44.5 The Holiday Catch up Minis

Dec 30 21:11:06 <zooftop>	You and Gen, in particular, went back to Red Blade City, each for your own reasons.  Before we cut to the action though, anything in particular Chase would do to prepare for today?
Dec 30 21:13:32 <Chase>	Well, that's a heck of a awkward question to spring. Ideally he wanted to see about breeding Brahms and Glissani but that issue was never really settled.
Dec 30 21:18:50 <zooftop>	Funny enough, you discovered a grey and red egg the other day and have no idea where it came from! Or so the daycare guy would say.
Dec 30 21:19:48 <Chase>	That's probably just a legal requirement anyway to avoid issues with breeding pokemon that don't belong to you!
Dec 30 21:20:28 <Chase>	He's quite pleased to discover the egg and wraps it up quite carefully in a padded box to carry with him today
Dec 30 21:21:06 <zooftop>	I'd also assume at some point he actually contacted Ammy about today, else this would be even more awkward!
Dec 30 21:21:48 <Chase>	Indeed he did.
Dec 30 21:22:06 <Chase>	(Was that what you were fishing for? Sorry, I derped there :B)
Dec 30 21:22:31 <Chase>	He contacted Ammy and made sure she was available, of course, probably several days ahead of time.
Dec 30 21:22:40 <zooftop>	(No I was just double checking :P)
Dec 30 21:22:58 <zooftop>	(It would be more awkward to say 'YOU ARE THERE. WHAT DO' without actually knowing what you had in mind)
Dec 30 21:24:15 <zooftop>	She and the others have been bouncing between Veilbeak and Bravescar a lot in the last week or so!  So she was very available.  Did you two travel together, or meet at Red Blade?
Dec 30 21:26:20 <Chase>	He asked her to meet him at Red Blade, actually! The gift was something she probably would have asked about on the way, and he wanted to spring it on her here. He's wearing one of his nicer outfits today, too.
Dec 30 21:30:28 <Chase>	He's currently waiting at the train station. He probaby actually went and got his car, too, so that's parked out in the lot.
Dec 30 21:35:46 <zooftop>	Alright.  It's around dusk when you get back to the the train station.  It took a good bit of the day, traveling around and dropping people off, before you finally got here, and it was accounted for in travel plans on Ammy's end too.  Her train arrives not long after you do.  She's easy enough to see among the passengers stepping off - rolling a suitcase with her and a Flareon's head poking out of her purse.
Dec 30 21:38:13 <zooftop>	She's dressed discretely enough to not get many glances or looks her way, but still nice enough for the occasion.  After all, this is her home town too - it's hard not to get noticed some.
Dec 30 21:40:32 <Chase>	He grins when he sees her. The box is under one arm. Most of his pokemon are probably too large to have out in a crowded place like this or in a car, but Elise is fine! The bunny is hanging out with him. Chase waves over and walks over. "Hey, beautiful." he greets her, leaning over and giving her a quick kiss.
Dec 30 21:43:25 <zooftop>	"And hey to you, handsome!"  The Flareon hops out of the purse and plops onto Elise's head, finding a comfortable spot and sitting there with an :3 face.  Elise seems rather puzzled with what it's doing, but doesn't mind it being up there.
Dec 30 21:43:33 »»	zooftop is now known as Ammy
Dec 30 21:45:01 <Ammy>	Ammy's eyes turn to the box.  "Shoot - Is that a gift for your mom?  Knew I forgot to get something...it was a bit hectic getting out of Bravescar today!"
Dec 30 21:45:14 <Chase>	He laughs and rubs the Flareon's ears as he starts walking to the car. "Kinda nice to be home... ain't even been that long, really, but goes to show you how much you can miss it. Oh! Nah, nah, this is for you, actually."
Dec 30 21:45:45 <Chase>	He passes the box over. "You don't gotta worry about a gift for her. She's gonna get a pretty big one pretty soon anyway."
Dec 30 21:46:29 <Chase>	"I've been wanting to get you something for a while, but couldn't really decide on somethin', y'know? So..."
Dec 30 21:48:31 <Ammy>	"Oh!  Thank you!" She say as she accepts the box and peeks inside.  Her face lights up as she sees what's inside, setting the top back down and tucking into her purse for now.  "Awwwww, it's a -"
Dec 30 21:49:15 ---»	DiceMaid-9001 (DiceMaid-9@sux-EADD5C74) has Joined #easternislesrhapsody
Dec 30 21:49:34 <Ammy>	6d6+4
Dec 30 21:49:35 <DiceMaid-9001>	Ammy, 6d6+4: 25 [6d6=6,2,4,3,2,4]
Dec 30 21:50:11 <Ammy>	"A skarmory egg, isn't it?  The egg has a fiery tint to it too..."
Dec 30 21:50:52 <Chase>	He nods. "You probably know better than me what traits the chick is gonna have, but Brahms is the father of this one." he grins.
Dec 30 21:54:28 <Ammy>	She squeezes you in a hug and plants another kiss on your lips.  "You bred him, then?  I'm impressed!  I'm sure it's going to turn out to be a cute, healthy little chick."
Dec 30 21:57:06 <Chase>	He returns the embrace, and smiles, getting into his car. "It helped that he's actually been gunning for Rose's skarmory for a while now. He's pretty quiet, but I could tell. Glad you like it! How've things been?" he makes small talk. His car is a dark green number, not particularly SWAG but not a clunker either. He starts the drive to his mom's place.
Dec 30 22:01:06 <Ammy>	She hops in too, and Elise and Lina the Flareon end up in the backseats.  "Well, after Shaywun delivered that letter from you saying that the Brains needed help with something that Anna was really good at...she practically dragged us all out of Thundercry!"
Dec 30 22:04:25 <Ammy>	"Which was fine, things seem to have settled down there now.  When we got to Bravescar, we spoke with Thomas and. - ..Jeramiah, I think? - about what was going on.  We all found it a bit hard to believe, honestly, dittos, the sugar weakness, and...baking counter measures."
Dec 30 22:05:19 <Chase>	He nods. "Glad to hear it. And... yeah I don't get it either. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see my own team spray soda at one of them..."
Dec 30 22:06:23 <Chase>	"Things are getting pretty damn complicated, and fast. Part of the reason why I wanted to take a little time for us while we still can.."
Dec 30 22:09:37 <Chase>	"Our little trip to Sandseeker brought a bunch of things to light we were in the dark about before... we're still actually getting information from all of that...." he takes in a breath and then sighs.
Dec 30 22:10:15 <Ammy>	"She seemed a lot less skeptical than the rest of us were, and has been pretty adamant about trying to make something that could be useful to handle them in the future.  When she isn't being dragged around by Alice, at least."  Ammy laughs.  "I think Alice started eating her failed experiments and they ended up getting along well."
Dec 30 22:12:49 <Ammy>	"Gigi's been staying around there a lot as well, mostly because of Thomas, I think.  I'm not quite sure what he's working on at the moment but she's been near him a lot.  I...frankly have no idea what Garcia is doing, but she's been weird ever since the incident in Thundercry."
Dec 30 22:13:00 <Chase>	"Really." he's a bit surprised to hear that one.It sets him at ease a bit about Alice and Anna's respective situations.
Dec 30 22:13:06 <Chase>	"Weird how?"
Dec 30 22:14:16 <Chase>	"I don't think this was the first time this was mentioned, actually... I just never heard the details."
Dec 30 22:16:23 <Ammy>	"I've still had no luck in finding out what's up with those kids in Ivyhollow and Veilbeak." She sighs, then seems confused on how to answer that. "Well, um, she's been dressing in a manner that is unusual for her, and been a lot more reclusive as of late."
Dec 30 22:16:28 <Ammy>	Roll me intuition, Chase
Dec 30 22:16:34 <Chase>	6d6+6
Dec 30 22:16:35 <DiceMaid-9001>	Chase, 6d6+6: 34 [6d6=6,4,6,5,4,3]
Dec 30 22:17:59 <Ammy>	Chase gets the sense that Ammy isn't sure if he knows certain things about Garcia and doesn't seem comfortable being the one to share them, exactly.  (Meaning she isn't sure if Chase knows if Garcia's transexual)
Dec 30 22:24:43 <Chase>	"Uh-huh? You know, she was flattened by those weird attacks, wasn't she? You think maybe that have... done something?"
Dec 30 22:24:53 <Chase>	*might have
Dec 30 22:26:45 <Ammy>	"Medically they said she was fine, but she -did- seem to get hit in the head by...whatever that attack was."
Dec 30 22:28:08 <Ammy>	"I don't know," she sighs.  "I don't think it would be exactly easy to drag her to a psychologist to find out if there's something going on or not." (But Chase does know a mystic one!  I don't think you guys actually know a TELEPATH though.)
Dec 30 22:30:52 <Chase>	"Actually, it wasn't too long ago we met a sort of... psychologist detective ourselves, when we visited the temples in Shiverwing. Yulia or something? Wonder if we could contact her... or maybe ask Miracle Eye."
Dec 30 22:31:22 <Chase>	"This Yulia woman did seem to have some experience in the supernatural at least."
Dec 30 22:31:50 <Chase>	"As for Gigi, well... she's into Thomas, right?"
Dec 30 22:32:19 <Chase>	"I actually spent a bit trying to convince him to ask her out."
Dec 30 22:36:40 <Chase>	He's starting to near his mom's house, whatever the case!
Dec 30 22:37:49 <Ammy>	"Hah! 'Into'.  She's been infatuated for a while now...wasn't exactly thrilled to learn he's been sharing an apartment with Alice, but I think things are going well for her.  So maybe he took your advice?"
Dec 30 22:38:33 <Chase>	"The others kinda forced it on the guy. He gets the worst luck in everything, so yeah. I hope it works out for them if he did."
Dec 30 22:39:42 <Chase>	"Well, worst luck in everything that isn't horrifying mawiles."
Dec 30 22:39:49 <Ammy>	You're not far from your mom's house, but roll me perception!
Dec 30 22:40:06 <Chase>	2d6+2 PERCEPTION WITH FOUR AP
Dec 30 22:40:06 <DiceMaid-9001>	Chase, PERCEPTION WITH FOUR AP: 11 [2d6=3,6]
Dec 30 22:42:35 <Ammy>	Your folks live in a bit more suburban part of the city - bit bigger homes and apartments, grassy fields, stuff like that.  It's a bit north of the royal palace.  Most the folks who live out there are higher ranking Ranger personal, which fits your family pretty well, given your dad's line of work.
Dec 30 22:43:28 <Ammy>	As you left the city proper, you didn't notice anything out of place, but you notice that Ammy seems a bit...uneasy.  And you don't think it's butterflies in her stomache about meeting your mother.
Dec 30 22:47:10 <Chase>	"...something wrong?" he asks after a moment.
Dec 30 22:48:29 <Ammy>	"You...didn't notice?"
Dec 30 22:48:52 <Ammy>	She turns her head to look behind you guys.
Dec 30 22:49:15 <Chase>	He glances in the mirror.
Dec 30 22:49:33 <Chase>	"What is it, papparazzi?"
Dec 30 22:50:56 <Ammy>	You don't see anything unusual, Chase.  "That Ranger girl from that Contest we were in.  I keep seeing her - saw her in Thundercry, and in Bravescar and Veilbeak the last few weeks.  Just think I saw her again..."
Dec 30 22:52:15 <Chase>	"Oh yeah, that girl's been bugging me. What's her name... Rosalind?"
Dec 30 22:52:42 <Chase>	"I remember her 'cuz she looks like Yanala, someone who was into a lot of things with Rosetta's brother."
Dec 30 22:52:56 <Ammy>	"Yeah, Rosalind!  Have you been seeing her around too?"
Dec 30 22:53:32 <Chase>	He thinks about it. "Since the contest...? Man, now I can't remember if I have or not."
Dec 30 22:53:57 <Chase>	"I don't think so but maybe I just didn't notice. Or she's following you?"
Dec 30 22:54:25 <Ammy>	"Oh.  Just me then, huh.  I'm not sure?  It's one of those things like...I see her, then double take, and she's gone."
Dec 30 22:54:39 <Ammy>	"Least it feels that way," she settles back into her seat.
Dec 30 22:54:41 <Chase>	He thinks about it. "...ditto? Nah, couldn't be, could it..."
Dec 30 22:55:25 <Chase>	"Come to think of it that's something I -should- ask them about. I think Rose might know her?"
Dec 30 22:55:44 <Chase>	"I seem to remember her mentioning something before."
Dec 30 22:56:04 <Chase>	"But... tailing you? I don't get it."
Dec 30 22:56:46 <Chase>	He frowns. "Be careful, whatever the case, alright?"
Dec 30 22:57:18 <Chase>	"...you know, we could ask your dad to look her up, couldn't we?"
Dec 30 22:58:08 <Ammy>	"I...guess we could?  I didn't really want to accidently throw her under a bus if my Dad did that and it was completely innocent."
Dec 30 22:58:30 <Ammy>	"It's gett a bit weird though...so maybe we should."
Dec 30 22:59:15 <Ammy>	Either way, you're getting close to your folk's place!
Dec 30 23:00:42 <Chase>	He nods and pulls up in his mom's driveway at this point!
Dec 30 23:02:25 <Ammy>	Elise literally hops out of the vehicle, as does Lina onto Elise again.  Ammy steps out of the vehicle and hurries over to your side. "Anything I should know last minute about your mom?"
Dec 30 23:06:03 <Chase>	He thinks. "She's a pharmacist, pretty easy going, friendly  she usually made an effort to hang out with me and the band when we were all here, so she's a little more savvy than some parents are about things. Pretty much the only time I've ever seen her cry was when I was leaving home for all of this, and don't be afraid to trust her. She's all in all a really cool mom."
Dec 30 23:08:54 <Ammy>	"Alright!"
Dec 30 23:10:34 »»	Chase smiles, shutting the car door behind him and heads over to the door. He feels like maybe he should take Ammy's arm for this? Or at least her hand! Either way, he accompanies her to the door and rings the bell after a moment.
Dec 30 23:14:42 <Ammy>	It takes a few moments for someone to answer.  A woman in her mid fifties with a phone held to her ear in one hand, and the doorknob in the other. "Just one one moment - oh! Chase is here." She squints and puts on a face like she's pretending to be displeased with something. "And he looks like shit - did you just walk out of a jungle, boy? Hah!"  She puts the phone aside and hugs you.  "Look at you!  Guess you finally found t
Dec 30 23:14:42 <Ammy>	ime to come on home, huh?"
Dec 30 23:17:48 <Ammy>	She turns to Ammy. "And lookie here, the pretty little thing I've seen you with in tabloids in every store in town!  Come on in!"
Dec 30 23:17:50 <Chase>	He laughs and hugs her. "Course I did. Good to see you too, mom."  he steps back after a moment. "How you been? Oh, here." he gestures over to Ammy. "I'd like you to introduce you to my girlfriend. Mom? Ammy Myres. Ammy? Mom."
Dec 30 23:18:09 <Chase>	(Her name is Electra Violet if you need that information - I forgot I took all that off my page forever ago)
Dec 30 23:19:08 <Chase>	"That probably ain't an exaggeration, is it." he tries to laugh that one off too as he walks in.
Dec 30 23:20:01 <Ammy>	"Oh, psh.  We've met before, when you were younger," She says to Ammy, "At your father's promotion ceremony.  But I'm sure you shook way too many hands and such that day to give a damn to remember half of them! I'm Electra!"
Dec 30 23:22:41 <Chase>	http://i.imgur.com/ejQI8xw.png
Dec 30 23:24:18 <Ammy>	She hugs Ammy as well, but it's a bit awkward and Ammy's face pretty much confirms your mom's guess. She seems a bit embarassed. "We did?  I'm. Well. Uh." Not much to really follow up on with that!
Dec 30 23:26:08 <Ammy>	Your mom steps back and picks up the phone again. "Gonna have to call you back, Kiara!  Girl if you want to say hi just send him a damn text or something, I don't have time to listen to your issues at the moment..." You she walks further into the house, leaving you two in the foyer momentarily.
Dec 30 23:26:39 <Chase>	"Ow, harsh." True, but harsh! For both Ammy and Kiara.
Dec 30 23:26:53 <Ammy>	Ammy speaks up. "She's, um. Jovial?"
Dec 30 23:27:08 <Chase>	"S'one way to put it!"
Dec 30 23:27:59 <Chase>	"Sorry about that." he says a bit quieter, kind of shrugging. "She's cool, but sometimes she can take some getting used to, too."
Dec 30 23:29:10 <Ammy>	Your mom walked into the living room, and then into the kitchen, where she pomptly hung the phone up.  Ammy shakes her head. "Oh it's fine, I know she's just teasing."
Dec 30 23:30:26 <Chase>	"Good to hear she's still in touch with everyone, though... makes me feel bad that I haven't been as much lately. I really gotta change that, catch up with my friends..."
Dec 30 23:32:16 <Chase>	He decides to text Bitch after all of this, heading into the living room
Dec 30 23:32:29 <Chase>	(After spending time with mom and Ammy I mean)
Dec 30 23:34:45 <Ammy>	The living room is as white as you remember it being.  No really there's big white leather sofas, the carpet's white, the furniture is painted white, the friggen casing on the television is white.  You were never quite sure how your mom kept it so clean.  She herself is in the kitchen still, which, honestly, is practicaly part of this room.
Dec 30 23:36:15 <Ammy>	The only thing seperating them is where the linolium starts, and the bar that sits between the two.  "You two want anything to drink? Water, coffee, boxed wine?" your mom asks from behind the bar.
Dec 30 23:37:33 <Chase>	He gestures around. "Try not to get blinded, now." he laughs, talking about the SHINE. He looks over. "I'll go for the wine, sure."
Dec 30 23:39:32 <Ammy>	Lina flops off of Elise and onto a couch, and Elise stands around and tries not to knock anything over or get anything dirty.  "Me too," chimes in Ammy.
Dec 30 23:40:23 <Ammy>	Your mother opens the fridge and pulls out a box of wine.  "It honestly sort of sucks, but you won't care after the first glass anyway!"
Dec 30 23:43:01 <Ammy>	She slides your glasses over as she starts to pour her own. "So, how have you been, Chase?"
Dec 30 23:45:29 <Ammy>	"Alicia contacted me about a week ago, so I've already calmed down from all that already.  Went out to see her and everything but she refused to come home for now."
Dec 30 23:48:48 »»	Chase gives Elise an encouraging pat as he goes and has a seat at the bar. "Sounds good to me." and then he blinks when she says that, silent for several moments. That was actually kind of bugging him. "Oh, oh damn. I didn't know that." he nods. "I'm glad, I woulda told you myself but she needed some time to work some things out. As for how I've been...Haha, most of the time,
Dec 30 23:48:48 »»	Chase like shit, honestly. There's so much going on out there you wouldn't believe. The Guild and the Rangers really have their work cut out for them... aside from that though, I've been traveling, seeing the isles, getting sand in cracks I didn't even know I had, and I met Ammy along the way, so it definitely ain't all been bad. That and finding Alicia? I guess if you count all of that
Dec 30 23:48:49 »»	Chase I've been having the time of my life, but we're definitely working for it." He eases and takes a sip of his wine.
Dec 30 23:51:54 »»	Ammy nods. "It's very stressful at times, but it makes the rewards all the greater."
Dec 30 23:54:54 <Ammy>	Your mom continues on. "Oh sure there were tears to be had and all, but I got most of it out of my system so you don't need to deal with me sobbing over it now too.  Just wish she'd hurry on out of Dykeville and come home already - poor girl's been through enough."
Dec 30 23:55:11 <Ammy>	Ammy almost spits her drink out at the nickname 'Dykeville.'
Dec 30 23:55:33 <Chase>	He's a bit caught off guard by that one too.
Dec 30 23:56:26 <Ammy>	"Your father hasn't heard the news yet, however.  It's been a while since I've been able to chat with him.  Wondering what will get a bigger reaction out of him - news about your sister or the fact you're dating his boss's daughter..." She notices your reactions. "What?"
Dec 30 23:59:06 <Chase>	"That kind of came out of nowhere... Actually, I was wonderin' about dad." he tries to change the subject there. "Has he even heard I joined the Guild yet? What was that like?"
Dec 31 00:00:24 <Ammy>	"What? Dykeville? None of you have ever heard that name for Goldcloud before? Maybe it's a generations thing..."
Dec 31 00:03:07 <Ammy>	"Well course I mentioned it last I spoke with him.  He seemed surprised, didn't expect you to just suddenly enlist in something like that.  He seemed a bit concerned a Bidoof might end up having you for dinner one day too.  Guess he was wrong about that one huh?" She laughs.
Dec 31 00:03:38 <Chase>	"You'd be goddamn surprised."
Dec 31 00:05:06 <Ammy>	That gets an uneasy laugh from Ammy.  "Oh?  So what can you even tell me about?  Or is the work as hush hush as people say it is?"
Dec 31 00:06:23 <Chase>	He relaxes a bit and has more of the wine. "We're having to be pretty hush because half of it sounds like unmitigated bullshit and also because we don't know when we're being wiretapped or not."
Dec 31 00:06:48 <Ammy>	She also looks over at Elise. "Is she with you, Chase?  C'here cutie, don't worry about the carpet - swear the thing is impervious to stains or dirt."
Dec 31 00:07:31 <Chase>	"Oh, yeah." he beckons Elise over. "This is Elise. She's the first pokemon I caught, just a ways outside the city actually. Saved her from a pack of pooches hunting her down."
Dec 31 00:07:37 <Ammy>	"Wiretapped? Waaah?"
Dec 31 00:07:40 <Chase>	"She's really come into her own since then."
Dec 31 00:09:45 <Ammy>	Elise hops over, and your mom pampers her with attention.  "Aw, lucky you, Elise.  It's a pity your father was so anal about not keeping any Pokemon around the house when you were growing up.  I swear he was always worried they'd piss on the rug carpet or scratch the furniture."
Dec 31 00:09:51 <Chase>	"Oh, yeah." he grimaces. "Kind of a long story..."
Dec 31 00:10:29 <Chase>	"I have a full team of six now, actually. ...Most of'em are too big to really hang out in here."
Dec 31 00:10:47 <Chase>	He flips open his phone though and slide it over to her, going through some pictures he took of himself and his team.
Dec 31 00:12:19 <Ammy>	Ammy thinks on that. "Same for me too, really, other than Lina over there.  You really need to be careful about picking species to have around a household."
Dec 31 00:12:26 <Chase>	"Here's Haydn, who I got from Kent... then Schubert... caught this guy outside the city too, think he's just now starting to be satisfied with the whole thing... Brahms - he's an FOV... Sibelius... man sometimes I wonder about that guy. I kinda need to get'im in shape. And Strauss, cool little musically inclined... well, not little anymore."
Dec 31 00:13:14 <Chase>	"Yeah, it can get crazy on the boat, even."
Dec 31 00:13:27 <Chase>	"And that was -designed- with these guys in mind."
Dec 31 00:13:49 <Ammy>	Your mom looks through them and hrms and haws.  "Oh geez you weren't kidding they'd accidently put holes in the wall just walking around.  Well, other than the Kadabra - is that a bottle of rum and a banjo?"
Dec 31 00:16:00 <Ammy>	"I'd been considering adopting something lately to have around the house - it does get a bit lonely with everyone gone, after all.  Not really sure what species would be a good fit though."
Dec 31 00:16:25 <Chase>	"Yeah, he came into this gig drunk, and though I keep trying to get him to cut down he usually finds a way to sneak more..." he laughs a bit. He... thinks about that after his mom says something.
Dec 31 00:17:32 <Ammy>	Ammy is also listening with interest.  "Well...that's funny really.  I happen to be a professional Pokemon Breeder."
Dec 31 00:20:00 <Chase>	He listens a moment between the two of them, curious what kind of idea Ammy might come up with.
Dec 31 00:23:16 <Ammy>	Well, they banter for a bit as Ammy asks your mom about her daily schedule, favored activities, and what sort of traits she'd be looking for in a companion.  It becomes pretty clear that your mom can't tell a Caterpie from a Wurmple, but doesn't seem to quite know what she'd like cosmetically!
Dec 31 00:24:50 <Ammy>	"Well...what about an Eevee?  They mature into a variety of different ways, that you can pretty easily influence, and are small enough to carry around with you as need be.  Like Lina here - she fits in my purse!"
Dec 31 00:28:56 <Chase>	"Everyone in the Regalia has one, right?" he asks her.
Dec 31 00:30:56 <Ammy>	They continue to talk a bit and Ammy says she'll try to see if she can secure a couple of Eevee pups soon for your mom to pick from. "Well, my dad got Anna and mine as gifts for us when we were young, but Gigi and Garcia's were Lina's kids.  I just need to find someone with a boy one soon."
Dec 31 00:32:24 <Chase>	He thinks about that. "Wonder if Beatrice would be willing."
Dec 31 00:35:44 <Chase>	"Then again, the Fauxicore family is kind of like, your competition, right?"
Dec 31 00:37:06 <Ammy>	"Oh...riiight.  She would have one, wouldn't she?  I wouldn't say direct competition, really.  Have heard she's sort of a bitch though, hmm...guess it wouldn't hurt to test that."
Dec 31 00:38:55 <Chase>	He shrugs. "She seemed pretty alright, but didn't really interact with her enough to say for sure."
Dec 31 00:39:19 <Ammy>	Your mother seems to know the family, despite her lack of Pokemon knowledge, due to the fact the husband is also a high ranking Ranger Officer.
Dec 31 00:42:29 <Ammy>	As the night goes on, your mom gets a bit too tipsy to cook or drive, so unless you drove somewhere she just ordered pizzas for dinner and offered to let you two stay the night if you wanted.
Dec 31 00:43:46 <Chase>	Chase probably ended up drinking a little too much to safely drive back, himself, so that sounds fine!
Dec 31 00:46:40 <Chase>	Cheap wine, pizza, and a very snuggly night... and actually, damn. Chase wanted to talk with Ammy about those kids she was hunting down, but we can cover that another time, probably.
Dec 31 00:47:14 <Ammy>	Your mother continues to tease Ammy for a good portion of the night, which she seems perplexed on how to respond to because she doesn't know your mom very well, but by the end of the night they are very buddy-buddy, and very very drunk.  They both end up passing out on the couches, in fact.
Dec 31 00:49:19 <Chase>	Chase is probably a biiit too gone to put them in their proper beds, so he just takes one of the chairs and does likewise~
Dec 31 00:49:33 <Chase>	*in beds proper
Dec 31 00:49:57 <Ammy>	Unlike Saryx adventures, this one doesn't end in an awkard morning.
Dec 31 00:50:01 <Ammy>	</mini!>
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Dec 31 15:58:59 <~zoofman>	Where as Gen and Chase went to Red Blade, and Saryx lingered in Bravescar, Rosetta? She traveled to Darkfeather.  She'd known for a while that Yanala was being kept at the Fauxicore Estate for the time being, and getting there alone isn't that big a hassel for her now, given all her Flying Pokemon.
Dec 31 16:02:08 <~zoofman>	It's hard to really tell what time of day it is when you arrive, the estate is always a bit gloomy and dark.  There does seem to be quite a lot of activity going on there at the moment, given the lights in the guest house and main mansion being well lit.  Though the question is, how DID Rosetta approach the estate?
Dec 31 16:04:31 <Rosetta>	She probably sent word ahead to Roland or whoever she best knows who's currently at the estate that she'd be coming by, and then flew over on one of her birds once she got the okay.
Dec 31 16:06:28 <~zoofman>	While approaching from the sky, a ghostly Moltres and a familiar three eyed bird thing watch you from the canopy of the forest.  They permit you to pass on by and land where you please.
Dec 31 16:07:18 »»	Rosetta gives them a friendly wave as she passes by and finds a good place to settle down near the entrance to the estate.
Dec 31 16:08:18 <~zoofman>	Well, given the lake's edge and the bell, outside the island estate's walls, or just inside the gate, where would she land?
Dec 31 16:10:29 <Rosetta>	Might as well just hop right inside the gate given the advance notice and all.
Dec 31 16:16:57 <~zoofman>	Well, no one you recognize is really out when you do land.  But some younger kids and their Eevees do swarm you - "Huh, she's sorta familiar!" "Did cuz's guards let her in?" "Well duh, of course they did - else they'd be pecking at her already!" "Are you another one of our cousin's friends?"
Dec 31 16:19:32 <Rosetta>	"Uh..." Rosetta steps off of her ride and hops around to face all the kids. "Who's your cuz? And whoa, you guys got a lot of Eevees."
Dec 31 16:22:45 <~zoofman>	"Roland, of course!" "A lot? Is it weird to see them?" "Of course it is, moron!  They are normally expensive but Auntie breeds them herself."
Dec 31 16:23:06 <~zoofman>	The little foxes are about as energetic as the kids are.
Dec 31 16:25:33 <Rosetta>	"Oh right, okay, geez there are a lot of y'all..." Rosetta stoops down to pet an Eevee. "How does Roland put up with everyone bouncing around like this? Seems like he's the kinda guy who'd get tired of it fast."
Dec 31 16:28:19 <~zoofman>	Pretty much all the kids start laughing.  Only one can really seem to keep composure - the oldest looking of them, and even he's chuckling.  "Guess she IS one of his friends, then!"
Dec 31 16:30:22 <~zoofman>	The fluffy Eevee flops on its back as you pet it with an "au au!"
Dec 31 16:30:43 »»	Rosetta huggles the Eevee, then sets it back down. "Anyone know where he is now? Should I just head on inside?"
Dec 31 16:31:31 <~zoofman>	"The guest house!" They all say in unisen and point.
Dec 31 16:33:01 »»	Rosetta hops to face it, then nods. "Shiny. Thanks kids. Don't drive Roland -too- nuts, yeah? Won't have all the ladies swooning over him on twitter if he gets gray hairs." She jogs off that way.
Dec 31 16:34:40 <~zoofman>	They start laughing again as you as you open the door you - oh good god it's a mad house in here.
Dec 31 16:35:33 <~zoofman>	Sneasels, Weaviles, all sorts of feline and aevian Pokemon scampering around.  Yelling and shouting.  The Litwicks lighting the halls seem to be terrified of all this chaos, and there sure as fuck ain't any servants tolerating this nonsense.
Dec 31 16:37:07 <~zoofman>	In the midst of all this, you see a middle aged guy with a good number of scars, and wearing a chef's apron, chasing some Weaviles with a rolling pin.  "I'll bash ya dim, I swear it!  Can you damned hooligans control your Pokemon for bloody once?!"
Dec 31 16:37:27 <~zoofman>	He looks over to the door and sees you, and sighs. "Oh lord have mercy, another one arrived."
Dec 31 16:37:37 <Rosetta>	"Uh...what." Rosetta looks like she's about to just close the door again for a moment. "Bad time?"
Dec 31 16:39:15 <~zoofman>	"You'd be implyin' there's a 'good time', Lass.  You ain't one of the Fauxicore runts from the look of it, so who are ya?"
Dec 31 16:39:58 <Rosetta>	"Rosetta Whitacre. I was lookin' for Roland and the uh...special guest who's been here on the estate."
Dec 31 16:43:10 <~zoofman>	"Oooh, so you'se the other Whitacre, huh.  Name's Hobbs.  Fuck if I know where Roland gone snuck off to at the moment, but can't blame em' 'xcactly.  Throw a bloody stick in any direction and you're sure to hit one o' the others.  Guess with you here the only one not here would be the old hag."
Dec 31 16:45:00 <~zoofman>	As if to test this theory, he tosses the rolling pin down one of the halls - not a half hearted one either, but a practiced and mastered one.  The pin flies and you hear a familiar. "OOF!  Wah? A Rollin' Pihn?"
Dec 31 16:45:25 <~zoofman>	Hobbs shakes his head, tsks, and heads back to the kitchen.  Or so you'd guess.
Dec 31 16:46:06 »»	Rosetta winces as she hears the oof. "Nice to meet you. Guess I'll just...look around I guess?" She shoves her hands in her pockets and comes up with her phone, which she uses to shoot Roland a quick text asking where he's at.
Dec 31 16:47:53 <~zoofman>	Ding! Text cannot be recieved!  Seems he turned his phone off.  Cheeky bastard.
Dec 31 16:48:11 <~zoofman>	Dahlia strolls out from around the corner, rubbing her head.  "Oh, huh.  Rosetta."
Dec 31 16:48:54 <Rosetta>	"Oh!" She hops to face Dahlia. "Heya Dahlia. You seen Roland 'round here?"
Dec 31 16:50:49 <~zoofman>	"Not fo' a bit.  There was a fight for the remote control to da television, and he snuck out.  Think we may 'ave annoyed 'em a bit much...he's somewhere in the house, though."
Dec 31 16:51:33 <~zoofman>	Sure enough there's plenty of hollering and screaming from down the hallway.  All somewhat familiar voices.
Dec 31 16:52:43 <Rosetta>	"Bondye, who all is here right now?" Rosetta finds a spot of empty space in this chaos and lets out ZODIAC, taking his parts and arranging them into a circle for the usual compass thing. "...Can you find people? Like Roland Fauxicore. Or hell, if you can find Yaretzi around here, I bet she's with Roland."
Dec 31 16:54:16 <~zoofman>	"Naw, Yaretzi's fightin' wit da twins down da hall," Dahlia points.
Dec 31 16:54:30 <Rosetta>	"Dammit."
Dec 31 16:55:33 <~zoofman>	"Been lookin' for where he's hiding as well.  There's also Jeramiah and Yanala upstairs.  That's everyone I think..."
Dec 31 16:56:10 <Rosetta>	"Okay, whatever." Rosetta lets out Dolore with a sigh. "Can you go through the walls and look around and do your aura thing? I'm just gonna teleport around until you or I find Roland."
Dec 31 16:57:42 <~zoofman>	ZODIAC and Dolore float off to search!
Dec 31 16:57:59 <~zoofman>	Dahlia frowns and scratches her head. "What's the rush 'xactly?"
Dec 31 16:59:15 <Rosetta>	"Oh no real rush, but I did let him know I was comin' by, and I wanna sorta get out of this" Rosetta gestures around at the pokemon going nuts everywhere "mess as soon's I can."
Dec 31 17:01:32 <~zoofman>	"It is insane, innit?  Been -tryin'- to get them to calm down but isn't payin' off.  Think I might know where he is...but not sure how to get in."
Dec 31 17:02:14 <Rosetta>	"How the hell do you live here like this? I mean, I got a lotta birds, but it's never this crazy."
Dec 31 17:02:31 <Rosetta>	"And sure, I was just gonna keep teleporting around til I found him, but if you have some idea..."
Dec 31 17:06:54 <~zoofman>	"Yaretzi doesn't actually know how to discipline all these things," She picks up a random Sneasel by the scruff of its neck, then lets it down.  "Da twins are hooligans, Hobbs is a complete grouch and da other two do nothing but spar all day - ... and no one really listens to anyone but Roland, whose 'eff'd off."  She sighs.
Dec 31 17:07:19 <~zoofman>	"Let's go then - it's upstairs I think..."
Dec 31 17:09:36 <Rosetta>	"I don't blame him, dealing with this on top of the kids." Rosetta nods and starts to head upstairs.
Dec 31 17:10:24 <~zoofman>	"Explains why Yvonne drinks so much, for sure..."
Dec 31 17:11:29 <Rosetta>	"Those Eevees are adorable though. You'd think having all of them around would...okay it'd probably just make it worse with how bubbly all of them are too."
Dec 31 17:12:34 <~zoofman>	You guys pass by a room where you can see the Rockit Brothers arguing with Yaretzi - seems they were doing a little jam session and she got annoyed by it.  Upstairs isn't much better, but with less Pokemon.  You pass by a heavy door, and on the other side of it you can hear two people psychically fighting, you think.  Oh, and a bear roaring.
Dec 31 17:13:12 <Rosetta>	"What."
Dec 31 17:13:44 <~zoofman>	"Even his own Spectreon is like that, funny enough.  It's a cute contrast."
Dec 31 17:14:19 <~zoofman>	"Oh, that'd be Jeramiah and Yanala I reckon.  Didn't realize he was involved with this too till he showed up the other day..."
Dec 31 17:15:15 <Rosetta>	"How much does Yvonne sell the Eevees for anyway? And yeah, I actually wanted to talk to Yanala too, but I sorta need to get as many people who were involved with this stuff together as possible to sort it out I think. Like, what exactly my brother did and what might be up with him now..."
Dec 31 17:16:06 <~zoofman>	Dahlia opens the door to a little library - which is actually somewhat quiet, outside of the ambvient noise all around you.  "There's a hiddin office around 'ere that he's told me about before....dunno how you open it though."
Dec 31 17:16:30 <~zoofman>	"Not sure, really.  Could just ask 'er I reckon."
Dec 31 17:17:18 <Rosetta>	"I'll do that on my way out then I 'spose." Rosetta walks over to the shelves. "Is it one of those things with switches disguised as books?" She pulls at a book, chosen at random.
Dec 31 17:18:33 <~zoofman>	"Roland says the only person in the group that isn't here is a bit preoccupied at the moment - she works with da privateers.  Sounds like something similar to Captain Bastard. Annnnd...not sure."
Dec 31 17:18:59 <~zoofman>	You plop the book out easily enough - it's about East Asian Occult Practices! Also roll me Occult Edu and Perception.
Dec 31 17:19:15 <Rosetta>	"Huh, shiny. Pirates are cool."
Dec 31 17:19:28 <Rosetta>	4d6+1 occult, 3d6+1 perception
Dec 31 17:19:28 <DiceMaid-9001>	Rosetta, occult, 3d6+1 perception: 10 [4d6=5,2,1,1]
Dec 31 17:19:39 <Rosetta>	oops
Dec 31 17:19:42 <Rosetta>	3d6+1 perception
Dec 31 17:19:42 <DiceMaid-9001>	Rosetta, perception: 15 [3d6=4,4,6]
Dec 31 17:19:55 <Rosetta>	4d6+1 and I'll prob control the occult
Dec 31 17:19:55 <DiceMaid-9001>	Rosetta, and I'll prob control the occult: 12 [4d6=3,3,1,4]
Dec 31 17:20:06 <Rosetta>	(dicemaid more like dicelame)
Dec 31 17:20:16 <~zoofman>	Dolore pops back into the room after a bit, looking frustrated.
Dec 31 17:21:16 <~zoofman>	As he passes by a mirror on the wall, you notice he has a reflection in it.  Which is a bit weird because you don't really recall Ghost Pokemon doing that with most reflective surfaces easily.
Dec 31 17:21:40 »»	Rosetta hops over and pokes at the mirror.
Dec 31 17:22:22 <~zoofman>	Dahlia and Dolore also look at it.  Dolore notices the fact he's got a reflection in it, and hrms.
Dec 31 17:24:42 <~zoofman>	Dahlia looks confused. "What's this about?"
Dec 31 17:25:35 <Rosetta>	"I dunno, but it's kinda weird that Dolore has a reflection in it." Rosetta tilts her head, then runs a bit of her Hidden Power down her hand and taps at the mirror again.
Dec 31 17:26:05 <~zoofman>	Nothing happens.
Dec 31 17:26:24 <Rosetta>	"Dolore, why don't you touch it?"
Dec 31 17:26:46 <~zoofman>	Dolore nods, and touches it.  And with a bit more curiosity phases through it.
Dec 31 17:28:42 <~zoofman>	You hear a click, and the wall slides open to reveal a small, windowless office.  The only light here is a Chandelure.  Roland's sitting behind a mahogany desk, reading a book.  He sighs and puts it down as he sees you two. "Well so much for that trick."
Dec 31 17:28:46 »»	Rosetta leans toward it. "Anything?" She calls out, trying to talk through the mirror.
Dec 31 17:28:56 <Rosetta>	"Oh. Shiny."
Dec 31 17:29:41 »»	Rosetta hrms to herself, wondering why Roland and Dahlia aren't using it for clandestine makeout sessions.
Dec 31 17:32:17 <~zoofman>	Dahlia strolls in. "Oh, needed a Ghost.  Figures why no one got it..."
Dec 31 17:32:52 <~zoofman>	She strolls on up next to him.  "Rosetta just got here - was lookin' for you as well!"
Dec 31 17:33:58 <Rosetta>	"Yeah, I was uh, wondering if we could get together and talk about my brother. Did Yanala tell you about everything with that already?"
Dec 31 17:35:54 <~zoofman>	Roland taps a button on the desk, which closes the door again. "She did, yes.  I purposely waited for you to come around before addressing it."
Dec 31 17:36:30 »»	Rosetta nods, then looks around. Is there another chair around?
Dec 31 17:37:33 <~zoofman>	Yup, there are chairs.
Dec 31 17:37:55 <~zoofman>	Dahlia simply opted to sit on the desk, facing Roland.
Dec 31 17:39:35 <Rosetta>	"So..." Rosetta chooses a chair a bit away from the desk to give the two some space. "Near's I've been able to figure out, after making a trip to Sandseeker, it goes somethin' like this. Whatever sorta gift Corbin got from Shango, somethin' to do with life or revival or whatever, is being a huge boon for the Sons of Grant right now. They treat him as some sorta savior or saint is what I heard? Which means getting at him is
Dec 31 17:39:35 <Rosetta>	gonna be tough...What the hell was he all wrapped up in before this happened?"
Dec 31 17:40:05 <~zoofman>	"Simply put, she and your brother realized they had wandered into the middle of a conflict bigger than either of them, and were trying to find a way to get these two groups to wipe each other out before their own plans reached fruition."
Dec 31 17:40:49 <Rosetta>	"Sounds like a ballsy move. And really dangerous."
Dec 31 17:40:59 <Rosetta>	"But...guess that goes without sayin."
Dec 31 17:43:06 <~zoofman>	"Your brother was in the right place at the right time, essentially.  I believe he was on a ski trip in Shiverwing, at the same time Yanala was out investigating what we thought would be a rebirth of a Legendary.  She encountered The Dandyman, and was cut by his blade."
Dec 31 17:43:58 <Rosetta>	"Oh hey, I remember him going on about a chick he saw on that trip." Rosetta nods.
Dec 31 17:45:07 <~zoofman>	"The rest is almost cliche - I believe when Alice, and your friend Saryx arrived at the scene, she managed to ecape.  Your brother found her in the midst of the snow storm, brought her to an emergancy cabin in the woods there, and sometime during that night, Shango bestowed some gifts upon him.  Enough to heal Yanala, at least."
Dec 31 17:46:39 <~zoofman>	"Yanala seemed to imply Corbin wasn't exactly aware of how to control these powers until near the end of their little mission.  Corbin did something with them that convinced the Dandyman that he was both with Grant, and a sizable threat.  And then I think you know the rest of the tale already."
Dec 31 17:47:50 <Rosetta>	"Yeah. That...makes sense. But what do we do now? It sounds like wherever he is, he'd be nowhere near the front lines of Grant's operation. That and when I was mucking in Yanala's head, it seemed like he knew something she didn't?" Rosetta tilts her head. "Or is that not quite right?"
Dec 31 17:49:35 <~zoofman>	"That very much seems to be the case.  Yanala does not have all the answers.  As for what to do..."
Dec 31 17:51:02 <~zoofman>	"I have an idea, but it is a bit cheeky."
Dec 31 17:52:00 <Rosetta>	"Also, do you think I should be tellin' my family about this yet? I mean, things are super awkward with my parents, so I kinda don't mind holding off there, but I've been keeping my cuz in the loop."
Dec 31 17:52:47 <~zoofman>	"We know he's deployed Corbin before to mend the wounds that your friend Genevieve unknowingly inflicted on one of his followers.  If we could capture someone he highly values, and oh, I dunno, nick them," he puts his own shadowblade on the table. "...We force him to respond."
Dec 31 17:53:43 <~zoofman>	Roland twitches a bit at the 'keeping a cousin in the loop' bit.  "I'll leave that to your own digression.  Anything else you've learned lately that might aid us?"
Dec 31 17:53:53 <Rosetta>	"So...one of the Librarians, like Octavia or something?"
Dec 31 17:54:26 <~zoofman>	"I fear even with my plan, this is all a ruse.  It's clear now that Husk and the Dandyman are waiting for something to happen, and every action against Grant only clears the way for them more." He nods. "Octavia would be ideal, given the intel you gathered."
Dec 31 17:54:41 »»	Rosetta notices the twitch. "Hey, she was the one who dragged me into lookin' into what happend to Corbin, okay? I've been showing her the videos since before I got into all this with you guys, so it would've been weird to just cut off..."
Dec 31 17:54:56 <~zoofman>	"I do wonder if there is more to this Grant individual than we know.  But I'm unsure where else we can look to learn of him."
Dec 31 17:55:33 <Rosetta>	"What're you saying there then? We have to weaken Husk and Dandyman before we act too strongly against Grant?"
Dec 31 17:56:23 <Rosetta>	"I've got two other questions I can go back and ask Oya if there's more we need to know, but we also have most of Alice's soul back in the form of Unowns from our visit there."
Dec 31 17:57:25 <~zoofman>	"At the least I would like to have a better idea what they are planning.  Which is dificult, Husk covered his tracks rather well," he sighs.  "As for your cousin, just be aware the more she knows, the more valuable a target she is for our enemies."
Dec 31 17:57:58 <~zoofman>	Dahlia looks confused. "Most o' it?"
Dec 31 17:58:06 <Rosetta>	"Well...she's under Gabby's care as a gym trainer. She should be fine there, yeah?"
Dec 31 17:59:30 <Rosetta>	"Yeah, the last bit is uh...gonna be a bit tricky to recover."
Dec 31 18:00:19 <Rosetta>	"Basically, it's still in the Unown realm and practically under Grant's nose. We're lucky he hasn't noticed it yet or anything."
Dec 31 18:00:19 <~zoofman>	"Seems you found 'most of it', easy enough?  Why's that?"
Dec 31 18:00:41 <Rosetta>	"Oya recovered the other parts actually."
Dec 31 18:00:44 <~zoofman>	Dahlia huh's. "This related to that fantasy world Yanala mentioned?"
Dec 31 18:01:10 »»	Rosetta U:G<Hs.
Dec 31 18:01:36 <Rosetta>	"Yeah, probably. Man, what the -fuck- is with that place?"
Dec 31 18:01:52 <Rosetta>	"Maybe I should ask Oya about that..." Rosetta nods to herself.
Dec 31 18:03:06 <~zoofman>	Roland seems lost in thought.  "I am curious what that is about as well.  I wonder.  Dahlia, did you not say before you awoke wearing that suit of armor you have after a stroll in the dream world?"
Dec 31 18:03:16 <~zoofman>	Dahlia U:G<Hs.
Dec 31 18:05:37 <~zoofman>	"Even if you do ask about that, I may look into it as well.  I think we are on the cusp of something rather telling about the motivations of both these groups."
Dec 31 18:06:34 <~zoofman>	"Between The Dandyman's grip on The Reverse World, Grant's grip on this Fantasia of his, and the Dream World, there is something amiss."
Dec 31 18:06:36 <Rosetta>	"How dangerous is this balancing game we're playing here? If we actually do find a way to kidnap Octavia and use her for this plan, is it gonna give Husk and Dandyman a huge opening to act? How much do we have to move?"
Dec 31 18:09:27 <~zoofman>	"I think we need to know more about what Husk and his new allies want to see happen here before I can answer that.   That and learning that this Octavia is also a practitioner of our old master's art...well, that won't be easy."
Dec 31 18:09:45 «---	Aori_Radidjiu (Revolution@9BEF4392.4AD970E4.D89482D8.IP) has Quit (Quit: Only the brave survive in this world. But as they say, only the kind are worthy of survival!)
Dec 31 18:10:28 <Rosetta>	"Yeah, what's up with that? She did something out of some wuxia movie to Yanala, like those people who use evil chi or something."
Dec 31 18:12:25 <~zoofman>	Roland leans forward and pushes a finger into where the markings on your chest are.  With a good bit of force to boot!
Dec 31 18:12:46 <~zoofman>	He then leans back in his chair. "Try channeling your runic powers now."
Dec 31 18:13:03 »»	Rosetta does so, trying to draw lightning around her.
Dec 31 18:13:19 <~zoofman>	Doesn't work.  Feels like your flexing a phantom limb.
Dec 31 18:13:32 <Rosetta>	"I don't like this." Rosetta frowns deeply.
Dec 31 18:13:50 <~zoofman>	Dahlia tils her head. "Like what?  What'd you do?"
Dec 31 18:14:37 <Rosetta>	"I can't do my rune master-y stuff now!" Rosetta flails her arms a bit.
Dec 31 18:15:00 <~zoofman>	Roland explains. "Remember when I told you what our organization's goal was? We handle individuals with supernatural gifts who pose great dangers to the region.  And in greater pursuit of that mission, Husk discovered, invented, and mastered a martial art."
Dec 31 18:16:12 <Rosetta>	"One that stops supernatural powers from working?"
Dec 31 18:16:20 <Rosetta>	"Is there a countermeasure?" More slight flailing.
Dec 31 18:16:27 <~zoofman>	"He called it Silencing.  Your reference to film isn't entirely inaccurate, it essentially blocks your nerves from tapping into the supernatural."
Dec 31 18:16:33 <~zoofman>	"Oh it wears off after a few hours."
Dec 31 18:17:04 <Rosetta>	"That's a long time." More frowny.
Dec 31 18:18:06 <~zoofman>	"Countermeasure?  Don't get hit." He shrugs.  "But those of us who know it, know how to handle individuals with more slippery abilities."
Dec 31 18:18:53 <~zoofman>	"Husk was very particular with who he taught this art.  Even among us, only Jeramiah, myself, and Utsusemi know it.  So...who did he teach it to so that this girl would learn it?" He muses.
Dec 31 18:19:14 <Rosetta>	"Utsusemi?"
Dec 31 18:19:43 <~zoofman>	"She's the oldest of those of us left.  Also a privateer captain."
Dec 31 18:21:07 <~zoofman>	Roland hrms.  "I think I have a task in mind for a few of you to divide and conquer.  One I think I could convince Kent to also fund."
Dec 31 18:21:15 <Rosetta>	"Shiny. So that means what probably happened was Husk taught someone else after he defected...and that person defected to the Sons of Grant themselves."
Dec 31 18:21:50 <~zoofman>	"I think it's more likely he taught someone long ago, who taught someone else, who taught someone else."
Dec 31 18:24:04 <Rosetta>	"Yeah, that could make sense too. Though alright, Octavia's really dangerous for someone like me. How...should we approach her then?"
Dec 31 18:26:34 <~zoofman>	"We need leverage.  Something to trip up one side or the other, when we do act.  We know that Husk associates with the Dandyman, Jennifer Webb, and Tialoc, each with their own unique forces.  There must be an obvioux weak chain there we can exploit, be it the Cherubs, the Dittos, the mechanations, or whatever Tialoc has up his sleave."
Dec 31 18:27:35 <Rosetta>	"Are there tensions between those groups we can exploit?" Rosetta tilts her head. "I mean, it's kind of a weird melting pot."
Dec 31 18:28:21 <~zoofman>	"On the other hand, Grant's forces are largely a one trick pony, until you reach his inner workings.  Which has made them easier to deal with, up until a point.  If we do move against these Librarians, we need to learn more about them."
Dec 31 18:30:10 <~zoofman>	"If there are, I'd like to know of them.  So here's what we have going on at the moment..."
Dec 31 18:30:26 <Rosetta>	"It's gonna be tougher than the factory break-in I did if we're gathering intel. I dunno where else we can nab info besides that fortress in the mountains..."
Dec 31 18:32:30 <~zoofman>	"Jeramiah has been trying to find a weak spot to that fortress - I'll leave him to continue that work.  I've been trying to get the twins and Yaretzi to work together with trying to incorperate any followers of The Outer Gods into our plans, and Utsusemi is keeping tabs on the othe Keepers at large for us."
Dec 31 18:35:25 <Rosetta>	"And you think I should keep looking into Octavia for now, yeah?"
Dec 31 18:36:07 <~zoofman>	"That leaves you, Dahlia, and Yanala with a couple of items to tackle.  Your work in Thundercry was a large contribution to our Region already, and probably saved the city from becomming ground zero of this war.  If you three, and your allies, could try to learn more about the inner workings of Husk's side of things, and try to uncover these last few dirty secrets Grant's most loyal hold."
Dec 31 18:37:55 »»	Rosetta nods. "That works too. Honest though, after that biz with the museum and the dittos, I think Husk and his people would probably be more cautious. I could go try to shake more info out of the Ditto to follow up on, but I dunno how well useful that'll be."
Dec 31 18:38:58 <~zoofman>	Dahlia seems a bit down about being asked to leave, but speaks up. "...She's going to be a very popular target, isn't she? Hmm..."
Dec 31 18:39:08 <Rosetta>	"We're not gonna just waltz into Jennifer's underground place again as easily either. Soo..." Rosetta hops up and paces a little, thinking.
Dec 31 18:39:59 <~zoofman>	"Doesn't have to be those who answer directly to Husk," Roland mentions.  "They have a very odd mix of personalities working together, after all.  If you're lacking ideas, your friends might have others."
Dec 31 18:41:09 <Rosetta>	"Yeah, gotcha, I'll figure something out."
Dec 31 18:41:57 <~zoofman>	"Anything else you discovered during your trip to Sandseeker I should know of?" Roland asks.
Dec 31 18:43:12 <Rosetta>	"Oh yeah! I think we know exactly how Dandyman came to be now." Rosetta snaps her fingers.
Dec 31 18:44:18 <~zoofman>	"..."
Dec 31 18:44:30 <~zoofman>	That's from both Dahlia and Roland.
Dec 31 18:44:47 <Rosetta>	"Yeah, right, that was sorta the whole trial we went through in Sandseeker, now that I think about it." Rosetta nods to herself again.
Dec 31 18:45:04 <~zoofman>	"And you wait until -" Roland sighs and calms himself, and Dahlia tries to help by rubbing his shoulders.
Dec 31 18:45:24 <Rosetta>	"Sorry, sorry!" Rosetta waves her hands apologetically.
Dec 31 18:47:00 <Rosetta>	"Basically, there was this...thing going around Eastern Europe fucking up all sorts of shit. It was all the souls of a ton of different criminals, murderers, really fucked up people all in one or something like that? We saw in the trial when it came to a nuclear power plant with a bunch of villagers hiding out being defended by a guy named John Smith - yeah I'm not shitting you on the name."
Dec 31 18:47:18 <Rosetta>	"Apparently, he and his brother had those" Rosetta nods to the shadowblade.
Dec 31 18:47:20 <~zoofman>	"Did this 'thing' have a name?"
Dec 31 18:47:59 <Rosetta>	"Uhh....I think it called itself...Pandora? No...uh...Pandemonium?"
Dec 31 18:48:29 <~zoofman>	There's a look of disbelief on Roland's face, and then.
Dec 31 18:48:34 <~zoofman>	Roland U:G<H's
Dec 31 18:48:58 <Rosetta>	"During the battle, the Banisher sort of showed up, empowered Johh Smith, made him absorb Pandemonium, and...that was that."
Dec 31 18:49:11 <Rosetta>	"Did I say something?" Rosetta tilts her head.
Dec 31 18:49:52 <~zoofman>	Roland stands and heads to the door, leaving Dahlia confused too.  "That's it, I give up.  Going to get tequila from the main house."
Dec 31 18:50:25 <Rosetta>	"What?"
Dec 31 18:51:42 <~zoofman>	"I wipe my hands of that topic.  Nuh uh.  Ask my sister about it if you must - bondye, to think The Dandyman was practically her own little accident - can't believe this always goes back to that damned lizard and her."
Dec 31 18:52:59 <~zoofman>	Dahlia stands and watches him march out of the library "...Oh geez.  Not again. :<"
Dec 31 18:53:07 <Rosetta>	"Oh come on you're right here to explain, and I don't even know where Beatrice is right now. Maybe I'll go ask your mom if she knows anything about it..."
Dec 31 18:53:10 »»	Rosetta sighs.
Dec 31 18:56:06 <~zoofman>	"He got in a similar tissy a few weeks ago, when he was 'elping me with the wheelchair and all...e's not gonna discuss it any time soon, whatever's bothering him."
Dec 31 18:56:59 <Rosetta>	"Oh..."
Dec 31 18:57:25 <Rosetta>	"...How've things been going between you two lately anyway? I mean, I imagine it's kinda tough with how crazy it is here..."
Dec 31 19:01:28 <~zoofman>	"...Welll...." She seems only slightly hesitant to talk, but it's pretty clear she's been waiting to vent. "I know we feel the same way, at least.  But it seems his sister -really- doesn't like me, cause of what 'appened between 'er and my cousins.  Between that and the dragon bitch...and how crazy it is 'ere..."
Dec 31 19:02:17 <~zoofman>	"....Nooot really a good time to...do stuff."
Dec 31 19:02:25 <Rosetta>	"Wouldn't Beatrice be more okay with you then cause you're like...estranged from the rest of your family?" Rosetta tilts her head.
Dec 31 19:02:43 <Rosetta>	"Though I dunno what happened with her and your family."
Dec 31 19:03:37 <~zoofman>	"All I 'eard was it was a really, really bad break up.  I dunno maybe she thinks we look the same so just seein' me pisses her off?"
Dec 31 19:04:08 <Rosetta>	"That sucks."
Dec 31 19:05:08 <Rosetta>	"Hope things get better for ya on that front then. I don't 'spose there's anything I can do to help?"
Dec 31 19:06:29 <~zoofman>	"Least Yvonne likes me.  Just doubts I can, uh, run a 'ousehold or anything.  Can't really blame her." She gestures to the madness all around you.  "Mmmm...can't really avoid Valdis forever, but sorta scared to talk to her alone."
Dec 31 19:07:33 <Rosetta>	"If you promise she won't make her dragons eat us, I can come with when you do that, but uh...I dunno how much help I can be in that situation as far as talking goes."
Dec 31 19:08:49 <~zoofman>	"Oh you just need to drag me to the E.R. after she pummels me." ;o;
Dec 31 19:09:13 <~zoofman>	Dahlia appears to have no confidence in her love life at the moment.
Dec 31 19:09:18 <Rosetta>	"Yeesh, let's be a bit more optimistic than that, yeah?"
Dec 31 19:10:03 <Rosetta>	"Besides, if you get sent to the ER, you can have Roland take care of you and get stuck in an elevator with him again."
Dec 31 19:10:55 <~zoofman>	"Okaaaay...and that was really fun, when that happened," she blushes a bit.   "Dunno how busy you are outside of this.  Do you want me to just talk to Yanala and show up when ye are -..."
Dec 31 19:11:06 <~zoofman>	She stares at you. "How did you know we got stuck in an elavator?"
Dec 31 19:11:39 <Rosetta>	"Er. Uh." Rosetta glances over to the door. "IjustrememberIreallygottagorightnow." She runs.
Dec 31 19:13:50 <~zoofman>	Lucky for Rosetta, Dahlia doesn't know any of the Silencer stuff [yet], so she can't really stop you as you poof away from her.  "Why you - I hope you get stuck with Gabriella in a funnel cake booth!" she shouts instead, as you flee.
Dec 31 19:15:29 <~zoofman>	</mini time>!

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Jan 01 15:57:56 <zooftop>	Okay! Genevieve, like Chase, ended up heading to Red Blade City during the group's little split.
Jan 01 16:00:19 »»	Genevieve walks around with Newton out on his leash, since she hasn't gotten a chance to spend much quality time with him lately.
Jan 01 16:00:26 <zooftop>	She had, after all, previously learned that Uncle Rex's little head quarters was here.  And had been given an address - 192 Oran Road.  It's about an hour till dusk when you arrive at the city, having just left the train station.
Jan 01 16:01:35 <zooftop>	Newton floats along in a jovial fashion, arfing friendly barks at the occassional Growlithe or Lillipup out on a walk with its owner.
Jan 01 16:02:43 »»	Genevieve plugs the address into her phone and starts making her way through the city. "Hopefully Red Blade isn't as compromised as TC was."
Jan 01 16:06:10 <zooftop>	Far as you can tell, from looking around, things look pretty safe here.  Plenty of Peacekeepers on patrol, helping old ladies cross the street and other public services, kids wandering around on their own, folks are smiling.  Things feel -safe- here.  Oran Road in particular seems to be in a residential area of town to boot.  A middle class looking one with condos, apartments, and a few aged but maintained town houses.
Jan 01 16:06:48 <zooftop>	Your phone is guiding you along the path, but roll me perception.
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Jan 01 16:07:48 <Genevieve>	2d6+3 Perception
Jan 01 16:07:49 <DiceMaid-9001>	Genevieve, Perception: 9 [2d6=3,3]
Jan 01 16:08:26 <zooftop>	Glancing at your phone every now and then, you notice the end destination is actually 191 Oran Road.
Jan 01 16:09:53 <Genevieve>	As in, 192 doesn't exist?
Jan 01 16:10:50 <zooftop>	On closer look at the map you're not really sure.  It looks like it routed you to the closest alternative destination.
Jan 01 16:11:02 <zooftop>	That said, you're at 180 at the moment, so it's not really a big excursion to investigate.
Jan 01 16:12:26 »»	Genevieve puts her phone away and starts looking for the right address herself. She focuses for a moment and tries to go into Symbolsight mode.
Jan 01 16:13:50 <zooftop>	Oho! Roll me Occult Education as you wander upon 192 Oran Road.
Jan 01 16:14:16 <Genevieve>	6d6+3 can do
Jan 01 16:14:17 <DiceMaid-9001>	Genevieve, can do: 15 [6d6=6,1,2,1,1,1]
Jan 01 16:16:04 <zooftop>	Nestled between two town houses, you see a rather old timey, two story wooden building.  A sign hanging from the door features a large, pig nosed Pokemon resting on its side, and the words "The Lazing Slaking."  There's a mail slot next to the door, with the address 192 Oran Road.
Jan 01 16:16:46 <zooftop>	This building, when you blink your symbolsight on and off, seems to have a weird glow about it.  It's certainly there, even with the sight off, but...seems rather disinteresting, something your eyes would easily pass over.
Jan 01 16:17:12 <zooftop>	You reckon this might be some sort of countermeasure for random people to not just stroll into it, or something.
Jan 01 16:18:54 <Genevieve>	"Magic shit." She nods to Newton and walks on up to the door to go inside.
Jan 01 16:22:18 <zooftop>	Creeeek, the door has an old timey feel to it as well.  Heavy, and the joints could use some oil.  Inside you find a rather peaceful looking pub.  Down here, you see a man at the bar, rinsing out a glass.  A few patrons playing pool.  An older gent enjoying a cup of coffee at a table.  A piano near the rear with a robotic pianist playing away.
Jan 01 16:22:28 <zooftop>	There's also a staircase to the next level near the rear of the bar.
Jan 01 16:22:59 <zooftop>	Pokemon wise you see a Torchic fluttering around on the bar, and there's a Emogla sleeping on top of the piano.
Jan 01 16:24:47 <zooftop>	The patrons all look up to you briefly, then go back to their own business.  This includes the robot pianist.  The bar tender, a middle aged man with a five o'clock shadow and a shirt that looks a size too small on his muscular frame, looks over to you and hollers.  "Welcome to The Lazing Slaking, Lass.  Can I get ye anything?"
Jan 01 16:27:09 »»	Genevieve looks around a bit, curious, but slides on over to the bar. "Yeah, actually. Black Kushvan. This is Uncle Rex's place, right?"
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Jan 01 16:33:36 <zooftop>	The pianist starts to play a rather interesting piece, as the man at the bar eyes you up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENL0nPskSao "Uncle Rex, huh...I suppose you could say he frequents here.  What business do ya have with the man?"
Jan 01 16:34:04 <zooftop>	Your Symbolsight on, Gen?
Jan 01 16:34:24 <Genevieve>	Yes.
Jan 01 16:35:50 <Genevieve>	"A lot, considering I'm the high priestess of the Deceiver. But today, I was told that he could help me with a Mew problem."
Jan 01 16:36:46 <zooftop>	The man behind the bar has a pair of wings fluttering above either of his shoulders - angelic almost.  The title "The Nameless" comes to mind.  The two guys playing pool have shadows much like Chase's, and the old man with the coffee and a book has a snoozing Wiscash floating above him.
Jan 01 16:37:02 <zooftop>	Even the robot pianist has one, a clockwork heart above his head.
Jan 01 16:37:15 <zooftop>	"One and Only." "Everhungry." "The Unfeeling."
Jan 01 16:38:07 <Genevieve>	"Though, I guess that's not exactly impressive here."
Jan 01 16:40:03 <zooftop>	The man utters a 'heh', and puts down the glass. "So you know where you are then.  Figured you were the real one and not yer lookalike, if you can call her that."
Jan 01 16:40:50 <Genevieve>	"Clone is techncially more accurate, but at least I don't have to explain that, then."
Jan 01 16:41:56 <zooftop>	He walks out from behind the bar, and heads over to the staircase.  "Eh, details.  Who needs em?  Follow along now, been waitin' on one of you to show up for a while now."
Jan 01 16:43:22 »»	Genevieve nods and follows after, tugging Newton along behind. "One of you being the Braves et al?"
Jan 01 16:44:43 <zooftop>	From the looks of it, this place seems to also be an inn, as it's got several rooms upstairs and you even spot a maid at work fixing one up with the help of a Blissy.  "You, or the One N' Only's Bloke, to be precise.  Suppose the Unfeelin' girl woulda worked as well.  But you got a bit more personal stake in this don't cha?" He knocks on one of these doors.
Jan 01 16:45:48 <zooftop>	"Come on in," You hear a man say from within.  The bar tender opens the door for you, and starts back downstairs.  Inside is an office lit by oil lamp.  Behind a heavy desk sits a man with his chair turned away from you.
Jan 01 16:49:02 »»	Genevieve steps into the room and nudges the door closed again. "Sup?"
Jan 01 16:51:21 <zooftop>	You can see the same feathers on this guy, even from behind.  There's also, floating above him, a stone anhk inscribed with the image of a Mew.  Looks pretty ancient and glittery.
Jan 01 16:54:15 <zooftop>	"You, have no idea how dificult it has been to impart on you four that I am not your enemy.  Approaching you in public was, unfortionately, too risky a manuever at this point."  The man spins the chair around. http://i.imgur.com/YQg6qEF.jpg
Jan 01 16:54:27 <zooftop>	There's even a name plate on the desk. "Rex Ruth."
Jan 01 16:56:10 <zooftop>	"have a seat, Doctor Webb." He gestures to one of the chairs in the room.  "I am happy to see that you have finally accepted my invitation."
Jan 01 16:57:40 »»	Genevieve puts a hand on her hip a moment, but goes to take a seat. "I think -my- misgivings were pretty well justified all things considered. But enough people are vouching for you now."
Jan 01 17:00:20 <zooftop>	"I will be the first to admit my past is an offputting one.  My business with Team Plasma was another life time, however.  My unfortionate choice of compamny upon arriving in Visiwa is also something I can't take back either, but I can however explain, and rectify it."
Jan 01 17:02:05 <zooftop>	"Where should we begin then, Doctor Webb? I imagine you came here with a topic or two in mind."
Jan 01 17:06:06 »»	Genevieve holds up her hand. "I don't really need an explanation - though I would like to know how you plan on fixing it. Today, though, I just game here about a Mew and maybe some Outer Gods."
Jan 01 17:09:46 <zooftop>	"At this point my goal is rather modest - ensure that the Young Goddess is not the slim pickings she has been for a while.  Thanks to your efforts in awakening The Mother Dragon, those plans are already in motion.  Our enemies will not secure their wishes so easily.  I imagined you, of all people, would wish to speak with Erzulie herself."
Jan 01 17:11:33 <zooftop>	"I believe you might have passed her already, in fact." He closes his eyes for a few moments, and reopens them.  The maid you saw earlier - an older black woman, enters the room and closes the door behind her.  There's a pink flash, and in her place floats a blue eyed, Pink Pokemon with slight feline features.
Jan 01 17:12:44 »»	Genevieve turns her head to look. "I...never thought I'd see one in person. Nice to meet you."
Jan 01 17:13:18 <zooftop>	She floats over to where Father Ruth is sitting, and addresses you. <And so we finally meet, Genevieve Webb.  I am Erzulie, The Keeper of Life.>
Jan 01 17:14:13 <zooftop>	<Our kind -are- remarkably skittish, among the Legendary Pokemon.  But believe it or not, most men, women and Pokemon do encounter one of us in their life time, whether they realize it or not.>
Jan 01 17:15:23 <zooftop>	<I have a good idea why you are here, but please, speak your mind.>
Jan 01 17:16:55 <zooftop>	Her 'voice' is rather warm, soothing.  Like that of a loving mother.
Jan 01 17:18:06 »»	Genevieve shakes her head. "It sounds selfish, but it's scientific curiosity. I'm interested in creating a Mew, not as a weapon but as a companion. And I think I may be able to do so without falling into the pitfalls other attemps have fallen into."
Jan 01 17:22:02 <zooftop>	She's quiet for a bit. <Quite an ironic desire, given your predicament.  You, who had a sister carved from your own being in the same manner that others have my kind, would also wish to create life in our image.>
Jan 01 17:22:27 <zooftop>	<Something your sister has as well, though those children are sad, sad abominations.>
Jan 01 17:24:31 <Genevieve>	"That is the difference, though. I create life and Jenn creates objects."
Jan 01 17:29:14 <zooftop>	She nods. <You create, yes.  I can tell this would not be the first time you have.  Though even Dr. Fuji, in his initial stages, wished to create not a weapon, but a companion.  He suceeded, but even that child had a very violent start.  What do you believe he did wrong, and that you can change?>
Jan 01 17:33:11 »»	Genevieve hums. "Well, the current method of creating a psychic bond between a Mewtwo and a human helps to curb violence - unless something happens to the human. But it addresses Fuji's issue of essentially growing an adult body without also growing an adult mind."
Jan 01 17:34:34 <Genevieve>	"So the two options I see are to either create an egg and attempt to raise the subject as naturally as possible or to, basically, socialize and develop the mind while the body is artificially aged."
Jan 01 17:37:39 <zooftop>	Erzulie seems to quietly laugh.  <Both of those are worthy ideas, but it is not the root of what he accidently did, and so many others did.  Given Oya's notice to me that you would come seeking this knowledge, I will share it with you.>
Jan 01 17:39:04 <zooftop>	<Dr. Fuji was funded by Team Rocket to create the being he did, with the request it would be easily impressionable.  He used his own niece as the Mewtwo's Symbiant, and raised them as brother and sister.  After all, children are impressionable.>
Jan 01 17:39:05 »»	DiceMaid-9001 is now known as Jessie
Jan 01 17:39:07 <Jessie>	To protect the world from devastation!
Jan 01 17:39:09 <zooftop>	<They are also prone to violence.>
Jan 01 17:39:10 <zooftop>	shut up
Jan 01 17:39:11 <Jessie>	zooftop, sorry boss, we'll be quiet.
Jan 01 17:39:34 <zooftop>	<Violent outbursts and tantrums.  The mindset of a child, in the body of an adult is a dangerous thing.>
Jan 01 17:40:51 <zooftop>	<You will require the genetic material of a person, but the bonding need not be from a child.  The process would work best if the person the child bonded with was the same they were created from.  It need not be constant, as all children need time to rest, but it will be a commitment for the individual to uphold to.>
Jan 01 17:41:28 <zooftop>	<Either aim to create a child in full, or an adult in full.  Mixing them is not the solution.>
Jan 01 17:43:46 »»	Jessie is now known as DiceMaid-9001
Jan 01 17:44:14 <Genevieve>	"So, essentially, my theory is correct."
Jan 01 17:46:27 <zooftop>	<It is indeed.  Most of the childen of our kind are born into this world the way they are for a reason - as weapons, tools, soldiers.  The difference is simply a matter of parenting.>
Jan 01 17:49:20 <zooftop>	<Rex, if you would?>  She offers him one of her arms.  The man nods and opens a drawer, pulling out a syringe.  He takes her arm, sticks her, and fills it with blood.  <I have known Rex for a long time.  For him to have desired to meet with you and your allies so paitently, I feel this is something you are indeed capable of, Genevieve.  Take this, and do what your sister did not.>
Jan 01 17:49:52 <Genevieve>	"Thank you. I can't say I know a lot about parenting, but...I will certainly do my best."
Jan 01 17:50:18 <zooftop>	<You may require assistance, as I understand you are a busy woman, but that is no different than any parent, isn't it?>  Rex places the vial in a small box, like one made for jewelry, and slides it over to you.
Jan 01 17:52:11 »»	Genevieve takes the box and carefully puts it in her bag. "I -do- have a lot of people willing to help, though I'll probably have to convince some of them that this is a good idea."
Jan 01 17:52:37 <Genevieve>	"Since you've been waiting, though, is there anything I can do for you two?"
Jan 01 17:53:59 <zooftop>	Father Ruth speaks up. "I suppose we should get to the elephant in the room.  Alice Rhasha.  She's the 'host' for the Young Goddess, isn't she?"
Jan 01 17:54:45 <Genevieve>	"Yes, though I feel like I should clarify already. Alice's body is hosting Shiva's soul. Alice's soul has been, hm, cast out."
Jan 01 17:55:52 <zooftop>	"We are, funny enough, very lucky that our enemy's primary patron is a completely alien being.  The damned thing can't bestow Symbolsight even if it wanted to, because it knows so little of this world's pantheon."
Jan 01 17:56:18 <zooftop>	"And Grant's Devourer, well, it's a man made monstrocity.  It isn't much better off."
Jan 01 17:57:56 <zooftop>	It's clear that Father Ruth knows quite a bit about these matters, if anything.  Though the news about the actual diagnosis surprises him.  "Quite a predicament, that is.  I imagine this is something that you four have been trying to solve already?"
Jan 01 18:00:06 <Genevieve>	"We've only just started, but the others are working on pinpointing her soul. I should be figuring out how to get it back in her body and oust the goddess."
Jan 01 18:02:45 <zooftop>	"Well, here is the meat of it: Husk Rhasha.  That cunning, glorious bastard surely knows the truth of this matter.  Yet he stays quiet about it to his new overlord.  Why, I have been wondering, would he do that?  I suppose I know the answer now that I know that the Alice we see is simply her body."
Jan 01 18:05:40 <zooftop>	He hrms. "Now that we have finally touched bases, I suppose there isn't a large need to go into all the details on how we can collaborate right now, as I imagine we both have a good bit of knowledge to transfer.  So  here is my request for the current, if you would be willing to help me."
Jan 01 18:06:00 <Genevieve>	"I'm listening."
Jan 01 18:08:37 <zooftop>	"I came to this Region to spread the word of Arceus, and that of the Outer Gods.  That, has been my life mission ever since the day he chose me to play the role of the ancient mariner in this tale.  He told me, this land, was at large risk of plunging into holy war.  So naturally, I came and sought to collaborate with others with close ties to the divine."
Jan 01 18:09:36 <zooftop>	"This was how, eventually, I sought out Husk Rhasha, on the basis of a rumor that he was the leader of a group known as The Keeper's Cult.  Well, that did not exactly go very well.  I would like to extend the olive branch their way - there is little reason our groups do not collaborate."
Jan 01 18:11:16 <Genevieve>	"I can help with that."
Jan 01 18:11:40 <zooftop>	"Likewise, I've managed to gather a small network of those loyal to The Outher Gods in this Region, and your own speech in Brave Scar has helped to bolster interest in them, but I wish to expand on that - belief and acknowledgement increases their ties to this realm, and will only make it harder for The Banisher or The Devourer to do as they wish."
Jan 01 18:12:10 <zooftop>	"And I believe what Alice Rhasha has become will be our key.  Are you aware of what she has recently 'discovered?'  I think The Mother Dragon had something to do with it, but she's played coy to the topic."
Jan 01 18:13:09 <Genevieve>	"I actually don't think I've heard about this, no."
Jan 01 18:15:14 <zooftop>	Father Ruth reaches for a tablet on his desk, fiddles around until he flips it over for you to see a little video of an exhibition match between Alice and a man named Marshal - you think he's an Elite Four guy from Unova.
Jan 01 18:17:45 <zooftop>	The video appears to be a full interferance fight, and Marshal's got a Lucario fighting with him - but Alice? Alice releases Thor the Pikachu, but rather than command him, fiddles with some bracelet she has - Thor flashes with a pink light, like he's evolving, and turns into some huge ass hammer that she picks up.
Jan 01 18:19:04 <Genevieve>	"This doesn't seem League legal."
Jan 01 18:19:04 <zooftop>	She then calls out Connor the Heracross, and does the same thing .  He turns into a scary as shit, black and red version of this : http://i.imgur.com/sC0EPIH.jpg?1
Jan 01 18:19:17 <zooftop>	Marshal and hus Lucario recieve a very prompt asswupping.
Jan 01 18:20:34 <zooftop>	After the fight, Connor changes back, and Alice and Marshal seem to talk a bit.  She gives him a bracelet and hands the Lucario a...rock of sorts.  Marshal tries the same thing, the Lucario flashes into this http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/221/7/f/mega_lucario_by_phatmon66-d6hdnid.png , Heal Pulses, and then they rematch for a much more fair fight.
Jan 01 18:20:57 <zooftop>	Marshal actually wins the rematch thanks to the help of his much stronger...Lucario?
Jan 01 18:21:15 <zooftop>	"Whatever it is, it's big.  She's raising questions, fast.  Questions folks want answers to."
Jan 01 18:22:11 <Genevieve>	"Which would be great if she wasn't already a person of interest."
Jan 01 18:23:42 <zooftop>	<She has managed to devise a method of temporarily making fully matured Pokemon evolving.  This is, without a doubt, a work of divinity in action.>
Jan 01 18:23:47 <zooftop>	That was from Erzulie!
Jan 01 18:25:20 <zooftop>	Father Ruth continues. "What I could we could do, is get the Young Goddess out of her as soon as possible, and find a way to spin this in our favor."
Jan 01 18:25:21 <Genevieve>	"And theoretically speaking, if we think of evolution as a release of energy, it could fall within the Verve domain."
Jan 01 18:26:02 <zooftop>	"Exactly.  I feel The Mother Dragon has been whispering her 'lessons' on how to control these things."
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Jan 01 18:26:30 <Genevieve>	"Well, I think locating her soul is the next big mission for us, but if I try to magic jar the goddess now, Alice just ends up dead. So it'll be a little while."
Jan 01 18:27:59 <zooftop>	"In the mean time, I can think of a thing or two to keep her out of the public so this doesn't get -too- wide spread.  She caught the League with their pants down on this video, and even now they are trying to hush hush it as a work of fiction.  So all is not lost."
Jan 01 18:29:54 <Genevieve>	"What did you have in mind?"
Jan 01 18:30:18 <zooftop>	"Did you have dificulty getting here?"
Jan 01 18:30:32 <zooftop>	Father Ruth has a sly smile.
Jan 01 18:31:33 <Genevieve>	"Full disclosure, if you intend to keep her here, she's a bit of a handful at the moment."
Jan 01 18:38:34 <zooftop>	"I've heard stories of it, yes.  Keep in mind I've also been trying to keep this Region's homeless and orphans safe from the Dandyman, not to mention some of the Stag Lord youth, so wild children are not new to us.  Hell, I was one myself once upon a time.  Either way, Husk's actions at the moment lead me to feel like we need not worry that much on her current state."
Jan 01 18:39:40 <zooftop>	"I hope that continued cooperation between our groups will ensure that this world's enemies will not get what they desire."
Jan 01 18:40:48 »»	Genevieve nods. "I'll have Rose get in contact with you for the Keeper's Cult and Chase may want to talk to you about the Alice situation more in-depth."
Jan 01 18:41:07 <Genevieve>	"But, I'm glad that we can finally work together on all this."
Jan 01 18:42:31 <zooftop>	<No longer will you have to go to such lengths to try to get their attention, Rex.>  "Some of them were quite silly, weren't they?"
Jan 01 18:43:22 <zooftop>	He stands and offers you his hand.  "The Lazing Slaking's doors will always be open to you and your allies.  That goes for you as well, Deciever."
Jan 01 18:43:37 <zooftop>	Your gem glistens. <Eh.>
Jan 01 18:45:03 »»	Genevieve shakes Ruth's hand. "He's just grouchy. Thank you."
Jan 01 18:46:36 <zooftop>	"Gods are fickle things, after all.  Let us know if there is anything further we could do to assist you."
Jan 01 18:48:01 <Genevieve>	"You shouldn't be a stranger either." She gets up to go.
Jan 01 18:49:24 »»	Fariel is now known as Kain
Jan 01 18:49:59 <zooftop>	You make your way out without issue! </mini>

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Jan 03 12:47:22 <zooftop>	While the others all went their own ways, Saryx stayed in Bravescar.
Jan 03 12:48:44 <zooftop>	Though it wasn't quite that boring.  Sandeep has been following the Braves around as of late.  Not in vengence or anything - quite the contrary he seems to believe that Saryx and him are best friends.  "My friend, you have proved your love!  I am no match!  Fantastic!" He often exclaims.
Jan 03 12:48:49 <zooftop>	The dude's weird, but he means well.
Jan 03 12:49:21 <zooftop>	Saryx has escaped him for the moment, at least.
Jan 03 12:49:42 <zooftop>	But Saryx also got two rather unfortionate messages this morning, one a physical envelope from Shawyun, and the other a digital message.
Jan 03 12:51:11 <zooftop>	The physical envelope, was as he probably guessed, a letter from Yvonne.  "Congratulations for passing the first trial!  Over half of you have been eliminated, as a few contestants proved to only join this trial for jest.  The Fauxicore Gastly Brass Instrument Orchistra is on way their homes to deliver their due judgement."
Jan 03 12:53:15 <zooftop>	"The next trial is as follows : Soon, near an old port down, will open a park celebrating both history and the myths and legends of our culture.  It shall also host Pokemon unseen in this world until now.  Go forth, and claim one.  Or Else."
Jan 03 12:53:50 <zooftop>	It's unclear who is left given this message, to be honest.
Jan 03 12:55:38 <zooftop>	As for the digital one, well, Saryx got a message out of fucking no where on his meetup profile from someone with the handle "SapereAudeAeterna".  All it said was "There are insufficient leads to follow for this case.  I need witnesses, victims, people of interest."
Jan 03 13:13:18 <Saryx>	The message from Yvonne, probably not surprisingly in the slightest, elicits a pained groan from Saryx. That other message, though? Well, aside from the fact it's vague as all hell, he's just plain confused about it--does poking on the Meetup Profile actually pop anything immediately useful up regarding at least the sender's identity?
Jan 03 13:15:09 <zooftop>	SapereAudeAeterna seems to be a brand new account
Jan 03 13:15:15 <zooftop>	it's uh, not really complete at all
Jan 03 13:16:03 <zooftop>	The picture is a hydreigon sock puppet.  No friends or anything, no personal info.  Just made today it looks like.
Jan 03 13:19:00 <Saryx>	Saryx'll send this... person... a reply, to be written up momentarily, as he makes his way to find Beatrice.
Jan 03 13:21:03 <zooftop>	Beatrice is, far as you know, holed up in her apartment doing WITCH CRAFT
Jan 03 13:25:09 <Saryx>	"Hey there! Sorry, but I honestly got no clue what you're talking about here. MeetUp isn't exactly the best place for me to ask you to explain things over, though. I'm guessing this is kind of important, though, that you're messaging me about it. Is it too soon for me to be asking if this is something you'd be willing to talk about in person?" <<< The reply Saryx sent to this
Jan 03 13:25:09 <Saryx>	person.
Jan 03 13:25:47 <Saryx>	As per Beatrice, well, he came to see her, so damn it if he's not gonna at least give her a ring on the doorbell.
Jan 03 13:26:18 <Saryx>	Botherrer braces for explosions from the other side of the door in the meantime.
Jan 03 13:28:23 <zooftop>	"Given travel and scheduling conflicts, meeting in person would likely prove to be an inefficient use of time.  I only need names to follow." is your reply.
Jan 03 13:29:12 <zooftop>	There are no Explosions to be had.  In fact the door seemingly opens on its own.
Jan 03 13:29:21 <zooftop>	Roll me Perception as you enter, Saryx.
Jan 03 13:29:41 <Saryx>	6d6+1
Jan 03 13:29:42 <DiceMaid-9001>	Saryx, 6d6+1: 25 [6d6=5,5,5,2,2,5]
Jan 03 13:29:58 <zooftop>	You haven't ever really been inside her place long enough to get a look around.  It's pretty lightly decorated - like she hasn't really been here much to put much effort into it.
Jan 03 13:30:31 <zooftop>	Saryx catches a glimpse of Shedinjask as it finishes opening the door.  It flees to a ceiling corner and hides.  You lose sight of whatever it was.
Jan 03 13:30:51 <zooftop>	Saryx does not know ceiling Shedinjask is watching him.
Jan 03 13:31:19 <zooftop>	You can hear humming down the hall, as well!
Jan 03 13:33:03 <Saryx>	"... Hey, Beatrice?" Saryx calls out into the room as he steps through the entryway. "It's me, Saryx! One of your Pokemon let me in."
Jan 03 13:35:08 <zooftop>	"Hmmm? Saryx?  Musta been Marassa.  Didn't hear anything.  Come on back!"
Jan 03 13:35:32 <zooftop>	On the way down the hall you pass her bed room - the door's open, and you can see two Ninetales snoozing on it.  One of which is (sorta) yours!
Jan 03 13:36:52 <zooftop>	Beatrice is in a seperate room, however.  A little lab of sorts with a chemistry table, lots of beakers and vials filled with weird Pokemon parts and liquids, herbs, spices, clothes, sewing materials, you name it she's probably got it.
Jan 03 13:36:54 <Saryx>	He types up another reply to this guy quickly as he makes his way past, trying his best not to look at Lysa for now. ... He fails miserably at it "Let me talk to the rest of my team first to try and make sense of this. If they can't make anything sensible of this, can I ask you to send more information via a letter? We've got someone we can send to pick it up without compromising
Jan 03 13:36:54 <Saryx>	any information."
Jan 03 13:37:33 <zooftop>	There's a familiar Girateaneon snoozing on one of the tables.  Beatrice herself is swirling around a decantering glass and has saftey goggles on.
Jan 03 13:37:45 <zooftop>	There's a purple liquid in the glass.
Jan 03 13:38:26 <Saryx>	Saryx waits until Beatrice isn't holding anything particularly dangerous looking before he calls over to her again.
Jan 03 13:39:09 <zooftop>	The reply to that reads. "I was told -you- were my point of contact.  If this is inaccurate, then this situation is even more dire than I imagined."
Jan 03 13:39:09 <Saryx>	He knows the last thing you should do is interrupt a craftsman in the midst of her work.
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Jan 03 13:42:19 <zooftop>	She notices you enter, and sits the solution down for now, briskyly heads to the wash room to remove her work gloves and wash her hands, and takes her goggles off as she returns to greet you with a hug/squeeze.  "You been outside a lot latey? Got a bit of a tan. What brings you back here?"
Jan 03 13:45:42 <Saryx>	Saryx returns the hug, probably a bit more strongly than Beatrice would've recalled any previous huggings he might've given her. "Just a walk through the desert~ Nothing too big~" Saryx flashes her a smile. "And I just wanted to stop in and see my girlfriend that I got the time to. Nothing wrong with that, is there?"
Jan 03 13:46:40 <Saryx>	Saryx peers over her shoulder. "... Looks like I walked in on the middle of something, though. You're working on the antivenom right now?"
Jan 03 13:47:03 <Saryx>	... Or antidote, whichever word it was.
Jan 03 13:49:41 <zooftop>	"Aw.  How sweet.  I'm just used to people needing something out of me, I guess."  She looks over to her work table as well.  "I've -been- working on it a while.  Almost got a hang of it, I think.  It's a lot easier to break and maim things than fix them up though, that's for sure."
Jan 03 13:51:29 <zooftop>	"What the hell were you doing out in the desert, though?"
Jan 03 13:51:37 <zooftop>	Roll me perception!
Jan 03 13:51:52 <Saryx>	6d6+1
Jan 03 13:51:53 <DiceMaid-9001>	Saryx, 6d6+1: 18 [6d6=1,3,3,4,5,1]
Jan 03 13:52:19 <zooftop>	Trice starts to stroll into the living room of her apartment, toward a couch.  There's a large window here, if you'd recall, that overlooks the arena below.
Jan 03 13:53:34 <zooftop>	There's an exhibition match going on below at the moment, and you spot Sandeep in the crowd for some damned reason - probably that obnoxious plumed hat he bought at one of the gift shops and that foam finger he got somewhere, and oh god you think he glanced up and saw you up there.
Jan 03 13:53:59 <zooftop>	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFrO8HHh3mk
Jan 03 13:56:33 <Saryx>	Saryx laughs a bit at Beatrice's 'breaking things' comment--he found it humorous even if she didn't mean for it to be. "That's art for ya~ Me and the rest of the Braves all went out to Sandseeker to do the trial there, though--found out a whole lot about Dandyman and the Banisher, along with a couple other people, but that's work we'd be talking about."
Jan 03 13:57:49 <Saryx>	Once he catches sight of Sandeep, though, Saryx does a swift 180, lets out a pained groan, and facepalms really hard. "Maaan, I thought I lost that guy already!"
Jan 03 14:03:53 <zooftop>	"Huh?"
Jan 03 14:04:12 <zooftop>	Trice flops onto one of the couches.  Seems confused what you're fussing about.
Jan 03 14:32:34 <Saryx>	"One of the other guys in your mom's dumb thing! He showed up in the desert looking for me out there, then challenged me to a battle to win your love or something... Idunno, he's just absolutely insane though! He's been following me ever since and doesn't seem to understand I don't wanna talk to him!" 'U mad bro?' would probably be an understatement right about now.
Jan 03 14:33:16 <zooftop>	"...Huh?"
Jan 03 14:34:02 <zooftop>	"My mom's what?  Who?" She's completely lost.  Gets up and looks outside as well, but clearly doesn't notice this guy in the crowd. "Saryx are you drunk?"
Jan 03 14:34:32 <Saryx>	"Not this time."
Jan 03 14:35:10 <Saryx>	Saryx fishes out the two letters he's gotten from Vyonne via Shawyun's courier.
Jan 03 14:35:56 <Saryx>	He only shows Beatrice the first of the letters, though, to start.
Jan 03 14:37:03 <zooftop>	She reads over both of them with, her darker eye twitching.  Not like she'd wear an eyepatch while alone.
Jan 03 14:37:13 <zooftop>	"What. The. Fuck."
Jan 03 14:37:59 <Saryx>	"I've been meaning to call your mom to tell her how crazy she's gone over this bet she made with Miss Rhasha! ... Though that... Doesn't explain why Alice would be on the ticket... Either way she's gone and lost it!"
Jan 03 14:39:17 <zooftop>	"No this actually makes a lot of sense cause Alice before told me she was going to be a 'judge' or something for some thing my mom was doing, so I bet this was it.  But...I don't even know who half these people are!  My old Gym Coach!? That bitch fucking hated me! Oh hell no not them this is so embarassing aaaaaa."
Jan 03 14:39:55 <zooftop>	She promptly rips them both up in a fit of rage and stomps off to throw them away.  She then grabs a wine bottle and pops the cork off.
Jan 03 14:41:06 <zooftop>	She takes a seat on the couch and starts to drink straight from the bottle of Red Zenfandel.
Jan 03 14:42:43 <Saryx>	"... Waaait... Your mom didn't even tell you about this?!?"
Jan 03 14:42:43 <zooftop>	You think she downed enough of it to get drunk in just a few seconds, then sits it down to stare at the ground, and then sobs into her hands. "Who the hell did you even run into already?"
Jan 03 14:44:31 <zooftop>	"Do you really think I would actually encourage something like this?"
Jan 03 14:46:10 <Saryx>	"I... I ran into Sandeep Reddy..." He hurriedly makes his way over to Beatrice's side and ohgodshe'scryingnowdamnit "Of course not, this is the stupidest thing ever! I figured more your mom just went and did it anyways after you told her it was insane!"
Jan 03 14:50:51 <zooftop>	"...Who the fuck is Sandeep?"
Jan 03 14:53:01 <Saryx>	"He said he was the prince of some country I don't even remember the name of it... Said you put a hex on the guy and set him on fire, I think, and called that reflecting true love."
Jan 03 14:53:30 <Saryx>	"The guy's almost as crazy as your mom."
Jan 03 14:55:16 <zooftop>	Beatrice wasn't really crying as much as UGHing, by the way.  She stands slowly and wanders over to a book shelf in the room - each shelf has a little foam jewelry pad, lined with...oh jeez she's got a metric ass ton of gym badges. Like, over 100 total easy.
Jan 03 14:56:43 <zooftop>	She looks around a bit till she finds one - looks like this : http://thelangarhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/kirpan.jpg "Did have a sword that looked like this?"
Jan 03 14:57:27 <Saryx>	I'm assuming that's actually the right thing?
Jan 03 14:57:41 <zooftop>	Well, yes he did have a punjabi sword on him
Jan 03 14:58:24 <Saryx>	"Yup! ... He challenged me to a fight not knowing how to actually use it, though."
Jan 03 15:00:07 <zooftop>	"This is the Punjab Badge.  From India. Fighting Gym, I remember that.  They didn't really stand much a chance of winning and knew it so the Gym Leader was biding time to try to think of something worth while as a challenge.  Had to take part in a dance ceremony with the guy's son.  I -did- set him on fire but it was on accident."
Jan 03 15:01:38 <zooftop>	She puts it up.  "Mom what the hell are you up to?  This is the stupidest thing."  She huffs and returns to the couch, hugging a pillow.  Well, more squeezing violently.  She looks pretty pissed off.
Jan 03 15:10:58 <Saryx>	"If I remember the letter right, your brother's probably dealing with the same thing right now, too." Saryx ponders a moment. '... But you know what? That's not real important right this second." He pops down in front of her, squatting so he's at eye level. "We gotta figure us out a way to turn that frown upside down." And he does the goofy thing where he pushes the area just past
Jan 03 15:10:58 <Saryx>	her lips to turn it into a smile. "... Something that'll keep it upside down once I let go would be preferred, though."
Jan 03 15:14:58 <zooftop>	It's cheesy enough to work and she giggles.
Jan 03 15:17:54 <zooftop>	"I'm pissed at her for doing this, but mostly cause it's stupid.  She knows damned well I'm not going to abide by it anyway, soo..."
Jan 03 15:18:13 <zooftop>	"I can only guess she did this to try to make up some challenge for your badge, cause I couldn't," She shrugs.
Jan 03 15:18:28 <zooftop>	"That and to fuck with me, I guess."
Jan 03 15:19:03 <zooftop>	"...Involving them in this was just rude, though."
Jan 03 15:20:39 <Saryx>	"... If this really is just her idea of a Gym Challenge... Then yeah that would be real bad." ... an awkward pause. "... Though if they're all on par with that Sandeep guy she might as well just toss the badge my way for free~"
Jan 03 15:21:56 <Saryx>	"... But in all seriousness, you wanna go do something? I was thinking maybe we could goof around and craft something together for fun, but I'm not sure it's the best idea that you've gone and downed so much of that bottle."
Jan 03 15:27:48 <zooftop>	She looks to the bottle with slight surprise, like 'oh yeah I DID to that.'
Jan 03 15:29:16 <zooftop>	"Saryx, that guy was probably invited just to make you think that.  Don't sell the others she invited short.  I think this is stupid as shit, but I know my mom well enough to know she's not really gonna give up just cause I know about it."
Jan 03 15:29:20 <zooftop>	"Hell she'd probably make it worse."
Jan 03 15:30:13 <zooftop>	"...Yeah when this wine kicks in don't let me near anything toxic or explosive."
Jan 03 15:33:56 <Saryx>	Saryx ponders a moment. "... What if we try and make something that doesn't involve either of those two? ... Still a bad idea?", he jokingly asks.
Jan 03 15:37:37 <zooftop>	"Like what, cookies and cakes or something?" she jokes back.  "I sorta am hungry, now that I think about it..."
Jan 03 15:38:40 <Saryx>	". . ."
Jan 03 15:39:08 <zooftop>	"wah?"
Jan 03 15:39:16 <Saryx>	Saryx wasn't even thinking like that, but once the idea sinks in, it suddenly sounds amazing to him.
Jan 03 15:40:46 <Saryx>	The smile on his face grows wider and wider until it reaches the point Beatrice might fear it'd tear his face apart. "Yes! Yes, that's exactly what we should do! ... You got anything useful for baking on hand, or do we need to go out and get things first?"
Jan 03 15:41:02 <Saryx>	Beatrice now has a hyperactive and eager Saryx on hand. What do, grl?
Jan 03 15:43:19 <zooftop>	"What girl doesn't have stuff for baking on hand?"  It's a serious question.  She slowly picks herself up, seems the wine is starting to sink in, and slinks to the kitchen.
Jan 03 15:45:00 <zooftop>	She starts digging around in pantries and oh god this girl's got fucking every confectionery ingrediant you can think of.  "I got a bad habit of rage eating sweets, you see..."
Jan 03 15:47:05 <Saryx>	Saryx follows along, though he's definitely close enough to help Beatrice if it looks like she might stumble or something, not wanting this glorious idea to be abruptly ruined by a concussion induced from a slip and fall. "... You do?" He takes a good look at Beatrice. "I wouldn't be able to tell~"
Jan 03 15:48:49 <zooftop>	"Good answer," She forces a Hershies kiss into your mouth.  "What sorta sweets do you like?"
Jan 03 15:52:03 <Saryx>	Beatrice's response elicits further laughter from the Saryx. "Let's keep it simple for now~ Though maybe something we have a whole lot of room to decorate afterwards."
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Jan 03 15:54:25 <zooftop>	You two proceed to start making Sugar Cookies, big flat ones about the size of an expanded Pokeball in circumferance.  During this Trice continues to get less and less sober.  She eventually asks "So when are you going to try to get Lysa to forgive you and take her with you anyway?"
Jan 03 15:59:27 <Saryx>	Saryx gives Beatrice a puzzled look. "I... Uhhh... Idunno, she... She still hasn't seen me with you yet, so..." He digs around for the largest human-or-gingerbreadman shaped cookie cutter he can find in Beatrice's pantry, and makes sure one of the blobs of dough is big enough to get a full cut out of it. "... It's a real awkward time to be asking that, don't ya think?"
Jan 03 16:01:41 <zooftop>	"Oh I got way worse in mind to discuss if that doesn't float your boat." You don't think she has a NON-awkward conversation topic in her at the moment.
Jan 03 16:05:22 <Saryx>	He's willing to press his luck. "Really? Let's see what you got, then~" he almost tauntingly challenges her. He's so gonna regret this.
Jan 03 16:05:25 <zooftop>	She's got some cute eevee cookie cutters, some vulpix ones...
Jan 03 16:05:34 <zooftop>	lot of bug ones. alarmingly high amount of bug ones.
Jan 03 16:07:03 <zooftop>	"If anything comes out of this little league my mom put together, I'm hoping it's that you get to beat the living shit out of my ex in a cage match." She sips from the wine bottle more.
Jan 03 16:07:36 <zooftop>	"It'd be pretty fucking terrible if that happened and you lost though."
Jan 03 16:08:07 <Saryx>	"Your ex?" Well, that's... Not as awkward as Saryx was expecting.
Jan 03 16:09:30 <Saryx>	Failing to find a human-shaped cookie cutter, he just tries to mold a couple of human shapes with his hands that are decently sized. He probably gets frustrated and tries to go all metric on getting them looking normal-ish when his first attempt fails.
Jan 03 16:10:07 <Saryx>	"I mean, I'd have no problems stomping them out, but what happened that was so bad with... Wait, is it a 'him' or a 'her'?"
Jan 03 16:13:01 <zooftop>	"She.  Not that you can tell when looking at her.  She was raised as a boy for some weird ass reason so she always cross dressed.  Ugh, that ungreatful bitch.  And to think my brother's little sweetheart is her cousin - they even sorta look like each other! It's terrible, really."
Jan 03 16:15:09 <Saryx>	"... Which one was that on the list again? ... If you actually saw half the rest of 'em before tearing up my letters?"
Jan 03 16:15:23 <zooftop>	"She had alll sorts of issues and baggage that I did my best to help with, and then this clingy as shit cousin of hers showed up one day and wouldn't leave, ever.  Like, ever.  Always the three of us for YEARS.  Granted it wasn't that bad even if our relationship was practically platonic, traveling the world together was fun. Until I walked in on them sleeping with each other while we were in Kalos."
Jan 03 16:16:01 <Saryx>	". . ." Okay. Now it's awkward.
Jan 03 16:18:29 <zooftop>	Trice groans and takes another swig from her wine.  "Sieghart Von Fraenir.  Hell I think I saw Hilda on that list too, maybe.  Look point is if she wups your ass, I'll probably end up getting alchohol poisoning and a stomache pump, at the least."
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Jan 03 16:19:52 <Saryx>	"Looks like I'ma have to win in order to save you a trip to the emergency room, then!"
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Jan 03 16:22:47 <zooftop>	"Well the really bad news is she made a deal with Met Kalfu, soooo yeah she sorta totes him around in a Pokeball now."
Jan 03 16:23:40 <zooftop>	"It's okay, if you do lose we'll just hide away in your Dad's basement or something for a few years until the shame fades or somehthing," She's joking, you -think-.
Jan 03 16:23:51 <Saryx>	"... Wait what?!?"
Jan 03 16:25:03 <Saryx>	"But Kal'fu's... We made a pact, too, and... Why'd he ask to hide under my bed if he's got a PokeBall for safekeeping?!?"
Jan 03 16:25:29 <zooftop>	"Oh it's a long story I don't wanna deal with it I was a dumb teenager and thought it was cool and daring at the time but honestly I was sorta going through a really bad time and it felt like the universe sorta fucking hated me.  Not even in the typical teenager angst way either."
Jan 03 16:26:00 <zooftop>	"Oh, you don't know?"
Jan 03 16:26:14 <Saryx>	Because that's clearly the most important thing right this second. "... Know what?"
Jan 03 16:30:04 <zooftop>	Trice takes out a Masterball and taps it, a brown haired, grey robed, ethereal Meloetta pops out.  She instantly sits her butt down on the counter, <Oh so I finally get to watch up close, goodie!  Your life would make the perfect romcom, Trice.>  The ghost has a very British accent.
Jan 03 16:30:24 <zooftop>	"Oh shut up Charlotte.  Okay, so."
Jan 03 16:31:30 <zooftop>	"Charlotte here has been my friend for a number of years now.  I bested her little game and won the right to capture her.  But this isn't -HER- sitting here.  She's sorta a big deal back where she's from."
Jan 03 16:31:40 <zooftop>	"This is like, a piece of her, an avatar."
Jan 03 16:32:17 <zooftop>	"Likewise, the little dipshit lizard that keeps hiding under your bed IS the real deal, most likely."
Jan 03 16:32:43 <zooftop>	"Not that he's going to help you.  He's god damned worthless."
Jan 03 16:32:59 <zooftop>	The Meloetta pours herself a glass of wine and sips it politely, she's enjoying the show, at least.
Jan 03 16:33:13 <Saryx>	Saryx is not amused in the slightest by the Meloetta's comment upon entry.
Jan 03 16:34:57 <Saryx>	"He better help that I spilled my heart out to Kal'fu! If not, he owes me a month's rent and rising!"
Jan 03 16:35:12 <Saryx>	That last bit was definitely meant to be taken humorously.
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Jan 03 16:38:43 <~zoofman>	"He'll do whatever the hell you agreed to, but he's not gonna do any more than that unless you ante up your deal or something."
Jan 03 16:40:04 <~zoofman>	"Granted, what I just said is really only relevant for the Legendaries that got some sorta greater role in their Region - like, Thomas's Zapdos and Jeramiah's ...uh...what's it called...a bear thing.  Those two are the same deal."
Jan 03 16:41:04 <~zoofman>	"But Saxton's Articuno or my brother's Moltres are the flesh and blood.  The Darkrai that follows my brother around -could- abide by making a copy, but it doesn't for some dumb reason."
Jan 03 16:43:12 <Saryx>	"... Oh... I don't see the problem with that, actually... It's just the same as any other contract or business agreement. ... But that Legendaries could actually be in two places at once? That's... That's actually kind of incredible!"
Jan 03 16:44:06 <~zoofman>	"I dunno what is going on with that Valdis girl.  I mean her adoptive father is a friggen Rayquaza, but she doesn't seem like the type that even uses Pokeballs so no telling what sorta allies she's got."
Jan 03 16:44:09 <Saryx>	"Well, effectively be in two places at once, anyways. ... I don't know all too much about my ownl Pokemon, let alone Legendaries."
Jan 03 16:46:25 <~zoofman>	"Eh," She shrugs. "Isn't that big a deal.  I mean I had a class on them taught by a fucking Mewtwo - and I still ended up sleeping through most of it."
Jan 03 16:48:28 <Saryx>	"... You mean a normal one, right? Not one of the weaponized ones like Grant's been making?"
Jan 03 16:51:32 <~zoofman>	Trice thinks on it. "Well no he was also made by criminals who wanted him to usurp a Darkrai.  I think."
Jan 03 16:51:41 <~zoofman>	"But those were just his teenage years!" She kids.
Jan 03 16:51:47 <~zoofman>	And snatches the wine bottle back from Charlotte.
Jan 03 16:52:45 <Saryx>	Blink blink.
Jan 03 16:53:16 <Saryx>	Saryx just shakes his head. ... And asks for a swig himself. This Legendary shit's too confusing for him. Maybe it'll make some more sense when he's got some alcohol in him, too.
Jan 03 16:54:44 <~zoofman>	And one wine bottle later, ding, cookies are done!
Jan 03 16:59:02 <Saryx>	Saryx is ready as all hell and armed with a shitton of Beatrice's decorative... Thingies... Cookie frostings of different colors, gumdrops, and a whole arsenal. He's ready for those human-shaped cookies!
Jan 03 17:01:11 <~zoofman>	Have at them, cookie fiend.  At this point Trice is drunk as a Mankey and face down on the bar top that seperates the kitchen from the rest of the apartment.  It was a miracle she got on the stool.  Charlotte's poofed away by this point to look around the frontier.
Jan 03 17:03:46 <Saryx>	He leaves Beatrice be for a little bit while he goes stark raving mad on the cookies. When he's done, he brings one of the two fully decorated cookies Beatrice's way. He's a bit drunk himself, and tap-taps Beatrice with the 'hand' of the cookie.
Jan 03 17:04:20 <Saryx>	"Hey! Hey, Beatrice!" He calls at her with a mock woman voice.
Jan 03 17:05:02 <~zoofman>	"Whaaaat?"
Jan 03 17:05:31 <~zoofman>	She looks up.
Jan 03 17:09:02 <Saryx>	She looks up to see the cookie's been painstakingly decorated to look like... Her mom. "It's your mother speaking! I want you to go and have a baby as quick as you can! I don't want that Rhasha girl beating you out! I've got too much riding on this bet!" Saryx is trying so hard not to crack up as he's doing this, attempting to continue on with stuff about the League of Evil
Jan 03 17:09:02 <Saryx>	Suitors, but fails miserably at keeping composure long enough to get anywhere of substance.
Jan 03 17:10:38 <~zoofman>	She bites its head off without actually gripping it or moving much.  Like, lurching over and CHOMP.
Jan 03 17:11:36 <Saryx>	"If you don't..." He starts to make the cookie 'walk' over to another, but before he gets that far, yup it got munched on.
Jan 03 17:11:41 <~zoofman>	"That would be a lot funnier if you weren't the only guy EITHER of us have slept with."
Jan 03 17:11:55 <~zoofman>	"Tasty though." She smiles and lays her head back down.
Jan 03 17:12:40 <Saryx>	She's not gonna get any R&R with Saryx laughing so damn hard. "Maaan, I didn't even get to the best part!"
Jan 03 17:13:04 <Saryx>	He reaches over to another cookie he broke apart so the remaining 'whole' was shaped like a rifle.
Jan 03 17:14:28 <Saryx>	"I'd hope the cookie would be tasty, though, being made in your mom's image aside. You did make 'em after all! ... You can do it again, though, if you want~" He also pulls over the second cookie.
Jan 03 17:15:02 <Saryx>	"The plan was we could both bite her head off at the same time, but it's a bit late for that now, isn't it?" :3
Jan 03 17:16:11 <~zoofman>	"You are so strangely sadistic." CHOMP.
Jan 03 17:18:06 <Saryx>	"If you think that's bad, wait until you see what I had in mind for Chione!" If she saw the notes Saryx scrawled up when she hauled his drunk ass back to the hotel that one time, she'd know about the leash.
Jan 03 17:18:20 <~zoofman>	"...Eh?"
Jan 03 17:20:16 <Saryx>	"She tried to put me on a leash when we were over in Thundercry. So I took the leash and alchemized it real good--I'm hoping by the end of the fight with her she'll be the one leashed!" Saryx goes full superhero, complete with dramatic posing. "No one tries to make a bitch out of Saryx Sylvestine and gets away with it~"
Jan 03 17:20:54 <~zoofman>	Trice sits up and stares at you. :|
Jan 03 17:21:17 <Saryx>	"... What?!?"
Jan 03 17:22:06 <~zoofman>	"You want to put a leash on her by the end of the 'fight'.  And she already put one on you."
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Jan 03 17:24:12 <Saryx>	"Nuh unh! She tried, but I stopped her before she could!"
Jan 03 17:24:19 <Saryx>	Missing the point completely.
Jan 03 17:25:09 <~zoofman>	"...I'm giving you ten seconds to start running." She gets up and starts to limp to her room.
Jan 03 17:26:21 <Saryx>	"... What...?!? ... What did I...?!?"
Jan 03 17:26:32 <Saryx>	Saryx is so confused.
Jan 03 17:26:48 <~zoofman>	"Oh Lysssaaaa!"
Jan 03 17:28:24 <Saryx>	". . ."
Jan 03 17:28:31 <Saryx>	"Oh, maaan!"
Jan 03 17:29:26 <~zoofman>	What do, Saryx?
Jan 03 17:30:15 <Saryx>	Hide.
Jan 03 17:30:51 <Saryx>	... Though Saryx is drunk, so he's probably gonna do something stupid like hide under an undressed table.
Jan 03 17:34:49 <~zoofman>	As you do that, Trice looks over as she enters her room to see your feeble attempts at self concealment, she tilts her head, shocked at how dumb that is, and comes out a few seconds later.  Not with Lysa, but with a blue haired yarn doll and needle. She kneels down and looks at you, then poke.  You feel a stabby pain in your left butt cheek.
Jan 03 17:36:52 <Saryx>	"Yeowch!" Saryx springs up in surprise and pain, only to bang his head against the underside of the table, eliciting another cry of pain.
Jan 03 17:37:59 <Saryx>	"What was...?!?" He feels where he thinks he got shot with a blowdart or something, aaand... Nothing. "... What did you...?!?" He turns to look at what Beatrice is even doing.
Jan 03 17:38:10 <Saryx>	... Aaaaand ohgodthat'savoodoodollofhimisn'tit?
Jan 03 17:38:38 <~zoofman>	"I cannot believe, just after I tell you about my bitch of a two timing ex, you immediately start talking about your freaky fetishy escapades with some other chick!" She's got a Ninetaled sized collar with her and looks pretty pissed.
Jan 03 17:38:49 <~zoofman>	She slips it on the doll and starts to tighten it.
Jan 03 17:40:38 <Saryx>	"Fetishy escapades? ... Wha-urgggh!" He's cut off mid-sentence by the squeezing sensation around his neck.
Jan 03 17:41:58 <Saryx>	He looked so lost before strangulation began to occur.
Jan 03 17:42:30 <~zoofman>	She loosens up just enough for you to try to say something.
Jan 03 17:49:05 <Saryx>	Saryx first gets a breath of fresh air as best as he can. "I-I... I didn't mean it the way you took it! In Thundercry, after I captured one of Grant's guys and brought her back to her place, she started chasing me around the lab trying to literally put a leash on me 'cause my plan I had to try and figure out what was going on with this maintenance facility blew our cover in the
Jan 03 17:49:05 <Saryx>	city which was why I had to capture her and it forced the whole thing with raiding the factory and a whole bunch of other stuff! I didn't mean it to be lewd, more a symbolic thing showing Chione she doesn't have any control over and can't dominate me!"
Jan 03 17:49:40 <Saryx>	He tried to rush that out as fast as he could before Beatrice had a chance to change her mind and asphyxiate him dead anyways.
Jan 03 17:50:49 <~zoofman>	"...Oh, why didn't you just say that in the first place dumby!?"
Jan 03 17:52:29 <Saryx>	"I didn't realize how bad that came out sounding to you until you pointed out how lewd you thought it was!"
Jan 03 17:53:40 <~zoofman>	She tosses the doll and leash aside and drunkenly glomps you under the table.  "What else was I gonna assume you meant!?  I was so mad at you, you idiot!"
Jan 03 17:55:10 <Saryx>	Now that she's not trying to actively strangle him, Saryx gets a nice, clean breath of fresh air! He learned to appreciate breathing a little more today~
Jan 03 17:56:49 <Saryx>	"I... Idunno, I thought it was obvious I was talking about a Gym Challenge! ... Then again, I... I guess we both had a bit too much to drink." He laughs a bit 'cause of how silly this all turned out to be in retrospect.
Jan 03 17:58:13 <Saryx>	Oh, and he totally drunkhugs her, too.
Jan 03 18:00:03 <~zoofman>	And then she initiates an awkward, arms flailing make-out session until she just...nods off under the table with you.
Jan 03 18:02:41 <Saryx>	Well, that was probably fun for all parties involved~ ... Though being under the table with a girl passed out on top of him probably isn't.
Jan 03 18:03:34 <Saryx>	Saryx pops open a PokeBall, letting out Yurnero. "... Hey, uhhh... Yurnero, think you could help me out here a moment?" This is why Saryx needs more Pokemon with actual hands.
Jan 03 18:04:50 <Saryx>	"Just moving the table. ... I can get her back to her room just fine once that's gone and out of the way."
Jan 03 18:04:52 <~zoofman>	The masked Samurott assesses the situation and slides the table aside. <I do not believe I wish to know what transpired here.>  He yoinks her up easily enough.
Jan 03 18:04:59 <~zoofman>	Or you do, either or.
Jan 03 18:08:32 <Saryx>	"Yeah, let's... Not tell anyone else about this, okay, Yurnero? Thanks~" He carefully gets himself out from Beatrice so he can get up and then scoop her up, then carries the girl back to her bedroom to tuck her in~
Jan 03 18:10:32 <~zoofman>	Well, Saryx seems to have forgotten one part, there's two snoozing Ninetales on the bed. One ghostly and white, the other an icy, light blue.
Jan 03 18:11:29 <Saryx>	... On the bed? ... Damnit.
Jan 03 18:11:44 <Saryx>	Knew he shoulda picked the couch.
Jan 03 18:12:05 <~zoofman>	Roll me Stealth if you approach the bed!
Jan 03 18:12:35 <Saryx>	1d6+2+2 Spending 1 AP, but >Saryx >Stealth
Jan 03 18:12:36 <DiceMaid-9001>	Saryx, Spending 1 AP, but >Saryx >Stealth: 5 [1d6=1]
Jan 03 18:14:00 <~zoofman>	Well you get her -on- the bed before the two Ninetales start to nod awake, at least.
Jan 03 18:14:53 <~zoofman>	Lysa drowsily looks at you, then sniffs, and starts to growl.  Seems she's still waking up.
Jan 03 18:17:15 <Saryx>	Decisions, decisions... Make sure Beatrice is properly tucked in and snuggled, or book it before Lysa wakes up? ... Saryx looses a sigh as he opts for the former.
Jan 03 18:19:56 <~zoofman>	You tuck her in and by the time you're done Lysa's fully awake, she sits up and snarls at you, showing teeth and everything.
Jan 03 18:22:16 <Saryx>	Saryx turns to face the snarling 'tales. Aaand now it's time for awkward confrontations. "... Hi there, Lysa... ... Sorry for waking you up..."
Jan 03 18:24:00 <Saryx>	"I was just... She fell asleep on the floor in the other room and I... I didn't want to just leave her there..."
Jan 03 18:25:45 <~zoofman>	She moves forward, trying to lead you away from the bed and out of the room.
Jan 03 18:30:49 <Saryx>	"... Yeah, I'll go... But you think we could just talk for a minute?" </Botherrer attempting to cue the pause>
Jan 03 18:34:08 <~zoofman>	</botherpauses>