shiningboxofjustice | PSL Post - Athrun Zala and Yukari Takeba

I don't know. But if this League Challenge is a legitimate way of going about things here, then there has to be some way to earn money in spite of constant travel. They wouldn't offer something like this if there wasn't one.

... Yeah, I guess. It'd probably be difficult to use a bank account with someone who's going everywhere all over the place. [ For all she knew, this place didn't even have anything like the internet. ]

Does it say where we need to go to look into it? Or are we just going to have to ask everyone until we get an answer?

I skimmed it already. Part of the requirement is challenging the gyms across the region. There's a gym here in Viridian City. We could start looking around there.

... Well, they did call it a challenge.

[ But that really was super vague. It could be anything really. ]

But yeah, that's as good of a plan as any. It's not like we have any other idea of what to do right now? We should go talk to whoever's there tomorrow.

I agree. In the meantime, we should eat and rest up. Today's been a long day.

Yeah. And somehow I get the feeling tomorrow's going to be even longer.

[ She basically just flops down on her back after that. Sure, they needed to eat, but actually getting food might be a problem unless Athrun noticed something she hadn't. ]

Anyway, we do seem to have a little bit of money that's accepted here. We could see if there's somewhere cheap we can go for food. It's a city; I'm sure there's something nearby.

Yeah. That's... good. A bit surprising, but it's definitely better than nothing.

[ Though actually knowing just how much they had would be nice too. But... figuring that out would take time. ]

Want to go look around and try to find something now?

[Athrun opens his mouth to speak, but he's preempted by his stomach letting out a loud growling noise. His cheeks turn red.]

...Er. Well.

[ That got a small laugh out of Yukari, and she soon shifted herself so that she was sitting back up. ]

Okay, I guess that answers that question. Let's go. And after we eat, we should go find something for the pokémon too. I'm sure they have to be getting hungry too.

I agree. They've gone at least as long without food as we have.

... Actually, maybe we should try to see if we can get them something to eat first. I mean, they were fighting against all those pokémon for us.

Yeah, that's also a good point. We did all the walking, but they did all the battling.

[He takes his Charmander's Poké Ball off his belt and fiddles with it a little bit.]

I'm also curious to see for myself the results of that treatment they got. Are they really back to full health after just a few seconds of being in that machine?

They better be. I mean, if that nurse lied to us about it I'm going to be pretty pissed at her.

[ Now if only she could summon her persona and unleash a tornado in the pokemon center... but she should wait until she knew what was going on.

So she let her Bulbasaur out of the ball... and it looked completely fine. Yukari couldn't even tell that it had been in a fight at all. ]

Wow. You really do look good as new... [ The pokemon nuzzles up against her, and she pets it. ]

... Now, I bet you're pretty hungry, aren't you?

[Athrun stares at Yukari's Bulbasaur for a moment. It really does look like it's in peak condition.]

That's...really amazing. I wonder if there's anyone around here who knows how that device works? I've never seen anything capable of doing that in my life.

[Uh-oh. He's being distracted from the previous subject.]

[ Yukari giggled while her Bulbasaur moved to climb into her lap, but then she turned to look over at Athrun and shook her head. ]

Hey, let's get them and us fed first. Then you can go off and try to find out all of the science behind that thing that I'm not going to be able to understand.

...Ah. Yes. You're right. I'm sorry. I'm simply fascinated by new technology.

[He scratches his cheek sheepishly.]

[ Yukari nods, before scooping Bulbasaur up in her arms and making it to her feet. ]

Well, I guess I'd be pretty interested in how it worked too if I had any chance of understanding how it works... Fuuka would probably be impossible to pull away from it if she were here.

[Athrun places Charmander's Poké Ball back on his belt and leads the way out of the room.]

A friend of yours from home?

[ Yukari doesn't put Bulbasaur back in the ball just yet. It just seemed a bit... wrong to do that. ]

Yeah. She's really good with technology and machines and stuff. Something like that machine would have her interested for days... though if she were here with us, she'd probably still be asking you for more details on your giant robots.

[That gets a chuckle out of him as they walk out of the Center and into the dusk air.]

I imagine those would be popular with people from your time period. If I'm not mistaken, there was an entire sub-genre of science fiction dedicated to mobile suits, wasn't there?

Yeah. There's definitely a lot of it.

[ And they'd already talked about how likely it was for real life, so no reason to go back there. ]

Though unlike a lot of people who'd be asking you about it, she might actually be able to understand a decent amount about how those work.

It would be nice to have someone to talk to about that kind of thing more often. Back home, I really only have my best friend. But Kira and I work for two different nations now -- allied, but different.

I miss it a bit. Before I became a soldier, I was planning on becoming a mechanical engineer.

[ She knows that she should probably let the subject drop, but... part of her is still a bit too curious to go ahead and do that. ]

Well, can't you still become an engineer after you're done? It's not like you're going to stay in the military forever, right?

[He shakes his head.]

During the past four years, the nations of the world have gone to war with each other twice. Right now, I think working to maintain a lasting peace is the most important thing to do.

PSL Post - Athrun Zala and Yukari Takeba

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