CELEBRATE TODAY;

[northrend]

Date & Time: December 11th, All Day
Location: The center of the hold
Characters: EXSILIUM, ALL Y'ALL
Summary: These cute little animals are in need of your help!
Warnings: Adorable animals

[Sometime during the night, a few unidentified townsfolk had carried in several boxes with signs attached to them. If spoken to, they only reply that they are busy and they must get these critters inside before it gets too cold outside. All of the boxes are separated and spread out, mostly so that the box of foxes won't chase after the box of rabbits. Each is denoted with a sign to describe what animal resides in the box, accompanied with the following blurb:

"Get in the Holiday Spirit! Adopt a pet today!"

Somewhere near each box is a container of food for the respective animal. The people who had brought the animals inside are no longer anywhere to be found. Somewhere in the outlands, Arthas is watching.]

[ooc: this marks the start of Woodland Critter Christmas.]

Comments

[direhit]

Heh, yeah. Some of the people here seem pretty tough, but it wouldn't be good for anyone if we sent a lot of people to the infirmary. [There's no easy answer to get Hibiscus the training she needs and craves.

The excitement startles her and the kitten she was holding. The little cat ended up squirming enough for Mei to put her down. And...

Oh geez, really? More Hero stuff?]

I-I-I beat them! But I... I'm not really a Hero or anything fancy! I just beat the Unova's Champion, but that's all! Really!

[idealord]

[So modest! Definitely someone who could be a hero! Forget the other topic, he's solely interested in the latter.]

You're N's successor, right? With Reshiram and all. So you're a Hero in his eyes and I'm sure in a ton of others!

[... Aw, why not. He leans in closer.]

You know, back home, I'm the other Hero. Of Ideals. [This is why he's so excited he found the new hero. Eeks is just rolling its eyes in its home. Seriously Hilbert.] How is the old man anyway, huh? Still kicking? Alder must've been pretty eager to fight you, he likes new talent.

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[direhit]

[She's shaking her head wildly, hair going everywhere and entertaining the kitten, who playful tries to follow her hair with a paw.]

You gotta be mistaken! I never-- [Okay, deep breaths here, Mei. Why would Hilbert and N both say things like that?] ...I never beat him, or took his Reshiram. It's still with him, I think... [She's really not so sure anymore, but she knows that she's never fought or taken the dragon before.]

Really? You're the other hero...? [It's a little wistful, but how else can she react. So many people compared her to him along her journey.]

[direhit]

[And wait.

...Old man? Wait, she didn't fight any old men. Except Ghetsis, and he's just a CREEPY old man.]

I didn't fight Alder. It was Champion Iris! Alder just helped me along my journey.

[idealord]

[... So things are a little different. In any case, she's still a Hero (to be) in his eyes. And Champion Iris? Wow, that must've been tough. It was hard just beating her as a Gym Leader!]

Hm... Differences in what you're saying and what he told me aside, you obviously made a pretty good impression on N. That's good! [And everyone else.]

But seriously? Iris got to be Champion? Wow. I kind of want to have a rematch! Did you have fun battling her?

[direhit]

I... I guess. [It's still kind of hard to take in. She tends to forget all about that Hero and Reshiram stuff unless someone reminds her. She's still just a girl from Aspertia.] He's a pretty interesting guy! And... I still kind of owe him.

Yeah, I did. [She sighs, but with a smile.] It was a really tough battle. She's a really good trainer, but super strong. You knew her when she was... a gym leader, right?

[idealord]

He is pretty interesting. Saying something like, "and you and I will be friends!" is kind of unique after we met a second time. [In a bad way, even for Hilbert, but he figured N was just shy. And a little off given the whole dragons legend deal.

He smiles at the mention of Mei's opinions. Iris, Champion. One of the youngest he'd think. What a girl.]

I did! She was a little ball of energy, dragging me around Castelia and Opelucid. That really transferred well into her battling. There's something to be said about a girl like that who can work well with dragons, since they've always been tougher to train for me.

[direhit]

[Even Mei has to recognize that that's a bit awkward, and she laughs a little.] I think he's just not used to people if he said that. But he seemed to be pretty okay with me. [As okay as he was to trust a total stranger to save his partner.]

No kidding! I've never trained a dragon before, though I did evolve a Swablu, but those Deinos that I saw all the way always seemed like they'd be a handful. She definitely seemed like the kind of girl to keep up with them and whip them into shape.

[idealord]

I'm glad he is, N's a good person who deserves good friends. [The N back then, at the beginning of his journey, versus even the one who stood before him with Reshiram were two different people completely. Him growing further is kind of a joy to Hilbert's ears!]

I bet they listened to her every word, no matter how ridiculous it seemed! She puts a lot of faith in her Pokémon and gets it returned tenfold. It's the same with you and Hibiscus, right? I know Rotta and I are totally in sync when we battle.

Sorry for the super long delay!

[direhit]

Yeah! I don't doubt that at all. I mean, I've heard things from when he used to be with Team Plasma two years ago, but I don't think he's a bad guy. And he's still sort of learning about things, just like everybody! [Of course, she doesn't know him like how Hilbert knows him, but that's just the impression she got from him anyways.]

Probably! She's a strong enough girl to be able to get them to listen to her. And you're right! Hibi and I are pretty much like that. Sometimes we're sort of in sync even outside of battle too. [Although that could just be Mei's imagination at work too.]