Shaun Mars (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
neededlassie) wrote2011-02-16 09:51 pm
neededlassie) wrote2011-02-16 09:51 pm
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"Hi, I'm Shaun Mars. I'm not here right now, but if you leave me a message, I'll call you back later, okay?"
[Shaun nods, before remembering that it's audio, not video.]
I...I believe you.
[He trusts you and Norman to protect him.
Well, that and his team totally wiped the floor with Blake's team.]
I...I believe you.
[He trusts you and Norman to protect him.
Well, that and his team totally wiped the floor with Blake's team.]
Listen. I have a secret I want you to keep, just between the two of us, all right? I want you to stay close to Agent Jayden as much as you can. He'll take care of you, and he'll answer to me if Lieutenant Blake so much as looks cross-eyed at you.
[DAMN RIGHT.]
But if something happens, this is our plan, okay? If something happens, I want you to head straight for Goldenrod City. Fly if you can; ask someone for directions if you need to. When you get there, you buy a train ticket and take the Magnet Train to Saffron City. I'm going to make sure you have enough money in your account that you can do that at any time, and to cover the cost of a room at any hotel. But you save it for an emergency. And you call me anytime, day or night, if you have to. No one is going to hurt you again.
[DAMN RIGHT.]
But if something happens, this is our plan, okay? If something happens, I want you to head straight for Goldenrod City. Fly if you can; ask someone for directions if you need to. When you get there, you buy a train ticket and take the Magnet Train to Saffron City. I'm going to make sure you have enough money in your account that you can do that at any time, and to cover the cost of a room at any hotel. But you save it for an emergency. And you call me anytime, day or night, if you have to. No one is going to hurt you again.
[The plan takes Shaun by surprise. He's never been trusted with that much responsibility and autonomy for his own fate so explicitly before.
It's easier for him to trust Miss Carmen, because teachers are basically the only authority figures who have never broken a promise to him, and even though she told him she wasn't a teacher, he's still settled her in that category in his head. He's taking notes in his head. He wants to be able to do it right, if he has to.]
O-okay. I promise I won't tell anybody, Miss Carmen. Go to Goldenrod and take the Magnet Train to Saffron.
I-I thought bad things didn't really happen here... I thought it was safer...
It's easier for him to trust Miss Carmen, because teachers are basically the only authority figures who have never broken a promise to him, and even though she told him she wasn't a teacher, he's still settled her in that category in his head. He's taking notes in his head. He wants to be able to do it right, if he has to.]
O-okay. I promise I won't tell anybody, Miss Carmen. Go to Goldenrod and take the Magnet Train to Saffron.
I-I thought bad things didn't really happen here... I thought it was safer...
Don't worry about me, I'm fine. [Even if she was involved in fighting off the attack.]
And well, so far it seems like a good idea. I don't know what level Buizel and Poochyena are supposed to evolve at, but Falkner's team has pokémon with levels all in the thirties. Even if your Pichu evolves, you might still need to train for a while.
And well, so far it seems like a good idea. I don't know what level Buizel and Poochyena are supposed to evolve at, but Falkner's team has pokémon with levels all in the thirties. Even if your Pichu evolves, you might still need to train for a while.
Are you sure? Be careful.
Buizel evolves at level 26, and Poochyena evolves at level 18.
[Beat.]
I started training Susie hard again even though she's so much tougher than the others already because someone else from my world showed up, and I don't...trust him.
Buizel evolves at level 26, and Poochyena evolves at level 18.
[Beat.]
I started training Susie hard again even though she's so much tougher than the others already because someone else from my world showed up, and I don't...trust him.
Yeah, I'm definitely sure.
[She nods at that.]
Okay, so there might still be a bit of training involved, but not that much if you have a good idea of what you're doing.
[She pauses as she hears that, frowning.]
... Are you okay Shaun? He didn't hurt you or anything, right?
[She nods at that.]
Okay, so there might still be a bit of training involved, but not that much if you have a good idea of what you're doing.
[She pauses as she hears that, frowning.]
... Are you okay Shaun? He didn't hurt you or anything, right?
[He hesitates before answering.]
I'm okay. I challenged him to a battle, and my team's a lot tougher than his team.
I just wanna make sure that my team's a lot tougher than him.
I'm okay. I challenged him to a battle, and my team's a lot tougher than his team.
I just wanna make sure that my team's a lot tougher than him.
... If he really worries you that much Shaun, you should try to stay away from him.
[Not that having a team that was stronger than a person was really all that hard, but still.]
[Not that having a team that was stronger than a person was really all that hard, but still.]
...I know, but. He's a policeman. And a grownup. People are gonna take his side more than they take mine.
Oh... That's...
[Well. Darn. What could she say to that?]
... If he's a police officer, why don't you trust him?
[Well. Darn. What could she say to that?]
... If he's a police officer, why don't you trust him?
[........]
I don't really wanna talk about it. He did something really bad.
[OH HEY LOOK, ANOTHER TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.]
So how was your holiday?
I don't really wanna talk about it. He did something really bad.
[OH HEY LOOK, ANOTHER TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.]
So how was your holiday?
[Well... okay. She couldn't really push Shaun. She didn't really know him all that well.]
Alright...
Anyway, Valentine's day was alright. But the attack at Goldenrod kinda... made it harder to enjoy myself later that night.
Alright...
Anyway, Valentine's day was alright. But the attack at Goldenrod kinda... made it harder to enjoy myself later that night.
Was anyone hurt really bad? I didn't...think that stuff like that happened here. You're okay, aren't you? And your Pokemon?
No, no, you're right. Things are different here, much different. But it never hurts to have a plan, and a little thought goes a long way.
I hope you'll never have to use this plan of ours, Shaun. But better to have it and never use it than the other way around, right?
I hope you'll never have to use this plan of ours, Shaun. But better to have it and never use it than the other way around, right?
Yeah. It doesn't seem like anyone was hurt too badly. And both me and my pokémon are perfectly okay.
[Somehow, despite how outclassed they were.]
[Somehow, despite how outclassed they were.]
Well, I was wondering, uh... you remember Bull, right? My Hera... whatever?
[:I Heracross, Yusuke. C'mon, calling your Pokemon by their species names isn't that embarrassing.]
[:I Heracross, Yusuke. C'mon, calling your Pokemon by their species names isn't that embarrassing.]
Oh, yeah, your Heracross! The one you were having trouble with! Is she okay?
She's... pretty much the same as always! Y'know, pissed off and out to kick my ass.
[Given the amount of physical damage a Pokemon like her could potentially cause him, Yusuke probably ought to sound a lot more worried about this than he does; as it is, though, he might as well be discussing the weather, the way he so casually describes her prolonged pattern of trying to get him. Oh, dimwit.]
She's been kinda down since you guys met, though. I think she really liked you.
[Given the amount of physical damage a Pokemon like her could potentially cause him, Yusuke probably ought to sound a lot more worried about this than he does; as it is, though, he might as well be discussing the weather, the way he so casually describes her prolonged pattern of trying to get him. Oh, dimwit.]
She's been kinda down since you guys met, though. I think she really liked you.
Edited 2013-06-16 06:26 (UTC)
[there's a little gasp from the other end of the line, and Shaun almost calls Yusuke out on the swear. But the older boy continues before he can, and what Yusuke says next is interesting, to say the least.]
You do? Well, if you're still in Violet maybe you could travel with us.
[It's an innocent solution - he really did like the Heracross, after all. She wasn't as bad as Yusuke made her out to be. At least, not to Shaun.]
You do? Well, if you're still in Violet maybe you could travel with us.
[It's an innocent solution - he really did like the Heracross, after all. She wasn't as bad as Yusuke made her out to be. At least, not to Shaun.]
[Despite himself, Yusuke is a little taken aback by Shaun's response: he'd been expecting some variation on "oh, really?", not an invitation to travel with him. He manages to refrain from lapsing into an awkward pause, however, valiantly pushing past his own feelings of surprise to say:]
Oh, uh... actually, I was wanting to know if you'd be interested in just taking her off my hands - y'know, since she likes you so much better than me. I don't wanna say I've given up on her, but I mean, there's no use keeping her on my team if it's gonna make her unhappy, and since she and I never got along that great anyway, I figured...
[... and from there, he sort of trails off, unsure of how to finish that particular thought. Yusuke doesn't know why, but he's feeling a little sheepish. Probably because he doesn't often call kids up offering to give them a monster bug. You are expanding his horizons in the weirdest of ways, Johto. :I]
Oh, uh... actually, I was wanting to know if you'd be interested in just taking her off my hands - y'know, since she likes you so much better than me. I don't wanna say I've given up on her, but I mean, there's no use keeping her on my team if it's gonna make her unhappy, and since she and I never got along that great anyway, I figured...
[... and from there, he sort of trails off, unsure of how to finish that particular thought. Yusuke doesn't know why, but he's feeling a little sheepish. Probably because he doesn't often call kids up offering to give them a monster bug. You are expanding his horizons in the weirdest of ways, Johto. :I]
[If Shaun checks his PC, he'll find an egg. It's an Axew with Leer, Endure, Outrage, and Reversal. There's a note attached.]
You look like a kid who could use a dinosaur. Since I don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet, they don't have a name, so give them a good one, all right?
You look like a kid who could use a dinosaur. Since I don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet, they don't have a name, so give them a good one, all right?
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