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[travelingomen]

Who: Edel Absol and you with the face.
What: Stalking
Where: Everywhere around school.
When: All day long

If you feel like you are being watched today, you probably are.

With a human form privately practiced, being enrolled to take classes and having a dorm of her own for that purpose, today one Edelweiss is taking it upon herself to familiarize herself with Smash Academy's walls and residents more thoroughly than usual. In the past, she had remained in the shadows watching the bunch of weirdos at this place before going back to her Pokeball. But if she was going to be attending it as a student, she would have to know where everything is, what everything is, whatever she could! It's a more effective method to learn, she thought, even though she picked up a decent amount of information just from lurking.

Of course right now she found it more convenient to do so in depth while in her original form.

One might see the Disaster Pokemon in the courtyard, in the student dorm halls, or on the roofs. Probably quite often in tall places, actually. She could see and hear a lot at a time that way.

But no one has come up to talk with her yet! Will you?

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[rivalthunderbolts]

Jolt came and sniffed Edel's butt.

Jolt recognized a familiar smell. He knew his team, he knew Red's team, and he knew Blue's team. And so he had some idea what to expect when he sought out the source of the familiar scent, and found the Absol.

"Well, well. Decided to show up at last, huh?" he asked, trotting out to greet her.

[travelingomen]

RUDE!!!!

Edel expected to be approached eventually. She was making herself known this time, so she knew it was only a matter of time. But it was a familiar face. She recognized it quickly, a Pokemon from Green's team. Naturally, the chances of being spotted by someone from the team of her trainer's friends was there too. She had met the Red and Green Teams briefly on a few occasions, but didn't speak with any of them too often.

At any rate, it's not she was completely averse to conversation. She was being deliberately visible, of course it would happen. And she could handle it.

"Well, I certainly couldn't resist this forever now, could I?" She replied, tilting her head with a small smirk.

[rivalthunderbolts]

Jolt grinned. "All the cool kids are here, apparently. So tell me, how long've you been lurking around here?" he asked curiously, plopping down near her to chat.

[travelingomen]

"Oh, long enough to learn this place has quite a few weirdos." Edel laughed. Hey, it wasn't like anyone could argue. "But that makes it all the more interesting. And what brings you out here today?"

[rivalthunderbolts]

"Oh, I sniffed something familiar, and thought I'd come check it out," he grinned. "Good to know I'm not losing my touch!" he teased.

[flamedog]

Somebody's giantass dog is asleep in a sunbeam in a hallway.

[travelingomen]

Whoa, big dog. Big ol' dog in her path. Why a big ol' dog was sleeping in the middle of the hallway, Edel had no idea. Or she would have no idea if she didn't step around him and recognize the big pup as her own teammate. Sigh, oh my. By now Edel was used to the ridiculous antics of Jock, but even still there needed to be a good reason. Maybe some would take the old phrase "let sleeping dogs lie" literally in this context.

But Edel doesn't know the meaning of that phrase.

So she does the only logical thing and shoves him awake. Get up, you.

[flamedog]

Jock just growls at you a "go away," and then covers his eyes with his giantass tail.

No. Not getting up. Nap time.

[travelingomen]

Oh dear, this is going to take much more than that, isn't it? All right, fine. If you wanted to be that way, Jock, Edel will walk away.

Across the hall, she stopped in her tracks and turned around again. She entered a crouching, preparing herself to pounce, and then rushed forward back to where Jock slept. She gradually picked up speed as she made her way through the hall. Within arm's reach of Jock, Edel leaped into the air above him...!

Then SLAMMED on top of Jock with all her force. It's wake up time, you.

[flamedog]

Okay that woke up Jock, and not in a good way.

Jock jumped up with the Absol on top of him, and used Reversal to toss it off of him, angrily.

YEAH HI

[idowhatilike]

Evve was typically the avoidant type, only observant when she wanted to be because everyone was usually annoying and/or disappointing. Trainers were consistently unknown victims to her scrutiny, but considering she was (willingly) trapped in her human body as of late, they had naturally become less of a concern.

Needless to say that Edelweiss had been overlooked on more than one occasion due to her team status, but now Evve was paying attention. After all, she had only ever seen one Absol in her travels and this one was spiking on the familiarity charts.

"You," she called to her as she was crossing the courtyard. Yeah, that's how you get someone's attention.

HEY HEY HEY HEY

[travelingomen]

Across from the courtyard, Edel heard someone call out. Whether it was to her or not was anyone's guess, but she turned her attention in that direction either way, lest she miss out on an interesting conversation.

As it turned out, there was someone over there looking toward her. A human it looked like. Not one Edel knew, but there was something about that person. She did look human, but she didn't feel human. There was also something vaguely familiar...

But Edel was addressed, and she wouldn't ignore it. It's not like she could easily since she was out in the open like this. She kept her guard up anyway.

"Yes?" She responded, but didn't expect to be understood.

HEY LISTEN

[idowhatilike]

Evve made to approach, speaking as she went. "Are you new?" She couldn't pin it, but this one seemed too familiar to ignore. But Evve was getting right to the point. "I mean have we spoken before now?"

FUCK

[travelingomen]

Maybe she did know this person. Edel didn't recognize any person like this before, though. She hadn't interacted with many humans for long enough for anyone to recognize her in particular, but if she was understood this person probably wasn't fully human. Interesting. Clearly it demanded further investigation.

Edel carefully walked over to Evve.

"Hmm. I don't believe so. But perhaps." Once she had a closer view of Evve, she looked up at her face, trying to match a memory with the face. All the while she muttered 'Hmm's to herself. There was indeed something unshakably familiar about this person's presence, but not her face.

[wassa_matta_you]

Not really one for being cooped up, Desmond decided it might be in his best interests to keep his skills honed and ensure that he could still scale buildings, so when he got to the rooftops and found some white, fuzzy dog thing had occupied the area before he could, needless to say he was mildly surprised.

Its shape was sharp to the eyes, an impression of danger in its very outline, but he hesitated to back off before seeing if it was actually hostile. After all, this school had an array of creatures hiding within - and without - its walls. Curiosity got the better of him more than caution.

She likely had noticed his approach, the need for silence dismissed when he assumed he had no reason to sneak around, so he continued to move as if she were fully aware of his presence.

[travelingomen]

It didn't take too much for Edel to be aware of Desmond's presence. Her senses were sharp enough that she could detect someone very quickly. A necessity where she was from. She was already looking in his direction. But...

A human on top of a building like this? Why up here? What reason could a human have to climb up a building? Who was he? How strange. How very curious.

Edel needed to know, her curiosity was piqued, but he was approaching her. If his intent was hostile as it usually is for people, she was guarded and prepared to retaliate or retreat. But she also wanted to know what this guy was doing up here? If she could find out she would. For now, she gave a slight tilt of the head. Her next action will depend on his.

[wassa_matta_you]

Well, Desmond wasn't about to go running at her like a flock of pigeons in a park or anything but he was light on his feet now, steps thoughtful in his approach. He slowly lifted his hands up to show he meant no harm, giving a guess she may understand the gesture. These animals, or whatever they were around here, appeared to be incredibly intelligent and registered human language, if Connor and his bird were anything to go by.

Trying to keep that in mind, Desmond hoped whatever he would say wouldn't insult her. He just wanted to know what she was.

"Never seen something like you before," he tried, wondering if any of them could actually speak.

[travelingomen]

He didn't seem hostile at any rate. Edel could come to that conclusion at least from his gesture. Her guard wouldn't be dropped completely, but this at least gave her a somewhat safe opportunity to go ahead and approach Desmond with little repercussion.

If he never saw something like her before, he must have either lived somewhere otuside of Hoenn, or came from a world where there were no Pokemon at all as she heard about before. That made him all the more interesting. She circled around him, examining him from every angle before stopping right in front of him again.

She let out an elongated "Hmm." noise. The questioning tone of her voice could be picked up even through the Poke-speak Desmond would only hear.

[golonghorns]

Joel was still getting used to this big campus. His classes were going well enough he supposed. But he was still trying to get home if he could.

He walked back onto school grounds after a morning spent in the woods. His brow was damp with sweat and he stopped at a drinking fountain to get a little fresh water into him. As he ducked his head a second time he happened to spot Edel nearby.

"The heck kinda dog is that?" he muttered to himself. Muttering to himself was getting to be more of a habit than it ever had been before. But he had a lot of questions and no-one to ask most of the time.

[travelingomen]

Hello there, Joel. Guess who noticed you see her and is now checking in your direction right now? Edel heard a faint comment come from this forest man taking a drink and turned in that direction. Whoever he was, he sure looked like he had quite a hike this morning. She was being less subtle than normal; of course she would have been noticed. But what was he wondering about her? She was prepared for anything. Especially if this man just came from that insane forest. She kept her gaze in his path and tilted her head. Did you need something?

[golonghorns]

"Hey there, pup." Joel said, taking off his backpack and rummaging around in the front pocket of it. He had a sandwich in there he just hadn't gotten around to eating. It was ham and cheese. Simple, but tasty enough.

"C'mere, now." he said in a gruff, but still kind of gentle manner, as if he was calling pretty much any other dog. He had no idea if that thing was friendly or not but he'd never come across a pooch that didn't dig ham.

Joel had kind of a soft spot for dogs in general. One of the nice things about living in the power plant city was they had a few guard dogs he'd stop and pet every so often. He'd learned early on to avoid the packs of stray dogs that lived outside the safe zones - those things were completely feral and would try and kill you before letting you pet them. For all he knew, this strange looking creature was the same way. But he had a pistol in his front pocket so he wasn't worried.

"You wanna little lunch?"

[travelingomen]

Hahaha, oh dear, this man really was interesting. Never before had anyone offered Edel food in that way. At least not for a long while. What a strange man, this was. Currently, Edel wasn't particularly craving any food and she didn't care for taking a random sandwich from a stranger anyway. This man must have taken her for a normal pet.

She already had a trainer, if what he was trying to do was recruit her. Edel politely raised one of her paws and shook her head with a small laugh. No thank you, sir, she's quite alright. She was more interested in what he was doing than food. She looked up at him again, her expression curious. She glanced in the direction of the forest, then back to him, as if she was asking what he was doing there. Obviously, he wouldn't be able to understand her if she spoke, so this was her best bet.

[travelingbelle]

Blue liked it when her Pokemon were into exploring and doing their own things. Too much time in their pokeballs was enough to make anyone worried that they were going stircrazy. They were more or less allowed to do what they liked, since she trusted them not to get themselves into too much trouble.

The caveat, however, was that they had to come check in with her every so often. It was something she had been more lenient about in the past, since Blue's trust in her pokemon ran deep, but these days her trust in everyone else had been shaken a bit.

So there she was in one of the common rooms, trying to flip through the pages of one of her textbooks and ripe for distraction.

[travelingomen]

Edel’s day was all over the place. A lot of it spent learning the terrain, already meeting with a bunch of different people. All of them interesting in their own unique way. The time out of her Pokeball was welcomed, as was the freedom. But even with that freedom to explore, she still needed to keep well to a deal made. One requested by probably the only person she could trust. She would have plenty of time even after that to continue her exploring.

By now she knew her way around well enough to make it to the common rooms with ease. In the usual places Blue would be, Edel didn't find her. So the next in line would be that place. Indeed, Edel’s guess was correct as she found her trainer sitting in that room, flipping through the pages of a book. Edel didn’t waste time in walking right over to her trainer, hoping to bring such a distraction that she needed.

To get Blue's attention, she jokingly cleared her throat. Hello there, you.

[travelingbelle]

Bret takes forever to tag back anything, so it took Blue a moment longer to look up than it should have. Maybe.

Edel was precisely the kind of distraction that Blue was secretly hoping for. The trainer grinned at the Absol, promptly shutting her book. It was far less interesting. "Hello there, you. Having a good day?"