December Prompts

[symbolofstrength]

Who: Samuel Oak and OPEN
What: Open prompts for December
Where: Various
When: December
Content Warnings: Can't think of any, will add them if they come up.

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[symbolofstrength]

"Some of them, yes. A few of them have traits that definitely come from Pokemon, but others are completely new to me." Even the ones that don't have any traits from Pokemon remind him of Pokemon, like the winged giraffes and the biting trash cans, but that's probably because Pokemon are so diverse that just about anything could be a Pokemon and he wouldn't be surprised.

"Remember that little creature you were trying to make friends with when I found you? That had some traits from a Pokemon -- the face and wings of a Pidgey." He's shown him his sketches by now, right? He had a drawing of a Pidgey in there.

[bluecastleace]

Oh yeah, like that bird you showed me! [Pidgey - he’ll have to remember that.]

You think we could find ourselves one of those? [Not exactly a giant dragon beast, but cool nonetheless, and pretty...cute too.

[But he’s getting ahead of himself. First they have to get one of those Pokéballs.]

[symbolofstrength]

"They're common enough, and I think they'd make for a good first companion." Them or the Smeargles; the various robots will likely be harder to tame, and are more suited for someone with more experience.

Oh, look, they made it to the jewelry store!

"Take some of those colored stones," he gestures, "and put them in one of those machines over there."

[bluecastleace]

Yeah, okay.

[Iwaizumi observes the stones, and seems to take his time deciding which would be the right to take - this has gotta be an important decision, right? Eventually he plucks a blue one from off the display, holding it up for Oak to see.]

Will this one work?

[symbolofstrength]

Sam shakes his head with a gentle smile.

"I don't think it matters which one you take, just don't take the colorless ones." Those are diamonds and might have some actual practical use outside of trading for Pokeballs. "You might want to take more than one, Pokeballs can fail." It depends on what method he wants to use to capture a creature, really -- but they can talk about that in a moment.

[bluecastleace]

Oh. [Iwaizumi looks a bit perplexed at that, be he supposes it makes sense, and why not have a couple on hand anyway? All this stuff is pretty much free as it is. He plucks a couple more gems off the table - all blue.]

Alright. What now?

[symbolofstrength]

Again, he gestures at the machines along the wall.

"Put them in some of those machines and turn the handle. Have you used that kind of machine before?" He'd be surprised if he hasn't. His clothes look pretty modern, and machines like that (usually selling cheap toys) can be found in all sorts of stores; maybe when he was younger...?

[bluecastleace]

It’s like a gacha machine, right? Yeah, I have.

[Who hasn’t? Though usually they accept money or tokens, not crystals. Even so, he easily finds where to insert the thing and does so, then watches in eager anticipation for what the machine will produce - a small sphere-like object, similar to the one he’d thrown with Oak weeks earlier, though this one blue with two red spots on it. His eyes light up like a Christmas tree as he takes it into his hands.]

Woah...

Just like that, huh?