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Distract me [lars]

POSTED ON Dec 10, 2019 6:52:13 GMT

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"I would lock your keys in the safe if you had." it's almost matter of fact but surprisingly gentle, because he really would have. And keeping them from him would have been no small feat. Evan's slight of hand is impressive to say the least and while he plays up the idea of being a lumbering goof it is only because it's far more easy to be written off. At least most the time.

Evan glances back at him when he comments on his eyes, it's an odd, sickeningly sweet feeling that rises in his gut. His eyes have never been anything but trouble, from the day he was born to his life as adult. How many times had he heard that? How many comments had been made about how they were like gems set in his skull? How many had told him they were one of the prettiest sets of eyes they had even seen?

It was obvious in how he looks away to keep from narrowing his eyes at lars in particular that he does not think fondly of his eyes. They are expressive and bright, impossible to miss. Impossible to ignore. He feels too strongly and he's scared people with them more than the contacts. The contacts where just odd. These showed the harshness he tried so hard to hide and the glimmer of it is momentary as the thought roll through his mind before he answers him. "I will not."

"Thank you for the sentiment, though." he adds almost too fast. He's not sure if it's because he wants to believe lars doesn't mean it that way or because he actually does believe it, but it doesn't change the fact Lars has given him no reason to think it anything but genuine compliment. He has no way of knowing how much he hates his eyes.

And this is why he doesn't let people in. He inwardly scolds himself for how harsh that might have seen. "I'm sorry, I just really don't like my eyes." he hopes lars will let him leave it at that.

He tries not to think about it, righting the pillows one more time even though they don't really need to be, looking over the night stand to be sure there's not anything else he needs to take care of- anything to not think about his eyes.

"I think there's a 24 hour place here, they're the only one so they get away with it." he suggests, because it's the only one he thinks they've got a chance with and to be honest, he's really not interested in cooking something right now. He reaches behind him, the strap against his back the same one as in the nightmare. The small pocket keeps on his important things on him while he sleeps just in case. He pulls out his phone, unlocks it and hands it to him.

"It's in the contacts as the 24 hour food place, menu's in the favorites on the browser. I keep it easy for guests and some of the regulars." because he doesn't really eat that kind of stuff.

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It's snowing [ lars ]

POSTED ON Dec 10, 2019 6:26:30 GMT

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Evan knows the feeling of excitement bubbling up in his throat but he doesn't feel it often in response to people. Not like this and it catches him by surprise. A part of him has wanted to speak with Lars outside of the Stray for awhile now but it's easier said than done when you strictly refuse to swap contacts while on the clock and you're almost always on the clock. It's not because he doesn't want to make friends per say but because he wants to avoid people trying to make more moves on the bartender than they already do.

Even as he hands the man the second coffee -something caramel because he assumes most people like caramel- it doesn't don on him that he might not have been meant to meet a stranger at all. This might have been the plan from the start but he's too caught up on the idea of getting to talk with the man outside of their usual constraints. (Not that they likely seem like constraints to the other, mostly for Evan who still has to have an image of being the owner) Not to mention dodging the usual off put reactions to his image- even if the purple material that's replaced the usual metal for the duration of the cold weather doesn't make him look as harsh he's still not exactly typical.

Extra not typical with the blind date context. Which had perplexed him to begin with.

"No you normally come in after work, love." the pet name is natural, but love is always saved for those he's most fond of. Not that most of them realize it. He won't really give lars the chance to think it over before he reaches out to play with his bangs. It's an innocent gesture, curiosity and his own shameless behavior making it easy to reach out without feeling bad about it. He forgets that the recent application of his anxiety oil likely makes him smell a bit sweeter than normal (it always smells sweet on him). "You wear it well though, you should leave it down more often. I think it suites your face better."

Evan's smile when he retracts his hand is a little bit brighter than usual, after all he's not forced to wear one by their surroundings.

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Distract me [lars]

POSTED ON Dec 10, 2019 5:37:12 GMT

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"Very." Evan insisted. It didn't seem right to charge him or make him go back home this late. Especially knowing he had seen the same thing he did. If Evan was off kilter- and Evan was rarely off kilter -he imagined the other was just as well. Maybe more so, Evan wasn't entirely sure of his over all temperament in that aspect. For all their talking over drinks or while Evan was behind the bar that could only tell him so much about the person. It was enough though, for him to be sure he was deserving of a room even if it wasn't the greatest one. He couldn't give him that one though. the master room for the floor was being worked on.

His hands spread over the comforter one too many times, because he's trying to stall a little bit. Perhaps because he's not sure what exactly to do in this situation. He can only hope he's making the right choices.

"I'm not making you go back home at this time of night." Evan looks up at him, noticing his reflection in one of the mirrors on the wall and his eyes go wide for a split second before returning to the blanket. "That's not happening and it wouldn't be right to charge you for the room when-" he has to think of the right words. "Whatever that was it rattled us both and I don't get rattled easy. Even if its for different reasons that whole thing wasn't the kind of thing you should have even been coming out here to begin with after."

Evan turns and looks him dead on, which makes it more apparent why he looked away before. He'd been in bed, he never put his contacts back in because he didn't expect someone to come barging into his establishment this late. Bright blue eyes stare him down tonight and they're almost more intimidating than the contacts he usually wears. The contacts mask his emotions as much as the color, a blue so bright its almost unreal but the emotion in them is like steel. Its not out of anger, it's out of concern and the mixture is as terrifying as his usual image comes across as. "I'm not charging you and I swear if you try and leave money behind for it anyway I'll put it in the next drink I mix for you and you won't get another until you put the bills in your pocket." It's meant more as a joke but the evenness of his voice makes it sounds more like he means it than he intends.

The exaggeration is a hopeful distraction from the reality they have just behind them, the after effects right in front of them. he still hasn't answered his question about the 'onion' god and for his own reasons he's not sure he wants to. The whole thing leaves him uneasy and he's still yet to decide how he feels about Lars being there right now. All he knows is he can't turn him away even while he feels too upset to have people around him.

Evan pulls away again, because his own eyes make him self conscious and suddenly being aware of the fact Lars can see them makes him more so.

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It's snowing [ lars ]

POSTED ON Dec 10, 2019 5:19:38 GMT

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Evan came early, because he had little else to do and perhaps that's why it's so easy for him to end up sitting there swinging his feet a little, skimming the snow that has built up beneath the bench. He's not cold, the coffee hasn't even gotten cold, it's more that he's just too on edge about this whole situation. He's never even really had a close friend before. technically. Because technically evan's never actually hung out with someone before. Not really. Look he's a drifter and just kind of ends up talking to people too long this is never planned.

He's beginning to decide planning things makes him anxious and being anxious makes him nauseous and he hates that. He's looking down, burying his chin into his scarf and pulling a small vial out of his pocket. The roller ball makes it look almost like a perfume when really its an oil derived from his own lilligant's aromatherapy, mixed with other such herbal medicines to aid with anxiety. The actions of rolling it onto his wrists is fast and well practiced. Most won't even realize what he's doing before it ends up back in his pants pockets. Nice pants even, because colder weather means he has to put actual effort into his attire. It's a rarity actually, even though its nothing more than nice black slacks (for business meetings, normally), a nice fitted sweater with a very nice looking blazer over top and his scarf the rest of Evan's demeanor makes him seem more dressed up than he is. It's really all in the name of being warm though. While many of his facial piercings are easily swapped out for non-metal materials some of the others can't be.

When he looks back up he almost doesn't recognize the person approaching the bench. There's something familiar in the figure though and he tilts his head ever so slightly to the side as they get closer, his hair falling to the cut side in slow motion as it settles from the moment. He hadn't even realized how much his face was scrunched up from the feelings in his gut until his expression almost seems to brighten.

"Lars?" his eyebrows shift up on his face. he's not entirely sure though, but it's the only name that his tongue can find which means he's either a dumbass or he's matching the face to the right now by some kind of a miracle. His memory has never been his friend.

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Aurorus Winter Ball

POSTED ON Dec 10, 2019 4:02:45 GMT

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Next thing he knows there is a very big and very familiar arm around his shoulders, one he is quite happy to see. @gawdzilla will recognize the cheery and genuine smile as one he's seen all too often. "Caius!" of course he's distracted rather quickly and Evan chuckles from under his arm, shoulders shaking enough to rock both their muscles just a little bit. After all the man doesn't seem like much but he's no push over.

There's a snicker at his quick swap to asking stormy to dance, though his full introduction makes Evan beam like the proud mother hen he is. It's good to see one of his little strays growing up and going into the big world and getting somewhere in life. ~~without resorting to the same bs he did at their ages~~. ~~he tries to raise them better than he was raised ok~~

Evan quiets to let their conversation pass, inwardly he is squishing his cheeks with joy watching Caius present himself as a gym leader, outwardly he's smiling and proud of the kid for getting that far.

>>evan is a proud mama hen you go caius
>>says hi but shuts up so he can dance with stormy

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POSTED ON Dec 8, 2019 21:29:51 GMT

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Evan takes in a deep breath as the pair breaks off, managing to get his laughter to subside. At least he thinks he has u til he reaches for his glass again and turns to make an actual greeting, laughter still light on his lips.

"Good evening my dears!" he takes a sip of his drink to curb the grin on his face by enough to make talking easier. "enjoying the evening despite the.... Ridiculous antics?"

It's a bit of a jest, if only because he considers the antics to be a highly enjoyable part of the evening so far. He has expected some excitement of course, but Hoenn was managing to entertain him far more than he expected.

Stormy Silph cait alfric kim cole-essam @bean4 @i think thats it in this corner?
>>Evan finally says an actual hello and asks if everyone is enjoying themselves deapite the boys making fools of themselves

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POSTED ON Dec 6, 2019 8:13:38 GMT

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She hands over the id and Evan holds it up while she speaks. He doesn't really have to worry about what's on the card so much as give it a cursory overview to confirm it's real. Or make it look like he is.

This is Maple though.

As such he makes a point to furrow and frown at it, turning it over, turning it sideways, looking over it at her as if to say he's not quiiiiite sure this is her before he finally hands it back setting the drink on the table in time for her to be done spilling the drama of her day all over his counter for him to help her pick up.

"To be frank dear, if you don't want to be looked at that way you need to work on not behaving that way. At least a little bit." there was nothing accusatory or offensive or even mildly negative or snotty about the way he said it. The sentence was just a simple observation on what she had said and a truth that may not have been needed to be pointed out but that she may have needed to hear out loud. He gives her a pointed look to go with it, the kind someone might expect from their mom more than the man at the bar.

He leans against his portion of the countertop, relaxing a little in her presence. "I can understand though, feels like you can't do a whole lot in those kinds of situation right?" because that's the root of the problem really, at least he imagines. Because he's sure she loves her brother and is willing to at last try and get along with this girl for his sake but that doesn't change the fact that if she felt so out of place she couldn't do anything without it being a problem that makes a problem.

"The best thing you can do about things like that is calmly explain how its making you feel. It may seem like the wrong thing but talk to your brother, tell him that you felt like she didn't give you much of a chance, or however it is you feel and that you want to be nice to her for him but it's going to be hard when you feel so out of place."

He gives her a moment to think about it before he asks another question. "What kind of things were guys doing? A lunch out?" context helps too, because he's sure it was something the girl wasn't very fond of that kind of thing just makes those sorts of situations a little harder.

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Frosty foxes [safari]

POSTED ON Dec 6, 2019 8:01:46 GMT

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They have decided to start the trek back, feeling that the time is right and they ignore many of the other pokemon on their path as they make it to the many shelters he imagines are located throughout the safari. Many of them seem to know exactly where to go and perhaps that is why the little fox seems to stand out as they come upon her.

The small creature is curled up and looking around frantically, unable to find her way to one of the many shelters the others are already inhabiting and it seems likely she is simply too young to be sure about where to go.

Evan scoops her up in his arms and she curls against his body, cold from the snow on her fur and chilled by her own typing, His Fiery fox seems to scoot closer to combat this as they carry her out towards the exit. Before they leave he offers her the ball, willing to take her home if she'll have it.

>>capping! and wrap up

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POSTED ON Dec 6, 2019 7:51:49 GMT

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An eyebrow is raised as the pokemon's roar seems to find something in the dark. He was more hoping to just clear the field a little. Nothing more than a mild intimidation tactic to feel her out. If nothing else she had more gusto than your every day mugger. It was both disappointing and not, he was hoping to get out of this quick but it also meant he might actually need to try a little.

"I'm really not very good at holding my peace I'm afraid."

His hands move behind his back, a tap of a pokeball as her own attacks because he can already see it about to happen. The infatuation is obvious on his pokemon's face as the butterfly gains the bulk of its attention. That's where the hippowdon now sitting behind him will hopefully help pick up the slack.

"Hyper voice buddy." the dragon is lost in his love of the butterfly and Evan knows it's hit or miss for whether or not he'll make the attempt but it's not really about him anyway.

The Hippowdon is as worn out as ever, it seems like she can never get enough rest... yawning day in and day out from behind him.

>>Evan is being evan
>>Deino used hyper voice
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Up to 50, attack doesn't go through, over 51+ attack does.
(basing this on the 50 percent chance for an attack to not work for infatuation and letting the rng gods decide his fate
>>Hippowdon is behind him using yawn in the hopes of inducing sleep and making up for the deino's likely failure.

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Aurorus Winter Ball

POSTED ON Dec 6, 2019 7:30:44 GMT

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Evan is about to make his greetings, waving hello to the collection of people making their way over when another announcement is made. He tries to stifle his laughter, caging it as best he can behind tightly held together lips and fails.

Before he gets the chance to complete his greetings Evan is setting his drink on the food table beside him so he cannot spill (oblivious to the now present vulpix) as he succumbs to his laughter, shoulders shaking in a laugh too sweet for a man covered in metal and ink. The sound is light as a feather, sweet as cotton candy and filled to the brim with genuine amusement at the sheer ridiculousness of what just happened.

"I'm so sorry this is a horrible hello." His arms cross over his stomach as he regains his composure.

He might like their grumpy santa just a little bit after all.

>>Tries to say hello to Ruby Walker, kim cole-essam and Stormy Silph and fails
>>Laughing because this is great
>>He laughs a lot anyway so tbh ignore him

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POSTED ON Dec 6, 2019 3:41:04 GMT

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He's chosen the route off of Fortree for the foliage, it will give them cover while he and the creature he has somehow wound up with his hands on explore themselves a little bit.

Evan looks at the Type:null standing beside him under the trees again. They're off the beaten paths of the route on purpose, because he has a feeling whatever this creature is about is going to be something he probably shouldn't advertise just yet. He only followed along with the instructions out of morbid curiosity, maybe because of the fact that in the old days he would have delved head first into it.

No in the old days he might have done it more than once. He had to stop himself from trying again out of curiosity to see if he could make it happen twice.

fuck.

The entire thing messed with his head but the pokemon itself seemed to be pretty accepting of the situation. Evan couldn't blame it because it didn't know much more than he did really, did it?

He nodded in the direction they were going to go, the pair trekking through the snow in an accepted silence. He'd taken the time to get the hang of the pokemon just being around already, but battling? He wasn't even sure if he should try but here he was nonetheless. Because he was curious, he had to know.

>>solo wild
>>He will be friends with this thing one way or another

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Frosty foxes [safari]

POSTED ON Dec 6, 2019 2:39:07 GMT

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The day is starting to hail into nightfall, early because of the cold of winter and Evan finds himself less distracted by the wandering pokemon. As much as he may want to enjoy their presence it is nearly time for them to make their way back to the entrance and after that their way home. He can't stay out too long or else he risks not having enough time to do what he must for the stray.

Of course it's not uncommon for him to be a little late or something of that matter it doesn't mean he should be going out of his way too be. But he has to take time for himself too you know?

Anyway, he ignores the starmie to his right because he's on a mission to use this last ball and go home.

>>passing

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POSTED ON Dec 6, 2019 2:24:31 GMT

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Okay. Bare with me.

Joltik
+ agility (lvl)
+ protect (tm) -sucker punch
+ poison jab (tm) -camouflage

Houndoom
+ fire fang (lvl)

Vaporeon
+ hydro pump (lvl)
+ aqua ring (lvl) -helping hand
+ baton pass (lvl) -water gun

Hippowdon
+ slack off (lvl) -crunch
+ thunder fang (lvl) -sand tomb
+ ice fang (lvl) -dig

G!Poyta
Redeeming evolution type 1!
Evolves into Rapidash!
+ Psycho cut (evolution move)
+ agility (lvl)
+ heal pulse (lvl) -stomp

A!Vulpix
Ice type Evolution discount!
Evolves into A!Ninetales
+ Dazzling Gleam (evolution move)
+ Sheer cold (lvl) -extrasensory
+ Ice beam (lvl) -ice shard

And last but not least,

Type:null
+ Swords dance (redeeming from advent calendar)
+ Protect (tm)
+ Crush claw (lvl)
+ Iron head (lvl)
*drum roll*
+ redeeming 5 sparkling dust to make it shiny 8]

Purchase and redemption breakdown:

Lvl moves x14
Redeeming: 3 from various events
final cost: 440

Tm moves x3
Redeeming 3 from various events
Final cost: 0

Redeemed evolution type 1 for G!Ponyta

Purchasing evolution type 1 for A!Vulpix, cost 100
Ice type discount reduces final cost to: 50

Final cost:
Redemption of 3 lvl tutors, 3 tm moves, 1 evolution type 1 and 5 shiny dust
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Santa's little helpers [mission]

POSTED ON Dec 5, 2019 23:33:58 GMT

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At first he just laughs into his scarf but it doesn't take long for it to grow well beyond containing. By the time she comments about his age of all things he's throwing his head back into the wind and laughing like a mad man in the snowfall. It's bloody hilarious to him because it's just so very expected you could say? And Evan laughs at most things in the world nowadays so this is no different.

He doesn't even mind her trying to take a jab at him being old? "How old do you even think I am?" he knows she's young and perhaps that makes him more curious. Most are usually surprised, pegging him for being younger than he is but Evan ages like an eldritch horror, slowly and only by gaining more ink and metal in his skin.

"Maybe I'll have a mount next time, probably not. I've done this all my life no use preparing more than I am now." it's not untrue, in his early days he did this with little more than his mimikyu at his side. Now he's acquired much more at his disposal and should things get bad enough he knows how to find a cave or two to weather out the storm in.

Evan has no trouble with keeping up with her, if anything he seems to pick up the pace a bit. Perhaps to prove the point. It wouldn't be the first time someone mistook his features, the tall and slender build, he doesn't come across like a man with much to offer physically. A surely all that ink and metal must be for looks right?

He's built by a life constantly on the move, carved out by rock slides and cliff faces, even the city streets have done little but give him a chance to push himself physically to the limit.

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