[open] WATER YOU DOING

[for_truth]

Who: Hilda and YOU
What: Some doofus just popped out of the lake.
Where: The lake, maybe the bit of the forest right next to it
When: Starting around 10 AM Tuesday morning (Oct. 23) until ?????
Warning: Extreme stupid.

Something bubbled ominously in the lake. It was the sort of ominous bubbling that usually meant a giant monster was going to emerge from the water and make everyone pee their pants, but minutes passed and no monster was jumping out of the lake.

As time went on that something in the middle of the lake bubbled more and more, UNTIL SUDDENLY... It stopped. Ten seconds passed before the Gyarados living in the lake leapt through the air with a MIGHTY ROAR as it furiously shook something off of its back, and then disappeared back into the depths of the water. That something was human-shaped and flying through the air. It took a second for it to start screaming like a terrified little girl as it cascaded through the air, and then landed right in the shallow end of the lake with a glorious SPLASH.

"What the--" She whipped around so fast that her ponytail whacked her in the face, "Ow-- Hey! Where'd you... Ya still there?" Another Pokemon suddenly emerged from the murky waters; upon its appearance the girl forgot all about careening through the air and landing on her butt as she swam-ran over to it and then put her arm around it like she was greeting an old chum. "H-heh... That coulda went better, huh? You earned some rest."

She returned the Pokemon to its ball and waded back through to the shallow end of the lake. Instead of leaving, though, she plopped down onto the muddy ground and stared excitedly at the water, wiping some mud off of the thing on her wrist before she fiddled around with it. If you would rather not approach the drippy girl covered in mud she will be poking around in the forest in an hour or so, considerably less drippy.

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[deathboss]

If you were Eikichi, you were busy drawing near the water when it happened. He HAD been hoping that the Gyarados (that he did not know the name of, he called it Blue Dragon) would come out of the water...but now there was a girl? And a weird jellyfish thing with her.

Oooookay.

"Dude this is messed up," he said to no one in particular. But the days were getting colder, and he walked over to her, taking off his own coat and offer it to her.

"You okay?" And then, carefully. "...any reason why'd you came out of the lake? You a mermaid of somethin?"

[idealisms]

N felt perfectly content relaxing by the lake, all while Carracosta chilled at its center, laying shell-first in the water and floating around without a care. He had to wonder how a Pokemon so heavy could float so easily, but he wasn't about to question it when he didn't have any of its science to work with, to build upon.

But then the Gyarados happened.

Along with that, that girl happened.

Wait... was it a girl? Hilbert--?

No, that was definitely a girl. Never mind. He rushed right behind Eikichi, his mouth totally ajar. "Are you alright?!" Also, a mermaid? Silly Eikichi. Those are only in fairy tales. I mean, they are only in fairy tales, right? Maybe they really do exist!

Gasp.

[gimmegamedammit]

Asagi was at the lake fishing. She thought she was only going to find bass... but instead gets a Gyarados. Her fishing line gets caught on it, and she gets pulled into the lake.

When everything has calmed down she emerges from it, looking like a drowned rat, and walks towards Hilda

"What the heck are you doing?!"

[star_punched]

Someone was also jogging here, taking Bonsly Rocky out as well. Once seen, Mac rushes over the group. N was there too. And...a girl? She was wet, soaked even. Oh NO! Does she need help?

Mac was a good guy and wanted to help badly.

Rocky however was weird about going so Mac said it was okay to wait for him. Water doesn't do Bonslies any good.

"Hey, everythin' okay here?"

[for_truth]

"Mermaids? What?" Hilda started to turn and face the steadily-growing crowd, but one glance at Eikichi made her turn back around and stare straight ahead at the turtlemon still floating around in the water. Holy crap, dude, your face... She reached back and took the jacket he was offering, thought it was a towel, and wiped some mud off of her face before she held it back out. "Th-thanks, I'm cool. Nothin's broken."

She could have sworn one of those people sounded familiar, but... "Hey, what region's this? They don't have those dudes back at home." She pulled something about the size of a cell phone out of her pocket and tried to scan the lake, but alas, all her Pokedex was giving her was data on the Carracosta. She finally stood and replaced the Pokedex in her gross muddy pocket, "I was Surfin' and tryin' to get home, but, uh..." She paused as she took off her hat and wrung the water out of it, "This don't look like Unova."

let's say some point during forest wandering time

[genderbentmario]

Adventure and excitement awaits deep within the spooooky forest, Hilda. The mysteries it contains are myriad and endless. For example: somewhere in the forest, there exists an inexplicable trail of scorched ground, where the soggy undergrowth has been reduced to ash by some unknown entity. What could it be?! Signs of a fearsome monster lurking about? Alien activity producing the laziest crop circle in the universe?

Perhaps the answer could be found if this trail was followed... all of... twenty or so feet. At the end of the possibly-supernatural ash trail lay... a Magcargo. About three feet ahead of it, a frisbee was lying on the ground. Said Magcargo was intently inching toward the frisbee about as swiftly as could be expected.

And, oh. A few feet over yonder, there was some pigtailed chick sitting in a lawn chair, staring at this snail in eager anticipation. Cool.

[for_truth]

Um, duh, it's way past cool.

Hilda wasn't exactly snooping around the forest, she was... Yeah, okay, she was snooping around. Gotta see what's lurking in it before it gets dark, and stuff. She followed the trail of scorched earth in hopes that it would lead to something cool, like an alien or a monster or something, and while most people would be disappointed by just a Magcargo she was not.

She sat down in the ash and watched as it crept towards... A frisbee? Girl in a lawn chair? As with any new unknown creature (everyone always focuses on the super-rare Pokemon, nobody ever talks about snails) she whipped out her Pokedex to figure out what the heck it was. "Maga-what...? Uh... Hi! This guy your Pokemon?"

[genderbentmario]

Lavasnail was in the zone, man. It was clearly moving far too fast to pay attention to this newcomer; looking away could mean tripping over a wayward root, a move that could be disastrous at speeds this high.

Leave the talking to Lyra, then. She sat up in her lawn chair, looking proud as all get-out. "Yep! Maz is my Magcargo. We were just playing fetch, so..." She scoped out Mystery Girl for a second, her curiosity suddenly piqued. Going to ask the obvious questions, Lyra? Who is this? What is she doing in the middle of the forest?

"Hey, is that a Pokedex...?"

Well, I guess that's important too.

[for_truth]

MAGCARGO, YEAH. THAT WAS IT. Hilda was mesmerized by its blinding speed for a minute before she registered that the girl in the lawn chair was talking to her.

"Oh, this?" She held it up for emphasis, grinning proudly. "Yup!"

So if she knew what a Pokedex was... And she was playing fetch with a Pokemon... "You a Pokemon trainer? Where from? I've never seen one'a these before."

Out in the forest

[negativeions]

Jolt just needed to run.

And so he did.

There was a speedy yellow dog sprinting through the woods for no reason.

[for_truth]

Hilda had no idea Running Dog was in the area, and as such she had been taking a break from wandering around aimlessly under a tree. BUT! A yellow blur flew past her with such blinding speed that she was compelled to chase after it. WAS IT A POKEMON? AN ALIEN? ...A POKEMON!?

[negativeions]

RUNNING DOG RAN BY AGAIN.

This time Hilda could get a good look at it.

A POKEMON INDEED.

[for_truth]

RUNNING DOG IS POKEMON HOW CAN THIS BE!?

Well, what the heck? She had her running shoes on. Clearly this Pokemon was chasing something cool, so she ran off after it.

[servingmiwafyh]

Kazooie's spending a lot of time in the wilderness lately. No she is not homesick, only chumps get homestick.

Maybe she will wander towards the direction of the lake to appease her inner inkling of homesickness.

[for_truth]

If she did, there was a weird kid caked in mud already at the lake. She was wading around in the water; maybe she was looking for fish?

[servingmiwafyh]

Kazooie had just spotted this mud monster when she finally arrived. And it was moving!

It had to be one of those Pokemon!

She approached it cautiously...

[for_truth]

But are they always that human-shaped...

Hilda turned around and stared. A bird? ...A BIRD POKEMON...?

She slowly crept toward this NEW SPECIES.

[givemeyouranswerdo]

MUD MONSTER AAAAAAA oh wait that was a girl covered in mud.

"Hey... Are you okay?" Daisy asked.

[for_truth]

"Huh?" Hilda looked around to see if anyone else was around. NOPE... "Who, me? I'm fine! Better'n ever."

She paused and jumped like she had forgotten something important. "Hey! Where is this?"

[givemeyouranswerdo]

Well that's a familiar sounding accent. But she didn't say so.

"Well that's a relief. This is Smash Academy in Final Destination City. You a new student?"

[for_truth]

"... This is a school?"

Well that was slightly less exciting than she was expecting. "Uh... Never heard of it."

[speaknotthewatchers]

Manah had seen a lot of things in her time, namely the odd creepy sort of things, but girls flying through the air wasn't exactly a common occurrence. Maybe here it was. Here was strange.

She'd been out in the woods, playing with magic, but the flying girl had interrupted that. So did the dragon. Manah didn't particularly care for most dragons. But no worries.

It took some time before Manah could find the girl in the forest. "Are you the flying girl?"

[for_truth]

Since some time had passed, Hilda was keeping herself busy by wandering around and staring at any bugs or woodland creatures that went past. Once on the search for new Pokemon, always on the search for new Pokemon, and stuff.

Manah was not a woodland creature, so she jumped at the sudden question but stood up to say hello regardless. "Flyin' girl? Uh... --Oh! I guess so, but I can't fly."

[speaknotthewatchers]

Manah never fully understood the gotta catch 'em all thing quite yet, but exploring places was a whole different story. She did enjoy finding new locations, ones that were peaceful and away from all the noise.

"That was quite a leap you took then."

[for_truth]

"S'cool. I didn't break nothin' and nobody got hurt, so... At least, I don't think nobody got hurt." She grinned sheepishly before something else seemed to catch her attention.

"Hey, so... You been at this crazy school place for long?"