[PRP] And a Happy New Yarn

[Venti Mico]

"I don't think I could survive that," Lu admitted sheepishly, "I can hardly handle the summer here, I just like it to be cool. The snow is nice, it gives me a good reason to knit hats. Knit hats in summer are a really, really bad idea..." Which was something he'd learned in 7th grade after insisting he could wear sweaters and scarves in summer and be okay. One case of heat stroke later, he was barred from wearing his winter clothes until winter came.

Lu blinked and listened to her, fiddling with the end of his braid then getting another sip of his drink. He wasn't the best at comforting people... "W-well, um... I think it takes a really long time to get better. I've had some of my pokemon for a year now and they're mostly just friends... um, I guess, you just have to be persistent..?" Hell, the only reason he bothered trying to train his pokemon was to keep the higher ups happy in Rocket. He had no idea what kind of advice to give to someone about pokemon training.

"Singing? See, uh, I can't really sing at all, so that's impressive," he said; he didn't even like raising his voice. When she said braiding Lu laughed and pulled a tie from around his wrist to finish his braid. "Braiding is a good thing to know. I think I'd probably end up eating my hair half the time if I didn't know how to braid..."  

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"I think maybe I'll try to stay somewhere it doesn't get too hot," he said lightheartedly; but no, he'd never move somewhere known for heat. Lu would rather turn into an ice pop before he moved somewhere hot, and melted.

Lu gave a soft smile and patted his pocket where his pokeballs were kept, "I've had my first pokemon for 8 years, and we still don't battle a lot. She's a lot stronger than when we first met, though... I think it's hard to see the progress you've made, when you look at it yourself," he said, then slipped out a pokeball. He made sure no one was walking by and would be tripped by the sudden appearance of a pokeball, and let out a small, very mellow Leafeon, who immediately plopped down on the floor. He had to lean down and pluck her up, setting her in his lap, to get her out of the way.

"I don't have a lot, um... I'd like to get more grass types. This one is my calmest, her name is Mint Tea. Minty," he said, still amused by his obviously clever name. "Though, I think she'd get offended if you tried to get me to sing, it'd upset her napping." Minty leaned up and nuzzled under Lu's chin, as if agreeing: Yes, now stop talking so I can nap some more.  

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Lu blinked, a little surprised but not put off by the girl's enthusiasm. Ah, to be young again... wait, he wasn't that old; still. He didn't get very excited over a lot of things(except a certain cartoon show and generally, plants). Minty didn't mind the attention, and in fact it could be said she basked in it. She let out a dainty yawn and sat quietly in Lu's lap, chin on the coffee table. "Thank you. She's pretty much just a lap-pokemon, honestly..." Minty let out a tiny huff at that.

Lu laughed, "I don't know about that... even if I went somewhere else, I think whoever I was around would be disturbed," he joked, though he was a bit serious. He didn't like to sing unless he was alone, and even then... "I'm not much of a trainer, but maybe people at the trainer centre could help you... I mean, I am a trainer, b-but probably not one you'd want to ask for advice." Lu tilted his head slightly when she let out her own pokemon, then smiled at the Delibird as it offered Minty a berry. Minty was slow to stand back up, stretch, and the sniff at the berry. After deciding it must be okay, she took it with her mouth... and dropped it in Lu's lap, returning to her earlier position. "Oh, you brat..." He scolded lightly, picking up the berry but not quite what sure to do with it. "It's nice to meet you, Santa. Thank you for the berry, we appreciate it." He said, leaning down a bit so he was closer to the Delibird's level.  

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"There are a lot of options," Lu nodded; all the options there were had made it hard for him to ever decide what he wanted to do. Now he was happy where he was heading with Botany, even if it would be ages before anything came of it. "I, uh, I didn't really figure out what I would go into until recently... so, there's no rush, or anything."

Lu blinked at the sudden appearance of the sandwich. That... was not something he wanted to keep. He laughed quietly about it, hand in front of his mouth, "He seems like a hoarder. A generous one, though."  

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Lu nodded, snorting a quiet laugh. Well, if the name fits... "I can imagine he'd look nice in a santa hat. Er, made to size, of course."

Oh. Whoops. Right- what did he do? That specifically left out the involvement with Rocket? Lu scolded himself for not coming up with a lie before he left. "Oh, uh... I work with plants. I like medicine, so I um, r-research plants and grass type pokemon. To hopefully make new and better medicine," he laugh, hoping he sounded more convincing than he felt. It wasn't a complete lie, that was what he planned on doing once he got far enough along in his department.  

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"Well, kind of... it's, um, more botany than herbal medicine. Think of it like, how tomatoes were genetically modified to be stronger against the cold and disease. It's like that, but instead of modifying plants, it's um... making medicine using attributes in plants," he said, leaving out the part about using grass types' genetics; that might come off sounding shady.

Glancing at a clock on the wall, Lu blinked and took a long sip of his drink. "I think I should be heading off though, uh... when I get time off, it's nice to study so I can keep up with my peers," Lu gathered up his scarf and hat, and Minty scrambled up to his shoulders, stretching across them like a second scarf. Lu gave her a look like, 'really?', but she gave him no mind. "It was nice to meet you though, um... maybe I'll see you around?"  

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Lu blinked, reaching up and petting his Leafeon scarf's tail, "O-oh, um... I don't actually have a phone." He admitted, looking down. "But, when I'm in town I usually stop by the craft stores for... knitting things. So if you're ever there, maybe we'll run into each other?"