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[surasthana]

"A…cat?" The green hue of its coat makes her wonder if that's entirely right. Curious, Nahida bent to eye level, her head tilted as she cautiously held out her hand. Animals usually came to her instantly, but not this time. The two of them were still, watching the other for any sudden movements. After a couple more moments pass, Nahida decides to take a more forward approach.

The hand that had been offered now presses to the grassy patch that they stood on, a small flower sprouting almost instantly. Once it's fully bloomed, Nahida plucks it and offers it to the other. "There! See? I'm a friend,"

"Where's your owner anyway…? Do you have an owner?"

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[isolaradiale]

without a prior reserve i'd like to app liko from pokemon horizons! her app is the third link on the sidebar!

Welcome to chilly Isola Radiale, Liko!

You’ll be staying in CONDO 422!

You will retain your Sprigatito!

Enjoy your stay!

– ⋆ mimosa.

[snackleader]

"That's dumb, if they have time to make 500 million different sauces, they can at least bring things from your home!" They get a bit quieter. "I miss shopping with Dile. She always knew what to do."

◓ "I can kind of relate. Not only are there a lot of brands, I've never even heard of any of them. They also don't sell a lot of products from where I come from. It can be kind of hard to shop sometimes..."

[einwish]

Rounding a corner, Kyubey finds a well-proportioned tree and scampers up the branches, finding his perch on the tallest one before he peers down with his eyes at his pursuers.

Girl, 1. Cat...also 1? He's yet to meet one so expressively green, however.

Fortunately, speaking telepathically means that he can easily communicate even when the target is still chasing him down the block.

§ Even if you catch me, I can't give you anything now. §

§ But I can promise you something nice later if you ask! §

◓ "Eh!?" Something dashed by Liko's feet, causing the Sprigatito to give chase down the sidewalk. "S-Sprigatito!? Wait up!" What was her Pokémon's interest in that monster? Was it a Pokémon too? There were a lot she had never seen before, so it was definitely possible.

"Sprigatito! Slow down! Don't hurt it!" She had no choice but to pursue the both of them on foot either way.

[inablinkgone]

"Ohshiwazzidoinizzonmyhead?!"

Luckily, the cute creature isn't being aggressive at all so instead of his usual fight or flight response, Till just freezes.

...Actually, it's kind of nice. The little body is fuzzy and warm... After a few seconds of nothing happening, Till visibly relaxes but he doesn't dare to move yet.

"Uh, can you understand me? If I don't shake you off are you gonna, like, eat my brains or somethin'?"

◓ "Mrr, mrr!" Sprigatito stared back at him for a moment before pawing at her face to help clean her fur.

And then she jumped down onto his head. "Mrr!"

[diamonddomain]

("I met a few of them before arriving here. One was aspiring to become a "Master" and their friends all had varying degrees of aspirations. It was a bit remarkable to see really...")

Though she had to wonder where they all were today. And if they did achieve their dreams she'd want to hear every second of how exciting it was to finally get to that point. All of it exciting Diancie just thinking about it.

("It's lovely to meet you two! You may call me Diancie. And I am a Pokémon yes. Though I suppose I'm just a bit different from ones you've met before considering how I communicate.")

◓ The Pokémon would quickly have its answer as Liko stepped back with a very shocked expression on her face. "I-It can talk!?" She'd met a lot of Pokémon since joining the Rising Volt Tacklers, but never one that could talk! Roy and Dot would have gone crazy! Meanwhile, Sprigatito just jumped onto the unknown creature's head.

("I guess she can. Try not to give her a heart attack though!")

As always, Liko was left wondering what her partner was saying.

"Wait, you know what a Pokémon trainer is? So that must mean you are one..." It wasn't ever day you got to meet a talking Pokémon. "M-My name is Liko! I'm a Pokémon trainer from the Paldea region! And this is my partner, Sprigatito! It's nice to meet you!"

[antoake]

"I've...never heard of them, to be quite honest with you. I would have thought he was some kind of cat-shaped harvest sprite, had you not been so kind as to correct that assumption."

He feels almost childish for admitting that: harvest sprites are typically something little ones, the elderly, or the very religious believe sincerely in, after all. Still, the creature -- Sprigatito, she'd called it -- was certainly interesting. Its kind, gentle stare...the soft, shiny fur (which was a rather vibrant green -- he'd never seen that on an animal, though he'd known of pink or peach colored cows)...truly, a pet someone lavished affection on.

Surely, there must be a lot of interesting animals that've made their way to this place (more cats, hopefully, too). He can only hope they're adjusting so well.

"Is your friend something akin to a cat? I've never seen one such a...earthy hue before."

He refrains from asking to pet the little guy (it would be unbecoming of him, to do so right upon meeting the two of them). That can come later -- he's very curious about just what Sprigatito is now.

It couldn't hurt to ask, surely: it would give him a chance to socialize more (like his sister tried to get him to do so often back home), and acclimate himself to things outside his idea of the norm.

"And...would you care to explain more about pokemon to me? I'm unfamiliar with the term -- it isn't used where I'm originally from, so I'm afraid I've no idea what it means."

@antoake

◓ The level of eye contact between Sprigatito and this man might as well have been off the charts. Liko felt like she was just an accessory in this encounter, and had taken to looking off to the side for a moment as she tried to figure out what to say.

"Um... Are you interested in Sprigatito, by chance? I guess Pokémon aren't very common here, um..." Being brought to this city had opened a whole new can of things to make her anxious about, seemingly.

[akazukinemma]

"A costume...?"

Confused, Emma began turning in a circle in place, trying to examine every ruffle and ribbon of her outfit. Everything was in its place from what she could tell. Was her outfit really that stand out compared to everyone else?

"These are just my normal clothes! I didn't know there were performers around. It seems so dreadfully boring here.." They didn't even have Buddyfight on the island last time she had checked.

"Ahem! That is to say; thank you for the compliment. But I'm just Red Riding Hood, Emma. I could try and juggle though, if you wanted."

@akazukinemma

◓ "That's a cute costume! Are you a performer by chance...?" Liko had probably spent a little too long trying to figure out what to say. She liked meeting new people but was a little socially anxious and had a tendency to overthink what she wanted to say. But she hadn't really seen many people close to her age in the city!

She didn't want to squander this chance!

She had no idea if her question was on the mark, though. "I mean... I guess people around here wear some interesting things? Maybe I'm wrong..." The Sprigatito on her shoulder was just blankly staring at the stranger in the meantime.

[surasthana]

The cat jumping onto her shoulder startles her at first, but she's quick to recover. It isn't often that large animals take to her so quickly, but she's not averse to the sudden familiarity being showed to her. Nahida reaches under its chin, giving it a good scritch while smiling. "You're super friendly, aren't you?"

As they get to know one another, the sound of approaching footsteps makes the archon turn her attention away from her new friend toward who was likely their owner. "You have a very interesting pet!" she chimes, still giving chin scritches to the cat. "Not like any I've ever seen before...do you mind my asking what she is exactly?"

◓ "Mrr, mrr, mrr?" Sprigatito had met a lot humans back home, but in this city there were a lot of strange ones. Some of them had features that she'd never seen on a human before, and some even looked kind of like Pokémon. This one's ears were strange, but it was actually the girl's scent that had drawn her off her trainer's shoulder to investigate.

She wasn't as apprehensive as she normally was even before the girl made a flower bloom. She smelled like flowers, and since the cat was a Grass type she was naturally drawn to that scent.

"MRRR!" The Pokémon jumped to grab the flower with her mouth, but angled it so she landed on Nahida's shoulder at the same time. Liko would be along shortly...

[einwish]

Weird creatures aside, magical ones had their day in the sun too. A housecat-sized one scurries around the corner, nearly runs into the girl's shoes, and keeps dashing down the sidewalk.

Who could it be? Where was it going?

◓ "I think I'm getting used to this place... although I wish there were more Pokémon."

"I think Sprigatito might have it worse than me with everyone thinking she's some kind of weird creature..."

[inablinkgone]

Till eyes the tiny green creature suspiciously.

"What're you? Some kinda... little... alien?"

They are kind of cute, though...

◓ "Mew!" There is a green cat staring at you from her perch on a low hanging tree branch. She looks harmless enough. What do you do?

[diamonddomain]

("Oh what kind of creature are you...?") There were plenty of Pokémon Diancie knew about that weren't exactly common in her land or the surrounding areas. But all she knew is that they existed, nothing about their names or appearances at all.

So it really became a guessing game of "Are they a Pokémon or not?" And this was of course one such case...

("Actually can you understand me at all? Can your Trainer either?")

@diamonddomain

◓ "Huh? What's wrong, Sprigatito?" There was a lot wrong. They were in an unfamiliar city that didn't seem to have any Pokémon at all. That much they had accepted and her partner had finally calmed down, but she was hissing at a rock now? Wait, that wasn't a normal rock, was it?

"It couldn't be. That's not a Pokémon, is it? I thought there weren't any in this city..." Maybe it was a monster that wasn't a Pokémon? If she'd had her Rotom Phone, she could have checked on her Pokédex app.