Ken Hidaka

...damn, it's been a year since I got here. If we're judging progress from how many of those stupid little pin things we have to fight people to get, I've accomplished pretty much nothing. Good thing I don't really give a shit.

[Ken grins slightly--lopsided and easygoing. He's wearing a bandanna tied over his head and leaning against a broom--such a good housewife, he's actually cleaning.]

So I should probably clear it with everyone else first, but I was thinking maybe...Nanao, Abby, Tohru--you're back right?--kinda having a little housewarming party or whatever.

[He's hard-pressed to think of someone else he's traded more than a few words with.]

You could bring friends, of course, I'd just need to know how many people'd end up here so I can make sure there's enough food for everyone. Assuming this is a thing that'll happen and all.

[Ken's feed snaps on to Ken, surrounded by his team, looking...kinda uncomfortable really, and the reason for it's clear enough. There's someone crying and yelling at him--a familiar sight to anyone who's either challenged Whitney or watched someone else do so.]

"Y-you poisoned them! T-that's so mean!"

Look, it's...kinda your job to do this, right? I mean. I'm sorry and all, but...

"You're not sorry!"

Well it's not like I was just gonna let you win! That's what this whole gym battle thing is for, isn't it?

"Didn't your mom ever teach you to go easy on girls?!"

What...? No, she didn't. Look, like it or not, we beat you. Stop crying about it and...

"And what?! You just want the stupid badge, don't you? Well, fine, take it!"

[Ken frowns and reaches out to catch the Plain Badge Whitney just threw at his head--she pauses in her angry tirade for a moment just to stare before stomping her foot and storming off.]

Hey, wait just a bloody minute!

[Ken starts after her, then stops when he realizes that one of his team has his 'Gear--Yuriko the Breloom, who'd been recording...that whole mess. He frowns before reaching out for it and turning it off.]

[It comes back on about thirty minutes later--Ken's outside the Pokemon Center and...is it a trick of the light or is one of his cheeks noticably redder than the other? He's sitting in the grass, leaning against Nana's dark purple carapace, Omi the Furret curled up next to him and Natsuki--now a Ninetales--laying with her head in his lap enjoying a bit of attention.]

Well, that kinda sucked. If she hates losing so bad, why the hell did she become a gym leader anyway?

Least now it'll be easier to go back and forth...all this for one damn little squirt bottle?

[ooc: Badge is mod approved! :3]

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[Another tired voice from another victim of the bug attack--Ken feels like he hasn't truly slept in days, and it doesn't seem like his Pokemon are going to let him sleep peacefully anytime soon either.]

Right then, never doing that again...I feel like hell.

Anyone care to fill me in on what I missed?

I may be stating the glaringly obvious, but this entire place has gone bloody mad. Just wanted to get that out there, in case not enough people have yet.

[Ken's voice is kind of...muted, as if he's away from the 'Gear, because well...he is. He's up a tree, and hanging from...is that a vine? A rope? Well, whatever, he's upside-down, he knows that much. The Gear is propped up against the trunk of the tree, catching all of the scene in its embarrassing glory. He can't tell you how exactly he got there, though, or who went and changed his clothes--he's wearing his mission gear, mask over his face because for some reason he can't get the damn thing off. Seriously, the hell is this. And his scarf keeps blowing in his face and ARGH.]

Whoever thought this was funny, it's not.

[Luckily for him, his gear-up came with the set of sharp stabby things he customarily carries about, and after a bit of very awkward wiggling and swinging, he manages to grab another branch with his left hand, and cut clean through the rope around his ankle, leaving him hanging one-handed before he lets go, landing in a crouch on the grass.]

Ha, ha, let's string a guy up from a goddamn tree and watch him hang there like a festive fucking pinata or whatever. Whoever pulled that stunt is damn lucky they got a headstart and better keep running if they know what's good for them.

[He cuts the rope away from his ankle--screw untying it, I've got claws!--before standing up. And now that he's relaxing and not pissed off...

...are those cat ears?

...and is that a big, fluffy cat tail that's made itself known and is now lashing in annoyance? what kind of crack is this mun on?]

[Hey, Johto! Ken's outside enjoying the sun and half-decent temperatures after the surprise misery that was yesterday, letting his Pokemon run around, the usual. He's tired of being inside, man. :c There's a couple new additions to the Pokemon either running or sitting around him--a Skorupi that keeps eying Ken sidelong as if the man's gonna up and kick her, and a little recently-hatched Vulpix, toddling around with her single tail.]

Okay, this weather is bloody crazy.

[Ken's been crazy himself, his is the voice of experience.]

First nice spring-y stuff, then it's suddenly July for three days, then rain and snow, and now it's nice again? It'd be nice to have a bit of consistency.

[sigh.]

Hey guys, I'm getting pretty sick of this town. ...well, 've been sick of it for a while now, but now that the weather's getting nicer, moving on might not be so terrible. Anyone else ready to pick up?

[His use of 'guys' is very specific, you all know who you are.]

[Ken's stopped for serious time. He's lying back in bed, in the room he and Youji are sharing--the other man's nowhere to be seen--idly scratching Ratty's ears. The little purple Pokemon is bruxing happily at the attention.]

...so, I was thinking.

How many of you guys have another person here, from your world?

And how many of you have a big time difference between you, if you do? How do you decide how much to say, about the future...or do you say anything at all. I can't really figure out what I should do...and this guy might be really good for listening, but he doesn't have much input.

[More fond scratching. Yay!]

Other than that...really wish the weather'd get warmer. I don't like the cold much.

[the video feed snaps on to the view of...the inside of a Rattata's mouth. Surprise? Luckily Ken notices before the critter does any damage.]

Oi, just because I won't let you chew on the furniture doesn't mean you can chew on that. Give it here.

[yoink!]

Little guy tries chewing on everything. Anyway.

So hey, the weather kinda sucks muchly. Hope everyone's got a place to go to ground, the sky looks mean. I was thinking of trying to move on to the next town, but staying here looks like a great idea at the moment.

[Ken suddenly staggers as his leg's fastened onto by the new addition to his team unexpectedly.]

...does anyone else have one of these guys? He seriously won't let me out of his sight. He starts shrieking if I leave the room without him, not really a good way to endear yourself to the neighbors. He's loud.

[The camera swings around to show the Sentret latched onto his leg.]

[ooc: aaaaand I'll just leave this here. It might be relative to your interests! :3]

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