warmwood, evening 1; tsukiyama + siebold

[lasuaspada]

[Well, that was a trainwreck.

In all honesty, Tsukiyama isn't used to fighting battles like this; this isn't something he can solve by beating it into submission and the idea...frustrates him. He disappears back into the library once the trial is done with, though he doesn't select books for himself – he'd promised Siebold earlier that he would find references for him, and that's what he intends to do.

He's got a decent stack going before too long, settled on one of the tables in the middle of the room; it seems he's not paying it too much mind at the moment, however – he's taken to pacing, holding a book open in his hands and flipping through it idly while he thinks.

It's evident from the distance in his eyes that he's not really seeing what he's looking at; either way, he's horribly distracted. He'll probably snap out of it if anyone enters, however.]

Comments

[culinarian]

Still. They'd want a threat to be nipped in the bud.

[ Don't be put to sleep, he needs to talk food with you!! ]

I will go after him. You have my word.

[lasuaspada]

I'm glad to hear that, Siebold-san - and should you need anything from me, I'll do what I can.

[culinarian]

[ He nods and, having nothing else to add, begins to flip through one of the books. ]

...I don't see anything about what types these animals are.

[lasuaspada]

...Types?

[...son you are a chef

can you just not...recognize seafood for some reason]

[culinarian]

[ he can but sometimes you run into a Sudowoodo and you can't always assume what type something is. :|b ]

Types. [ should... this not be obvious... hold on, let him explain. ]

All Pokémon have either one or two types; Gyarados is a Water/Flying type, for example.

[lasuaspada]

...An...element of some sort, you mean? Ah, but "flying" isn't...

[He looks a bit confused for a moment before he brightens.]

Something that decides what sort of abilities they have, maybe? Is that it?

[culinarian]

Yes. Water-types specialize in Water-typed attacks, but they can use attacks of other types depending on the movepool the species has access to. Their typing also affects their strengths and weaknesses - Water resists Fire-type attacks but is weak to electricity.

[lasuaspada]

[Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, oh, all right! They're like kagunes. c: ]

Ah, dolce, I know what you're talking about, then! No, most animals don't have things like that, where I'm from - they don't have any sort of special powers or anything, and especially not livestock, those mostly just exist and mill around.

[culinarian]

...Your animals sound rather dull.

[lasuaspada]

They are, a little.

Tell me about yours, however; now I'm curious.

[culinarian]

Is there anything in particular you would like to know? [ because otherwise we might be here all day because pokémon are awesome c: ]

[lasuaspada]

Let's start with the types.

[culinarian]

Of course. There are eighteen types in total - Water, Grass, Fire, Normal...

[ He continues to list them all, good luck with memorizing this shit. ]

...Ghost, Steel and the recently discovered Fairy-type.

[lasuaspada]

...I see...

[...sir we have four types where he comes from

that is a lot of types]

Somehow I think I would like Steel; I'm guessing that's heavy on defense?

[culinarian]

Yes. They possess high defense, resist ten types and are completely immune to Poison. A friend of mine specializes in Steel-types.

[lasuaspada]

...That's probably what I would go with, then.

[He likes being able to out-tank everything; it's what his kagune does, after all.

...That thought is a bit of a strange one, however, given that he hasn't had any desire to use his kagune here; granted, he'd only just arrived, but hunting has been sort of far from his mind lately, whereas normally he would have been assessing people on arrival.

Huh.]

So from what you've told me you also eat these creatures - I imagine their typing makes that a bit interesting to work out.

[culinarian]

Yes. Rock and Steel are obviously not something anyone would try to eat; almost all species with either of those types are completely inedible. Poison-types are generally avoided as they can be dangerous to eat unless you know how to cook them.

[lasuaspada]

[Tsukiyama moves over toward that table with all the books on it, sitting down at a reasonably clear spot and gesturing for Siebold to join him as he does so.]

I can imagine so - tell me, then, what do you enjoy working with most?

[culinarian]

[ And join him he will! If you don't make him shut up eventually he might be here all day, um. ]

I'm rather fond of Fire-types. Emboar pork is comparable to Grumpig and Piloswine, but it's less soft and has a deeper flavor, with a natural smokiness that comes from being a Fire-type.

[lasuaspada]

[If no one stops him he's just going to chinhands at you until curfew, at which point we're having a sleepover.

...Banjou will probably be the voice of reason eventually. Maybe.

As it is, Tsukiyama just closes his eyes a bit while he listens, and he seems rather content with whatever he's picturing.]

That sounds lovely, actually; you're going to make me jealous as this rate, knowing I've never had it.