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maskormenacelogs2017-12-10 09:34 pm
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WHO: Maxie and you...?
WHERE: Archie's stupid house
WHEN: december in general
WHAT: A few things, most notably Camerupt might accidentally lava all over the rug. Whoops?
WARNINGS: property damage because of lava, an old man being bad at dealing with trauma, rocks??
let me know if you want a special starter or something!
a; archie's house mid december, ota who may be around, aka archie
[camerupt was acting strangely for a couple of days and of course maxie noticed a little too late.
it began with anti-social behavior, turning quickly to being more aggressive. maxie had been around numel and camerupt nearly his whole life, he knew what aggressive behavior like that meant. it was just strange, camerupt wasn't due to erupt for another few years. of course camerupt had never been under this sort of stress.
it was something he began thinking of seriously just as he noticed camerupt temperature rising as headed into the living room. he tried to call out, talk to it, but it didn't matter, the process already began. the eruption, at least, was the same as it usually was, lava going everywhere, a slight shake of the ground that sent a few books off shelves.
for once, at least, maxie could pet camerupt's neck as it happened, even when lava ended up falling on his shoulders or arms, burning through his sleeves.
after the fires were put out, the smoke was cleared and the fire alarms turned off maxie sat with camerupt, who looked tired and a little sad.
this was unacceptable.]
It's alright. You've been under a lot of stress, Archie will understand. [this is probably the softest maxie ever has and ever will speak. only for camerupt.]
a.2; archie's house mid december, for blue
[a little after the incident, if blue comes over he might notice camerupt in the yard, looking sad and tired and lying away from the house. there's movement in the window, maxie is obviously around.
what are you going to do, blue?]
b; out and about at various shops mid december, ota again!
[maxie, despite florida not being that cold, is wrapped head to toe. it's cold enough, ok.
people can find him grumbling to himself, looking through various shops for various things. he buys a lot of socks. a lot of socks. nice socks! but ok. he can also be found looking through art, books, general clothing, model ships and rugs. for some reason.
and generally being grumpy] The money here is ridiculous. It makes no sense.
[it does he's just grumpy.]
c; also out and about though in more rural areas, not a city or anything, ota!
[maxie had thought, hoped his powers weren't going to go wild. that was a stupid hope, because one of his powers happened to be the earth reacting to his emotions and guess what, he's had a rough month.
it started with the ground shaking at home and when he was out in general, walking around with a stormy expression until he noticed his ire made people lose their footing. at the moment he managed to head to a more isolated area but whatever new tantrum set him off had a spire of earth rise under his feet, lifting him up and
he's stuck. he can't get down.]
Aurgh! [he smashes his palms to his face. he hates everything and that's not helping matters.]
WHERE: Archie's stupid house
WHEN: december in general
WHAT: A few things, most notably Camerupt might accidentally lava all over the rug. Whoops?
WARNINGS: property damage because of lava, an old man being bad at dealing with trauma, rocks??
let me know if you want a special starter or something!
a; archie's house mid december, ota who may be around, aka archie
[camerupt was acting strangely for a couple of days and of course maxie noticed a little too late.
it began with anti-social behavior, turning quickly to being more aggressive. maxie had been around numel and camerupt nearly his whole life, he knew what aggressive behavior like that meant. it was just strange, camerupt wasn't due to erupt for another few years. of course camerupt had never been under this sort of stress.
it was something he began thinking of seriously just as he noticed camerupt temperature rising as headed into the living room. he tried to call out, talk to it, but it didn't matter, the process already began. the eruption, at least, was the same as it usually was, lava going everywhere, a slight shake of the ground that sent a few books off shelves.
for once, at least, maxie could pet camerupt's neck as it happened, even when lava ended up falling on his shoulders or arms, burning through his sleeves.
after the fires were put out, the smoke was cleared and the fire alarms turned off maxie sat with camerupt, who looked tired and a little sad.
this was unacceptable.]
It's alright. You've been under a lot of stress, Archie will understand. [this is probably the softest maxie ever has and ever will speak. only for camerupt.]
a.2; archie's house mid december, for blue
[a little after the incident, if blue comes over he might notice camerupt in the yard, looking sad and tired and lying away from the house. there's movement in the window, maxie is obviously around.
what are you going to do, blue?]
b; out and about at various shops mid december, ota again!
[maxie, despite florida not being that cold, is wrapped head to toe. it's cold enough, ok.
people can find him grumbling to himself, looking through various shops for various things. he buys a lot of socks. a lot of socks. nice socks! but ok. he can also be found looking through art, books, general clothing, model ships and rugs. for some reason.
and generally being grumpy] The money here is ridiculous. It makes no sense.
[it does he's just grumpy.]
c; also out and about though in more rural areas, not a city or anything, ota!
[maxie had thought, hoped his powers weren't going to go wild. that was a stupid hope, because one of his powers happened to be the earth reacting to his emotions and guess what, he's had a rough month.
it started with the ground shaking at home and when he was out in general, walking around with a stormy expression until he noticed his ire made people lose their footing. at the moment he managed to head to a more isolated area but whatever new tantrum set him off had a spire of earth rise under his feet, lifting him up and
he's stuck. he can't get down.]
Aurgh! [he smashes his palms to his face. he hates everything and that's not helping matters.]
a2
Hey there, Camerupt. Didn't expect to come across you first... [He reaches into his pack and pulls out a bag, setting it down in front of him and opening it to reveal a nice big crop of Leppa berries.] You're lookin' kinda down. Maybe this'll cheer you up?
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it leans over to headbutt blue's arm in gratitude with a soft 'rupt.' it doesn't go for the berries just yet though, still feeling pretty guilty about everything to think he deserves a treat like that. poor angel.]
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What's wrong, not hungry? [Blue plops down to sit cross-legged next to Camerupt, letting the berries sit there. He continues scritching at the Pokémon's neck.] Or did somethin' happen in the house with those bozos again? I hear there's been the usual craziness happening, here.
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one of the bozos has been glancing out the window every few minutes to make sure camerupt was doing ok so he's quick to come out when he notices they have company.] Oh, Blue, hello. Is everything-
[he notices the berries and it clicks] Right, you were bringing those. Excellent timing, Camerupt could use some berries.
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[Blue turns as Maxie greets him and grins, giving one of his cool and suave two-fingered salutes in return.] Oh, so you're home! I was gonna come give them to you, but Camerupt got to me first. Too slow!
[He rubs at Camerupt's neck for another moment, noticing the Pokémon's humps were awfully warm and sooty, even for normal.] Everything okay? You're lookin' kinda sick, Camerupt.
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he was glad to see blue. terrible.] You could have texted me you were coming, you know.
He erupted. He wasn't due for it for another few years so it was... a surprise. [the comment makes camerupt wilt and maxie kneels to rub behind his ear.] And not your fault. Given everything that's happened and Archie's injuries recently the stress must have been too much.
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[Sure it's Archie's house, but fuck that guy]
[Camerupt wasn't a Pokémon Blue had any deep amount of experience with, so while he knew some of the basics, the eruption cycle was something he'd only read about before. He frowns, placing both hands gingerly against Camerupt's humps and inspecting, rubbing.] So it's a span of years...? I've never heard of one erupting early before, but that makes sense. [He frowns and almost rolls his eyes. That Archie... He tries rubbing carefully at the bumps of Camerupt's back between the volcanoes, wondering if he couldn't help relieve some of that stress.] Hey, you know... My sis is a pretty good Pokémon groomer, so I know some stuff about helping Pokémon relax. I could try giving him a groom, see if that helps?
Huh, 'rupt? Want a massage? [He scritches along Camerupt's back.]
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[maxie nods, looking... well, worried. tired. his poor camerupt.] It's similar to any Pokemon's need to release a build up of energy- Pikachu with electricity and the like. Obviously Camerupts store a great deal more than most, and every decade or so release it in an eruption. Perfectly natural, sometimes between longer periods if they battle often enough.
Stress can make them build up faster, perhaps the danger of the situations we've been in or Camerupt's protective instinct had it unconsciously storing more energy in case of an emergency. [he pats camerupt before glancing to blue at his offer.]
That... would be excellent. Would you like that? [he looks to camerupt who nods after a moment with small plumes of smoke out his nose.]
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[Oh, Blue knew well about Pikachu's so-called "need" to release electricity- mostly into him or his team, it so happened. He scoffs quietly, but none of this was surprising for a volcanic Pokémon. Even Eevee's built-up evolutionary energy had to be released through battle, every so often. He runs his hands up Camerupt's haunches, feeling out the tension that ran through his back and hindquarters, and gives an encouraging nod to the lava Pokémon before grabbing for his backpack and taking out a course-bristled brush.] Don't worry, Camerupt. I'll have you feeling like a million Pokédollars in no time. Let's start by brushing out all that dust from the eruption, huh?
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maxie's right. he understands. he doesn't care about the drying lava anywhere, or the heat. he hops over it to get to camerupt - the opposite side maxie is on. he buries his hands in its fur - it's hot, sure, but not so much that it burns him. thankfully maxie cooled it down.]
Oh, Cammy... [he sighs, glancing at maxie.] I'm sorry. It's okay. Don't worry about it, alright?
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camerupt exhales some smoke, letting out an apologetic cry when archie speaks. maxie, in return, offers archie a grateful one before looking back to camerupt.] Come on, let's get you outside where you can cool off. Maybe you can visit Sharpedo.
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[he doesn't move for a moment, and instead leans forward to bump his forehead on camerupt's shoulder.]
We just care about you bein' happy again, okay?
[archie gets up to open up to double backdoors for camerupt to walk out. he does shoot maxie a VERY VERY VAGUELY judgemental glare for not knowing that this was comin', but he doesn't linger.]
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I can't... I can't believe I didn't notice the signs earlier. I thought he was just agitated from the powers heightening, not- [internal screaming]
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[archie keeps his hand on camerupt as it goes outside, directing it towards the kiddie pool that's currently outside. a really conveniently deep one, the one he releases sharpedo into.
the shark immediately swims to the edge, making concerned grunting noises at camerupt before blowing a gentle mist at it.]
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save the character i apped from maxie's drama?? for real.
maxie crosses his arms, glad when camerupt settles near the pool. it always did get along best with sharpedo, and the significance of that was not lost on him.] ... I'll take care of replacing things. I have more than enough saved up to do so.
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like maxie, it's not lost on him either.]
Thanks. Don't worry too much about it, though. The damage wasn't as bad as I expected.
[ie: house is not a smoldering wreck.]
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I put out the fires before they got too terrible. This ability is more useful than I thought it would be. [he murmurs distractedly as he watches camerupt.] ... I need to take Camerupt to a proper mountain, maybe a volcano. I need to... battle him more? I don't know.
[he's kind of muttering to himself now, chewing at his thumb nail. gross.]
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[archie doesn't do anything about maxie thinking aloud. he pads over to camerupt, running his fingers through the mountain pokémon's shaggy, now wet, fur.]
Ooof, look at that colour! Oh, Cammy, you make me so jealous. I'd rather be your colour than greying. Yo, Max! [he calls over.] Get me a brush and some of the berries! An' I think we should battle every other day. Thoughts?
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Spotting Maxie, and forgetting that Maxie had only seen him in the skin suit so far, he answered,]
Yeah, I never did figure out Earth money. The pricing always seemed all over the place to me.
[Although he might not recognize Jonathan's face, he might recognize his voice and remember that he was a reptile.]
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Jonathan? Oh, don't get me started on this world's money- everywhere you go it's different! And honestly, the conversion rates are a complete mess, this 'inflation' nonsense, not to mention how they handle poverty. It's absurd.
[he has a lot to say apparently.]
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[That had been terrifying, running for his life back home when Glimmer gave away Jonathan's location in exchange for having his gambling debts paid off.]
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[... also wait a second] Invasion? That sounds... dire to say the least.
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Yeah, my species was invading Earth. Only I had some disagreements with the guys in charge on whether or not we should be killing people, and I ended up giving a human reporter a bunch of information that humans weren't supposed to have. I went on the run after that.
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Oh... well, I see where that would put you in quite the predicament. That's noble of you, though. Did you find some rich human to help then?
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