The Blind Leading the Blind [C]

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The Blind Leading the Blind [C]
POSTED ON May 20, 2023 19:17:46 GMT
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"I guess re-learning how to catch Pokemon might be a bit tricky. I've always relied on sound - and a bit of help from the Pokemon I already got. They could even just drag Pokemon closer to you to help; it's how my Lycanroc would help me." Every little bit help. "I usually go by ear, listening for any Pokemon nearby. Or just let my Pokemon make noise so I know where to aim."

And, in his Beheeyem's case, adjust his aim, though that was one he wasn't always aware of. "A Manectric could work fine. I got a friend who's got a similar Pokemon, a Luxray. She's not blind, but her Luxray is really helpful to her."

Anyways, back to food.

"Potatoes. Right, I should get some of those. They're pretty flexible vegetables." Boiled, mashed, stuck in a stew, there was plenty he could do with them. And the recipe he was given sounded simple enough to follow. "Could grab some cheese too."

He turned to his Beheeyem. "You got all that, Elga?" He received an affirmative Telepathic *ping*. "Good."

"Oh yeah, sensory overload sucks. Just gotta try and focus on the stuff that matters, even if that's tough." He spoke of it casually, something he'd just been used to for his whole life.

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The Blind Leading the Blind [C]
POSTED ON May 21, 2023 19:50:05 GMT
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Hearing what he said he nodded before speaking up since it wasn’t like the other would see it. ”That’s probably what I’ll do. When I can get time to spare anyway. I’ll probably make time since my aunt has been trying to get me to take some time away from the restaurant. She’d say this excursion doesn’t count as time off of work since I’m getting stuff for the restaurant,” he would the younger teen.
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He supposed his aunt did have a point though. Getting stuff for the restaurant couldn’t really be considered a break from work. Nope that would have to him not doing anything that had to do with the restaurant when he was out and about. Or if he’d just decided to stay home to relax.
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Luxray are cool Pokémon as well,” he agreed. ”I’ve always been drawn towards Manectric though. That’s not to say I don’t love my current Pokémon. The Pokémon I do have are like family,” he commented, his tone fond when he spoke about his Pokémon.
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The subject moved back onto food, their original purpose for coming here. ”Yeah they really are,” he agreed. However with the more they tacked on to what they would get he was seeing a problem. And was carrying everything. They were liable to drop something if they tried carrying everything in their arms. Especially the smaller things.
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”Well if that’s everything you want I think the next order of business should be to get a basket,” he stated hoping he would’ve realized himself how much work it would be to try and carry all of that without dropping everything. Even if he did have a Pokémon to help him.
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He knew that Hideo would’ve gotten what he was referring to without having to spell it out. After all he figuring being blind himself he had had to deal with it at least once. ”Yeah almost had a panic attack the first time it happened though,” he admitted wincing slightly.[break]

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The Blind Leading the Blind [C]
POSTED ON May 26, 2023 22:47:59 GMT
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"Fastest way to relearn, is to just keep trying. You'll get the hang of it eventually, working off things you hear. Or sometimes feel, if they get close to you." More than one Pokemon he'd caught, he'd felt before he knew they were there. "And sometimes, you just gotta make your own time to catch them."

He nodded along with Shinobu's words. "I've had Elga here for five years now. He's not the Pokemon I've had the longest, but he's the second longest - along with my Ambipom."

Regarding baskets, Hideo already received a Telepathic notice from his Beheeyem. "I think I'm fine. My Beheeyem's got that covered for both of us."

Flour, potatoes, spice bottles, cheese: all things that could be carried in a single to keep up Psychically - though retrieving a basket was easy enough. The small rattling of a pair of baskets floating over would indicate what the Beheeyem was doing; one moved to Hideo's hands, the other towards Shinobu's.

"I taught my Pokemon to be a bit more independent, though Elga here's definitely the best as knowing what I want help with and don't. Some can get a bit too over-eager to help…and have their own ideas what's best."

He could still remember having to teach a few he didn't need help eating.

"It can be kind overwhelming. 'specially if you're not as used to relying on just those senses. Guess all I can say is it gets easier over time."

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POSTED ON May 28, 2023 16:56:33 GMT
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”Yeah I think of it like cooking. You practice cooking to get better so as long as I keep trying or I suppose I should say start trying to catch Pokémon I’ll get better. I’m pretty good at navigating around my home without an aid of a cane,” he told the younger teen. So he’d gotten the hang of navigating blind when it didn’t come to catching Pokémon.
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He didn’t sound that old. Had he gotten Pokémon before he was ten. ”You got Pokémon before you were ten?” he inquired turning his face towards the younger male. His own parents hadn’t allowed him to get a Pokémon until he was ten. Then he had immediately been expected to start his journey and go on the gym circuit.
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If it hadn’t been for Hideo he probably would’ve started that way. It didn’t take long for Hideo’s Beheeyem to return and for a basket to land in his arms. ”Thank you,” he said as he put the flour in the basket. What Hideo said wasn’t to surprising. Yuki could sometimes be like that. She seemed to think he needed to be covered up even when it was really hot at night.
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”At least the try. It would be worse if they didn’t. At least that’s what I think.”
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Yeah he knew it would. And for the most part he was use to it. He was more use to his blindness than he was when it came to his sisters death. ”For the most part I’m use to it. I think since it wasn’t the worse thing I was going through at the time it was easier for me to get use to it.”[break]

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The Blind Leading the Blind [C]
POSTED ON Jun 1, 2023 0:22:14 GMT
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Hideo nodded along. "Right! It's a skill like any other, and you get better by doing it. No different than learning how to cook, or learning how to move around your home without seeing." Granted, the latter was as natural to him as walking at this point, if only because he had no other choice.

The mention of him getting Pokemon young was noted with a small head tilt; it wasn't the first time someone had asked that.

"It's a lot more common than you'd think," he said. "They're not meant for battling, but a lot of kids get Pokemon before they're ten. I got my Lycanroc when I was six, though he was just a Rockruff back then. Also got my Beheeyem here and my Ambipom when I was eight - not evolved yet - though that was an accident with my siblings not coordinating gifts well."

"They were supposed to be support Pokemon, meant to help people with disabilities. But, ah, my Lycanroc gets worked up easily, and my Ambipom's got a habit of causing trouble. Don't tell them I said this, but Elga here's the best at supporting me."

He offered his Beheeyem another headpat, his other hand holding the basket as he felt it load up with the ingredients they'd gathered so far. "At least they all do try to keep me safe. Even in their own ways." Some obtrusive, some intrusive, but they did try.

"Good to hear you managed to adjust, one way or another."

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POSTED ON Jun 1, 2023 21:56:07 GMT
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Yeah it was like that saying practice makes perfect. The more you practiced something that better you would be at doing the thing you had practiced. It just took patience to get it right. He had just kept trying into he got it ride, after all he hadn’t wanted to have to depend on anyone else.
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”The way I was brought it was that things aren’t just going to be given to you. You have to fight for what you want. Because of that I’m an independent person. I didn’t want to have to depend on others, so I guess I had motivation to get the hang of it as quickly as possible,” he explained thinking of how his parents had basically pushed him to succeed before his sister had gotten sick.
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The idea of getting Pokémon before the age of ten was still a foreign concept to him. ”My parents always told me when they were kids kids didn’t get Pokémon until they were at least ten. And that if it had been that way for them it had to be that way for me,” he told him with a small shrug. It was just what his parents had always told him when he had inquired about getting a Pokémon before the age of ten.
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So a gift mixup had been the reason he had gotten so many Pokémon before the age of ten. ”Don’t worry my lips are sealed,” he promised. ”Sounds like you have some good Pokémon. My own are pretty protective too. I think that goes for more Pokémon when it comes to their trainers though.
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As they walked picking up the items they needed he listened to what the younger teen said. ”I think not managing would’ve been no better than living in the past,” he commented.[break]

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POSTED ON Jun 3, 2023 17:25:40 GMT
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Hideo nodded along. "Yeah, I've kinda had to fight too to get as far as I have. I went on my own for a while to go do the Gym Circuit, though now-"

He stopped himself; while he was feeling comfortable with Shinobu, he still had to stay quiet about living with . "-well, now I gotta think about more than just camping out with just my Pokemon. Kinda why I'm here now."

Independence was still something he valued - and to be fair, it was his choice to go shopping to make sure Melody wasn't ordering takeout every day.

"Some parents are stricter about it than others. My Pokemon were just meant to help me, not really battle. I've heard some people get their Pokemon when they're still in preschool! Though I do know you can't go around challenging gyms until you're ten. No getting around that for me." A limitation he'd truly been held down by for a while - and even longer than that, with his parents' limits.

He wouldn't have been surprised if they'd regretted getting him a Pokemon so young.

"Yeah, I guess most Pokemon want to help and protect their trainers. At least the more obedient ones; some can be pretty rowdy if you aren't careful. And some of them can be a bit forceful about helping if I'm not careful." Or even if he was careful; some seemed to think they had a better idea of what he needed than he did.

As they walked along, Hideo noticed his basket was feeling a bit heavy. "Think I might have enough stuff for now. Anything else small you think I should grab?"

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POSTED ON Jun 6, 2023 20:50:47 GMT
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The fact Hideo trailed off made him curious but he just kept his question to himself. As the younger teen continued he had a feeling that wasn’t what he had been about to say. But he decided just to go along with it. Besides everyone deserved to have their secrets. And if he had secrets then he was fine with him keeping them.
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”I did the gym circuit back in Unova but I didn’t complete it,” he admitted with a small frown. ”I wasn’t in the right mind set to complete the gym challenge. I kind of just threw myself into cooking instead. I suppose I could look into getting back into taking on the gyms here but I do have the restaurant to think about, so I don’t know how something like that would work out.”
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Though he would skip the whole camping thing if he did decide to do that. He would just return home each time. He did have a day off every week, so perhaps he could look into doing it then. It would take him awhile, but he would still be doing it. And he doubted it mattered how long someone took.
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The younger teens voice pulled him from his thoughts and he nodded, despite it being unnecessary, before speaking. ”I’ve never heard anyone getting Pokémon so early. Then again before I started my Pokémon journey I didn’t really interact with anyone. I much preferred keeping to myself,” he admitted, knowing he wasn’t as unsocial as he was back then.
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What he said made sense. ”True that usually pertains to Pokémon you haven’t had for long. The longer you’ve had them the more obedient they usually are. Though some just have a disposition that make them hard to control. But if you’re a good enough trainer you can make even the rowdiest of Pokémon fall in line.”
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The basket was getting pretty heavy and he considered checking out soon. As if reading his mind the younger teen brought up the items they had obtained. Before he could speak his phone vibrated in his pocket allowing him to know he was getting a phone call. ”Hold on a minute,” he said fishing his phone out of his pocket before answering it.
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He was on the phone for maybe five minutes before hanging out. ”I think you have plenty, I’m afraid I must be going now though. My aunt set me up to give someone cooking lessons and I must prepare for that. It was nice talking to you though,” he said before walking off to check out.[break]

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