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lifenet2019-01-02 09:26 pm
thegoofball) wrote in lifenet2019-01-02 09:26 pm
Entry tags:
- coco: héctor rivera,
- final fantasy xiv: castor westmoore,
- fragile dreams: ren,
- mass effect: legion,
- original: chip abaroa,
- original: mira delacroix,
- pokemon sun & moon: guzma,
- red vs. blue: agent washington,
- the adventure zone: kravitz,
- voltron: keith kogane,
- voltron: takashi shirogane,
- ✖ captive prince: laurent,
- ✖ ffxv: prompto argentum,
- ✖ homestuck: karako pierot,
- ✖ persona 5: ann takamaki,
- ✖ undertale: muffet,
- ✖ voltron: lance
stones of farspeech
Hey there, islands. Happy new year and all that, if that even matters. I mean, the holidays don't seem to matter here but there's a calendar so...?
[There's a pause, and Lance clears his throat.]
Anyways, this isn't about that! Recently I put in a request with the good ol' Storyteller because I was reminded of something from back home and thought, with all the crazy things that happen here, something that's a little more chill and lowkey might be good?
It's this, uh, game? Called Monsters & Mana. It's a little hard to explain and it's super nerdy, but it's pretty fun! You roll dice and pretend to be a character and go on an adventure the Lore Master puts together for you.
I've got a lot of books for it and everything we'd need to play it, but I don't want to just keep it to myself? So if anyone wants to take a look at it or play it just hit me up!
See ya!
[If the emojis were Free, there would be a sparkle and a heart emoji. Unfortunately, they're not.]
[There's a pause, and Lance clears his throat.]
Anyways, this isn't about that! Recently I put in a request with the good ol' Storyteller because I was reminded of something from back home and thought, with all the crazy things that happen here, something that's a little more chill and lowkey might be good?
It's this, uh, game? Called Monsters & Mana. It's a little hard to explain and it's super nerdy, but it's pretty fun! You roll dice and pretend to be a character and go on an adventure the Lore Master puts together for you.
I've got a lot of books for it and everything we'd need to play it, but I don't want to just keep it to myself? So if anyone wants to take a look at it or play it just hit me up!
See ya!
[If the emojis were Free, there would be a sparkle and a heart emoji. Unfortunately, they're not.]
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They're blue. Kind of a dark blue? With a brighter blue stripe.
[There's a brief pause, as Lance considers things.]
What if Kosmo is a pokemon that wouldn't be in this because we come from different realities?
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Vaporeon
Glaceon
Manectric
Suicune
Not a one looks like Kosmo, and Guzma hums thoughtfully, chewing his lip and scratching his head.]
Yo, man, it's possible, there's some weird critters out in worlds beyond even my own in Alola, believe me....I had a run in with a few of 'em. [He grimaces, then quickly moves on, not caring to dwell on that subject.] But all Pokemon are the same, meaning they act the same, and use the same type of moves. You ever seen your mutt do anything other'n teleport? Like, can it shoot lightning, fire, water? Can it lift things with them trippy psychic powers? Or freeze stuff in ice?
And...does it come in something what looks like this? [And there it is, Guzma's showing off one of his Pokeballs--or, well...Ultra Balls. Most of his Pokemon were caught in Ultra Balls.] Not all POkemon like staying in there balls, so that ain't a big defining point, but it's the method of carrying 'em around that's most well known to people in my world. Even in other realities they store 'em in balls kinda like these.
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Said he found it on a space whale, and I've definitely never seen anything like that.
[He motions at the Ultra Ball. He's curious about how it works - maybe not as curious as Hunk or Pidge would have been, and he's sad they're not there to see something that houses animals that fits in your hand - but as it is he's got no idea how something like that could even work.]
So I guess he's something that's as weird as a Pokemon, but he's not a Pokemon.
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[Guzma responds flatly, raising a brow at Lance. Really, my guy, does he look the sociable type? I mean, come on. He's a monochromatic nightmare and looks like he could intimidate a brick wall with a glare alone.]
2/2
[He shrugs, pocketing the Pokedex and looking Lance up and down and the look on his face. He's not sure what the emotion is - disappointment? Sadness? Ugh, Guzma's not good with this sort of stuff, but he rolls his eyes and sighs, shaking his head.]
'Sides, Pokemon ain't nothing but weird critters what got special powers to defend themselves in the wild 'fore they're caught and trained. Y'all said you found the mutt out in space, yeah? Well, there's legends what say certain Pokemon exist only in space. What I call Pokemon other people call monsters...or aliens, or whatever else words they got.
[Nothing nice thus far, hence his grimace.]
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[It's not surprising that Guzma doesn't know Keith - his leader isn't exactly a social butterfly.]
Pokemon sound pretty alien to the creatures we had back on Earth, but...Earth animals were just as weird to aliens, so. [He shrugs.] Kind of sucks we don't have anything convenient to put Kosmo in. He's so big.
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But he doesn't dwell on it. People here come and go like leaves in the wind, and he knows that...a little too well. Guzma's here to focus on the here and the now, and the conversation at hand.]
Heh, believe me, it's a task tryin'a explain to all you numskulls what a Pokemon even is...they just like any other animal, but got powers what make 'em unique, I guess. [He shrugs again.] But having a Pokeball to keep 'em contained is definitely nice. There'd be no way I'd fit Golisopod into that tiny hut me n' Lillie live in. Big guy's even larger than I am.
[And Guzma stand a whopping 6'3". He's a giant. Golisopod is only a few inches taller. Four, to be exact, though he's wider and has more bulk.] BUt it was developed by scientists to convert a Pokemon's, like....shape? Atomic...thing--tch, I dunno, it's a bunch'a nerd vomit, but basically it converts their forms into data and compresses it down to a smaller size, enough to fit inside one'a these comfortably.
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[Does it...have pods??
He raises an eyebrow at the explanation of the balls, if you could call it that. He doesn't get, is pretty sure he'd never get it, but he knows if Pidge or Hunk were here they'd love to get their hands on one and figure out the technology.
He misses them.]
And that still works here? That seems more amazing than anything else.
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What's a Golisopod?
Oh...oh, honey. Guzma was hoping you'd ask. The sinister grin that slithers its way onto his face is telling, and he clicks the button on the center of the Pokeball without a word, though a tiny heh might make its way from between his teeth.]
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This is a Golisopod. My Golisopod to be precise. [Guzma smacks the big bug fondly on the side of its hard shell.] Nice entrance, my guy.
[Golisopod grumbles, letting out a long exhale before yawning. +n+ What did you wake me for?]
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What comes out is utterly alien, and in a way that's more familiar than if a Golisopod had just been, like, a cat or a dog. It almost reminds Lance of a Robeast - the plates and the purple don't seem all that out of place for one of the Witch's creations - but on a much smaller scale.
It's still much larger than he is, though, and he can't keep the awe from his voice.]
Oh, man! That thing's amazing!
[He doesn't quite bounce on his feet, but it's a near thing. Because there's something Guzma had said, about what made Pokemon Pokemon.]
What can it do?
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Well, it can fight, for one. Big guy's my heavy hitter - I mean, among the other members of my party back home, but my main man here. [He whistles sharply, and Golisood seems to stand at attention very quickly, suddenly awake and very alert.] Give the good man a demo, yeah? Let's start off strong with a Waterfall.
[Nodding, Golisopod ambles his way toward the shore until he's about waist deep in the water, breathing in and out slowly. Guzma pushes Lance back a bit with a quick mutter of: "beware of the splash zone, yo" as rather suddenly, the water around the huge Pokemon begins to bubble and churn...then shoot up like a geyser, as Golisopod climbs the pillar of water effortlessly, higher and higher - he must be a good fifty, sixty feet up - then comes spinning back down like a corkscrew with his sharpened claws impacting the sand and water with a thunderous crash.
Three point landing.]
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He manages to keep quiet during the Waterfall, but he crows with delight at the landing.]
Whoa! That's so cool!
[He bounces on his heels.]
What else can it do? It's gotta be able to do stuff that's way more cool, right?!
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What Golisopod lacks in speed, he makes up for with brute strength. I'll show you his signature move, at the least. [Looking around the immediate area, Guzma kicks a few green coconuts away until he finds a perfectly large, solid one - about the size of a basketball. He tosses it up once and catches it, to test the weight, then lobs the nut right at his Pokemon.
Who, while cleaning the salt and water off his antennae and facial feelers calmly with his longer, thinner arms, snaps his eyes toward the object and not only spikes it into the ground, but cleaves it in half effortlessly with one of those enormous, clawed arms.
...Then furiously begins to clean himself AGAIN BECAUSE THE WATER GOT ALL OVER HIM WEH.]
That's First Impression - always strikes first as the name suggests, heh. When an attacker tries to get the jump on you, yeah, you take their speed and trajectory, predict their movement, then bam. These big guys aren't known for their speed, so they make up for it with patient defense and a knock-out strike when you least expect it! S'why I love bug types. They strategize first them beat you down once y'all is caught.
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That's incredible! And it just listens to you?
[The way he talks, it's like it's a true partnership and Lance is amazed. It must have taken an incredible amount of effort to get to this level, and he is just. So impressed. So jazzed. He loves this.]
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Ain't as simple as that, homeboy. I mean, 'course he listens to me, all'a my Pokemon do, but I've known 'em for years. We're close, and Golisopod was the first Pokemon I ever caught, well before he was even this big, and 'fore I was an adult. [He was what, eleven when he found Wimpod? Probably, it's been over a decade now.] But y'don't just catch a Pokemon and expect it to listen to you like it's the ding-dang Gospel or something.
These things are smart - they think and feel just like people do. And they're still wild, even when y'all catch and tame 'em...so not all'a then treat you like a friend right off the get-go. And if they think you're not tough 'nuff to raise 'em, they won't listen to you. Heck, if they straight up don't wanna do something, most'a the time they just won't. Worst case scenario is...they attack you the moment they're let out'a their balls, but that's if you're a right piece'a trash to 'em.
Or y'all do something low 'nuff to make 'em distrust you real fast.
[He doesn't face Lance, doesn't look at him, and just exhales slowly as he pats his Pokemon again and mutters something along the lines of "you did good". He's had to experience how bad it is to have a once close friend suddenly treat him with hatred and distrust. It was awful...considering he's far closer to his Pokemon than any person he knew back home. They were more his family than his blood relatives could ever hope to be.]
Anyway, thanks for letting me show off, been a while since I got to let Golisopod cut loose.