.[Hope Estheim - 0.0.3. Video]. What's evolution?!~ (Goldenrod)

[cursedwithpuns]

[Hope looks stunned.

He's just witnessed his little Surskit who was working so hard at training turn into this weird moth thing. He blinks with a smile on his face before turning the camera to the Masquerain flying around his head.]

I don't really know what happened. One minute we were training and then suddenly he went all white and changed into this thing.

[The Masquerain starts flapping, seemingly annoyed at being called a 'thing'. Hope blinks at him before laughing. That was definitely his Surskit.]

Lightning! Ven! See?

[He grins showing it again.]

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[soggypastry]

[It's a good thing that Hope is making that gesture, but Lightning is already at his side and making sure that he's okay. Which is a good thing, because Alexander is crying out again, sounding happy and almost like he's laughing as twin bursts of water jet into the sky and fall back down as...yep. Rain.

Sorry, Hope. Big sis is just going to cover you now. No need for you to get soaked as she glares at a very happy tortoise.]

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[cursedwithpuns]

It's just a little rain Lightning. You don't need to get extra wet on my behalf.

[He gives a few deep breaths.]

So... why is he so happy to see me?

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[soggypastry]

It's just instinct, Hope.

[Said as she wrings out her hair, tossing it back over her shoulder. It is instinct...one that's strong even after months of him not being here.]

You remember that I told you you'd been here before, right? He was your starter from your first time here. He never forgot you.

[She'd never been able to find the rest of his team the second time. It still bothers her a bit.]

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[cursedwithpuns]

... Oh.

[...]

So... he remembers the other me?

[That's... slightly disheartening. Hope is having confidence issues.]

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[islandshore]

Yeah, evolution's... kind of standard.

['sup, Hope? Have one snarky teen with a gigantic Charizard (at least seven feet tall)!

...oh, and there might be a Dratini herding a Deino around by whipping it with his tail. At that, Flare grunts and rolls his eyes.]

Happens to almost all Pokémon.

[Riku's probably somewhere around, he's just trying to train these pesky dragons. Hoo boy.]

Video : Yay! Silverhaired Teen CR!

[cursedwithpuns]

It was kind of a shock when I wasn't expecting it.

[He smiles. But there is a distinct notice of the Charizard, and the smaller dragons.]

Your pokémon look like dragons. That's really cool!

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[soggypastry]

[Lightning hesitates, the pause making her wonder if saying that was a good idea, but then she looks to Alexander and her tone lightens just a little.]

Probably. Not that he seems to care.

[Indeed; one glance at Alexander will tell Hope that the giant tortoise really doesn't care that Hope doesn't remember. He just seems jubilant to have an old friend back...and he looks a few steps away from another crush-hug, if Lightning wasn't standing in his path.]

Video : Yes. It was destined to happen, especially with Riku broing it up with Ven. B]

[islandshore]

Yeah, most of them do. Somehow I ended up with about a hundred dragons and dinosaurs.

[One hundred is... a huge exaggeration, and there's a bit of sarcasm in his tone, but---

...give him a sec. That Dratini's roaring and getting a little abusive.]

Okay, Slash. Give him another icy wind.

[There's some yowling off camera before his Weavile hops in and uses just a tiny bit of ice to chill him off.]

Video: >X3 Yaaaay!

[cursedwithpuns]

Huh. I kind of have a swatch of many colours going on.

[He chuckles.]

I've got an Absol, Masquerain and a Hoppip. [He smiles. ... He stares at the camera for a moment. ... Riku kind of looks like an absol.]

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[cursedwithpuns]

[Hope smiles at him. But there is the faintest trace of something, which disappears as he forces it to the back of his mind.]

He doesn't. It's kinda easy to tell.

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[soggypastry]

[Lightning doesn't catch that hint of something, but after everything that's happened, she knows better than to assume it's this easy. Sometime, perhaps later today, she'll have to tell him that this isn't her first time here, either. Maybe things would be easier then.]

I did warn you he was loud, remember? Could give Snow a run for his gil with how expressive he is for being a giant tortoise.

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[cursedwithpuns]

I bet he'd even beat Snow at arm wrestling.

[He grinned.]

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[paladinlost]

I'd say it takes a few months to become used to most of it, but this world has a tendancy to introduce us to new Pokémon every so often. Each time, we have to learn all over again.

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[colorsofthewind]

Oh, it looks like it evolved! Congratulations!

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[islandshore]

Huh, that is pretty varied. And everyone but the Absol should evolve.

[At least, he's pretty sure Absols don't.]

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[soggypastry]

Yeah, he probably could.

[A tiny chuckle. Alexander couldn't stomp on Snow the same way the Adamantoises could, but he could certainly headbutt him. ...Etro she misses that lug.]

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[cursedwithpuns]

It's better than back home though.

[There's a small smile there.]

I like it here.

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[cursedwithpuns]

It's okay. Absol was my starter.

[He shakes his head.]

Whoever decided that has a sense of humour. The pokémon which is supposed to bring disaster wherever it goes.

[Video ] - *A* Soul Calibur muse!

[cursedwithpuns]

Evolved?

[Oh. So...]

It is still my Surskit? It's just... different now.

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[cursedwithpuns]

[Hope sort of misses him too. But... no sadness. That causes dwelling, and dwelling is the enemy.]

When Snow gets here we should make them try it!

[Because Hope knows they'll all be together again soon.]

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[soggypastry]

[Dwelling is indeed the enemy, but Hope undoubtedly knows that Lightning doesn't have a good track record with dodging enemies. Not for lack of trying, though!]

Think he can manage with a broken nose, or should I hold off on punching him for a while?

[They'll all find a way to be together again someday. They have to be.]

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[cursedwithpuns]

I'd hold off. HE might need an explanation of why he's getting punched before you just hit him.

[He grins at Lightning.]

Though it is kinda funny that you can floor him.

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[soggypastry]

True, but I'm not sure he deserves one. Not after everything he put Serah through.

[And that was just the first time. Fal'Cie...has it really been that long?]

You could knock him over too, you know. With enough practice.

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[cursedwithpuns]

I don't know if I could handle that kind of training ontop of my pokémon training. Absol is in really good shape. And I have a whole new strategy to devise now that Sur- Masquerain is a flying type.

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[soggypastry]

Maybe once they're trained, then. We'll see.

[Reaching out and...yep. Hair fluffles. So dedicated, lil' bro.]