Seadwelling Human Style [Complete?]

[Eridan Ampora]

((OOC note: I'm assuming Eridan and Kanaya have never met in person before, being in different regions, and have only corresponded over Trollian.))



Eridan hardly paid attention to the arrival of a spectator troll at all, or he conspicuously tried not to, barely giving her a glance. Glorious battle was joined, at least for an exceptionally broad definition of glorious battle, and he was determined to see it to the end. It might not hurt to ramp up the melodrama just a little for his audience, though, he figured.

While he was busy composing his monologue, Roxy's Skitty began beating his Horsea in the face. Ghengis took the barrage with only a few squeaks of pain, his eyes remaining blank.

"You're here just in time to wwatch this girl's dowwnfall," he gloated to the newcomer, flipping his scarf again, seemingly oblivious to the fact that his Pokemon was getting beaten up as he spoke, "she is a disgrace evven to this filthy land, and she wwill receivve the full force of my vvengeance. Wwatch! Ghengis, drop back an BUBBLE!"


Ghengis's fins flapped as he swam backward a little way through the air, releasing a gentle cloud of bubbles to fill the space between himself and Hermione. The attack didn't speak too highly of the "full force" of Eridan's "vvengance."

[OldKanaya]

When the human girl called her sweetie, she could not help but blush slightly. While gender hardly mattered to most trolls, she had always found herself partial to females in the flushed quadrant. Not that she was already looking to fill her quadrants. Nothing like that. That would be foolish.

Glancing around, her eyes fell upon a small crate off to the side. She leaned over and dragged it closer, sitting upon it delicately and fingering Rema's pokeball in the pouch. More likely than not she will not need to get Rema involved in her auspitizing, but it was always better to be prepared. The world of Pokemon (and humans) was not always the safest, after all.

Actually, as the two of them fought, she weighted the type advantages in her head and realized there were none; they were pretty evenly matched. And even further, she was not quite sure who's side she was on. Shrugging that off, she decided to just enjoy and watch the fight, in the hopes that a more vicious argument would not break out.

Rema

[OLDROXY]

Roxy rolled her eyes as another onslaught of bubbles was fired at her Skitty. "Is that the best ya got? Fuckin' pathetic!" She called out, possibly also out of a desire to show off for their newfound audience.

She took another glance at the troll watching them. Maybe another newbie trainer? She was dressed pretty stylishly, with a red neckerchief that was almost as cool as the scarves she and Prince Douchenozzle were sporting. She took a moment to simmer in annoyance that somebody so awful had to have the same taste in clothing as her.

For all her boasting, Hermione did look a little put out by all the bubbles. Too many more attacks like that, and she could be a goner! "Okay, Hermione!! Show the fucker how cute you are and use attract." Her Skitty began a very cutesy, flirtatious act; waggling its tail and smiling sweetly, looking coyly at the Horsea. It was a pretty hilarious matchup to Roxy, but with a little luck it'd hold off any more of those wretched bubble attacks.

[Eridan Ampora]

Eridan started laughing. It wasn't a particularly pleasant sight.

"Has your little kitty givven up? There's no time to play around bein cutesy in battle! Finish her off, Ghengis!"

But Ghengis didn't want to finish her off. As he watched Hermione grinning and twitching her tail, all he felt was... longing. A deep, lost portion of his soul began to whisper to him. And it told him to write about his feelings. Maybe on livejournal. Hermione wouldn't understand. She was a cool Pokemon, with a cool trainer. He sighed. That way led only to the friend zone. And he couldn't go to Eridan. Only the internet would be able to comprehend his pain.



While Ghengis was contemplating the depths of love, he was conspicuously not doing much of anything else. As the realization of what was going on dawned on Eridan, his face fell.



"NO! Ghengis no! She's the enemy! Wwe wwant to destroy her! Wwe need to destroy her! Keep Bubbling!"

But Ghengis wasn't listening. Ghengis was busy composing the second stanza of "xXx~My~Secret~Heart~xXx." It was something to do with how Hermione's pointed ears were daggers thrust into his soul. It was still a work in progress, okay? You can't rush art. It's a process.

"This isn't fair!" Eridan whined, "Using your feminine wwiles an all."

He stuck out his chin petulantly.

"You're taking advvantage of Ghengis! You're breakin his fuckin heart! Wwhy do you people alwways use men for their owwn ends an then just throww em awway like they're nothin."

[OldKanaya]

Kanaya laughed lightly at their banter, watching the battle fluctuate back and forth. It was such an odd battle for these two new trainers, especially if it was their first one. What an odd couple this human and this troll was.

Actually, this troll...she could have sworn she knew who he was. Her mind raced back to all those pesterlogs she had wandered into on the internet, before Mother (Grub) became overprotective and screeched and snapped the computer in half. Yes, she believe it was something on there.

There was another young troll, about her age, who ranted and raved about the ultimate extinction of everything that lives upon land. She supposed that excluded him, even though he had to be on land to use a computer. If this was him, it made sense; as he was a seadweller, we did pollute his sea and make life a hellish place. But still, he was rather uncouth and a bit of a prick. A lot of a prick. She definitely needed to watch out for this human girl.

Rema

[OLDROXY]

Roxy beamed. Hermione's secret technique had worked like a charm! Truly, there was no greater magic than the power of seduction. "C'mon, dude!" she called, "Don't be such a sore loser! All's fair in love and Pokemon battles!" And this happened to be both.

She heard their spectator giggling, and turned to grin at her. Clearly she was laughing at how totally lame this fish dude was. Well, he was about to start looking even lamer, when she pulverized his Horsea! She felt a pang of sympathy for it, but hey. That was battling, right?

"Excellent work, Hermione! Seriously, you're a STAR. Now, him 'im with a double-slap!" Hermione did as instructed, switching for her cutesy demeanor to a battle stance, and then rushing towards Ghengis, ready to attack.

[Eridan Ampora]

"Ghengis!" Eridan called out, "Snap outta it! Wwe gotta use your secret technique!"

That briefly penetrated through the fog of Ghengis's deep and sudden love for Hermione. A secret technique! That might actually be able to impress her! But wait. What was his secret technique again?

"Smokescreen!"

Oh that, right. Smokescreen. Not really a secret technique as such, though, is it? Every Horsea can lay down a good smokescreen. Why Ghengis's father's father was the best smokescreener in th-

"NOWW!" Eridan screamed as Hermione closed in, kicking Ghengis from behind. The Horsea reflexively 'screened as a defensive measure, sending up a huge choking cloud of ink to cover the pier.

"Tactical wwithdrawwal!" he shouted in the smoke. An unfamiliar voice seemed to say, faintly, "You can't run from a trainer battle!" and even more faintly Eridan muttered, "fuck you omniscient narrator."[/size]

When at last the smoke cleared, Eridan and Ghengis were gone.

Or, you know, hiding underwater beneath the pier, but that's still sort of gone.

Gone enough.

[OldKanaya]

Something fishy was going on here. And it certainly wasn't a scarcasticly driven pun that her thinkpan cae up with. Nope not at all.

Her eyes narrowed as she watched the scarfed sea troll kick his pokemon unceremoniously in the rear, blinking in surprise when smoke billowed forth from its oddly shaped mouth. She coughed a little bit as it traveled her direction, and when she looked back up, he had vanished.

"Are You Even Kidding Me Right Now You Cannot Run From A Traner Battle" she snarled, her hands shaking by her sides. What a yellow bellied coward. She went to the edge of the pier, unknowing that he was under it, and cried, "Come Back Here And Fight Like A Roarbeast"

Still, she knew it was no use. Sighing and turning around, she saw a small pile of money on the ground she supposed the troll dropped in his confusion. Leaning over to pick it up gently, she walked over to the human girl and held out her hand. 'I Believe This Is Your Reward"

Rema

[OLDROXY]

Roxy looked round in confusion. He had RUN AWAY??? From a POKEMON BATTLE??????? That so totally violated Pokemon League regulations!

"The full force of your vengeance, HUH?" she yelled, "More like the full force of your FAILURE! Yeah, you better keep running!" She put her hands on her hips and pouted, irritated she had been robbed of her rightful victory.

Although sending a troll running for the hills was pretty damn cool, she supposed. It showed just how truly badass she was! Such an ego boost.

She grinned when the female troll gave her the handful of money, though. Shit, she was so buying a bottle of whisky. And a potion for Hermione, obviously. Girl needed healing after all those bubbles. "Thanks babes. I'm Roxy, bee-tee-double-u. What's your name?" She'd hardly been paying attention to the troll before, what with being in the middle of a battle, but she seemed nice!

[Eridan Ampora]

Beneath the water, Eridan didn't hear Kanaya's rage, Roxy's taunts, or the unwelcome news that he had dropped some pocket change in the confusion. Even if he hadn't been under the waves, he wasn't listening. He was too busy pulling out a conveniently amphibious computing device.

-- caligulasAlomomola [CA] began trolling grimAudino [GA] at 02:55 --
[02:55] CA: kan you wwill nevver believve wwhat kind of shit day ivve had
[02:55] CA: i just got to kanto on this fuckin filthy human ship right
[02:56] CA: and this awwful human inebriate vvomited all ovver my regal cape
[02:56] CA: so of course i havve to challenge the drunkard to a pokemon battle because this is a matter of great gravvity and an issue of honor
[02:56] CA: and her cutesy ass little ball of pink meowbeast charmed the fuck out of my crappy horsea
[02:57] CA: wwith poor ghengiss heart wwrapped up in her wwidowws wweb wwe couldnt evven fight back
[02:57] CA: this is just the wworst possible sequence of evvents to start my pokemon journey

[OldKanaya]

She blushed a bit, smiling at the human- she meant Roxy. 'My Name Is Kanaya Maryam And I Just Arrived Here From Sinnoh." Her pocket began to vibrate and she pulled out a small jade colored blackberry-looking thing. Raising an eyebrow at the message, she scrolled and read it top to bottom, a smile playing at her lips.

[[should Kanaya realize that this was the one she always talks to, and should we make a pesterlog thread or just continue this here?)

Rema

[OLDROXY]

[[sorry i wasn't sure what was happening here so i figure ill have roxy head off and u guys can do a pesterchum thread or continue here if you like?]]

Roxy tucked the money she'd "earned" away, and scooped up her Skitty, giving it a peck on the head as thanks. "Way to go, 'Mione! You kicked ass out there." What a good kitty. She definitely stole herself a WINNER.

(Not that she was a bad kind of thief like the Rockets, okay? The poor thing had been sitting in a PC Box for literally years, and she was doing her a favor.)

"Nice to meet ya, Kan-Kan! I'm from Fuchsia, but I don't know my way 'round so great," she waved her hand vaguely, "I'd like to stiuck around but I'm totes late for an IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT in Saffon Shitty, so I'd better get goin'. Buuuuuuuut! You should pester me somechime. I'm tipsyGlameow." She gave a wink, before dashing off, unaware that the Pokemon contest wasn't for another few days. 

She doubted it'd be the last she'd see of those two. 

[OldKanaya]

Before she knew it, the pink human was skipping away. She could have sworn little hearts were floating around her head,but in reality she had begun to glow just a little bit. She quickly shut it down and reaffirmed the fact that she was a troll, and troll human romance was not exactly common. Besides, they had just met. Still, she could not help but think of the location as she walked to the Pokemon center. 

Saffron City, huh?

She picked up her small device and began typing a response to the troll who seemed to have no idea he had met her today.
[02:58] GA: Wow What A Surprising Series Of Events That I Am Just Now Learning About Through Your Message
[02:59] GA: If You Got A Beating From A Human Then You Probably Deserved It
[02:59] GA: Maybe You Should Train That Horsea Of Yours So That He Won't Be Beaten By A
[03:00] GA: What Did You Call It
[03:00] GA: Cutsey Ass Little Ball Of Pink Meowbeast
[03:00] GA: Anyway For Your Information I Too Have Arrived In Kanto Though It Must Have Been A Bit Later Than You Or We Would Have Probably Met By This Point
[03:01] GA: I Am On My Way North Of Here Towards Saffron City And Potentially To Travel Back To Pewter City For My Badge Journey
[03:02] GA: Perhaps We Will Meet Up Later Upon Our Travels

Rema

[Eridan Ampora]

[03:03] CA: of course im trainin ghengis
[03:03] CA: and that meowwbeast wwill soon feel the force of my swwift vvengeance
[03:03] CA: such is the art of wwar
[03:04] CA: such is the art of pokemon
[03:05] CA: anywway i guess i hope i see you around sometime
[03:05] CA: its kind of silly wwevve nevver met wwhen wwevve sort of knowwn each other for swweeps noww
[03:06] CA: i dont knoww wwhen though
[03:06] CA: wwith my cape vvomited on ivve got to go wwho knowws howw far out of my wway to find a decent clothin store
[03:06] CA: at least thats somethin you understand kan
[03:06] CA: not like most trolls
[03:07] CA: its hard being the fashionable ones

-- caligulasAlomomola [CA] ceased trolling grimAudino [GA] at 03:07 --