The Road to Indigo (Pokemon RP (Closed): Chapter 7: Dead Living On The Radio...)

[NeoAC]

The waitress took the menus back from the four trainers and set off for the back room to get the orders into the kitchen. Jordan picked up one of the glasses of water that had been set down at the table and took a long sip. He saw Red and Stick going at it like lovebirds and thought back to Fary, still, for all he knew, hanging back with Rock Boy. He looked over at Rochelle, she seemed to be more lost in her own thoughts rather than paying attention to anything at the table. Ah, whatever bro. Maybe there will be another girl in the next town there for me.

[hr]

Brock gave Rogue a little pat on the head as it ate the food he gave her. "It's OK. I've been shocked and slammed a few times getting Pokemon to trust me. I'm used to it. So, I don't know what now. I think you know how I feel about you, but it's up to you Fary. I know we've got something, but I don't want you just settling down for me. So whatever you do Fary, I'll accept and support your decision."

 

[Lizmichi]

"I think I should head out with the others. I came to Kanto to train my Pokemon and understand them better. I can't get that staying at the gym with you, as much as I'd want to. Besides I have friends in the group I'm with." Fary said.

"I can't be a better breeder if I don't have more Pokemon to train then I can't get very far. I can come back though when I have the time." Fary said smiling putting Zorua in her ball and kissed Brock wrapping her arms around him.

 

[CounterAttack]

The reason Rochelle was lost in her own thoughts, lightly picking at a fingernail, was because she didn't want to watch Mika and Aeris or pay attention to their conversation. Just looking at them, he seemed a bit young for her judging by the difference between the two in terms of appearance.

Then Rochelle's stomach quietly protested its lack of food, jolting her out of her thoughts. Her eyes began to flit between the counter at the front of the diner, under the table where she could see Mika's Pokémon asleep at the Trainer's feet, and generally around the place. After a short time she got that weird feeling one usually gets when someone is looking at you without you knowing it, and turned to find Jordan looking in her direction.

"Oh, um, hi," she said quietly, stumbling over her words a little. Frantically she tried to come up with a topic of discussion. "So, er... how long do you think we should stay in Pewter? I mean, we can't really stay here for very long if the next Gym is in... Cerulean, I think it is." Rochelle remembered seeing a particularly large building in her brief visit to Cerulean City as she had passed through it.

Almost instantly Rochelle mentally facepalmed. Jordan wasn't the right person to be talking to about plans for the group; he had suggested that she herself lead the way to Viridian. That was a really stupid thing to say on her part.

 

[NeoAC]

"Uh, I dunno, uh, Rochelle," Jordan replied, remembering not to call her Red. Plus there was a new Red anyway. "Like how do we get to Cerulean? Yeah, like if it's like a road or something, we should be fine right? But if it's not another forest then, we should probably be leaving like soon, right?"

The waitress returned to the table with the drink choices, the lemonade and the iced tea hitting the table. "Your entrees should be ready in about 8 minutes or so," she informed the customers before heading back to pick up some more orders. The place was getting busy now.

[hr]

Brock nodded solemnly as Fary's decision hit him. "I understand," he told her. "Well, you have my number anyway, so we can keep touch while you're traveling. And I'll add you to the my5 plan I got with Loudred National, so it won't cost a cent!" He was starting to tear up now, still not completely used to having to see pretty girls depart, especially ones that went all the way with him.

 

[RBMidknight]

Simon and Shadow continued their hunt for a place to eat. They passed the vendor who had sold Simon his sandwich. They passed a rather fancy looking restaurant attached to some sort of gift shop. It was tempting, but Simon didn't want to spend quite that much money. Their journey continued, taking them almost out of the town. But finally, with Shadow's help, Simon located a decent looking diner.

"What do you think?" The trainer asked his Pokémon. It was a compromise between the fast food and upper-class fancy restaurant.

"Cheee..." Shadow answered with a mournful sounding whine. He jumped up to the diner's front step and pawed at the door. His claws made small scraping sounds as they impacted the polished wood.

"Alright, alright. We'll eat here." Simon chuckled quietly. He reached for the front door and pushed it open. Shadow hopped inside and his trainer followed. As the door swung closed Simon was nearly run over by a passing waitress.

"Woah!" Simon exclaimed. He stumbled backwards a step, putting a hand behind himself to use the door for balance. Shadow whirled around at the alarm in his trainer's voice.

"Oh my. Excuse me!" The waitress turned red with embarrassment and held up her hand in a pleading manner. "I'm sorry!"

"It's alright." Simon reassured her as he regained his balance. He noticed menus in the woman's raised hand. "Do you think I could get one of those?" he asked, pointing to the folded paper.

"Of course! Here. I'm sorry again. I gotta go." The waitress handed Simon one of the menus and quickly took off in the direction of the...'What is that?'. Simon peered at the sign. KITCHEN...the kitchen.

"Well that was an interesting start." he muttered. Simon shifted his backpack. Out of habit he glanced down at his Pokémon. And immediately bit off a laugh. Shadow was attempting to use Leer in the direction of the kitchen. Simon coughed to cover up his amusement.

"Come on", he said quietly, nudging Shadow with his shoe, "Let's find a seat."

[small]"Chee...."[/small] The unsatisfied Poochyena growled softly but obediently followed his trainer to an empty table.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Hmm... There's a particularly large mountain, Mt. Moon, between here and Cerulean, but most of it's just roads and hills on either side," Rochelle explained. "On my way to Pallet I took the longer route around the mountain, but now that I have a team of Pokémon and I'm with you guys, it should be easier and quicker to just go through the caves and passages of the mountain itself. Plus I figure there are a fair few Pokémon in Mt. Moon that we haven't met, so that should be interesting," she added as an afterthought.

 

[Lizmichi]

Fary smiled some. "Oh don't cry. Hell once I get an HM for fly I can come to Pewter as much as I want." Fary said kissing Brock again deeply almost making out with him. "It's not like I'm going back to Unova." she said.

 

[LunaSocks]

"Eh, they're just pokémon. They're not much to worry about. Besides, I've got two little helpers ready for me." Terinth said to Tyler, getting up and walking to the exit. "I think I'll go find the group, see when we can leave."

 

[NeoAC]

"Mountain?" Jordan asked nearly performing a spit take with his iced tea. "We gotta go through a mountain? Oh bro, totally not my element. Man, this ain't gonna be cool. I'm gonna be all climbing over rocks and shit, harsh." He slumped down in the booth a little bit, he wanted to food to get to the table immediately.

[hr]

Brock accepted the kiss and gave as good as he could back before breaking it off. "I guess that is true. We'll find a way to make this work Fary. I know we can, because we're destined to be together! Like peanut butter and jelly!"

 

[Lizmichi]

Fary laughed. "Well I wouldn't say that till you get to know me better. I'm more then a breeder and a pretty face." she said smiling softly. "Nice to know I wasn't a one night stand." she said.

 

[CounterAttack]

"No need to worry about it, I'm sure there's a path that's nice and flat. Still, it's underground, so it might be dark unless a Ranger or someone went through and put up torches," Rochelle mused. All of her Pokémon would be out of their element when traveling through Mt. Moon: there would be very little water for Kirsten to keep herself hydrated, unless they found an underground lake. And both of the birds on her team wouldn't like the closed-in caverns.

"I'm sure we'll all be fine once we're on the other side of the mountain," she added to try and cheer Jordan up a little.

 

[NeoAC]

"I hope so Rochelle," Jordan told her. "To be honest, kind of missing the ocean right now. I mean, it's been a few days since I've been able to get out on the waves, like, I miss being able to do that whenever. Hopefully they got something in this next place."

As Jordan finished up pining for the sea, the waitress returned to the table carrying all four entrees out. "OK, we have the salad," placing a large bowl of greens and chopped up bacon in front of Jordan, along with a shaker of parmesan cheese and a peppercorn grinder, "the pasta," dropping a big bowl of pasta sauce and cheese before Rochelle, "the steak with Charmeleon sauce," putting the hot platter and a bottle of specially marked hot sauce in front of Aeris "there's some sauce already on there hun, but that's for if you want a little more, and we got the chops," placing the remaining dish in front of Mika. "All right, if any of you need anything you just give me a call, OK?" With that, she returned to the back, attention now on the next order.

"Maybe some food will help," Jordan said as he grabbed the parmesan.

[hr]

"Of course not!" Brock said. After such a long wait for his first time, he definitely didn't want to limit it to one night. "And besides, I know you've got more than just a pretty face, you've also got a pretty body too! And of course that sexy brain of yours." Brock was just dripping honey now. "All right well when did you want to head out? I can at least escort you to the gate."

 

[LunaSocks]

As Terinth walked out of the PokeCenter, she saw some of the group sitting at a table in a diner next to the PokeMart. She walked through the doors and over to the group, impatience scrawled on her face.

"So, when can we leave? I'm tired of seeing the same four houses each time I leave the PokeCenter." She said to the group.

 

[Lizmichi]

"I just have to wait for the team to be ready. We might have a good hour, just enough for somethings." Fary said letting Brock decide what something was. She was falling for Brock but still had feelings for Jordan. For now she'd be with both until she decide what she wanted.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Thanks," Rochelle said to the waitress as she dashed off, the last syllable dying on her lips as she saw that the waitress was already busy with other customers. Nonetheless, she began to eat. The pasta and sauce was good; Rochelle found little pieces of vegetables in with the rest of it. She noted that Jordan had been given a little shaker of parmesan cheese and was applying it to his salad; Rochelle liked that particular kind.

"Hey, um... can I borrow that when you're done with it?" she asked Jordan, indicating the shaker.

 

[socialtangent]

After returning Geist and Tank to their Pokeballs and hastily packing his belongings, Tyler followed Terinth out of the Pokemon Center, if only to remain with a fellow member of the group. If they were indeed leaving soon, then he might as well remain close to the others. He followed Terinth to a restaurant near the PokeMart, where a majority of the group seemed to be dining, and entered after her. Although still satisfied from breakfast, Tyler debated buying a drink while he was here. He took an empty seat after offering a wave to the others.

 

[NeoAC]

"Sure," Jordan answered Rochelle as he handed over the cheese. He was about to dig into his salad when Blondie walked in, in one of her moods apparently. "Uh....." he started, fork still frozen in place with a chunk of lettuce on it. "Uh....I dunno, once everyone is here? I guess?" He noticed Tyler coming in and giving a wave to the group as he took a seat. "I dunno, where's Fary and.....uh....other guy?"

[hr]

"Well I'm up for anything you have in mind," Brock told the young woman at his side. "If you have any ideas maybe you can let me know." He put his arm back around Fary.

 

[Lizmichi]

"Well let's just go with it." Fary said kissing him deeply and hard running her hands down his back almost purring. "So any idea popping into your head now?" she added.

 

[socialtangent]

Shortly after Tyler sat down, a waitress approached him with a menu. The woman smiled warmly and greeted him before handing over the laminated pamphlet. He thanked the waitress and opened the menu to examine the restaurant's offerings as she left. Although the many meal options looked appealing, he skipped over them in favor of the beverage section. Quietly, Tyler scanned through the list of drinks until he found a particular entry that caught his eye.

Miltank Shake

Made with real MooMoo Milk, hand-scooped ice cream, and topped with whipped cream. Available in Vanilla, Chocolate, or Strawberry.

Sounded good enough to him. Tyler folded up the menu and set it down on the table. At that moment, the waitress returned.

"Are you ready to order?" she asked politely.

"Uh...yeah, I'll have a Chocolate Miltank Shake," Tyler replied. "Er, nothing else".

The waitress scribbled down something onto her notepad and nodded. "Okay sir, I'll bring you your shake in a moment," she said before taking Tyler's menu and heading back into the kitchen with his order.

Tyler slouched slightly in his seat and looked out the window as he waited for his order to arrive, absentmindedly listening to the others' conversations nearby.

 

[Lambi]

"Ah, thank you." Aeris said and picked up her fork and knife. She put the knife down again and picked up the Charmeleon Sauce, putting more on her steak. She put it back away and picked up her knife again, cutting a little piece off the steak and put it in her mouth, and chewed on it. The spicy flavor of the Charmeleon Sauce would have been enough for some people to spit it out, but not for Aeris. The hot and spicy flavor felt good on her tongue and she savored the flavor as she chewed on the bit, then swallowed it. She took a few more bites off her steak and drunk a bit of her Lemonade.