17 Big City Life (2/2)

I start sprinting through the gra.s.s towards the city. I seem to be pretty fast when sprinting, not anywhere near the speed I want to achieve later on but compared to the running speed of a human I'm quite the bit faster.

I reach the city in what felt like a heartbeat. And what I can see from up close is impressive. The city seems to be a lot bigger then I expected. The architecture is impressive as well, a lot of very tall and big buildings made out of concrete and stones, but not plain in any way. most of the buildings have tons of ornaments. The windows are big and the shops I can see look expensive.

I can't spot much more as I still stand about a hundred meters away from the city but what I can see makes me happy. There are some big fountains with water decorating the city entrance to my left there is a long rectangular fountain with 4 sprinklers that are placed with equally big gaps in between them. and to my right on the other side of the now asphalted road, there is a huge round fountain with a big sprinkler in the middle, blasting water into the sky. Around both you can find shadow throwing trees, between them you can see park benches, which are neither rotten nor brand new, but nice enough that you would gladly sit down to take a breather should the weather be really hot.

As I walk along the fountains, while still hidden in the last line of gra.s.s to hide I notice that the whole park like area is extremely clean. And it doesn't take long to notice why different from the Real World this one actually has bins set up in locations that you can find one if you need it.

From where I come littering is a no-no but bins are actually hard to find, so you walk around with your trash until you forget you actually still have it in your pocket, so you end up pulling it out when you are home again, throwing it into your own trash bin.

The trash bins are set up around the park benches and trees, so not far away from where you would drink and eat your food and drinks. You gotta give it to these people, sending kids to hunt dangerous animals and train them afterward is one thing, but they actually seem to care about their environment.

I asked myself before if I should go around the city to remain hidden but I really could use a drink by now and the city looks way too big for my lazy a** to walk around it.

I guess I will drink something when not too many people are around and cross through the city by nightfall. It's a city so there should be plenty of opportunities to find food. And if not there still should be some pidgeys or Pidoves that I can hunt, well I hope so I can be too sure about that.

I guess I should go for the big round fountain, as much more water is falling down hitting the water surface. Which mean more sound that mutes the sounds I make by walking. There are some people around, not many maybe there is some kind of event going on, with a place as nice as this you would expect more people relaxing here. Some old folks are sitting on some of the benches while eating or just chatting. Some parents are getting pulled along by their kids. And other couples are pulled by their Pokémon. Some Rockruffs, some s.h.i.+nx, I can even see a Pichu and an Aipom.

I walk towards the big fountain and trying to pick a big gap between the elderly couples. I hope they see and hear as badly as I believe. My plan is to just run at full speed and jump into the fountain.

Drink my fill and chill until the coast is clear. And if that takes longer I can just take a nice bath the sun is s.h.i.+ning and I guess the water shouldn't be too cold. Even if it is I believe my furr will make it warm enough.

As another young couple leaves, I ready myself. An elderly couple starts feeding each other.

[d.a.m.n that's f*cking adorable guys... love at that age.]

Well, the time has come I start sprinting a few meters and jump.

*splash* ((nothing happened *badum tz*))

I dive into the water. It's crystal clear, not too cold, maybe a bit fresh but not to bad. I swim towards the center, well... I try swimming in this body works a lot different.

But guess what. I was I child once and I tried to swim like a dog once. And what did not work perfectly that time now works like a charm.

I dive towards the center of the sprinkler/fountain where most to my presence should be hidden pretty well.

I resurface. It's quite shady here but nice and the falling water makes a calming sound. I drink my fill and watch the couple finish their meal if I had to guess I would say about 15-20 Minutes pa.s.sed.

The elderly nicely dressed couple gets up slowly and leaves. It's go time. I check if anyone is coming and dive towards the edge of the fountain. I resurface up to my neck and peak outside. I can neither hear nor see anyone so I get out and try to shake off all the water hanging in my hair.

I had towards the gra.s.s again. Knowing what's up next. It's nap time boooiiiis.

I lay down about 3 meters away from the edge of the park, deep into the gra.s.s again. I close my eyes as I hear the calming sound of the fountain.

**** A few hours later ****

I wake up, I feel... well still sleepy like every time you do an hour-long nap also I'm really hungry, I should probably find something to eat.

I get up and walk outside of the tall gra.s.s onto the nicely trimmed park lawn.

I see n.o.body around so I guess I should finally check out the city.

[Wait a moment what was that!...]

When turning towards the city my left eye spotted something, there is a purple-yellow cat leaning against a bin. Seems like it's eating them out of the trash the elderly couple left. Which makes no sense to me, I always thought that was a dog thing to do, as cat always seem to find a way to get fed by humans. What's wrong with this one? I'm curious. And walk towards it. As I walk towards it I can see that it is a Liepard, about a meter tall.

That's when it's sighing loud throwing its head back looking into the sky.

[Uh s.h.i.+t it seems really annoyed]

That's when it says in a female quite gentle if not agitated voice: ”Alright listen here buddy, I know I have nice furr. But I bet you won't want me if I turn around. So b.u.g.g.e.r off. And stop bothering me...”

It turned it's head around.

”Oh, dammit... it's just some weird looking Pooch-Something. Nevermind. Ignore what I said, I was wondering why some human would still be interested in me. Whatever then, stop bothering me anyway, I'm searching for something good.” - She turns around again reapplying her attention to the trash, seem like she doesn't even see me as an enemy.

My jaw drops to the floor, well not really but it feels like it did.

[Holy s.h.i.+t I can understand it! Wait. Wait. Does that mean I can talk Pokémon now or that it can talk human?]

I decide to just carefully ask it, I don't want to annoy it any further as it is quite the bit taller than me: ”Uhh,... you... can talk human as well?”

”What, wait?” - She turns around again, this time letting go of the bin standing in front of me on all four paws. Now I can guess what she was rambling on about. Now that she is standing right in front of me I can see a giant scar stretching up from her right front leg up towards her right ear.

[Holy f.u.c.k. Don't look at it. Don't be to obvious about it, that is one huge scar. How to Pokémon even get scars?]

”You could understand all of that perfectly?” - she asks in a confused tone, tilting her head to the right.

”Well, yes. As it's the only language I speak it's helpful you said it in the human language. How are you able to speak human, fluent even?”

”Wait,.. what? I mean. You only speak human? How does that work? I? Well, it's a long story...” - she answers depressed, sadly looking towards the ground.

”Sorry, I didn't want to get too personal, it's just you are the first Pokémon I can actually talk to. So I got really excited.”

”I. what? I mean you... I'am the first Pokémon you can talk to, since like ever? Wow. I mean how did you live until now? I never met another human speaking Pokémon either so I guess we both are a bit confused and excited. I mean why only human? What are you anyway?”

I can't tell if she is more confused or excited, but at the very least she isn't mad at me anymore.

”I well,... it's also a long story. But I have time I can tell you if you want it's no secret. I haven't hung out with anyone in days so I could use the company. But more than the company I could use some food, I'am really hungry, have you found anything good yet?” - that might have been a bit insensitive of me, but I really am terribly hungry.

”I, well no I haven't found anything really good yet, seems like n.o.body threw away anything good today. But I know where I can find something good, I can show you if you tell me your story. To be honest I guess I could use a talk.” - she says, sounding way more relaxed than at the beginning of our conversation.

I continue: ”That sounds fine with me,... uhm to be honest I'am new here and have no clue how to get through the city. I might need your help with that later.”

”Eh.. ok. I guess?” - she seems a bit hesitant about the city tour but I guess that's more than normal, she just met a horned dog Pokémon that only talks human after all.

... to be continued ...

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