Quiet Moments (O)

[Gwendolyn]

The area was rather quiet, in truth. It was mid-afternoon, and though it was mildly warm, the weather was withstand-able. One would have expected quite a lot of movement over such times, yet there wasn't for one reason or another. far off nearly the small pond in that particular area, a tree rested rather close to the bank and seemed to be shading part of the water. If one looked closer, he could see a girl sitting just under the tree with her knees pressed close to herself and a book resting on her knees. Rem stared down at the words on the page before turning said page and staring downwards once more. She had been reading most of the day and was already almost finished with the book that she had only started to read the day before. It was both wonderful and horrible to the purple haired girl to know that she was slowly coming to the end of said book, yet she was on a roll and wasn't about to stop now.

A splashing could be heard not far off, and almost instantly, Rem stopped and looked over only to see Squirt, her Totodile, splashing as he came up from the water. For a few seconds, the purple haired girl just stared at her pokemon who just stared back, and after a moment, the small crocodile pokemon slowly rubbed the back of his head and moved out of the water before finally coming to sit next to his trainer rather quietly. The girl simply turned her eyes back to the book and continued to read again rather quietly to herself.

[Skylar]

Then why won't you let me go walk around myself? I'm 13 now. I can handle myself."

No silence was permanent however, all things must be broken. Even time would be broken eventually, coming to an unfortunate stop along with all it's onlookers. But no, death was the last thing on Noah's mind for the time being. Floating through the silent air came a gentle tune; quiet, soft, and almost unnoticeable. But in this serene foreground, it was audible. Noah sat in a tree not all too far from where she sat, reading. He was just a small walk away, possibly 100 feet into the woods... if even that far. His fingers danced along his flute, gently careening their way from note to note as he let his feelings unfold in the sound of his music... it was often he would find himself doing this. Rather than talk to someone about his feelings, he would play them out.

His mood was currently a good one, a lucky gesture of sorts. The tune was soft, yes; but it moved quickly and was rather cheery. Harmony, Noah's Snivy, rested on his shoulder, getting a perfect hearing of his music. She shared his passion for music; it brought the two of them ever closer.

[Gwendolyn]

Rem turned a page in her book once more and continued reading almost oblivious to her surroundings. However, Squirt was far from oblivious and seemed to take up the sound of the music almost instantly. Whipping his head around and looking suddenly rather fearful, the Totodile only assumed the worst and began to prod his trainer rather quickly over and over again. Almost as though it were more a habit rather than reflex, Rem smacked the hand that was poking her and continued to read. The Totodile whimpered a little before suddenly prodding the purple haired girl straight in the ribs.

Rem literally jumped and fell over causing the book to slide out of hr lap and a few feet away. The girl groaned a little slowly sitting up again and looking rather blankly at her pokemon who was still looking insanely worried and was now allowing his head to dart every which way at once. Rem sighed outwards and reached for her book before stopping when her ears finally picked up on the tune. Was... that music? Not saying a word, Rem's head slowly turned and looked around now for the source of it as well. It was... a rather nice tune.. far from as wonderful as her mother's piano but still rather interesting to say the least of it.

After a few seconds, the purple haired girl picked up her book and then stood up completely before looking down at her Totodile once more. "Come on...we'll find what it is" Rem stated before starting off towards the sound rather slowly. Squirt looked around ridiculously on edge before finally chasing after his trainer once he realized that she was literally about to leave him if he didn't hurry up..

[Skylar]

No, Noah. That's final.

Noah continued on, eyes closed now. His hands had memorized the notes and fingerings long ago. From days and weeks on end of straight practice, had perfected his playing among three instruments; his favorite of which obviously was the current flute. He let his mind wander off into the music, his candid expression almost serene. His memory drifted back to his childhood... the best of times working with his father at the ice cream Parlour, helping around the shop... even playing alongside his mother. Yes, it were these dainty memories that kept the improvised music flowing.

Harmony was first to notice someone approach. She sat up on his shoulder and looked around. Not seeing anything, she gently tapped Noah's head. However, with no response, she tweaked his nose. Still nothing! She sighed softly and hopped into his lap, formed by his crossed legs while he sat on the branch; looking out for anything that moved.

[Gwendolyn]

The purple haired girl's eyes finally caught sight of the boy on the branch playing the music, and she stopped short of a few feet from directly under the branch. A part of her debated whether or not to just turn and walk away now that she had found the source of said music or to actually try and address this person playing. She found herself pulled in each of these directions and for different reasons. However, after a few seconds, she finally sighed outwards and wrapped her arms tighter around the book that was in front of her and prepared to say something.

However, the girl never got to really say anything in that moment for her Totodile had quickly caught up to her and nearly tackled her leg causing Rem to nearly fall forwards. Taking a step sideways in order to keep herself from falling, she stopped and looked back at Squirt who rubbed the back of his head rather slowly and half blushed in embarrassment. Sighing outwards, the purple haired girl shook her head and then looked back to the branch. "What tune is that?" she finally asked. Well, that wasn't the most intelligent thing to first ask, but that was what had come out in the end of it all.

[Skylar]

But that's not fair! Why can everyone else do it?

Upon the girl's arrival, Harmony finally used her last resort. She slapped Noah across the broadside of his face with her lead-like tail, startling him. Combined with the random person below asking him a question, he was shocked out of the tree. However, Noah managed to land (a bit shakily) on his feet, looking up as if nothing had just happened. "It was... improvised," he said, stating the truth.

Harmony hopped down onto his shoulder, climbing up on top of his head. Noah laughed softly as she clambered up, smiling up at his Pokemon before looking at the girl again. "So! I'm Noah. Your name is....?"

[Gwendolyn]

The girl's eyes had widened in worry when the boy had fallen straight out of the tree but seemed to relax again when she saw that he had landed on his feet. The Tototdile by the girl's side seemed to jump a little and hid behind Rem as quickly as he could. Who was this person and why had he just fallen out of the tree? He wasn't sure why, but Rem seemed cool enough about it. In fact, the purple haired girl simply stared with a rather blank expression on her face as she listened to the boy state his name. Noah... like an Ark... Which only reminded her of the Arceus books that she had read previous to getting Squirt and starting this rather odd journey that she still couldn't quite understand the reason for.

After a few seconds, she simply sighed outwards and pushed some of her hair aside before turning around and walking away again not feeling compelled to be any more social now that she had found the source of the music. Squirt was stunned and looked form the girl to the boy and then back to the girl as she was walking away. ACAOSCNASOIC Was she leaving him again Dx 'hey wait up!' was the expression on the water type's face as he started after his trainer.

[Skylar]

Wait, so she was just going to leave? Noah blinked. She hadnt hardly responded, let alone give a name! She had just stared at him, turned, and walked off! Not only was that rude, but also ignorant. What was up with this girl?

Noah followed behind her, catching up at a brisk jog and slowing down to walk at her side. He looked to his left to look at her. "So, what? Your name is blank stare or something?" he asked, smirking softly. "Are you mute or something?" he asked. If she was, that would make sense. If not... well. Eh.

[Gwendolyn]

Though she didn't show it, Rem felt a touch of irritation run in her. Why was he asking all these questions? After a moment, she breathed out a little and looked sideways. "You heard me speak earlier," she answered back rather coolly still as she continued to walk. After a few seconds more, she looked upwards a little and sighed. "Rem is my name," she finally stated after another pause.

Poor Squirt was more or less trying to hide behind... to the side of ... something around Rem so that he wouldn't be noticed by this slightly unnerving human. Then again... Rem herself was a tad unnerving at times, but he felt more comfortable around her at least since they had been together for a little bit of time now.

[Skylar]

"..." Noah paused for a moment to think. "Well, at any rate, good to meet you!" Noah said enthusiastically. He smiled softly as Harmony finally clambered onto his shoulder, resting there. The Snivy looked to where Squirt was and smiled. Noah offered a hand to shake to the girl. Noah had always been... a very, very kind boy, but sometimes he didn't realize when people didnt want to be bothered.

[Gwendolyn]

Rem frowned considerably and found herself staring at the hand and stopping her walk all together. After a few seconds, she looked form the boy's face to the hand again and then back to the boy's face. "What exactly do you want?" she asked rather quietly wondering what sort of reason... of why he was being this friendly... There had to be a reason given that the purple haired girl couldn't fathom a random friendly gesture such as that without some current under it. This was possibly due to her literature selection at the moment that was dealing heavily in mystery and human wants.

Squirt stared at the Snivy fora few seconds before waving rather shyly before recusing again behind his trainer. o_o OH NO! Was this what the professor had been talking about? Were they going to battle DDDD8??? OH NOOOOOOOOOOO ;A; .......Clinging harder and harder to Rem's leg, the Totodile didn't even realize that it was causing the purple haired girl to wince a little in pain.

[Skylar]

Because they werent born weak!

Noah mulled her question over for a moment. It had just been a friendly gesture; who's to say it had any purpose other than that behind it? ...I mean sure, he could've pulled a prank while shaking her hand, or flipped her over, but Noah wasn't that kind of guy! Deciding that she was oblivious to hospitality, he shrugged. "I just meant it as a friendly handshake. Is there something wrong with such a thing?"

Harmony tilted her head curiously until the small grass snake leaped down from his shoulder and inched towards Squirt. She smiled softly. <Hi!> she said rather enthusiastically. She wasn't looking to battle, just a chat. Twas' unfortunately not too often that she had the time to just chat with another Pokemon.

[Gwendolyn]

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Rem stared and found herself frowning a little. Just a friendly.... but then... why would anyone want to be friends with her? No wait, that wasn't what he had meant... the word friendly... it was an adjective, a describing word to mean... like a friend? Someone with a light and general goodnature. So it was like a friend though... did that mean he had some other ulterior motive than being anything more than a friend seeing as the word 'like' could-....... Rem was giving herself a rather fast growing headache, and after a few seconds, she simply raised a hand and made to rub her temple inevitably stopping and simply brushing her hair to one side.

"Ah..." she answered back after a few seconds nodding her head a little. "Then you're friendly to everyone." She more or less assumed, really... Though whether this was accurate or not was far from the girl's thoughts or not after she had said it. After a moment, her eyes stared downwards and zeroed in on the-....Snivy... the grass snake pokemon....a grass type... possibly able to photosynthesize what it needs to survive... She wasn't entirely sure if that last part was correct or not and then mentally kicked herself for leaving that particular book on grass type pokemon at home. After a few seconds, she looked at the Totodile by her side and then finally up at Noah again. "Are you a trainer then?" she asked after another moment.

Squirt was heavily distraught when the Snivy had stepped forwards, and his 'nails' were slowly digging themselves further into his trainer's leg threatening to possibly do some damage to her if either one were too careless at that point. As the greeting was spoken, however, Squirt relaxed a little finding that the Snivy didn't look terribly intimidating any more when a friendly tone was used. After a few seconds, he managed to catch air into his lungs again. <H-h-hello....> he said after a moment feeling his general shyness come back to him once more.