pkverity

[pkverity]

Momma ducklett

@pkastrid

The daycare was a lovely place to work. She felt close to the pokemon left there. Even though they were not hers, she was happy to raise them well and give them love just the same. The pokemon under her care received love, training, and regular checkups. Another one of her tasks was making sure the pokemon left to her were healthy and had no status effects. Verity had a cabinet of medicine in the daycare, of course, but she also liked to bring the pokemon under her care to the pokemon center. Verity loved bringing them in out of their pokeballs, it was always so cute to see a line of pokemon following her like little ducklett’s after their momma. 

Verity also did this because she had become friendly with one of the nurses, Astrid. Her interactions with other people were very limited and a part of her yearned for human connection. It was a small part of her, but she looked to fill it anyway. Just as described, she arrives at the pokemon center with a line of pokemon behind her. She takes a moment before entering to do a headcount-something she does periodically to ensure all of the pokemon are with her. She has never lost a pokemon and that was not her concern-her concern was about mischievous pokemon running off. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 she counts quietly in her head, looking at the pokemon before turning around and going into the pokemon center.

She could see Astrid was at the front desk and quickly approached. “Hey, I’ve brought some little friends for you to see today.” Verity says to the other girl comfortably, knowing the girl had been expecting her. 

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It isn’t as if Verity was able to see herself through other people’s eyes, but she knew what they said about it. When you have any ties to Belanore mansion (or spend a lot of time lurking as Verity does), people will believe that you’re strange. Only the people who have visited the pokemon daycare have seen Verity’s nurturing personality. 

Verity enjoyed Samhain and that didn’t help with the image others had of her. The only thing Verity enjoyed more than anything else, though, was interaction with Pokemon. Zanir was preparing for Samhain with events, and it did not take long after hearing about them, for Verity to take a trip to Lesnor and immediately get in line to swim with luvdics. 

With her pokemon in their pokeballs, Verity was a bit anxious. Mimikyu and her did not spend much time apart from each other, but it wasn’t as if she could take her swimming, too. It was as if someone had heard her thoughts and responded directly to them. “Do we have to actually swim to do this?” This pulled Verity out of her thoughts.

“Uh, yes, of course.” She replied confused “Luvdisc is a water pokemon. Were you expecting something else?” 

Instantly, she forgot about the fact that her pokemon were not with her and her voice sounded more confident than she felt. Her insticts for caring for others overrode her worries. 

🫐 👻 now what did you expect?

berry thought luvdisc were adorable.

they were pokemon naturally shaped like hearts. when she read up on them, she saw that many believe humans got the concept of the heart shape from luvdisc. berry naturally has always wanted to swim with them. the hope started when she was a young girl. year after year, her mother would decline. but berry was big now with her own money. she didn’t have to wait for the will of her mother. she’s an adult.

she could do it herself.

so she makes her way to lesnor with determination that she will be swimming with those luvdisc. besides, with samhain around, they’d be in costume! it’s adorable! berry goes to lesnor, not necessarily expecting the heat that comes with it. the girl was far too accustomed to the chills of heldam. standing on line in lesnor was making her sweat.

she was watching someone in front of her with baited breath. she couldn’t wait for it to be her turn! the girl goes around in the pool, sort of bouncing on her toes. after a moment of watching berry blinks. she actually cannot see the bottom of the pool so she can’t really tell if the girl is bouncing or floating. the water comes up to the woman’s chest.

berry turns to the person behind her. the realisation is setting in. “do we have to actually swim to do this?”

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“That is the last ultraball in stock. You have like ten! I ran out. Please let me have this.”

Verity was a planner. She wanted to be prepared as she knew that anything could happen at a given moment. She was at the poke mart and as is usual, she looks at her backpack to take inventory of what she might need. It's only after having done so, that she goes to the shelves and picks out some poke balls. She was running low as Pokemon kept running away from her. She notices that the shelves next to where she was, were empty except for a lone ultra ball. She didn't need one but it was the last one, so she figured, why not?

She grabs it and turns around, ready to pay for the items she has chosen. Verity then hears a frustrated voice behind her. "That is the last ultraball in stock. You have like ten! I ran out. Please let me have this." She was shocked at first. Verity turns around and meets the man's eyes. She hadn't thought it was a big deal.

With a kind smile that reached her eyes, she holds out the ultraball. "Ah, I hadn't realized you were interested. Of course, you can have it" she says.

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“I don’t care if you kicked my butt I am not paying you $500”

Verity felt the exhilaration of having her Pokemon defeat Vivians. Despite being a friendly battle, Verity was well aware of the rules. No one knows who came up with the rules or how the payment was even calculated but once she recalled mimikyu to her side (as she usually went into a pokeball). "Okay, I think you owe me about $500." she said nonchalantly.

"I don't care if you kicked my butt, I am not paying you $500." Vivian replied.

She gave the other girl a look of confusion. She could not understand the other girl's reaction. As someone who wanted to be a trainer her whole life, she saved for years during her adult life to be ready for this journey. It was this reason that led her to assume everyone else had over prepared. However, she shrugs and gives Vivian a grin. " Fine. It's not a big deal" she tells her before reaching to praise her mimikyu for a good battle.

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“You let a machoke give you a massage?”

When it came to Pokemon, Verity was the most nurturing and attentive person-her people skills could use some work. Not because she was rude or mean but because she tended to say and do things that were confusing and strange to others. She could not see Berry's attitude towards her was one of amusement. That's why she was surprised when, in the middle of telling her a story, Berry interrupts "You let a machoke give you a massage?"

Verity furrows her brow and chuckles "Yes, they're amazing at it!" she could have asked why the other girl had reacted that way but she didn't. Instead, she said "I think it's because they have muscles and multiple arms. With some oils and heat, it's just like getting a hot stone massage." Verity is smiling at the memory and straightens her back happily, noting no pain or knots.

"We should go get one together some day." she offers. Berry's reaction was unreadable but Verity took it as a good sign and assumed the other girl was as excited about the prospect as she was.

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MINI EVENT!

Listen up trainers! It’s time for a mini event!

The dash is a little slow moving because it’s a newer and smaller roleplay so I wanted to give everyone a little nudge before activity check. This is going to be the first INBOX MEME event! Inbox memes are to be posted/reblogged by the main only. Although, members can send in inbox meme suggestions to be considered!

This is how it’ll work: each member is expected to send at least ONE prompt to each member who has reblogged this post. This is to ensure that everyone is fairly getting a shot to be able to have an inbox meme and collect points. Every posted inbox meme prompt prior to activity check on SEPTEMBER 11 will receive +3 EXP. So send multiple prompts to redeem a lot of EXP. PLEASE DO NOT SEND MULTIPLE PROMPTS IN A SINGLE ASK MESSAGE. IF YOU SEND TWO TOGETHER, THOSE WILL NOT BE COUNTED AS SEPARATE PROMPTS EVEN IF  WRITTEN IT AS SUCH.

These memes are all in good fun! Even if you can’t picture your muse doing this, try it anyways! AU!responses are allowed (and encouraged if you’re not familiar with the muse!) Please don’t get upset if someone misinterprets your character accidentally. A good way to remedy that is to plot together (;

Here are the prompts:

(While in trainer school) “Honestly I’m only here to see what connections I can make, if you know what I mean.”

“That is the last ultraball in stock. You have like ten! I ran out. Please let me have this.”

“I don’t care if you kicked my butt I am not paying you $500″

“You’re pretty bold for someone with a pokemon that weak.”

“I’m trying to be really supportive on your quest to beat your first gym and all but you’re going to get your ass whooped. Why would you pick that gym as your first gym?”

“I know you’re not from here but tha—we don’t… do that…”

“You let your pokemon sleep in bed with you?!”

“Pokemon have more use than just battles.”

“You let a machoke give you a massage?”

(While at the bazaar) “I just got this ribbon from that lady who evaluates pokemon friendships. I wish a got a tier higher…”

“No one goes through The Badlands are you insane? There’s so many strong pokemon there! You can’t even train!”

“No, we are not spending a night in the Baldermere Mansion.” “It’s spooky season, get it together! Let’s go!”

“You are not taking this little, itty-bitty, sweet pokemon into the nightclub.” “Why not?” “Because! …There’s people letting loose in there. Your pokemon doesn’t need to see that!” “Oh my god.”

“What do you mean you consider slowpoke tails a delicacy? Are you insane?!” “Dude, just try it.” “Not for $50 I won’t!”

“I had a dream last night that I caught a milcery but got so hungry I ate him…. needless to say I’m not doing great right now.”

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In her element

Open starter

Verity felt she was luckier than most despite starting her journey later than others. The time in her life when she had not pursued her dream, had allowed her to pursue other goals. At first the daycare couple were always with her, telling her how to care for the daycare and how to care for the Pokémon as well. There were plenty of rarer Pokémon species that she did not see often, but the ones she did see often, she learned to care for well. The exception to that rule was her companion Pokémon, mimikyu. Though rarer and not as often seen, it was the Pokémon species that Verity felt she could care for best due to having her own. 

At that moment, her eyes scanned the front room of the daycare and the area behind the reception desk. She spotted her mimikyu hiding in a slightly ajar cabinet and smiled. She was so thankful that, now, that she is older, the daycare owners left her during her shift, knowing she could be in charge. Verity was also grateful that she could easily care for her own Pokémon while she was at work. Her shy mimikyu had never given her a problem nor distracted her from work. In fact, if there were too many people or Pokémon around, her mimikyu preferred to hide as she was doing now. There was no one in the building, but mimikyu was still adjusting to the newest addition to Verity’s team, chimchar. 

Chimchar was very playful and the complete opposite of mimikyu which was a bit intimidating. Mimikyu enjoyed her time alone with Verity, the addition of chimchar, who is active and demands a lot of attention, was an adjustment for her mimikyu. She decided to only allow chimchar out of his ball at the same time as mimikyu when they were at the daycare. This was until mimikyu became acclimated to her new pokemon and as a way to introduce the idea that new pokemon would be joining her team from then on.  It occurred to Verity then, that it had been a while since she saw chimchar. She opened the front door and there was her chimchar, excitedly attempting to play with a stranger. Without gaging their reaction, Verity launched into apologies.

“Forgive chimchar, he’s quite excitable. Please, let me know how I can help you.”