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POSTED ON Jan 17, 2021 8:28:35 GMT

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POSTED ON Jan 17, 2021 6:28:30 GMT

"She was skilled at many things...hiding things from other people was one of them. At least though she had good intentions with that skill." Skids replied, leaning against the wall of the building.

Abandon him? That wasn't what he meant for his words to sound like he thought...he just thought that...oh who was he kidding. His mind was all frazzled because of his own demons that he tried to hide away. After all, he was the one who...missed two old friends a great deal but couldn't even remember their graves, nor did he even visit in the whole time he'd been gone. Course, all his money that he could spare did go to paying back all that property damage. Sinking slowly, Skids took to sitting on the ground. This day already felt horribly exhausting...and not in a good way. He'd be fine if he was tired just from working at something, exploring, or training his team up. Not...not this kind of exhausting.

"Well I'm happy to hear that he at least got to raise you, truth be told...I never thought she'd want to have a family. She was much more wilder than I, it didn't seem like something she'd want but time does change people." Skids replied. "Though probably for both of our sakes, we should change the conversation. I don't want to drag your mood down, she means a great deal to you."

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POSTED ON Jan 17, 2021 1:35:05 GMT

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Soccer....a sport Skids never really played growing up despite his high energy and always running around. Nope, as a kid and a teen. Skids prefered to be rushing off from location to location, looking for something new. Soccer at one time, did look appealing to him. All the rules and terminology though went over his head at that time. Plus he finally decided that at thirteen, he was going to head off on his own pokemon journey. Course, he did know that people could enjoy the sport.

The man ducked as a pyro ball was launched into the air and he could feel the heat of it pass over him. Letting a sigh go, he gave the cinderace that had kicked that ball a thumbs up of encouragement. Maybe the pokemon was expecting him to act as a goalie and deflect that ball of fire somewho? Skids knew that would be stupid although...if someone did headbutt one of those fiery balls away from figurative goals, it probably would make the cinderace and scorbunny very happy and even amazed in that human. Skids sadly knew he couldn't do that...not even with how thick his own skull seemed to be.

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POSTED ON Jan 17, 2021 0:54:24 GMT

"I don't believe it!! Little John Lawrence!!! ABBY'S BOY COME HERE!!!" The older gentleman croaked out as they spotted him, clearly happy to see him and despite the name used, SKids gave them a friendly smile.

"Hello Mr. Macintosh, it's good to see you too sir." SKids greeted as he held a hand out to the farmer but he ended up pulled into a bear hug.

"Where have you been?! Don'tcha know what Hoenn's been put through lately? I thought you'd come back the instant you heard a war had happened!"

Releasing him,a confused look came to Skids' face before he glanced to the side. LEtting a sigh go. Yeah he had...nothing as a reasponse to that. It was still weird to hear people mention a war and all the chaos that happened. Why the hell would any of the regions fight one another? It just...felt so out of place. Being released from the grip, the fit farmer landed a strong hand on his shoulder.

"AH don't worry about it. Glad you still remembered yer roots to come help out! I'm sure you'll be rather useful to the league." Mr. Macintosh remarked, a large smile on their face. "Now, you aren't the only one who was kind enough to help me out today, let's go join them out back."

"Well I'm glad others are taking up the task of helping you as well." Skids says as he follows them.

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POSTED ON Jan 17, 2021 0:49:49 GMT

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POSTED ON Jan 16, 2021 22:43:14 GMT

Good the lad knew when to give their pokemon breaks, taking a initiative for their health and safety. Sometimes trainers pushed their pokemon too hard and too far, even if they didn't mean to do such a thing. So seeing a young soul taking great care like this made him happy. There was still kind people being trainers...it was a good thing. A relief to his old heart.

Hideo released another pokemon, a large spider like pokemon that was very affectionate given how it embraced it's young trainer. Sounds of happiness leaving them and the child was comfortable within the spindly limbed grasp of their friend. He gave a nod of agreement to the lad's suggestion. There was nothing wrong with substituting a pokemon he felt was similar to his starter. It meant he'd handle them in similar ways but still unique to this pokemon's style and needs.

"Very well then." Skids started, taking note of what they said about their wild card.

The houndoom's gaze went to the strange cat, narrowing it's gaze at the cat that seemed too intent on staring at her and her new pack. Holo was still getting used to this group, the alpha was a old male...while experience was better than none, the fire type doubted just how well he could last if things got dangerous. The old lizard was a similar issue but she held more faith in the salamence being able to handle itself better than Skids. In a way, the lizard was like the beta, a second in command that was more capable. And then the weird...sand thing. It behaved like a pup in her eyes, terribly defenseless and clingly..

So for the strange cat to be eyeballing the group, already sent the dog onto the defensive. The houndoom straightened her body out and positioned herself to try and block the cat's gaze from being able to take in the entirety of the sandygast that was still by Skids' legs. In a way she was also positioning herself to defend her leader. Gaze still narrowed, she gave a low growl at em. Not advancing toward them but just waiting, a small warning for em to keep their beedy stare to themself. Holo would be willing to bet that this weird cat could still feel the pain of fire. Salemn was unbothered by this entire thing, relaxing on the ground with their back to everything. Course they were listening, just not seeing a reason to interfer currently.

"Alright, let's see what you and Squeeze can do then." Skids announced, before looking to Holo. "Ready Ho...Holo? What is it girl?"

He raised a brow at his fire type, strange...she wasn't always this onguard...

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POSTED ON Jan 16, 2021 3:53:54 GMT

"That is one thing we will touch on. Do you have your starter with you?" Skids asked as he stood there.

He had listened to the lad's answers and what they said lined up pretty well. Course a wild card could listen just choose not to. So it really depended on the overall pokemon involved and how the trainer responded to that challenge. Compared to how they responded to their starter already listening to their commands. Powder Sugar moved along on the ground, dragging the dirt with their sandy form. Though they were already going back to Skids's leg and used their stubby arms to hold onto his pant leg.

The salamence gave a low growl, sort of a grumble. They clearly weren't in the mood already and Skids gave a light sigh as he stood there.

"Come on Salemn, it's not that boring." Skids remarked, watching the dragon type just take to laying on the ground and looking away from their trainer. "Fine fine, but you know that's not a good spot to take a nap at. You'll have to move in five seconds probably."

The feeling of the dragon's tail lightly hitting his back registered and Skids knew the dragon probably wouldn't coperate for much in this. Well...that was just a risk he'd have to take. Salemn could get serious for fights but they'd both been out of it for a while, so who knows at this point.

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POSTED ON Jan 15, 2021 23:48:54 GMT

"No problem, only fair to let ya know." Skids replied, his smile staying.

Moving out of the way, he waited till the man got in. Though the larger pokemon was certainly interesting. He hadn't seen this one before either. So many new pokemon, geez...what had he been up to in Kalos to not pay attention? The sandgast adjusted their position on Skids, letting out a small sound before waving to the larger pokemon. Recognizing the species rather than the individual in this case.

"None taken, I can see what you mean. I do enjoy exploring but it's been years since I've been back in Hoenn so seeing these....changes well, it's like Hoenn is a new place yet not at the same time." Skids answered, slowly glancing around the empty place. "It's...sad to see what they've done to Slateport..to a degree."

ALl the abandoned place. Empty and slowly decayed, as if it didn't matter. Sure the city was bigger now....but at what price? Skids pushed the thought aside as he felt a sandy nub pressing against his cheek, trying to make him smile. Which he did so as he looked to his half ghost friend.

"Plus, I want to see if I can gain some new friends here. Powder Sugar was the first pokemon I caught upon my return here, Holo was given to me by someone who couldn't handle her. So, I'd like to catch a new companion. Maybe get ol Salemn to take a interest in things again..." Skids added, moving his fingers in front of the sandygast whom of which, was trying to grab his fingers as they saw this as a silly game.

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POSTED ON Jan 15, 2021 21:33:36 GMT

The hand on his shoulder caused him to look to the boy, his smile didn't appear. It remained gone.

"She rarely mentioned her health in the letters...probably knew I'd insist on trying to help somehow..." Skids said with a weak sigh. "Ah I knew about that, she seemed really happy in the letter when she mentioned getting it. I remember congratulating her with a card in the letter I sent back to her."

She let videos on...rotom? Well truth be told, he wasn't sure on how that worked. Granted he never saw a rotom shape shift like that before, always into a a electrical appliance.

"Well that's a new one granted....there's a lot I don't know about pokemon." Skids remarked, trying to give a chuckle but it was too faint to even be counted as one.

He shook his head as he tried to get out of this headspace he was stuck in.

"Sorry I...I'm not normally...." Skids started, trying to figure out how to word it.

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POSTED ON Jan 15, 2021 20:25:05 GMT

The frown he received did its job, he felt worse. He said something he shouldn’t have....of course he did. It was just his dumb luck that helped him make things worse when he didn’t mean to. His heart almost stopped beating at the news of her death. How didn’t he put it together? He thought she was busy, who has time to really keep sending a old non married man letters anyway? Even more so when she had a son to care for? It made sense for contact to be neglected or she just could’ve been sick. Skids face lost all of its joy and kindness, it took on a saddened look along with as if he had been drained of all positivity. Old turquoise eyes looked to Billi.

”I’m so sorry, I shouldn’t haves asked about her. I thought....I thought maybe family obligations or her health or her just....being tired of our conversations the letters weren’t...important to her any...” skids started though his tears already rolled down his cheeks and he tried to stop them. “We knew each other, when we were teens. I...I just got my fourth badge but my spirits weren’t as high as the battle was a really hard one. Your mother pops up out of nowhere as this wild personality and...helped me feel better. She wasn’t here in Hoenn long, we kept running into each other.”

Letting a sigh go, he hit the palm of his hand against his forehead and pushed his fingers into his hair. Messing up the silvery strands that once upon a time, were dark brown.

”Razzberry might recall a few times we...hung out. When I left Hoenn I sent her letters letting her know, we talked through and she mentioned a son but I never pried for details. I didn’t want to cross any personal boundaries with her..” Skids explained. “Sorry I...I should shut up, she was far more important to you. I have no...no right to speak of her..” Skids apologized, pulling his hand away from his face.

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POSTED ON Jan 15, 2021 4:53:49 GMT

"I don't know, I only found him when I went in there." Skids answered, letting a light cough leave him.

The temple worker was taking in deeper breathes, trying to get clean air into their lungs. They were in much better condition thanks to the Life dew done by the man's gardivor. Though Skids glanced back to the building, the rain was helping but what else could they do? Taking a deeper breathe in, Skids stood up and went over to a pocket that was collecting the water from the rain. Removing his coat, he was quick to shove it into the water, drenching the material as much as he could before he pulled it out. Sopping wet and he put it back on, not caring to wring the water out of it.

"I'm going back in there. There's very little possibility that there was just this one worker and no one else, let alone no pokemon." Skids told the other.

Holo gave a bark somewhat protesting this. The houndoom had been absorbing the flames but even they couldn't guarentee their trainer's safety in there.

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POSTED ON Jan 15, 2021 2:52:59 GMT

"I'm sure." Skids reassured Billie, giving a kind smile to the young lad.

He watched the rotom dart around him and shift it's form to voice it's question. Sadly the rotom shifted into a blaziken, casing him to lose his smile. Even seeing the past version of his starter hurt. And soon enough, the rotom shifted again. This time alternating between three forms. The mother, Blaziken, and a mighteyena. All three of these brought up memories but the two pokemon brought up more pain. Putting a hand to his face, he was trying to not get pulled back into his own head. His heart skipped a few beats as his chest tightened, the past sinking it's hooks deeper into him.

Thankfully the two voices helped pull him out of that with their questions. Pulling his hand away from his face, Skids averted his gaze from the rotom. He knew they had no ill intentions with their changing of forms. But his smile had faded and he took in uneven breathes.

"Y..Yes, I knew her. We....we were sort of friends during my...original journey..." Skids answered, looking Billie.

Once more he caught sight of the rotom, eventually he looked to Razzberry.

"Please....please stop shifting...I...I know you want to see J..Jokester and...B...blitz bu...but it...it's not..." Skids requested gently of Razzberry as he looked to them.

He tried to smile but it faded instantly. Covering his face with his hands, he took in another deep breathe. Pulling it down his face as he glanced to the side. He was trying so hard to hold everything in. Already he could hear the sounds of spectators from that battle, the cheers had turned into horrified shocks as no one saw things going downhill. Skids felt his heart hardly beating, causing his chest to hurt more. Digging his fingernails slightly into his cheeks and lower jaw bone, he slowly let go. Instead scratching at the growing stubble that his face had.

"How...How is your Hermonie? I...I mean your mother." Skids asked, trying to change the subject quickly as he looked to Billie, desiring a change of conversation. "I...I haven't gotten a letter from her in a while. She...she mentioned having a son but it never really came up often. Was...was it Billie?"

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POSTED ON Jan 15, 2021 0:41:44 GMT

The smile made him feel even better about agreeing to do this. He heard from others that since the kid was blind, that he had to take it easy. That would only work so long before Hideo grew tired of it and begin to distrust everyone at the league. That wouldn't be a good thing. This child was part of the future, one day he'd get to help others with the starts to their jounrey. Help them grow. Two pokemon emerged from seperate pokeballs, the strange feline he didn't recognize. It looked to have a metallic theme...hm...strange. But good! This was a pokemon he'd never seen, it meant he was going to learn some things too in this battle. He recalled the other pokemon but vaguely. Wasn't it a grass steel type? He'd have to take the risk in thinking it was.

"The exercises won't be to faint the other through all what I'm going to test if multiple rounds are needed." Skids explained. "In order to keep your reactions and planning fully your own, I'm going to keep that secret for now. I will tell you at the end, so please bear with me. Even though we've released our pokemon for this, there are still surprises in store."

Was this lying to the lad? In a way yes, but when you meet a random trainer you might not see their pokemon before you approach. You don't really know what they have unless you know that trainer and then there's always the variable that they might rotate their party. Creating a new unknown scenario. That was what was going to reoccur in these tests. The unknown factors and instincts.

"Now, which one of your pokemon is your true starter? The first one you picked up from the pokemon lab, hatched from it's egg, or received through other means? Which holds your strongest of bonds both in battle and outside of it?" Skids asked, his voice never lost it's enthusiasm. "Don't say it outloud just yet. Think on it."

He wanted Hideo to feel hyped up, to feel excited! To get into this with his heart even if it was mock battles. Waiting a few minutes to give them time to ponder it, Skids rested a hand against Salem's head.

"Now which pokemon is your wild card? A powerhouse in it's own ways but one you haven't had much time to train with, not much time in order to form that strongest of bonds yet?" SKids questioned. "What I want you to do, is compare your true starter with this wild card without naming them or their species to me. Tell me what makes them different?"

There was a reason for this but...he needed the information in this way so that way he couldn't fully plan against types.

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POSTED ON Jan 14, 2021 21:42:40 GMT

"We're almost to the spot, trust me." Skids responded in a happy tone, a bit smile on his face.

A mentorship had been something he didn't consider but since he was new to the league yet a older trainer, it seemed to give him a bit of leeway to try this. Of course, he read about the kid. They were blind sadly, so much of the world would be denied. And yet it also opened up avenues for this child. They couldn't see with their eyes but that didn't mean they couldn't see in a more unique way. They came to a more open spot and a excited 'ah hah' left Skids as he headed into the opening. He made sure no wild pokemon or people were around before that smile of his grew more and he proceded to remove his backpack. Listening to the lad's question.

"Oh no no, you don't need me to take you to catch pokemon. That's usually the first thing someone teaches another." Skids answered, his voice full of energy. "Plus you already got a good handle on that as you said, you already got yourself new party members an more."

Nope nope, he wasn't gonna force the lad through something so obvious. Skids wanted to see what the lad could do. They were a trainer for a reason, more than just their desire for it. They seemed to have a talent for it, hence being in the league so young. But Skids knew he couldn't give the boy anything helpful unless he knew just what they could do. And there was another way to figure that out rather than asking.

"I want to see what you and your pokemon can do." Skids explained as he reached into his bag, pulling out three pokeballs.

Tossing the three into the air, the sound of the pokeballs opening would sound off. A houndoom and sandygast landed easily on the ground, their distinctive cries were low and calm. And then there was a louder roar as a heavy mass landed on the ground behind Skids, the large and old salamence rested there and cast their gaze around. The large smile on Skids' face remained as he folded his arms.

"We're gonna have a pokemon battle." Skids answered finally. "We're going to do several excersises with these battles. But in order to make sure that you are being yourself and operating under your own instincts and plans, I'm not gonna say what those excersises are. Knowing what they are will make you think differently. When a trainer shows up, there's no knowing ahead of time what is going to happen. So we'll handle it sort of like that. Any questions?"

The older man's voice was full of energy and enthusiasm, despite his issues with tournaments. One on one battles were in his comfort zone still.

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