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[Open] Smile!

Who: Spinrak, anyone
What: She goes around and smiles.
Where: Around school
When: Friday the 22nd. All day
Warnings: Creepy smiles for everyone.

After the talk with Sasha, Spinarak felt a lot better about herself. She had always thought her smiles were too scary to show to others, but after the compliments the Charizard had given her she felt as though she could smile more openly. Not that she'd smile at the mirror. No, she still couldn't handle looking at her own smile. Practice makes perfect, right? She was going to go and smile at everyone.

[ooc: Just put the day (and location, if you want) your dude would run into Spinarak! It'll mostly be a conversation or something! \o/]

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Oh... The Venusaur sounded like he was in a very bad mood. Maybe she should just say 'hi' and move away. So she just did that. She slowly crept out of the bushes and gave a wave.

"...Hello."

He slowly blinked the bleariness from his eyes, trying to focus on the person standing there. She seemed kind of familiar somehow, in a tasty way. They were tasty colours. Mmn.

Hmm.

Oh wait.

"You're... the Spinarak student?" Well, now Vinnie had to make an effort to compose himself, or at the very least not look like he was going to nod off at any second.

Spinarak gave a nod. Oh, she should smile too, right? Right. After all, practice only made it better. Or worse, in this case. So she gave a smile.

"Yes. I'm Spinarak..."

Vinnie was just in the middle of shifting into perhaps a less threatening-looking form for her - Pop! - when he noticed that ominous, blank-eyed smile. Holy shit.

Okay, he wasn't going to pretend that didn't startle him, because it did. But damned if he was going to do anything like yelp or gasp or make unmanly noises in fright - that was just stupid.

Looking a little alarmed, Vinnie stared back, agape. Sasha did say she was teaching her to smile... what the hell, Sasha.

What to say what to say, try to not draw attention to that creepy face. "...Uh, well, do you have a nickname?"

A nickname... The smile disappeared and she was back to her normal expression as she thought for a bit. The majority of the people she knew called her 'Spinarak,' though there were some who called her 'Spinny'...

"...Some people call me Spinny..." She replied. "...Would that be... a nickname...?"

she stopped smiling geeze that was weird

Vinnie gave the tiniest, the most minute sigh of relief. If this as Sasha's plan to make the spider more sociable, then she was going to get really messed results.

What with this being their first time meeting in person, Vinnie extended his hand towards her, offering it in a friendly hello shake. Hopefully she could be assured enough that he wasn't going to eat her on the spot - it was pretty hard to do so as a human anyway. "Close enough. All right then, Spinner - nice to meet you."

The Venusaur being in his human form did make this Spinarak feel more at ease being there since, well, humans had more trouble eating other humans than a large dino-plant eating a short person probably. She moved closer to accept the handshake.

"Nice to meet you..." She trailed off as she took out a frowning mask by habit. What was his name again? "...your name...?"

"Oh yeah, guess I never told you." Yeah, he was too busy thinking about snacking last time. "I'm Vinnie."

That mask - was that her way of using emoticons outside of the computer? It struck Vinnie as more than a little odd. Curious, and forgetting a little thing like manners, he yoinked the sign in her hand to take a closer look.

"So what's this supposed to be for?"

Oh no, her mask! She reached over in attempt to take it back, but a thought made her pull her hand back: what if he got angry and snapped at her, or worse, what if he changed his mind and decided to gobble her up? She certainly didn't want that happening.

"It's...for showing...my feelings...better..." She responded slowly as she gazed at the mask. Oh god please don't break it, it's hand-made. "Showing different faces...is hard for me..."

Wow, this thing had a really arts and crafts vibe to it. Vinnie flipped it back and forth, checking out both sides of the mask and the stick it was held up by. Nothing so rough he'd break it - he was used to handling delicate things after all, like flowers.

Briefly, he tested it out by holding it up over his own face - but that just didn't feel natural to him. As far as he was concerned, it wasn't an aid, it was a crutch.

Putting it down, he regarded the Spinarak seriously, trying to say his mind as gently as he could. "It's cute, but you can't hide behind a little mask all the time, Spinner. Y'don't gotta be afraid of giving people a piece'a your mind."

Spinarak carefully listened to what Vinnie had to say. He did have a point. A really good point. It was also part of the reason why she had decided to attend this school, to get stronger so she doesn't have to run away from everything anymore. She stayed quiet as she thought over her original purpose of being at the academy before giving a nod as a response.

"...I'll do my best...to not hide..."

Vinnie flashed her an encouraging smile; that's what he wanted to hear.

"Attagirl. Look, the secret to bein' brave doesn't hafta do with how well you show faces. It's standin' up for what you think is right - and that includes your feelings.

"Don't smile cuz people say you should. Smile cuz you're happy. Do it for youself, t'hell what everyone else thinks. Doesn't matter if other people're stronger than you, cuz once you've got the self-confidence, you'll get stronger too."

That was his bold nature talking, but that's what Vinnie lived by. He was only vaguely aware of how odd it was to be giving food advice.

Spinarak carefully listened to the Venusaur's words and couldn't help but feel a little at loss. She wanted to get better at expressing her feelings so other people could understand exactly how she felt, but she couldn't give a smile or frown like everyone else. After all, she had spent most of her life using the simple face on her back to show expressions instead of her actual face.

"...What if...I want to smile to...show that I'm happy...but I can't...do so well?" She asked, her gaze cast down towards the grass as she spoke. "How do... I get better...at showing smiles...and frow--sad faces...?"

Woops, she bit her tongue on that 'frown'...

Hm, that was a good question. Her idea of a smile wasn't exactly one that communicated the right stuff. Maybe it was another direction she needed.

Vinnie put his thinking face on, idly tapping his chin with her sign that he was currently forgetting to return to her. "Well, you could... work on your body language, maybe. Yeah." There were tons of Pokemon with not much of a face to speak of, but they still managed to convey their feelings with how they acted. They had to get through to their trainers somehow.

That sounded like the right sort of advice. And thus he began to elaborate: "So, if you're happy, act real gung-ho an'excited, that stuff. Be in-your-face about it. And if you're not happy at someone, then punch them."

The best advice.

Punch them.... Spinarak wasn't sure if that was a good idea, to punch people or things every time something made her upset.

"...Punching people...helps?" She asked slowly, feeling very unsure about accepting this advice. Everything Vinnie had said up to this point sounded like really good ones, though, so perhaps she should follow this last one too...

Vinnie looked pretty sure about this piece of advice. After all, punching was very therapeutic.

"'Course. Helps let off a lotta steam. Sure, I get in trouble for it sometimes, but as far as I'm concerned, if someone's really pissin' you off, they deserve to be punched."

He nodded sagely.

Spinarak thought for some more before nodding in response. That did sound like a good idea. The person making her upset would definitely be a "jerk" as others said, and they would deserve at least a slap on the face. She wasn't sure if she could do any good punches, but she was going to at least try.

"I'll try..." She replied with a tiny jab in the air for practice. "...I will practice...my punches..."

And lo, Vinnie ruined another young, impressionable mind. He looked pretty pleased with himself about it too. Getting into fights was a perfectly legit way to get stronger, even if you don't win! The more a Pokemon fought, the more confidence it'd get in its own power. That's pretty much how it worked to him.

So, what better way to get started than with some real practice? "Al'right then - gimme your best one!"

He really meant it. He wants you to punch him, Spinny. And he looked excited about it.

He wanted to what?! Spinarak jumped in surprise, her hands at her face, too surprised to even get a surprised-looking mask out. This was all too sudden! She was hoping to get some practice in with a punching bag...

"But...you aren't...making me upset..." She replied. Not upset, but he was definitely making her feeling unsure of the entire situation. Yes, this was a fighting school, but wasn't it better for people to throw each other punches while they're doing a spar, not out of nowhere?

Ha ha you didn't use a mask! Vinnie's master plan was clearly working, if he were actually clever enough to make master plans like that. He's not. But that was some proper body language there. Good job.

"Well, I made you upset cuz I wanted t'eat you, right? And you need a trainin' partner who can't get poisoned too easy." Half poison type bros!

His big brotherly instincts were taking over any sort of appetite he had for her. Maybe it was because he could relate to that bottom-of-the-barrel feeling of wanting to get stronger - so he wanted to help.

Spinarak tilted her head as she folded her arms across her chest, trying to show that she was confused. When she first talked to Vinnie over on the networks, she had gotten scared more than upset. Do people usually feel more upset than fear in this case? ...Did she even know how upset feels like? She read so many books where the characters become angry and start yelling, but she never had the chance to experience that herself yet.

"...I felt...scared..." She replied slowly. "...But not upset..."

Vinnie scratched his chin. Personally, being scared made him pretty pissed off, and it definitely, most certainly made him want to punch things. Guess it took all kinds.

"Oh, that's funny. I'm always upset when I'm scared. But not everyone's like that." Hrm, this might be a slower process than he thought.

There was one thing he was sure of, though: "You'll get more confident 'bout yourself once you know you can kick some ass."

Kicking some asses... That phrase had an odd, but nice feeling around it. She wished she could be more like Spiderman, too... And then she had a small realization.

"...I'm...taking a smash...fund...a...mentals class....practice fighting..." She said very slowly. "...Maybe I can...get some...confidence there..."

They were learning about the basics of fighting there anyways, she figured there would be a day where they would end up having a sparring session someday! Probably in the far future... ~~Boy did she jinx it.~~

Vinnie lit up with a smile. "That sounds perfect! Maybe there'll be sparring!" He loved sparring. Even if he was a Venusaur, he knew he always had room to get stronger. ~~And then he got his ass kicked~~

"Maybe we could spar sometime." god vinnie no "Or train. Just for practice, I mean, not a real fight. I could give you some tips."

Eep, she definitely wasn't ready for sparring just yet. She'd be squashed in one move. But practicing sounded like a great idea! Spinarak gave a few energetic nods.

"That sounds...like a really...good...idea..." She replied.

[Open] Smile!

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DERP CHINA TAGFAIL

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vinnie stop teaching her swear words

next thing we know, spinny will try to swear and fail

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