❄ Vaguely seasonal minglepost ♫ [OPEN]

[minders]

CHOOSE YOUR DERP!



+ Others possibly available upon request!

CHOOSE YOUR ROUTE!

leaguechallenge will be:
(1) derping through any route/city in Kanto
(2) on his way to the nearest gym
(3) sleeping on Mt. Silver
(4) chilling at home with his momma

theylookedaway will be:
(1) starving traveling somewhere in Kanto like a good protag
(2) exploring Pokémon Mansion on Cinnabar Island
(3) training or something
(4) cleaning the blood off his shiny new Earth Badge

doouuuche notthaticare will be:
(1) looking for RED! It's BATTLE TIME!!!
(2) being a dick about something to someone
(3) there are no other options

bedroomtakeover will be:
(1) doing something Rocket-related at HQ
(2) stealing some kid's pokémon
(3) fretting about grunts/admins/babby/Giovanni
(4) drinking alcohol

...Or just write something else idrc.

Oh and IT'S SNOWING EVERYWHERE. JSYK.

Comments

[blessyour]

It's good to train up here! Lotta strong pokemon and all, I got to get good enough to finally beat you, after all! [said without malice, it was all fun and games to Ethan!]

And uh, that'd probably be real nice for your mom and all! I do like to go by and tell 'er how you're doin' after I've come up and seen you.

[leaguechallenge]

You're getting better all the time. [ smile! no malice here either. ] And how's, um...h-how's she doing?

[ we're kind of worried ok ]

[blessyour]

My girls are getting strong, they'll about ready to beat you for real, I think! [ALL FEMALE TEAM DEAL WITH IT.]

And your mom's doing alright, I suppose! She just misses yah, so I'm sure it'd be good for yah to go down and see her. My mom loves when I come home haha.

[leaguechallenge]

I - thanks, that's good to hear. [ he suddenly looks a bit melancholy, lowering his hand with the biscuit in it to rest at his side. Red seems to have forgotten the first part of your statement. ] It's been...it must have been a few years by now. I wonder...

[blessyour]

Oh--? That's quite a while, huh! Why don't yah go down more often? Maybe I'm just a momma's boy, I go and see my mom all the time.

[leaguechallenge]

[ Red shifts uncomfortably. ]

I'm just so sick of dealing with all the reporters and - and all those other people. Who only liked me because I was the Champion. They were creepy and I couldn't tell who even cared, or...

Anyway, um. If I go back, I'm afraid they'll start coming back to the house again, and Mom doesn't - s-she shouldn't have to deal with that. [ wringing our hands ]

[blessyour]

Aw, well, I think she wouldn't mind a few reporters, if that meant she gotta see yah more often! I mean, you could-- Oh! I gotta idea, I think it'll be good--

If yah don't like the reporters and such, I can go challenge the league on whatever days you wanna go home! Then they'll all be busy proddin' at me instead of yah're poor mom.

U-Unless yah think that'sa dumb idea or somethin'.

[leaguechallenge]

R-Really? No, no, I think it's a good idea! A REALLY good idea! You would do that for me?

[blessyour]

Yah sure bet I would! I mean, I haven't challenged them since a while back, and then I just barely beat 'em all. I'm so much stronger now, I don't think it'll be a problem at all!

A-and maybe. after, I'll finally be good enough to defeat you, too! Wouldn't that be somethin'? [excited! Determined! MOTIVATED.]

[leaguechallenge]

I know you can beat them! You nearly beat ME last time! [ and we are so excite for you!! ] We can have a rematch as soon as you get back, too. You're gonna be great!

[blessyour]

It's a deal then! [he puts his hand out to shake, not a proper promise without a hand shake!]

[leaguechallenge]

[ red will gladly take your hand!! blushing a bit as they shake on it. ]

Yeah! It's a deal! Just let me know when you're going, okay. I, um, I don't really get good phone reception up here, but you can always send a pokémon with mail or something like that!

[blessyour]

I can go whenever you want to go home! Uh... how about this Friday? I'll draw a real crowd if it's on the weekend and all-- and you can have a good amount of time with your family, too. [He loves making people happy, making his idol happy is just a dream come true!]

[leaguechallenge]

Friday's good! Friday's - it's good.

[ aaaaand we're pulling you into a hug. hope you didn't need that personal space Ethan WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ]

[blessyour]

OO-oof! Oh, heya, i-it's not a big deal or nothin', really! [personal space? Who cares about personal space! He gets a hug from the Champ, how many people can say that, huh?]

[leaguechallenge]

[ well.......the line starts with Brock and goes on for a while, actually...but you're the only one in the last three years, so there's that! ]

It still means a lot. Y-You're a really good friend.

[blessyour]

Friend--! Oh, that's a real honor comin' from yah, of all people, Mister Red! I really do try to be as good as you are, I mean, at all sorta things, not just battling. [flattered! All the butterfrees in his chest!]

[leaguechallenge]

[ uh careful with that kid, Red sort of sucks hardcore at anything that is Not Battling ]

Huh? [ finally letting go now- ] I'm not really that special. I'm just good with pokémon, is all.

[blessyour]

[but Ethan is also silly and not all that bright most of the time, so it's a perfect idol to follow!]

But yah always knows what's right, huh? I mean, yah went after team rocket all that time ago and stopped them, even though it wasn't really your job or nothin'-- that takes a lot of good! [he will sing your praised for days! Feelings!!]

[leaguechallenge]

O-Oh, that? Well, I just, someone had to do it- [ and Green sure as heck wasn't going to, but whatever ] -and there weren't a lot of strong trainers around- [ except Sabrina and her trainers and those tough guys at the dojo, but whatever ] -so, I mean. Um. It wasn't really a big deal, honest! People still talk about that...?

Anyway, you beat Team Rocket too, don't forget! M-Maybe if I'd done a better job the first time, you wouldn't have had to... [ derp ]

[blessyour]

Yah don't gotta go an'be modest! You're a real hero, and a champion to boot-- I'm just trying my best to be like you, I guess, uhm... that makes me an alright person, I sure hope-- maybe I should of up and found my own path... [head scratch! He's never had many goals of his own, aside from emulating you! Maybe he should work on that...]

I don't really know much more than battlin', though. I dunno what else I'd be too good at!

[leaguechallenge]

You are a great person! And I'm sure you'll find your own path. [ are you getting headpats? yes you are. RED'S NEVER BEEN THE ONE GIVING HEADPATS INSTEAD OF RECEIVING THEM, THIS IS A SPECIAL OCCASION. ] You are a really good battler, though. Just do what you love! I don't mind that you're trying to be like me or anything, though. [ b-blushing at this flattery Ethan you are so adorbs ]

[blessyour]

[Ethan blushes right back! Also, the head pats is totally extra awkward with how tall and lanky he is for his age, hovering an inch over Red even though he was younger.]

Well, I sure love coming to see yah! I mean, love-like-- I just-- I mean, I really enjoy it-like, not really I love-like, or nothin'-- Unless yah, I mean-- Nevermind. [Ethan did that make any sense to anyone?]

[leaguechallenge]

[ we don't mind reaching up to give you headpats! YOU ARE WORTH THE EFFORT. ]

Y-You do? To see me? I - that's really nice of you! I really like it when you come here too! [ and we are just sort of laughing awkwardly to hide how red our face is right now ]

[blessyour]

[they have the combined power of a thousand awkward boys! Ethan is just blushing right back, his ears heating up under his hat and hair. Will neither of these idiots get it together and just make a move?


Nah. Probably not.]

O-Oh, I'm real glad, then! I might'ave thought I was annoyin' yah, but every time I see yah, yer real nice to me. I mean, even when yah beat me, yer real nice still. I-I really admire that, it's nice, that yer always nice. [Ethan stop saying the word nice it's stopped sounding like a real word]

It makes me wanna come and see yah more, and all!