[SEMI-OPEN] Gotta Catch (Them) All

[halloflamer]

WHO: Blue Oak + lucky you
WHERE: VARIOUS throughout De Chima mostly
WHEN: Throughout mid-late February!
WHAT: catch-all log for February CR! OPEN prompts are in the post and CLOSED TL's are in comments below!
WARNINGS: Blue, obvs

A) [OPEN: throughout bars/clubs in De Chima]

[While Blue had promised Red they'd work through his problems together so that he'd cut down on the constant coming home blackout-drunk, Archie's incident in Maurtia Falls had abruptly made Blue's state of mind just that little bit worse. Largely, Blue began to begin drinking alone, instead, but now and then he could still be found- on the more socially acceptable Friday or Saturday nights- catching drinks with native work or local pals, up to his same drunk idiocy. If you thought Blue was a loud and shameless guy sober, well, it was easy to imagine why he had earned himself a bit of infamy in this town's nightlife after all his time here.]

[You might find him recording a raunchy drinking game on his comm for Instagram, or maybe he's participating in some stupid drunken argument about the latest episode of ImPort My Heart. (Yes, he watches it in secret.)]

B) [OPEN: De Chima 005-007 residents and all-around neighbors!]

[Blue's routine hasn't changed much since he and Red started dating. He comes home to DC007 after work, chills a bit, feeds and walks and grooms his Pokémon, and heads over to DC005 when Red gets home from work. Blue comes back and forth throughout the evenings, and over the weekends, and the exchange is mutual.]

[All that said, the backyards are fairly mutual, too. If you live in DC006, in particular, you'll be used to the enormous Pokémon lumbering through your yard as a shortcut. I mean, what are you going to do? Tell the enormous fire breathing dragon or vicious-looking sea serpent no?]

[(...Well you could, because they'll understand you. They might even be polite and start using the gates.)]

[Blue spends lots of time outside, thanks to the Pokémon- whether he's hanging out with his team, having a practice battle with Red, or walking Arcanine, so if you live in the surrounding neighborhood, you're sure to see him. He's a friendly (and loud) guy and so are his Pokémon, so you might even get a shouted 'Bonjour!' when you see him around ('...Bonjour???' Yes, you heard him right.)]
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[OOC: Hello all! Please fill out Blue's power permissions if you're tagging him face-to-face for the first time, it's much appreciated! If you'd like a specific prompt you don't see here, always feel free to PM or hit me up at kitsoru to discuss a starter!]

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CLOSED to Lucina

[halloflamer]

[Some people really did seem to come from worlds vastly different from Blue's own, or even the one they were in now. He'd thought the absence of Pokémon was a huge enough change when he'd arrived, but now that he'd met people who came from worlds that didn't even have proper technology- well... that was something else, wasn't it!]

[So of course, Blue was gonna take it upon himself to show a pretty girl around town, because that's just the kind of gentleman he is. And besides, she was really genuinely nice. This was his way of thanking her for checking in on him and Red, earlier. At this point, it's getting close to a late lunch or dinnertime, so he stops to check his watch.] Well, how about getting some grub now? I gotta stop and get groceries on the way home, anyway.

Re: CLOSED to Lucina

[fauxmarth]

[well, he is gentlemanly enough today, snide comments about this or that aside -- she misses most of those anyway, preoccupied with looking about. she's relieved to have the chance to spend some time with him, having been worried about both him and Red after what happened. there's little but her company she believes she has to offer, after all, so being asked for that matters.

she stops a half-step ahead and turns around.]

That actually sounds really good, yes. [nodding.] Is there a place nearby you enjoy? I'd like to try.

Re: CLOSED to Lucina

[halloflamer]

[Blue hums, pulling his comm out and opening the maps app to look around.] Well, as for really good restaraunts, nothing comes to mind right away, buuuut...

Oh, there's a Applebee's nearby. You wanna go there? It's like, mm, indulgent kinda food but it's tasty. It's not bad to have, once in a while! [Blue might have been a young man, but he'd always lived fairly health-conscious. That didn't mean he didn't love him some junky food. He points towards the end of the mall complex they'd been looking around at.] It's at the end of the block this way! And the market's pretty close too, so we can go after.

Come on, Eevee! [He calls to the little fox creature, who's been lagging behind and taunting a nearby dog on a leash, barking its head off. Eevee smugly turns, waggles his tail at the dog mockingly, and hops up onto Blue's shoulder. With his co-pilot in tow, they head over to the restaurant. Blue walks up to the host's podium, putting their name in for a table- it's a little crowded, and a bit dark inside, bustling with voices and movement.] They said about 15 minutes. [He reports back, leaning against a free bit of wall in the waiting area.] That's okay, right?

[fauxmarth]

[Lucina gives Eevee a quick scratch under his chin once he's perched, then falls into step beside Blue, growing more excited at the prospect of food. only when it was mentioned did she realize she was hungry, and now even just the smell wafting in as they set inside has her stomach growling.

she peers about past the lobby fixtures toward the bar and tables beyond -- families with noisy kids in booster chairs, business peers chatting away on break, young folks on dates with bags of shopping goods at their feet. it's really nice to see.]

Oh, that's fine. [she looks back at him, nodding, before glancing back toward the rest of the restaurant.] It must be quite a good place to eat if it's so busy now...

CLOSED to Midnighter

[halloflamer]

[While Blue hadn't thought about the argument he'd had on the network about the imPocreates in a long while, as he's taking Fubuki over to the address M had given him, it starts to bubble up into his mind again- that, and what M had said to him about people. Self-preservation. Was that really the only reason people in his own world worked together with Pokémon? He glances to Eevee, draped over his shoulder like usual. He just couldn't believe that- not only against everything he'd been taught, everything his grandfather had always espoused, but everything he'd seen on his journeys. People really loved Pokémon.]

[Why couldn't it be that way for imPocreates, too?]

[He arrives at M's door, doublechecks the address, then knocks, waiting for him to open up. Eevee gets a greeting out before he does, raising a paw with an energetic] Vui!

[heliophilic]

[M grins somewhat at Eevee's greeting, giving them a wave in return. Curled behind his neck is Dragprawn, angrily lounging there, clicking at Eevee before ignoring them entirely to focus on Fubuki. It's been way too long since they've seen another imPocreat.

Behind them both is a small, nondescript foyer leading to... a golden portal.]

Good, you found the place. Now if you'll just step through the Door we can go to my actual apartment and my asset can have her apartment foyer back. [A bigger grin.] I'm afraid I'm very off the radar.

[halloflamer]

Woooah. [Blue peers in past M's shoulder at the glowing portal, eyes wide.] Is that your power, huh? I mean, that and the battle thing. That's super neat!

[While Blue is busy gawking, Fubuki glances up at Dragprawn from behind Blue's legs, seemingly bristling with instinct as she recognizes a fellow imPocreat. The tiger-like creature had gone through a few hands before her current owner, and even been reprogrammed partially by her original one. Her current temperament, under the custody of such a carefree guy and his own creatures, was guarded but willing to interact.]

[Blue glances down to Fubuki, giving her a pat on the head and a bright grin.] Well, okay. Let's go ahead in then, Fubuki!

CLOSED to Yusuke

[halloflamer]

[After the birthday party, in an only slightly drunken stupor, Blue had invited Yusuke to come hang out at his place so they could catch up on things- hang out, give Red some company too maybe, if he was feeling better. After everything that had gone down in the last few weeks....... well, he hadn't spoken about it with Yusuke, but they were feeling pretty crappy. Distractions would be a good thing.]

[Blue only had an inkling of memory about it when he got the message that Yusuke was coming over, but he hadn't had any other plans anyway, so he just replied 'OK' like he totally remembered it and took the time until Yusuke arrived to clean up the house, a little- as much as you can with a bunch of other roommates, anyway. When Yusuke arrives, he's greeted with a cacophony of Pokémon cries from the backyard, with Blue's voice carrying amongst them. He was probably the noisier of the bunch, really.]

--Oh, Yusuke! Welcome! Come'on into the yard, we're all hanging out. [Blue calls over the fence, tossing a wave.]

[lempereur]

[ Yusuke waves back and steps through the gate, shutting it behind him and smiling at all the beautiful magic pets just hanging out, having a good time. He wonders if he could get any of them to sit still long enough to Yusuke to draw. ]

Good afternoon. How have you been?

[ He has to pet Arcanine. Good fire doggo. ]

[halloflamer]

[Blue sure does have a good life going on, here. Exeggutor is busying himself in the garden, neat rows of fruiting and flowering Pokémon berry trees that have taken over several square feet of the backyard. In another corner, Gyarados is sunning himself, mouth hung open and whiskers draped along the grass. His yellow underbelly is turned up to absorb the sunlight. Red's Venusaur is lounging next to him, the large flowering tree on his back open and taking in the light.]

[Arcanine trots up to Yusuke from where he'd been lounging next to Blue, who is in a lawnchair with his comm, a drink, and a few little knicknacks around (an emery board, a book about marsupials, and his Pokédex). Eevee is in his lap, curled up. Arcanine wags excitedly at the prospect of attention, tongue lolling out the side of his mouth.] Oh, we're doing okay. Things've been better. Red's still at work though, so dunno if you'll see him. [He pats the chair propped next to him.] Here, pop a seat!

CLOSED to Red: 2/14 (possible lewdness warning, /Blue/)

[halloflamer]

[Their first Valentine's Day. Blue was practically vibrating with excitement from the moment he went to sleep the previous night to when he woke up, snuggling Red just a little longer that morning before he had to face getting up for work. It was going to be a long day of impatiently waiting for work to be over, but he was lucky enough to get out a little early so they could make the most of the evening to come.]

[Blue had known what he was going to give Red the second he saw it, passing by one of many huge gift displays at the mall earlier that week, and he heads right over to pick one up and bring home as he waited for Red to get out of work, too. They'd agreed they were going to head to the mountains for some early hiking, catch the dusk together before dinner. So now he waits, lounging atop Red's bed and grinning to himself, until he hears the door open and lunges himself to sit up on the bed, hiding his gift behind his back with a sheepish, bright grin.]

Welcome hoooome, Red!

[versusseeker]

[Red tilts his head to the side as he enters the room - it's hard not to notice how Blue scrambles around on the bed like that, but Red doesn't really question it. He's excited to see him too - he's been waiting too all day.

[He also has a present for Blue, of course, but he makes no attempt to hide it. Instead, he takes a seat on the bed next to him, leaning over and pecking him on the cheek while he sets it in his lap - a little stuffed dog with a heart that reads: "I woof you".]

[halloflamer]

[Blue leans over as soon as Red plops onto the bed, leaning his cheek into the kiss- he can't stop smiling already, arms beginning to lace around Red's waist, but he pauses to instead pick up the little plush that's set in his lap. He stares at it, expression somewhat skeptical for a moment, but soon he's struggling not to laugh as he squeezes it to his chest, leaning his entire body into Red's and burying his face in Red's neck.]

You're such a loser! [He laughs, the sound of it free and pure and entirely charmed. He squeezes it in his arms again, tilting his head to deliver a kiss to Red's jaw, and leans away again to look down at it, face flushed with happiness. This idiot.]

[He almost forgets his own present until he becomes conscious of it poking at his back, so he twists to pick it up behind him, and set it down in Red's own lap with a sheepish grin, not-quite meeting his boyfriend's eyes: A little hedgehog, not unlike the dog, with a heart that reads "Stuck On You".] --Guess I'm a loser by association, sheesh.

Gyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaradoooooooooos

[subroutined]

[ Ash, being as tall as he is, can easily see over the fence of De Chima #004 into the backyards of the neighboring houses, and as such he's taken on a little hobby of watching Red's pets milling about. Like bird watching, but more exotic.

Today, however, he notices a large blue dragon flying over the fences from down the street, opening the gates with his tail fin and politely closing them behind him. Ash perks up, walking over to the fence as he comes into #005's garden. ]

Hello, there. You're new. I haven't seen you walking about before. Or... flying about.

a good boy!!!

[halloflamer]

GRRRRRRRRRR? [The dragon hears a quiet voice calling out to him from below, and freezes up, almost like he's been caught out. Gyarados knew that Blue was worried about him going off on his own; people were more afraid of him here than they were even back home, and ever since the attacks on imPorts some months ago, Blue liked to accompany him when he'd fly to visit Archie at the beach, or go off to get his dinner at the chophouse.]

[He's coming back from one such meal this time. He finally spots Ash in the yard below him, and carefully winds his long body down towards the yard to face him like an arching snake, the rest of his body coiled up on the ground in the confines of De Chima 005's yard. His face is enormous, fish-like and full of razor sharp teeth as he lowers it towards the boy; he could swallow Ash in one gulp.] GRRRR RRRR?

[subroutined]

[ Ash doesn't seem to be frightened, more friendly and curious. He'd been frightened of Venusaur when he'd first met the Pokemon, but Red had assured him it, along with Blastoise and Charizard, were perfectly safe. He assumes the same of this new creature. ]

Sorry, I don't know what you're saying. But you're obviously trying to say something. Hello. I'm Ash.

[ He doesn't reach out to touch the dragon but doesn't back away, either, just stands where he is, arms at his sides, smiling. ]

a;

[itssacrifice]

[Andrew has only been around a drinking Blue once, and even that was enough to not be surprised in the least to find him mid-drinking game in the middle of the bar. Shaking his head, he watches the shenanigans for awhile, nursing a drink of his own. But it soon becomes abundantly clear that Blue has been at this for awhile, and shows no signs of slowing down.

He might not know the guy very well, but he's still concerned. Waiting for a pause in the game, he strolls up and gently wraps a hand around the other man's arm.]

Fancy running into you here. Why don't you take a break and come chat with me for a bit? Catch up.

[halloflamer]

[All things considered, Blue was excellent at beer pong for being on easily his 4th round. He was not a big guy- not that that'd ever stopped him from drinking truly outrageous amounts, but he's not exactly looking super steady on his feet, either.]

[He stumbles a bit into the grip on his arm, and glances up- it takes a moment, inebriation and all, to place the face in the darkness of the bar, but he lights up as soon as he catches on.] --Oh, Andrew! What're you doing here!? [He turns to the native pals he was hanging out with, gesturing.] Um, pal from like, imPort stuff! Gimme a few, I'll be back!! Keep my score! --Eevee, come on.

[It's pretty easy to lead Blue away from the gaggle of players over to a seat at the bar proper, and Blue drapes himself into a stool with as much elegance as one can when you're swaying. Eevee, who had been playing referee to the game, makes an expression of exasperation and hops up onto the bartop next to him.] What's new!? You know, I was just gonna go see M soon...

[itssacrifice]

[He keeps his hand on Blue's arm until they reach the bar, releasing him only once he's made it firmly onto the stool. He's swaying quite a bit, enough to make Andrew nervous that the man might topple off the stool, so he keeps a careful watch on him.

He smiles at Eevee as the pokemon hops onto the bartop.]

Not much. Things have been going good at the cafe. We got a new waitress and she seems to be settling in pretty well. And I just happened to be in the area and decided to stop for a drink. Is this your usual place?

[He seems to know enough of the natives in here that this is at least one of the bars he frequents.]

Oh yeah? He didn't mention anything. What about?

Wildcard!

[bindsthedead]

[Sabriel's always serious when it comes to lessons, and this time is no exception. There's a quiet intensity as she lays out the notes she's assembled on healing spells, and the anatomy book open to an illustration of veins and arteries.]

-So focus on stopping the bleeding first- it's generally the biggest threat from any penetrating wound, regardless of what inflicted it, and it can kill in a matter of minutes.

[halloflamer]

[Blue is always serious when it comes to learning, to mastering something he's set his mind to. And he really, truly, does take the lessons on magic seriously. Whenever Sabriel has insisted that he has to learn something in order to better himself, he's done it, minimal question.]

[...Some things test those limits. He glances up from the anatomy book he's been studying for the day with a queasy expression, eyes squeezed in a permanent flinch.] O-okay... I mean, I get that part, of course. To heal the vital part of the wound, first.

....But do I really gotta look at all these pics of uh, blood and guts and stuff?

[bindsthedead]

You need to understand what you're looking at. And if you've seen it before, you'll be less likely to lose your nerve. [Sabriel's tone isn't unkind, but there's a little impatience, the kind she always feels when she lectures those older than her.]

It gets easier. And it's hard to heal if you get sick at the sight of injuries.

A.

[bragnificent]

[ Reggie too generally tends to be a loud, shameless, boisterous -- and frankly, often obnoxious -- personality whether he's intoxicated or sober, but with one common differentiation: while sober, that can all too quickly take a turn for the malicious, the snide, the mocking, Reggie's need for attention and self-superiority built most readily on tearing others down at the first sign of insult. Intoxicated, however, Reggie's priority before all else is fun, and that almost always includes everyone else around him, too. When Reggie's at a party, there's rarely ever need for prickliness or his usual sharp-edged tongue.

(The shamelessness, though... well, when does intoxication ever minimize something like that, really?)

It isn't often he's in De Chima of all cities to party, but since Reggie's had his new car he's been enjoying driving around in her, taking detours to places and areas he didn't normally used to frequent; such is the case tonight. And no sooner does he see Blue with his phone(/communicator) out recording video is Reggie slamming back a quick shot and then leaping over in that direction, vaulting chairs, to get in on some sweet photo-bombing action. He doesn't know this guy (or at least, doesn't know that he knows him, yet) but cameras, social media, and drinking games? That's Reggie's shit, y'all. ]

Yo, what's going on! [ From behind Blue and over his shoulder, a new drink in Reggie's hand already. ] What're we drinking to?

Re: A.

[halloflamer]

End'a the workweek! Cheers! [Blue loudly responds, snickering as he holds his camera up to take a group photo of everyone behind him before he's even looking back to see who's asking. With a quick snap, everyone raucously raising their glasses with a shout, he finally lowers his phone to type out a caption and raises his glass to his lips, and turns around again to see who the words were coming from.]

[He closes one eye in a moment of nagging recognition as he sees Reggie's face, hums into his drink as he sips, but it's not until he finally gulps down with a satisfied sigh that he slaps a hand on the tabletop, pointing at him decisively.] Yusuke's friend! Booze powers!! [Well that brightens his smile immediately. The natives nearby seem interested in Blue's loud declaration, too.] Finally decided to check out the DC scene, huh!? 'bout time!

[bragnificent]

Hell yeah, cheers to that, bro!

[ Even if Reggie is a bit newer to the whole "9-5 weekday workforce" thing -- or hell, the working in general for anything that isn't a family-owned business thing -- he can certainly always drink to the weekend, because now that's two things he gets a brief reprieve from until Monday; work, and then of course, school.

Reggie downs about half of his new drink while Blue is busy captioning his most recent pic, then grins and nods his head in that Yep, guilty as charged sort of way. ]

Sure did! And I have to give you some credit, it's actually not as dull as I thought it would be. [ He smirks, tapping his glass to make his drink just a bit more boozy. ] Then again, clubs are clubs-- can't really fuck up that formula unless "lame" is what you're actively going for.

[ Well, and something something something finances, neighborhood, clientele... a bunch of business-y details Reggie couldn't care less about. ]

So what's good to drink here?