[Val/Toph] a chance encounter

Light green eyes followed the water down from the top of the waterfall to the bottom, staring down from the top. A warm little blue and yellow body, of his Quilava, leaned against him watching as he did so. His own mind was zoned out due to the repetition of the sound. Topher wasnt a big fan of big cities but something had drawn him to Richitev City, but here he was. How he managed his way to where he was currently was a mystery in its own sense. Mostly because Topher was prone to wander in his own zoned out state of which was norm for him to avoid actual conversation with people.

His head lifted at the chirp of a pokemon, something he couldnt ignore. Thankfully there was one thing that brought him out of his own world long enough to be aware of his surroundings and that was the sound of pokemon. His eyes drifted from the flowing water to where the noise had come from. Sure there were pokemon all around as most traveled happily with their partners and trainers alike, but there was a distinguished feeling of urgency in this pokemon's chirp that caught his attention.

His eyes drifted seeking the sound he heard, falling upon a young man with a small little woobat. Something was agitating the pokemon and he couldnt help himself. He pushed back from the railing and found himself wandering over, and slowly crouching to be level with the pokemon and awkwardly staring at her. His arms rested on his knees as he sat on the balls of his feet. Usually his stare would send most people into a minor distress as it seemed as if he was mostly just glaring the pokemon down. Infact his intent was anything but. Topher didnt like pokemon upset he much prefered them in their cheerful state.

"I have food." His voice was rather flat, and he was rather to the point. He had heard a small bit of the conversation the young man had had with the Woobat. His Quilava slowly nudge himself into his Trainer's bag and scrounged around for food that had been specially made for Pokemon.

Topher tilted his head, he honestly was used to the reaction. He slowly started to raise himself up, his head bowed a little, hands sliding into his pockets.

"alright.. sorry to bother you." His voice was flat. No emotion in how he spoke. His eyes dropped to his Quilava who had the box of Pokemon chow in his claws.

Quazar was a smart Quilava who would kill you in an instant if he thought you were going to hurt his trainer. He held the box up to the strawberry blonde as if demanding him to feed the squeaky puffball. Topher slowly reached down to take the box.

"Quazar he said they will eat soon." His voice even for an instance seemed to hold a bit of tenderness behind his words. Quazar just huffed, small little spurts of flames came from his back and smoke from his nostrils. Topher looked back at Vlatko and hesitated a moment before speaking. "Im sorry to bother you again.. but my Quilava insists."

Topher watched as the events took place, he couldnt help but feel frozen in place as he did. He understood that body language, he was used to it. He only watched as the other scooped his pokemon up. He gave a small nod only to realize the other couldnt see, "It's alright. You're welcome." his voice was low and unsure as he watched him.

Slowly he knelt by them again, hesitantly reaching out to touch the others hand, silently placing the box of pokemon chow into his palm. "Here." his voice soft, his hand retreating as he slowly started to stand again as Quazar came over to cautiously sniff the chirping puffball of a Woobat. His whole body radiating heat as he sat next to the other human. Topher looked at them tilting his head a moment as he watched them interact.

Topher made sure to put a small bit of space between he and the other. He couldnt grasp that the fear the other displayed was for his pokemon, in Topher's eyes it was the reaction he was quite used to others giving off when the met him. His hands slid back into his pockets as he stood there awkwardly, looking down. "You can keep it."

Topher watched him move, eyes watching the others every movement. He couldnt help but inch a little bit closer, hearing the other's slight accent caught his interest.
"Topher... my names Topher... and.. Thats Quazar." It was obvious that he wasnt used to communicating all that much with others but Topher was going to try especially if the other would.

Quazar followed the other when he moved towards the bench. Partially because the other had food and partly because he really was curious over the flying puffball. It was strange and fluffy and made squeaky noises.

"You... you both are welcome.." He couldnt help but smile slightly at that. Watching the other feed the little woobat. "She's uh... cute.." The last bit was his own weird way of trying to keep the conversation going.

"L-Like wise" he stammered out. The slight stutter to his words only happened when he found himself a little nervous. It only happened in most conversations that he found himself getting a little excited. This time was due to watching how delighted the small poof of a pokemon enjoyed the food he had made. Topher watched the other give her each piece of food as well as feeding the, sometimes too pushy for his own good, Quilava. A tiny shy smile formed on his lips as he gave a small nod, only barely remembering to tell himself to speak.

"Y-Yeah if I co-" His words were cut short by the chittering bats. Its not them themselves that he was scared of. Actually it wasnt so much being scared as it were a healthy respect towards the worried bat pokemon. He knew all to well of protective pokemon and no more then he thought it that Quazar growled hopping between Topher and the pokemon. Hissing out at them warning them not to touch his own partner.

"E-Easy Quazar.. Im sure they wont hurt me." He said touching the firey back pokemon. Quazar wasnt so sure he believe the other and wanted to make it known he wouldnt tolerate them if they tried to hurt the human standing behind him. "S-Sorry I promise he wont hurt them.. O-Or you... He's just rather... protective.." It wouldnt be the first time that Quazar jumped the gun to attack before given a command, especially if the pokemon thought his trainer was in any kind of Danger. Only calming down when he felt that Topher wouldnt be harmed, letting the flames on his back slowly relax.

Topher gave a small swallow at the two pokemon, any slight anxiety flooded away the moment the other spoke in his native tongue it was almost beautiful. Slowly his hand rubbed the Quilava's ears before he hesitantly stepped closer. He was fascinated by the pokemon, after all it was the first time he really had seen a Woobat and Noibat, having come across many a Zubat in his travels.

Quazar's bristly defensiveness calmed when the other mentioned 'protectors' he understood that greatly. Having spent most the years being just that for Topher. He leaned into the touch it was one of the signs the other gave in a way to relieve stress even one as mild as being startled by pokemon. He never once fought pokemon that he didnt feel the need to fight to defend Topher. The main reason behind that was because Topher didnt believe in the battles that most trainers did. He never pitted his pokemon against others and throw the ball to catch them. No, Quazar was a gift and the only other pokemon he had joined all on his own.

"What... What was that.. you were speaking?" his words soft and curious. He hadnt heard anything like it and he couldnt help but want to hear more. He knew that the other wasnt local and that made him even more curious. "Noir and Zaahir?" hoping he got the names right hand slowly coming out to let the pokemon sniff him. He wasnt afraid of Poof for obvious reasons but it was the Noibat he was slightly worried about.

Hesitantly he started rubbing Quazar's ear again listening to him. Topher's head tilted as the other spoke, realizing the other wasnt from here either.

"Im... not from here either... but I've never heard of Evter Island.." he thought to himself as he processed something, slowly reaching into his bag and pulling out the local map he had picked up when he came to town.

"I like... how your.. uhm... native tongue? Sounds.. its.. different.. I like it.." His words were soft, he could tell the other was uncomfortable. He slowly looked over the map to see where the island the other spoke of was from. He never was one to keep up with news especially anything that dealt with politics, so the assimilation of the islanders was way above Topher's radar. He didnt want to pry he knew that the subject was upsetting the other.

"It's obvious the three of them care deeply for you."