First Transmission - Action for Nimbasa

[rcktfm]

[In a big city like Nimbasa, it wasn't a very difficult task to blend in with the crowds. White overshirt hidden at the bottom of his "Outsider Starter Kit" bag, Archer would've no doubt looked as though he belonged there if it weren't for the aforementioned bag.

Still, he didn't belong. It was a pretty big city and he had absolutely no idea how to navigate it. He could make a mental map with enough wandering around, but that would take an awful lot of time and could prove troublesome should he wander somewhere he shouldn't be with only a young Houndour on hand. But, if anyone else was as helpful as that old man at the...Entralink? Had been, then perhaps it wouldn't get to that point.

Curious puppy at his heels, Archer began actively examining his surroundings. Some wide-eyed bewilderment made him seem the picture definition of a fish out of water, the sort silently asking for someone to help with everything about their presence. He wasn't counting on help to save him from wandering, merely readying himself in case it should be offerred.]

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[negotiators]

[from the left, in the coldest voice possible:]

Come back here.

[some kid with his hands in his pockets, walking leisurely behind a remarkably cheerful zangoose who does not seem to be much concerned for his trainer's piss-poor attitude — and for what it's worth, it doesn't look like said trainer has any intention of actually stopping him from, you know, skipping down the road and being a nuisance]

[rcktfm]

[A Zangoose not listening to its trainer is no real surprise, though it isn't a very comforting thought either. Houndour seems to agree, stepping out in front of him as if making a tiny wall of protection.

He'll just watch for now, vaguely curious to see if the incredibly apathetic child actually had any authority over his Pokemon.]

[negotiators]

...that's as far as you go.

[stops right at the entrance to the amusement park, where his pokemon was apparently headed - and somehow, for no immediately apparent reason, said zangoose stops right in its tracks and turns around with a guilty look]

[concealing a yawn behind one hand] I don't want to go in there. We're going back.

[rcktfm]

[H'm. Looked like the thing had some discipline, at least. Good. Yet he couldn't help but be slightly annoyed anyway at the sight of a child thinking they could handle something with power.

Nevertheless, it was rude to stare and he had better things to be attending to. Back to looking innocently clueless as Houndour kept a keen eye on the kid and his Zangoose.]

[negotiators]

[right, just two average people on the street passing each other by. and in a fair world -- or at least, a world that corresponded well to kyuubey's whims -- they wouldn't interact with each other at all.]

[...except, of course, that doesn't happen, because as soon as zangoose shrugs off whatever punishment it's just received, it dashes off again -- and then promptly trips over archer's houndour, oops :<]

[trainer looks unamused] ...are you alright?

[rcktfm]

[Well that's an incredibly undignified yelp from Houndour as he's toppled over. This finally gets Archer's full attention, whipping around at the noise.]

Ah--?

[negotiators]

[undoubtedly, the only thought running through kyuubey's head is 'you are so dumb. you are really dumb. for real.' as he passively waits for zangoose to get off of houndour]

[right, was he supposed to take responsibility for this?]

— I'm sorry. He's not always like that. [read: he's like that most of the time]

[rcktfm]

[Archer makes no move to help Houndour either, just staring down at the little thing until it gets up and shakes itself off. Only then does he finally lean down and offer a few pets.]

Quite alright. Just take better care that he knows where he's going.

[negotiators]

Mm. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong.

[doesn't even give that much to his own pokemon, though the good-natured zangoose doesn't seem to mind - just shakes its head and returns, sheepish, to its trainer's side]

It isn't as though he isn't a sentient being, so I don't understand why he has such an aversion to maturity.

[rcktfm]

It looks as though it's still young. Teach it diligently, and it will learn.

[Houndour takes up his previous position in front of Archer, re-training his eye on the Zangoose as if it'd just up and trip over him again while completely still.]

[negotiators]

[zangoose is doing his best to look apologetic]

Maybe. But things never seem to learn the way I expect them to. [tilts his head, considering] Then again, I guess that's what makes them so interesting.

[rcktfm]

[Houndour ain't fallin' for that, Zangoose, mm-mmm.]

Perhaps you're simply not going about it the right way?

[negotiators]

[aw bb you're scaring the big guy! look at him, he's almost as big as his trainer and yet trying to hide behind him.]

I think my methods are logically sound, but humans often tend to disagree. This creature seems to react like one, so I suppose that's where the conflict comes from.