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Summer fun!

Logan & Tova - Water Park

In which Logan and Tova wear swimsuits and go down a water slide. Rated G, kids!

“I still don’t see what’s so great about a place like this…” Logan mumbled as he and the pint-sized snowflake climbed step after neon-painted step to the top of the water slide. Theme parks had never been Logan’s thing- too many people around in one place for his liking. But Tova had begged and pleaded to go with him, and who was he to say no? After all, the blind leader lived in a town completely covered in snow. It was pretty rare that she got to see water or real sunshine. Er, “see” being more metaphorical than anything. Tova was skipping ahead, practically tripping over herself with excitement. The broad Teddiursa inner tube hanging around her waist bobbed up and down as her knees bumped it. She was still wet from head to toe from the last ride, and her frilly white one-piece flounced around with every step.

“But it’s the WATER SLIDE!” she cheered, glancing at him but not quite meeting his gaze, “I’ve wanted to go on one since I was a little kid! It’s going to be so much fun!”

Logan rolled his eyes and sighed slightly. Yeah, there was no helping it. The kid wanted to slide, and so slide they would. She was a little too small to go down alone, anyway, so the beefy fairy prince would serve as an appropriate anchor. Good thing his pomade was waterproof.

“I know, I know, just stop jumpin’ around. Yer gonna fall.” Despite his resistance, the prince was actually having a lot of fun. He had expected to be fussing over Tova all day, but she was a surprisingly good swimmer and ended up helping him tread water more often than the alternative. Besides, having her around made him more calm, especially with so many snotty kids around to poke fun at them. Logan was constantly getting fired up, while Tova remained blissfully ignorant of it. As they reached the top of the slide, the scrawny attendant guided them into position; Logan was seated in the inner tube’s base, while Tova slipped in right in front of him, nestled in the front crescent between his legs. It didn’t bother him so much, since he was used to having her around, and Tova didn’t seem to notice the implied awkwardness any more. Of all times to wear a speedo….

“I’m soooo excited!” she said with a grin, kicking her legs slightly, “I bet we’ll go really fast!”

Logan played at a smile, but before he could respond, the attendant shouted the all-clear and pushed the tube down the slide. Off like a rocket, the pair screamed into the darkness of the tunnel; Logan out of terror, Tova out of delight. They surged through multi-colored tubes and tunnels, their rube swirling along the sides and barreling on like a freight train. Tova laughed, her arms thrown up in the air, and the skittish Logan had clutched onto her for dear life, his eyes shut tight.

Finally, the tube flew out of the tunnel and propelled the pair into the air before splashing down into a huge pool. Logan flung himself above the surface half out of panic and half from the adrenaline, and Tova surfaced not a second later, still laughing.

“That-was-AMAZING!” she cheered, wading away from him, “Logan, wasn’t that amazing!? Oh my gosh! Let’s do it again! Please?”

At once, the adrenaline caught up to him and passed, making his shoulders sink. Was he too old for this ? The twenty-one-year-old sighed and waded over to her, taking her by the hand gently. “Yeah….th-that was….let’s just get ice cream for now, ok?”

Tova gave an understanding smile and nodded. After all, the day had only begun.  

[scaryfairycastle]

The other gym leaders are punks, but they can be cool sometimes....

(Woops Lillian you're not a gym leader. Oh well > w > Sorry I'm not an artist, everyone is just so cute I couldn't help myself. I'll have to do everyone else soon)

[yourlastchallenge]

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X&Y - Coldplay

You and me are floating on a tidal waveTogetherYou and me are drifting into outer spaceAnd singing

"It can be any place you want it to be…"

"Any place?"

Out of all the things the two decided to do, Jethro decided he wanted to get himself as immersed into Tova and how she deals with ‘vision’, using other sensory techniques. Why he couldn’t simply go into her Gym and have a battle was beyond him at this point.  No, instead he had taken her to an indoor pool at the local Recreational Centre and the two were simply lying there…doing nothing but floating. 

"Don’t think of this as a pool," he encouraged. "Think of it as anything else but!"

Tova had to turn her head slightly towards his direction. “Excuse me?”

"You know…think of it like the black space outside of earth or the big blue ocean! It’s  a place where you just float…and you can lie there and think in pure weightlessness." Jethro explained, though he resisted any hand gestures to avoid himself from taking in water. He then moved out his arms from his stomach and extended them a ways away. 

Silence overcame the two, and although there was much he wanted to say— things he wanted to describe and notions he wanted to reveal to her, there was so little that he could say without making him feel as though he shouldn’t even have vocal chords to speak with. There was simply something about being truthful, and being genuine that he wasn’t comfortable with. Being at an arm’s distance in the mind made him feel safe…and this was dangerous. In all his time within the Acirema Region, he’d not made a single human friend.

At least, not until now.

Tova was the closest thing to a ‘best friend’ he had, and even then, he ambled so awkwardly from topic to topic. He would love to get to know her mind intimately…to understand the world from her perspective, and if he was able to bridge their two visions of life, it’d mean so much to him.

He fidgeted momentarily, and when his hand brushed her side, he knew he’d caught her attention. “Oh, hey…” It wasn’t his intent, but he decided to start speaking anyways. “Do you know what space looks like? or stars?”"I’ve always thought they…they were like dots in blackness."

"You know what blackness is?"

"No, but I’ve heard it’s supposed to be what I see."

Jethro turned his head her way and furrowed his brows. Without his shades, she looked rather bright, he noticed. They were a darkened tint on his eyes, though not exactly the blackness that she said she experiences. “But you can’t see, right?”

"Right." Tova was careful when she rose one arm from the water and put it over one of her eyes. "You sort of have to think of it like…put your hand over your eye, or close one." She’d wait a moment until she heard the water moving beside her, knowing Jethro would try to mimic her. 

"So you see how you can still see with one eye?"

"Yeah."

"What do you see in the other?"

"Nothing—." The man had to pause, and it was sort of like an epiphany to him. Of course, as quickly as it came, a slew of questions came from it, the most prominent of which only confused him further, unraveling her explanation. "When I close both eyes though, why do I see blackness?"

"You’re seeing the same thing as before. Nothing. The only reason you see black is because you know what black is. I just can’t see, so I don’t see anything."

Jethro was quickly becoming frustrated, and pressed his hands against his forehead, feeling his migraines beginning to take fold once more. At to think that the was probably the only person to not trigger them yet. “This is all too confusing to me. I mean, how can you see nothing when nothing is black? Is black just a colour or a lack of sight?” Jethro who only put more pressure on his head by holding it down soon found his nose sucking in pool water, which make him flail upwards with his head above water, sputtering for a moment.

…

"You know," Tova pulled herself from her back and turned to face the general direction in which Jethro had been flailing worse than Magikarp. "Most people try to empathise with someone by talking to them…attempting to put yourself in their shoes. You might just be trying to steal my shoes by this point." 

"What do you mean? I’m just trying to—"

She put up her hands. “Yes, yes, I understand what you’re trying to do, and I really appreciate the efforts, but I don’t really think it’s necessary. You’ll just never understand how I feel the same way I wont know what colour blue is and why you like it so much. You can’t help this. It can’t be fixed. “

The Champion couldn’t help but hang his head slightly, though it wasn’t exactly seen by anyone, the listless movements of the water only giving way soft sounds of his movements. She’d put her hand on his shoulder, almost propping herself to float upright in addition to attempting to console him.

"You know, it’s fine, alright?"

"I know, thank you."

They smiled.

[yourlastchallenge]

Join me

"Hey, uh…can you come a little closer? It’s important."

Battles and this woman’s genius aside, Tova was quite a great person too. It was quite a while since he met someone that wasn’t a complete nut job (to him). Then again, becoming a hermit in the Polaris Tower did the man no favours.  He decided that he’d actually pay her a visit out in her town, despite everything in his body telling him that it would be a bad idea. That something would go wrong, and he’d end up regretting it. Impressions were so important, and him messing up was the last thing he wanted to do! He was lucky she liked what he was like without his facade, but it couldn’t continue on as a constant!

"Damn my doubts!" Jethro declared proudly. Like hell he would allow for simple insecurities about how his image was to others! He puffed out his chest, and made a stride down from the first storey, pulling out of the tower on the back of his trusted Dragonite.

Actually getting there was the easy part. He simply rode in, asked for directions and made his way into the Gym, which seemed to be buried in snow…just like everything else. In fact, the man came in with his coat closed for once, and his chest shivering, which was actually his poor Whimsicott attempting to keep itself warm close to the man’s body. Once the doors closed though, the room was found to be very warm, and a new problem surfaced in it’s place: Where in the world is everything?! Tova wasn’t kidding when she mentioned plunging the challengers in darkness. Poor Jethro literally bumped into everything almost immediately, and it was not until the lights suddenly flickered on that he realised that he was right up against the statue in the beginning of the Gym.

"Who’s there?" Tova asked, her Arcanine pulling itself down from the light switch. Though Jethro waved at her, it seemed nearly too stupid of an action to take. It was when he finally spoke up that she realised why her Arcanine had not barked out that it was an intruder. After all, anyone who was anyone knew that the gym was closed if the amount of snow outside reached a foot. 

"Hey, uh, Tova."

"Jethro?" She had to come closer, and Arcanine would lead her up to the man. "What are you doing here?"

"Look, I just came to ask you a question. I thought it was important, so I came over." Well, it wasn’t so much a question as it was a request, or even an offer.

"Well, sure. I don’t mind!" She stared at the direction of the sound, which of course, lead straight ahead, rather than a foot above straight ahead. He would naturally excuse it and clear his throat, only too deepen his voice. "Well, I—…" 

"Hey, is everything alright? You doing like you have a chest cold." She murmured with a tinge of concern.

"Oh, no." Oh no was right. Clearly he couldn’t try at all to seem at a level above her! He’d already established enough that his facade would not be able to rescue him! Coughing a little an clearing his throat was his only escape. "I uhm, ahem…the flight just chilled my lungs is all."

"I can tell you aren’t used to it."

"Oh yes, yes, entirely not used to it. None at all." Partial lies, though his Whimsicott couldn’t say the same. The poor thing whimpered in his chest, which caught all three of their attentions. Pulling it out, it was entirely chilled, with much of it’s cotton riddled with frost.

"What’s wrong?"

"Whimsicott is in danger…the cold isn’t it’s best climate and I didn’t bring her ball with me. She’s freezing."

"Oh no…" She reached out, and managed to touch some of the frozen cotton, only to reel her hand in. 

"We should take it to the fireplace to warm up for now…not too close, of course…"

"Of course."

…..

It took about an hour, but it was not long after warming her up, that she was able to stand up and waddle around on her own, though she stayed rather close to the fire.

"Thank you for your help," Jethro brushed his hand on her shoulder momentarily, something though surprising to both of them, only showed how much it meant to him.

She could only smile in return. “Of course, Jethro. It’s really no trouble at all. I’m just glad she’s fine.”

A small smile came from him too, though it shied itself away, as thoughts reentered his mind. “Hey uh, do you mind if we meet a particular location. Maybe I could buy lunch. I mean— if you dont mind. I really appreciate what you’ve done.”

"Oh, well…of course…but…"

"But…"

"It’d have to be a day where  everything isn’t snowed in."

Jethro shook his head and chuckled. “Right.”

Perhaps being genuine would need to be a constant with her. It was too late for reeling back now.

[yourlastchallenge]

League Examinations // Jethro and Tova

Once in a while, there comes a time where the Pokemon League enjoys to push the buttons of the people that work for them. It isn't really enough that the League is government supported and thus they have the best of everything. No, they have to make sure that the Gym Leaders, Elites and yes, even the Champion know that they represent the best and brightest of the region. An exam thusly, is held which tests not only on each member's skills in battle, but as all around the best trainers with written exams, pokemon handling exams, physicals and even some subjects on healing pokemon and basic policing. 

For Jethro, such a thing came off as nothing more than another performance he had to give, though this time, instead of simply being for his peers and challengers, but for the officials as well, whom had approached him to take over the role all those years ago. Who would have thought that it'd been so long since then! Despite it, this was his first evaluation, and he had to make a good impression. To give a flawless act, with no stumble or stagnation was absolutely important, and for the most part, he succeeded.

They were about two hours away from the final scores being tallied with only two more exams left: Pokemon Handling and the Physical Exam, the latter of which involved an obstacle course...something he'd  been worrying about all day. For the moment though, it was snack time, and Jethro was pouring cans of Pokemon food into bowls for his Pokemon. When others that weren't his joined in eating, he and his Pokemon were more than fine with sharing, with him even setting out more bowls! "There you go. You all worked very hard in those battles, so eat as much as you'd like!" His heart swayed at the sight of them all enjoying their meals after a hard day's work. Instead of having something for himself though, he sat in a table with another examiner that happened to be watching them. "They're all such hard workers, aren't they?" Though he wondered to himself, he was trying to initiate something. Instead of breaking ice though, it was more like a gentle tapping of it.