closed starter! / @strikersunindie
based on this plot. (poke!verse)
Koga stood by the door of his onsen. He wore traditional clothes, most in black with deep red symbols on it. If one asked, he would say he was not nervous at all, but the tapping of his left foot betrayed his coolness. He checked the watch around his wrist, looked down the tortuous path up the mountain where his gym and onsen was. The crew had already mounted the equipment in several parts of his propriety: on the baths, on the small cozy restaurant inside, on the enormous field in the back. By his side, his Delphox stood still like a statue. Maybe it could feel Koga's tension too.
Someone slid the door open and called him in. The main plot device was coming. Well, actor. Or something. Koga had seen Kapil's pictures and even though he was hot, the gym leader only accepted to participate in this because his videos were about to circulate too and everyone agreed on this, so he had to do it too. Sighing, he took his little phone and heard again the voicemail from the Champion that put on all of the terms to participate in this show. The thing that Koga would not admit was the fire burning in his belly. He was the first, a lot of bad luck, truly, but he was about to give a huge show. Seduce a famous someone? Pff. "He will be eating on my hand, Delphox." He told his friend as they drifted to where he was supposed to make his entrance once Kapil was enjoying the hot baths of his mountain.
They held him inside until the lights were on and the crew was ready and then one Conkeldurr from someone from the crew opened the door for him. He walked outside, his feet on the warm stone. Thanks to the vulcan behind them, everything around was warm enough, even in the cold weather. Kapil was already there.
"I hope my trainers received you well. As a start, to present you to my gym, I wanted to bring you here, to its most precious jewel. You do know I run an onsen too, right? It is run by my family since, well, forever." He undid the ropes of his clothes and let them slide, one of the men that took care of the baths held it and gave him a small white towel. Koga did not hid his naked body as he started to walk into the water. The crew, men and pokémon, were all silently moving about, making sure the cameras and rotoms were all filming everything and showing it live in every household in the country.