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The Hiver Warrior Tk'tlz expected to continue being on a spaceship for the next nine days, then serve on the personal guard of Princess Hllzt, a very prestigious position. It doesn't understand the gates work, it just knows that they take ships across the black sea in an instant. This is the first time it will experience gate travel, so it is waiting attentively, curiously, at the moment of transfer.
This is not a spaceship.
allforthehive
the_very_best
"Okay." Bella releases Fireflower. "No burning, okay, beautiful? Give it a Poison Jab, nice and neat, gentle-like."
"Rapidash."
"Good girl."
Fireflower prods the Hiver firmly with her horn.
"Rapidash."
"Good girl."
Fireflower prods the Hiver firmly with her horn.
the_very_best
"It's at least a solid guess. You could be immune to poison for some other reason - a few species of 'mon are unaffected by specific attack types even if they ought to be vulnerable - but you are probably bug/steel."
allforthehive
"If I fight more seriously, to see if I can win a fight, are your 'Mon likely to be permanently harmed?"
the_very_best
"...Usually, when 'mon fight each other, they fall unconscious and can be fully healed at a Pokécenter. If you are in some relevant sense not a 'mon, I wouldn't want to risk it, not with one of mine. We can go for a hike and try to find something wild for you to beat up that no one will miss."
allforthehive
"Very well. I have no desire to kill your 'mon." It follows wherever she leads at a reasonably quick speed.
the_very_best
"Thanks, Joe, I think we can take it from here," Bella says to the psychic.
"Good, I have a headache," says Joe, and he releases another 'mon which teleports him away.
Bella leaves Juu out, but also vaults up onto Fireflower's back and nudges her along with her knees. "How fast can you walk?" she inquires of the Hiver.
"Good, I have a headache," says Joe, and he releases another 'mon which teleports him away.
Bella leaves Juu out, but also vaults up onto Fireflower's back and nudges her along with her knees. "How fast can you walk?" she inquires of the Hiver.
the_very_best
"Okay, we can keep it to a walk." On they go.
Eventually they find a lone wild Shinx. "Electric type. No interaction with your type except that if you have a Steel attack it won't work well. You want to see if you can take it?"
Eventually they find a lone wild Shinx. "Electric type. No interaction with your type except that if you have a Steel attack it won't work well. You want to see if you can take it?"
allforthehive
In answer, he dashes at it and gives a full-bodied two-fisted punch. The Shinx is knocked back hard, but it's tough enough not to go down just from that.
allforthehive
Between zaps the Hiver swipes at it with claws, applies its poison stingers, and tries to give it a bite with its thick claw-like mouth, though that one misses.
the_very_best
"Yep. You'd be very useful on a perimeter. Humans can't directly fight 'mon ourselves, so we keep them out of places we live as much as we can, and only go out with our own teams for defense."
allforthehive
"You don't use weapons? I suspect the weapons I had access to at home would be effective against 'mon."
the_very_best
"Some people use weapons, but 'mon are easier to learn to use and more culturally standard and cheaper, and less likely to actually kill the wild ones, which is usually considered preferable."
allforthehive
"I'll still miss my guns. You are better than that arrogant princeling. So you may put me in the ball if it makes it quicker to find Rangers who might like me."
the_very_best
"Well, we can try the nearest town without me having to fly anywhere, if you don't mind a long walk. Maybe we'll get lucky."
allforthehive
"How long is the walk? I seem to require less food for time spent inside the ball, which may become a concern."
the_very_best
"I gave you everything I brought. It would take maybe fifteen minutes if I let Fireflower gallop it, but you don't go that fast, so a few hours."
allforthehive
"You seem to think I am slower than I am. I can run reasonably fast, I just take a while to get up to speed." It demonstrates- it's about twice as fast as a running human, mostly thanks to its sheer size.
the_very_best
Bella puts Juu in her ball and urges Fireflower along. She easily catches up to the Hiver. "Fireflower is fast."
allforthehive
It has no comment but to speed up a little more, then settle into a steady pace. THUMP-THUMP-THUMP-THUMP.