What are you syncing about? (Open)

[Marchbaby]

Marchbaby had recently heard of a prototype device that allowed trainers to syncronize with their Pokemon and upon hearing the latest version of the prototype device eas going to be tested at Professor Elm's lab he decided to head towards the lab to test the machine out for himself. Being the dragon taiminh apprentice he was he always wanted to know more about dragon types and having a chance to sync up with Blubber was something he could not easily pass up. As he reached the gate to the lab he could see a very long line of people wanting to try the device out for themselves and knew it was going to be a long wait. Even so he got in line so he could bond even more with his young dragon.

As he was standing in line several other trainers mentioned that they wanted to sync with their Pokemon with their friends so they could all hang out while bonding with their Pokemon more at the same time.

Marchbaby had not brought anyone with him to partner up with but hoped that while waiting a fellow trainer might want to join him. " A shame I did not think of that earlier, I would have brought a few friends along to sync with. It might even help improve my bond with Blubber even further." As the line slowly moved towards the entrance of the lab Marchbaby kept looking around for anyone who might be a good fit to join his new advanture and as he did Blubber grew more and more excited being around so many people.

A young Goomy like herself would normally fear being around so many people as some of them would try and capture her in the wild but as she was not a wild Goomy she did not have to fear that nor did she have to fear people picking fights with her at all times of the day as such a rare Pokemon as herself would have a very hard time avoiding most humans.

As more time passed Marchbaby was near the front of the line by now still hoping the perfect partner would should up. As fun as syncing with Blubber alone would be syncing Pokemon with others would be far more exciting and they might all make new discoveries about their Pokemon in a group in the process. He juat had to get lucky and find someone who also lacked a partner to sync with or else thia trip might not be as valuable as he hoped.




OOC: This escapade is inspired by the Syncro Machine in the S/V Blueberry Academy dlc. I do not have much of a set plan for where it will go but anyone is welcome to join in.

[David]

Bulby wondered if that thing that Benny had kept mentioning was worth interrupting their adventure. The Bulbasaur had thought the whole point of his trainer's journey was to prove that they could be winners and get a move on to the gyms. Obviously, Bulby already knew he was a winner, but he was fully prepared to show that to Benny. But this was them back at the lab, yet again! How many times were they going to be doing this?

But at least it gave Bulby a moment to size up the competition. And yes, all these people with their Pokemon were the competition in his book. His eyes drifted around, checking out each different creature, especially stopping on any Bulbasaur he saw. There was one only a few people in front of them. In seeing her, Bulby had puffed up a bit, trying to show how big and strong he was. And not to impress the other Bulbasaur, per say, but to intimidate it. To show her how much better he was. "That's right, you ain't anything," Bulby murmured with pride, before returning to his normal state. He smiled, flicked his head and brushed one of his vines across the side of his face. If he had long hair, it would have the perfect gesture for a hair flip.

"Do you think we should have brought a friend, too?" Benny said in a hushed tone with a hint of worry, breaking the Bulbasaur from its little sassy moment, "A lot of others are talking about doing it together." Bulby looked up with concern at his trainer's eyes, actually starting to feel for Benny a bit more when he got this way. "Maybe but probably not," Bulby muttered encouragingly, believing that Benny would probably be able to guess what he said at this point. They weren't even the only ones by themselves. The Goomy and its trainer right in front of them didn't seem to have anyone either. If a dragon type, which Bulby actually respected, didn't need anyone, neither did they. So he pointed to them with one of his vines. It was more to say that those two were alone so it was fine that they were, but it seemed Benny had a different idea from the gesture. Clearly Benny still had no idea when Bulby tried to communicate.

"Oh wow, a goomy," Benny chimed excitedly, "I've never seen one outside of a textbook before." He stepped off to the other side of Bulby, not wanting to be rude by talking at the other trainer's back while also not wanting to be rude by getting in front of them in line. "Sorry," Benny continued, a bit of blush spreading cross his cheeks for his cheeks from his awkwardness, brushing a nervous hand through his unruly hair, "didn't mean to just butt into your space but they're such a little cutie." At least he was putting on his best warm and welcoming smile, "I'm Benny. This whole thing is exciting, isn't it?" Bulby, on the other hand, looked across to the dragon Pokemon, nodding its head before saying, "Sorry about him. He can be a lot but he means well."

[Marchbaby]

Marchbaby was caught off guard by a voice mentioning a Goomy but had a feeling they must be talking about his as he had not seen another trainer around with one. By the time he knew for sure that someone was talking to him he had finally noticed Benny and his Bulbasaur. Never wanting to pass off a chance to befriend anyone who liked any dragon types Marchbaby introduced himself to Benny. " Why hello there, My name is Marchbaby and I see you have already noticed Blubber as well, given the rarity of her species here in Johto it is not too surprising to hear you have not seen a live one of her species yet."

As he paused for a moment to look at Benny's Bulbasaur the young Pokemon looked quite healthy and as Marchbaby did not have a partner yet for the Syncro Machine Test yet he figured it would not hurt to ask Benny if he would like to partner up. " It sure has been some time since I have last seen a Bulbasaur, my friend Kevin has one but I have not managed to capture one yet. Would you be interested in joining me for this prototype test they are running?." As he paused again Blubber started to slither over towards Bulby having not seen many grass types lately and being drawn to them due to her Sap Sipper ability.

" Careful Blubber, don't try and get any sap from that poor Bulbasaur, I know you are a huge fan of sap but you cannot just leach off of any Pokemon that produces it. You never know when the Pokemon might defend themselves not knowing your intentions." As he spoke to the young dragon she bounced up and down while giving up on her pursuit of Bulby's sap for the time being. Once her focus was off of Bulby Marchbaby looked back at Benny quite curious if Bulby was his starter or not.

" Is that Bulbasaur your starter by any chance? I picked a Squirtle myself but I have a ton of respect for all three of the starters offered though dragon and steel types are my true specialty. As a member of the Blackthorn clan and a Dragon Tamer Apprentice I had to work long and hard before I managed to get Blubber here but it was so worth the effort." Trying not to bore his new companion too much Marchbaby finally stopped talking and waited for Benny hoping that being a chatterbox would not scare him off.

[David]

This was just another reason that Benny knew it was best that he went out into the world instead of being cooped up in Cherrygrove his whole life. Sure, working at the Cherrygrove Pokemart had many travelers that passed through. Yet, most of the time they were kind of the same type of person. Eager new trainers looking to make their way out on their Johto journey for the first time, excited or nervous or all these feelings in one. But actually be out in the world, he got to meet someone with such a unique name with an equally unique Pokemon. "Nice to meet you both," he murmured, prepared to ask about Marchbaby's name origin, but was instead waited patiently for his turn. Usually it was Benny who dominated the conversation but he was too enraptured by the other trainer to do more than listen for what new thing he'd learn next.

Benny blinked a couple of the times at the mention of Marchbaby not seeing a Bulbasaur in a long time. He was already so interested in the other boy that he had completely forgotten about Bulby. Following Marchbaby's eyes, Benny looked down to his partner Pokemon and gave a stuttering laugh. "Oh y-yes, this is Bulby..." he introduced, opening his mouth to ask about his friend Kevin's experience with a Bulbasaur, when suddenly he was being asked if he wanted to run the prototype with Marchbaby. His eyes opened wide, shocked that someone he already thought was so cool would be asking him to join up. "M-Me?" he stammered, before nodding his head enthusiastically, almost missing the whole situation with their Pokémon pair. Instead, he only kept blinking slowly, looking down at the round Dragon Pokemon as it bounced around.

Oh... OH! The Goomy was trying to eat essential parts of Bulbasaur! Bulby certainly wasn't missing any of this. The minute the Blubber started coming closer to him with a hungry look, Bulby started to back up. "Uh... Ok let's keep it cordial yeah. A few feet of... of distance would be great," the Bulbasaur whined, pushing himself against his trainer. This woke Benny up from his stupor and he frowned a bit in his worry. But thankfully Marchbaby was on top of it and all was well it seemed. Benny gave a nervous chuckle, and added on, "Yeah and that's very true with Bulby here. He can be... a bit dramatic at times when he feels uncomfortable. Sassy that one." The last part was murmured, though the words were full of love. He was getting used to his partner Pokémon's particular personality.

But then they were back to Marchbaby saying the most fascinating things, and once more Benny found himself enthralled by the other trainer. He nodded his head at the question of Bulby being his starter, but then had images of a clan of dragon riding trainers, steel Pokemon at their side, heading off into battle. "Wow!" Benny remarked breathlessly, "That really is amazing! I haven't been outside of Cherrygrove really ever... except like Goldenrod sometimes to see my sisters, but I've heard of Blackthorn." It was probably stuff that wasn't really true or blown out of proportion, but to meet someone literally from there made it seem more real. "Did you have to do anything dangerous?" he asked, eyes sparkling with excitement and cheeks turning red, not noticing that the line had begun to move again.

[Marchbaby]

After blabbering on for what felt like forever the previous time around Marchbaby tried to not be as chatty this time around. He did recall how mean Clair's Gyarados could be when it got hungry however and that was the one dangerous thing he could think of that he had done before. " I totally get that, Atropos my Banette is the same way, she is both sassy and pure evil combined. As for dangerous things I used to feed Clair's Gyarados, that thing could go on a rampage when it got hungry, other than that I mostly avoided doing anything super dangerous though I guess just living in a town full of dragon type Pokemon always has some risk." He then looked down at Blubber who seemed to be totally lost in the moment.

As he paused for just a moment the line started to inch closer to the machine and Marchbaby grew more and more eager to start the experiment. " It looks like it is almost our turn to use the machine, I am very eager to see what it is like to be a dragon type outside of dreams, nightmares, or curses. This experiment should be a blast for all of us." Just as he finished speaking the line seemed to move faster than it had been and within a few minutes they were already the next in line. Marchbaby picked up Blubber so that she did not try and wander off at the last second before the experiment could begin.

As he held his young dragon her goo stuck to his hands making it hard to put them on any surface without sticking to them. He figured this would make it hard to touch the machine without breaking it. " I sure hope one of the assistants can help once it is our turn. I doubt my goo covered hands could touch any electronics without breaking them." Despite the worries he still looked forward to starting the experiment in just a short amount of time.

[David]

Benny chuckled softly at Marchbaby's description of the sassy and pure evil Banette, not thinking how that might not actually be a joke. The idea of having an evil pokémon seemed so out of reach for Benny because he was only used to the sweetest kinds. But then Marchbaby was reminding him that there were such things as gyardos out in the world and maybe pure evil wasn't too farfetched. "Wow, that's intense," he replied in an awed tone, blinking his blue eyes that had widened in a bit of fear. For some reason, his brain was conjuring the image of being out on a small boat trying to feed a dangerous sea creature as its giant maw started to rise toward him.

No! He shook his head a little to get rid of that idea, and instead finally focused on the fact the line was moving forward. "Yes! I'm super excited to do this. I'm plenty sure that this has got to be the coolest thing. I mean why else would so many people be wanting to do it?" Benny chimed in reply, grinning now from ear to ear. He watched as Marchbaby lifted up the cute little goomy and decided it was best to follow suit with his bulbasaur feeling just as eager. Benny squatted over, unfortunately using his back to lift instead of his legs, and struggled for a moment to lift the fifteen pound starter of his. Benny was not the most athletic person and certainly didn't lift much in his life time outside a textbook. He grunted a bit, tried to adjust his stance, and finally got Bulby up into his arms. "Yes, that's right. I should be carried like this all the time," Bulby purred happily, pushing his bulb a bit more into Benny. Of course, that got the powders and pollens flowing right under Benny's nose. Benny let out a soft sneeze, turning his face awkwardly into his shoulder since his arms were full, before repeating it again with a second sneeze.

He did his best to look at Marchbaby through glasses that had moved down to the tip of his nose from his sneeze. He did try to push them up using Bulby's bulb but he could feel his nose tickle again from the pollen and Bulby kept squirming each time he tried. Giving up on that, he pursed his lips in thought about Marchbaby's own struggles with his pokémon about the sticky goop that goomy produced. "Hmmm," he hummed a bit, before nodding his head at an idea, "I'm sure they would help, but, if not, I can try to get mine all set up super quick and then get you set up." Obviously, Benny would have to probably take a second to figure out how all needed to be set first before he could help but that hopefully wouldn't be too hard. "I'm pretty good with electronics, too, so I should be able to figure it out..." he tried to encourage, though he paused for a moment, and quickly added, "... though yeah let's ask the assistants first. I don't want to find out what happens if you set it up wrong."

[Marchbaby]

Though Marchbaby was not entirely sure from a chuckle alone he could not help but get the sense that the very idea of an evil Pokemon was something Benny was not familiar with, in fairness most people would have serious doubts until they met Atropos as few had met such a cruel Pokwmon before yet alone a heartless Banette with a love of distruction. Brmmy's response to him mentioning the Gyarados he used to feed was far more anticipated however as very few trainers would dare to feed a hungry one unless they had a death wish. Though he would have gladly told more tales the line was moving quite fast and he knew other tales would have to wait for the time being.

On the other hand he was quite thankful that Benny offered to help in the event the assistants could not help him set up the machine as with his hands covered in goo the last thing he needed to do was to get shocked by the machine or put Blubber in danger by not taking the proper precautions. He had not even been paying attention to Benny sneezing twice as his mind was totally on avoiding any problems from Blubber's goo getting anywhere it did not belong.

" Electroics are not my strong suit so I am so happy to have you as a backup just in case. We have a few modern pieces of tech in Blackthorn but far less than the bigger cities. I guess that is one sacrifice we have to make to make sure no dragons get harmed by playing with something that could hurt them." Just as he finished speaking he could see one of the assistants walking down the line probably explaining a bit more of the process as people waited in line and Marchbaby eagerly awaited speaking to the assistant as soon as she reached them so that he could hopefully avoid any issues with his goo covered hands.



OOC: So sorry it took me so long to reply, these past two weeks have been a nightmare.