#sv-npc

[aresite]

Gone Awhile

The Festival had been going on for a few days now. The Troupe were not able to take their carts, wagons, and Vardos inside the city walls, but they did have enough to pay a local farmer for storage and to watch them so they could go in without worry.

The first thing the Rovers had done after arriving was go shopping to resupply their goods and for some new fabric to make their clothes from. The next thing they did was scope out the land for their first targets. This was the the best time to make money all year so everyone seemed to be enthusiastic and in high spirits.

Streamers and banners hung from every lamppost and music bellowed from every corner and alcove. Confetti and glitter were everywhere - it littered the streets that were so crowded with people that it was difficult to move around without bumping into at least someone. There were acrobats dancing in the street and tightrope walkers balancing on wires high above. There were men on stilts, fire eaters, dancers, and more! There was always something new to see, and since this was Erya's first time at this festival it was a little overwhelming. Jack seemed unfazed however and simply led the way through without getting distracted by a single thing.

Jack made his way through this crowd like a man on a mission with Erya at his side. She watched as he tried to keep his hood pulled far over his head to hide his face but it was hard to keep it in place while being bumped about. When his free hand wasn't on the cowl of his hood it was reaching under his shirt to check if his money pouch was still there. He had the leather pouch full of their money and the precious gemstone he had received from Joseph tied around his neck and tucked under his shirt for safety. Erya wasn't surprised. She knew all too well the allure of crowds like this were to pickpockets as she had gone out many times before to do the same thing. On a good day she'd be able to pilfer enough pockets to feed the entire troupe for days so she really couldn't say anything about other people doing it.

Jack kept a tight grip on Erya's hand so she couldn't get separated from him as he pulled them from the busy street and into a shabby little shop. The shop was dimly lit and smelt heavily like a strange mixture of earth and fire in a way that she really couldn't put her finger on. Erya scrunched her nose for a moment as her eyes slowly adjusted to the dim light. While the outside of the shop was nothing special the inside was a whole other story! Beautifully hand-carved racks laid strewn about and crammed in amongst each other and each was either full, or partially full of weapons of all kinds. There were swords, hammers, axes, and spears of all kinds as well as several weapons that Erya couldn't put a name too. They all rested in artfully molded scabbards or carefully sewn sheaths. Each and every weapon looked like a lot of time and energy went into preparing it.

Jack ignored them all and walked straight up to a large wooden counter that supported a heavy cast-iron grill that stretched up from the countertop to the wooden support beams above. The most expensive looking weapons were displayed behind the grill. The light from a single candle resting on the counter flickered and danced off their blades and off of the carefully placed jewels that decorated their hilts.

Without warning Jack suddenly banged on the countertop a couple of times and called out, "Greyback!"

The noise startled Erya as it rattled a few glass containers on the counter and reverberated throughout the shop. She immediately stepped back away from the counter and held onto Jack's cloak.

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[rui-drawsbox]

played pokemon swsh last week, hated the villains with passion but loved my team (╥﹏╥)

[adobe-outdesign]

this is, without a doubt, one of the most ominous game screenshots I've ever taken

[riftclaw]

tbh i think one of the most damning things i can say after playing pokemon scarlet is that the bugs aren't even funny when they're happening to you

[kynimdraws]

ICB Adaman had a baby with Shamir for this Pokemon SV DLC

She is hot tho

RIP Catherine and Irida

[purplespacekitty]

i adore Charlie as much as the next guy, but i am reeling at the food safety violations our favorite avian dinosaur has the potential to commit here.

[urfavesarequadranted]

adaman and irida from pokemon legends arceus are kismeses!

Adaman and Irida from Pokemon Legends: Arceus are kismeses!

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[b-raypokemontime]

"Humm.. I'd have been glad to see you knock those heads about. I remember you as a decent fighter." She said she DIDN'T have to ask how the years had been for him. It was written all over his soul. But possibly he heard her statement as a question. She stared at him pointedly

"Time holds no meaning for me Iohmar. And, as I think I recall telling you 10 years ago, many of the... rumors about my Kingdom and my family aren't complete hogwash. It was not your physical appearance I recognized. So don't fear too much about being recognized by others... but what's this about needing a weapon? I made sure there was a number of different weapons contestants could borrow." She crossed her arms in an easy, comfortable way.

"Unfortunately yes. And I'm losing what little patience with my... business partners that I had. Not to mention wanting to be there when my dear cousin gets tired of her husband's bullshit and divorces him so I can help her leave." She was so pissed with Ulric and the way he was treating the ruling of his kingdom and peoples. But as her Cousin and niece and nephew were still a factor she couldn't just deal with him and be done with it.

"No, no. I meant just the stones in the hilt and pommel. Do excuse the misunderstanding." Aria would have pulled the stones from the hilts right then and there. They were gifts to her long ago from Gorbash's father. And they helped keep the metals resonating at her powers' frequency enough to be effective against someone of her own immortal status. But she didn't want to just come out and say that. Indeed the weapons had been forged for her before he had died. They were marvels of the age utilizing actual quality materials as well as skilled craftmanship. Though the hand-axes were older.

"If you have need of these other materials I can get my hands on something rather quickly." She nodded her head. Teleporting was not an issue. But well, Brasmeag was off in his head about how to accomplish what she was going to be paying him for. And then as well, closing shop so that she and Jack could have a conversation. Now that he'd turned and finally really laid eyes on her. He was the only mortal man in this century who had experienced being tossed around by her and lived to tell the tale. Because she'd liked and respected him as a person. Had they had more time before the attack, she thought they could have been friends. Would have loved to have gotten aquainted with his wife and child.

"You know of another Princess Aria of OKI Kingdom?" Her mouth quirked up in an amused little smile as she turned to look at him. Her eye was kind and it glanced down to the knife in his hand and back up at his face as he rubbed at the back of his head. She slowly reached out with a finger to push the tip of it further away from her person.

"Thank you. You won't be needing that right now." Her amused smile still there.

"I don't have to guess how the years have been for you." She said softly. Given how his clothes and his face looked, then there was also how she could read it in his soul. The weariness of having to do whatever it took to eak out a living after the awful things that had happened. She knew it well.

"Are You alright? And how can I help?" She stressed the word you. And put out in the energies around them that she really did care. With the underlying taste that she meant something more while asking if she could 'help'. Because she wanted to send some relief for the suffering northerners.

[b-a-l-a-n-c-3]

…that’s it they’re in the Subzer0!AU I can’t NOT bring them in after this dialogue-

[goldensunset]

favorite random npc is this dude

1. out of the corner of my eye i’m always reading his line as ‘finally i can rest in peace’ and it always throws me off like oh we got a random lingering ghost in here? cool

2. the fact that there is only one tm machine in all of blueberry academy and yet ‘make yourself a tm!’ is such a common quest means i am stopping by here very often. i am disturbing his peaceful reading by dropping in from the sky on my loud electric lizard bike hitting buttons on the beep boop robot machine right next to him at least once every half hour. i almost feel like gamefreak did that on purpose

[b-raypokemontime]

"Wonderful. I look forward to this. Perhaps we can just have the Organizers come as soon as they can so we can send word out to get better numbers of contestant- ah, yes, thank you." But she wasn't sure if he even heard her before Ulric was essentially walking out of the room and the maid had scuttled off as well.

"Pigheaded irascible fool..." Aria muttered under her breath and into her cup. He had some Tyrannical tendencies that irked her so much. If it weren't for the fact that he was married to Chiyo and treated her and the kids well, she would probably not like him much at all.

But he liked her idea and had agreed. So that was good. Aria's expression melded back to her standard serene grace.

"Hum? I'm surprised there isn't a junior devision for contestants that are Youta's age. There should be. It's a good way to get youngsters apprenticed to good knights. I could teach some maneuvers I'd learned on the battlefield..?" Aria looked at Youta and her mouth curved up on one side in her gentle smile.

"Of course! I wouldn't miss seeing Youta competing for the world! Now, I forget, do you favor the Longbow or the short?"

The Hero Worship Youta had for his Father was evident even without Aria's ability to feel the emotions of the people in the room. She hoped something didn't come along and shatter that. But life comes at a person hard, no matter what you did to prepare oneself or not.

Aria sighed heavily at Ulric's comments about the Northerners being Heathens. When Chiyo reached for Aria's hand there was the immediate gentle squeeze in return, the little automatic action of familial love she always had done. And let her cousin pull her over to the table.

Aria took her seat as gracefully as she always did. She would have waited for the maid to serve her but it seemed that was not to be here. So she would serve herself a modest portion of what she could until the Maid returned with more food. She ate and listened politely to Chiyo and Ulric talk about their troubles and the one side of her mouth that worked perfectly fine turned down in a frown.

"Grateful you say? I wonder, if I were to come into your house, claim it belonged to me, reduced you to a mere serf in your own home, and then demanded that you worship my Kingdom's Deities under pain of violence, would YOU feel grateful to me? I should think not." She blandly stated, shaking her head before continuing to eat. The Arrogance of his statement. She hoped he, and Youta, learned to think critically of their position and endeavors and the impact they had on everyone. Being a King did not absolve you of any wrongdoings. And as a fellow ruler had the luxury of saying something about it without the threat of retribution. Especially since Galar had a longstanding Alliance with Aria's Kingdom. Not to mention it was well known that O.K Kingdom squashed threats to them like bugs.

She took Chiyo's change of subject gladly.

"Indeed I did dear Cousin. As you know, or might remember Ulric, I am an accomplished fighter myself and last I was here during the Festival I entered the Swordsmanship competition.." she paused to take a drink of whatever beverage was provided. She had wiped the floor with everyone that year. Youta had been much younger so she wasn't sure he'd remember.

"I like to keep my skills sharp despite the peace my Kingdom has been blessed with at present. But instead of taking your competition by storm and demoralizing the contestants I thought that instead perhaps I can provide the prize this year, and offer a chance to win a boon of me for fighting me as well." Mouth curving up on one side as she looked at Ulric and Youta.

"The added incentive might liven things up even more and perhaps bring in any young talented fighters into your view who might not have had the chance otherwise to become knights. What do you think?"

[lunarchangels]

hoping praying my family doesnt go on the switch and open the gallery. what would they think if they saw my screenshots of all the dialogues on the caph squad fight in pokemon violet and all the pics i took of Eri....absolutely cant get caught simping...

[claitea]

npc walked by with a pink scarf and for a split second i thought she was wearing a toxic chain like the lousy three

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