APPOINTMENTS POST

[knightofratatosk]

This post can be used to thread with or get in contact with Emil at any point when he doesn't have a post up! Just comment here (please use the format [Action, June 24th], [Voice, March 5th], etc. to make it clear when the thread is taking place and what type of thread it is) for a thread with him; if it's a continuation of another thread or post, please link that so I remember the context of the thread.

GO NUTS.

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[pokeboy]

[ He nods, though he isn't sure if it's better knowing the answer.

... but there's nothing that can be done either way. It was what it was: Caius was gone now, and maybe he would be back one day again, maybe he wouldn't. If he wanted to go back, then at least he finally got that.



Well. ]

...Guess I won't have anyone to argue with like I did with him. [ Saying that sort of thing helps, right? ] I really wanted to knock him on his butt in training too. He was helping me practice defence with my staff.

[knightofratatosk]

I didn't even know he used a staff.

[That prompts a slightly sheepish laugh on Emil's end, because after having lived with Caius for so long, he feels like he should really know things like that. Then again, given that neither one of them really talked about their past, maybe it isn't that surprising after all.]

Unless you meant you were using a staff and he was using something else.

[pokeboy]

Right! [ And he's shaking his head, just to dismiss that laugh Emil made. ] I was using a staff and he was using his sword. I started learning to use one here.

[knightofratatosk]

Oh! That makes more sense. I didn't think Caius was the type of person who would fight with a staff.

[Let's be real, he is not the most precise and elegant of people here.]

[pokeboy]

You don't think? [ Oh? ] Is there a type? He could've picked it up here!

[knightofratatosk]

I don't know if there's really a type or it's just how I think of things, but I've always pictured staff users as being, I don't know... graceful and elegant, I guess. Does that make any sense?

[pokeboy]

[ Graceful and elegant? Red blinks, thinking about that... and he looks down at himself, before bringing out his arms, turning slightly. ]

What do you think? Am I graceful and elegant? [ He looks between everyone -- what do you two think down there, Pikachu and Hachi? ] Huh?

[knightofratatosk]

[Hachi just sort of looks at Red for a moment... and then tilts his head, as if saying "Why are you asking me?"

Emil, meanwhile, just watches him turn, then smiles a bit.]

I could see it! I can definitely picture you using a staff rather than a sword. Actually, I'm not sure I can imagine you using a sword at all.

[pokeboy]

[ Wow, Hachi!!! Pikachu just makes a mocking sound. Like, yeah yeah, ok Red. ]

Me neither. I bet they're useful, but I don't like the look of them... [ His smile is awkward, trying to figure out how to explain it.

But hey, instead- ] What about you? Don't you fight with companions like a trainer? You have Sial!

[knightofratatosk]

[See, even Pikachu agrees with him, don't you "Wow Hachi" him. Not that Hachi really did anything beyond look confused, but it's the principle of the thing.]

Huh? Yeah, Sial and my other monsters fight alongside me in battles back in my world, but I don't really tell them what to do. At least, not most of the time. They usually just fight on their own.

[pokeboy]

Pokémon can make their own decisions in battle too, but I know what you mean. [ Especially if his world was anything like Caius's. ] We leave the fighting to the pokémon.

[ He couldn't imagine people fighting pokémon, not even with training. But he shakes his head, chuckling slightly. ]

But this is a weird chat to have outside a person's doorway. We should probably get going.

[knightofratatosk]

Do you want to come inside for some tea or something? I mean, you came all this way just to find out that Caius went home... I feel bad just having you go home without doing anything. It seems like kind of a waste.

[Besides, the house is empty now, so the company is definitely appreciated.]

[pokeboy]

It wasn't a waste, I got to talk to you and Hachi! [ Other than the unfortunate(?) news, that was nice in Red's opinion. ] But sure, we could, if you want to? I don't want to interrupt you or anything.

[knightofratatosk]

[Emil just smiles and shakes his head.]

You're not interrupting at all. I wasn't really doing anything that could be interrupted, anyway. Things are kind of quiet with just me and the animals...

[Naturally, Hachi barks to protest this.]

[pokeboy]

Yeah, I agree Hachi! Who's he calling quiet?

[ Red laughs, bending down to ruffle the little doggy's head before standing back up again. ]

Okay, we haven't anything to do. We just train all day anyway.

[knightofratatosk]

[Hachi barks again and wags his tail, pleased that at least Red is agreeing with him-- mostly because the "not quiet" part is almost entirely his fault.]

That's great! I mean, it's not great that you don't have anything to do, but you know what I mean. Come on inside and I can start boiling some water.

[pokeboy]

Alright. [ Hey hey, they'll follow the leaders! ] Why don't you tell me what you've been up to? I don't think I know what you do in Luceti usually.

[knightofratatosk]

What I do?

[He pauses for a moment, rubbing at the back of his head sheepishly.]

A lot of things, actually. I go to some of the classes at the school, I work at the tea shop, and I help out wherever else I'm needed. It ends up being kind of a weird schedule sometimes-- some days I'm really busy, and then other days I'm not busy at all.

[pokeboy]

Huh, so you work at a tea shop and you're inviting me in for tea? Do you really like tea? [ Heheh. ]

What're the school classes like?

[knightofratatosk]

Actually... I didn't care for it all that much until I started working there. I used to like hot chocolate better.

[He continues on into the kitchen, indicating that Red should follow him.]

The classes? [This actually causes him to have to think for a moment. How does one describe school classes?] They're just regular classes, I guess. I wouldn't say there's anything special about them, except maybe World Sharing.

[pokeboy]

[ The boy does follow, Pikachu keeping on ground level. He might as well try teasing Hachi while he's here... ]

World Sharing? Do you sit there talking about your worlds? [ Sounds like a pretty straight-forward name. ]

But what classes do you take? I don't know what classes they have there. I try going to the First Aid classes now and then when I've gone the time, [ It was nice to know how to properly tend to wounds without magic. ] but that's at the battle dome.