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[chasingoceanus]

-1-

[Pick some aspect of our modern culture. A TV show, a video game, a sport, whatever. Be creative. I shall have Rider experience it and give his thoughts on it.]

-2-

[The best time for soul searching is at the tail end of a massive party when everyone is slightly drunk. Rider, a goblet of wine in one hand, addresses you seriously.]

This is a fine revel, but that alone does not let me know your measure as a man/woman/individual [select appropriate].

Tell me, what would you say is the most important thing in life? What ideal do you value above all others?

-3-

[Battle is joined! Or at least, it will be in a moment. First, the enemy would have a word with you, under the flag of parley.]

This need not come to violence, my friend. You need only surrender and join my cause. Surely a peaceful resolution would be best?

[Despite his conciliatory words, he IS still addressing you from a massive chariot.]

-OR-

Just respond to this post with a character, either making up your own scenario or just leaving the comment blank. If you leave it blank, I shall do my best to come up with an entertaining situation for the characters involved.

Comments

[untalented]

What do you mean?

[rose_liberated]

Ugh, it's utterly foolish, whatever they are. You are going to rot your brain if you keep watching that.

[Rozalin reaches for the remote to switch off this display of men hitting each other with chairs. Because if she doesn't want to watch it, that means nobody else should either, right?]

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[dragonsinmy]

[A poor idea on her part, and she knew it. But she still had to. Her pride would not allow for anything else. To challenge someone actually NAMED Rider in a battle of this sort would prove to be the greatest of challenges for her.

King of Conquerors, are you ready... for MOTORCYCLES!? Saber has brought a pair.]

Rider, behold one of the many 'steeds' of the common era. While not in as much use as the common car, I find these to be most akin to how riding a horse is.

[ofpromisedvictory]

[Saber doesn't flinch, but she does look at him a little sideways.]

It's a perfectly natural aspiration for a Honedge, thank you.

Anyway, being a Pokémon is a choice between fighting for your own sake and fighting for someone else's, is it not?

[chasingoceanus]

How can anything be as great as what lives in your heart? To find your life's goal and only have it be a whole lot of water...No, I spoke hastily. This is not Oceanus. This is just an ocean.

[untalented]

I'm not sure I entirely understand...

[chasingoceanus]

Then try to listen, boy!

[Forehead flick!]

Oceanus was more than just the eastern most ocean of Eurasia. Oceanus was an idea! We tried all the harder to reach it because we knew we never would! Oceanus is reaching for that which you cannot reach, because just the reaching is worthwhile.

[chasingoceanus]

Change the world?

[mild interest ping.]

In what way?

[chasingoceanus]

Hey now.

[He snatches the remote.]

I'm watching this.

[chasingoceanus]

This is what you rode when you wrecked my chariot, is it not? Most interesting to see them up close.

[Poking and examining. Yes riding this should not be difficult. Hopefully Saber got a BIG one, though.]

[chasingoceanus]

You say it as if it is not the same for us humans. All of life is a struggle.

[untalented]

[He yelped, hands flying up to cover his forehead as he toppled backwards into the sand. Looking up at Rider with wide eyes from his decidedly undignified position, he tried to process exactly what the Macedonian was saying.]

So you're saying that you were after something that you knew you would never reach!? That's-- that's--

[Really, really stupid!]

[rose_liberated]

Oh come now, it cannot be good enough to be worth watching.

[She stretches to try and grab the remote out of his hand.]

You're just killing time, aren't you? There are much higher quality forms of entertainment than this.

[communichate]

[WHY ARE YOU ENCOURAGING HIM NO]

Heh. Yeah, sure, a warrior, let's go with that. Try explaining that to my master sometime. You're both muscleheads, but between the two of you you're the only one who gets it.

[He's trying so hard not to laugh.]

[ofpromisedvictory]

Struggle, perhaps. Battle, specifically only seems to be universal among the lives of wild Pokémon.

[chasingoceanus]

I was chasing after it because I knew I would never reach it.

[He squatted down by Waver so that he didn't tower over him by QUITE so much.]

Don't worry, boy. It was a good gesture.

[chasingoceanus]

As the king here, I shall decide what is the highest quality of entertainment!

[untalented]

[Waver glanced away, staring at his feet digging into the sand instead of Rider's intense gaze.]

You idiot. You had to have hoped that you would make it. Otherwise, you wouldn't have travelled over half a continent on foot to find it.

[chasingoceanus]

If I meet her, perhaps.

But surely there is something that you think about besides battle.

[chasingoceanus]

Do not many pokemon live in peace here in Union?

But if you are so resigned to a life of battle, perhaps you should join my army!

[ofpromisedvictory]

...your "army"?

[Forgive her if she seems a bit skeptical, having not yet heard of this.]

[dragonsinmy]

[She tried, but there are limits to the size when one gets things that were already made! Nothing is made for people the size of Rider! It IS bigger than the norm though, but even with that in mind...]

Not the exact model, as I do not knowledgeable enough to pick the exact one.

[chasingoceanus]

Hm, listen.

I wanted to reach Oceanus. We all did. But in my heart of hearts, what I was really after was to just keep seeing what was over the horizon. To keep going until the ends of the Earth. If we actually reached Oceanus, it would all be over. There'd be no more world left to conquer.

I don't know what I would have done next.

[chasingoceanus]

My world bestriding army! With it I shall make this whole planet mine and claim tribute from all the kings of man!

[chasingoceanus]

Very well! I accept your challenge.