New friends, new catastrophes

[seadevil]

Who: The crew of the Katabami
Where: At sea, Manila Island
When: After departing Isla Empieza after the battle and covering events until the end of the month
What: Catch-all log
Warnings: Foul language, excessive dumb
Style: Any
Status: Closed to crew

Itinerary
- Meet and greet for new crew
- MANLY STORIES
- Visiting Manila so our more studious crew can get their research on and your esteemed captain can piss the moths off
- THIS COLD CURSE THING

EDIT: The turkey is now officially named Lord Buffalo Toritaro Stuffington, "Twitchy" for short. Feel free to make use of this.

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Gold Catchall Thread

[thatsmycue]

[By now, Gold has definitely had the chance to catch up on what, exactly, is going on in this unfamiliar world. He's flipped through the journal, complained loudly about not wanting to go on a stupid quest to do someone else's errands, and conquered the bit of seasickness that plagued him on his first day at sea. Now?]

[Now it was time for him to get acclimated to his new surroundings. He was never one to let something unexpected knock him off of his stride, after all. This trip was just another branch of adventure he had to conquer! And first thing's were first: AERIAL SURVEILLANCE]

[This is why Gold, a mere few days after joining Motochika's fine crew, can be found sailing through the air above the ship on the back of a strange flying creature (only the one he has looks a lot grouchier and angrier than the one pictured).]

The ocean really isn't made for flyin', huh, Togetaro?

[It's hard to gain much altitude with the air above the water so cool, after all]

[rebellions]

[Finally having found some peace and quiet, Ragna is leaning against the side of the ship, staring into distance and... talking to himself, apparently. It's an old habit, and one he's never really thought about changing, considering how he spends most of the time alone back in his world.]

Do I have a "please come bother me" sign on my back or something? Tch, what I do is none of their business.

[He lets out a sigh, looking up to the sky. Dammit, this is just the beginning and it's already pissing him off. To think he'll have to deal with them for days, maybe even weeks... He hopes "months" are out of question.

Before he can bitch a bit more to himself about that, the Grim Reaper notices some figure in the sky. He squints a bit, trying to figure out whether it's a bird or something else... nope, he's got nothing.]

... What the eff is that?

[thatsmycue]

[Fortunately for Ragna, Gold is flying far too high for him to overheard the grouchy reaper's mumbling. But, after a few more moments of soaring, the Togekiss does tilt into a nosedive, landing smoothly on the deck after a steep plummet]

Aaah, well, we'll just hafta hope we find land soon, huh Togetaro?

[By now, the trainer has noticed Ragna staring]

Whatcha need, Sir Grouchy of the Grumpy Table?

[rebellions]

[The man frowns at the stupid nickname (is it just him, or has it grown longer in the past few days?), but figures it's not worth bringing up for the time being. If the brat keeps coming up with shit like that, he'll just punch his lights out, big deal.]

Nothing.

[And that's quite true. He doesn't want anything to do with the kid (he's had more than enough of that back on Isla Empieza, thank you very much), though he doesn't avert his gaze from the Togekiss. Ragna is no stranger to weird creatures -- take all the monsters poisoned by seithr that he would be running into while traveling between Hierarchical Cities, Rabbit's annoying servants, or heck, even his Master -- all of those and more he's seen are probably just as odd as Gold's little pet shop. Still, he's certainly never seen a huge... flying... fluffy... is that a marshmallow? It sure looks like one.]

... 'S that one of your mascots?

[thatsmycue]

Give him more credit! He's not a mascot. He's my partner!

[Togekiss gives a disgruntled snort in response. How dare he be referred to as a lowly mascot >:(]

[rebellions]

Suit yourself.

[Which is to say that no, he doesn't care, and yes, he'll probably keep calling it a mascot anyway. Why the hell not call things what they are?

... Though he has to admit this one's cuter better than the others he's seen so far.]

At least it's less freaky than that goddamn plant.

[Let's be real here, what he's trying to say is "more cuddly".]

[thatsmycue]

Sintaro isn't freaky. If ya keep sayin' that, next time she uses Flash I won't warn you beforehand.

[It wasn't as though warning in advance had done much good last time, though]

[rebellions]

[That (pitiful, in Ragna's opinion) attempt at a threat is met with a snarl coming from the man.]

Like that helped.

[Maybe if he had told him what the warning was all about, but nooo...]

'Sides, there won't be "next time".

[Because even if he ends up fighting the Navy or whoever else again, he'd rather not have this brat getting in the way.]

[thatsmycue]

Uh huh. You don't know that.

[Flash came in handy at the most unexpected of times, after all]

[rebellions]

[Let the man dream.]

I know I'm not getting anywhere near that thing again.

[Even as he says that, though, he's not looking at Gold, but rather focusing on the Togekiss next to him. It's... awfully distracting, in a way.]

[thatsmycue]

. . .

[This doesn't go unnoticed, by either Gold or the Pokemon]

Are you starin' at Togetaro?

[rebellions]

[... SHIT. He is, isn't here. Hang on a second, he needs to come up with an excuse for that.]

You surprised? We don't get flying marshmallows back where I come from.

[Perfect.]

[thatsmycue]

Well, yeah. Starin' is kind of weird. Is he weirding you out, Togetaro?

[The Togekiss just gives Ragna the stink eye]

[rebellions]

[Wouldn't be the first animal on board to do that, actually. But sure, he can have a staring contest with a living pillow, why the hell not.



Staring...



Staaaaaariiiiiing...


Okay fuck that he can't.

Without as much as a warning or explanation, Ragna walks over to the Pokémon and

... gently pets it on the head.]

[thatsmycue]

. . .

[This action is met with silence from both Gold and Togetaro-- the latter too surprised to really move away as Ragna pats his head]

[And then eventually, Gold speaks up again, amusement obvious in his voice. . .]

Hehehe, you've got a soft side!

Re: Gold Catchall Thread

[wavemotiongunner]

[Kodai is just staring at the strange thing carrying it's trainer wishing his binoculars had made the journey with him along with his harmonica. He waits for Gold to circle closer before calling out.]

Spot anything out there?

[thatsmycue]

Not a thing!

[He calls back way too cheerfully, and with a small tug he steers the Togekiss back towards the ship]

Well, I see lots of water and plenty of clouds, but if you're askin' about land, my answer will be pretty dissapointin'.

[wavemotiongunner]

I'd be more worried about other ships than land. We don't exactly have radar to spot them.

[Someone who could fly was giving him ideas on how to get around that.]
Is that some sort of alien creature?

[thatsmycue]

Who needs a radar when you have someone who can be a master of the skies?

[He says this confidently as he gently urges Togetaro to land on the ship's deck. He hops off of the Pokemon's back, patting his head gently as he does so]

Aline? What're you thinkin'? This is a Pokemon, they're perfectly native to my home world.

[wavemotiongunner]

[Air superiority was important but as far as he knew they had one flying creature. By the look of it, the thing didn't look like it could carry much.]

Well on my last ship we saved the pilots and fuel for defense on my last ship. And then there's when there's bad condition for flying by sight. People need to rest. Then there's the chance you'd be spotted and end up leading them right to us.

So you call the creatures on your world pokemon or is it just this one species? There wasn't anything like it on my world.

[ Even before the planet bombing is left unsaid. He reaches out a hand to it. Waiting to see if it would let him touch it. Strange name he wonders why they're called that.]

Well at least it's not a giant bug we stopped to gather supplies on a planet and a feral one tried to eat my scouting party. From the murals we found the native people used to ride them.

[thatsmycue]

[He brushes off the (logical) arguments against only having aerial surveillance with a shrug, immediately answering the question about something he knew a lot more about: Pokemon]

All of 'em, of course. Sheesh, none of you guys have Pokemon on your worlds? I find it pretty hard to believe myself.

[Togetaro linefaces as Kodai reaches out to touch him, but he doesn't shy or jerk back. He does look a bit cranky though, but. . . well. That's probably the Togekiss's natural state of being]

There are bug Pokemon. Some of 'em are pretty giant.

[wavemotiongunner]

There's no reason to think life is going to evolve the same way on different planets. Most animals native to my world have been wiped out by the planet bombs.

[Unfriendly little thing. He gives it's ear a quick scratch before letting his hand drop back to his side.]


The bug was the size of our transport craft and shrugged off the bullets from the assault rifle I had.

[thatsmycue]

. . . [whoa. Gold had to admit that was impressive]

I bet there's a bug Pokemon out there who would do somethin' similar!

[wavemotiongunner]

[He hopes there isn't something similar around here. The boy sure was into the creatures]

I don't know about you but I'd like my planet not to have giant man eating insects.

You see really fond of them.

[thatsmycue]

Pokemon are man-eatin', you don't hafta worry about that.

[He reaches out to pat Togetaro's head-- the Togekiss leans away slightly with his cheeks puffed out in a grouchy expression, though was it just Kodai, or were his cheeks a bit red as well. . .? It seemed this Pokemon was a bit tsundere]

And 'course I'm fond of 'em. They're my partners, y'know?