Tales of Azela [PokeRPG]

Carla tries to say something to the boisterous Kurt, but isn't sure how to pull herself into the conversation he's already having with this other dude. David, he said his name was? She shrugs after a few false starts. There's plenty of people to try to talk to; no big deal.

Carla instead turns to the slouching girl, who's just idly picking her fingernails with a really beat-up hairpin. Goodness knows what that girl did to get it so wrecked, but hey, she's not judging.

She sidles over to Ivory. "Hey." She begins. "My- uh. They call me Carla. You?"

Alright, that sounds good, she thinks.

... Oh jesus, someone's trying to talk to her. Ivory puts away the hairpin and sits up.
"I'm Ivory. What's up?... those dudes are pretty loud, eh?"

"Well, I applied for Bug. Maybe not the best type, all things considered. But, I figure if it loses in battle, at least it'll lose in battle with style. And it'll have way the most body parts."

Kurt turns to the intimidating fellow in back.

"You look kinda familiar. What's your story?"

"oh... everyone is talking except for me...," thinks Illena,..... ....
"Hello,!" she says while approaching the other girls, "Since we're all introducing ourselves, I'm Illena!"

"Well, I applied for Bug. Maybe not the best type, all things considered. But, I figure if it loses in battle, at least it'll lose in battle with style. And it'll have way the most body parts."

Kurt turns to the intimidating fellow in back.

"You look kinda familiar. What's your story?"

"I was a star b-ball player at Port Anther High, so you might have seen me ON DA COURT. But, I got passed over for scholarships for college ball, and I couldn't get in any good colleges on my grades. So I figured I'd give Pokemon a shot.

Gettin' a fighter."

'So a rapper, a basketball player, and an Army deserter walk into a bar... 'David thought. 'This isn't what I expected.'
Outloud he said "Oh yeah, I just really said whichever type they thought best was for me. I don't really know all that much about them. It... Wasn't so popular with like, my family, i guess. The pokemon thing."

Oh man talking to two people and Carla has not yet taken the multitasking feat! Carla is crazy jovial and shit!

"Yeah they are, aren't they? Haha! I don't blame them though. I'm looking forward to getting my first pokemon too. ...Hey there Illena. I guess you already heard, but I'm Carla and this one's Ivory."

As she says that, she takes a look at the two and is mildly amused at the contrast. She passes a glance at the chattery boys behind her.

"Bug, and fighting. Typical guys, am I right? I'm looking to get an ice-type, at any rate."

"I was a star b-ball player at Port Anther High, so you might have seen me ON DA COURT. But, I got passed over for scholarships for college ball, and I couldn't get in any good colleges on my grades. So I figured I'd give Pokemon a shot.

Gettin' a fighter."

Yeah, that's it. I go to PorAnth High too, must'a seen you around there. Or well, went to PorAnth. Guess I'm still getting used to leaving home.

Anyway, Pokaymon are pretty cool, Dave. (can i call you dave?) They do all sorts'a things, 'n they, you know, are all sorts'a things.

You guys wanna go talk to the girls over there?

"Mmm."
Well, this seems to be going alright so far. You don't get to casually chat with girls your age like this every day, after all.
"Sup, Illena. What pokemon you lookin' to get? I filled out Dark Type on the forms... I dunno, I hear they're smarter than most--- oh , uh, heads up, I think I heard the loud dude's coming over here."
Just great.

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made bizarre and kinda terrible pixel art of mah dude on make pixel art dot com



anyway, to like add something meaningful

"Hey!"

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that image is beautiful.

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kurt has individually painted toenails; it's canon

"Oh, Hey girls, I'm David, and this is... Basketball guy and the other one oh god I am so sorry I already forgot your names"

"Hey, guys. My name's Carla, nice to meet you."

She pauses to think.

"Uh. So what do you all do when you're not waiting for free pokemon?"

"No worries.

I'm Kurt, and I'm a high-school dropout! I'm also not the world's best rapper.

I mean, it's summer, so I guess I can go back to school if the whole Pokemon thing doesn't work out."

"I... sit and... Wait until i get the chance to wait for pokemon"

Illena smiles, "I haven't decided what I would get, just one of the grass,fire or water types. Umm, so, I'm from a pretty normal family, I guess. I went to Ruoyfresh High School."

Uuuuugh, you can feel all the eyes shifting towards you. Better use the "camping" explanation.
"I, um. I like to travel! I go camping practically every week. It's pretty cool, but it gets lonely out there, so... yeah. I already graduated, too, so I've got a lot of spare time now."
Arright. That didn't sound too questionable, you think.

Carla nods for a bit before realizing what David actually said. Her face gets all puzzled-like as she faces the dude.

"W-wait, what?" she blurts out.

"She said she has a lot of free time."

Kurt gives Carla a look.

Carla looks sheepish for a split second before catching what's going on.

"N-no, I meant- I was talking to David. I mean, you had to have been doing something between YTA classes besides sitting around. What's your story?"

Ivory isn't quite sure what to make of all this.
Every single guy in the room is conversationally awkward, and both of the other girls are quiet and shy.

"Oh i just moved here and..l I don't know this place very well yeah. Wouldn't know just where to go."

The conversation seems to go quiet.
..."Umm.... so where do you plan to go once you get your pokemon?"

"Oh, well, I guess I'm gonna go camping around the island with my pokemon, see what it's like with a partner. I dunno, if that gets boring, maybe I'll do the pokemon gym challenge thing, I guess... really just wanna go camping."