forum What A Catch | Pokémon RP | (1/2-3)

Started May 28, 2019 by Donnie

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"A breeder, huh?" Nami nodded, tilting her head in curiosity. "What makes you want to be a breeder?" She asked, fiddling with one of the bright handwoven bracelets on her wrists. "And, uh, I'm not too sure about myself. I just want to explore at this point, travel to every region. There are so many cool pokemon to see, and places to go. After that, maybe I'll try my hand at being a Kahuna."

(Thanks!
Name: Lucas Mulbright
Age: Thirteen
Gender: Male
Looks: Long blond hair spiked up smoothly in the front, blue eyes, pale with freckles. Lucas is pretty short and very thin, which he hides with jackets usually. His normal attire includes a yellow shirt with a red jacket left unzipped over top, paired with jeans and red tennis shoes that seem to be a bit large for him. He carries a backpack, in which he carries his pokeballs/general pokemon items, some food, a water bottle, a phone, and pamphlets (he likes to be prepared).
Personality: Very quiet and not super good at talking to people, but has a fascinating affinity with pokemon. It's almost like he can communicate with them. With humans, he's quite shy, but very kind. He tries his best to not show emotion, but will occasionally have outbursts of anger or sadness. He tolerates conversation if it's about pokemon.
History: Pretty rough, man. His mother and brother were killed by brainwashed pokemon a few years before, and since Lucas was with them when this happened and is still alive, his father sort of blamed him for it. His father ended up becoming violent, and Lucas had to leave the house. Through this, he had a pokemon egg he was raising. It hatched as a fennekin, and he's kept it with him ever since. He's reluctant to evolve the fennekin, since he feels that it wouldn't be the same as it was before (kinda an ash and pikachu situation). He decided to become a pokemon trainer after he nurtured the relationship between himself and fennekin for a while.
Dreams/Goals: To become a Kahuna and find some meaning through taking care of pokemon.
Team: Fennekin, Pidgeot, Ninetales, Togetic, Growlithe, Ponyta )

"It's sort of a family tradition, I guess? My grandparents are Pokémon breeders, and their parents before that. My mom was sort of an outlier as a baker, but I want to continue the tradition," she answered, brushing over the topic of her mother fairly quickly. "A kahuna? That's awesome! Does that mean you're thinking of challenging the League? When I was a kid, I really wanted to become Champion. But now that I've started my journey, I'm beginning to see it might be a little more difficult than I was originally expecting… My partner doesn't seem to like me all that much, and my other pokémon seems indifferent, still. Like, sometimes he'll listen, you know what I mean?" She sighed, tucking a strand of her messy hair behind her ear before speaking again. "I just haven't found a way to earn their trust, yet."

((Nami's gonna Older Sibling Friend him so hard omg. She's not the mom friend type, more the type to drag her friends on crazy and dangerous adventures and activities))

(Yes please do he needs a friend lmao)

"Yeah, I'm gonna challenge the League. And I'm gonna win, too." Nami grinned, straightening proudly. "You've got issues with your Pokemon?" She tilted her head, her mismatched eyes already showing that she was plotting. "Any chance you'd let me take a look? I might be able to give you some advice, though I can't promise it'd be good."

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A boy suddenly flew in on a Pidgeot, holding a fainted Fennekin carefully with one arm. He quickly put the Pidgeot back in its Pokeball and ran into the Pokecenter, now holding the Fennekin with both arms. "Nurse joy! H-He's hurt! Can you help him?" He showed the pokemon to the nurse. It had several scrapes on it, seemingly having lost a battle to a much larger pokemon.

"You know, I believe you!" Donnie told her, secretly admiring her confidence. "Maybe someday I'll challenge you!" At her offer, Donnie's eyes lit up with gratitude. "And that would be great! Honestly, anything helps," she admitted, already reaching for her pocket to retrieve the two. Two flashes of light later, a Riolu and Froakie sat on the counter, looking mildly confused and, in Riolu's case, disinterested. "Nami, meet Riolu and Froakie! Riolu, please be nice," she pleaded, noticing the creature's now-crossed arms. At the sudden commotion she stumbled back out of the way, making room for the boy and his injured Pokémon. "Oh dear," she mumbled worriedly to herself, half-ready to approach him.

Nami was already one step ahead of her, brows furrowed as she approached the boy. "Woah, what happened here?" She asked, looking form the Pokemon to the boy in concern and curiosity.

Nurse Joy took the Fennekin gently and lay it on the counter. Lucas hesitantly handed her its Pokeball. He hated cooping it up like that, but he knew it was the most efficient way to heal the pokemon. After about ten seconds of anxious waiting, Nurse Joy returned the Pokeball. Lucas released Fennekin immediately, who jumped into his arms happily. "Fennekin! Thank god you're okay…" He hugged the pokemon. "Thank you, miss Joy." He turned to the girl who had approached him. "Oh! H-He just… got into a fight with an angry Ursaring."

"An Ursaring?" Donnie was, unfortunately, quite familiar with those. They were common near her father's house, and she'd often spot them at a distance. "Wow… Well, I'm glad your Fennekin is okay! I'll admit—I wasn't expecting to see anyone so soon into my journey with another Kalos region starter!"

Lucas smiled softly, petting the Fennekin as he looked at Donnie. "Yeah… Fennekin thinks he's bigger than he is, honestly." He was quiet for a moment. "Oh, how rude of me! My name is Lucas. What's yours?" Fennekin yipped cheerfully, rubbing his head against Lucas's chin. It was clear that the bond between them was very strong.

"Heh, understandable," Donnie responded, eyeing the Fennekin's soft fur. "My name's Donnie! This is Riolu and Froakie," she paused, looking at Nami. "And this is Nami, whom I just met a few minutes ago!" She tried not to show how envious she was of the relationship between the two.

Nami gave Lucas a two fingered salute followed by the gesture of greeting, eyes flickering back to Donnie's Pokemon as she tilted her head. "Alola. It's nice to meet you, Lucas."

"You have a Riolu?" Lucas asked curiously, setting the Fennekin on his shoulder. "They're quite rare… where did you find it?" Fennekin watched Donnie, cocking his head to the side and wagging his tail gently. He hopped over to Lucas's other shoulder to sniff Nami. "Hello, as well." He waved to Nami. "I apologize if Fennekin is bothering you. I think he likes you, though." Fennekin yipped again, staring at Nami.

Nami grinned, reaching up to offer her hand for the Fennekin to sniff. A scratch on her arm looked to be bleeding, and it wasn't the only one, but she seemed fine. A small trill sounded as Kanaloa weaved around her ankles, looking fine now. "He's not a bother, don't worry."

Donnie laughed awkwardly, watching as Riolu remained as impassive as ever. The only indication that he was listening being the flick of his ears. "He was a gift from my grandparents. They're Pokémon breeders, and he's actually the grandson of my grandma's Lucario. Anyways, they wanted me to have a reliable partner, but as you can see, I haven't quite earned his trust yet…" Riolu made a sound of agreement, almost similar to a huff. Froakie, meanwhile, hopped over to investigate Fennekin. "Oh! Kanaloa!" Donnie suddenly exclaimed, looking to Nami for permission to pet the Vaporeon.

Fennekin sniffed Froakie, seemingly recognizing the type of pokemon from his birth region. "Hmm…" Lucas observed the Riolu. "Perhaps you need to overcome some trial together? Fennekin has helped me through a lot of hard times. However, I did also hatch him myself, so we could also be close because of that." Fennekin yipped in agreement, toying with Lucas's hair.

Kanaloa moved from Nami, who was wandering over to Donnie's Pokemon, to Donnie, looking curiously up at her. "She likes to be scratched behind her webbing." Nami advised, before lifting her hands in a wave to Riolu like she was greeting a person. "Alola!"

Donnie nodded at his suggestion, saying, "That's what I thought, but he doesn't want to battle, and all that really happens is he and Froakie end up getting hurt. I've been scared to challenge any of the Kahunas because of it," she admitted. She grinned happily at Nami, mouthing thank you, before crouching down to scratch behind Kanaloa's webbing. She glanced up to see Riolu's reaction to Naomi's greeting, feeling familiar disappointment when Riolu only tilted his head slightly in acknowledgement. Still, she consoled herself, it was a start.

Lucas carefully held his hand out to Riolu, making eye contact with the pokemon to tell him that he was a friend. He knew that Riolu could sense his aura, which would help his case. Fennekin realized what Lucas was doing and kept quiet so he could focus.

Kanaloa let out a happy trill, tail flicking. Nami dug around her bag, pulling out a small packaged desert of some sort and holding it up to show Riolu, in offering. "You've basically just become best friends with her. She's so easy to please." Nami joked, winking at Kanaloa, who's tongue poked out just a bit.