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[ behold, Goldenrod. your new campeador has arrived! Tavros has been on the fly—or, uh, the bull ride—for weeks, with the express purpose of hastening to Goldenrod. of course, the reason this took almost a month and not, y'know, a week or two, is because he got lost. a lot. lost, and held up by wild Pokemon that he had to direct his amazing team of three underleveled Pokemon to battle, with near-disastrous results, and other various paraplegic shenanigans that I would be heartless to describe here, but which may or may not involve the total destruction of his wheelchair somewhere along the way.

so, as grand as it may seem to ride into a big city on the back of a giant hoofbeast, it really becomes less impressive when you take in the weather-beaten and fatigue-stricken appearance of both steed and rider. ]

We did it, Rufio! Unless I'm reading the map wrong, uhh, again, which is a thing that's completely possible, since it happened so many times before, but assuming I'm not, which I don't think I am, for once...

[ his Tauros gives a snort of impatience. Would you get to the point, already? ]

Right, sorry. Anyway, I think this is Goldenrod. It's gotta be, just, based on its appearance, which resembles the descriptions that were given to me, before.

[ clip clop clip clop... clip... clop... Rufio is beginning to slow down. his legs are trembling. Tavros leans down and pats his neck consolingly. ]

It sure is big, isn't it...

[ ...and then he promptly passes out and falls off of his trusty steed sideways, just in time for said trusty steed to collapse over the other way. bull pileup on aisle four. ]

[ ooc: assume replies to responses on the 'gear come after he wakes up \o\ ]

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[ slowly and groggily brings his hands to his head, taking a deep breath. cannot brain!! ]

Uhh... I think I'm just, kind of, a little bit tired.

[he raises his brows.] Kinda? I think you're more than just kinda tired. How long have you been traveling kid?

[ he has to pause in the middle of pressing his palms into his eyes, and then looks up again, eyes unfocused. ]

I don't know, I lost track of the time at some point, awhile ago...

[stern look.] When was the last time you had water?

Water?

[ says it with skepticism--not, "what is water?" but rather, "why is that important?" ]

Yeah-- yanno... the stuff that keeps you hydrated? The stuff that prevents you from feeling like shit. I think I got a bottle on me hold on... [and with that he fishes around his pack and takes out an unopened bottle of water and hands it to Tavros.] Here. Drink this.

[ when he reaches up to take it, his hand actually goes in the wrong direction and he misses it by a few inches, if that's any indication of how out of it he is. after a moment he blinks hard and manages to take it, though. ]

Right, this stuff, I don't usually have it very much. I didn't know that, uhh, that humans needed it for hydration and other things, like what you said.

[ at least he doesn't have any trouble with getting the cap off. exhausted or not, he's stronger up top than he looks. ]

[he quirks a brow.] Yeah-- we need this stuff to survive. How come you-- are you not-- What are you?

Well, right now, technically, I'm also a human.

[ gives him a pretty weaksauce smile and then takes a long sip of that water.

and by a long sip I mean that bottle is gone in a heartbeat. you'd think by the look on his face, he'd just had a little slice of heaven in his hand, by golly is water delicious. ]

Mm! I forgot how tasty it is, heh.

You're... [he blinks and then all the sense was made. he vaguely remembered someone talking about ponies over the gear once-- so... maybe he was something like that?

ANYWAYS-- that's not really the important thing! the only thing that's able to take his mind off of Tav being all "human now" is how fast that kid chugged the water.] Right-- that's why we need to keep hydrated kid. [he pauses.] Have you eaten anything recently? Also-- when was the last time you slept?

[ a pony is actually not too far from fitting. sort of. a little. maybe. ]

Eaten, yes, sort of. Sort of, by which I mean, I had some of those berries, at a time that wasn't that long ago. Yesterday, I think. And sleep, that sort of happened just now, in a way.

[possiblyyyy.]

You--uhh... you do know that those berries are for your pokémon right? Man just-- hold up a minute. [BRB DIGGING IN HIS BAG FOR THAT GRANOLA BAR HE KNEW WAS IN THERE.] Here. It isn't much, but it's better than those berries.

[ he starts to reply, but then shuts his mouth, blinking slowly once or twice. still a bit unfocused, but that water certainly helped. ]

Are you sure this is okay for me to have? You're really, uhh, giving me a lot of things.

It's fine. I've got more back home.

[ takes a moment to consider, then musters up a shaky smile as he takes the granola bar and starts to unwrap it. ]

Okay, well, if you're sure that it's okay, then I'll have it. And also, thank you, for the things that you were giving me in multitude, like I said, just now.

[he nods and smiles-- oh wait... gotta be stern with him!!] Just make sure this doesn't happen again, okay? [he pauses.] Can you stand? You might wanna get your trusty...steed to the pokécenter sometime soon. [that... and sitting on that ground... not good, not good. B(]

[ he looks more scolded by being asked if he can stand than he does by the first part, staring down at the granola bar in his hand, and then sideways at Rufio, who, despite still being exhausted, is watching this exchange with the most fiercely intense glare. ]

I think you're right about, uhh, the part with Rufio needing to receive treatment, definitely, but, then, the part about standing, that's... I can't really do it.

[his brows raise. HOW LONG HAS THIS KID BEEN TRAVELING LKSDFJALKG;WHEAKFJ.] You can't... do it? What is that supposed to mean?

[ sigh, he hates explaining this 8( ]

Well, uhh, the thing is, is that there was an incident at a previous time, as in, before I came here, to Johto, I mean. Uhh, but anyway, during that point that I just mentioned, my legs were made to not work anymore, effectively. So that's why I can't do the standing thing.

[his expression softens some as he listens to Tavros' story. So he's... paraplegic... With that Kanji gets down onto his knees.] You've got upper body strength right?

Huh? I guess so, sort of. A little.

[ oh, don't be modest, Tavros. of course he does! with all the lifting himself up and dragging himself around he has to do? you betcha. ]

Awesome! I'm gonna give you a piggy back ride to the center. If-- that's okay with you...

[there's also the other way-- but this way seems more manly, sob.]

Oh, you don't have to do that, I can, uhh...

[ no, he can't ride on Rufio... or his other Pokemon, either. pauses. ]

Well, instead of burdening you with, uh, with me, as it were, I could probably crawl there, that's something that I do all the time.

Nope. Not gonna let that happen. 'sides I'm pretty sure your little friend'll try to ram me for walking away. That and I'm pretty sure it'd take you a while to find the center anyways. I've been in town for a while, so I can get you and your pokémon there quickly. [he pauses.] Which reminds me-- you have this things pokéball right?

[ so many reasons for not crawling! he actually kind of spaces out in the middle and then zones back in when he realizes there are questions being asked. ball? pokeball? oh. oh yeah. ]

Yes, uhh, it's right here.

[ pats his belt! ]

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