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Who: Honoka Kousaka and Right Suzuki! Open for bothering.
Where: Just outside Union.
When: Roughly a week after Salvation festivities end.
What: Honoka finally decides to have a Talk with Right.
Warnings: Dumb teenagers that are a little twitterpated.



[She'd asked after him early one afternoon, when the sun was high but the air was cold. It had been something like a week since Salvation, and she couldn't get a small handful of things out of her mind. Namely, Right and a few things he'd said. Specifically, that he'd mentioned her in particular when it came to missing things if he were away.]

[It had brought forth all sorts of other realizations. Things Hayato had teased her about, things she found herself noticing or enjoying more about Right's company moreso than other people. It was no secret that Honoka loved just about everyone-- but there was something special about Right. She had discussed it with Hayato once. Briefly. Frustratedly.]

[She hadn't been ready to talk about it then.]

[But now, with the crest of another Awakened evolution on her horizon, her strength and her resolve about life growing along with her... She thought maybe it was time to Talk About It.]

[So here she was, perched on a high, but visible branch of a tree just outside of Union, kicking her feet absently and giggling at Ariera's tutting. The Tropius eventually gave up telling her she'd fall and hurt herself and laid himself neatly beneath the tree to serve as a cushion if and when she inevitably did.]

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[ Amara isn't sure whether she's encouraged or even more frightened when she hears the other Pokémon speak. But....but they want her to come out and say hello, right....? She takes a trembling, uncertain step, frills atop her head washed out in pale fear colors. H-hello. Who are you? ] Amaura.

[ Good girl. Haruka smiles, then looks up at Honoka. ] What brings you out here?

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[Ariera turns his head slowly, smiling and setting it back down to be as small to the Amaura as is possible, as not to frighten her more.]

Hello there. I don't believe we've met.

[Honoka beams at the interaction, crossing one leg over the other in her tree and turning her own attention to Haruka.]

Waiting on a friend. Yourself?

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The Habitat gets boring. [ And she wanted to see what this Amaura was capable of, in weather that suited her. For now, it seems Amara is mostly capable of...staring. And taking a step closer. And twitching her frills.

She takes a hesitant sniff of Ariera and twitches her nose. That almost smells like Berries! Whoa! ] Mau mau!

[ She has never experienced other kinds of fruit before. ]

i definitely meant to tag this before now.

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I can imagine.

[She kicks her feet on the branch a little, and then drops her weight backward to hang from her knees, dangling. Ariera jolts in place, intent on bracing to catch her-- only to leer upward at her toothy grin and roll his eyes, turning back to Amara.]

Trainers.

np!

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Amauuu!! [ A rainbow of warning colors ripple across Amara's frills as she blinks, wide-eyed, at Honoka's shenanigans. The human is going to fall! The human is -

- perfectly fine. Amara's neck droops in relief and she smiles shyly back at Ariera. ] Ra.

[ Haruka, on the other hand, just thinks it's funny. ] And how do you usually pass your free time?

[ When you aren't waiting for friends, etc. ]

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[The human, it would seem, is having a grand old time of letting the blood rush to her head, continuing to grin cheekily at her Tropius and his new friend. She reaches as far as she can and can't quite touch him, so she settles to swing from the branch and hum in thought about Haruka's question.]

Well, I run a sweets cart, and I've been doing some training lately to try and get used to my awakened form. I wasn't Enlightened until just recently, so it's-- kind of a change.

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You've adapted well. [ And that's admirable. Haruka awakened early so she hasn't ever really experienced what Honoka has.

Amara moves even closer to see whether she can touch the human if she stretches her neck waaaaaay up. Hi. ] Amaura.

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[She laughs warmly, waving a hand.]

Still adapting, I think. I still cut my tongue on my teeth if I talk too fast. But thank you.

[Honoka smiles at Amara and stretches herself out, too-- reaching for the little Pokemon and probably brushing her snout with her fingertips if she tries. She laughs.]

Hi there.

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Ma! [ This human isn't scary! Amara's fins wiggle in what may be the ice dinosaur equivalent of laughter. Who knows.

Haruka laughs to herself too, but silently. Socializing the child is going well. ]

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[Honoka takes to swinging a little on the branch, away from Amara and then back to tap her on the snout gently. Socializing is going well, indeed.]

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[ Amara is so intrigued by this she heaves herself up on her back legs and places her front two on the trunk of the tree. She looks over to the Tropius for confirmation she's doing this right. Is this how the human got high up? ] Ma ma?

That makes two admirers.

[ Guess who number one is. ]

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[A laugh, and Honoka continues to swing, though she slows when Ariera gives her a particular look. He then turns his focus to Amara, and there's a smile to his tone.]

She did a bit more jumping than I think your legs will let you, but that's mostly how it's done.

[Honoka raises an eyebrow at Haruka, perplexed.]

I'm sorry?

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I hope the person you're waiting for comes soon. [ Smiiiiile.

Amara backs down off the tree and tentatively tries a jump. She does not get very high, but her own action startles her. ] Aa!

hello this is late as fuq.

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[She sulks very slightly at the obvious omission of what she'd actually just said, but lets it go easily enough with a smile.]

He should be here soon enough.

[Ariera chuckles quietly, slowly moving his head toward Amara.]

Do you need a boost?

np i think we've all been....draggin'.....lately

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[ Amara's pupils widen. You would do that? ] Amaura....

[ She takes a hesitant step towards the Tropius. If...she accepted...where should she stand.....? ]

CONTINUES TO DRAG APPARENTLY

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[Of course he would. Ari has a friendly old grandpa banana tree. He shunts his head forward and basically just scoops her onto his neck, picking his head up to put her at a better vantage point.]

[Honoka laughs quietly at that, swinging on her knees again and reaching her hands out.]

Do you want me to pull you up?

<3

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[ Whoaaaa this is weird, her feet are not on the ground - in fact, the ground is all the way down there, this is so strange, it feels like when she got on that big blue dragon to head back to Trainer's city after Trainer found her...Amara looks over at Haruka, but Haruka is looking at Honoka to show Amara what to do next. So Amara turns, too.

Should she offer her front legs? Inching forward somewhat nervously - what if she does it wrong? - Amara tries rearing back again. ] Mau!

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[Ariera keeps his head steady so Amara can balance on her hind legs, and Honoka is happy to swing forward and take hold of her front ones. She tugs the little Amaura off her Tropius's head, dangling her carefully before swinging herself back up onto the branch and setting the little Ice-type next to her.]

There, see? Look at how much you can see from up here.

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[ Oh, wow. Amara is still kinda scared by not having all four feet on the ground, but the view from up here has her peering around with big eyes all the same. She cranes her neck to see through the trees. Can she even see the less-warm place...?

On the ground, Haruka chuckles. Glacier's a stretch, kid. ] It's a good view.

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[Ariera makes a pleased sound and settles his head back on the ground, and Honoka positively glows with fondness for the little Ice type. She glances down at Haruka and keeps her warmth, squinting her eyes almost closed in a smile.]

Would you like to join us?

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[ That would be some branch, if so. Haruka laughs. ] I'm getting enough of a breeze down here.

[ Amara huddles closer to Honoka as she continues to get used to being Up High. Is this what being evolved feels like? She bets it is. ]

Your friend's late.