Putting the 'monster' in pokemon.

[mtsilver_conquor]

Who: Eva, Princess, and YOU
When: Day 3
Where: General/Standard carriage, Gym, Garden
What: Eva hasn't been a happy camper for a few days ergo Princess is not a happy fairy-type.

General
Eva knew it was going to be A Day when she woke up and Princess was more bristle than fluff more willing to hiss at people and glare at them, tail half unfurled in threat. So, of course she'd 'balled him and fled to get ready for the day. It was only temporary, the 'balling. She knew, intimately, that 'balling him, putting it out of her mind, and putting it off would only make things that much worse.

Gods, legends, and all that was sacred, she didn't want to deal with this part of being a fairy tamer. Not here on the train, not when she had new cabinmates. Not when she'd tried to keep her emotions and temper under control, had been polite and nice and cheerful, but...

Princess was a fairy and she his human.

She could deal with this. It wasn't going to be pleasant, but she could and would deal and so, she'd grabbed food, tea, and a book, then retreated to a standard coach to relax and unball Princess beneath one of the seats then clipped the pokeball to her belt.

Honestly, as long as the fairy wasn't being outright destructive (chewing/clawing things he shouldn't), not trying to seriously hurt people when he tripped them via telekinetically holding a shoe in place, or blowing cold air at them, Eva was willing to let him work it out of his system.

But she was always ready to recall him, even if she didn't look it. Looked like she wasn't paying attention to the prickly pink monster under her seat. But, whatever. If thought she didn't know what her pokemon was up to, or what those warning hisses and swipes meant, then they were blinder than blind and she did not care if that was uncharitable.

For her part, she offers a tired, if not wary smile to anyone brave enough to talk to her. "Just one of those days. It'll be fine."


Gym
"Go nuts," She said after she eventually wound up in the Gym car and Princess lept onto the training dummy with a hissed yowl and flash of teeth a miz of cat-rodent and thrice as sharp. She stepped back and took to leaning against the as she watched her fairy go to town on said dummy. "But only that one."

Without another pokemon trainer onboard, this would have to do and Eva kept more of an eye on the door than on the formerly cute pink fluff. He was teeth and claws and Icy Winds and Mega Punchs and Eva knew the outcome would be dust and ittybitty pieces within the hour.

After that, well, no-one would miss a few of the volleyballs, right?


Garden
Later, Eva can be found in the garden, slumped against a wall and curled up with arms pillowing her head, the hood of her orange hoodie pulled up, as if she's hiding from the world. Maybe she is. Who knows. At least Princess is beside her and the pokemon looks content, though one glance at his still unfurled, half bristled tail should be clue enough he's not exactly back to normal.

Eva doesn't care; for as alone as she feels with people who, until now, have likely thought she was joking about the monster side of 'pocket monsters', the worst is over.

Comments

standard coach

[tinkerheart]

Fëanor was passing with his tea through the standard coach. He nodded to Eva but wasn't planning to interrupt her reading. Wasn't. Not until he got hissed at from under the seat.
That made him stop.

"Excuse me for just passing by. What got into you, fluff?"

Yes, he's directing his question at the pokemon. He learned fast that Princess is no ordinary animal and since then he always treated him more like a person. Or rather a slightly wild but generally friendly animal spirit. If this was Valinor, he'd be some lower-level Maia. Last thing he expected from him was this show of temper. He looks up.

"Did something happen?" The question goes to Eva this time. He'd hate to intrude on anything private and yet he can't help but feel at least a bit concerned.

[mtsilver_conquor]

She had planned on repeating herself, but- this was one of the elves and she had at least three of them on her team, so...

A hand darts down and she grabs the fairy by the scruff with a sharp tongue click.

'You feel possessive of them because your fairy's possessive of you. Your bond is raw and open-' Surge's words rattled her brain even though she knew why. She's known it since the Gym Battle with Surge.

"He's upset because I am. It'll pass."

It's the truth but not, because how, in the name of the Three Birds, does she explain the bond between trainer and fairy-monster?

[tinkerheart]

Maybe similarly how you can explain a bond between a boy and a dog of the size of a pony he brings home trailing mud and twigs and dead leaves all over the marble floors. A dog that's not just a dog but all of them. How do you explain a bond between an elf and a Maia?

Fëanor sits on the other side of the table.

"I can listen if you wish to talk," he offers.

[mtsilver_conquor]

"I- You-"

You wouldn't understand. Don't come from Arkea. Only know him as cute and fluffy.

But the excuses die in her throat because the offer of listening? It's a port in a storm and how many times did she a tall ship or yacht come to Pallet for shelter? too many, because any port in a storm was a good one.

"To catch a pokemon doesn't mean you have a connection with it just because you caught it. Not unless you've poured hours into training and taming it. Me and Princess have been together for over a decade and it's known pokemon pick up on what their owner's feeling..."

Some more than others, but she doesn't want to get into that.

Gym (Because I couldn't resist~)

[unfavorableinstigation]

Nita had come by the carriage for her own training - there were only so many ways to accomplish cardio on a train, and she wanted to make progress when it came to strength and endurance, damn it! - but the sight of Princess 'at anger' captured her attention.

... Ever miss being an Umbreon? she found herself asking, hoping no one else in the carriage picked up on her internal 'voice'.

/... Not as such. But he does look like he needs a proper opponent,/ the peridexis observed.

So, walking over to the fairy-type's trainer, Nita kept her gaze on Princess.

"... Think he could use something else to play off of? Well, vent."

[mtsilver_conquor]

"I know he could, but there's no other pokemon onboard," Eva says, her own gaze unflinchingly locked onto Princess as he lets loose with a Mega Punch that shatters part of the dummy.

"So this'll make do." Because it has to. It must.

[unfavorableinstigation]

There's a thoughtful pause from Nita - and then, there was a baseball-sized construct at the height of her right shoulder, glowing blue with electricity.

A reworked spell, made visible.

"... What about this? It won't shatter so easily."

[mtsilver_conquor]

Eva's eyes widen a fraction before she blinks. Psychic? No. She'd never seen a human psychic do that. Make shields, lift people up, read minds, talk via the mind, yes. This?

Nope.

"...It could work. Just et away from you ASAP." Whatever it is, but Eva doesn't care. It could work and she's willing to try. "Princess! Target's the glowing ball."

Well, that gets the pokemon's attention, if only because a new thing to terrorize? yes please and thank you very much. Nita, though, might want to think fast, because the pokemon can move when he wants to.

And that sure is an incoming Bite.

Garden

[stealsyourheart]

"Iden'no-san?" Kaito blinks - he's only passing through - the garden is hardly his favourite location. But.

"You look kinda...not good."

[mtsilver_conquor]

"It's been one of those days," she says softly, barely looking up at Kaito. "But the worst is over, so..."

The shrug's small and helpless, like she feels right now.

[stealsyourheart]

"Ahh." He says sympathetically, and considers.

"Can I do anything to help?"

[mtsilver_conquor]

She shakes her head with a sigh. "Outside of suddenly turning into a pokemon trainer? Not really."

She means it. By the legends of Kanto, she means it. "But that's selfish."

Gym

[signseeker]

Will stares with more than a little bemusement as he steps into the gym.

"I can't say I was expecting to see something like this in here. What sort of creature is that?"

[mtsilver_conquor]

"This is better than him attacking the train." It's a matter of fact and she shrugs as Princess Bites into the dummy, teeth sinking deep. "He's a pippi, a species part of a wider classification known as pocket monsters. Or pokemon, if you will."

[signseeker]

"Would he?" He didn't sound upset or worried. Only curious."I've never heard of such creatures before. I suppose they aren't around in my world.

[mtsilver_conquor]

"He would, yes and has before."

She watches, blank-faced, as Princess rears back on hind legs and lets loose with a sparkling icy breath that coats the dummy in a thin sheen of ice.

"Probably not, as pokemon are kinda hard to miss."

garden

[blue_ice]

Kaiba is walking through, looking around warily for any signs of a familiar terror of a book when he sees another orange hood and a pink fluffball. Ah. He knows who that is.

"Eva?" He kneels at a safe distance from them. "You're not sick, are you?"

[mtsilver_conquor]

She can't help it; a laugh bubbles up. A tired one, but it's a laugh, as if this is the funniest thing anyone's said to her all day. But, as quick as it came, it's gone, and when Eva looks up, she looks exhausted even as she tries to uncurl just a bit.

"... no, jus' tired. It's been A Day." There is a meaningful glance at the pink fluff, who's watching Seto with an exhausted wariness.

[blue_ice]

Seto doesn't make a move to come closer, but he does sit a little more comfortably on the ground.

"Should I knock someone out? Get you a coffee? Get Princess...whatever it is he likes?"

Garden

[sizedoesntmatter]

Yugi hadn't explored the garden since he arrived here, so he figured now would be a good time than any to go see.

As he quietly walked through checking out what was already there he soon spotted Orange and something pink. He wasn't exactly sure what it was so he slowly walked over even so cautious.

"This carriage is really beautiful, don't you think?" He figured he might as well start off with something.

[mtsilver_conquor]

"Yeah, it is," Eva said, lifting her head to blink at the new person - new kid?- but she's not complaining though, because while she's exhausted and tired and drained, distractions are welcome. It helps that Princess has finally, finally settled into a nap, even if ears prick towards Yugi's voice.

"Don't worry- I think he's too sleepy to go more than growl at you."

She hopes.

[sizedoesntmatter]

He had looked over at the other with a smile before he finally decided to sit down close by, not close enough that he was too close to whatever it was, he wasn't sure but close enough that they could speak at least.

"That's fine, I've handled worse. Though I have to ask, how long have you been on the train for?"

Standard

[internetsexsymbol]

Reigen is just passing through when he notices Eva around. He'd been meaning to talk to her since she's gotten back. Part of him is curious about how much she remembers of returning home and getting back here, and he's also glad to see her again even though that's probably a little selfish given she was just allowed to go home, after all.

"Hey, Eva-san--" He stops for a moment when hears an angry growl from Princess, taking it as a signal to stay at a slight distance from the little pink buddy. "...one of those days? Is he sick?" Now he can't help but be concerned about both of them, since if Princess isn't feeling well, Eva's probably stressed from dealing with that.

[mtsilver_conquor]

"No. Reacting to my emotions."

It's blunt, a little frazzled, but she offers a tired, wry smile anyway. "It's a pokemon thing - a fairy thing, really. I can try and explain, if you want?"

She doesn't mind; the more she explains her world, the more she's working out what she can say... and what she can't or would get hackles raised or her morals brought into question.

Plus, it's a good distraction, for her at least.

[internetsexsymbol]

Reigen looks a bit surprised at that: it's normal for pets to be sensitive to emotions as far as he knows, but from how Eva phrases it, it's more than that. Princess technically is a supernatural creature, not just a cat.

"Oh. Yeah, tell me about it. Do you guys have a psychic link or something?"