Fifth Quirk - Video (Ecruteak City.)

[for_realsies]

Sooooooooooraaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

*Imogen is all ready to leave, she swapped out her previous traveling outfit for a new outfit from her computer. Her pack is on and her Pokeballs are in the pocket on her jacket. Her outfit is a bit warmer but still just as odd as usual, and her hat has holes in it for her two tails of hair. She's holding Zorua in her arms.*

Look look! I dunno what to name him yet, but he hatched!

And just in time to head out! Such a great bit of luck!

Isn't he cute!?

Comments

[for_realsies]

Well, she's not that big... but Pokemon can do a lot of things regardless of size. Right?

I let them all pick from options, seems only fair since they can answer. In their own ways, anyway.

Imogen Moreno.

[newberktown]

True. But even they have their limits.

[He's not...following, if that blank look is anything to go by.]

No, she picked Eve. You must have her confused with some other pokemon.

[for_realsies]

I'm hoping to find out the limits at the farm.

*Sigh, eyeroll, so exaggerated and dramatic.*

Silly, my name is Imogen Moreno. I'm trying to introduce myself!

[newberktown]

Oh! Yeah, that...makes sense, too. [Have a sheepish grin.] I'm Hiccup Haddock. Nice to meet you.

[for_realsies]

Nice to meet you too, Hiccup Haddock.

*She's strange and uses full names until told not to.*

I wish Ponytas evolved a bit faster. LV40 seems forever away given I got her at One... Then again I'm also still badgeless, so it's all forever away isn't it?

[newberktown]

It does seem like a long way away--but it all depends on how you train them, I guess. My friend Astrid is much more focused on training than I am, so even though she came here long after I did, some of her pokemon are stronger.

[for_realsies]

Oh! You're also a viking with dragons?

Cool!

*Oh, right, point of what he said. Focus.*

I'm trying to do all this right but... not all of my Pokemon seem quite as keen on scrapping in fights. I do plan to do the whole badge thing though!

Are you one of the ones doing the Breeder thing instead of the Trainer thing?

[newberktown]

You've met her, then, I see. She does that whole 'viking' thing better than I ever could.

[Dragons were all him, though.]

Some of my pokemon are like that, too--but since I'm not much of a fighter myself, I get it. You learn to work with what you've got, for battles.

[And usually, then ended up being more than enough.]

No, I was assigned to be a trainer. Didn't stop my pokemon from trying to say otherwise, though...

[for_realsies]

She doesn't seem very creative with her Pokemon names.

I'm not really big on fighting either, but... it's how it works here right? So long as my Pokemon are okay with it then why shouldn't we try to be the best?

Whiskey doesn't seem very... intent on fighting though. I just don't like the PC idea very much.

[newberktown]

It's...a side effect of our upbringing. The people of Berk don't have enough creativity to fill a bottle.

[Even Hiccup, with all his innovations, could only come up with the name 'Toothless' when faced with a dragon seemingly without teeth.]

I guess, but that doesn't mean you have to. You could focus on travel, or working. A lot of people settle down and get houses. [Shrug.] I'm staying at one of my friend's houses right now.

[...Man, calling Albert a friend was weird.]

[for_realsies]

That... sounds terribly boring. I'd hate it.

*Imogen kinda exudes an air of free spirited creativity. The crazy outfits help this.*

I can't stay put, I need to keep doing stuff. I might not stick to the Battling thing if I'm not good at it, but I definitely can't just settle in with a friend.

[newberktown]

The dragons made things exciting, at least.

I'm usually traveling around, too--we came here for Thanksgiving and it looks like we'll spend Christmas here, too. We'll probably get back to flying around, then, unless Albert needs me to make more things for him.

[He's helping with science. c=]

[for_realsies]

Yeah, but- if you're all not very creative then what is there other than Dragons?

Unless it gets too cold to travel, I don't really think I'll sit still till New Years. I'm not really in a Christmas Spirit since it was March when I left home. We kinda just did Christmas.

*Clever clever lies hidden in truth.*

[newberktown]

For most vikings? There's fighting, drinking contests, going out to get food before Devastating Winter rolls around--and when that's done, there's preparing for Thawfest.

For me, there's building things. But I'm generally dealing with the dragons anyway.

[The kept busy, even if a lot of it was for survival or just showing off brute strength. Life as a noodleviking was hard.]

It...gets pretty cold, here. Astrid and I are used to it, but that's because the weather on Berk is miserable 97% of the time. It's easier with fire pokemon around, though, so Wildfyre will come in handy.

And hey, maybe you can consider this your Christmas in July.

[for_realsies]

You aren't exactly what I expected a viking to look like.

*Obvious statement is obvious.*

But that's better, being what everyone expects is boring.

Home isn't exactly a warm place, but it isn't too bad. Here isn't any worse, at least not yet. And if I'm traveling Wildfyre will definitely come in handy, but...

I don't really want to think about Christmas. It's weird, and not in a good way because... it'll be my first Christmas without my dad. And my friends, and... *does not want to explain girlfriend to viking* other people.

[newberktown]

Yes, I...get that a lot.

[Oh, he can understand that sentiment.]

Last year here was my first Snoggletog without my dad or the other members of the tribe--that's our winter holiday, back home. Even though Toothless was here back then, it wasn't the same. He'd never celebrated Snoggletog, and other than massive amounts of snow, there wasn't really anything here to make it seem like how it was back home.

It wasn't the worst Snoggletog ever, but...it was pretty close.

[for_realsies]

Christmas is all about family and being together and... the people I really want to give Christmas gifts to aren't here.

That's the only thing about being here that really sucks. If I was doing a magical Pokemon Adventure, I'd want Eli and Fiona to be here. At least Fiona, even if all the camping and outdoors isn't her thing...

[newberktown]

Yeah... It's definitely rough. It does get a little easier, if you make your own family here, but it's not quite the same. You just have to wait and hope that maybe they'll come here, too.

[for_realsies]

One of them, they... are more than just my friend.

And they couldn't spend Christmas with me. It would be super great if they could appear before then, and I could ride out and meet them for the day.

But if I think about it too much and hope... *She doesn't need to finish that line of thought.*