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[ashwantstobattle]

WHO: Ash, Pikachu and You
WHERE: Pick your battle
WHAT: Ash and Pikachu have arrived. They're a little confused
WHEN: Right before the blizzard
WARNINGS: Uh... idk. A potential electric shock?


Livestock Nursery

Ash hasn't been in town long, maybe an hour or two. He's had long enough to check out the datapoint and wander aimlessly for a bit before he's drawn to the stable like structure.

Of course the first place he'd be drawn to is the livestock nursery. He's watching the glownies with interest even though they're not doing anything particularly exciting. They're just eating their lunch but by the stary-eyed look on his face you'd think that they were doing a whole multi-step dance routine.

There's a yellow fluff ball settled on his shoulder watching the Glownies with the same interest as the young boy that seems to have turned up.

"So cool! I've never seen anything like them before!" He says excitedly, the yellow rodent like creature agreeing with him. "D'you think they're a pokemon?"

"Pi?" Pikachu turns to look behind them as he thinks he hears something nearby.


The Diner

It was inevitable that Ash would end up here, really. It's been some time since he or Pikachu have had a bite to eat. At least, Ash is pretty sure they haven't eaten in a while-it feels like it's been hours and his stomach is gurgling uncomfortably loud. He's a little short on funds at the moment but he can always offer to do the dishes in exchange for a meal or something.

He pushes the door open, practically dragging his feet. One thought playing on repeat in his head; 'Hungry... need food.' The way Pikachu and poised half draped over his shoulder, he'd say Pikachu is thinking the exact same thing.

"Anyone here?" Ash questions, glancing around. It's not very lively for a diner. Hopefully it's not closed.


Special Training in a little west of the Security Tower

By now, Ash has realized there's no Pokémon beside his Pikachu here and that means there's no Pokémon battles. Honestly, it's a tragedy he's not yet ready to face and even then, there's no reason to get lazy. He'd gone off to see if there really weren't any Pokémon around and found himself disappointed- not even a pidgey.

"Well Pikachu, there's nothing for it, we'll just have to keep up our training a different way-hit me with your strongest quick attack." He tells the yellow mouse.

"Pika!" Pikachu agrees, launching a quick attack right into Ash who is easily knocked several feet backwards and falls with a thump into the grass.

"Whoa! That's some quick attack." He praises happily, if a little stunned

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Diner

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There is exactly one other person at the diner when Ash enters. A tall man clad entirely in black leather with a cup of black coffee and a notebook in front of him, the glance he is giving the boy hidden behind his sunglasses.

Wesker opts to not respond, naturally. But he can’t help but feel reminded of too many times Chris Redfield would enter the office with very much the same energy, effectively disrupting a quiet work atmosphere. Grimacing to himself at the memory, Wesker returns his focus to his notes. If he ignores the boy, he will leave again.

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The diner is a little eerie if Ash is being honest but he pushes the thought aside and focuses more on his empty stomach. He notices the other single occupant seems a little busy and might even seem intimidating to a normal person, but Ash isn't exactly normal and he's not that easy to intimidate.

"Hey, sorry to interrupt you, but you wouldn't happen to know where Pikachu and I could get something to eat, would ya? You see it's been hours since we last ate-or at least I think it has. Either way, we're starving." He explains, Pikachu nods in agreement.

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He can see the child approach him even without looking up from his notes though his hand only halts when the boy is right there, talking to him. There is a drawn moment of severe silence from Wesker before he exhales through his nose and raises his head just enough to cast a glance at Ash’s face.

“The kitchen is over there.” He simply informs the boy and indicates the door next to the diner’s counter. And while he doesn’t say anything else, Wesker does take note of the strange animal sitting on Ash’s shoulder which he can best describe as some sort of comically deformed rabbit…

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Ash is getting the weird feeling that this man's not exactly friendly. No matter, he can work with that. He glances over to the door to the kitchen and frowns along side the creature perched on his shoulder.

"Yeah but.. is it okay to just take it like that? That last thing I wanna do is upset someone by stealing their food." He crosses his arms in thought. Why can't it just be a normal diner?

[sunglassesincluded]

It's less a case of Wesker being unfriendly but rather him not being the most social type when he doesn't necessarily have to be. He can be friendly. Charming even. If his current goal requires him to be these things. Right now they don't align with these necessities and as a result Ash's concern is met with another moment of extended silence before the pen is set down on the notebook with a soft thud and Wesker leans back, crossing his arms before offering an answer.

"You know why you are here. You know what is expected of you. Naturally you are expected to pull your own weight. Others that are here already have stocked this building with supplies that they worked to produce to allow everyone to feed themselves. This includes you. How you will make yourself useful around here in return is for you to figure out yourself." There. That should do.

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Ash is listening but he's not so great at comprehending long, stretched out explanations. Short and sweet is how Ash likes it. His head tilts and he frowns in confusion the more Wesker talks.

"I have no idea what you're talkin' about." Ash admits with what is really far too much confidence for that statement. "But it sounds like you're saying the food's for everyone and that's good enough for me!"

"Pika!" His yellow companion agrees. Ash turns and dashes into the kitchen to find something he and Pikachu can both eat that doesn't require too much in the way of cooking.

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That attention span, again, is rather reminiscent of certain mission briefings during Wesker's time as Captain of S.T.A.R.S. - Though it remains to be said that Chris often just acted more stupid than he was. Fooling around to lighten the mood before flipping a switch and actually proving that he had been Wesker's point man for good reason.

With this child, however, Wesker has less reason to believe anything of that sort might happen as he watches the boy rush off into the kitchen to very likely create a massive mess. A thought that brings a scowl to the adult's face as he pointedly picks up his pen again. "You will clean up any mess you make in there!"

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Ash doesn't mean to be, but he's still pretty noisy as he moves into the kitchen to check things out. He's quick to find the pot of stew but now he needs bowls and spoons so he'll start opening drawers and cabinets.

"O'course I know that. I wouldn't just leave a mess like that." He assures, pulling a cabinet open and shutting it again when he's out of luck.

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Wesker will accept that response for the time being and returns to what he has been doing before this interruption. Which has his attention fall on his nearly empty coffee somewhat begrudgingly. Leaving his writing utensils behind, he takes the cup and heads behind the counter to refill it, which allows him to observe Ash's progress in the kitchen. Proper labelling of the cabinets clearly would have shortened this obvious search. But it's not simply Ash that Wesker is observing. That strange, brightly colored animal that's with the boy isn't local. And it acts remarkably intelligent in how it acts and reacts. At the very least it hardly appears to be dangerous.

Training

[tyrants_son]

The Security Tower allows for an excellent view of the city. It makes it quite easy to observe things without being bothered. It isn't that Felwinter is spying on people- he can use the network and Stark's security cameras for that, there are just times when looking out at the distance, at a quiet scenery, can be peaceful. The wintery landscape has made him think of home, although the weather here isn't nearly as frigid. It's difficult to top a mountain peak.

Movement below draws his attention, the warlord looking down at the bright spots of color. He's seen the two, new arrivals. The Agrii continue to pull unsuspecting people in, it seems. Smaller too. Surely that cannot be right, stealing children from their homes?

He is at first unsure of what to make of the two. He's a bit baffled to see the little yellow creature attack the boy abruptly. Was it not his pet?

In a blink- which is what happens to also be the name of a Warlock's short teleportation ability- he is outside of the tower windows, greatcoat flapping in the breeze as he drops down from its heights, only to slow to a drift midway. He angles himself to land between the pair, a sudden gray shadow with twining horns.

"Watch yourself," he warns as he assumedly fixes a look towards Pikachu. Hard to tell when you can't see past the grill and mesh of his helmet. His tone is just shy of monotonic and tinny, but perhaps it's because of his headgear.

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Pikachu's watching Ash with a playful smirk, waiting on his trainer to get back up and call out another attack. Their training session is interrupted however and his ears twitch.

"Pika?" The Pokémon glances up curiously at who decided to intervene.

Ash, meanwhile is just about to get back on his feet and order another quick attack but pauses at the sudden arrival of company. "Whoa.." He says, still sitting on the ground. "Where'd you come from?" He asks before getting back up on his feet and readjusting his cap.

Pikachu watches the newcomer a moment before moving to dash around him to try and rejoin Ash's side.

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"Something to be discussed later."

The helmeted figure steps to keep himself interposed between them as Pikachu moves. At least he hasn't gone for a weapon. The little creature had come with the boy so he doubts Ash will be pleased to see it slaughtered in front of him. As to why it attacked him though, he does not know, but he will not let it harm Ash again.

"Stay back," he directs at Pikachu.

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Ash turns his own attention to Pikachu, ready to allow his friend to run up his arm and back to his shoulder. He watches as the newcomer seems to be trying to block Pikachu.

Pikachu seems to be getting irritated and skids to a halt and lets out an angry noise. "Pikapi! Pikachu!"

"Well, it's nice to meet you and everything, I'm Ash, but you're kinda interrupting our special training." He explains.

[tyrants_son]

Yes, angry creatures yelling at him just helps to further clarify things. ...no, clearly this isn't the case. Unfortunately it's difficult to get a read on the Warlock.

"-training..?"

There's only the slightest hint of surprise to his tone, as though he only injects the minimum effort of emotion into his words. Clearly it has not occurred to him that the two could possibly be...sparring.

He looks back at the boy and then the angry yellow creature in front of him.

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"Yeah!" Ash nods. "You see, just because there aren't any other Pokémon around doesn't mean we can afford to stop training. We have to get get stronger together, right buddy?" He says enthusiastically.

"Pika!" Pikachu happily agrees but then turns his eyes back on Felwinter. He launches into a quick attack to quickly try and bypass the warlock, dashing to the side again. Ash moves to angle himself so he can catch him for when he jumps up.

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"Pokémon..?" The warlord echoes the unfamiliar word, helmeted head tilting. He glances back towards the electric mouse, tensing when the little thing makes another move, but stopping himself short of trying to intercept Pikachu.

"...you do battle?" With them both on the same side now, he turns to face them, relaxing his stance.

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Pikachu crashes into Ash's waiting arms and Ash wraps them solidly around his little friend. He's knocked back several feet again but holds onto his partner tight. Once they've landed, Ash loosens his grip and Pikachu lets out a few happy noises, rubbing his soft fur against the boy's face who can't help but giggle.

"Well yeah, but it's kinda hard to have a Pokémon Battle when there aren't any other trainers or Pokémon around." He lets out a sigh that Pikachu shares. "So, we'll just have to battle each other." He says determinedly, standing back up again with fire in his eyes.

"Pika!" Pikachu lets out a sound of agreement, now happily perched on Ash's shoulder.

Livestock Nursery

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It was as good a day as any for coming to help clean things up for the Glownies, and so Lark had come out today for that end. At her side strode the large blonde wolf-hound with curly fur, the dog's tail wagging excitedly at going to see the Glownies.

She wasn't expecting the child there when she arrived.

"Good day," she said as she held her bucket before her with a shovel in it. "Come to visit the Glownies?"

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Pikachu's ears twitch up and he turns to face Lark first before tapping Ash on the side of his face.

"Pikpi." He states. Ash turns and then offers the woman a smile before his eyes fall on the large dog and he moves over to get a closer look.

"Whoa! Who are you?" He asks it. Another Pokémon he's never seen it? He looks up at Lark again from where he's crouched to be at eye level with the large dog.

"Glownies? Is that what they're called? Are they a Pokémon?"

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What a strange creature on the child's shoulder. Perhaps it's one of the local fauna, already bonded to the boy?

"This is Little Bear," she says to Ash, raising an eyebrow. Had he not seen dogs before. "What is a poky-mom?"

The dog at her side moves to sit on his haunches, his tail whipping back and forth in excitement.

"You may pet him, he doesn't bite."

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The idea that the dog might bite is not a thought Ash even entertained and the moment he's told he can, he moves to offer Little Bear some loving pets and scratches.

"Yeah, a Pokémon. Pikachu's a Pokémon-an electric type so he knows moves like Thunderbolt and Electroball. Both have been super helpful on our journey."

"Pika!" Pikachu agrees happily.

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Congratulations, Ash, you now have a friend for life. Little Bear's tongue lolls out and he pants as he's pet and scratched. This is a wonderful young human.

"I am sorry, but I have never heard of anything like what you're explaining."

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He laughs happily as he continues to pet the big dog. Pokemon or not, it's still pretty awesome and he can always use more friends.

"Man, really?" He pauses when she mentions not knowing about Pokémon moves. "They're all over where I'm from. Human's and Pokémon are always working together-always trying to get stronger together."

He stands up and looks at Pikachu. The two give each other a nod and Ash extends his arm so he can run up it and leap into the air.

"Pikachu, show us a Thunderbolt!" He commands.

"Pikaaachuuu!" Large amount of electricity bursts from Pikachu and hits an empty space a little further out. They're not trying to hurt any one, after all.

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Lark doesn't flinch at the lightning. She had raised a young woman who could command lightning after all. But she did look at Pikachu with new attention, even as Little Bear yelped and hid behind her. The dog wasn't big on thunder and lightning.

"I see. It can perform magic."

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Ash watches with a proud look on his face but his attention quickly moves to Little Bear when he sees that the dog seems frightened. He kneels down again to get at eye level.

"Hey it's okay, Pikachu's not gonna hurt you." He assures. Pikachu runs back over and back up to sit on Ash's shoulder now that the demonstration is over. Ash gives him a small pat and then looks up at Lark again.

"Magic? No, Pikachu's able to store electricity in his cheeks. Although, I guess it's true no one really knows why Pokémon can do the things they do but there's a ton of research on it-most of the professors think is has something to do with their connection to nature. I sure couldn't tell ya though."