smashacademy | [Action] Enter the sandstorm.

[In the morning when Blue wakes up, Acacia lets herself out of her ball to greet her momma before the day starts. Normally, she'd go out for a bit to get some fresh air and stretch her legs before returning to the room to relax. However, today shall be a different day. A break in the cycle, if you will.

The Sandslash has been getting a little restless in her ball for some time now and finally decides that today is the day she is going to take up a human form. So, wanting to surprise her momma and little bro, she sneakily approaches the crazy headmaster to enroll as a student and acquire a transformation accessory. And, tempting as it is to make a grand and showy announcement of her presence over the network, the Sandslash decides she'd rather personally greet everybody and surprise her family and friends in the flesh. That would create a better, lasting impact, she believes. So, here you have a spiky brown haired girl roaming about the campus looking for her family and aiming to strike up a conversation with anyone interesting.

Will you ~~unfortunately~~ be within sight of Acacia? Approach her? Avoid her?]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Hot dogs? Nah, Pulse didn't need to eat. Or at least, he shouldn't really try to; his half-formed digestive system causes him to feel sick whenever he attempts to eat anything. You can find him indoors, checking the physical bulletin boards for notices on things that might not have been crossposted to the school network. Can't be too careful.]

[What a curious looking person. Was he dressed up as a robot or an actual robot? Half man, half bot? Acacia had to know and now was the perfect opportunity to do so.

Quietly, she stepped up beside him, acting as if she was interested in the boards (and to some extent, she was, but she could always look at the postings later).]

Sup. Looking for something in particular?

Edited 2015-03-18 01:03 (UTC)

[Aah, a person! Lady. Lady-person. Get a grip, Pulse, all she did was ask you a question.]

Um, uh... N-not really. Just in general, I guess. Sorry if I was in... your way...

[Oh. He didn't recognize her.]

...Exc-cuse me, ma'am, are you a new student here?

[Ah ha ha. Oh, the shy types. Acacia loved them so. She took a step closer and leaned in so her face was closer to his.]

Nope! You're not in my way, so don't be sorry. I am a new student, though. So you're right about that. My name's Acacia, and you are?

[personal space and she is in it. Pulse took a cautious step back.]

P...

[C'mon.]

Pulseman. Or, just Pulse. ...It's nice to meet you.

[There's something about this person that's causing Pulse to get all worked up, and it's not just... He can't figure it out, and that makes him even more anxious.]

[Seeing Pulse take a step only caused Acacia to take one step closer.]

Pulse? That's a very unique name. It's real nice meeting you.

[She noted how flustered he was and grinned.]

Is something the matter?

[Acacia isn't that a type of tree why does she have to be so close? Pulse went to take another step back... and found himself with his back right up against the solid unforgiving wall.]

Uhhhh ththtthank you.

[It was when he saw her grin when two pieces finally slid together and clicked in his head: one was Riwane, the cheerful, friendly human who was also a Charizard, one of the first people he met after moving to the school. The second was his encounter with a Drilbur on one of his nature walks to observe Bug pokemon in the woods. He felt the same lack of sensory feedback, like a complete and utter void in his electrosensitivity, as he did around Acacia; he might not have noticed it so much if she hadn't been in such near-immediate proximity to him.]

mMMmmaaam I apologize if this sounds forward or intrusive and it is probably some of both and I'm sorry if I inadvertently insult you but are you a pokemon and if so are you also a Ground type?

Edited 2015-03-21 01:24 (UTC)

Wow! Amazing. How did you know? It's not insulting at all and you can be as forward as you like with me.

[Haha, look at you backed up against the wall. Acacia's just going to take anooother step forward. Don't mind her as she gets a little friendly.]

You know, your helmet's kinda cool. Does it come off? [she says as she lightly runs her fingers on its pointy, uh, tip.]

It's uh...

[Wait, he was right?]

The... thing...

[He hadn't had to explain himself, his powers, or how they worked to anyone in a rather long while, so his brain's a little fuzzy on what to say.]

You're naturally immune to electricity, so...

[BAD TOUCH]

No it doesn't I'm sorry please don't touch thank you.

[Though space was rather limited, he was able to turn his head, still regarding Acacia with one large blue eye.]

Hmm? No? [She removed her hand and held it up as if to show no intent to harm.] My bad.

[She still stayed rather close though.]

So, if I wasn't a ground type, would I have been electrocuted? I'm not quite sure I understand what you're saying. Though, since I'm in my human form [damn that sounded great to say. Yeahhhhh human forms.] I should have felt a shock, at least? If that were the case. Could you elaborate?

[Pokemon humanization was still a weird subject to him... Having been introduced to both that and the concept of pokemon in general at the same time, he naturally thought that any pokemon anywhere was capable of turning into a human at any moment, which was why he always tried to maintain care when interacting with pokemon in the wild (the Scyther incident notwithstanding). He knew pokemon typically carried over some characteristics when they became human, but then, perhaps some chose to remain looking more like their original selves, while others preferred to look as human as possible. ...He could relate to that, somehow. He wondered, perhaps, if there was similar technology that would allow him to be more than 50% human.]

No, not unless... well... It's really sensitive, and... I'm not certain if I would have been able to keep from doing so, if you, uh, persisted.

[The mere speculation that he might have shocked her, disturbing as it may be, helped to calm him down somewhat. Not that he wanted to hurt her, of course. Still, he didn't feel entirely powerless anymore.]

Edited 2015-03-21 06:01 (UTC)

[Acacia struggled not to laugh. She couldn't wipe the stupid smile off her face. It totally sounded like he might come if she just kept rubbing his head a little longer.

SO TEMPTING.... It would even be worth the shock.]

So are you an android? Or, like, half and half?

[She poked his cheek.]

This part looks and feels pretty human.

Oh, no ma'am, not an aahahaha.

[Mark down "getting poked in the cheek" as one sensation Pulse was most certainly not overly familiar with. Well, at least not by anyone other than himself, nor so unexpectedly. It definitely caught him off-guard, causing his speech to break up in a humorless defensive laugh as he worked on coming to terms with the fact that the lady was touching his face. Perhaps she was just a hands-on kind of person. Some people are like that. Not everyone can just feel stuff out with an innate electrical aura, of course. He reached up with one hand in a half-hearted gesture of brushing her hand away.]

I'm an electrace. Half human and half C-Life. ...C-Life being an advanced creative artificial intelligence. Nothing mechanical, though.

[He had some experience with people assuming he was talking about fish whenever he mentioned "C-Life" anywhere outside of his homeworld.]

And, uh, yeah, that's my only... exposed skin, I guess.

[She chuckled at that laugh of his and withdrew her hand when he brushed it away.]

Hmm... electrace. [Sounded like a legit species, though she had never heard of it before.] That's a fitting name. And sea life... I can't imagine you mean the body of water, so you must be referring to the letter 'C', right? Maybe for cyber? Either way, you sound pretty neat.

[She didn't completely understand what he was, but that added a little bit of fun and mystery.]

You say you're nothing mechanical, so underneath all that [she eyed his features down and up] you have somewhat of a normal human body?

[Action] Enter the sandstorm.

spiky fast people of the world unite

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject