punchandkiss | Second Viking Assault

[It's hard to tell exactly where Astrid is when she turns her gear on, but there are trees around, and her Axew is visible resting against one behind her, keeping watch over two pokemon eggs. (She hasn't really gotten the hang of keeping them in pokeballs yet, it seems...mean.) Her attention isn't on them though, she's looking at the screen almost thoughtfully.]

I've been trying to get the hang of all the...little things here, so I decided to try and catch one of the wild pokemon running around on the paths. Which worked, except...

[She turns her camera around to reveal a Sentret happily sitting on the ground in front of her, bouncing up and down on her tail as she watches Astrid.]

I just picked it because it was the first one I found. And now I've caught it and I'm...not really sure what to do with it.

I mean...[She turns the camera back to her.] There are dragons here. And fire breathing dogs, and electric vermin, and so many other powerful looking creatures...

[She turns the camera back to the Sentret, who seems quite happy to be the center of attention.]

Then there's her. ...She looks like something babies sleep with. Or something bigger, stronger animals like to eat.

Do people really train these?

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Yes, that's what people do around here.

[There's a barking noise in the background as Stiles picks up Woofington. His Lillipup looks far too content in his arms]

People really do, however weird that sounds. Anyway, I haven't seen that kind before, but if you train it up it'll probably evolve. That's what most pokemon do.

[She frowns faintly.]

No, I know they...I just mean...these. That one. These...cute ones [She rolls her eyes.] instead of the fire wolves or dragons.

It looks like a toy.

Sentret? Give it a chance. Just because it doesn't look terrifying doesn't mean it can't wreak somebody.

Maybe...but I mean, size is kind of important. Sometimes. Or at least weapons. Fangs, claws...fire breath.

She just has a tail. A fuzzy tail.

[Astrid isn't very good at first impressions with her pokemon, sadly.]

Edited 2012-07-28 07:41 (UTC)

She could disarm potential attackers with how innocent she looks? Because fuzzy is the last thing anybody expects to be badass. [His mouth quirks up in a smile, as Lillipup looks a bit offended.]

[Astrid looks kind of skeptical about the whole thing. Disarming an attacker with cuteness didn't really last long.]

Or she could just look tasty and get eaten.

[He's all for disarming attackers. Just... usually by chattering at them.]

Did you look at her moveset? She probably has some way of defending herself.

[She blinks. That hadn't actually occurred to her. She knew how to do it from reading the little book, though how much of that she really understood was debatable.]

Hold on.

[And now she's checking it's moveset.]

...Scratch, Foresight and defensive Curl.

Sounds like it's got claws! That's definitely a start.

Maybe.

I suppose if it has any potential, I can probably find it...

[Why yes, she is sure of herself.]

There ya go.

But I still don't see how a little fuzzy tail thing could ever beat a dragon.

Appearances are deceiving, just because something looks tough and battle ready, doesn't necessarily mean it is.

[A Noctowl is preening Hiccup's hair as he hits reply. Laila's been extra affectionate, now that her little fledgling isn't freezing things over and therefore safe to be around. The poor thing was still sick, though...]

I'm going to bet that she'll surprise you... Dinkfin looked pretty harmless when I first got him.

[Though he didn't doubt that her species was prey to other pokemon. Just going to ignore that and start looking at those eggs.]

So you've got a Growlithe egg, huh? What's the other one?

[The tiny viking girl grins.]

Well, I know that. But it's still...hard to picture. I guess we'll see!

[Astrid appears to study the little screen carefully, checking Hiccup to make sure he doesn't look worse than he did before. Maybe less blue.]

Hey. How're you feeling? [A little pause.]...Dinkfin?

[She's picturing some kind of little mouse thing. And then she glances back at her eggs.]

Uh. Karkat said it was a...Shinx?

Edited 2012-07-28 20:43 (UTC)

You'll find that appearance means very little, when it comes to Pokémon. Besides, with the right TMs or a helpful Move Tutor, Normal-types can learn a surprising variety of attacks.

...The right what?

[Sorry, she's really new.]

[He has to smile back at that]

I'm sure we will.

I'm Stiles, by the way.

I'm...alright. Tired. [There's a small smile on his face.] But my pokemon don't avoid me anymore.

He's a-- Well, hang on, I'll get him. [With a soft protest from Momowl, Hiccup crawls off-screen for a few seconds. He returns with pokeball and releases his Seadra, who is nothing like a mouse. Evolution caused him to nearly triple in size, though Dinkfin is still small for his species.] This is Dinkfin. He used to be a lot smaller, back when he was a Horsea... I could carry him around. He's a Seadra, now.

[Hiccup nods as he hears the name--not one he's familiar with, but he does remember them from Karkat's advertising. Now that he's settled again, Laila resumes her mothering.] So you got something from him, too...

You can buy new attacks for Pokémon in Goldenrod. They're usually rather expensive, but well worth it.

Astrid. Hey.

Well, that's a plus. [She hadn't known his pokemon were avoiding him. He must have been worse than he even looked.] I'm heading in your direction. I think.

[She waits as he gets his...Seadra. Huh. She wasn't sure what to say about that, but it certainly wasn't a mouse.] He doesn't have to be in the water? [He did look sort of fishy...]

Yeah. Did he give you an egg too?

[Well that...doesn't make any sense to her.]

You mean...guides for teaching them things?

...They look like disks, and if you break them over a compatible Pokémon's head it'll learn the attack contained within. It works, somehow.

[Yeah, he has no idea either.]

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