November Catch-all

[bluecastleace]

Who: Hajime Iwaizumi + YOU!
What: November catch-all log
Where: Various locations
When: The month of November
Content Warnings: None thus far; will add as needed

((ooc:This catch-all will also serve as Iwaizumi’s introductory post! Please feel free to hit up any of the open TLs found below. I will likely be adding them as the month goes on! Please feel free to add me on plurk @ pantheraliam for plotting/updates on TLs being added!))

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[bluecastleace]

[Iwaizumi lets out a short, utterly humorless laugh at the mention of “anything pressing”. Nope, he thinks, and his jaw clenches a little as he does so, his fists balling up inside his pockets.]

I don’t need something pressing to not want to be here. [Hopefully Sam can forgive the sudden bite in his voice. He’s young, scared, and hurt right now, and he just wants to go home.] What do you mean you all went to sleep?

[symbolofstrength]

"I understand." His voice is soft as he tries to comfort the boy.

"Well, you and I aren't the only ones here. There are a few others as well." Is that what he meant by 'all'? Unless....

"Before that, we didn't sleep at all here. There was even a period of time where we didn't need to eat." Could that be what he's commenting on, the oddity that they all fell asleep at the same time?

[bluecastleace]

[Iwaizumi’s brow furrows at the revelation, and while his look of irritation weakly endures, the look in his eyes beyond that is something closer to anxiety. This world is strange no doubt. Scarcely anything here makes sense, and yet, to think that before recently they didn’t even have the creature comfort of sleep is...disturbing. Iwaizumi is suddenly painfully aware that no, he doesn’t want to be here - not at all.]

And there’s no way out, right? Right...[He looks stubbornly away, if only to hide the vulnerability that he figures must be leaking into his expression right now. He glances sideways at Dragonite - just focus on the cool dragon, focus on the cool dragon.

[He shrugs, shakes his shoulders out a little as he does so.] No use bitching about it then, huh? You got more like this guy where you come from?

[He nods back toward Dragonite. Cool dragon, cool dragon...]

[symbolofstrength]

"Not that we've found, no." He tries to let the boy down gently. Dragonite, too, is beginning to relax a bit; perhaps picking up on Sam's empathetic mood, perhaps letting its guard down a little since the boy hasn't tried to hurt them, perhaps a bit of both.

"I won't say that venting is completely useless. But yes, it would be a good idea to try and have a good attitude about our situation." But if he wants a distraction in the form of information about Dragonite, Sam's happy to oblige there, too.

"Dragonite isn't one of a kind, no, but they are fairly rare. They start their lives as Dratini, then turn into Dragonair and finally Dragonite." Will he have any idea what Sam means by that, does evolution exist in other worlds?

[bluecastleace]

[Is the distraction welcome? Yes. Does he have any idea what Sam is talking about? No.]

I...might need you to go over those a second time.

What do you mean they start out that way?

[symbolofstrength]

"Dratini and Dragonair," he repeats. "You could say that Dratini is like a baby Dragonite. Understand?" Growing up isn't a perfect comparison for evolution, but clearly evolution is something all worlds have even if they don't have Pokemon, right? Right. The idea that the wildlife of a world might not undergo dramatic transformations as part of their natural lifecycle hasn't occurred to him.

[bluecastleace]

[Why not just called it a baby Dragonite then? Kind of like how a baby dog is called a puppy or something? Or maybe more like—]

Like...a tadpole to a frog? Do they look different?

[symbolofstrength]

"I'm not familiar with either of those things, but yes, they look different. Dratini and Dragonair are blue, and they don't have arms or legs like Dragonite does." Tadpole? Frog? What kind of Pokemon are those???

[bluecastleace]

What, so you don’t have animals where you come from?

[symbolofstrength]

"We have some, bugs and little fish and things, but our wildlife is mainly Pokemon." In other words, pretty much only the lowest couple of rungs in the food chain are considered 'animals' instead of 'Pokemon'.

[bluecastleace]

[Fish and bugs only huh? Iwa’s two favorite kinds of animals probably, but still...bizarre.

[Speaking of which though, he wonders...]

So...would that mean there aren’t bug or fish...Pokémon then?

[Bug monsters? Are there bug monsters?]

[symbolofstrength]

"There are, but they're larger, more complex, more intelligent creatures than the fish and bugs that are animals."

Would he like Scyther? Scyther is a bug monster.

[bluecastleace]

[He would die for Scyther. He looks excited before they’re even mentioned.]

So they’re big? Like how big? As big as that guy? [Pointing to Dragonite.]

[symbolofstrength]

He glances over at Dragonite, and nods.

"Some are, yes. Some are small enough to hold in your hands, mostly the babies."

He gestures with his hands to indicate the size; about as big as a puppy.

[bluecastleace]

[At that point, Iwa can’t help but look like a kid in a candy store, his eyes practically sparkling as he imagines it - a real bug monster, and huge too (not that he wouldn’t be just as happy with a small one).]

I love bugs. I used to catch them all the time as a kid - cicadas mostly, of course, but—- [Does this guy know what cicadas are? Probably, right?]

Do you have any here with you? Maybe in one of those things? [Pointing again to the Pokéball. Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes.]

[symbolofstrength]

Even if he doesn't, he can take a guess at what they are. Funnily enough, there is a cicada Pokemon: Nincada and its evolutions, Ninjask and Shedinja, so if anything he'll think of something similar to those.

At his question, though, he shakes his head.

"Sorry, I only have Dragonite with me right now. I'm not sure if the other trainers have any bugs with them, either." He knows it's disappointing, so.... "I could draw a few for you if you like, show you what they look like?"

[bluecastleace]

[It is disappointing, and he does deflate for just a minute, but at the very least, there’s still a fucking dragon hanging out with them right now. At the mention of drawing a couple for him, he can’t help but give in to his curiosity, so he nods.]

An artist too, huh? Okay, yeah. Let’s see ‘em.

[symbolofstrength]

"Right...." He pats his pockets, coming up empty and mentally cursing his ruined labcoat. He really needs to get a bag or something. "I don't have any paper with me, but I have some in my apartment... have you seen the apartments yet?" Maybe he could claim one when they get there, get two things done at once.

[bluecastleace]

[The apartments. Right. Well...]

I’ve seen ‘em, yeah. Feel a little weird just taking one though.

That’s kind of how it works around here, right?

[Either way.]

We can head back there if you want. I’m guessing you know the way better than I do.

[symbolofstrength]

"Well, nobody owns the building -- and if someone did try to lay claim to it and start charging rent, I think the rest of us would have something to say about that." There aren't enough people here to really be called a 'society' yet, so they're in a pretty lawless state.

"Is there anything else you want to do here before we head back?" Sam pulls out his Pokeball again, glancing over at Dragonite as he prepares to return it.

((I feel like whenever we do a scene change is a good stopping point if you want to call it, and just handwave going to the apartments and Sam showing him pictures. If you'd rather continue though, I'm good either way!))

We can end here!

[bluecastleace]

Nah. Let’s go.

[He’ll be a little sad to see Dragonite returned. He hopes he can see him again soon?]

You lead the way.