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Touring! Misty sure likes it!

Who: Misty, Falkner
What: TOURING. Around the school. Because... Falkner needs it.
Where: The school, of course.
When: July 24

This was only to remind Misty that she'd really needed to keep in better contact with the other leaders.

She kept in some decent contact, namely with the Kanto leaders, but since she had hung out with Jasmine while she was still around, she hadn't really been with the other leaders. This was something she had to fix. In fact, how was she with the school in general? She wasn't around as much as usual. That, as well, was something that had to be remedied.

Falkner was a Johto gym leader anyway, right? She never really kept in contact with any of the Johto leaders at all unless it was for important business, if at all. Maybe she should broaden those horizons. Morty was already at the school, and now Falkner had just arrived. This just gave her a bit more initiative.

That was enough of that train of thought, though. It was time to focus on why she was meeting with Falkner today. She headed for his place and gave his door a knock.

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Remembering their arrangement, Falkner tried not to tie his hands up with any kind of commitments that would render him unable to meet with Misty on time, so he answered promptly.

He smiled a little upon seeing her for the first time. "Hi, Misty! You're right on time." He pressed the door open even further. "I must say it's a lot nicer meeting you when you're not a one-eyed bug."

'Falkner, why did you have to even bring that up?!' was what she wanted to say, but she kept her lips sealed tight on the very thought. She was just going to drop that thought and most anything related to being a bug right here, right now.

"It is! But that's okay because, well, we're going on a nice tour with nothing to worry about and no bugs, right?" Misty just awkwardly laughed, as if hurriedly trying to shove that away. "Now come on, we should go! H-How has planning your class been, anyway?! And what do you want to see first?"

She was just. Walking away and expecting him to follow now. She does not want to remember that week ever aaaahhh.

Falkner couldn't help but notice how jittery Misty was acting. Was she nervous? Why would she need to be nervous? Oh, it was probably the bugs. He had only been trying to make light of it. She was about to make his head swim in circles with how fast her mouth moved, so he focused on one question at a time as he closed the door behind him and followed her.

"Anything of interest that we pass by would be a good start while we head to the stadium," he decided. "I heard it could do all kinds of gymnastics, like fold into whatever layout or terrain you desire. My class will take place there."

So Falkner wanted to see the stadium first. That didn't really surprise Misty at all if he wanted to see that first, considering how his class would apparently take place there. She hadn't seen how the stadium area could shapeshift into different terrain, but she had heard things about that. She was honestly very tempted on trying it out herself, all things considered. It sounded like the perfect place for Pokemon battling.

"That's what it's supposed to do!" Misty spoke from what she'd heard around the school. "But I don't think I've seen it myself, and I haven't tried it out either. Can you imagine how that would be for battling? It'd be great! I wonder if it could check into a water setting for a battle? Oh, wouldn't you like it if it could change into something that could put you really high in the air?"

Platforms, maybe? She didn't know, although she may find one day that this was probably possible.

"That would be excellent," he said with a smile, imagining what kinds of possibilities were open to him. "Maybe I can play with the controls a little just to see what it can come up with.

"Of course, that also means stages that present a disadvantage to your specialty type," Falkner added, smile plunging as he imagined some kind of horrible electric field that probably starred in a nightmare or two. No, he really didn't like electric types or anything that had to deal with them if that wasn't made obvious by now. Go figure.

As they were just about close to making their way outside, just going down the flight of stairs that would lead them to the lobby and exit, Misty replied. "Oh," she spoke, her smile, too, disappearing. The idea of an electric-type field was probably the worst to her. A grass-type field, not as much, since... come on, it was grass, and natural grass wasn't harmful to water Pokemon. Natural electricity, though? That still was. That would pose a great threat.

"That would be horrible! What if there's a stage with electricity in it? Only my Quagsire would be able to make it out of there!" She stated. That wouldn't be so pleasant.

Falkner pushed the door open for the both of them and acknowledged their similar battle weaknesses. So she was thinking the same! "Then we shall hope there's little of that. I can easily picture all our opponents taking advantage of it."

Misty gave a perky nod, and then stepped through the door. The Stadium was not very far at all, and was immediately in her, and probably his, view. It was very large and accommodated for any kind of battle one could imagine possible. It was just about perfect to her!

"There it is! Come on!" She lead him there. "Maybe we can even find out how to change the field?" If it was open for any to try. If not, she'd refrain from attempting. She didn't want to damage it!

Ahh, it was big, spacious, and provided a healthy amount of room. Falkner's attention was robbed by the sprawl of field available for use and the climbing rows of spectator's seats. Peeking above the canopy was the comforting color of the sky. He assumed the roof could close in on itself, but he preferred open stadiums.

...Actually, this didn't look quite as spectacular as he had been expecting. It looked just like an especially large stadium for staged Pokemon battle events. There must be more than meets the eye, he thought. Everything in Final Destination City proved to be that way.

"Hmm... Up there," he pointed. "It looks like there's a control panel locked in behind glass. I bet that's where it changes. That door must lead up to it." His finger descended and without any of Misty's input, he began to head towards it.

To Misty, the stadium was pretty impressive, much more so than the type of battling field she was used to: nothing more than a small space and a pool. Sure, the plain, grassy dullness of the field wasn't exactly the most alluring, but surely there'd be a way to change that?

And that was exactly what she was ready to check out. Once Falkner pointed out the control panel over yonder and left her, Misty was quick to follow. "It looks like it! I wonder if we can figure out how to use it?" She wasn't exactly the most technologically advanced. She knew a little of it, at least enough to handle the journal network decently, but she wasn't a whiz.

They reached the door and headed over. A flight of stairs lead up to the room seen through the glass, containing a few little things, but most notably, the control panel. It gave a decent view of the Stadium, too! That was always nice.

It seemed to work on both voice command and manual input. That was... interesting, Misty thought. Which would be easier, though? "Which one should we do? We can use our voices and our hands to work it!" She informed him.

Just by staring at all the knobs and dials and meters littering the control station, Falkner's mind boggled. Technology like this was no specialty of his, and he was kind of tempted to play it safe and go with voice input. It sounded a lot less complicated. "Voice sounds easier if you ask me..." He gestured towards the mess of controls. "What do we tell it to do? 'Change stage to... an aquatic terrain'," he attempted.

~~It didn't listen because Falkner only has the Zephyr Badge~~

...At first, there was nothing. Falkner folded his arms and stared out at the field. "It's never that simple, is it? Don't they have some kind of manual lying around here--"

Oh, nevermind. The stage was morphing from bleak astroturf for miles to accommodate a water bed. Craggy boulders rose up from beneath the filling current, as well as platforms and stretches of turf for land dwellers. Falkner grinned at the transformation and quit looking for a newbie's guide on how to tell your stage what to do. "Ah, I take it back! Nice." He looked to Misty for her reaction.

Well, the fact that it didn't seem to work at first was discouraging. Misty, at first, just folded her arms, her frown quite obvious. "Ugh, that machine--!" It didn't exactly sound so easy.

But that was when it all changed, or rather, the field changed. It shaped up into a completely different kind of terrain, full of swishing water that resembled that of the purest lakes. It was a beautiful sight, especially under the sun's bright rays and amongst the land littering the Stadium, protruding from the waves. It just... reminded her of the ocean in one beautiful, transforming package.

She loved it. She was very obvious with it as she practically gushed over it. "That's... so cool! I didn't even think it'd do it like that, but it did!" It was so stunning. If she had her swimsuit right now, she'd even consider stepping out in there for herself.

"What other ones can we see? Oh wait, I've got it! What about something for flying Pokemon?" She wanted to see what Falkner might most enjoy, as well!

Just what he had been waiting to see. What kinds of settings would be advantageous to his birds? Wind thermals? Anything spacious enough to execute as many aerial maneuvers as possible would do. "That should be interesting. I wonder what it can come up with...

"Okay. Change stage to an aerial type of plane." The stadium was flushed of all water in a way that defied physics and was replaced with a staggeringly dimension-breaking expanse of clouds. Essentially, the stage became this:

Durr. Falkner was a little lost for words here.

What.

"What," uttered the gym leader in pure astonishment.

What. Was that a floating Slowpoke. No wait, that was a floating Wooper, too. And a Seel. And OH GOD WHAT IS THIS.

"... Are they... real?!" They were GIANT. POKEMON. SUDDENLY, THEY MATERIALIZED. What in the world was this and why was this happening oh god akfhakjhsfahf she kind of really wanted that Seel.

akfhakjhsfahf was exactly how Falkner felt about this whole scenery change too. How were they even in the stadium anymore? Where were the bleachers? What happened to the floors? It felt like they were high up in the air with the giant floating Pokemon! His hands gripped the edge of the control panel in uncontainable suspense as he tried to decipher whether the Pokemon were alive or not.

"...They're moving, Misty..." That Snorlax was definitely breathing over there. Talk About Creepy...

Oh god that was right. That Snorlax was BREATHING. And wait, were those Unown? Oh god they were staring at them it was creepy. It was very, very creepy.

"They're... all moving!!" She shrieked. They were practically floating in this control panel and oh god she did not like this. This was not a stage she would enjoy battling in. "Can't you change it?!" This place. Gave her. Heebie-jeebies up the wazoo.

Falkner attempted to straighten out a little, but it was a little hard not to be absorbed by the ever-changing scenery filled with living, breathing, floating Pokemon. "Change... it. Um, all right. How do I... Ch-change the stage to a... desert. Please." He named off the first kind of terrain that popped into his head, just so Misty would stop wigging out next to him. What a sensitive person.

And then, the entire stage was consumed by this image:

Too bad. You put too much emphasis on the s, Falkner. Now say it one more time, only with feeling.

One of Falkner's eyebrows twitched. "That's... not what I had asked for. At all."

"... Wha-..."

Was- Was this serious? Yes, it was serious. They were now on a stage where you could fight in a cup of ice cream. Perhaps one could say that this was... kinda cool.

Misty just stared in bewilderment. "How could anyone even... fight on this thing?! At all?!" She then did what anyone would probably do to something like this: she facepalmed. "Maybe it would be good to eat out of, but... who knows where that ice cream has even been!"

Okay, no, NOW she was really curious. "If this can change it to an ice cream, I-... I... Change this field into an underwater field!"

A silence. Then the area of the stadium was washed over with even more water than the first stage they'd tried contained. It even washed over the window panel of the control deck, giving them a sight that would probably make them feel like they were in an aquarium and looking in. The water was filled with fishy creatures and Pokemon, and the bottom of the stadium now resembled the ocean floor with lots of coral, sea sponges, and other things.

"Oh... wow!" Now she was really, truly breathless. She didn't even think it would work, but- but it did!

Falkner let go of a calm sigh as the stage morphed yet again. At least it performed what he was expecting. Maybe it liked Misty better? Tch. The stadium didn't have opinions anyway.

"Still, this is all pretty amazing." He gave the control board another look-over. "I'll have to practice with it some other time. It makes me wonder how far it can actually go." Falkner was so tempted to ask the stage to transform into something completely ridiculously foolish like somebody's nose or the end of the universe just to see what it would do. "And how to they come up with all those props... I still don't know if they're real or not."

Misty had to admit, it was very amazing. She was purely astounded by how the stage could shift into anything their minds desired. It was something she hadn't expected. She thought there wouldn't be so much flexibility, but apparently so! That was good to see. She definitely had to battle with this kind of control someday.

"It is! I can't wait to actually battle on a stage like this!" She then paused, her mind conjuring up a question, but should she ask it? Pfft, she's a gym leader, so why not?

"Maybe we can even battle sometime here!"

His sight peeled off the aquarium in front of them and focused on Misty. A smile sketched onto his face as he replied spiritedly, "If that's a challenge, then I'm looking forward to it. I can tell it will be a good match."

"It should be!" Misty had to agree, a large smile on her face now. She looked to him, her face full of courage and gusto. "Gym leader vs. gym leader, flying-types versus water-types... yeah! It should be great!"

Oh yes, they should probably revert the Stadium back now. Yeah. Sure. That would help a lot, yeah. "Oh! Should we change the field to normal? I should still show you the rest of the school!" Of course, that was only if Falkner really wanted to. They could always mess around just a bit more before they left.

"Maybe that's for the best," Falkner acceded, glancing back beyond the screen. "I don't want to be held responsible in case of the worst. It was fun while it lasted." His hands scooted up his sides and landed on his hips. "Okay, Stadium, please return to normal." Likewise, the building obeyed and soaked up all the water from the stage impossibly fast and folded back into a normal blank slate generic platform.

"You were really looking forward to show me the pool, I think," he reminded with a knowing grin. "Remember?"

"That's right!" Misty immediately beamed, her bias becoming extremely obvious. She adored the school's pool. No, no, she adored every kind of pool. She took to water so well, and loved it all too much. She simply couldn't be without the water, the wondrous waves, the clear, blue, beautiful-...

Oh, right, touring. That thing. Yeah. Misty motioned for him to follow her. "The pool is my favorite part of the school! It's really big, and it's pretty good for a nice, long swim. Do you ever like to swim often?" She questioned. Hopefully he would say yes, because hey, then she could even have another swimming buddy!

Falkner had to give it some thought. He wasn't very fond of the activity, but it was more like he never lent it much attention. "I suppose. I don't do it often."

Aw, he didn't? Well, that was a shame, Misty thought as she walked down the flight of stairs leading out of the control panel. That wasn't to say, however, that she couldn't always convince him to try it again.

"Oh, well... that's okay! You can always try it again sometime! What else do you do in spare time? Or do you just fly with your Pokemon for fun?" She questioned. That seemed like a fun activity, but one she also hadn't given much thought to. It looked like in that manner, she was in Falkner's boat (no sea pun intended).

Oh wow, you got him smiling again. If Misty was passionate about all things aquatic, then Falkner was all about the skies. "Yes! I do. There is nothing like soaring along the wind on your partner's beautiful wings. Not only is it refreshing, but liberating. I love that feeling... Have you ever flown on the back of a Pokemon before?"

Sadly enough, Misty had never flown atop a Pokemon before. She knew now that there were water-types that could indeed fly, such as Pelipper and such, but she never really owned one. The experience of flying through the skies on a Pokemon was unknown to her, let alone the idea of flying in general.

"I've never flown before! I don't even think I've flown on a plane before, let alone a Pokemon," she answered. "I've only ever had to surf on my Pokemon to get to where I want to go! I always surf on Lapras or Starmie!"

Incidentally, Pelipper was flying through Falkner's mind as well. Misty used water types, so adding Pelipper to her roster didn't sound like such a bad idea, in his opinion. "Have you considered Pelipper?" he asked.

Misty nodded, her eyes switching between looking at Falkner and looking at the skies above her. "I have! I don't... know why I haven't gotten one yet, actually. Aren't they only in Hoenn?" She frowned. "Maybe that's why! I've never been to Hoenn before. I love traveling, but I just never get to do it for one reason after the other!"

Even though she would be later. ~~And forget to get a Pelipper. OOPS~~~

~~Oops your loss |D~~

"You're not alone in that, for I too haven't been as far as Hoenn... but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to find that Wingull can be spotted down by the waves of Vermillion's coast. That's just a hop and a skip from Cerulean!"

"They are?! I didn't even know that they were!" The more you know! Perhaps Misty hadn't seen them because it'd be a good while since she'd visited Vermilion City. Perhaps she'd have to drop by sometime. "I guess I'll have to go back one day!"

Once they reached the school, Misty pointed to a nearby outdoor area. Clearly the pool was nearby. "Come on, this way," she spoke. "The pool's right around here!"

It was just about as big as he expected, considering the size of campus. "Impressive," he mused. "It looks well tended to. You must come here every day."

"Well, not EVERY day, but every OTHER day! Every chance I get!" Misty explained, gesturing to it. "It's REALLY good to go to all the time during the summer, too!"

Well, the pool was shown. She paused, wondering what else was left. "Oh, hm... where else do you want to look at? Any classrooms? The courtyard? The greenhouse? The cafeteria?"

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Touring! Misty sure likes it!

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Puns: you're full of them aren't you

b-but I love them 8>

i'm gay and completely late. :'(

it is fine you lovable gay <3

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