[004 - Action]

[ember_celica]

[Yang is in a park in the business district, leaning against the wall of one of the towers. While she does, she's idly tossing a ball up into the air, doing some impromptu juggling. While she does, though, a baby Mankey is crawling around.]

Awright, Punchy!

[She cheers at him. He barely walks, before he stumbles over onto his face.]

You can do it! Learn to walk! Go go go! C'mon!

[And the Mankey... stumbles over. Again. Yang's grin turns sheepish.]

...'kay, so I guess cheering you isn't magically teaching you to walk well all the time. Good to know!

Comments

[ember_celica]

So what, like... hey, Punchy! Like this?

[The Mankey turns and watches her, while she struts across the park, then back towards Asemu.]

That'll show him!

[second_destiny]

...I think he gets plenty of that.

[He'd rather not be subject to the Mankey Strut later in life.]

I mean help him keep his balance, then carefully let him go. Literal hands-on.

[ember_celica]

Ohhhh. Sure, seems doable! [She nods, then starts doing that.] You do this with your younger ones?

[second_destiny]

I've only had one so far, but yeah. It's worked out well -- actually, let me show you.

[Asemu activates his Warp Band. A few seconds later, a young Flareon is standing by his left leg.]

See? Standing strong on all fours.

[ember_celica]

Aw, hey, look at him!

[She grins, then she looks at Asemu.]

Detective Miller hasn't evolved quite yet. He's my Eevee.

[second_destiny]

[Asemu nods.]

Yep, I know. He seems pretty...

[He was going to use the word "happy," but he realizes he really can't apply that to Yang's Eevee.]</small. ...content with the way he is now, though. Am I right?

[ember_celica]

[She wobbles her hand.]

Maybe, but I think it's just that he's not sure which one matches the hat?

[second_destiny]

...Aha. I see. He does seem to really like it. I've never seen him without it.

[ember_celica]

He's a big fan of it, that's for sure! It's no big, though. I do most of my fighting for them, you know?

[second_destiny]

Yeah, I noticed. Good to be able to rely on them, though. You never know when you may not be able to fight.

[ember_celica]

Yeah. And they can back you up. I've been working on training them to help me with team attacks and power-ups and that kinda thing.

Tactics! And stuff!

[second_destiny]

I think the word you want is "combos" there.

[He's pretty pleased to hear that, though. It's always good to see fellow trainers working out ways to improve their battling skill.]

But that's good! I'd like to see what you've come up with some time.

[ember_celica]

You got yourself a deal! [She grins and points at him.] What about you? You been practicing, too?

[second_destiny]

[Asemu nods.]

I spend less time training myself and more time training my Pokémon, but I still do both whenever I'm not searching a location high and low.

[ember_celica]

Hey, you gotta keep both in good shape. Yourself, too!

[Though she probably focuses on that too much.]

[second_destiny]

Yep, and that's what I'm doing. Gotta find a balance, you know?

[ember_celica]

Mm-hmm!