pokedrifting | I'm kind of supposed to be on hiatus, but birthday~

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I'm kind of supposed to be on hiatus, but birthday~

[ Hey island. Island. Guess what's happening in that little park not too far from the town plaza?

A party.

Well, it's not that big of a party, but it's still a party! With balloons and cake and free food. Which is perfectly stealable, because the two guys who are supposed to be in charge of this whole thing are too busy being dorks with each other. There's Pokemon food laid out, too - there's berries and poffins and pokeblocks (which are most likely to be eaten by either Morty's ghosts or Ho-Oh's Pidgeys if no one else touches them). Feel free to come up and choose something to snack on!

... Except as some of you may know, and some may not, the drifting island has a bit more up its sleeve than just floating - some of you might remember how having free food's never really been a good idea (if you came here from the Awesome Island), and this stays true on this island, too. Anything your character eats just might have an effect on them - your character is a mature, responsible adult? How about starting to want to act like a bratty teenager? Your character is a bratty teenager? They might surprise those around them by being way more mature and reasonable than usual (even if their mind rebels against it). Or even more bratty and jerkface-y. Some might feel like wise old men and try to give others life advice, some might see themselves as kids once again, some might imagine they're tough Pokemon professors and feel like lecturing others on whether it is or isn't time for this or that. ~~It's all up to their mun.~~

So there you have it! You can go have a bite of food for yourself, feed your Pokemon, or just watch from the distance, or maybe try to bother the two boys who are hanging around here (who you might know as the Resident Teenage Ghosts Guy and Resident Teenage Kind-Of-~~Bird~~God Guy).

OOC: This is a joint mingle post between Morty (

even_less_fashion_sense ) and Ho-Oh (

bellfire_bird ). Please specify if you're tagging either of them, or both. Else feel free to mingle! ★ ]

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[So Ho-oh had woken up and made breakfast and ate breakfast and washed up and fed "his" Pidgeys and gotten dressed and declared himself ready for the day. He then happened to glance at his calendar (a cheap but Modern and Cool thing) and notice that the date was one he had heard somewhere before.

......

And then he remembered where he'd heard it.

Two hours later he's at Morty's door, hoping that he's not so early as to be waking his friend up. That would be counter-productive...]

[ Don't worry, Ho-Oh, your friend's an early bird! Then again he goes to sleep early, too.

Anyway, the first thing that greets you when the door opens is... Morty's Misdreavus. Do you like ghosts in your face, Ho-Oh? Don't worry though, his trainer is just going to wave the nosy 'mon away (it's not your birthday after all, Misdreavus) and give you a half-awkward half-happy smile. Together with his hand ready for a handshake. ]

Morning!

[~~I ain't afraid a' no ghosts~~ Misdreavus gets a brief little headpat as she floats aside, before Ho-oh grabs Morty's hand for an earnest half-shake.]

Good morning! Are you ready to leave the house? - because I've got something to show you.

[ ~~Good because ghosts are cool (also uh Misdreavus is a guy I should've mentioned that before I guess OTL Morty is so bad at girls he doesn't even have girl Pokemon)~~

And Morty himself's going to look a bit confuzzled at all that energy and eagerness. ]

W-what, already? I mean... where are we going?

You'll see. Just get ready, okay?

[I

HAVE NEVER CELEBRATED SOMEONE'S BIRTHDAY BEFORE

THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME]

[ ... Your excite is contagious ]

Okay! Um, just wait here a bit.

[ And he disappears into the house again for about five minutes, and when he's back he's... well, not really different from before. Except his hair looks a bit more combed, and he looks rather excited (still wearing his horrible baggy clothes though; what is dressing for occasion). But uh, he's totally ready! ]

Well, guess I'm ready. So where are we going?

I said you'll see.

[FOLLOW ME WE'RE GOING ON AN ADVENTURE

TO...that looks like a bakery, huh]

Fine, fine~

[ Oh, he can do that following thing. He's been doing it for the most of his life, after all.

Well I mean. ]

... A bakery?

[When they go in, the woman behind the counter looks up and smiles with a nod when she sees Ho-oh. He runs up and exchanges a few words with her, returning with a fairly large box.]

Okay, that was the only stop. We're going to the park. Don't worry, you'll see.

[he doesn't know how to birthdays at all]

[ Neither does he, sadly.

But he still grins at the sight of the box! ]

Okay!

[ Let's go let's go he wants to see- but wait where are his manners ]

Um, is it not too heavy? I can help you if you want?

[[ooc: also this is an Ethan from a frat boy AU so, uh, sorry in advance]]

[DID SOMEONE SAY PARTY? ETHAN LOVES PARTIES.

Ethan also hasn't eaten yet today, so he's just going to...head straight over to the food. Food! But like a good pokemon caretaker, he makes sure his marill and furret get fed first.

While he's feeding his pokemon, he's looking around, a huge grin on his face. It's amazing how many people he knows here! It looks like they dragged the whole campus along. Or, at least, he thinks so. Some of these people look pretty different. He reaches out, and tugs on someone's sleeve.]

Hey, man, what did you do to your hair? It looks awesome.

[Maybe this place won't be so bad, after all.]

[[ OOC: ... don't be sorry THAT AU IS BEAUTIFUL do you mind if I comment on that post I want to have feels about that AU god I'm laughing so hard it's PERFECT ]]

[ ... Also the guy you're tugging at might look younger than he should. Unless your Morty is also fourteen.

And uh. He turns to you with a slightly surprised and puzzled expression. Guess who's not used to random compliments? (Or, well. Things he perceives as random compliments.) ]

... Huh? It's always like that--

[ ... Waaaaait a second, you look familiar. ]

... Gold?

[[ooc: ahahahah you can do whatever you want! I'm glad you enjoy the crackishness of it as much as I do XD]]

[Ethan laughs.]

Come on, I'm Ethan! Are we giving out code names now?

[Belatedly, he takes in Morty's look of confusion and eventually realizes that certain things are not adding up. He frowns, pointing at Morty's forehead.]

Hey, wait. Morty? You're...short.

[[ ok I commented god I can't even hold all these ridiculous feels for this AU YOU MADE MY MORNING which is a really good thing I have an exam in a couple of hours and was getting stressed for it ]]

[ ... He gives you a not-so-amused look and points at your own forehead. ]

Am not, you're just taller.

[ ... And by the way, let's clear this up before any stupid accidents involving knowing other incarnations of each other happen. ]

And, well... I'm probably not the Morty you know. And you're not the... you I know. Even your names are different.

[ What do you mean, that won't make much sense to someone who doesn't know how this island and all that different universes thing works? ]

[[ooc- this is re: the food being weird or something in the initial post in case you were wondering :(]]

[Ethan grins at Morty's unamused expression.] Yeah, maybe!

[When Morty keeps talking, though, Ethan's expression changes to mild annoyance.]

Man, again? I even ran into myself in the woods a few weeks ago. That was weird. This place is pretty strange, huh?

[Speaking of strange—Ethan looks down, his attention suddenly caught by an anxious squeak. His furret is pushing his marill away from the food he's offered them.]

Hey! Pecha, what's up?

[She gives him an upset look, and starts to try and bury it. Ethan kneels down next to her and picks the food up.]

Huh. It doesn't look weird to me. [He looks up at Morty, offering him the food in question.] Do you see anything? She's not usually a picky eater.

[ When you mention that you've ran into yourself a few weeks ago, he nods and makes a "I know that feel, bro" face. ]

I've ran into doubles of people I know, too. Still have to meet another me, though. That could be fun.

[ Slight grin. ]

Though gotta admit, it is pretty weird here. And apparently it'll only get worse with ti--

[ He gets distracted by your Pokemon, too, and watches them confusedly for a while - he is preeeetty sure there's nothing wrong with the food. He takes the food out of your hands, and inspects it closely ]

Dunno, I don't see anything. It should be fine, I brought it here myself... I even let my Gastly and Misdreavus eat some, though they only had a little.

[ He's sounding genuinely confused there. ]

I thought the other Ethan was pretty cool! He had an ampharos.

[He frowns when Morty doesn't see anything wrong.]

Huh. The Morty I know likes ghosts, too. —Wait, this is your party?

[Pecha has wandering off down the table, standing up and sniffing hesitantly at this and that dish. Maybe she'll find something she likes, eventually. Marbles is staring steadfastly at Morty, sort of in the way that two-year-olds will stare at strangers.]

Oh-- Guess I haven't met him, then. The guy I know has a...

[ Unsure handwave. ]

Well, a bunch of Pokemon.

[--and then he's quickly distracted by your comment ]

Ah, yeah! It's kinda my birthday today.

[ Grinning widely! Birthday is the best day, and he even gets to meet some new people on this one! What's not awesome about that.

But guess what's also awesome? Other him. ]

... By the way, what's your Morty like?

[ ... Sorry, Marbles, looks like you'll have to do more than just staring, if you want to get his attention. Usually he'd be all over new Pokemon (well, not really new, he's seen Furrets and Marills before, but only from a distance), but right now he's a bit too excited about meeting someone who knows another him. ]

Oh man, it's your birthday?! Happy birthday! How old are you?

Morty? He's a graduate student. He hangs out at the frat house all the time, because he's dating Falkner—and Eusine—well... [Ethan scratches his head; nobody's really sure what's going on witih those three. In the wise words of pokéFacebook:] It's...complicated.

Sometimes Green kicks them out because they get too loud.

[After a good long stare, Marbles decides to snuffle around for food instead.]

Thanks! I'm fourteen now. You?

[ ... And his happy grin is qiuckly replaced by what's possibly the most lost and puzzled look you've ever seen someone have once you mention your Morty's life. ]

... He's... what?..

[ Hey Marbles hey.

You might feel like some other Pokemon is following you, but if you turn around, there's no one and nothing to see. Mysterious, isn't it? ]

[[ooc: also, studying is more important than almost anything else on earth! GOOD LUCK!!]]

Fourteen? Congra—

[What.]

...So you are shorter! [Then he sees the look on Morty's face.] ...What?

[Marbles freezes for a moment, feeling a chill crawl down his spine, and then WHIRLS AROUND. But there's nothing behind him...? He cocks his head to the side, confused.]

Rill?

[He steps forward a little bit, curious. The feeling isn't going away!]

[[ OOC: Thanks! I think I did pretty well, so I am free now 8D ]]

[ He snaps out of his confusion a bit at that shorter comment ]

W-Well, I guess I am... But that's not the point here! What- What did you just say about your me? I thought Eusine was supposed to be my best friend, not--

[ ... His voice trails off at this part, and he's visibly stuck between being confused and embarrassed. ]

[ You bet it isn't, Marbles. You might feel that presence again - and it might just keep getting closer. But there's still nothing around! Except maybe a little shadow, but it could be from anything, right? ]

[Ethan shakes his head.] Eusine is your best friend! Well, one of them. You're really good friends with Falkner, too.

...Really, really good friends.

[He frowns at you, not really...knowing what to say anymore.] Um. Oh! I didn't bring a present. But I can...show you a cool trick? [He grins.] This one drives you crazy, actually.

[Marbles notices the shadow after another few moments of looking about. Intrigued, he waddles over to it, and tries to poke at it. What is it? Can he eat it?]

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I'm kind of supposed to be on hiatus, but birthday~

The Thread Of Eventful Mornings And Such

also the Thread of Two Teenage Dorks Being Dorks

always

/broships

is it possible not to

I wouldn't know man I'm biased anyway

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Going for Morty but I'd love to play with anybody!

YOU HAVE SAVED ME FROM BEING TAGLESS bless you

...oh god Ethan is going to corrupt some minors now evidently

BE MY GUEST you have no idea how much I enjoy putting Morty in awk situations he's not ~ready for~

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whoops I keep getting distracted by aim conversations

aim is indeed pretty rad

sorry, I was a bit busy with studying OTL also 1/2

2/2

Do you mind if I respond to both tags at once, or should I split things from now on?

I don't mind at all! I only split because I have a separate account for his team |D

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