smother the purr girl, alright? Hehe."

Atom doesn't really want to, but he climbs off of Xinli. But he still gives her an occasional nuzzle, until something else captures his attention or curiosity, at least.

"You look great too!" Meulin declares as she stands up. "So what are you up to right now? Can I tag along? Hope I'm not inpurrupting. Hey, who's this guy? You sure look familiar, mister."
Meulin, Meulin, settle down. Not so many questions at once, no one's gonna be able to answer all those.

Aranea: Feel a bit overwhelmed

It's nice that this boy- this 'Gamzee Makara' thought her little info was useful no matter how trivial it had been. Thinking a long moment Aranea smiled and nodded her head only to hear someone calling her name. Not recognizing the voice at first she turned and noticed the girl in green, preparing herself for the onslaught of excited hyper-activeness that was sure to follow. Without being able to say a word her Eevee was suddenly tackled and nuzzled, causing the small brown fox like pokemon to whine lightly- a bit unhappy about how she was now on the ground- let alone getting her bow all dirty. Not that Xinli was big into not getting dirty- just any gifts she had received. Sighing lightly Aranea shook her head before giving Meulin a small smile.

"Good day Meulin. It is quite good to see you now could you please calm down for a brief moment and lower your voice- I can hear you perfectly fine." Aranea says softly before looking back to Gamzee. "As you can probably already guess my name is Aranea, Aranea Serket." She says not introducing Meulin and allowing her to have the honor. Sighing heavily this time Aranea looks to Meulin as Xinli is now curling around Aranea's legs, watching the Shinx with weariness from the travel. "As far as for what I am doing as of right know I was asking Mister Makara here for directions as I'm a bit lost. I'm trying to find... Someone." She says softly before looking to Gamzee once more.

Gamzee: Process information

He does. It takes him a moment, but finally everything sinks in and he manages to get a good grip on what exactly is going on. Leijon... Oh, so she must have some relation to Nepeta. Serket? Oh, then she must be one of Vriska's friends (although, he noted, Aranea wasn't nearly as terrifying as her counterpart, who Gamzee could hardly stand to be around). That wasn't a hard leap. The hard leap was the fact that she knew another Makara. Gamzee hadn't been aware that there was more than one, but then, Gamzee wasn't really up to date on matters involving people he didn't know. Gears turn in his head for another moment as he thinks how to respond to these two girls (group conversations have never been his strong point), and finally, he comes up with it.

"Nice to meet both of ya. Thought you looked motherfuckin' familiar. You all knowing Vriska or my fine kittysis Nepeta?" he asked.

"This here's Buddy Rich, by the by," he replied, pointing to the shuppet floating around nearby. He really did need to find that pokeball.

"And that, Miss Serket, would be all meaning different things dependin' on where you're going to," he added, furrowing his brow. He thought on it a moment, but of course, it wasn't his business to be prying any further than he already had, so he chose instead to just give a base. He raised a hand, pointing in the direction he'd come from, and in turn, towards the pokemon center, museum, and gym.

"There's the shop, and that there's where you get your healin' all done up and situated, over there's the place with the rocks, and that place is where you go all trainer-serious and get your badge on," he listed, giving a faint pause between each for it to sink in. Gamzee went over the list again once he'd said it, wondering if he'd left anything out.

"Unless you lookin' for anything else in particular? Your friend didn't tell you where you was supposed to motherfuckin' find 'em, did they?"

Meulin also finds group conversations pretty hard, don't sweat it Gamzee. Mostly because she doesn't know whose lips to look at at any given time - she doesn't wanna miss a thing!

Her ears perk up when she lipreads the name Nepeta. "Nepeta?? No! Well, not really - I've heard about her furom a furend or two, but I haven't met her yet - I really hope to! It sounds like we have a ton in common!! Hey, you know her? Maybe you could set us up together??" Oops, overeager catgirl again. "Then again, you seem fun to hang around, yourself!" Gamzee reminds her a lot of Kurloz - not just the face paint and lankiness, but the lax nature.

"Hi there, Buddy!" Meulin chirps to the Shuppet after she introduced. She gives him a light poke to his lack-of-nose. "You're sure cute fur a ghostie!" Paying attention to Buddy Rich (trying to figure out how to pet a ghost, not to mention a ghost with a horn), Meulin misses lipreading the other two for a while, and effectively 'hears' nothing they say until she looks back their direction. "Or is it rude to call a ghost cute?"

Atom would probably be quite interested in Buddy Rich, if he were floating low enough for Atom to reach him. Instead, the Shinx further investigates the smell clinging to Gamzee's pant legs. Gamzee may or may not notice the nose poking about his ankles.

Meulin does look back to the conversation soon enough to catch the Eevee's name. But a word that foreign is hard to lipread. She squints and frowns. "Is she shy with new pawple? Or did Atom just come on a little strong? Pawrry about that~"

Aranea: Be thankful

Aranea was glad for the information as she ruffled the Eevee's fur a top her head. "Well then, thanks for the information, I'm sure if I don't start heading out now I might not be able to find her before I get side tracked by something or someone." Placing her hands on her hips now she looks to Meulin before looking to Gamzee and then back to Buddy Rich. "He sure likes attention doesn't he?" She asks and looks to Meulin before looking down to Xinli. "Quite different compared to Xinli, she's quite reserved around people she doesn't know."