i'm so sick of running as fast as i can

victoria rhodes 21 YEARS OLD. SWIMMER. CERULEAN CITY.

[ceruleanvic]

ingrrid·:

« Seeing the other make the gesture towards the oblivious boy, Ingrid couldn’t help but laugh. She was not the most competitive herself, but she does appreciate a friendly rivalry once in a while. “I’m not saying all trainers, but some just give themselves away too easily. I met this other trainer the other day and he was dressed down. to. the. T. like his Metapod.” At the question, Ingrid looked over her companion, “Hmm, no, not really,” she admitted. Deciding to return the question, she asked, “What about me? What type of trainer do you think I am?” »

Victoria hummed, slowly nodding. “Yeah, I see your point. Some trainers really lean into the types they prefer. Almost a little too much. I like to keep at least a little bit of a distinction between myself and my pokemon.” Victoria crossed her arms, studying the other girl carefully for a few long moments. “Do you like ghost-types?” she finally spoke. “It’s just a hunch, but you seem like a girl that’s into a more dark aesthetic. I could be wrong, though!”

[ceruleanvic]

vermilionfields·:

“Not to be that asshole but have you seen me?” Troy grinned, flexing slightly to prove his point. “It’s hard not to be. Besides, I was a gym trainer before coming here, we had to be kind of good otherwise everyone would have a shot at the Pokemon League.” Tiny but angry did seem kind of right since she looked kind of tense at his comment, “Well, then you need to work on your branding because I don’t know what people are coming for just by looking at you. Glad you’re not a Misty fangirl though. Sabrina? Clearly the coolest gym leader.”

“I don’t think you’re trying hard enough not to be that asshole, honestly,” she quipped. She reached out, poking his arm as he flexed teasingly, small grin on her lips. “I do see you and I guess you’re okay-looking, but otherwise, I’m not seeing what you think I should be seeing,” she commented breezily, shrugging her shoulders. “Were you? I’ll give you some credit then. That makes a little more sense than your whole ‘I’m just a cocky ass who’s full of myself’ angle.” Victoria shook her head, taking a moment to adjust her ponytail and tighten her scrunchie. “Do I? Maybe that’s a good thing for me, isn’t it? If people don’t know what I’m about, they won’t know to come for me.”

[tvbcatch]

Victoria is sitting by the water on Route 21, having let Corsola out of her pokeball, so she could splash around and enjoy herself. Do the two encounter a potential friend?

Corsola is splashing around when out of nowhere a claw shoots out and grabs one of it’s coral branches. Corsola manages to get free and a male Krabby swims after it to the water’s surface.

[ceruleanvic]

Victoria lifts an eyebrow as the krab pokemon appears. She watches it chase her Corsola for a few moments. “A Krabby, huh…” she muttered, chewing on her lower lip as she contemplated catching it. “Not exactly on my want list, but it is a water pokemon, I guess,” she sighed eventually, fishing a pokeball out of her bag. “Corsola, use tackle!” she yelled. Once the Krabby was sufficiently weakened, she finally threw the pokeball, watching it disappear inside of it. She then walked over, gingerly picking it up off the ground. “That’ll do.”

[ceruleanvic]

casteliatabby·:

“I don’t know, what am I supposed to be judging their potential water-alignment by? Swimmer’s bodies? Bullshit astrology characteristics?” Tabby snorted, looking out over the sea of people. “I’d say there’s probably at least a handful, there are more water Pokemon than any other kind so it stands to reason there’d be more trainers too.” She looked over at the girl and smiled. “I wouldn’t be too worried about them stepping on your brand, I’d just worry about making a name for yourself. What’s your name, kiddo?”

Victoria gave a small huff in reply. “Okay, you may have a point, but seeing if someone has a swimmer’s body might actually be a pretty good tell.” Her lips pursed a bit in displeasure, clearly not liking the nickname the other girl gave her. “Kiddo? Really?” she groaned. “I know I look super young and cute, but I am absolutely not a kid.” Giving a dramatic sigh and brushing a hand through her hair, she turned more towards her. “My name’s Victoria, though. You?” she lifted an eyebrow.

[ceruleanvic]

jubilifehayley·:

“Oh, yeah, I’ve nearly choked on worse before, it’s fine,” Hayley laughed, shaking the whole thing off as well as she could. She just hoped that whoever this was, they weren’t a friend of her sibling’s or something, Hayley didn’t need her hot-mess of a first impression getting back to them. “Uh.. isn’t everyone kind of competition in the end, though? If you’re serious about the training thing?” Hayley herself wasn’t, she just wanted to see the world and this seemed like as good of a chance to do so as any. “I mean, you won’t just be fighting other water trainers. Although I bet that would be funny to watch, almost like a Pokemon pool party. No wait, more like a water gun fight or something. Ugh, it makes me wish we had Nerf guns right now, that would make this party fun, don’t you think?”

VIctoria hummed her agreement. “I guess so, yeah. But I’m personally not super serious about it myself,” she shook her head, taking a sip of her drink once more. “Don’t get me wrong, do I hope to become a known water trainer with super badass and strong Pokemon? Sure! But I’m not trying to become the actual strongest trainer in the world or anything.” Victoria shot the girl a grin, quickly nodding. “Oh my God, that actually would be so fun. Someone needs to go get us all a bunch of Nerf guns so this party can be a little less lame.”

[ceruleanvic]

ingrrid·:

« Deciding to settle on one of the stools, Ingrid got comfortable quickly sipping through her drink slowly until the other spoke up. She chuckled and replied, “that one right there for sure,” nodding towards a guy talking to his Squirtle. “And um,” she began, looking around for another suspect, “maybe her,” she nodded once again, this time to a younger girl, “no other trainer type would wear that much blue.” »

Victoria looked at the guy in question, her eyes narrowing a bit. “Oh, for sure.” Once he noticed her looking and made eye contact, she made the ‘I’m watching you’ gesture. Her eyes swiveled to the next trainer in question and she let out a laugh at the other girl’s reasoning. “Wearing blue makes us water-type trainers that obvious?” she lifted a playful eyebrow. “What about me then? I’m not wearing blue today. Would you see past my disguise?”

[ceruleanvic]

trainerscarlett·:

“most people think i’d be really into flying types. uh, i’m from violet city. for context. you know, falkner and all that jazz. but i spent most of my time around sprout tower.” she was rambling a bit. probably explaining things that didn’t need to be explained. but.. she was just happy to have someone to talk to. “i.. don’t think i’d be able to handle a gyarados anyway. uh, if you don’t mind me asking.. what’s your pokemon?”

Victoria smiled, patting the other girl on the shoulder. “Well, hey, good for you for going against the grain! Unfortunately, I stuck completely to the type people would assume I’m into, but oh well,” she laughed. “Yeah, a Gyarados would be a challenge. It’d be awesome to have one, but I just don’t have the patience to train a useless Magikap as long as it would take to have one,” she shook her head. “Oh! I don’t mind at all. I have a Corsola.”

[ceruleanvic]

jubilifehayley·:

Hayley had been wandering around without anything to drink for too long, and she’d finally gotten a glass of wine and taken too big of a sip when someone started talking to her. Sputtering slightly and only just managing to swallow without any of it dribbling down her face, Hayley regained her composure and said, “Oh, uh… I hadn’t thought to ask people that kind of thing, so as far as I know it’s just you. You don’t have to worry about me stealing your thing, for what it’s worth; so far my only Pokemon is a Shinx. Although I did meet them when I was bathing in a lake and they stole all my clothes, does that count for anything on the water front?”

Victoria watched the girl, an eyebrow quirked in amusement. “You okay?” she laughed as Hayley struggled to regain her composure for a few moments. “Looks like I caught you at a bad time.” She glanced around, for the briefest of moments trying to see if she could tell who her competition would be at just a glance. “Well, that’s good to know. The less competition, the better,” she hummed. “Ha! No, unfortunately, I’m not sure that counts. Though it is a super cute story for how you two met.”

[ceruleanvic]

vermilionfields·:

“Oh, I hope a ton,” Troy said with a grin. “I’m an electric trainer so it’ll give me a lot of really easy won battles.” He peered out over the sea of people, wondering how many of them did have water types. And for that matter, how many electric trainers were out there - though he was sure none of them were as cool as him. “What exactly is your brand?” He looked her up and down. “Tiny but angry?” He guessed blindly. “That kid who had six million Misty posters in her room and is trying to adopt her personality? That bitch who tries to battle you when you’re just swimming along minding your own business?”

Victoria let out a small scoff, amused. “You’re clearly very confident in yourself. Good for you, I guess,” she quipped. She watched him for a moment as he fired off guesses, pursing her lips and taking another drink. “Tiny but angry isn’t too far off, but you’re pretty wrong on the rest,” she corrected.

[ceruleanvic]

trainerscarlett·:

“oh, it’s totally okay. honestly, i almost always forget to introduce myself.” victoria. she’d definitely remember victoria. friends weren’t easy to find. this was a good start though. “cerulean city. that’s the water gym town, right? no wonder you’re so about them. did you grow up around a lot of them?” scarlett fiddled with her sleeves, lifting one to chew at a loose string. “oh, frillish are really pretty. you don’t see those very often though, do you?”

Victoria smiled, quickly nodding her confirmation of the girl’s thoughts. “Yep, usually it doesn’t take much for people to understand why I’m so jazzed about water-types once I tell them where I’m from. I went to the aquarium and just watched them swim around all the time.” Victoria hummed, nodding her head. “They are! But you’re right, you don’t. I was just going off the types you’ve got experience with, but maybe a Goldeen or a Horsea would be a better start for you? Certainly not a Magikarp, I’ll tell you that much. Stay away from those unless you have the patience of a saint.”

[ceruleanvic]

palletcorreia·:

“I’ve met a couple tonight. None of them seemed hardcore into just water types though, so you might still be able to claim that crown.” Sofia could understand having type preferences but she wasn’t the kind of person to ever be able to commit to just one type. Especially not if she wanted a genuine shot at becoming champion. “Why water types?”

“Excellent! I’m confident I could claim that crown even if there were others like me, but I’m not going to complain about not having competition,” Victoria laughed, taking another drink. She looked back to the girl and shrugged her shoulders, loosely crossing her arms. “I’ve known water-types my whole life, really. I'm from Cerulean City and I shouldn’t have to tell you just how beautiful of an aquarium it has. I spent a lot of time in that aquarium growing up so, shocker, I’m a water-type trainer now. That’s pretty much it.”

[ceruleanvic]

trainerscarlett·:

“i’ll definitely be sure to remember that.” scarlett thought for a moment, trying to figure out quite where to take the conversation next. “uh, i’m scarlett by the way. hi. i’m from johto. – where would you recommend i start? with water types, anyway.”

“Oh! That’s right, I forgot that saying your name is sort of part of meeting someone.” She shook her head, shooting the girl a smile. “I’m Victoria. Or V or Vic, if you wanna shorten it. I’m from Kanto. Proud Cerulean City girl!” At Scarlett’s question, she paused to tap her chin in thought. “You said you grew up around Bellsprout and Gastly, right? How about you try catching a Lotad? That’s a grass-water type! Or maybe Frillish? That’s a ghost-water type.”

[ceruleanvic]

trainerscarlett·:

scarlett let out a giggle as victoria tapped their cups. this was all very, very new for the blonde. she really wasn’t used to being around people her own age. “i definitely like the idea of being friends.” she confirmed, her cheeks going just a little pink. “i spent most of my time growing up around bellsprout.. and some gastly. i don’t have too much experience even interacting with water types. i wouldn’t know where to start.”

The girl definitely was shy, that much was clear just off the bat. Victoria, on the other hand, was definitely not. But, hey, she wasn’t against taking the blonde under her wing a little bit. “Then you’re in luck! You happen to have just met a pretty big water-type enthusiast. And you’ll meet some more too, but just remember I’m your favorite.”

[ceruleanvic]

trainerscarlett·:

“you’ve got no problems with me.” starting a conversation with someone new had been.. easier than scarlett expected. she was dreading this night. but here she was, standing across from a stranger. sipping at her own cup (nothing but soda), she tapped at her cup, thinking for a moment. “though i’d love to add a water type to my team. houndour could use someone to play around with.. and someone to cool him off when he gets grouchy.”

Victoria made a show of giving a relieved sigh. “Oh, thank God. One less person for me to worry about,” she lifted her cup up, lightly tapping it against Scarlett’s. “Maybe we can see about being friends now that that’s out of the way, hm?” she grinned, her light and playful voice clearly teasing the other girl. “I mean, I’m obviously biased, but I’d never tell someone to not add a water-type to their team. I say go for it.”

[ceruleanvic]

cyllageoulette·:

“For my sake? I’m kind of hoping not a lot.” Luca grimaced, he’d been at this party for an hour and he’d already met two water trainers. It didn’t bode well for him. “I’m a Rock trainer so if they’re coming for your brand, they’re also coming for my weaknesses. I already met one other one though.”

Victoria lifted an eyebrow back at him, lips quirking up. “Oh, that so? Good to know. I’ll keep that in mind for future reference,” she hummed in reply, though her tone of voice clearly gave away that she was just joking. “At least you haven’t met too many other ones yet. Until I’m forced to think otherwise, I’m gonna believe my Corsola is way better than whatever they’ve got, anyway.”

[ceruleanvic]

“So, how many other water-type trainers do you think are here?” The question was asked from a pair of glossed lips, turned up into a small, teasing grin. “I mean, I think it’s important to suss out who the ones coming for my brand are gonna be here, you know?” she added, shooting the other a smile as she swished around the contents of her cup and took a sip.

[celebsincolor]

The advice I would give to aspiring young actors and actresses would be to work hard and not give up when you can be faced with a lot of rejection and frustration. One of my costars told me once when I was frustrated  that  “the right project will come, it always does. Even if you have to wait a while.” And I believe that. You just have to work hard and power through.

Lana Condor photographed for Valfre 2016