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02 º text / action ; violet city

[ suddenly, on your pokégear screen... there is just one question of vital importance: ]

Hello. I hope you don't mind answering a bit of a question for me.

What do you think of maid outfits? If it helps, you can give me a ranking from 1-10. One being the worst, of course.

[ those looking for judith might find her at the pokécenter, sitting close to the window and sipping on a hot drink. there's a wailmer rolling around at her heels. she's petting it occasionally, flipping through an article of... outfits. feel free to talk to her. ]

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[He follows after and lands similarly, wondering why it is exactly that this world has weakened him so. He's slightly irritated for just a moment before she captures his attention again.

In the end, he grins.]

Ah, well- it wasn't really meant to be a handicap... I'm sorry if you took it that way! But for certain, we'll race for real next time.

[a sheepish rub of the back of his neck. Is it really so odd that he just likes the idea of 'running alongside each other in a friendly way' more than a race?]

[ she chuckles. ]

I'm just teasing. [ and then a nod. ] Next time. Or we can just run. [ hopefully they won't fall off, but she doesn't think that was a problem. with a final reassuring smile to him, she looks up at the big, scary sprout tower. now... ]

Hm. Should we go inside? Or . . . [ should they try climbing it from the outside. ]

[... excellent question. He tilts his head.]

Well, we've already gone through with my suggestion! It's your choice now, Judith.

It is a bit tall . . . [ could they even make that far, she wonders. looking up at it sure isn't making it shrink. ] We could always try.

There's certainly no harm in trying!

[guess who still hasn't really accepted the fact that he's not half as powerful as he used to be]

My thoughts exactly. [ this one's kind of being testing limits too. well, this won't end badly at all. she walks around the tower for a bit before walking to a tree near one of the available ledges.

a long, long climb was ahead of them. ]

Will this work? [ a gesture towards the tree. ]

[he looks up to it and nods!]

I certainly don't see why it wouldn't. Ladies first, as they say!

I suppose I did let you go first last time. [ so she'll be going up that tree now, and onto the first ledge of the sprout tower with a little bit more difficulty. yep, this is more awkward than climbing simple rooftops.

her heels aren't very good on the older shingles, but she manages to catch some sort of footing before glancing down at ieyasu. this might be a bad idea.

aw, hell, bad ideas are the best ideas. ]

[all geniuses are slightly insane, as they say. climbing sprout tower from the outside sounds insane enough.

He's a bit worried admittedly and half the reason he'd rather she go first is that he's able to catch her in case of a misstep, but she when she seems to catch her balance, he breathes a sigh of relief.

It takes him a moment to think about it... but then he realizes thinking doesn't do much in this situation and instead he just acts. Climbing the tree is simple, catching that first ledge is a bit harder... but he manages it and swings up.]

... oddly enough, this is actually one of the few things in this town that reminds me of home.

[ and of course he doesn't disappoint her. she walks carefully on the ledge to find a way to get to the second one, tossing an interested glance in ieyasu's direction. ]

Does your world have buildings like this one? [ it isn't like anything she's seen before in terms of design. ]

[he follows after shortly, back to his little quiet goal of making sure that Judith doesn't fall.

but at the question he smiles]

Yes! Similar in structure and the way it was built. It's a lot more familiar than those strange floors and lighted ceilings in town.

Your home sounds very beautiful. [ truth be told, judith did like the design of the sprout tower more than the design of the building in town. higher up, less... modern-looking. everything had a tendency to get less and less visually appealing as they got more advanced.

oh, look, there is a little bit of footing they could use to get to the next ledge... time to try that out. ]

Well... when it's not being affected by war?

It's beauty is unrivaled, if I may say so.

[a bit of a chuckle, coupled with a goofy grin. He loves his home and everything and everyone in it.

But as that footing becomes clear... well, he still waits for Judith to have the first try at it. He's set to catch her if need be.]

I wouldn't mind seeing it someday.

[ oh, war. always ruining things. she says this without facing him, and right after opts to try out that footing. she leaps up and catches her foot there, using it as a bit of a midpoint to try to get to the next ledge.

. . . this is harder than it should be. ]

I'd love to show it to you!

[and as she does that, he blinks. and tentatively calling up-]

Are you alright, Judith?

[ she pauses mid-reach to look down towards him and nod. with a big, big push she is going to leap up towards the next ledge.

this somehow works! except she's only managed to grab onto its edge and hasn't actually climbed up yet, but she's not exactly panicking. ]

[... well guess who is?

Though admittedly he's not saying anything for the moment, not seeking to break her concentration but best get up there soon Judith or else he's going to successfully have a heart attack from concern alone.]

[ still climb, climb, climbing, and somehow she finally pulls herself up onto the ledge. look, totally okay! ]

This one's a little more difficult.

[he breathes a major sigh of relief either way]

It would seem so...! But are you alright, Judith?

[and he looks genuinely concerned. His expression just reads 'no scrapes, no cuts? not tired?']

I hope you won't be asking that every ledge we go up. [ not that she doesn't mind it, but she'll need to condition him to worry less, punch more. ] But I'm okay.

[... oh.]

... I didn't mean to be repetitive. Forgive me.

[he has a habit of worrying, he supposes.

but with her demonstration, he's quick to mimic her movements and well... compensate where she fell short. it's difficult - far more difficult than it should be in his opinion - but he manages to join her up shortly.

... but once he's up there, he kind of sighs heavily.]

I wonder if more training will make up for this...

[ well done, ieyasu. she's looking up as she acknowledges what he's talking about... looks like this kind of thing will be the norm for the next few levels. ]

It's harder than it should be, isn't it?

[a nod]

Not to sound too obnoxious by any means... but this should have taken a fraction of the time that it has.

It's not. I get it. [ like how she can't use her artes and throw lightning everywhere, they both can't climb this tower in .3 seconds. it makes her the slightest bit uncomfortable. ] We can't give up now though, can we?

... well of course not. Practice should only make perfect, right?

[he's plastered on another grin at least, and this time he'll set out to look for a way to the next one to take the lead for the time being.]