generalflirt | Appointments Post ( II )

[Another internal sigh at Linda's attitude, and Katara wonders just how this would impact Ikki training Soren.

But, you know, she knows how to deal with this.]

We'd really appreciate the help, Linda.

We would! [ Ikki chimes in cheerfully, although her attention is mostly on Soren, who definitely looks less than happy with this turn of events. Ikki seems to be the only person in this little group who actually has no issues of any sort with anyone else, and the look Soren gave her for saying she'd like the help was a little bit annoyed.

She did realize that Chien and Soren thought of Masaomi and Linda as rivals and/or some sort of enemy ("selfish jerk" had come up in conversation before) but Ikki herself didn't really have any particular dislike for either. She'd told Linda at the beach that she was amazing, and that hadn't really changed, even if she'd always landed more on the side of rooting for Soren.

...She should probably say something, huh? ] Soren?

[ ugh fine okay give him a second. This is a one-time thing Linda. 8| Only because the airbending buddy asked. ]

[Whatever bro. She folds her arms before sighing and dropping to the ground in front of Soren. She waves a hand at him.]

Soren, how about Mimic first. That'll take longer anyway.

[Because Mirror Move and Mimic are almost identical except for a slight nuance. Mirror Move is an immediate copy of the last attack the opponent threw at you. It could be used on the fly and changes based on what the enemy does. The goal of them move is to throw something right back in the enemy's face.

Mimic, meanwhile... is meant to mimic an enemy's move so temporarily learn it.]

I'm not going to tell her to attack, but try to mimic what she does.

[Working as he thinks he understand this move, when he makes a hand motion to Linda to tell her simply charge up her electricity to ready for a thundershock or spark. He's not sure (given type weaknesses) Soren can actually mimic the charging or not, but if it does he should be able to coat himself in a faint glow and manipulate his internal energy to emulate the charging to make his own thundershock.

...Linda, at least, thinks that this'll hurt him though. Hence why she smirks nastily at him while she's sparking lightly]

[Katara just watches carefully.]

[ That little smirk doesn't catch Ikki's eye - she's focused on Soren entirely - but Soren himself sees it. That's why he doesn't really think it through too much - if that would have even helped - but follows what Masaomi said, attempting to mimic the pikachu.

He does begin to start glowing, but then there's a squawk and the energy abruptly fizzles out. Ikki takes half a step forward before stopping - never go near someone who lost control of their bending - and hovering anxiously, while Soren himself is stunned for a few moments. ]

Soren! Sifu, what happened?

A limitation in the move, I guess... [He frowns. He was probably being rude to Soren, doing that. Linda looks proud that Soren couldn't handle her power. Haha.

Masaomi isn't really looking at the scene now, instead fiddling with some dials over here]

You see, mimic is a move where a pokemon tries to change their own energy to use other pokemon's moves. In theory, Soren should have been able to copy Linda's electricity, and possibly even produce his own Thundershock.

[And now he turns to face the bird and the two girls] But, it's harder for him to copy an electric move. Do you know why, Ikki?

[Let's see if Chien ever mentioned weaknesses.

...Fortunately, this was only a small jolt. Soren probably ~~lost 20 or 30 HP~~ was comparatively barely hurt. Linda, for her part, stops her charging through. She tilts her head at the bird and makes a little piii sound. It's a rough questioning, but she's asking if he's alright? ]

[Still just here, listening, watching.]

[ Yeah, yeah, he's fine, Linda. That shock was nothing, barely even static electricity. Insert more bird boasting here. But he does shake himself and gives Ikki a somewhat more comforting trill of reassurance. ]

...No? [ Taking her eyes off of Soren, Ikki frowns a little, baffled. Chien never mentioned weaknesses, nope. Still, she gives it as much thought as she can. ] ...Because it makes flying harder?

That's close, actually. [and now he fiddles with some more dials here, grinning to himself as he looks away once more to follow the two out of the corner of his eyes.

Linda meanwhile shrugs. Well, good, as long as you're not dead from that, putz.

But as for Masaomi] Okay, Ikki, just as there are four elements in your world, for pokemon, there are something like elements. But they're called "types" - every move a pokemon can make has a type, and every pokemon has one or two "types" which are their core essence. You've probably noticed the labels looking through your pokedex earlier, right?

Soren's says "normal" and "flying". [ That's as much a confirmation as it is a question.

Something occurs to her, and she points the pokedex at Linda this time. There's a new screen of information, now. ] ...And Linda's electric!

Exactly! Now, unlike the elements of your world, every type is specifically strong or weak against a series of other types. For example, Linda - who's essence is electricity - is weak against "ground" type moves. But as a flying type - Soren will often not even be hurt by ground type moves at all, because he can fly away from the Earth.

[ Just like she could probably fly away from earthbending herself - although not against, say, Aunt Toph. ]

So you're saying that Soren is weak against electricity? [ He doesn't like it said all blunt like that, but yes, you got the gist of it, kid. ]

That's right. He's also weak against a two other types, as a flying type - Ice and Rock, specifically.

[He studied up for his fight with Chien, even if Linda couldn't have learned any rock or ice moves. Not to mention Silver drilled him on learning his types, considering them a basic skill of being a trainer. To that end - and because he is confident he has this simulation finished, he turns to look at Ikki front on again]

[ Ice, Rock, and flying. Ikki tries to commit those to mind, nodding, and then pauses. ] Rock and Ground are different types?

Mmmhm. [He rolls his shoulders, shrugging] There's actually seventeen types in all. I won't expect you to remember all of them from this one recitation, but I'm going to list them to you now, so listen well, okay?

[He pauses here, to make sure she's focusing on listening and only listening]

[ Ikki nods, once. She's got a decent memory, but this definitely sounds like something she's going to have to recite at home a lot, especially if she's going to have to know how they're strong or weak or...anything.

Masaomi has her complete and utter attention. Hopefully it isn't disconcerting. ]

[...Actually he feels a surge of pride. his mentee. his student. His kouhai. his smile perks up again, become sincere and genuine]

Electric, ground, rock, steel, flying, water, fire, grass, poison, dark, psychic, ghost, bug, fighting, ice, dragon and... normal

[ why are there so many elements. Electric is Linda, Flying and Normal is Soren, and Ice and Rock are bad for Soren (as is Electric). Ground can be Bolin, because if Aunt Toph is anything she's steel, and Katara is water and Uncle Zuko will be fire and grass - grass can be Lee because it's really green, which makes poison...Uncle Sokka, because he ate so many sweets he made himself sick, and dark will be Shikamaru because of shadowbending, ghost will be grandpa, bug will be Shino who she's never met but who they live inside of, and fighting is Korra and dragon has to be Uncle Roku.

If she fixes the names on people, it's a lot easier to try and keep them all inside her head. Linda Soren Bolin Aunt Toph Katara Uncle Zuko Lee Uncle Sokka Shikamaru grandpa Shino Korra Uncle Roku. ]

...'Kay!

A....ha. And. Open your pokedex, and go back to the top menu. Scroll down a bit, and there should be something that says "type" There's a little chart there to remind you about the strengths and weaknesses.

[ She follows directions easily enough, and oh gosh this chart has numbers and coloured boxes and is just all around intimidating.

...Ikki's going to make some crayon-coloured flash cards when she gets home, yeah. But she holds a finger to the pokedex to follow the line of the chart that is probably the most relevant. ] So fighting, bug, and grass. Those are Soren's strengths?

Yes - when he uses flying moves. Remember that both pokemon and moves have types. But as a flying time, and I'm sure you noticed, a lot of his moves are flying type. Or normal type.

[And he nods here. She's following... he's glad she's following, because all these technical details he knows are complex. He can only imagine going in to being a trainer with a pokemon who's evolved, learned a bunch of moves, and has his own developed battle style. Sympathy is lining his voice. They might be friends, but the road to being partners he can't help but suspect will be uphill]

So if Linda used a flying type move against a bug type pokemon, it would still be strong? [ She knows Linda doesn't have those, from the list she scanned, but Ikki's just double-checking against what she just got told.

It's all a little mind-boggling, but at least she isn't trying to figure it out alone. ]

Correct.

[He nods, and then after a little pause...] Though... a move is always a little stronger when a pokemon is using their own type of move. For example, Linda has a lot of normal and a water move she knows, but those, while they do give her a lot of variety, will never be as strong as lightning is to her. Because electricity is her birthright.

[And he smiles, warmly, at Ikki]

Does that make sense?

Yes! [ So flying moves are a bit stronger when used by Soren. Okay. ]

...So, since Soren is two types, does that mean he's also got two sets of weaknesses and strengths?

[Normal type moves are too! Contrary to what Gamefreak said in Gen1, Normal gets STAB! ...Anyway]

That's right, but there's a little trick there.

[And now his smile turns coy, to see if she'll notice is: Flying is resistant to fighting, and normal is weak to it]

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