no I hate myself

[travelingbelle]

Well, this random visit was already off to a good start. The random new brunette on campus had already achieved one of her goals of seeking out the elusive Green Oak. That had resulted in a surprisingly nice visit, actually. But now that it was done, she was left with two more reasons for being here.

1. Locate the even more elusive Red and drag him out of whatever hole he had barricaded himself in.

2. Check this place out!

Blue had done a lot of traveling, but she was pretty sure the rumours of this place being unlike any other would probably end up being true, even if it didn't look too crazy. There was always more than met the eye.

So there was a girl wandering all over campus, sticking her nose into things that didn't quite concern her and looking to chat with anyone willing! Also staring at cows. She was doing a bit of that too.

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[rivalappeared]

Just when she thought she had escaped him... that smug, nasally voice was calling out to her again.

"Hey, Blueberry."

He stood a safe distance behind her, swinging a familiar duffel bag like a pendulum at the end of an extended arm.

"You forget something?"

[travelingbelle]

Oh. That voice. Blueberry.

She turned on her heel, giving the familiar bag the briefest glance before focusing on that smug grin of his. Yeah, that was hers. Yeah, he had found her. No, she wasn't going to admit that maybe she had left it on purpose.

... Blueberry.

"And here I thought I had left it safe in the storage closet."

[rivalappeared]

He walked closer, offering her the bag, grin still spread across his face.

"Nnnno, it was hanging off of my desk chair. If I didn't know better, I'd assume you wanted to see my handsome face again."

[travelingbelle]

Blue took a hold of the straps, smirking in turn.

"You keep telling yourself that, Oak. Maybe it will come true someday and you'll be the prettiest tree around."

[rivalappeared]

Green shrugged.

"I've already been telling myself that my whole life-- I think I'm on my way."

[pokemontrainer]

[Red is currently hiding under a box in the greenhouses. He learned a lot from Mister Pliskin, okay? This box is rather unobtrusive but he is in there with his 4DS console.]

[travelingbelle]

[All of the weird, new flowers she had seen from outside the greenhouse had totally caught her eye. She'd never seen flowers like those before! So of course she had to let herself inside to check them out. Her quest for finding certain boys could be put on hold.

Huh, there was a box in there. Probably full of gardening stuff.

But when did gardening stuff make beep boop vidya game noises?

Blue gave the box a look as she moved past it.]

!...

[pokemontrainer]

!

[The box scuttled to the left, colliding into the wall. Red really learned a lot from Boxes 101 as he didn't really stop playing his game as he moved. But he felt someone walking towards him and really did not want them tripping up on him.]

[travelingbelle]

[When did gardening stuff move boxes???]

!

[There was a moment of contemplation before Blue followed the box and tentatively lifted it partially up.]

....

[rivalkidneypunch]

Oh, Blue. Sweet, naive Blue. You didn't honestly expect that you could visit Green without having to deal with his fire lizard, did you? You know that Charmeleon of his had some issues with playing nice. You know which starter you picked. You know what you signed yourself up for.

Brace yourself, then, for the thunderous whump of a fuckoff-huge orange dragon dropping out of the sky in front of you, wings proudly spread and teeth showing eagerly. Blue, where is your stupid lizard. Where. Look, Blue, he's a Charizard (a better one than your stupid lizard) and looking so large and impressive and cool. Are you impressed, Blue?

[travelingcascade]

The truth is that she would have been an incredibly large fool if she thought she was going to make it through this visit without a glimpse of Green's fuckoff-huge dragon. Luckily she was no fool. She was actually looking rather forward to it, since she had a rather large soft spot for the dragons for obvious reasons.

So she was only sort of surprised when Char dropped down in front of her. That was not her dragon. That was a different dragon. Really, Green's photos didn't do the beast much justice.

"Oh!" She exclaimed, a large smile leaping to her face as she stumbled a step back. Impressed indeed. "Look at you! Didn't you grow up handsome?"

[rivalkidneypunch]

Yesss. Of course he grew up handsome, Blue. Everyone knows that Pokemon totally resemble their trainers. Maybe evolution was kind of weird and terrible and unwelcome at first, but man is it ever incredibly satisfying to be able to make impressive entrances like that.

His tail might have been wagging. Just a little. Only a little. And just because he was feeling very satisfied with himself. Certain unnamed stupid lizards belong to certain ladyfriends of Green's, eat your heart out.

The wings folded back, and Char settled back on his haunches. He curled his tail around himself (Look, Blue, isn't his flame big and bright? Not runty in the least.) and lowered that oh-so-majestic and proud neck a little, grumbling curiously at Blue. Well, what's the occasion? Missing Green? Hoping to see her stupid lizard get curbstomped by a vastly superior dragon?

[travelingbelle]

Blue laughed a bit. You might have won points in the handsome category, Char, but her lizard was always going to be the prettiest lizard. She didn't think you'd have any objections, seeing as you were so very manly. The lady trainer took a good at that tail flame of his, appraising it quietly to herself. Good, good, it was very bright. A shining token of health. Certainly not a runty flame at all.

She held her hand out, patiently waiting for an indication of acceptance from him before she made a move to pat his pretty neck like she wanted. His rules, not hers. She smiled.

"Just visiting. It's been a while, you know? It was awfully boring to head back to Kanto and find out the lot of you were kicking it somewhere else." She'd missed both boys, but she wasn't about to feed Green's ego anymore than she had vicariously through his dragon.

beep beep snap character party coming through

[genderbentmario]

[Since Blue could probably use a break from Kanto boys and their crazy Kanto boy Pokemon, here's a change of pace. It is a Feraligatr, lumbering along with some girl in its arms, chatting away about something clearly stupid and irrelevant like what happened to the DNA evidence.

Oh, whoops, hold that thought. Lyra detects A NEW KID. She sits up immediately and waves Blue over.]

Heeey! Lady! S'cuse the interruption, but you look new. Are you a visitor?

yes good give them all to me

[travelingbelle]

[This was in fact a very nice break from all those boys. Too many dicks, dancefloor, etc.

Blue was so busy cooing over the Feraligatr that it took her a moment to realize that there was a girl attached to it and said girl was waving her down. And calling her lady. Oh, gosh, she didn't look at old, did she? Wait maybe that was a good thing. Anyway.

She lifted a hand to return the greeting, trotting over to the both of them.]

Haha, is it that obvious? Yes, I'm here visiting some friends... Gosh, your Feraligatr is lovely.

i cannot resist the siren song of Blue /weeeep

[genderbentmario]

[Aw, shucks, you'll make Rui blush. She's shy. As for Lyra, she brightens right up. Complimenting her precious babies is the best possible way to get into her good books, Blue. She motions for Rui to set her down, then pats her giant atrocious reptilebeast on the nose.]

Wow, thanks! Rui's a real cutie, huh? We... oh, wait, you know what a Feraligatr is?

[Seems like a really dumb question to ask, but not everyone at this school lives in a Pokemon world. So... odds are, this girl either comes from a Poke-region, or maybe has been living in FDC for a while.]

So... hey, are you trainer too?! [She's totally scoping out your hip for a telltale set of Pokeballs, Blue.]

BDDD

[travelingbelle]

A super cutie.

[Wear your cuties with pride, Rui. Blue was going to blink at the questions. Sure, they weren't in one of the regions at the moment, but... huh. It hadn't occurred to her that maybe some pokemon weren't a common thing. Must have been because of her visits with the boys.

Blue helpfully motioned towards the balls riding above her skirt.]

You bet! [And here was her hand. Let's shake, Lyra.] My name's Blue, from Kanto.

[relentless_sentinel]

Nephenee was wandering around campus with her little white dog Daisy, when she saw the young lady also wandering around. Being the friendly, if a bit shy, sort, she decided it was going to be her duty to welcome the newcomer. So have a Nephenee coming up to you, doggy in tow.

"Um...howdy, miss."

[travelingbelle]

Luckily Blue was the friendly, not-a-bit shy sort. She might have already been on her way to say hello to the duo, so she was quite pleased to see that they were headed her way.

"Hello!" she greeted back cheerfully with a tip of her hat. "And hello to you," she continued to the dog.

[relentless_sentinel]

Daisy barked happily, wagging her tail as hard as she could, before nudging Blue's hand. Someone wanted to be petted.

Nephenee smiled at the cheerful greeting, and nodded back, "Ah'm Nephenee, miss, an' this is Daisy. Welcome to Smash Academy. Ya been here before?"

[travelingbelle]

Well she would be quite happy to oblige the pup. Here were some pettings and some ear scritchings for you, Daisy.

Blue very briefly noted the other girl's somewhat odd sounding name, and the presence of her accent. It was entirely unlike the ones she had heard around town. Someone else from somewhere not around here... though it was hard to truly pin that down, considering how many different kinds of people where around here.

She paused in the dog pets to hold her hand out towards her. "Nice to meet you, Nephenee. y name's Blue, and no. This is my first visit! Do you have any recommendations of places to check out?"

the slowest of slows.

[bieverfever]

There was a shell somewhere on campus. Inside that shell, there was a Squirtle, but that really wasn't that important. In his opinion, anyway. Perhaps Blue recognized said shell; although it had certainly obtained a few scuff marks since the last time she had seen the Squirtle it belonged to.

Marie was out-of-the-way. Maybe nestled under a bench in the quad, or wandering one of the darker corners of the massive library. Or perhaps they'd cross paths somewhere else on campus, and Marie wouldn't notice her because, at his level, all he could see were ankles.

Just in time for phone typos.

[travelingcascade]

Blue had passed by the little shell tucked under a bench a few times. The first time, she thought it looked pretty dang familiar. The second time, she was mostly positive that she knew who that shell belonged to.

The third time was when she stopped and took a seat on the opposite side of the bench he was chilling under. There was a little bit of a creak over head, and then what. What was that appearing in front of where a turtle head might appear from?

A wonderfully fragrant pecha berry, that was what.

[bieverfever]

Marie was able to tell that someone had taken a seat across from him, but he didn't bother to see who it was at first. The offering of the pecha berry implied it was someone familiar with him and his particular tastes. Automatically he assumed it was Red. A look outside of his shell revealed feminine, definitely-not-Red's ankles.

Greedy turtle arms filled in their openings and reached out for the berry. Hesitantly, Marie drew his nose out. And then, slowly, the rest of his head. With wide eyes, he looked up at Blue.

Blink blink. Hello, Blue.

[travelingbelle]

She had been sneaking glances at the turtle shell every so often to scope out the progress her berry bait had made. Out right staring at it might have made a timid Squirtle mysteriously nervous, so she had avoided that. In doing so, she had missed when Marie initially gave in to poking his head out. It was with a briefly surprised blink that she glanced back in his direction and noticed him blinking up at her in turn. Oh, hello.

The female trainer quickly grinned, lifting a hand to wave at him a little.

"Good afternoon."