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[sturzflug]

[ You may recognize Jean's shitty voice from him being kind of a terror with those warp bands... Well, believe it or not, he does have a job, and it's guarding people and patrolling the walls like a good Guardsman. He might complain and check his warp band constantly, but... well, when he's not dicking off, he's actually not terrible.

But that's not really saying much. Because right at the moment he's standing right at the edge, having a bit of a shouting match with his "friend," Eren. These two are so loud, you could probably hear him from down below... Yeah, who hired these two? ]

Cut it out, asshole! I'll push you off, I swear!

[ He doesn't mean that. But he sure sounds like he does. ]

Heh, then maybe you'll finally be able t' fly, huh? What say we give it a try?

[ Really don't. Do not. No. Stop that, Jean. You even left your Warp Band on, you idiot. ]

Comments

[sturzflug]

W-woah, hey! I dunno about Eren, but I sure as hell can't fly. He's the one who turns into a skarmory. He should be able to fly. In theory.

[ Snerk. ]

Buuuut he can't.

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas squints up towards the wall and registers the person calling down to him now. He gives a small wave.]

A Pokemon Shifter, right? I've never met anyone like that before...

It must be a lot of fun...

[He stares off into space as his imagination begins to get the better of him.]

I bet if he practiced more, he could get it pretty quickly.

[sturzflug]

If you like getting pecked a lot, haha!

[ Jean waves right back, though. He'll gladly talk about Eren's shortcomings with anyone willing to listen. ]

Yeah, he says it's something about it's tough to fly when you're metal or something, but seriously? He's got the wings and stuff. If my fletchling can figure it out, it can't be that hard.

[a_gentle_boy]

A metal bird...?

[Prominently featuring in his imagination now is a mental image of Jean pushing a statue of a bird off the edge and watching it crash to the ground and smash into a million pieces.]

Maybe... you could have some real birds fly underneath him and hold him up that way. Or... you could attach a lot of balloons to his wings! I know a place that sells in bulk.

[sturzflug]

Hmmm, yeah, those're some good ideas, man. I'll keep 'em in mind, see what Eren thinks!

[ Mostly because they'd end with Eren getting hilariously injured, probably. ]

Pretty sure this idiot has tried everything in the book, though! You should see the kind of nosedives he gets himself into.

[a_gentle_boy]

You could wrap him in something soft - like pillows. I heard a story once about a Pidgey who couldn't fly, because it was adopted and it was actually a really ugly Ducklett whose parents didn't want it.

[A slight pause.]

...Actually, I don't like that story very much. But, um, it learns to fly when it finds out the water is softer to land on.

[sturzflug]

Pretty sure Eren would sink in water... but then, maybe his bird-ness cancels out some of the weight, who knows.

[ Hehehehe he called Eren an ugly Ducklett. This is great. ]

I'm gonna make sure he tries all of these, though. Should be fun.

[ It sure will be... ]

[a_gentle_boy]

I'll try to think of more if those don't work!

[Lucas is a helper.]

Is it alright if I come in? I'm not sure if you have to check me over or anything... It's been a while since I left the city.

[sturzflug]

That'd be great.

[ Cue a rather ominous laugh. ]

Oh! Yeah, sure, sure. How long've you been out? I can look you up.

[ Jean pulls out his clipboard, looking for this morning's names. ]

So, you got a name?

[a_gentle_boy]

Lucas.

It's been about two hours - I went out to, um, take a look around my family's old cabin, but I found this on the way.

[He holds up the Swadloon.]

It's, um...

I think it has some sort of sleeping sickness.

[sturzflug]

Crap, why didn't you say something?!

[ Believe it or not, Jean takes Pokemon very seriously. ]

You want us to call a doctor or something? We've got medicine around here somewhere...

[ While he frets, Jean finds Lucas' name and checks him under "Returned." ]

Alright, I'm opening the gate-- try not to get caught under it or something.

[a_gentle_boy]

Oh! Sorry - I didn't mean to worry you!

[Lucas sounds a little embarrassed.]

I actually work at the Medical Center. It's fine; it's just... really lazy, is what I mean.

...Maybe I'll buy some sort of energy supplements for it.

[sturzflug]

W-worried? I wasn't worried.

[ HAH, he totally was. Now Jean's backpedaling like mad. ]

Just... do that, yeah. You're the expert, y'know. Whatever.

[a_gentle_boy]

Ahah... But it's nice of you to be so concerned. Thank you.

[Lucas blithely ignores the backpedaling and smiles.]

I'm not really an expert - not yet. I'm still going to see if there's anything wrong with it, but all of its emotions were pretty normal.

[sturzflug]

Don't get me wrong. I'm worried about the Pokemon, not you.

[ Yeah, that's totally better. ]

You do that. Make sure he's okay or whatever.

[a_gentle_boy]

I know.

[He hadn't expected otherwise.]

I'll be going in, then... And thank you for your hard work!

[Lucas apparently has already forgotten what they were up to when he came in.]

Oh - and please let me know if your friend ever learns to fly! I'd really want to see it...

[sturzflug]

[ Oh no, Lucas, I'm sorry for mean ol' Jean... ]

Yeah, yeah. Just doing my job. [ He waves it off, but really he's quite flattered. ]

Hah, I'm sure he'll let everyone know when he does. if he does.

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas thinks about this for a brief moment, before -- ]

He will.

When children grow up... that's when they really learn to fly. That's what those stories are about, right? Growing up.

So... It will definitely happen.

[Well that was a little weird but -- ]

OK. Thank you again, mister!

[sturzflug]

Growing up, huh... I dunno if that idiot will ever grow up.

[ Is that what's supposed to make his wings work? Jean will make note of that. ]

No problem, just go on ahead!