BECAUSE WE GIVE NEGATIVE SHITS AND LOVE SUBWAYS

[tsuntrader]

IT'S PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY MAN

SILVER'S EXISTENCE CREATES INTERESTING PROBLEMS

SUBWAY DEPOT AGENTS ARE ALL PRECIOUS BABBIES

HILDA IS CRAZY

EMMET IS SAD

INGO IS DATING ELESA?!?!?!

AND SOMEHOW WE WILL ALL WORK IT OUT LIKE A COMPLETELY DYSFUNCTIONAL SUBWAY FAMILY

BECAUSE WE CAN

AND ENTER HILBERT

Comments

[infinitegrin]

[Well, they do have a couple minutes before they make it to the next stop! Emmet holds onto one of the rings, still too energetic to quite sit.]

It's been excellent! Ingo and I have adopted a son, a young boy around your age! His name is Silver!

[It doesn't occur to him that it might be a weird thing to tell someone. But... just like Miss Hilda, Mr. Hilbert was someone Emmet could be frank with.]

He has bright red hair! And he can frown like Ingo if he wants to.

[50shadesofnpc]

Oh, hey. That's neat. [Hilbert looks a little surprised, but more interested than anything else. He's down with that.] Is he around?

[...Actually, didn't Hilda's guy have a color name?... ...If he has red hair, why is his name Silver? (CLEARLY THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION HERE.)]

[infinitegrin]

Not yet, I don't think so. He'll be around soon enough, I'm sure!

[50shadesofnpc]

Okay, cool. [Cool cool cool.

...] Does he battle?

[Ha ha ha, does he ever........]

[infinitegrin]

He does, but he battles quite a bit like miss Hilda.

[50shadesofnpc]

....Oh. [There are.... other people like that?!]

Sounds like the two of them would be dangerous together, huh....

[infinitegrin]

They went to battle each other, and came back after Silver captured a legendary dragon........

[50shadesofnpc]

Whoa, you weren't kidding. That's big stuff. [Color him impressed! ...As impressed as Hilbert gets, anyway.] Sounds like you've got a lot on your hands there.

[infinitegrin]

We do, but he's a wonderful young man. I hope you two can be friends.

[50shadesofnpc]

Sure thing. Be happy to. [If he can manage Hilda, surely Silver can't be much more difficult.] Point him out to me next time we're in the same place-- if I don't run into him myself. Yeah?

[Oh, and here's the next stop coming up, huh. That was quick...]

[infinitegrin]

Of course! But first, win more battles and face me again!

[Disembarking! And so Emmet will move to the next train.]

[50shadesofnpc]

Heh. Yeah, I'll catch up to you. [Just you wait.

THESE BATTLES ARE LESS OF A BREEZE, THOUGH. Makes for good practice at least. Yo, Jackie, how ya doin'. You gonna win or lose, today? Looks like lose. Awesome for Hilbert.

HE'LL GET THERE, EMMET--! Are you going to say more excited professional things at him even though you saw him a relatively short while ago.....?]

[infinitegrin]

[He is so ready!]

Welcome back! I am Emmet! I am ready for our rematch! This time, I am really serious. Really serious. Because if a battle is not serious, it is not fun.

[50shadesofnpc]

I dunno, getting tested was still fun even if it wasn't totally "serious." [But he's grinning wider this time, for sure. It's more fun when you're serious, at least!]

Come on! [ROUND 2: FIGHT! Can they do this....?! Most of his team are old pros, but Golurk's relatively new... though he's held out so far...!!]

[infinitegrin]

[Emmet's in top form, though, and he's gotten creative! That time in Luceti, training with Silver... it's showing, in his new sparks of creativity, but he's at least not as wild or crazy as Hilda. Or Silver.]

[50shadesofnpc]

[Oh, geez-- Emmet has gotten better. There's definitely new stuff being thrown at him, here-- reminiscent of Hilda's creativity, but less.... nuts.

Emmet will win, in the end, though Hilbert goes down fighting-- grinning his way through the battle even as his last Pokemon fails to take out Emmet's. It's invigorating! Of course, that's what battles are about, in the first place.]

[infinitegrin]

I am Emmet. I won against you. My training has paid off! You will have to challenge me again. You battled very well!

[50shadesofnpc]

Ha ha, there goes my streak... [He doesn't look upset, though.] I'm gonna have to do some serious rethinking, after that. Way different from last time I got here!

[Here, give him a handshake!]

[infinitegrin]

[Handshake and then headpat!]

I've been practicing in a very different environment! It shows, probably.

[50shadesofnpc]

Yeah. It's like-- you're battling kinda like Hilda, but with less recklessness, which makes it more sustainable[for non-shounen-heroes]. Makes for tighter strategies, too. It's really interesting!

[You got an exclamation mark from him outside of battle, good job!!] So did you leave the subway for this different environment? Sounds like it would've been tougher than just going to Route 5, though.

[infinitegrin]

It's somewhere I never want to see again. [Wow that sounds surprisingly ominous and dark from Emmet. Especially since in the same breath, he continues on perfectly casually.] But I learned many valuable things from it. I got stronger.

[50shadesofnpc]

[....Huh.] Strength through adversity, I guess.

[He's never heard Emmet say something like that, before. It must have been pretty bad, whatever it was.... Should he ask about it? Er....]

[infinitegrin]

But still, my experience only barely gave me a victory! You are very talented, Hilbert. I am excited. Always excited. I love seeing your skill at work.

[50shadesofnpc]

[Ah, that was a quick turnaround. (Maybe he'll ask later.)]

Heh... thanks. I tried my best. [He scratches the back of his head, modest.]

Dunno about talented-- [That's Hilda's thing, huge talent] --but I do try to plan for things... Couldn't compensate for Eelektross's combo, though. That was pretty sharp of you, finding that hole... I'll have to figure a way to fix that. [a gap in his defenses....!! gotta work on that!]

[infinitegrin]

I learned that it is important to be flexible! I don't think it is quite right to be as reckless as Silver or Miss Hilda, but their methods in small doses are actually quite effective.