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Yagyuu Hiroshi ([personal profile] usedlaserbeam) wrote2011-09-04 09:40 pm

007 | Outskirts of Goldenrod City | Video / Action;

[It's late afternoon on the outskirts of Goldenrod City, where Yagyuu has evidently been out training his team; it's a somewhat unusual sight to see them all out of their Pokeballs at once, but at the moment the full roster has been released to roam around the open expanse of field chosen for today's practice grounds.

Or at least, most of the full roster is: there's an Absol staked out relatively near his trainer, seemingly on high alert as he surveys the other Pokemon in his midst. Farther back from the camera, a Rapidash is roaming with a stately air as a very small Vulpix trots along beside him, bounding four steps for every one of his own. And even Yagyuu's Ditto seems to be present— if the occasional glimpse of purple molecular goo seeping over the edges of the camera lens is any indication.

Yagyuu himself is visible, too; he's crouching down to administer his Eevee's usual meticulous grooming— an activity she clearly seems to enjoy, given the way her tail is flicking with pleasure at the attention— and speaking quietly to her while he's at it.]


Now that Vampa's evolved, that only leaves you to go, doesn't it?

[And she coos, pushing her head against his hand insistently.]

You're certainly growing strong enough for it. And the necessary stones aren't particularly difficult to come by, either; a quick trip to the department store will easily take care of that. So it's just a matter of deciding which type suits you best, isn't it?

[He glances over, surveying his team as they roam and remarking almost absently:]

An electric type, perhaps, might—

[But he never gets the chance to finish the sentence, as the Eevee lets out one last emphatic trill before taking one step back and beginning to glow with bright, almost blinding light—

— and when it clears, there's an Espeon in her place, just as perfectly well-groomed and somehow managing to look twice as haughty for it.

Yagyuu, for his part, just stares for a few seconds before shaking his head in what is probably half amusement and half disbelief.]


...Ah.

[And he keeps staring, up until a Pidgeot comes flapping down from overhead a few minutes later, drawing his attention up and away from the Espeon and toward this latest arrival.]

Irene, another excellent job, but I see we'll have to work at perfecting your aim—

[And on that fairly cryptic note, purple goo oozes completely over the lens, and the Gear switches off.]

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[identity profile] usedscudserve.livejournal.com 2011-09-06 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't know Eevees could evolve without a stone. [and as Lady goes over to inspect the 'gear—] Hello, there.

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[identity profile] usedlaserbeam.livejournal.com 2011-09-06 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
The stones are the traditional method, as I understand it, but it appears there are some occasions where they'll handle things all on their own.

[Regarding the feed steadily without blinking, Lady lets out a soft coo--not quite the trill that an Eevee would, but something smoother.]

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[identity profile] usedscudserve.livejournal.com 2011-09-08 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
Pokémon have a will of their own, afterall. [he turns his attention to the Espeon, and smiles] I've never seen a Pokémon like you before. You're a pretty one, aren't you?

[he turns back to Yagyuu] What's her name? If you don't mind me asking.

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[identity profile] usedlaserbeam.livejournal.com 2011-09-08 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
They certainly seem to.

[And now he just looks proud as he glances down and regards her, which for Yagyuu is an expression always touched with just a tinge of arrogance.]

Her name is Lady. Kirihara-kun suggested it when she hatched, on the grounds that any gentleman ought to have his Lady.

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[identity profile] usedscudserve.livejournal.com 2011-09-14 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Lady"... it suits her a lot! Kirihara-kun must have a very good naming sense.

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[identity profile] usedlaserbeam.livejournal.com 2011-09-14 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
She seemed to take well to it. Which I suppose is only to be expected, from a foreordained name like hers.

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[identity profile] usedlaserbeam.livejournal.com 2011-09-15 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
It seems she's living something of a prophetic life.

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[identity profile] usedscudserve.livejournal.com 2011-09-19 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
... is Yagyuu-san saying that Kirihara-kun is some sort of seer, then?
Edited 2011-09-19 08:53 (UTC)

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[identity profile] usedlaserbeam.livejournal.com 2011-09-19 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
He's been right about her twice thus far. It may well be the beginnings of a pattern.