Morning Jog [Open]

[Richard A. Lambton]

It was a great day for a jog; the weather was beautiful, it was pretty early in the morning so the track was empty, and everything was just simply peaceful. Richard always ran to clear his mind of things, and it always helped him plan on what he would do next. So, wearing his tracksuit, he begun to walk around the track, in order to warm his body up. Not even a minute later he had remembered that he'd never actually let his Pokemon out yet.

He walked over to his bag that he'd left on the side of the track; he hadn't expected anyone to be there, nor did he really expect anyone to actually steal his things. He let out both of his Pokemon out of their containment and immediately bent down to pet them. The Eevee, which he had decided to name Liara, was eagerly wanting him to pet her more. The Turtwig, the one he named Kaidan, on the other hand decided that he wanted none of that.

"Okay, so would you guys like to jog?" He had asked them while getting up. The Eevee bolted to the track, while the Turtwig just put his butt to the floor with an expression that felt like it was trying to say "I'm not moving."  He didn't want to just leave him there, or return it to its ball for that matter; it would feel like he was neglecting it. It clearly didn't want to budge, however, so he left his bag right next to it saying "take care of it, please." And then started again on his walk, this time with his Eevee, around the track.

[Kaitlyn Brady]

Ahh, what a perfect day for a ride. No annoying wind to throw a flier off course, no rain to make it unpleasant, and just warm enough to where Kaitlyn wouldn't freeze her ass off going at high speeds. And, with her first ever class where she was on the other side of the podium coming up, she needed this. So, as soon as she was up, dressed, and ready, she called out Sawtooth, hopped on his back, and directed him to take off at high speeds. They immediately shot upwards into the air, rapidly gaining altitude until her house and the others next to it were small dots on the ground below.

Kaitlyn laughed with excitement as Sawtooth leveled out, not by way of lowering the angle of his body until he was parallel to the ground but by increasing it until he looped all the way over into that position, then flew tight circles in the air. Her flight path for the next few minutes would have put most roller coasters to shame -- certainly the ones in Bright Day Park -- but finally, she urged for Sawtooth to slow down a bit and looked down at the distant ground below. "Over there," she said after a quick scan of the terrain. She pointed down at small oval of asphalt that marked the PE fields. "Let's go down right there." She'd practiced this landing quite a few times since her Warden days, but none more so than after being offered the teaching job.

To her, nothing said relaxation quite like shooting towards the ground on an Aerodactyl.

"Alright, go go go!" Kaitlyn urged, and Sawtooth immediately went into a dive. The wind rushed past Kaitlyn's face even faster than before, and her almost mad laughs of joy were easily drowned out by its roar. The ground rushed up to meet her, faster and faster until it seemed like she would slam straight into it. But, just at the last second, Sawtooth pulled up, missing the ground by mere inches and climbing again to lose speed. After a few more seconds and about fifty feet of altitude, Sawtooth rolled back over into another loop and passed the ground again. Kaitlyn jumped off just before he touched down, rolling onto the grass next to the track and coming to a stop a few feet away from the asphalt.

She stood up, dusted herself off, and grinned. "Hah hah, that'll wake you up," she said, checking her surroundings and finding a younger man on the track pretty close by. "Oh, hey, didn' expect anyone else to be out this early. Student, right? Nature Dorm?"

[Richard A. Lambton]

After he felt his body warming up, he started picking up his pace. He still kept it at a pace where the energetic little Eevee could follow so he wouldn't leave it behind, and he still stole a glance at the Turtwig to see if he was OK. 'I think the next step is to get more Pokemon' he thought to himself. He mentally put it on the top of his to-do list that he had planned for that day.

When he realized Liara had gone to sit down next to Kaidan (it had been a couple of laps after all), he picked up his pace and decided to just do a full sprint. Halfway through, however, he wound up slowing right back down when he noticed a giant Aerodactyl in the air. It dove, stopped right before it hit the ground, then dove back down again. This time, however, someone had jumped off and rolled near where he was headed, leaving him in a state of bewilderment. When he had made it to the part of the track she was next to, he stopped since she had asked him a question. "Yes, Ma'am," was his response. "Richard Lambton, from the Nature Dorm." He had told her.

He paused for a bit. "Do...Do you do that often?" He was clearly hesitant when asking the question, but curiosity got the best of him.

[Kaitlyn Brady]

Kaitlyn stared at the boy completely straight-faced as he answered, giving his name, then asking if she did that often. She stayed quiet for several seconds, just watching him and wondering how long it would take for him to think he'd asked the wrong question. Or maybe he already did, with that hesitant tone.

Finally, she burst out laughing. "As often as I can help it!" she answered. "Which actually isn't as much as I want, but I find time for it every now and then. Flying at breakneck speeds like that helps me think. Dive-bombing, though? That's just for fun. Hell of a wakeup call this early, too."

She recalled Sawtooth, then extended a hand for Richard. "Kaitlyn Brady. Island Navigation teacher," she said. "Look forward to seeing you in class. And if you're not in my class, I look forward to scaring the pants off you some other time."

[Richard A. Lambton]

Riding at breakneck speed was what helped her think? And she would do it as often as she could help it? That must be an interesting life. He couldn't even dream of doing things something like that. Especially not the dive bombing part. He'd probably get cold feet right before and end up hurting or killing himself in the process. He wasn't even sure if this was a thing he should be envious of, but he was. That said, he was still kind of frightened at quick she replied and the laugh hadn't helped at all. She also had introduced herself as the Island Navigation Teacher.

He gave her his hand and shook it. "Nice to meet you, Ma'am." He said first. Then felt that, since she told him about herself, he needed to return the favor. "Jogging is what usually helps me think," he told her. "I don't think I can ever go that fast or do the... you know, dive bombing." He said with a rough smile. "And you'll probably have to 'scare my pants off' some other time, I'm not entirely sure about taking the class." He knew the class was necessary, especially for those who couldn't navigate themselves out of a paper bag, but he felt that there were some things that were better left experienced. But he didn't know how to put that into words without sounding like a douchebag.

"Ma'am, what was that Pokemon you were riding? " It was a random question. A random, honest question, though it seemed like he was trying to divert attention away from him not taking the class, even though that wasn't the case. He knew there were Pokemon he hadn't seen before, and there were some he even read about, but nothing like that.