James glanced away from the ocean with a small smile. He shakes his head slowly and takes another sip.
“Luckily for my heart it isn’t.” He laughs softly. “First time he did this was right after he evolved and we were visiting family here six or seven years ago. I was too slow on the draw and he got too confident and I ended up with a terrifying night in the local Centre.”
He’d never felt so scared and helpless in his entire life. That was probably part of why Rugal played it safe now, too. He paused briefly and stuck two fingers into his mouth and gave a loud, sharp whistle. The Charizard, who was about to dive again, instantly broke off and banked, twisting and levelling out to fly towards the duo.
“Trust me, this is all him. It’s either he gets tired or I freeze, and he won’t get tired.” James held his hands up playfully with a playful smile before sticking one out. “James Daniels. Pleasure t’meet you. Your accent– you’re from Kalos, right?”
There was a short, sharp gust of wind as Rugal came to a stop, wings flapping briefly before he dropped the last few feet to land just behind James with a hefty thud. He was well-built insofar as Charizard went; unique for the deeper red face-mask and stripes that ran down his body. He peered at Opal for a moment over James’ shoulder - but just for a moment, seemingly gauging her to be no danger.
“- And this is Rugal.” James reached up to ran his off-hand hand down the side of his snout. Rugal responded with a sharp happy exhale of hot hair and a low pleased rumble, bumping his snout against James’ head. At least the flame on the tip of his tail meant they wouldn’t be getting cold anytime soon anymore!
“ Oh, my— that sounds terrifying... ” she almost utters the words I can only imagine how afraid you must have been, but catches the thought. no, she’s had her fair share of close calls with pokémon, after all, between the daycare and her own nursing experience. still, it’s the kind of night she’d scarcely forget, “ you’d think such an accident would scare the big guy out of trying it again, but clearly that’s not the case.” the breeder jokes a little, officially letting her worry simmer down as the trainer— James, he introduces— calls the heart-stopper over.
Jean shifts on his paws as the Charizard approaches, wincing and shaking his fur at the gust of wind which hits them, before straightening his posture to try and look as imposing as an Arcanine might. Of course, all his usual worry is for naught, as Opal quickly smiles and accepts the outstretched hand, chuckling a bit at the pageantry. “ It’s a pleasure, James. Opal Marilu Delormé— in case you needed a conclusive answer to the ‘Kalosian’ question. ” she almost never introduces herself with both given names, but it does add to the humor in this case.
“ just Opal works best. oh! and— my big lovely boy here,” she pauses to gesture at her arcanine, who slightly bobs his head in response, “ is Jean. when he’s feeling really daring, he’ll walk down by the water line and let the little waves wash under his paws; so I guess we’ve both got fiery dare-devils on our hands. ”
In truth, the dog was known to wade out a few inches deep, but a dip in the drink was much less life-threatening to an Arcanine than it would be to any along the Charmander line; and he didn’t take many chances. Not like Rugal— what a name! it sounded very strong, imposing. she thought it was a good fit— who the breeder eyes with a look of appraisal and a thoughtful hum, head canting to one side.
“ He’s terribly handsome, isn’t he? I’ve only met a couple Charizard with distinct scale patterns in my time, and none as prominent as his. What beautiful striations... bet I’d like to show off a little, too, if I were so lucky. ”
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