Set in the original region of Arciel, Legends Rising is a route-inspired, but not strictly route-based, Pokemon roleplay. Pick a faction, pick a class, and strike out into the wild to take on the League, master Contest coordination, research the mysteries of Pokemon and Arciel, and much, much more. Will you be a classic trainer? A criminal? A farmer? Choose your destiny on Legends Rising.
Three optional icebreaker questions are offered: 1. If you could be granted three wishes, what would they be? 2. What is the cheesiest pickup line you have heard? 3. If your friends compared you to a Pokemon, which Pokemon would it be?
Feel free to discuss any of these or use your own icebreaker!
Gabe had decided this was as good event as any to… test his training. He’d come in a red long-sleeved t-shirt and jeans. His hair had been pulled back into two twin ponytails and left to hang back down his back. He had two small gold-hoop earrings in his ears… and just a little makeup on his face. He felt relatively good, heh.
If impatient to start…. His eyes flickered around searching through those still searching for their tables. It didn’t even occur to him to read the names on the card to see who he’d matched with. Hurry up hurry up hurry u— Oh he’s hot— A small ‘tch’ sound escaped from Gabe. Sitting up, he looked backwards to find who’s thought that belonged to, and sure enough, it was some girl making eyes at a man who just sat down across from her. Heh… hah. At least he was getting better at discerning which thoughts were his and which… weren’t….
A noise had him turning around again and suddenly coming face to face with someone very familiar. A small snort escaped from Gabe as he set his elbow on the table and his cheek on the top of his bent hand. “….Well now. Should I pretend I don’t know you or do you just wanna cut to making out?”
[attr="class","shea"] Shea was feeling confident as heck! They wore a lavender crop top turtleneck, because that was an article of clothing that made sense to exist! Their abs were cold but exposed, and their arms and neck were toasty and warm. Their torso overall was extra toasty too considering they had a binder on under the sweater. Black jeans, purple converse, and black ribbons in their braided hair: they weren't dressed fancy, but they were cute! Surely they'd meet one or two people today-- if not four!-- who would appreciate how cute they were!
But then they saw who was sitting at their table as they approached, and his words got a bright if flustered laugh out of the blushing enby. "Hey you!!" They giggled a bit again. "Making out for the next ten minutes DOES sound tempting," they admitted as they took their seat. "Though our upcoming dates might have questions if we did. Besides, I like talking to you, too~"
They shifted in their chair, getting comfier, and looked around. "Then again, if we're the hottest two here..." they half teased... before stopping cold and going pale. "Sh-shit... Gabe, Ara's here," they hiss-whispered, nodding her direction a few tables away. Did she see them?
Gabe snickered softly at the mention of other dates. “True,” he shrugged his shoulders a little nonchalantly. The mention that they liked talking to him, though, was more touching than he was ready fo— What. “….” Gabe’s gaze slowly turned sideways to where he’d seen Shea look last, and he stared without word for almost five solid seconds… before blinking, shaking his head, smirking, and looking back at Shea. “…Wanna stir up some rumors about her so no one goes on an unfortunate date with her?” he asked with a toothy grin and a raised eyebrow. “Or we can kidnap her and set her on fire later.”
[attr="class","shea"] As Gabe stared, Shea could only think, RIGHT? Like, what were the odds? And also gross! Arceus they hoped neither of them got paired with her. As Gabe turned back with his question, though, Shea laughed lightly... and then snorted hard at the other suggestion. "Hmmmm, tempting," they teased. "But maybe not worth the murder charges. Close call though." They gave him an equally toothy grin.
"Looks like she got paired with one of her friends first I guess? But yeah. We should definitely make a point to warn our other dates about her, though. Don't really need to dwell on it or make anything up, just briefly let them know, but yeah..." Save some folks the heartache and the social humiliation. She had less power now than in high school, but the more popular PNG got the more that would change. So yeah...
"...If she looks over here, though, you gotta kiss me. The look on her face seeing too of her exes happier than her and together would be priceless."
Gabe smirked a little as Shea spoke. “Damn the societal system that bans murder,” he replied with a half-hearted laugh. His gaze flicked sideways again briefly before settling forward. “Yeah.” No one, absolutely no one, needed that kind of bullshit. He snickered softly at the thought of what expression she’d wear if they did kiss…. “Agreed.” He made a kissy face once before chuckling again.
His head was starting to hurt, and he couldn’t tell if it was the psychic strain or the sudden stress. Oh well, whatever. He glanced sideways to the suggested ice breakers before looking back at Shea again. “So what’s the cheesiest pickup line you’ve ever heard?” he asked.
[attr="class","shea"] Shea giggled, blushing faintly as they blew a kiss back to Gabe. He was so cute, they didn't really know what to do with themself.
"Oh gosh, you want me to pick one?" Shea asked. "That's like asking me to pick one favorite song. Pickup lines are such an art, man." They snickered. "Let's see... Are you Google? Because you're everything I'm searching for~ Or... Do you like sales? Because clothing is 100% off at my place." They stuck out their tongue. "Oh another good one. Is that a mirror in your pocket? Because I can see myself in your pants!" HMMMM. "Are you my homework? Because I'm not doing you but I should be!" They giggled. "What about you, give me your faves."
Oh fuck, hell, those were terrible, and Gabe was absolutely snickering. He was pretty sure he’d heard at least a few of those before but maybe not said quite like that. As the question was returned, though, he took a moment to think. “Are you cake? Cause I want a piece of that,” he smirked a little. “Do you like raisins? How about a date?” A pause as one came to mind that he couldn’t help but add. “Hello, I'm a thief, and I'm here to steal your heart.”
[attr="class","shea"] Shea laughed at the silly pickup lines, but grinned especially at the last one. "Are you saying you're being gay and doing crimes?" they teased. They glanced over behind them, toward the western exit of the building, where a guard stood posted. "Excuse me!" they suddenly called, waving to flag down the guard. "Security! I need some help!"
Looking alarmed, the guard came over. "Is everything all right... sir?" He seemed to question himself a bit on the last word, but Shea knew he was only trying to be polite and didn't bother correcting him.
"This guy stole my heart and I'd like to get it back please." They gestured over toward Gabe.
The guard went deadpan, then rolled his eyes and returned to his post, leaving Shea giggling.
Turning back to Gabe, they shuffled a bit. "Uh... In all seriousness, do you have any plans yet for Friday? A-and if not, if you don't meet someone else you'd like to take out in one of your upcoming dates, you... maybe wanna catch a movie or something?"
Be gay. Do crimes. SNORT. “Of course,” Gabe answered.
Still, Gabe straightened just a little as security was called over. Yellow eyes flicked between Shea and the security guard momentarily before Gabe understood. And a puffed, forced laugh expelled itself from him right after. “Neverrrrrr!” he leaned from one side to the other as he watched the guard roll his eyes and walk back over.
The question, had him resting his cheek on his hand again. “Sounds nice…. So long as you don’t find anyone else either, of course,” he grinned a little and shrugged his shoulders. “Maybe go down to Cedar Town since it should be less busy down there…” Very briefly, he found his eyes flicking sideways out to the other tables again, and his features dulled a little.
[attr="class","shea"] Was that genuine fear in Gabe's eyes? Arceus, that just made the whole gag that much more worth it. Priceless.
They grinned as Gabe agreed and they secured their Valentine's date for the year. "Awesome!" Or, well, conditionally at least, haha. Still, they'd take it, and nodded. "Of course, I'm not sure if I've seen anyone else here as hot as you, so they'd have to have a really stunning personality~" Shea half teased.
Looking all around the room just to confirm, they added, "Nope, still don't--" Er... They squinted. "Actually is that Rae over there?" Man she would be really awkward to get paired with, especially on the same day as Gabe, haha. Fingers crossed they wouldn't though. "Okay, so there's ONE person about as hot as you by default. But you pull off the look better." They stuck out their tongue for a moment and giggled. "Still gotta meet Michael eventually, too. You know, for science." They grinned cheesily. "But I'm still pretty sure you're the hottest." Who cared if their facial features were basically identical, minus makeup?
Gabe smirked a little softly. He wasn’t too big a fan of Valentine’s day, but a date was a date. As Shea looked around, Gabe let his gaze flick back to Arietta’s table. Ugh… He supposed so long as he didn’t get her that’d be fi—
“What??” Gabe straightened and looked in the direction Shea was looking. Really? Really? Was this just an upsetting coincidence or was everyone here somehow capable of tracing themselves back to him somehow??? A weird breath drew in and out of Gabe. He kind of wanted to get up and leave before Rae looked over too if she hadn’t already.
….Wait a fucking minute was that Koray over there too. And that one Ara-groupie was at another table. And that one kid he'd run into??? Maybe? Hard to tell actually. And wait just a fucking minute was that his Cherry Town neighbor over there— Gabe slowly found his features falling more and more. Yep, getting out sounded like an excellent idea.
[attr="class","shea"] What? Oh... Oh no, Gabe was Upset. Shea couldn't tell why, and scrambled for a guess. "Er... Hey I was only joking!" they insisted. "I'm not.. actually trying to compare you guys, it was just a joke. A-and like... You ARE really hot but that's not-... I mean it's part of why I like you but I..." Their face was starting to flush now and they fidgeted with their jacket, purple eyes avoiding looking at him. "I really like your personality, and I feel like we get along really well, s-so uh... yeah it's..." It wasn't like Shea was completely shallow or anything. Was that what had Gabe so upset? No? But what then?
Gabe chewed the inside of his mouth. One wrong move, and he’d have a shit ton of people on his ass. He should have looked up a roster before if there was one, or broken into one if it was private. He didn’t want this. He didn’t—
Shea’s talking cut through Gabe’s thoughts. What was— No that wasn’t what he was worried about. That was— Gabe set a thumb and index finger against both eyes. “It’s fine. It’s not that it’s….” He wasn’t even sure what he wanted to say other than I don’t want to be around all these people who hate me and could potentially hate me. So he just trailed off.
Mercifully the timer or whatever dinged signaling the next round. Gabe got up and forced a smile. “I’ll text you later,” he answered before heading towards the door rather than another seat. Little did he know he was probably going to get coerced into staying by a rather forceful event planner, but that was if Shea didn’t do anything last second ether.
[attr="class","shea"] Shea was both relieved and concerned that their guess wasn't why Gabe was upset. It seemed to start when they pointed out Rae's presence, so maybe... he didn't want to see her? Or in looking around had seen someone else he disliked? Or maybe he'd just remembered something totally unrelated, and it had nothing to do with Shea at all. But nyeh. That option meant there was nothing Shea could do about it, too.
The timer went off, and everyone started getting out of their chairs. Oh... Oh they didn't wanna leave like this, um...
Getting up, they hurried after Gabe and grabbed his hand, coaxing him to turn around and pulling him in to briefly but sweetly kiss him on the mouth. Blushing and grinning at him after, they offered, "Hey, everything will be fine, okay? I dunno who upset you, but living well is the best revenge, right? So let's get out there and knock 'em all dead~!" They gave Gabe's hand a squeeze, then let go and turned to trot off to their next date.
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