[who are you and what have you done with char]

[rivalkidneypunch]

[It's the DARNDEST THING. If you've been paying attention to Char (lord only knows why you would want to do that), you might have perhaps noticed that he's been acting kind of strange ever since Green showed up. Oh, he's still stirring up trouble and backsassing his superiors, but there have been these peculiar episodes where he's... actually pretty mellow. Whoa.

He's even been showing up to a few classes here and there. Whoa.

So at some point during the week, you might have run into him doing one of the following things:

1. Dragon!Char's been out on the campus green, practicing that flying thing. He's gotten halfway decent at it -- once he manages to get up in the air, he can cruise along well enough, except for a tendency to list to the right. That membrane he tore earlier's still not perfectly healed, apparently. It's the technical stuff that's harder. Expect a lot of clumsy takeoffs, faceplant!landings, and attempts at turns and swoops that send him doinking off stuff. You might wanna duck -- he's practicing his swoops right about now, and calling them "sloppy" would be a little too generous a term.

2. The dorm common room seems like a nice place to relax, right? And people say that pets are also great at easing stress. Surely that still counts if the pet in question is a six-foot-long maneating death spider, right? Skulltulas are totally cute and cuddly. On the bright side, Rasputin's probably not gonna do a whole lot of maneating: Char's got Rasputin practicing tricks, so expect a lot of rolling over and balancing bits of hot dog on its face instead. Maybe if you ask nice, Rasputin will perform a trick for you. Or give you a piggyback ride. ...Spiderback ride. Whichever.

3. Oddly enough, Char's decided to go to a place where he sincerely doubts he'll run into any of his friends: the library. Firebutt and his... uh... firebutt... have tucked themselves away in a corner in the back. So what's he up to? Cutting class? Napping? Engaging in arson? Nope. He... he appears to have a notebook open. And a textbook. And an expression of complete and utter confusion. If one didn't know better, one might say he's... actually attempting to do homework. But that would be crazy, right?]

((OOC: Yeah. Action logging of great justice. Hooray for indecision! Just... pick a scenario and label it in your tag, and everything's golden.))

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[blazinglizard.livejournal.com]

And as soon as Char heard, he was headed in for a landing. Headed in... more quickly than he ought to be. Whuh-oh. He flared his wings out and pulled back in an attempt to brake, flapping furiously. As always, his timing was just bit too slow.

Well... he only faceplanted a little bit.

[redisaloser.livejournal.com]

Green cringed at the sight of Char slamming his face into the dirt, before walking over and petting his Pokemon on the back, in between his wings.

"Still some kinks, though."

[blazinglizard.livejournal.com]

Char lifted his head, shaking a few stray bits of grass off his snout. Yeah, okay, so his technique could use a little fine-tuning.

...A lot of fine tuning.

He sat up, switching over to human form for the sake of conversation. "I dunno how Pidge makes it look so easy," he grumbled. "If he can do it, this shit should be child's play."

[redisaloser.livejournal.com]

Green sat down on the grass next to Char, leaning back on his hands and crossing his legs.

"You forget he's been doing it for damn near his whole life."

[blazinglizard.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but I'm better'n him at everything else. Oughta be better'n him at this too," Char snorted.

"I dunno... it just seems like something I oughta just know how to do. Hell, Biomech was only a Charizard for a week, and she got the hang of it just fine."

[redisaloser.livejournal.com]

Green nodded to Char's wing.

"You're still nursing a torn membrane. It's going to make things difficult for you."

He thought for a moment.

"How did the ride into Kanto go?"

[blazinglizard.livejournal.com]

The first answer that sprang to mind was that it was perfectly fine. Green simply did not raise Pokemon that Sucked At Things and lord only knew Char would never let the boss down at anything because dammit he was the boss' ace he had to look good at all times no matter what.

A Pokemon who can't do it right is a Pokemon that ends up left behind.

"God, it sucked." Char admitted, a half-rueful grin on his face. "It ain't too hard once you get up high enough. Then you can just coast on the air currents and shit for... hell, just about forever. Kept goin' too far to the right, though. Just about got us lost over the ocean. I got way too tired to stay in the air, and landed on a fishin' boat. Scared the crap outta the people on it, but hell... it beats drownin'."

It was a pretty good reminder as to why Pokemon generally don't fly across more than one region at a time, yes.

"Dunno why I thought it'd be a smart idea when I can't even fly right for a little bit. Guess I wasn't thinkin' again."