[Open] No, I'm serious, this really isn't Paris you guys.

[tearfulpartings]

Who: Elizabeth and Yooouuuu.
What: Falling out of the sky. Getting culture shocked. That sort of thing.
When: Sure why not the 21st. Can easily extend into the next few days, too :>
Where: School all over.
Warnings: N….o…

Earlier in the day, if you were paying attention you might have seen something drop out of the low cruising clouds. Did you? Maybe. Probably not. Was that a scream in the distance? No? Yeah, no.

(Except the answers were actually yes. Oops.)

Later though, one might notice a young lady that was not previously on campus before. If she was lost she was certainly not showing any signs of being bothered by it, running around and marvelling at…

… Everything. She was marvelling at everything. Even that leaf. Even that tree branch. Look at that lake. Look at that building. Look at that sky.

Look at you. Definitely you.

"Hello!"

[Should you like to action tag instead, please feel free! ♥]

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Smash Academy. She had to wonder what kind of a place had a sort of name like that. It was just a small thought in the sea of her excitement however. It was a school. Elizabeth had learned so much from her books already, but she knew there was a wealth of knowledge that she was still missing, and so many experiences that came from learning amongst others that she never thought she would experience. The academies and universities mentioned in her texts were things to be envied.

Despite the fact that she still wasn't sure exactly who or what Sonny Moe was (what was a Snorlax???), Elizabeth only hesitated for a moment before she placed her hand in his offered one.

"Oh, yes, please! That would be fantastic."

She winced a bit as she got to her feet with his help. Undoubtedly she had probably gotten herself a few bruises. Nothing felt very broken at least, as far as she was able to tell.

[punchthedoritos]

"OK! You seem excited!" he said as he helped her to her feet. He did notice the wince, but thought better of asking about it - he'd wait and see if she had trouble walking.

"It's a pretty great place. There's plenty of food and great places to sleep. The classes are all really fun and there's so many nice people here to spend time with! You should enroll!"

He started walking, slowly, back towards the buildings at the heart of the school. He wasn't sure what to show her first, but, let's be honest with ourselves. It was probably the cafeteria.

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"You have no idea," she replied with a slight laugh.

There was a slight wobble to her step as she began to follow his lead. While it could have been somewhat attributed to her aches, mostly it was due to how soft the ground actually was! Solid, yes, and not nearly as delicate as the sandy beach had been, but it was surprisingly different from pavement. It was almost like a carpet.

It seemed a bit odd to highlight the places where one could sleep well, but she had just woken him up, hadn't she? Did he do a lot of sleeping...? S...nor...ing... Snorlax????

Yeah they were probably going straight to the cafeteria. Anything would have tickled her fancy though, judging by the excited way she was looking around at everything as they walked.

"I'd love to take a class but... oh, Mr. Moe, do you really think I'd be able to enroll? Are people allowed to just do that?"

[punchthedoritos]

Very smart. Snorlax does indeed share a certain similarity to the word snore. You're a sharp one, Missy Elizabeth.

"Heehee! Mr. Moe! I kind of like that! No-one's ever called me that before! But it's OK! You could call me Sonny, or just Moe, or S'Moe. You don't have to call me Mr. I'm not that old yet!"

He did give a small yawn and shake his head, smacking his lips and stretching his shoulders. He was going to have to get back to that nap eventually.

"But anyway, yes! You can enroll! Lots of people do. My whole team and I just showed up one day and enrolled as a surprise to our trainer who was already here. I can even show you where to go for that! And I can make sure you talk to the right hand! You... don't want to talk to the wrong hand. Unless you... really like oranges."

Which Sonny did. But Elizabeth might not.

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She does try. If you gave her the opportunity to, she'd probably figure out the relax half of the equation as well.

"O-oh," she said meanwhile, just the slightest bit flustered that she'd called him something he wasn't used to. That was the second time she'd been told to leave off the honorific. Were they just not used that much? "S'moe..." she tried out quietly as they walked, but that just seemed a bit too... familiar, she supposed. Sonny would be good. She liked the sound of Sonny.

That was about when he lost her however, though Elizabeth tried very hard to keep up in the conversation. Team? Trainer? Her mind went to something like tennis, but she wasn't sure if Snorlaxes would play tennis. "Talk to the right... hand..." Elizabeth repeated, unable to keep the dubious sound out of her voice. Maybe that was another term for a headmaster in this place?

"Would the ah... "hand" mind if I weren't actually a Snorlax...?"

WAS EVERYONE A SNORLAX?

[punchthedoritos]

Finally, she has come - the one who will show everyone that most Pokemon names are terrible puns. Spoilers: Everyone's minds? Will be blown.

"The Hands won't mind! You can be any kind of person and come to this school. Human Beings, all different kinds of Pokemon like me, Hedgehogs, Robots, Goombas and Cats and all sorts of people."

Said as if he was listing off fruits in a fruit bowl and this was all very, very normal. He did, however, give her a broad, toothy, reassuring smile because she sounded as if she could use a little confidence booster.

They had finally reached the main grouping of buildings, and Sonny lifted a hand to his chin in thought. Now - where to take her first? Was she the sort to enjoy strolls through the labs? Maybe the Library? The Gym and Stadium were a little further away but maybe she liked to train her body and fight? Perhaps she was a whiz with a needle and thread and the Home Ec room would be a cave of untold delights? What about the computer labs - some students loved the computer labs. Maybe she could love the computer labs.

His stomach thought on it too and made an extremely eloquent suggestion; ghhhrglebughh

"....would you like to see the Cafeteria?"

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Pokemon. Hedgehogs. Robots. Goombas. Cats. Only two of those were things that Elizabeth knew anything about, and she'd never heard of a hedgehog or a cat going to school. Then again, she'd never heard of a Snorlax before. And on another note, she had never gone to a school. It really wasn't her place to say anyone else couldn't. It seemed that she had landed ina very special place.

Had she partially wished for a place where all sorts of folks could get along? Maybe. Sorry about those city riots, Elizabeth.

She had gotten caught up in studying the architecture of the buildings, marveling at how similar and yet how distinctly different they were from anything she had learned. The grumbling caught her attention however, and Elizabeth blinked back at Sonny.

.... Hee hee.

"Of course."

[punchthedoritos]

"I was hoping you would say that - come on!"

There was a little more spring to his step as he changed direction toward the school's mess hall. He could already smell the food left over from breakfast and the things being prepared for lunch. He was pretty excited.

"So, what kind of a place do you come from, Elizabeth?" he asked. "I saw you looking at the buildings - are they really different where you're from?"

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Well that seemed to please him very much.

The question threw her off slightly, though she wasn't sure why. It made sense that the new person would have to explain who they were. Elizabeth glanced at the buildings again, trying to figure out how to say it. "No, they're similar but... The architecture is a bit different. I think they might have had different influences." Somewhat more modern ones, someone else might have told her.

She looked over at Sonny. "Have you ever heard of a city called Columbia?"

[punchthedoritos]

He opened the door to the cafeteria and held it for her.

"Columbia...? Hmmm. No. I never have. Is that where you're from? I come from Kanto, myself! But my favorite city is in Johto and it's called Goldenrod. Probably there's someone here who knows about Columbia - We can ask around if you want!"

He could see things being set up for lunch. There were already some trays of food out. It was sloppy joe day! Yea-huh!

"You picked a great day to arrive!" he said, pointing to the trays of buns and pans of filling.