[ He's wrong, but he doesn't look disappointed; there's not the time for it. It's becoming not so surprising for people to know Green, but it's the next part that makes him pause when he thinks about it. ]
You saw us? [ Ah. Hold on. ] Wait - were you flying around in a suit?
[ Or he could have just seen them, that was possible, and the slight recognition he believes he hears for the man's voice may be his mind playing tricks.
Oh, that's right. We never got to properly introduce ourselves, huh?
[Given the urgent nature of the stampede and the spontaneity of their meeting, it's completely slipped his mind. Now that things have calmed down, they can get settled in. Guy rests a hand on his hip, using the other to gesture at himself.]
Guy Cecil, green. I guess you could call me a senior recruit. How about you?
Red, on green. [ Ah. ] That is, my name is Red and I'm on green team.
[ That introduction may lead to a joke, but before Guy can slip one in, Red gestures with a cock of his head to the company beside him. ] And this is Charizard, my pokémon. Thanks for working with us before.
[Kids these days sure have colorful names, don't they... Guy opts out of making a comment and decides to shift his attention to Charizard. Cautiously, he holds out a hand for the dragon to sniff.]
Hey, it's not a problem. We're a team now, and that means we look after each other. [He laughs a little.] In any case, the assignment they gave you guys was ridiculous. Sometimes I wonder if the instructors remember we're not as powerful as they are...
[ The gesture is one that's been seen given by Red to other pokémon, but to Charizard it appears to be a hand held out asking for something else.
Which the pokémon will allow, lowering his head to Guy's hand than sniffing it (because he can smell the guy already). You may touch His Highness. ]
But it was important. I don't agree with how they dropped us right in the middle of it like that, but those creatures were coming straight for the camp. It would have been more trouble if they made it all the way.
[ A beat. ] We succeeded, anyway. As best as we could... not all of them died. And I haven't heard anything about anyone part of the camp getting killed.
[Seeing the pokemon accept his gesture of peace, Guy goes ahead and strokes him on the snout. The last time he saw a dragon was during the mapping missions. It'd been blue in color and capable of speech, completely different from the Charizard before him. He hadn't had the chance to pet it.]
That's true. [Given the success rate of their past missions, he has to say it's a win.] Honestly, I'm impressed. You did well under pressure, both you and Charizard.
[ A sheepish look comes onto his face, and Red shakes his head. ]
Thanks, but we didn't do any better than anyone else. Like you-- [ he motions to the man with a hand ] did you go out there alone? The moves you used were amazing. What kind of energy was that your blade made?
Ha ha, thanks. [He scratches the back of his neck, his smile a little embarrassed.] It's... well, it's tough to explain. You can call it "magic" if you'd like.
[ He blinks at Guy, but then after a moment can't help but to laugh a little. ] You too, huh? Sure, that's fine. If you ever Charizard disappear or come out of a ball, you can call it magic too.
Ball? [That isn't fair, Red. You're making a grown man painfully curious abut this phenomenon. How can you stuff a dragon into a ball?] What are you talking about?
[That is a terrible joke, and you should be ashamed. In any case, Guy's eyeing Charizard up and down. He's not the largest dragon he's seen, but the fact still stands that he's about the size of a man. He looks back at Red.]
How can a ball fit something like Charizard in? That sounds awfully uncomfortable for him, if you ask me.
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You saw us? [ Ah. Hold on. ] Wait - were you flying around in a suit?
[ Or he could have just seen them, that was possible, and the slight recognition he believes he hears for the man's voice may be his mind playing tricks.
But it doesn't hurt to ask. ]
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[Given the urgent nature of the stampede and the spontaneity of their meeting, it's completely slipped his mind. Now that things have calmed down, they can get settled in. Guy rests a hand on his hip, using the other to gesture at himself.]
Guy Cecil, green. I guess you could call me a senior recruit. How about you?
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[ That introduction may lead to a joke, but before Guy can slip one in, Red gestures with a cock of his head to the company beside him. ] And this is Charizard, my pokémon. Thanks for working with us before.
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Hey, it's not a problem. We're a team now, and that means we look after each other. [He laughs a little.] In any case, the assignment they gave you guys was ridiculous. Sometimes I wonder if the instructors remember we're not as powerful as they are...
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Which the pokémon will allow, lowering his head to Guy's hand than sniffing it (because he can smell the guy already). You may touch His Highness. ]
But it was important. I don't agree with how they dropped us right in the middle of it like that, but those creatures were coming straight for the camp. It would have been more trouble if they made it all the way.
[ A beat. ] We succeeded, anyway. As best as we could... not all of them died. And I haven't heard anything about anyone part of the camp getting killed.
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That's true. [Given the success rate of their past missions, he has to say it's a win.] Honestly, I'm impressed. You did well under pressure, both you and Charizard.
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Thanks, but we didn't do any better than anyone else. Like you-- [ he motions to the man with a hand ] did you go out there alone? The moves you used were amazing. What kind of energy was that your blade made?
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[ He gets it. ]
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Back where I'm from, we have things called pokéballs that we can catch pokémon in. They look like magic, but they're actually made by science.
Charizard has one too. It's where he sleeps most of the time.
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How can a ball fit something like Charizard in? That sounds awfully uncomfortable for him, if you ask me.
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[ Communication may make it hard to understand at first, but Red would suspect he'd know about a problem like that eventually. ]
Don't worry, it's perfectly safe. I wouldn't use them if they weren't.