AEB2 Log 11

Narrator has connected.
Avara has connected.
Mike has connected.
Ma-Nyeo has connected.
Grace has connected.
Narrator: 	Don't forget to update tokens.
Narrator: 	One last check with people. Characters updated to 1.3 and your tokens updated to match, right?
Ma-Nyeo: 	Yes!
Grace: 	Yup
Ma-Nyeo: 	Yes!
Avara: 	still working on calypso now that i have her background, but she's not on the docket for today so yes
DNA: 	Indeed.
Narrator: 	Alright. Do we need a recap?
Avara: 	yes please
Ma-Nyeo: 	Last time: Ma-Nyeo bought a room for Glade and wrote a letter for her in the pokemon language for when she wakes up.
Ma-Nyeo: 	Gary Oak offered to hire us, and told us he would talk things over with Nadia King about hiring us on full time.
Ma-Nyeo: 	We shared a lot of information with Jenny and Joy here, I believe.
Narrator: 	That it? Anyone else?
Ma-Nyeo: 	Those are the key points Ma-Nyeo was involved with, that I can remember.
Narrator: 	Anyone else?
DNA: 	Not that I can think of or remember.
Narrator: 	Okay!
Grace: 	Sounds about right!
Grace: 	Well that and our resident darkrai dropped a bomb on some folks, but that's kinda disclosed.
June 3rd, Tuesday.
72 degrees with an 80 degree humidity. It feels nice and is very humid.
There's a 15mph wind blowing south.
It is incredibly foggy.
Time: 8:30 AM
You whisper to Narrator: GIVE ME 2D6 MONEY
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo is ready to begin the day!
DNA: 	Feels nice? Very humid? Choose only one.
Narrator: 	You awaken in your purhcased private rooms though this time without the luscious smell of breakfast awaiting you down at the shop.
	Pidgey 3: 	Pidgey 3 pecks at Cassiopeia's window.
	Cassiopeia: 	Cassiopeia doesn't smell any nice food and wonders how late she slept in. The group was up late after midnight the night before a-wait, why was there a bird at the window? She opens the sill slightly.
	Sarah: 	Sarah's cracking her back as she wakes up, letting suzy rest in her ball, and walking out with a new face resting on her shoulder. The Riolu from her winnings! She seems a touch dinged up, but she seems in a good mood ready to scarf down some food.
	Pidgey 3: 	Pidgey 3 carefully plops 4 Safira into Cassiopeia's hands before turning and immediately fleeing the scene.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo finds her way down to the lobby and/or shop.
	Cassiopeia: 	"...This is starting to get weird." She closes the sill again, a little suspicious, and gets ready to shower and take on the day.
	Hotaru Joy: 	Hotaru woke up and spent some time freshening up and getting ready for the day, then headed down to see what was going on today.
	Nurse Joy: 	Nurse Joy is asleep at the counter of the nursing station.
Sarah: 	Sarah gives Ma a wave, and the riolu mimics her rather quickly. "Heyo. How goes it folks?"
	Sarah: 	test
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper is drinking a cup of coffee at her inn and utters a barely audible "Morning, chump" through her slurps.
Inn Keeper: (( Yoh Sarah! ))
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Good Morning."
	Sarah: 	Sarah will give a head bob to the inn keeper. "Breakfast smells good! Where is it? I gotta show the new guy some food too!" She'll say rubbing the riolu on the head, who seems to be giving a half hearted protest at that.
	Inn Keeper: 	"Hm?" Inn Keeper looks around, "There's no breakfast. Would you like me to make you and your Pokemon a meal?"
	Ma-Nyeo: 	((Narrator said "without the smell of breakfast"))
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"I would like breakfast. And so would Miss Mallow."
	Sarah: 	(fug me this just isn't my day with reading. I'm so sorry)
	Sarah: 	Sarah will nod her head eagerly. "That would be more than awesome!"
Inn Keeper: (( Suzuka isn't conscious enough to pay for a freebie breakfast for you guys and Syndel is a business first kinda lady. ))
	Cassiopeia: 	Cassiopeia walks down into the lobby some time after, a little drowsy from staying up late but is otherwise none the worse for wear. "Morning everyone."
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper nods to Sarah, "Alright then. I'll cook you up a storm. That'll 15 Rubies, sweetie."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo hands 15 rubies over.
	Sarah: 	Sarah will fish out the rubies, but the riolu will be quick to snatch them and hand them over himself.
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper blinks and looks at it before looking back to Ma-Nyeo, "I wasn't aware you'd be paying for your friend and her Pokemon. This is only enough to cover those three. Are you planning to eat too, little one?"
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"I said... I would... like breakfast..." Ma-Nyeo says slowly, stunned.
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper is suddenly handed 15 rubies by an overeager Riolu and looks confused, "O-Oh, okay. I'm still waiting for my coffee to kick in."
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper clears her throat, "I'm going to go into the kitchen! If anyone else wants to eat, speak now or starve!"
	Sarah: 	Sarah's gonna chuckle at that. "Don't worry, I'm feelin' a little a' that too."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo stands, holding money out still. Staring at Inn Keeper intently.
	Cassiopeia: 	"I thought it ended with 'or forever hold your peace', but your version works too. How much do I owe you, 5?"
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper takes Ma-Nyeo's cash and notes her order.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo sits back down and sighs with relief.
	Inn Keeper: 	"5 rubies per. So, 5 for you and 5 for additional meals for your Pokemon. Or if you're a big shot Trainer, 25 for you and the whole team."
	Cassiopeia: 	"I'm no big shot, so that would amount to 10." She fishes into her wallet hunting for rubi, and pulls out only 3. "...Um. Do you have change for a safira?"
	Inn Keeper: 	"I do."
	Cassiopeia: 	"Perfect." She hands over 1 safira piece. "One meal each for myself and my camcorder friend - of whatever you cook best."
	Deep Blue: 	"...Camcorder?"
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper returns 90 rubi to Cass, "Here ya go, queenie. Is your Joy hungry too, by chance?"
	Nurse Joy: 	Nurse Joy awakens with a start, "Who's makin' fun of me and mine?""
	Cassiopeia: 	"I would assume so, I haven't seen her yet." She pushes 5 of the 90 back across the counter. "Something for her as well."
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper rolls her eyes, "Suzuka shut it and go back to sleep." Inn Keeper takes the 5 rubi, "Will do, queenie."
	Nurse Joy: 	"You say somethin', Syndel? Huh? You slanderin' my peoples?"
* Hotaru Joy is quietly enjoying the drama playing out.
	Inn Keeper: 	"You wish, pinkie pie. Drop your eye curtains and dwell in the maelstrom of dreams and nightmares."
* Cassiopeia smiles and says nothing, waiting to see what happens next.
	Nurse Joy: 	"Hah! Like I'm tir-" Nurse Joy faceplants onto the counter.
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Oh, 'clever'. The my little ponyta reference. Never heard that one before."
	Sarah: 	"Technically, we kinda have one of those two in a ball."
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper glances to Hotaru, "Queenie was kind enough to buy you a breakfast. Would you like to get your pocket monsters a breakfast as well?"
	Cassiopeia: 	"...Why do people keep calling me that?" Cassiopeia whispered to nobody in particular.
* Hotaru Joy sets down ten rubis, 5 for each pokemon on her belt.
	Nurse Joy: 	"Don't say 'a' breakfast. It sounds weird!" Nurse Joy says muffled through the counter, lifting only a finger.
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Because you're a Killer Queen."
	Sarah: 	"Dynamite with a lazer beam?"
DNA: 	Killer Queen has already touched your breakfast.
	Cassiopeia: 	"Ready to blow your mind anytime, apparently."
	Inn Keeper: 	"Alllllllllllllllrighty then. That'll be a grand spanking total of 10 A Breakfasts. I'll be back in about 20 minutes. Don't explode while I'm away." Inn Keeper jots down everyone's orders and pauses, "...That's not a joke. Don't fucking explode on my inn. I will rain down hellfire upon you assholes if you do."
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper smiles and pockets the orders, "Alrighty now, brb, as they say." Inn Keeper retreats into the kitchen.
	Hotaru Joy: 	"But if we explode how would there be anything left to rain hellfire upon?"
	Sarah: 	"You know, I've heard worse things aimed at me, so I'll still respect that."
	Nurse Joy: 	"My building can sustain an Explosion from a Slaking!" Nurse Joy says muffled again, "But the furniture can't. Of which Syndy paid for."
	Cassiopeia: 	"I'll take extra special care not to press the trigger."
* Hotaru Joy is having gigglefits over the musical reference-induced conversation.
	Sarah: 	"Oh, man that is sturdy." Sarah will lean to Hotaru, "What's a slacking?"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"A ridiculously physically powerful normal-type pokemon, favorite of uh... what, Hoenn gym leader? I think. From before the war. They were rumored to be notably lazy, only following orders around half the time, hence the name--but that's just a rumor."
Narrator: 	Syndel will be cooking for 20 minutes. You can do whatever in that time (like making another crafting check hint hint ROB). Just say 'bwah' when ready to fast forward time 20 minutes.
DNA: 	No Rabbids in my campaign
	Sarah: 	"Huh. Fitting name then I suppose. Oh! Roight, introductions are in order. Yet to have a chance before this but I'd like you to meet a new member of my crew!" Sarah will motion to the riolu chilling on her shoulder still.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo is sewing a doll, Lost in her own little world.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Craftin' 2+6+4+2=14
	Anubis: 	Anubis perks out his chest lookin' quite proud for his introduction.
	Cassiopeia: 	Cassiopeia is looking out the window to see what the weather is like today, taking a few notes on what she sees. She'll walk outside once or twice in the process.
Narrator: 	Ma-Nyeo successfully crafts a Doll.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Hehehehe..."
	Sarah: 	"Whatcha got over there?"
You whisper to Narrator: What rolls could I make to gain specifics on the current weather?
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo is holding a simple felt doll that looks vaguely like Hotaru.
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Sooo why did you make a doll of me?"
Narrator whispers: Perception or Cunning. Though if you got a focus on it, that'd be Cunning for sure - unsure if you want a focus in meteorology though.
	Sarah: 	"Aw, da's a bit cute!"
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"I wanted sewing practice. When I was younger I used to make a lot of dolls. So making dolls was a good way to get used to stitching again."
You whisper to Narrator: Don't tempt me; I might do that. But for now I'll just make a Cunning roll 6+2+2+4
You whisper to Narrator: total 14, 6 SP, how do I even stunt on the weather?
You whisper to Narrator: Wow. That almost sounded like a diss.
Narrator whispers: It'd be exploration technically but since you got a 6 on the pokemon die, I can give you info over the next 3 days.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo grows red from the sudden attention. "I-is breakfast ready?"
You whisper to Narrator: I like it!
	Sarah: 	Sarah will relent at her obivous discomfort. "We just ordeed it, so a bit longer."
Narrator whispers: June 4th: late 70's in temp and humidity with bad thunderstorms all day.
June 5th: late 60's in temp and mid 70's in humidity and sunny.
June 6th: Mid 70's in temp and humidity. Cloudy all day.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo looks back at the doll, then to Hotaru before holding it out to her. "I was thinking about you when I made it, since you were nice to me. I needed to make a doll of something... so... you can have it if you want."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"I'll hold onto it, sure. You can look back at it when you're back in practice and see how much progress you're making."
	Cassiopeia: 	Cassiopeia comes back inside, having feverishly jotted down a series of notes. "Looks like there will probably be thunderstorms tomorrow. We might want to stay inside then."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo nods. "I hope I can make costumes eventually."
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper returns with an Octillery helping her with plates and drinks, "Breakfast chumps!" Inn Keeper glances up, "And queenie. EAT UP YA'LL!" Inn Keeper places the places before each of you on the dining table.
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Thunderstorms tomorrow? That's a shame. I don't have anything to protect against that, but I didn't want to be holed up for a day..."
	Nurse Joy: 	Nurse Joy awakens with a start, "Hwuh?! Who's fooding me?"
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper ignores her.
	Cassiopeia: 	"I guess I'm not a chump?"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Apparently you're a queen."
	Sarah: 	Sarah will hum at the weather, thouh hearing about the food, bother her and her passenger will eagerly get to their spots and dig in.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo will take breakfast and name calling with ease.
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Queens inherently cannot be chumps."
	Cassiopeia: 	"Why did this even start happening anyway?" Cassiopeia appears more confused than actually mad, but thanks the innkeeper for the food regardless.
* Hotaru Joy settles in to eat with her pokemon and her humans.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Are you from a royal family Cassiopeia?"
	Cassiopeia: 	"Not that I'm aware of, no. My people were nomads."
	Sarah: 	"Aw, that'd be sick! Hell I'd take that if I could. Heheh."
	Deep Blue: 	"Might be your given name. Wasn't she a mythological queen that got hung upside-d--"
	Cassiopeia: 	"You need a bit more discretion than that, Deep Blue."
	Sarah: 	"Oh? Story time of a metal way to go?" She'll say lowering her fork rom her mouth to hear this.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Cunning (Historical Lore) 3+1+6+7=17
	Ma-Nyeo: 	What's up with the name?
	Inn Keeper: 	"Oh, you're not? Coulda fooled me, Queenie. The Pokemon in the area are calling you The White Queen."
	Sarah: 	"Whaaaaa? Where's my sick name?"
	Cassiopeia: 	"...They are? How can you tell? Do they come up to you and tell you things like that?"
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper blinks, "Well, they asked me what your room was. Said they had something to give you. A tithe or something?"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Maybe they think we're your harem?"
	Cassiopeia: 	"They who?"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Everyone."
	Inn Keeper: 	"Well, if you aren't I'd be a little cautious traveling through Route 1 and maaaaaaaaaaaybe the Viridian Forest? You're a person of importance to the area so...expect humbling manservants and large scale kidnappings."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"I guess it's a good thing we've assembled such a good team to defend you so quickly, Your Majesty?"
	Sarah: 	"Uhhh... huh. What'dja do to land Queeny status like that?" She'll say not trying to sound mean, but genuinely turning the gears.
	Cassiopeia: 	"I suppose s-wait, another large scale kidnapping? Did Calypso have friends?"
	Calypso: 	"I don't think so?" Calypso says as she legitimately tries to think of anyone.
	Cassiopeia: 	"I'm just trying to figure out why this started at all. I can pinpoint when, but the motives simply confuse me. I haven't exactly done anything of consequence and my name has been virtually unknown before now."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Not kidnappings from that group. Just in general. But, isn't it princesses that get kidnapped?"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Queens get executed. And then posthumously accused of callous disdain and stupid lines."
	Calypso: 	"Princesses? Why? Queen's are more important and tastier. Always kidnap the Queen."
	Cassiopeia: 	"...I don't think you're helping..."
	Officer Jenny: 	Officer Jenny bursts in through the front door, "I heard kidnapping! Who needs rescuing?!"
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Hi do you want breakfast?
	Officer Jenny: 	"No, that sounds delicious."
	Anubis: 	Anubis nearly flips out on sight of the Darkrai, though a tug back from the scruff of his neck by Sarah. He'll give her a rather confused look, but she'll tell him "later", and he'll calm down a touch.
* Deep Blue falls down on the floor with a thud, laughing.
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Nobody, yet, but maybe Cassiopeia in... oh, about a week?"
	Inn Keeper: 	"...?"
	Sarah: 	"Nothing happening just yet."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"But you have excellent hearing."
	Sarah: 	"To be fair, that's good for her line of work."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"It is."
	Officer Jenny: 	"You childrens showed me up. I can't have that. But good job."
	Inn Keeper: 	"Childrens?" Inn Keeper tilts her head.
	Officer Jenny: 	"Nothing."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"We're not childrens, despite the disguises we were using."
	Officer Jenny: 	"Anyway, I hear you kidlets are heading to the Viridian, amiright?"
	Inn Keeper: 	"Who said that?"
	Cassiopeia: 	"We plan on doing so eventually, though I wasn't aware of any great rush." She goes back to eating her breakfast in relative silence.
	Officer Jenny: 	"No one."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"We might go to Fuchsia to explore islands."
	Sarah: 	"We could honestly go either way."
	Officer Jenny: 	"Great! So, I posted a job and you guys seem like the legs I can use to get her done!"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Contests, Viridian, then exploring whichever direction we go. We need to meet up with Gary and Nadia since our contract is being negotiated."
	Officer Jenny: 	"Even better! Get it to Gary...but not that other person you said. Fuck that other one."
	Inn Keeper: 	"That other one is a woman and their employer currently."
	Hotaru Joy: 	i'd like to
	Officer Jenny: 	"Even worse. Especially not that other person. Fuck that other person."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"What's wrong with Nadia? Or rather, what's wrong with her this time?"
	Inn Keeper: 	=.=
	Officer Jenny: 	"She employed you twerps who showed me up! Good job, by the by."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Thank you."
	Officer Jenny: 	"So yep." Officer Jenny produces an egg from the ether and hands it to...
	Officer Jenny: 	2
Avara: 	would this be the older or younger jenny?
	Officer Jenny: 	Officer Jenny hands it to Sarah.
Officer Jenny: (( Older ))
	Hotaru Joy: 	"We'll try not to keep making you look bad, Ririn."
	Inn Keeper: 	"Oh yeah, sure. Just drop a randomly glowing pink egg into Gary's lap. He'll love that." Inn Keeper points that it has a pulsating glow.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Perception (Empathy) Does Officer Jenny seem to have ulterior motives? 4+5+6+5=20
	Sarah: 	Sarah will pause from eating her breakfast, but she'll grab onto the egg, and set it in her lap. "Don't worry officer, it's gonna get... where you wanted this to go just fine!"
	Officer Jenny: 	Officer Jenny facepalms, "No! It doesn't glow! It isn't glowing!" Officer Jenny glares at the egg and, it uh, stops glowing. It's just pink now.
	Sarah: 	"...Maybe I shouldn't have this in my lap if it's glowing... was glowing."
	Hotaru Joy: 	What is that egg? Cunning PKMN Lore 6+1+4+5=16
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Perception (Emapthy) on the Egg. What's it up to? 1+3+3+5=12 (STUNT! 1 Stunt Point)
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo pokes the egg. "... you're not fooling anyone. ... you're not fooling me."
	Officer Jenny: 	Officer Jenny watches as the egg wiggles away from Ma-Nyeo's hand, "Don't uh...poke it. It's delicate."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"... Yeah, we're taking that to Gary. That shouldn't be possible, but there it is, so there it's going. If he doesn't want it, he can probably find someone who specializes in eggs who does want it."
	Officer Jenny: 	"And uh, don't drop it into Gary's lap. I dunno if he's into that kinda thing but uh...just don't."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"I'm Ma-Nyeo. And you're keeping secrets." Ma-Nyeo says to the egg, before her eyes shift toward Jenny with a wicked grin. "Aren't we now."
	Officer Jenny: 	"In fact, don't put it in his lap at all. Dropping or otherwise. Like, place it...into his hands. Sloooooooowly."
Avara: 	hotaru's check results are making her feel very confused. and thus she's all for giving it to an expert.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Hehehe..." Ma-Nyeo walks up to Jenny. "What aren't you telling us...? Heehee.."
	Inn Keeper: 	Inn Keeper raises an eyebrow as she glances between Ma-Nyeo and Ririn, "...is this illegal?"
Avara: 	... oh, how much should i heal my peoples for?
	Sarah: 	"...What's going on? And since you folks know stuff, should I be having it in my lap...?"
	Sarah: 	"Like is it safe to?"
	Officer Jenny: 	Officer Jenny throws her arms up into the air, "I dunno! But it doesn't seem to mind! And yes, it's illegal! Purple haired pretty brat stop asking me questions where my honesty betrays me!"
	Nurse Joy: 	Nurse Joy awakens with a start and points accusingly at Ririn, "Quit breaking the law, asshole!"
* Hotaru Joy breaks into laughter.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"...eh?" Ma-Nyeo stops dead in her tracks and blushes.
	Officer Jenny: 	"I'm not! They are!" Officer Jenny points to Sarah and then Ma-Nyeo, "And I'm ignoring it since it was my request!"
	Sarah: 	"Wait what???"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Okay-hahhahha--okay, but why tho?"
	Cassiopeia: 	"I'm still trying to figure out why you want us to transport a bomb."
	Inn Keeper: 	"..." Inn Keeper throws her arms at her side in exhaustion, "...I'm done. Get me when the weird shit is over." Inn Keeper quits this place and exits to the upstairs.
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Okay, see you never, miss inn keeper!"
	Officer Jenny: 	"It's safe in your lap. And it's not a bomb."
	Nurse Joy: 	"But, is it safe?"
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Then we know two things that it isn't. It isn't a bomb. And it isn't an egg."
	Officer Jenny: 	"Yyyyyyyyyyyy--absolu---maybe."
	Officer Jenny: 	"Most definitely, positively, kinda."
	Sarah: 	"...And you handed me a bomb to rest in my lap! Oi?? That's a bit rude!? Wait what?? If it's not kosher what am I being a runner for?"
	Cassiopeia: 	"You don't even know what it is, do you."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"If it Explodes it's your fault Ririn.
	Officer Jenny: 	Officer Jenny nods frantically, "Definitively, perhaps."
	Nurse Joy: 	Nurse Joy narrows her eyes and stumbles to her feet, "You!" Nurse Joy points to Ririn.
	Officer Jenny: 	"...Are you drunk, Suzuka?"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"She was asleep. Now she's angry."
	Nurse Joy: 	"Don't change the subject!" Nurse Joy looks to Sarah, "You can't endanger a girl that hot. You take that bomb back!"
	Officer Jenny: 	"I...what? No, stop hitting on your customers and it's not a bomb."
	Sarah: 	Sarah will just pause, shrug and fingergun at the Nurse.
	Nurse Joy: 	"But is it a Pokemon?!"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Then what is it?"
	Officer Jenny: 	"It's...a Pokemon."
	Nurse Joy: 	"Okay! Does it know Explosion?"
	Officer Jenny: 	Officer Jenny gestures angrily to the egg, "Do EGGS explode?!"
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Perception (seeing) to see through a disguise. 6+4+6+5=21 (STUNT! 6 Stunt Points)
	Nurse Joy: 	"Yes."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	On the "egg"
	Nurse Joy: 	"When thrown by Chansey."
	Officer Jenny: 	"...I shouldn't have asked a Nurse that."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Also when they're secretly Togepi using metronome."
DNA: 	Zing!
	Ma-Nyeo: 	That Makes me Wonder. Historical Lore.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Historical Lore! 2+1+6+7=16
	Sarah: 	"Wait, doesn't it also mean it could also heal? Because I do remember soft boiled's a thing."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Wait, that makes me wonder is another perception check, not a test...
	Officer Jenny: 	"It's...neither of those. For sure. Look! It's pink! And an egg! A pink egg!"
	Ma-Nyeo: 	*cunning test
	Nurse Joy: 	"...That you want to give to Gary?"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Is it a Diancie?"
	Officer Jenny: 	"That I want Gary to look at yes."
Mike is disconnected.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Hm.... it is an egg. Without a shell."
	Officer Jenny: 	"I dunno what a Diancie is."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Is it a Mew?"
	Nurse Joy: 	"They're like, crystal-gem thingies."
	Officer Jenny: 	"It's not a Mew."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Is it a ditto?"
	Nurse Joy: 	"Aha! But you know it isn't a Mew!"
	Sarah: 	"Oh man, I wish it was a mew, I'd hug the hell outta it! Those things are cute as hell."
	Officer Jenny: 	Officer Jenny raises a finger to answer Hotaru and Suzuka and groans, "I-I'm...not answering anymore! Look, I have a Quest. I'm a NPC." Officer Jenny points to herself, "I have a floaty name in GREEN letters with a giant exclamation point above my head!"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Is it a radioactive happiny?"
Mike has connected.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo looks up to see the name.
	Officer Jenny: 	"My quest is, 'transport pink egg to professor dude'. So, you, take egg, to Gary. That's it. You'll be paid. And uh, don't tell anyone I sent you."
	Sarah: 	"Honestly, I'd like to know if it's raioactive. I'd rather move it from my lap, because I'd rather not go sterile. I'll take something in my lungs or something I don't need to live."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"How did you do that, with the name..."
	Officer Jenny: 	"It won't steal your babies, Sarah."
	Officer Jenny: 	Officer Jenny blinks, "Huh?" Officer Jenny looks up, "...What name?"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"That one. Right there."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"You had a name above your head."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Officer Jenny, Ririn."
* Hotaru Joy is looking up and slightly to the side.
	Officer Jenny: 	Officer Jenny frowns, "...Okay, you guys stop messing with me. Just, can you do the thing?"
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Yes. Tomorrow. Or tonight."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"We'll do the thing, but we want the information about the thing we're doing."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"If no one steals it when we set it down."
	Sarah: 	"Yo, if she can get an NPC thing, can I get a sick arse title???"
	Nurse Joy: 	"You guys shouldn't do the thing. It's suspicious and shady and Ririn is acting weird and dodgy."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Can we call Dr. Oak and ask him if he wants it?"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Ririn if you tell me what the thing is I'll set you up on a date with someone pretty."
	Sarah: 	"To be fair, I'm kinda sketch on it myself considering the fact the police officer told us it was kinda leagally grey. Hasn't stopped me before, but still."
	Officer Jenny: 	"Oh! Titles. They're cool. You gotta do something cool to get one. Like, stand in raging fire without dying."
	Officer Jenny: 	Officer Jenny inhales deeply and considers it for a moment, "Hnnnng, no! Bad Hotaru! Don't you do that to me!"
	Sarah: 	She'll point at her. "Ay, you get it. She gets it. Oh! Hey Anubis, next time, just punch the hell out of me, maybe I can get something fighting style.""
	Ma-Nyeo: 	> Ma-Nyeo now believes something about titles.
	Officer Jenny: 	"This is...for a friend. A good friend."
	Hotaru Joy: 	Comm to persuade. 6+1+3+3=13
	Officer Jenny: 	Officer Jenny will try to resist your attempts as flirtation!
	Officer Jenny: 	6+6+4+4=20
Officer Jenny: (( Ho damn ))
DNA: 	Shot down like a firework.
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Aw.. no date for Suzuka."
* Hotaru Joy was going to turn and ask suzuka to go on a date with ririn.
	Officer Jenny: 	"Look, do the thing for me. Be my Julie. Do the thing!"
Hotaru Joy: (( Julie? ))
	Nurse Joy: 	"Stop making references to animation."
	Officer Jenny: 	"Why are you against me?"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"... I already agreed to do the thing. I'm just trying to find out what the thing is."
	Nurse Joy: 	"Because I'm hangry and you woke me up."
DNA: 	I guess that means she's Rome?
	Sarah: 	"Mainly because confusion and the inital agrivation at the potential for stomach/thigh radiation."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo sits in front of the "egg" "(Hi. You understanding?)" She says in pokemon.
	Sarah: 	Sarah's still yet to move the egg btw.
	Officer Jenny: 	"Oh. Awesome. Have Gary give me a ring when you give him the thing. Adios amigos!" Officer Jenny will promptly, and stiffly, exit the Pokemon Center trying to 'act casual' with absolute fail.
Narrator: 	The egg doesn't reply but seems to shrink slightly away from Ma-Nyeo.
	Sarah: 	"Well... she was about as subtle and well played as a mankey with a piano."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Don't you want to be friends?"
	Cassiopeia: 	"...Couldn't she have just asked Gary out on a date like a normal person?"
	Hotaru Joy: 	Hotaru will move to pick up the egg, if Sarah allows it.
	Sarah: 	Sarah will offer said egg considering she wants it out of her lap now.
	Hotaru Joy: 	Hotaru sat down with the egg, near enough to Mana to not interrupt her.
	Hotaru Joy: 	"You really should cooperate, pink egg of mystery. I'll give you to Ma-Nyeo if you don't."
Narrator: 	STR (Might)
Avara: 	cruel
Avara: 	6+1+1+0=8
Narrator: 	1+1+6+1=9
DNA: 	Dohohoho
Narrator: 	The egg wiggles in your grasp before forcibly rolling from your hands and into Sarah's lap.
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Mana, fetch!"
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo jumps up and tries to pick up the egg!
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Str Might 6+4+6+0=16 (STUNT! 6 Stunt Points)
	Sarah: 	Sarah will pause at that rebound back into her lap, she'll point down at it. "Ha! It likes me!"
Narrator: 	2+4+2+1=9
Narrator: 	The egg, when picked up by Ma-Nyeo, shrinks into an egg capable of fitting into the palm of her hand.
	Nurse Joy: 	"Yeah. That's totally normal Pokemon Egg behavior."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo hands it to Hotaru.
	Nurse Joy: 	"Nothing strange going on here."
* Hotaru Joy acquires the egg.
	Sarah: 	"...Wat."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"That's what happens when you don't cooperate."
	Sarah: 	"No yeah, I think we should just get that to a professor. That needs some studdyin'!"
	Sarah: 	"By the way, I don't mind holdin' onto it while we're moving. It hopped ot me, and why not make it not try to explode." She'll say with a shrug.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"What will we do with the egg while we are performing the contest?"
	Sarah: 	"I don't mind keeping it in my bag."
	Sarah: 	"Suzy used to sleep in it all the time, it should be safe enough."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Alright." Hotaru handed the egg over to Sarah, then pointed at it. "Behave yourself, or you know what'll happen."
Narrator: 	The egg doesn't respond or move but you get the impression it understands and aggrees.
	Sarah: 	She'll give it a gentle pat. "Don't worry! I'll be makin' sure it's not setting us on fire or what have you."
	Nurse Joy: 	"Alright, weird Ririn things aside...you're doing contests now?"
	Hotaru Joy: 	Hotaru has completed her sidequest Discipline The Egg. She gets -1 Execution Points.
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Yeah, we're registered for a contest today. I'm bringing Tokidoki."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"We're going to be popular."
	Nurse Joy: 	"Ah, okay. I'm obligated to say 'don't died' but I'm not even sure if that's possible in those things."
	Nurse Joy: 	"Go pwn them scrubs and proclaim yourself Rulers of the Wild or something."
	Sarah: 	"I'mma be using Suzy over Anubis here." She'll say rubbing his head, which get's a half hearted protest. "He's shapin' up to be a good addition, but don't know him too well just yet. Don't worry lil' guy, you'll get your time in the spotlight eventually."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Not dying is our job, I think."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Calypso, you want to watch from here or in your ball? You can see if you want to join the next one."
	Cassiopeia: 	"It's not in the job description, but not dying is implied as part of the contract."
	Calypso: 	"Don't keep me in the ball, master!" Calypso pleads to Hotaru.
	Calypso: 	"But, you mentioned not freaking out the humans so...I'll sit in the ball...for a time."
	Calypso: 	"Keep that finger on my escape button though. I wanna be out and about when you begin roaming, girl."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"I'll let you stay here at the center. I can pay for a room for the day, so you've got somewhere to go so you don't scare people."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Just, you know. Don't do the Bad Dreams thing."
	Nurse Joy: 	"I'd rather not have a newly acquired Darkrai girl sitting patiently in my Pokemon Center without its Trainer on hand."
	Nurse Joy: 	"People sleep here you know. While I trust you, I am not exactly comfortable with her here without you."
	Calypso: 	"Aww, you recognize that I am a female of my species."
	Calypso: 	"I'm flattered."
	Nurse Joy: 	Nurse Joy pauses to that comment for a moment, "...Don't-Don't talk to me about boobies."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"I could leave you the ball as a safety, but... alright. Calypso, I promise I won't keep you in your ball longer than you need to be."
Avara: 	speaking of calypso's ball, who would i see to get that fixed?
	Sarah: 	"Well, knowin' pokemon is her job... healin' too."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Boobs do have a healing power all their own."
Narrator: 	Uhh, you could have Syndel try it or someone at the Mart in Viridian.
	Calypso: 	Calypso smiles and nods to Hotaru.
Avara: 	syndel... was that the shopkeep?
Avara: 	inkeeper
Narrator: 	Mmhm.
Avara: 	whelp.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Calypso isn't scary." Ma-Nyeo said.
	Calypso: 	"And I'm not hungry right now!"
	Nurse Joy: 	"Don't be eatin' dreams in my Center."
	Calypso: 	Calypso lifts a finger in thought, "...Do I know Dream Eater...?"
Avara: 	let me look up the reqs for that
Avara: 	because if she meets them i'm gonna say yes
DNA: 	"None"
DNA: 	Well shit
Avara: 	om nom nom mothafucka
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Oh, yeah. The secret is..." Hotaru describes the aura trick to Dream Eater.
Calypso: (( 10+aura pen dmg ))
Calypso: (( good lord ))
	Sarah: 	wew lad
Avara: 	she's an Annoyer. with 6 au.
DNA: 	And for only 4 PP! Juicy.
	Calypso: 	Calypso snaps her fingers, "Aha~ I do!"
	Nurse Joy: 	"No!" Nurse Joy grabs a spray bottle filled with orange juice and aims it at Calypso, "I will make you sticky and smell like oranges!"
	Calypso: 	Calypso tilts her head, "...You're not very good at threatening people."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"... Suzuka please don't make me want to spend all day licking my pokemon."
	Cassiopeia: 	"...Is that orange-scented aerosol, or actual orange juice?"
	Nurse Joy: 	"Actual orange juice. It's effective on the randomly invading Pidgey just outside of my Center."
	Sarah: 	"You like orange that much?"
	Nurse Joy: 	"It makes them run from the Pinsir outside who enjoy eating oranges."
	Calypso: 	"Ohohoho, devious~"
	Cassiopeia: 	Cassiopeia ponders this for a moment. Then goes "This explains the Pidgey."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Cunning (Natural Lore). What are Oranges and are they a Berry? 2+4+5+5=16
Avara: 	dark void - bad dreams - dream eater wombo combo
Ma-Nyeo: (( Next level Miss Mallow will grab Copycat and play along. ))
Narrator: 	Alright so, should you guys head to the Contest Hall or...?
DNA: 	Can't I just BS for another hour?
Avara: 	sure.
Ma-Nyeo: (( Ma-Nyeo is waiting for people to be ready! ))
Avara: 	bwah
	Sarah: 	Yup!
	Ma-Nyeo: 	bwah!
Avara: 	oh, right. didn't see the answer
Avara: 	healing amount?
Avara: 	from night sleeping
DNA: 	(rabbid noises)
Narrator: 	10+vit+lv
	Hotaru Joy: 	Hotaru Joy is healed and gains 11 health.
	Tokidoki: 	Tokidoki is healed and gains 11 health.
DNA: 	The "Move" command doesn't like me!
Narrator: 	lol
Narrator: 	Right so....what're we doing?
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo enters the contest hall.
Narrator: 	ALRIGHT!
Avara: 	walking into the contest hall to say hi to some skitty trainers
	Receptionist: 	Receptionist looks up from his computer at his desk when you enter the hall, "Oh hello there! How can I help you?"
	Sarah: 	Sarah's gonna stride in with Anubis on her shoulders, and a new egg in her bag. "We're here to try and give this a shot, someone told us to come back around this time."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"The White Queen and her harem, the Imperial Lotus team, has arrived to grace the stage and compete for the awe of the masses!"
	Receptionist: 	"Oh yes, you guys!"
	Receptionist: 	"It was me, James! The Livingston!"
	Receptionist: 	"The Imperial Lotus, eh? Cool name."
Avara: 	wait
Avara: 	it was lily
Avara: 	damnit
	Receptionist: 	"Team of four, right? I can enter you guys in a Casual Match.
Avara: 	anyway
Receptionist: (( What's the name? ))
	Ma-Nyeo: 	(( Imperial Lilies ))
Receptionist: (( Okay. ))
Hotaru Joy: (( imperial lilies, iirc. lotus was considered but abandoned. ))
Hotaru Joy: (( sorry. it's been a couple weeks. ))
DNA: 	Yeah, it was Imperial Lilies
	Receptionist: 	"Think of casual matches as provings. Win like, 4 and you can enter into the Super Contests and compete for the yearly championship."
	Hotaru Joy: 	"That sounds like exactly the sort of introductory performance we're looking for."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Do we have to win in different locations? Like gyms?"
	Receptionist: 	"Alright then. The Ranked Matches aren't until noon so...I can fit you guys into a Casual prior. It'll be a good warm up before the leagues. Sound good?"
	Hotaru Joy: 	"Yes, thank you very much, good sir."
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Yes."
	Sarah: 	"No arguments here! Hey Anubis, you are actually gonna get a fight in!" He'll fistpump at hearing that.
	Receptionist: 	"Alright then. Get yourself setup in the public dressing rooms. I already got you guys registered so, it'll be a short wait. We actually had a group who wanted some Casual practice matches."
* Hotaru Joy will go promptly there! and apply a Perfume (feminine) to herself while waiting.
	Cassiopeia: 	"That works out well - it means the wait shouldn't be too long."
	Hotaru Joy: 	Hotaru also changes her clothes, and applies her other perfume to Tokidoki. She's now wearing a pretty shirt, a skirt, stockings, and shoes.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo doesn't have a change of clothes. She is still wearing her thick dress.
	Sarah: 	Sarah will just be rolling in her usual style. She's gonna go with a bit of a tough look to go with her riolu.
Avara: 	yes, hotaru had a change of clothes packed. since before session 1.
	Cassiopeia: 	Cassiopeia only really has one kind of outfit. ...Whatever works, so it seems.
Avara: 	and the skirt-and-stockings combo seemed like a better fit to stand alongside tokidoki
Narrator: 	Alright. Time to select the theme of todays Casual Contest.
Narrator: 	1
Narrator: 	Todays theme of the Casual Contest is: Tough.
	Sarah: 	Sarah and Anubis both fistpump hard at that.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"Can you do tough, Miss Mallow?"
Narrator: 	Get your mindset ready for the Introduction phase.
	Miss Mallow: 	"We might be in trouble...:
DNA: 	Oh no
Narrator: 	For introduction, you'll be having an ability test to determine your score.
Narrator: 	In Contests, if you have the Performance focus, you can substitute Communication (Performance) for whatever the actual test is for the theme.
* Hotaru Joy plots her introduction. She's really not as prepared for this as she could be.
Narrator: 	If you don't have the Performance focus, you have to rely on what test are available for the theme.
Narrator: 	Since this is a Tough Contest, the following tests are available to you:
Resistance (Courage)
Strength (Might)
Vitality (Stamina)
Narrator: 	You don't need any of those three focuses to make the test, but they obviously help.
Miss Mallow: (( Trainer, pokemon or both make this check? ))
Avara: 	oh, nice. both hotaru and tokidoki have vit stam
Avara: 	thank you, Explorer.
DNA: 	I almost have Might
DNA: 	So close
	Sarah: 	Heck ye courage
Narrator: 	The participant does. And this is a regular Contest so, no Trainers are going to be in it. Though feel free to have the Trainer be part of the introduction if you want.
Narrator: 	Simple answer: The pokemon does.
Avara: 	alakazam huzzah
Avara: 	i'm ready to explode onto the stage
DNA: 	Say that I don't have any of those focuses. What stat am I supposed to roll?
Narrator: 	You roll what's listed. I just stated you don't need those focuses to roll them. It just helps.
DNA: 	Oh, okay
Narrator: 	If you instead have the Performance focus of Communication, you can use THAT instead.
Narrator: 	Performance, if the focus is acquired, can substitute for ANY Contest introduction roll.
Narrator: 	Otherwise, you just pick one of the ones available. So, pick one of the three above.
Avara: 	don't stop believing~~!
Mike: (( hold on to that fee-ee-eeeeelin' ))
Narrator: 	Alright. Want me to start the introductions with one of the PCs?
Avara: 	shore
DNA: 	STREETLIGHT - PEOPLE WOH-OH-OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo fidgets, awaiting the introduction...
	Cameraman: 	Cameraman walks into the center stage of the stage arena and begins rolling.
	Sarah: 	Sarah and anubis on the other hand are feeling pumped.
	Cassiopeia: 	Cassiopeia breaths very calmly, waiting.
	Reporter: 	Reporter slowly raises from the center stage below ground and is looking at the floor. He's in a rocking black sparkly suit and is stepping in place to the claps of the audience. In his hand is a microphone that he twirls above his head.
	Reporter: 	"Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, oh, YEAH! WOO BABY YES!"
	Reporter: 	"WELCOME boys and girls, men and women, children of all ages and those inbetween. Welcome, welcome, welcome!"
	Reporter: 	"Welcome to the Pallet Town Contest Hall where we bring you non-stop action, beautiful performances and loving Pokemon/Trainer interaction for all tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!"
	Reporter: 	"Tonight, we have the amazing rivalry between the Sakura Flames and Timber-Mint coming to an end. Whoever wins THIS round is moved on toward the Super Contest later this season! Who isn't ready for THAT, right? It's going to be a HELL of a fight and I know they're going to bring All-They-Got to the stage AND to the arena!"
	Reporter: 	"But, let's get your lips wet and pull your butts to the edge of your seat before we even hit the Main Event of the evening. Before that we'll have a series of Casual Matches to see if we can't get anyone to qualify for the Season Finale. We still got time before the final stretch and the Big Leagues are in full swing!"
	Reporter: 	"To begin, we have some newcomers to the season. We have Imperial Lillies versus Ruff Spice. This is a four-man team matchup and will end up being an all-out-brawl I assure you! So, let's get to it, right? Starting off with the Ruff Spice..."
	Reporter: 	Reporter rises out of the stage as he turns to the back of the stage just as all the lights go out.
	Reporter: 	"We've got someone who's still iving the age old dream. Give it up fooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor Ambrose Shawnel!"
	Ambrose Shawnel: 	Ambrose Shawnel appears at the edge of the stage beside a Farfetch'd. He's standing with his hands over his crotch and slowly walking toward the center - his Farfetch'd following him in step and posture.
	Ambrose Shawnel: 	"We live in the rain, a sea of change," Ambrose Shawnel begins, raising a single arm up toward the sky.
	Farfetch'd: 	"(You can't keep anything you take,)" Farfetch'd speaks after him but in Pokemon, "(The lovely faces of the lives we chase,)" Farfetch'd raises his wing, grasping at something unseen with Ambrose.
	Ambrose Shawnel: 	Ambrose Shawnel snaps his fingers and produces a tophat in a flash of light (possibly a poke ball?), "Is but dust for the wind to take..."
	Farfetch'd: 	"(When all is gone...)" Farfetch'd flicks the leek in his wing and produces a similar tophat, "(The only loss...)"
	Ambrose Shawnel: 	Ambrose Shawnel snaps on his tophat and looks down at the floor, "Is to not have loved at every cost..."
	Farfetch'd: 	"(When you can say-)" Farfetch'd snaps on his tophat, "(And I can saaaaaaaaay!)"
	Ambrose Shawnel: 	Ambrose Shawnel suddenly steps in time with Farfetch'd as they begin intricate dance steps, their feet clattering along the ground at different precise tones, creating a melody for their song, "We loved with every step we take! I'll be okaaaaay!"
	Farfetch'd: 	Farfetch'd flaps every so often to create deeper tones with his talons, "How do you love when your heart is brokeeeeen?"
	Ambrose Shawnel: 	"How do you speak when you feel outspokeeeeeen?" Ambrose Shawnel twirls around with his Farfetch'd wing and hand, "And I can forgive!"
	Farfetch'd: 	"(And be forgiven!)" Farfetch'd let's go of Ambrose and clatters to the ground with a skid opposite of Ambrose, just as the light on the two of them warm up to a red, "(By learning to heal...)"
	Ambrose Shawnel: 	Ambrose Shawnel skids back just as Farfetch'd does and smiles, "With a heart wide open!" Ambrose Shawnel pauses as the light deepens red before standing up and high-fiving/winging Farfetch'd and turning to the audience.
Avara: 	someone misread the theme as Cool or Beauty. also unless there's a translator in the stage only half of this recital is getting to the audience.
	Reporter: 	Reporter pauses for a moment just to be sure, "Not exactly what I'd call...a TOUGH performance but it definitely looked practiced. Maybe it'll win out anyway, who am I to judge? Also, did anyone hear half of that...?"
	Reporter: 	"Judges!"
Narrator: 	Thre three judges Ralph Burns, Deborah Pleasants and Keith Madison talk to each other for a moment before assigning his score.
	Farfetch'd: 	5+4+4+4=17
Avara: 	such rolls
	Farfetch'd: 	Performance Score: 18
	Reporter: 	"18! That's...not actually too bad. I guess the performance itself won out over the theme! Lucky lad there! Now, let's see who's coming out next....someone from team Imperial Lillies!"
Reporter: (( Who wants to be introduced into the stage? ))
Avara: 	may i?
Ma-Nyeo: (( please ))
DNA: 	Proceed
Grace: 	go right ahead
	Reporter: 	"Oh. Oh my. It seems we have a special guest here on the Imperial Lillies team! Please welcome to the stage, Hotaaaaaaaaaru Jooooooooooy!"
	Ma-Nyeo: 	((is it 1 L or 2? I thought it was 1.))
Avara: 	it's 50 Ls.
DNA: 	If it's the plural of lily, then 1 L. If it's the plural of Lillie, then 2 Ls.
Narrator: (( 1 L it is then ))
DNA: 	Nebby remains quiet another day.
	Tokidoki: 	A giant metallic pokeball popped onto the stage, bouncing and rolling. As it reached about three quarters of the way across the stage, a burst of sparkles came out and started it rolling the other way again. As it turned, Hotaru stepped out into view, moving with rhythmic step. She spun as the pokeball came rolling right at her, guiding the ball to roll around her and back towards the other side. This repeated a few times until both were at the center stagee, Hotaru twirling in place and the pokeball rolling around her fast enough that anyone without true endurance would have crashed long ago. The spinning went faster and faster and faster and fasterfasterfaster until suddenly, Hotaru stopped, curtseying to the crowd.
	Tokidoki: 	As she hit the lowest point of her gesture, the ball bounced over her from behind, landing with a CRASH! as Tokidoki hid her from view, striking a warrior's pose.
Avara: 	done. had to split the post due to stack overflow
Narrator: 	Noice.
Avara: 	thankuu
Narrator: 	Alright, which of your tests are you going with? Stamina?
Avara: 	yup
Narrator: 	Roll it!
Avara: 	vit with a stam focus
Avara: 	Gods be good. VIT STAM! 2+6+3+6=17
Avara: 	gdi gods that pokemon die needed to be higheer.
Narrator: 	Roll 1d6
Avara: 	1
	Reporter: 	"Awww, man. That looked rough...and tough! And that's exactly what this is about! Judges!"
	Judge 1: 	Judge 1 talks it over with the others and assigns Hotaru's score as: 16
	Reporter: 	Reporter looks dumbfounded, "16?! With THAT kind of performance?!"
	Reporter: 	"A-Alright then, moving along....you got the fiery Drake Blaze from Ruff Spice!"
	Reporter: 	Reporter motions to the stage that darkens after Hotaru's performance.
Narrator: 	The stage darkens until it's almost entirely black. Then music appears, echoing. It's metallic and deep.
Narrator: 	Then there's a ring of fire. And it explodes into a three foot tall fire. Then there's a human in it. In black leather. With a black leather trench coat. And black hair.
	Drake Blaze: 	Drake Blaze stands and looks around. Blinks. Then the flames grow another three feet but Drake doesn't sweat. Or blink. He just stands there unphased. He then looks to the audience, then the judges.
	Drake Blaze: 	"..." Drake Blaze watches as the flames grow another foot taller and you can start to feel the heat of the flames. "...HEY. GUYS." Drake Blaze pauses for a moment, "...THIS IS REALLY HOT."
	Fennekin: 	The flames shrink until they vanish and the spotlights shine on a Fennekin that yawns for a moment and looks up at Drake.
	Drake Blaze: 	"...OKAY. I'M DONE. IT WAS HOT."
	Reporter: 	"...That's it?"
	Judge 2: 	Judge 2 talks it over with the other judges.
	Fennekin: 	4+3+1+3=11
	Judge 2: 	Judge 2 assigns the score: 11.
	Reporter: 	"I mean...standing in the middle of fire is tough. But...not really when it's planned, right?"
Reporter: (( Someone from the Imperial Lilies! Who wants to go next? ))
Avara: 	is anyone else ready to show up the enemy?
	Ma-Nyeo: 	((I can!))
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo walks onto stage alone, her expression vacant as she looks onto the crowd. She lifts a piece of cloth from behind her and shows it to the audience. She holds her hand out to the crowd, palm up, and places the cloth on it, letting it drape down the sides of her hand.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	With a sudden motion she throws the cloth into the air where it violently explodes with ghostly energy! Landing on the stage is Miss Mallow, with tattered cloth falling all around her. From under her doll's sheets a black, wispy hand draws out a long needle... which Miss Mallow stabs into her own body. The dreadful aura fills the room while Ma-Nyeo's eyes grow wild and her smile widens, stuttering with frightful laughter, with Miss Mallow joining in.
	Miss Mallow: 	Resistance (Courage) 5+4+5+5=19 (STUNT! 5 Stunt Points)
	Miss Mallow: 	((* The dreadful aura of Miss Mallow's Curse fills the room ))
	Reporter: 	Roll 1d6
	Miss Mallow: 	5
	Judge: 	Judge gasps with the other judges and looks around before assigning the score: 24
	Reporter: 	"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh boiiiiiiiiiiiii! That's the best we've seen yet!"
	Reporter: 	"Alright, up next from Ruff Spice is....Javier Fidel!"
	Javier Fidel: 	There's a thick WHOMP sound and Javier Fidel comes flying into the stage face first. He slowly stands up and dusts himself off, coughing a bit. Then, rushing into the stage behind him...
	Mudbray: 	Is a Mudbray that tries to jump onto him! But, Javier catches him and holds Mudbray above his head with a struggle. Then Mudbray begins a stomping tantrum on the arms and hands of Javier!
	Javier Fidel: 	Javier Fidel holds out for about 6 seconds of this before he's pummeled into the stage floor. Once Mudbray stops and moves aside, Javier holds up an arm and gives a thumbs up.
	Mudbray: 	Mudbray sits down, signaling the end of the performance.
	Reporter: 	"...?'
	Mudbray: 	1+6+2+4=13
	Mudbray: 	10
	Judge 1: 	Judge 1 barely discusses anything with the other judges and assigns the score: 10
	Reporter: 	"Oh, yeah. Sometimes the casuals can get...a little weird. MOVING ON!"
Reporter: (( Who's next from Imperial Lilies? ))
Avara: 	grace, you here?
DNA: 	I saw her typing so I believe she is still here
	Sarah: 	Sarah will walk out onto the stage with the riolu on her shoulder. Opening her ball, suzy will lazily be seen on the ground. With Anubis hopping off her shoulder, she'll scoop up Suzy. Silently, she'll walk over to the reporter, "Would you care to participate in assisting?" She won't really wait much for him to speak his response before she lifts him up as well with a bit of effort. Though she was carrying him still. At that point, Anubis will walk over and lift all three of them with an ease something of his 3ft size should have trouble with. At that she'll strike a bit of a cockey pose, as well as Anubis too.
	Reporter: 	"Allllright! All the way from Alola, Sarah of Imperial Lilies!!!"
	Anubis: 	Might! 2+4+4+5=15 (STUNT! 2 Stunt Points)
	Reporter: 	"Would I care to wha-wh-wh-wh-whoa!!"
	Reporter: 	Reporter, and the others, are lifted fromt he ground.
Narrator: 	Roll 1d6
	Anubis: 	3
	Judge 2: 	Judge 2 chatters for a moment before assigning the score: 12
	Reporter: 	Reporter steps back a bit when he's set down and chuckles, "Hehehe...I guess they didn't enjoy me being part of the performance..."
	Sarah: 	Sarah will be a bit cross as she returns Suzy, and sets down the reporter as she's set down by Anubis. Squatting down to pat him on the head, "Well get some big weights next time."
	Sarah: 	She'll give the reporter a thumbs up, before heading over to her team's side.
	Reporter: 	Reporter nods to Sarah before looking back to the stage, "Last of the Ruff Spice, Inigo Mateo!"
	Inigo Mateo: 	Inigo Mateo slowly pushes a wooden block onto the stage and looks to the audience, "This is wood."
	Inigo Mateo: 	Inigo Mateo punches into the wood and pulls out a Sandile, "This, is my buddy, Sandile."
	Sandile: 	Sandile opens his mouth to make a 8 D face.
	Ma-Nyeo: 	"This one's good..."
Avara: 	inigo what is wrong with your head
	Inigo Mateo: 	"This is me, breaking wood, with Sandile." Inigo Mateo pushes his fist into Sandiles mouth, who chomps down onto his arm, and then turns to the wood and thrusts a single punch into it, slamming sandile's body into the wood. You can see it crack a bit.
	Inigo Mateo: 	"And this is Sandile, breaking wood, with me."
	Sandile: 	Sandile merely lifts his head and thus, also his Trainer, and then turns his head with swiftness and opens his mout, throwing Inigo into the wood, crashing him through it and causing it to shatter.
	Inigo Mateo: 	Inigo Mateo slowly pushes himself to his feet and dusts himself off, "And this is us, having defeated wood."
	Sandile: 	4+2+3+5=14
Avara: 	i guess the morning's wood wasn't as hard as it could've been
	Judge: 	Judge assigns the score: 14
DNA: 	ayy
	Reporter: 	"That was definitely interesting. More so than the Mudbray stomping."
	Reporter: 	"Alright! Finally, the last member of Imperial Lilies..."
	Reporter: 	Reporter pauses for a moment, "Wait, why does she have two names?"
	Reporter: 	"Whatever...The White Queen: Cassiopeia of Imperial Lilies!"
	Cassiopeia: 	Cassiopeia walks calmly onto the stage, her metallic companion at her side, then addresses the audience with a composing voice that carries throughout the auditorium. "In our day and age we live in a world that is encompassed and driven by technology. So many intricate devices connected with one another whose purpose is to give convenience to our everyday lives. Except they're fragile. You could take a nice big hammer to a telephone and it would break into pieces."
	Cassiopeia: 	"But we can do better than that. We don't need to just create computers. We can harness our living computers around us. Take this one, at my side. It has years upon years of memories and data stored in its head - text, audio, video - able to recall them with perfect clarity. And it really likes movies." A brief pause as Deep Blue creates a small hologram projection from its eye, of some woman requesting help because 'you're my only hope'. A brief pause for laughter.
	Cassiopeia: 	"But the best part is that it's sturdy." At this Cassiopeia grabbed Deep Blue, who was still playing the clip, and threw it to the ground. Actually Deep Blue threw itself down but it was part of the act. In fact it did this a few times. The movie clip continued to play uninterrupted and without disturbance. "There's so much potential here in computers that are not only sturdy but portable. And with the added bonus of you never losing your files or forgetting an appointment ever again." She and Deep Blue took a brief bow as the projection finally flickered off.
	Deep Blue: 	Probably fits Stamina more than it does Might. 2+2+4+2=10 (STUNT! 2 Stunt Points)
	Deep Blue: 	reduction 4
Reporter: (( Dear gawd man ))
DNA: 	Need to check what the contest stunts do
Avara: 	stunts are next section
DNA: 	So I just noticed when going through the chart. I went "wait this isn't intro"
DNA: 	so Deep Blue scored a 6 for this section.
Avara: 	i think you maybe used too many words. but i appreciate the sentiment of that performance effort
	Judge 1: 	Judge 1 pauses for a moment before applying the score: 6
	Ma-Nyeo: 	Ma-Nyeo winces.
Avara: 	would've been better for the Smart contest
DNA: 	I probably did. I just don't know how to be tough, or how to not be wordy.
Avara: 	it's alright. this -is- a beginner's contest
Avara: 	we can work on stuff together during the week if you like
	Reporter: 	Reporter clears his throat, "W-W-W-Well, I think this suffered from similarity as Ambrose except...they obviously liked it less."
Avara: 	this is kind of my jam
	Sarah: 	Sarah lets out a slightly pained hiss for her friend, though on the other hand both her and Anubis do feel better about their score now... though they won't state that out loud.
* Hotaru Joy whispers, "At least now it'll be a fair fight."
	Deep Blue: 	Deep Blue doesn't seem bothered, except it doesn't like that movie.
	Reporter: 	"Alright, that brings the current totals to...58 for Imperial Lilies versus 53 for Ruff Spice!"
	Reporter: 	"The next time these will be tallied together is when the contest ends...and the ones with the higher score then is crowned the winner of this casual match! Trainers, get ready to try to appeal to the judges before the brawl!"
Narrator: 	And here is where I'll pause things.
Time: 10:39 AM
Avara: 	:3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3
Narrator: 	Next week, we'll start the game with the Appeal Phase and after that, is the Combat Phase.
Grace: 	Woo!
Narrator: 	I'll drop XP: +300
DNA: 	Dahahahaha
DNA: 	That makes us 50 short of a level up
DNA: 	I love it
	Ma-Nyeo: 	4450?
DNA: 	4450.
Avara: 	so close
Avara: 	and yet
Grace: 	heheheh
Narrator: 	Sorry! At least next session is a lvup one regardless of what you do really.
Avara: 	so far
DNA: 	But in the end, it didn't even matter
DNA: 	I'm just laughing because I knew this was going to happen
Avara: 	eh, it'd be awkward to level mid-contest anyway
Ma-Nyeo is disconnected.
Narrator: 	Saving campaign and log!
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