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Dick Grayson ([personal profile] usedacrobatics) wrote2013-03-19 09:31 pm

ROBIN √ 001 √ 3-19-13

[The gear snaps on after falling out of the bag. Heard in the background is the sound of a Pokeball releasing its occupant, and wings flapping. The Pokemon, a Taillow, nudges the Pokegear towards the edge of—yes, it’s a roof. The bag was tossed up on to the roof of Mom’s house, the gear and Pokeball were jostled by the impact, and they are now both looking over the edge at a boy dressed in a red and black bodysuit, with a yellow and black cape. He’s climbing out of the bedroom window. The Taillow focuses the camera on the “R” logo on the kid’s chest. It looks important!]

Ooookay. Definitely not in Kansas anymore. Kansas would be so good right about now.

[He edges a little further out, seating himself on the windowsill, back towards the outside, and sizing up the roof. He catches sight of the bird holding the camera and grins, the eye lenses of his domino mask widening to reflect slight surprise. He doesn’t realize that it’s recording yet.]

Me not being in Kansas anymore must make you Toto, huh? Or Dinah. Birds holding cameras seem a bit more Wonderland than Oz, but I’m not the expert. So long as you’re not Cheshire, I think we can work with it, though.

[He looks back up at the roof, still grinning. He grips the edge with both hands, and pulls himself up with a grunt, and mutters:]

Since when does this require effort?

[Another grunt of exertion, and Robin forces his body upwards into a handstand, trying to balance on the edge of a sloped roof, before turning a quick tumble into a crouch.
It… doesn’t work that way. His legs are wobbling slightly, and when he tries to swing into the tumble, his balance shifts and he topples over with a brief yell of shock.

In the opposite direction.

Off the roof.

Shocked yell out of the way, Robin begins trying to grip something, anything on the wall while the Taillow squawks in distress and drops the camera. The Pokegear rights itself on the ground just in time to see the bird grasp the Boy Wonder’s cape.
It slows his descent, but the weight is too much for a small, level 5 Taillow and the two crash into the ground, Robin groaning as his knees absorb the impact. He gives the bird a pained, but grateful look.]


Well, you have Superman’s color scheme down. We can work on the rescuing thing.

[He flops over, lying on his side. Taillow uses his wings to shade his eyes from the sun, and Robin gently strokes the bird’s breast. Annoyed:]

I cannot believe I just fell off a roof. Nobody saw that, right? I just fell off a roof.
Batman would kill me if he knew I actually fell off a roof. I mean, there goes my reputation. Say nothing of the mystique. A roof. Not even a big roof. It’s only two stories—and—

[He notices the Pokegear Taillow dropped. It’s lit up.]

Why is that thing—

[Click!]
punchandkiss: (Letting it all out.)

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[personal profile] punchandkiss 2013-03-30 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
...I guess.

We'd both be better off if they hadn't bothered though.
thewhite_symphony: (pic#3053588)

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[personal profile] thewhite_symphony 2013-03-30 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I will answer as best as I can. [ Nods. ]

As strange as it is, yes. That is right. The only path you can go is the path presented to you.

Even the most experienced travelers cannot go down their own path.
timelymaid: art by <user name=strovi site=tumblr.com> (+ I MUST TOUCH IT.)

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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-03-30 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
You know a man who is a bat? [ HOW INTRIGUING. Oh, also: ]

And I have something to help out, a little!

[ Expect the following delivery to your gear right about now. ]
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ATTACH: beginnersmanual.doc
cakelover: (❀ are you sure? offering.)

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[personal profile] cakelover 2013-03-30 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, things are a bit harder to do now, right~? It's weird, it is.
usedwatergun: (φ » Jet)

[personal profile] usedwatergun 2013-04-01 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
[This is pretty normal for her, so much that she doesn't even think twice about the kindness being out of the ordinary.]

I should be, depending on when you leave. Just a second.

[She turns away for a moment, the feed shifts, and there's the sound of a Pokeball releasing. When she shifts the gear again she's showing the gear to her Rapidash.]

You remember Robin, right?

[A snort and a shake of the head, it looks suspiciously like a horse's nod.]

I need you to help him out. Take him where he wants to go. [This should be the easy part.]
for_realsies: (I like this Plan!)

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[personal profile] for_realsies 2013-04-01 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
That's silly, we already are friends.

*Well, eccentric she has in spades. Next to her idiosyncracies which she has in hearts.*

That's usually where to start, but leveling also is a bit more work here than in the games. So it'll be a good call to lay low and stay out of trouble for a little while. Not, like, invisible ninja lay low. But don't try to pick a fight with any bad guys till you're holding a team in the 30s.
thewhite_symphony: (pic#3053644)

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[personal profile] thewhite_symphony 2013-04-01 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
No. But you can fly and travel with the right Pokemon. Flying type such as the Altaria, Tailow or Spearrow.

[ She thinks he is still talking to her. ]

That is right. It is dangerous traveling alone. I admit that I encountered some trouble in a cave once and if it had not been for Mr. Pink I don't believe I would have been very lucky.
nostabbing: (DRINK ⚡ aww yeah coffee-fueled larceny)

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[personal profile] nostabbing 2013-04-01 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it's to win the game. You're supposed to beat up a bunch of guys and then take down the final boss. Maybe fight some bad guys along the way. I'm pretty sure they're freight training you into having to leave that city, though, since there's nothing there but unhelpful people and two ways out.

[...Parker, the term is railroading.]

...what do you mean, something's blocking your abilities?
punchandkiss: (Okay that's pretty cool)

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[personal profile] punchandkiss 2013-04-02 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Magikarp.

But it turns into a dragon.
nasa_dreams: (Sweet!//Very Happy!)

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[personal profile] nasa_dreams 2013-04-02 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Omg. OMG. He's literally so happy right now!] Dude! You're finally back!
staystraught: (duck and crouch)

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[personal profile] staystraught 2013-04-02 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
You are the third person who's said that today. I hope that's a good thing.

[The others seemed friendly and the shock was beginning to wear off, but...]
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[personal profile] staystraught 2013-04-02 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
With a double weakness to Pikachu.

There are other options, is what I'm saying.
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[personal profile] staystraught 2013-04-02 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely a video game world, is what you're saying. But what happens after you win the game? Do you just keep challenging the Elite Four until your so overpowered they cry for relief?

[Pointing to the roof.]

I jump between those for fun and I can punch concrete barehanded and crack it. Not that I've tested the second one here, because I'm not stupid, but all I was trying to do on that roof was a back handspring. I do handsprings in my sleep.
timelymaid: art by <user name=strovi site=tumblr.com> (Default)

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[personal profile] timelymaid 2013-04-02 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
You're lucky! That document only just got put together pretty recently. It was made with new arrivals in mind, though!

And I don't know any actors, myself! I'm Aradia Megido, by the way.
nasa_dreams: (What.//Failure!)

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[personal profile] nasa_dreams 2013-04-02 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
What? Oh, no...don't tell me you don't remember! I've got some of your Pokemon, dude!
cakelover: (❁ no. lineface.)

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[personal profile] cakelover 2013-04-02 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm, I know the feeling! Although I've heard powers get taken away, nothing I could do was a "special power". So...I think physical abilities are lessened as well, ne.

[ Says the crazy athletic martial arts heir. ]
nostabbing: (TEXT ⚡ almost forgot to clear the bios)

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[personal profile] nostabbing 2013-04-03 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe nobody's won the game yet, so nobody knows.

[She's still pretty new to this thing, too. And also wasn't a Pokemon fanatic like some people she knows.]

...Huh. Hang on.

[Don't mind her, Robin, she's just going to set down the Gear and test out this theory via a couple of handsprings and cartwheels, herself.]
punchandkiss: (So what now?)

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[personal profile] punchandkiss 2013-04-03 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
How do you know that if you just got here?

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