Tapuhauko - Blog Posts

"Yep, those."

A chuckle, and she fixes a bit more the weight onto her shoulders, keeping a smile.

"Nothing wrong with liking them, y'know? A good friend of mine is reeeeeally into them too."

Lysia wherever you are her DMs are open.

"I did. My big boy, behind me, actually won pretty much all the medals in the Toughness ranks back then, but we kinda realized we weren't into that stuff at all. Battling is funnier... even if the faces of the jury when someone decides to explode is always fun."

"Paperwork sucks, pretty much. I know that much." He had to deal with plenty of it as a Kahuna. It was just so mind numbingly boring...

"Into that stuff? Contests you mean?" Busted... "Well, I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to participate in one just once... It looks so cool and fancy. Have you ever done them?"

"Ah yeaaah, they're still going strong."

Not that she knew. She left the scene a long time ago. They were fun, her Blaziken still holds all his medals and trophies with pride, but they're both way more inclined to do actual battles.

"I heard rumors 'bout them wanting to expand in other Regions, but, younnooooow… paperwork can he hard to deal with."

And she may have forgotten to give all of them a read. Again.

"What, you're into that stuff?"

"Some extra spice is always nice!" Hau nods, agreeing wholeheartedly.

"Hoenn? Dang, I wanna visit Hoenn so bad still." He hasn't been there before, but he definitely has it on the list of places to visit sometime.

"There's contests there, right? What are they like?" Seems like they're already forgetting about the Mantine tips...

"Ayuuup! I relax just fine everyday, I just wanted some extra spice, you know?"

Sometimes you have to dive in new seas, climb new volcanoes, get lost in new woods… and sleep in new beds!

"From Hoenn, actually. Surfed on a few Sharpedos back at home, but from what I heard Mantines are much easier to deal with, yea?" a calm chuckle "But if you have any tips, I'll be ready to take some notes."

Holy shit this woman had some power in her. He'd have to ask for some work-out tips later.

"Oh, heck yeah! So active activities and battling? Sounds right up my alley, actually."

At the mention of Mantine surfing he chuckles. "It's actually pretty fun! Can give you some tips if you want? But honestly, I doubt you'd need them." She looked like she'd rock the waves with ease. "Where are you from originally?"

"Ah, no probs, my guy."

She's-- she's giving a thumbs up. She's holding on that giant ass bag and she's giving a thumbs up as if it was nothing. Girl what's your diet.

"That was kinda the point of this vacay, actually" she fixes the bag a little more, trotting behind them "Trekking and the battle tree. Aaaand maybe some Mantine surfing? Like, I knooow it's a tourist trap, but" a chuckle "consider me trapped, yeah?"

Oh that's. A ton of bags???

Hau is pretty impressed by the Blaziken's strength-- And sapphire's, too.

"Follow me. And if I need to help carry anything, let me know." Hau turns on his heel, starting to walk in the direction he remembered it being in.

"It's a bit of a trek, truth be told. But it's pretty worth it from what I've heard."

"Wait, real?"

Cue a thumbs up.

"Cool, thanks dude. Then hold on one sec."

And at that she turns to the boat, puts two fingers between her lips and whistles. In a matter of seconds here comes Lyle, her Blaziken, effortlessly holding- Oh that's a lot of bags. She picked up-- arguably the biggest one, one hell of a trekking backpack, but that's still a lot.

"Can you hold 'em a little longer, buddy?"

Cue another thumbs up, this time from the Blaziken.

"Hella." again, she returns the same gesture before fixing the bag on her shoulder, turning again to Hau "Okay, lead the way."

"Oh! I do know where that is, actually!"

"I can take you there if you want? I don't have anything better to do right now anyway." It would take their mind off swimming, too. Apparently you can't swim with a new tattoo? Mean to him.

"Hmmmh, gotcha." a nod, and the lollipop returns in her mouth as she shares a chill smile with the other.

"Nah, actually, hold up just oooone sec-" she grumbles, checking the map on her phone again before opting for showing them the logo of the local motel. "You know where this is? Don't feel like getting lost right nowwww."

"Grandkid, technically." Maybe she didn't wanna talk about the whole legendary thing with a stranger? Fair enough.

"And yeah, that might have been with my demotion..." Which still sucked. Even if it meant being more free now. "I didn't mean to be a paparazzi... I was just curious. I can leave you be if you want?"

…a blink, followed by a snort.

"Well, damn. And here I thought I'd avoid paparazzi if I came in this early."

She squints, tilting her head on the side. Hold oooon.

"…ain't you the Kahuna's kid? Think I saw ya on TV some months ago."

She didn't answer. Not for anything in particular. She just forgot to.

Aaaand he waves back! This person seems familiar...

"Uhhh not much! What's up with you?"

He had been hanging about the port, yearning for a dip in the water... but he couldn't with his brand new tattoo. "You... Do you have a bond with a strong Pokémon?"

Was that weird to ask right out of the gate?

@tapuhauko

Stares. He senses something about her.

She barely got off the ship from Hoenn to Alola, a lollipop in her mouth, her phone ( with Poogle Maps open ) in one hand, the other in her pockets. It takes her a few seconds to realize someone is staring, to which she slowly looks up, pops the candy out of her mouth and waves.

"'sup dude."

Sheeeeee's quite sure she saw them in the past. Some news about Kahunas or something? Welp. She's waving.