one man's trash (vallon)

[Lucas Night]

The people here were too involved in their own lives. No, that wasn’t the right way to view it. The good people of Polade were too busy to get nosy. Lucas admired it. What perfect workers; what dedicated entertainers! If only every city was this busy and oblivious, brimming with cogs content to turn in place.

It made his meet all the more convenient. As it was fall, the children who would normally be clambering for this public battle field were in school. The adults with regular jobs were at work. And, those focused on training? There was the dojo and so many other prime spots to battle or even the wilds to go out to catch something in. So, yes, Lucas felt very comfortable seated on the bench, a hat pressed down on his head and a scarf at his throat.

Ember sat right beside him, flipping through a catalog of stuffed animals. It was high time she got herself new ones, but nothing had caught her eye since the demotion… Though, Lucas had promised he had found something promising.

The duo waited patiently. It was a rare day where they didn’t have anything else pressing going on and the blonde was content to take it easy.

Vallon Pierce

[Vallon Pierce]

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Why? Why was everyone in rocket interested in him all of a sudden? Didn’t he prove himself enough with Admin Thorn’s little mission? Hasn’t he done enough to show he wasn’t something special? Darn it! He just wanted to enjoy the freedom he finally had after all those years of being kept in ‘captivity’. Back then, they had all the time to bug him. The only thing they ever did was experiment after experiment on him. But now that he was free, it felt like they’re bugging him MORE![break][break]

Whatever…. Who cares? Right?[break][break]

Blue intense orbs spotted the blonde sitting on the bench, looking awfully innocent over there with his pokemon. Vallon huffed at the thought. He wasn’t any more innocent than he. Despite this, the hybrid moved closer. He didn’t announce himself on the scene, did offer a proper hello, nor much of anything really. The half scaly skinned and half human fleshed man approached rather casually though. Hands shoved into his pockets, walk sluggish almost lazy, and his expression placid as it was flat.[break][break]

“Hey,” he greeted with a heavy sigh when he was merely feet away, halting in his steps with a single brow rose, “You wanted to meet up here right. Battle or something.” It felt strange to talk to him like he wasn’t a higher up. Not that Vallon himself was a higher rank than he, it just didn’t feel right. Yet, that’s how things were at its current stage. “Do we really need to do this?”[break][break]

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[Lucas Night]

The gijinka hardly needed to announce himself. Lucas had enough self-control to resist making the face those non-human features ought to have invoked in him, but the thought was there. The man rose from the bench and channeled all general disgust with Vallon’s looks into quipping at the way he was greeted.

“You’re full of energy today, aren’t you?” He reached into his pocket. “We’re here for two things. You’ve got something useless to you on your roster, haven’t you? I’ve got something that suits you better in exchange for it before we battle.”

Lucas declined to clarify if this was at all necessary. He'd made this arrangements. Regardless of the blonde's demotion, he wouldn't entertain someone like Vallon's questioning.

An exchange? Ember perked up, folding the magazine and sitting up on the bench to properly observe the two men speaking. Lucas had promised she’d like what he picked up today. Surely he didn’t mean the possible trade that was about to ensue. Didn’t this guy keep ghost and poison types?

Those were hardly as good as a cuddling companion as a nice stuffed toy might be. The charmander swished her tail. That better not be what he meant.