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[usedlaserbeam]

Seeing as how it's been about seven months since the last time we did this, it's high time for another...


TEST DRIVE MEME!

Post with the characters you're thinking of apping in to see how they do! Either they've been here a while, are just arriving, or anything you want!

Have fun!

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[nahtscared]

[Face. Meet. Palm.]

We need to find the others, Cynthia! You don't really think Naga would just send us two, do you?

[usedswift]

Lt. Surge, huh...? He's one of the few I haven't fought myself yet, so I don't have that many tips. If they're Electric types though, you should be good with Water.

[She crouches down to extend her fingers to the Oshawott, wiggling them a little to try to get its attention, before she glances up at the question.]

Staying calm? [she repeats, with a bit of puzzlement. Then she just shrugs.] I guess I can because I always make sure I'm prepared. You know, spend a day or two in the city, watch some battles, try to scout out the Gym. Beyond that, you've just gotta have faith in your team.

[thejusticewagon]

...Ohhhhhh...

[THAT WAS KIND OF AN OVERSIGHT]

Well, uh, I actually thought about that! I've been messing around with the... thingy we got. The Gear thing? Did you get one? Anyway, you can talk to it and pretty much everyone else here will hear it and see it, which is totally awesome! I need to come up with a great way to introduce myself to everyone!

[...SHE HAD A POINT HERE LET HER GET BACK TO THAT]

Buuuut yeah, we might be able to see if anyone else is here using that!

[nahtscared]

You mean this... [She pulls hers out, looks it over, and after a bit of contemplation decides on the word:] Contraption? It can do that?

[Well, she can't help but be pretty impressed by that.]

Alright, I'll admit, that's pretty neat. So how do we use it?

[She doesn't want to just start pushing buttons randomly after all...]

[believeit]

Quit calling me that!!

That's it! I'm leaving! [Not helping you out at all you... STUPID UCHIHA.]

:>

[believeit]

I'm doing great! We're staying in this town for a bit, my Mom- I dunno if you've met her- but she's doing the Gym battle here so we all came to cheer her on y'know?

[Still smiling at her, he takes a moment to crouch down and peep at the Oshawott.]

Ahhh... I haven't seen this one yet! It's water type? [He is literally only guessing that because it is blue like a lot of his water ones are.]

[maddyragequits]

Not like you told me your name! What the hell am I supposed to call you, huh!?

[He sorta had a point, right?]

[thejusticewagon]

Yeah! I kind of lucked out on getting it to work the first time, so I think we just need to mess around with it a little!

[...and so Cynthia begins pushing buttons randomly because her duty in life is to be as frustrating to Nah as possible]

[nahtscared]

Wait- [Too late, now Cynthia has the gear and is pushing so many buttons...

Oh great, she's got it on the radio setting. And has turned the volume up to ridiculous levels. On static.]

Oh dear Naga, OW! [Nah slaps her hands over her ears, wincing in pain.] What did you do?

[crystalballer]

Oh, don't get me wrong, I like helping people too! That's what fortune-telling is based on, after all! If I can get paid for helping though, that makes it even better.

[Hagakure gets confused as soon as Chihiro brings up the price.]

What do you mean? Is that a lot in this world? [He scratches at his hair as he flips the price card between the fingers of his other hand.] Truth be told, I'm having a hard time comparing it to yen back home...

[crystalballer]

Okay, that's it!

[Hagakure practically jumps to his feet in indignation and stands up to Blake.]

Don't you dare call my work occult crap! And don't diss the dreads either! You don't know anything about me and my work, man!

[His startled Elgyem tugs at his pant leg as if trying to get him to stop. Even the tiny alien knows Hagakure won't stand long in a fight with this guy.]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Blake could be pissed off, but for the moment he's more confused.]

You said you do fortune-telling, right? What else would you call that?

[He points at the sign] Your work is conning gullible idiots out of their money.

[thejusticewagon]

...yeah, that wasn't it... um, hang on-

[let her fiddle a little more and HEY! there are video posts and audio posts and text posts.]

Oh! There it is! I think you press the little arrows in the square boxes for moving pictures that talk.

[nahtscared]

[It takes a few moments for her to hesitantly take her hands away from her ringing ears. But eventually she realizes it's over, and lowers them with a sigh of relief.]

That hurt. [Her grumping is set aside, though, when she looks at the gear.] Huh. So we press this arrow here...

[And the post begins to play while Nah stares transfixed.]

Re: it's totally okay.

[aburame]

[He mirrored her action, recalling Galvantula back into its ball. There was a multitude of differences between this place and what they'd known as home. The Pokemon thing, for one.

Once upon a time (it might have been filler idek anymore), Shino had suggested she should find an interest or something of her own to pursue. It wasn't quite Konoha, but there were a number of things to busy oneself with here too. It was fairly straightforward of him to train bug-types instead of his kikaichu. Or catching butterflies. Whatever he did on his days off. And although his kikaichu were sorely missed, it wasn't a huge jump to make the adjustment, dedicating most of his time to raising them as a means of defense for himself and his friends.

To Shino, time spent in good company was just as important as other duties. Of course he didn't mind taking some of that time to see Hinata.]

You should know that it was no trouble. [pause for NAZENARA:] The reason is... it is only natural for teammates to help one another.

[thejusticewagon]

Yeah, yeah, sorry... but see? Isn't it great?

[Cynthia has no idea what this witchcraft is but it gets her seal of approval because it's fuckin cool]

Re: it's totally okay.

[gentledheart]

[She had hobbies, but they were more solitary in nature, and right now she liked the company of her friends from right now. She liked to think she was adjusting well to her new surroundings and was capable of going off on her own even if to just explore, it was just nice to be around a teammate. There were few others that knew her as well as he did. And later she would practice her taijutsu as she did a few times week despite the lack of chakra.

She just worried sometimes that being pulled from home she'd fall back into old patterns she tried so hard to break and as a result was relying a great deal more on Neji and Shino than she had.]

I know, do you have any other plans for today? [He's known her long enough that he can probably tell she isn't feeling entirely sure about his logic right now despite how sound it is, but she doesn't make a fuss. She isn't one to voice her worries aloud if they only have to do with her own insecurities.] We could see if the PokéMart has gotten anything new in stock if not.

[gentledheart]

I haven't yet, but I would like to. She should do well, she's your mother so it would make sense for her to win. [Oh god let her faint before she babbles on any further. She was perfectly capable of working with him so it'd be great if she could eventually get passed the blushing.]

Yes, he's my Oshawott. [She still hasn't come up with a nickname for him, but at this point it might be pointless to give him one. Besides her pokémon seemed to suit her quite well, much better than she initially realized when they first met.

[gentledheart]

I thought he would have the advantage because they're electric types. [Maybe she was wrong about that conception. Either way she would trust Tenten she'd been in this strange place much longer than she had.

Her Oshawott on the other hand happily waddles his way over to Tenten and coos hoping the other girl would pet him.]

Would you like to come with me to watch a few battles? A second pair of eyes to analyze his strategy might be useful.

[nahtscared]

I have to admit it is very impressive... there look to be a great deal of messages recorded here, though. It could take a while to find the others.

[believeit]

Yeah, I don't wanna be around if they don't let her win either. She'll probably thump them one, haha!

[Naruto points to the Poliotoed beside him.]

This is Gama-chan! He was like me.. starting pokemon. What did you call yours?

[gentledheart]

Oh that wouldn't be good for them. It might not be good for either, I've notice people seem to really revere the gym leaders a lot like we do Godaime-sama and her predecessors.

[Crouching down Hinata reaches out a hand toward the Politoed letting the pokémon decide if it would allow her to pet it.

Hello Gama-chan. I... I haven't decided on one yet. [She pauses a sheepish smile forming.] Do you have any suggestions? The only thing I can think of isn't very good.

[believeit]

Yeah, they do. They're like Poke-kage! [That's been Naruto's name for them, for a while.]

[He crouches down too, observing her Pokemon.] Um.. not yet. Usually I just name mine whatever comes to mind, like how they act or if they remind me of something else. What did you think of before?

[gentledheart]

[She likes that title and she shows it by smiling.]

Chinsei. It's not exactly the same as Gama-chan.

[thejusticewagon]

Yeah... and I'm not sure if all of them would have recorded them yet. I mean, I'm sure if Owain's figured out how to use it he's trying to prepare something really special for his introduction!

[best cousin.

...something's been nagging at her, though, and she doesn't really know what it is...

Oh well, it's probably nothing!]