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[Susanna Rosenbaum]

Even if he was upset that he’d lost, Sue couldn’t help but be happy for Leo and Ember. It was always nice seeing pokemon get along with their trainers.

“Thanks. I just wish I could figure out… what… he’s…” The coordinator sighed. “Damn it. Maybe I should have let him talk to you before the battle.”

Oh well. That’s what Sue got for being too eager to show off how wonderful his team was and racing too quickly towards his goal. Crossing his arms as well as he could with the egg still strapped to his chest, the pale-haired man gave the dark haired teen a look that was somewhere between apologetic and pleading.

“He barely puts effort into anything… He only ever even perks up when Adeen—oh, that’s my growlithe—starts singing. Maybe talking with another artist could have motivated him more?” The man sighed, switching to rest his fists on his hips. “I always know I feel amped after a good book.”

[Leo Lockward]

  

Leo Lockward [ profile ] [ pc ] [ plotter ] Susanna Rosenbaum

It was nice of the white haired trainer to be so supportive of Leo, even though he could tell he was frustrated with the loss. This would be confirmed further when he began to speak, his words seemingly becoming more agitated buts it piqued Leo's curiosity when Sue said he should have had the zigzagoon speak with Leo prior to their battle. Although this was shortly cleared up. Leo noted the look on the white haired man's face as he began to speak further. Seemingly the zigzagoon only seemed to show any interest when Sue's Growlithe started singing. It appeared Sue was of the belief that perhaps having a conversation with Leo, being a singer would give him the boost he needed. "That's certainly an interesting idea!" Leo responded scratching his chin, wondering if that would be something that would work. "But, Brock is your pokemon. Even if talking to be would perk him up, it wouldn't be a permenent fix." he continued, almost into some sort of ramble before stopping himself. "Sorry... That came across rather lecturey..." the teen chuckled nervously, hoping he hadn't offended the other. "You must have some form of song you enjoy. Why don't you try and bond over that? You may find some common ground." Ember the Vulpix Level - 13     HP - 126/130 +20% HP recovery for post (total 126/130)

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[Susanna Rosenbaum]

The coordinator shook his head. “Nah, advice is advice.” He’d thought that exposure to other perspectives beyond their little team might help, but hearing a stranger say that it was just fine to keep things close was wonderful. No, more than that, Leo had said that the better fix was to continue to rely on one another. How wonderful.

It really was best when trainers and their teams stuck close.

“Yeah, maybe we can bond over some Kesha.” Sue nodded. “Her range is pretty broad. It’s crazy how talented she is, and she makes so much fun music! My favorite of hers is either “Only Love Can Save Us Now” or “Backstabber.” What about you?”

… Ah, Sue had just assumed Leo would also like the same kind of music. Sure, Miss Sebert was talented enough to write for Miss Spears, but that didn’t mean everyone was into her style.

“If you’re into her music, I mean.” The man laughed, a little embarrassed. “What, uh, kinda music are you into…?”

[Leo Lockward]

  

Leo Lockward [ profile ] [ pc ] [ plotter ] Susanna Rosenbaum

Leo was relieved to hear that his rambling had not caused any offence. In fact seemingly quite the opposite was correct. He meant every word however, it was best that the trainer work on any issues together with their pokemon, as it would help to increase their bond. At least, that's how he felt with Ember. Leo's curiosity was piqued as the white haired man mentioned Kesha, and soon began to reel off his thoughts about the singer and his favourite songs, causing the teen to chuckle. "Well it's good to see you have good taste musically too!" he spoke teasingly giving the man a wink. Leo did in fact like Kesha's music, although his favourite tracks would vary to Sue's. "It's difficult to pick a favourite, although at an absolute push I would have to say either Boots or Dancing With Tears In My Eyes. One gives me full on sassy vibes and the other is a ballad I can belt!" Leo began rambling in his own right about the singer and her songs. Turning to Sue's final question, that was a difficult one. "Honestly, it's hard to say. My tastes vary so much. I generally tend to say if I like the song, then that's that. I'm not confined to a specific genre. the teen began to explain, scratching the back of his head nervously. " BUT, I would say I do love rock music, that would be my go to!"

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[Twily Ferngully]

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It was a beautiful spring day in the Grasslands, and Twily and co. were wandering the fields outside of Mossrock City, just meandering along slowly as Twily attempted to teach Boo to say more than just 'peep.' 

"Come on, say 'Twily,'" She encouraged the baby Pumpkaboo.

"Peeeeep!" Boo said, and Twily sighed.

"I still say we should have named him Peeper." Sprite chimed in, the Gastly floating along in her noxious gas cloud. 

"Woulda been too obvious," Red snickered. "Wait. Boo the Pumpkaboo. Still obvious."

Twily stuck her tongue out at both of them. "Well it's too late now," she said. "Anyway, Boo, it's Tah-why-lee," she continued talking to Boo, sounding out her name in an exaggerated way.

"Teeeeep!" Boo beeped, and Twily clapped her hands.

"That's closer, at least!" Twily encouraged the pumpkin Pokémon as the group continued their walk.

The sounds of two humans talking startled Twily, and she stopped walking, causing Red to float through Twily. Twily shuddered, as the feeling of a ghost phasing through you is not exactly the most pleasant of feelings.

She saw two people ahead on the road, and looked at her entourage of pokemon. "Well, should we go say 'hi'?" She asked her pokemon.

"Huh-hiiiiiiii!" Boo exclaimed, and Twily facepalmed.

"Of course you pick up on 'hi' but not 'Twily,'" she complained.

"Well, to be fair, 'hi' is a lot easier to say than 'Twily,'" Sprite said, floating above Twily's head to take a look at the two trainers a few feet away. "Let's go mingle, I guess."

Kofu the Swablu flew down from above, where he had been scouting the skies. "There's two trainers ahead, just so you know," he reported.

"Yeah, we were debating on whether or not to talk to them," Twily responded.

"Hiiiiiiiiii!" Boo screeched. Well, there went the element of surprise.

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The pale haired man nodded. “Not bad picks at all! Hm… I get you… I dunno, I guess I just have a hard time getting away from fun dance music?” He laughed. “I mean, rock’s fine, don’t get me wrong, but if I can’t listen to it on the way to the club or in it…”

He shrugged. Perhaps that was the difference between someone who really appreciated music and a casual. Musical numbers and show tunes were about as far as Susanna went outside of electronic and pop music or any variant on the two.

It was about that time that their little chat was interrupted by the arrival of another. Or, rather, a gaggle of others. Before the pumpkaboo had even sounded off, Sue put a hand on the top of the egg strapped to his chest; it was difficult to take him off guard and he didn’t take kindly to being approached without some kind of heads up. Some training was hard to break.

But, this was just a kid, it seemed. Surely she was harmless? Interesting that she had a whole gaggle of ghost types. Well, except for that flying type. Normal? Dragon? He couldn’t remember.

“Hi,” he greeted, calming himself and raising the hand that wasn’t atop the egg on his chest. He looked to Leo, speaking lowly. “A friend of yours?”

In other words, Sue was confessing that he didn’t know who that was himself.

[Leo Lockward]

  

Leo Lockward [ profile ] [ pc ] [ plotter ] Susanna Rosenbaum Twily Ferngully

The white haired man continued to listen to Leo's rambling before confirming that he at least had some good picks with the songs he liked. It of course wasn't unreasonable that Sue wasn't as into rock music as Leo possibly was. The teen chuckled slightly. "Well you're not wrong there. If I'm planning on going to a club, then obviously you have to set the tone!" he spoke in agreement, flashing a warm smile to the white haired man. "It has certainly been a while since I've done any dancing though." he sighed. Leo knew not everyone would be into the same thing he was musically, but he of course was a musician so in a way he had a deeper understanding of the subject. But the genres Sue liked had their own merits that Leo could appreciate. Before long, Leo noted the white man seem to tense as if on high alert. He was about to query what was wrong when a screech sent the teen whirling around to observe a Pumpkaboo excitedly floating towards the two, followed by a troupe of other pokemon and a young girl. Leo took a moment to regain himself, having been startled by the approaching pokemon whilst Sue greeted the group, before lowly question whether Leo knew the group. Leo shook his head softly turning his gaze back to Sue briefly. "Never seen 'em!" he responded before turning back to the group. "Hey there!" he greeted, offering a warm smile to the group. Hopefully they were friendly, they certainly looked it!

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[Twily Ferngully]

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Twily grabbed at the Pumpkaboo, before he could get too far away from her. She cuddled him to her chest, despite his screeches of 'hiiiiiii' and motions towards the two men.

"No, Boo, we don't go assaulting random people," Twily said sternly to the screeching pokemon. Boo stopped screeching long enough to give her a pouting look before going back to screeching. It seemed he had found a new favorite word.

Twily secured Boo in her arms, the baby ghost pokemon too weak to break through so far. Kofu glided forward, the Swablu interested in the couple they had come across.

Meanwhile, Sprite was sticking her tongue out at Ember the Vulpix playfully, and Red was hovering behind Twily, not really interested in interacting with anyone just yet.

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[Susanna Rosenbaum]

So, Leo didn’t know them either? Susanna decided to relax regardless. Whatever training he had that made him immediately suspicious of anything that crept up on him was quelled by the fact that Twily appeared much younger than she was. Susanna adored children, dreaming of himself to one day be a family man, and tried his best to be patient and indulgent with their antics.

So, of course, he chuckled good-naturedly when the pig-tailed blonde struggled with her excitable ghost type. “Hey, hey, it’s gotta be in a battle,” he warned with a wiggle of his finger.

He turned to Leo, inviting him to entertain the child… Fully unaware the two teens were nearly the same age. “Say, our new friend’s got a big team, huh?” With only Leo’s vulpix out and the egg strapped to Sue’s chest, it certainly looked like Twily’s lot out numbered them. “How long have you been on your journey? Your team’s so huge! That’s nearly a full team! You’ll be using PC storage soon enough!”

Hoping that the black haired teen had gotten his message to indulge the youngest member, Sue blithely awaited Twily’s response.

[Leo Lockward]

  

Leo Lockward [ profile ] [ pc ] [ plotter ] Susanna Rosenbaum Twily Ferngully

Leo chuckled as the young looking girl grabbed the runaway Pumpkaboo and scolded it slightly for charging head first towards strangers, the choice of words causing Sue to tell the pokemon to save it for the battles. "Well she is certainly excitable isn't she!" Leo laughed, raising his hand to scratch the back of his head, something that he did when feeling slightly uneasy. Not that he was uneasy because he was concerned, however a new person he did not know was before him and he never knew how people would react to certain things. Sue turned to Leo, pointing out that the new addition to the meeting had a substantially large team compared to the two of them, Leo nodded in acknowledgement. "To be fair, anybody would have a bigger team than me! It's just me and Ember!" he chuckled as he turned his gaze to the fox pokemon who was currently face to face with a Gastly poking it's tongue out at her. Ember cocked her head curiously for a moment before mimicking the ghost type and poking her tongue out in return. Sue began to question how long the younger looking girl had been on her journey to have such a large team. Leo surveyed the group once more, realising that Sue clearly wanted him to assist in entertaining the girl. He turned back to the girl as a warm smile took hold of his face. "You don't look old enough to have travelled THAT much already!" He chuckled as he attempted to approach the group. 'I'm Leo, and this is Susanna." he greeted, attempting to ease any possible feelings of awkwardness between them all. "And that sassy girl over there is Ember" He laughed pointing to the Vulpix who was now running circles around the Gastly. "She seems to like your Gastly!"

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[Twily Ferngully]

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"Well, I've had Red and Sprite as my companions for many years now, though I've only been a Ranger for a few months, ever since I moved to Shula, honestly. I came from Sinnoh," Twily answered Sue's question.

She nodded to Leo. "Nice to meet you two. My name is Twilight, but you can call me Twily. This is Sprite and Red," She indicated the Gastly and then the Duskull in turn. Sprite stuck her tongue out in a silly way, whereas Red just gave a nod. "This little bundle of joy is Boo, and the Swablu is Kofu."

Kofu gave a salute with his wing, while Boo struggled in Twily's arms, still trying to get to Ember.

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[Susanna Rosenbaum]

What a fantastic fellow Leo was, helping Sue indulge the child like this! He waved behind the dark-haired man, happy to let him take the lead for the moment.

“Wow, are you really doing training for the rangers? You don’t quite look sixteen! How brave of you! And, to come all the way from Sinnoh, too!”

Now, Susanna had absolutely heard her say she was a ranger. But, he knew rangers couldn’t be any younger than eighteen and this girl just… She just didn’t look like an adult to him. She wasn’t too tiny for an adult, sure, but the way she dressed and the way she carried herself screamed elementary student. They could wind up taller than average on occasion! Though, the marks on her face looked more like, well, the adult aftermath of frequent breakouts as a teenager.

… Huh. Something was off here. It unsettled him.

Once again putting a hand on his egg and stepping to Leo’s side, he continued chatting with the girl…? Childish woman? He continued chatting with Twily.

“It’s nice to meet you all. I’m expecting my egg to hatch soon, too. Did yours hatch recently?”

He cast a side long glance to Leo. No, Leo hadn’t mentioned anything about law enforcement training or any of the mirroring paths like rangering or private investigating. It was unlikely he was being as observant as Sue was right now. But, the coordinator had to wonder if he was the only one who’d realized Twily wasn’t quite what she seemed.

[Leo Lockward]

LEO XANDER LOCKWARD Before long, the young girl (at least young by appearance) began to explain how the Duskull and Gastly had been her companions for a number of years and that she had come from the Sinnoh region and only recently become a Pokemon Ranger. Leo listened intently to her speech, however couldn't get his head around her having the pokemon for many years, she just didn't look old enough. Maybe she was just blessed with a youthful look? She eventually introduced herself as Twily and her pokemon to Leo and Sue, the Gastly poking his tongue out playfully and the Duskull giving the pair a simple nod. Leo smiled warmly to the troupe before them. "It's a pleasure to meet you Twily!" he responded to the young girl, letting loose a slight chuckle at the sight of the pumpkaboo trying to struggle free to play with Ember. Sue seemingly also couldn't quite believe the girls age which was understandable, you had to be eighteen before being able to join the pokemon rangers, but this girl still looked like a young teen at a push. Sue exchanged pleasantries with Twily and indicated that his pokemon egg was due to hatch very soon. Leo couldn't help but let loose a short gasp of wonder at his words. "Really? That must be exciting!" Leo chirped. Eventually he noted a glance from Sue which lasted longer than would have been necessary if he wasn't trying to get the teen's attention. Leo subtly shrugged back to the white haired man before turning to Twily. "So... A pokemon ranger right? You must be extremely talented if you've managed to get into the rangers at your age!" Leo spoke, almost quizzical in manner. WORDS 282 || TAGS Susanna Rosenbaum & Twily Ferngully APP || PC || PLOTTER

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[Twily Ferngully]

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Twily cocked her head to the side, bemused at the two's confusion over her age. "I've always had a youthful appearance, but I can guarantee you two, I'm eighteen," she said softly.

She looked between the two and shrugged. "I guess it's brave to become a Ranger, but really I did it for the Pokémon who need us," She replied. "I'm a big fan of Pokémon, and their rights, you know. I, uh... didn't have the best time in Sinnoh growing up, to be honest with you. I kind of raised myself, along with my ghost Pokémon. Pokémon are precious to me," she looked down, thinking about the death of her best and first friend, Haunter.

Then she shook her head, clearing her mind of the sadness. "Anyway, I guess I just want to do right by the Pokémon here in Shula," she informed the two men.

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The white haired man beamed at Leo’s words. “It is! I can’t wait to see what’s inside! Or, who’s inside, I guess.”

And, then, the more surprise was dropped. This kid… No, this young woman was… eighteen?! Susanna tried not to look too surprised by it, though the embarrassed flush to his cheeks was hard to fight. He knew how miserable it could be to have people make incorrect assumptions based on one’s appearance.

“Ah, yeah, oh,” he fumbled. “So, a full ranger then… Right. Um, thank you for your service.”

Tremors of Regigigas, this was humiliating! Best to just move forward from it. He cleared his throat, about to gesture from Twily to Leo when the egg on his chest shifted more and more.

“Well, I guess it’s not too surprising you’ve got a bigger team than either of—WHOA!”

CRACK! A flash of light and where before an egg had been strapped to Sue’s chest, there was now a pale cub.