Aside 32.1: KYAAA PETTING ZOOS

Sep 29 20:03:47 <~zoofman>	The zoofarrator has absolutely no idea when this takes place.  Sometime between the following morning to last session, and your next action.
Sep 29 20:04:16 <~zoofman>	In the event this makes little sense tomorrow, the zoofarrator blames celebis.
Sep 29 20:04:40 <~zoofman>	Saryx has convinced Beatrice, the Frontier Brain of Soul, to accompany him (and possibly his younger brother?) to the petting zoo section of the frontier.
Sep 29 20:04:43 <~zoofman>	This can only go swimmingly.
Sep 29 20:05:43 <~zoofman>	Let's begin a few hours after the conclusion to those PM's I left you with on Monday, Saryx.  What's your game plan here?
Sep 29 20:07:35 <Saryx>	Saryx would... Probably not want Eiric around considering the discussion that's about to take hold, so he'll toss Eiric the Dratini-cased phone (because he's not going to afflict the kid with social death even in a place where hardly anyone's gonna know who he is), some money so he doesn't starve and can go enjoy himself, and sends the kid off into the unknown so he and Beatrice
Sep 29 20:07:35 <Saryx>	can have some srsbsns talks over squeeing at the sight of cute babby Pokemon.
Sep 29 20:07:52 <Saryx>	That and who brings their little brother on first dates anyways?!?
Sep 29 20:08:21 <~zoofman>	:O EIRIC...well...
Sep 29 20:09:11 <~zoofman>	He is somewhat perplexed. "You mean I can go -everywhere- here by myself -and- get whatever I want with this..?"  And then bolts with a quick thanks.  One can only guess where that will go.
Sep 29 20:09:13 <Saryx>	Saryx says he can stop in later, but he does need time alone with Beatrice to discuss important things first.
Sep 29 20:10:02 <~zoofman>	Safe to say your brother will be occupied for a good amount of the day. Possibly with funnel cakes.
Sep 29 20:10:08 <~zoofman>	Cause seriously fuck yes funnel cakes.
Sep 29 20:10:16 <Saryx>	Bondye can only hope that he doesn't end up on such an insane sugar rush that he's swinging on the chandeliers of the Shiverwing bar with Alice in nothing but his underwear.
Sep 29 20:11:17 <Saryx>	But seriously, once he's collected enough, time to go see Beatrice! Meet her at the zoo, or catch her at the hotel first to walk together? Up to her.
Sep 29 20:11:33 <~zoofman>	 up to you, Saryx
Sep 29 20:12:02 <Saryx>	Okay, Saryx goes to meet her at the hotel first. Gives the zoofarrator time to type words while Bother gets dragged off to just take out the trash real quickly.
Sep 29 20:16:23 <~zoofman>	She answers the door and steps out as you arrive.  She's not really wearing something super cutesy, but instead jeans and a black blouse.  Also the ornate eye patch and a knitted rasta cap.  "Finally done sobering up, huh?  Do you -normally- get so fucked up someone has to keep an eye on you during the night?"
Sep 29 20:16:33 <~zoofman>	She doesn't really ask in a mean tone.  More curious.
Sep 29 20:18:25 <Saryx>	"It... Didn't happen much up until recently, no..." He's already turning out of range of eye contact as he speaks to her.
Sep 29 20:19:27 <~zoofman>	"I see."
Sep 29 20:19:31 <Saryx>	At least for a brief moment before he re-engages with an almost frantic energy. "But you heard from Chase about what was in the recipe... Err... Those armored suits?!? ... Sorry, breakfast cant."
Sep 29 20:19:41 »»	You are now known as Beatrice
Sep 29 20:20:28 <Saryx>	still caught in breakfast cant**
Sep 29 20:20:56 <Saryx>	"Being an Explorer's been waaay crazy. Sometimes you just need a drink or five to help process all the crazy things that have been going on!"
Sep 29 20:21:41 <~Beatrice>	Saryx breaks the awkward silence before it can happen!  "Oh.  Yeah.  That sounded pretty strange.  Dunno what -I- can do about it given everyone and ther blind great grandmother knows my face."
Sep 29 20:22:13 <~Beatrice>	"Don't doubt it.  You must see a lot of weird shit then huh?"
Sep 29 20:22:59 <~Beatrice>	"C'mon, let's go," She hurries toward an elevator.  "Why the petting zoo, anyway?"
Sep 29 20:24:16 <Saryx>	"You wouldn't believe what we've come across so far! ... Ooor maybe you would, considering your own thing you got wrapped up in at your school."
Sep 29 20:25:18 <Saryx>	"As per the petting zoo, well... I thought that was where you wanted to go?" Saryx scratches his head in confusion at her asking why the petting zoo. "... You did say you really liked the adorable Pokemon that were all there, didn't you?"
Sep 29 20:27:08 <~Beatrice>	"And you don't?  Figured that's what was up with the new tattoo you got over the last week or so."
Sep 29 20:29:12 <Saryx>	"Which one? This one on my arm or...?!?" He goes to look at his back, but then doublethinks that. "... Waaait, you probably haven't seen those ones yet. At least... I don't think you would have. ... I wasn't dancing on tabletops shirtless again, was I?!?"
Sep 29 20:29:19 <Saryx>	again last night**
Sep 29 20:29:58 <Saryx>	Beatrice really must be pondering how Saryx managed to charm her pantsu off that night at this point.
Sep 29 20:30:01 <~Beatrice>	Doesn't the Dragonair go all the way down his arm?
Sep 29 20:30:43 <Saryx>	Yeah, the Dragonair's all the way down his arm, with the head at his arm. He's talking about the chibi Dialga and Palkia ones on his back alongside Kal'fu.
Sep 29 20:30:57 <Saryx>	In terms of the ones Beatrice wouldn't have seen.
Sep 29 20:31:04 <~Beatrice>	She tilts her head.  "Huh?"
Sep 29 20:31:12 <~Beatrice>	"So you have more than that one..?" She points at your arm.
Sep 29 20:31:27 <~Beatrice>	"...It's not like, a Torchic on your ass or something right?"
Sep 29 20:31:40 <~Beatrice>	Ding! The elevator's here.  Thank god no one was inside to hear that.
Sep 29 20:32:09 <Saryx>	Saryx does a doubletake when the elevator dings because yeah that would've been awkward if someone heard that.
Sep 29 20:33:57 <Saryx>	"No, not like that! Kal'fu kind of branded me, so when I was at the tattoo parlor doing the recon which led to all of the things that went on in Thundercry, the girl who was restoring my first tattoo saw it, and she suggested adding more. They makes it look less like a tramp stamp than it did on its own."
Sep 29 20:34:18 <Saryx>	... They make** Damnit Bother what's wrong with your grammar?
Sep 29 20:35:01 <~Beatrice>	"..."
Sep 29 20:35:18 <~Beatrice>	"Uh. K."
Sep 29 20:35:50 <~Beatrice>	She seems to need some time to digest this and there's a bit of an awkward silence as you guys ride down and start your way over to the petting zoo.
Sep 29 20:36:18 <Saryx>	... That was probably really awkward to bring up, too, wasn't it? "... Buuut yeah, Dratini and all the Pokemon that evolve from it are all my personal favorites! And the thought came up while I was flipping through their design books and... And... I should just shut up for now, shouldn't I?" is what precedes said awkward silence.
Sep 29 20:36:23 <~Beatrice>	The Venomtalon side of the place doesn't actually have -any- houses, just some big tents.  The petting zoo is clearly marked.  Seems to go in two directions, a farm theme, and a bug theme.
Sep 29 20:37:29 <~Beatrice>	"I don't got a really good history with that shitty little lizard," she finally says.
Sep 29 20:37:51 <~Beatrice>	"Last thing I needed to imagine is a tramp stamp of him."
Sep 29 20:39:02 <~Beatrice>	"Nothing against you but if he shows his face I'm punting his scalely little ass as far as it can go."
Sep 29 20:40:15 <Saryx>	"... Sorry... I wouldn't have thought you'd had a bad history with Kal'fu that he was hanging around your estate. ... Though that would also do a whole lot to explain why he was locked out." He's lost in the thought a moment. "But yeah, I'm sorry about bringing up the mental image. And I'll pass the message on later when I see him next."
Sep 29 20:40:46 <~Beatrice>	"Oh, he knows."
Sep 29 20:41:03 <~Beatrice>	"It's half the reason he's all 'uuguuu' outside the damn place half the time nowadays."
Sep 29 20:42:01 <~Beatrice>	She seems to be waiting on you to pick a direction, farm or jungle?
Sep 29 20:42:18 <Saryx>	Farm seems like it'd have the cuter animals, but bugs seem like Beatrice was more 'hnnnngh~' over them.
Sep 29 20:42:31 <Saryx>	So he leads her the direction of the farm first, saving the better of the two for last.
Sep 29 20:44:42 <~Beatrice>	You are almost immediately greeted with Mareeps.  Perfectly groomed ones in an open field with cute little bow ties.  They even got a little fence they can hop over to join another pen, filled with puppies.
Sep 29 20:45:03 <Saryx>	". . ."
Sep 29 20:45:09 <Saryx>	Saryx staaares for a good moment or two.
Sep 29 20:45:19 <~Beatrice>	Growlithes, Lilipups, and Houndours, all yipping and rolling around in the grass.
Sep 29 20:45:25 <Saryx>	In a 'Ohmygodthisisthemostkawaiifuckingshitever' kind of reverie.
Sep 29 20:45:58 <Saryx>	He bites down on his lip to stifle a massive 'Hnnngh~' as best he can. ... Which isn't particularly well.
Sep 29 20:46:10 <Saryx>	"I... They... This place.."
Sep 29 20:46:24 <~Beatrice>	Beatrice walks over and scoops up a Growlithe before a young girl can get to it - mind you, the demographics here are more diverse than you'd think.
Sep 29 20:46:55 <~Beatrice>	You got kids with their parents, people in groups and couples from their late teens till late 40's, and a few old folks as well.  This exhibit's pretty popular given how this region is.
Sep 29 20:47:51 <~Beatrice>	"Oh whose a cute little puppy?  How about you go play with one of the Mareeps?" She puts it down and the pup darts off to play with a mareep, chasing it back and forth as they hop over the fence.
Sep 29 20:49:45 <Saryx>	Saryx fails at forming a proper response (though he most certainly does try), before giving up on words and making his way over to the fluffiest damned Mareep he can find, making an imbecilic display of himself equal in magnitude to Beatrice's.
Sep 29 20:51:13 <~Beatrice>	This goes on for a while before people start to mumble and point and gesture at Trice.  She's not exactly hard to recognize.  When this happens she pats the sheep and growlithe and looks toward the other pens.
Sep 29 20:53:31 <Saryx>	It takes Saryx a second to be shocked into awareness of the fact Beatrice was relocating, and dismisses the Mareep he'd been playing with before quickly returning to her side.
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Sep 29 20:57:31 <~Beatrice>	"So, lemee see if I got this all.  You made some sorta agreement with him cause you felt guilty about what you did cause of your fear of Ghosts, and I by chance wandered across your Ninetales, which is pretty damn pissed at you because of what you did."
Sep 29 20:57:45 <~Beatrice>	"And this fear also was the reason you didn't challenge my mom with your buddies."
Sep 29 20:59:32 <Saryx>	"It... Really is as dumb as you're making it out to be, yeah..."
Sep 29 20:59:56 <~Beatrice>	Next up is the Ponytas!
Sep 29 21:00:14 <Saryx>	Again, he ceases eye contact when muttering that one.
Sep 29 21:00:45 <~Beatrice>	They are actual ponies, and there's a spot where little kids are riding them.  This one rather fat kid is sitting on one of these ponies, and is so large that the pony can't even move, it's just crying in place.
Sep 29 21:00:51 <~Beatrice>	It's a pretty hilarious sight, to be honest.
Sep 29 21:01:24 <~Beatrice>	Beatrice puts a hand over her face and laughs as the parents start to try to force this kid off the suffering creature.
Sep 29 21:02:29 <Saryx>	Saryx has to turn his whole body away and just distance himself as he suppresses his bout of laughter.
Sep 29 21:03:34 <~Beatrice>	"Let's just...keep moving."
Sep 29 21:04:40 <Saryx>	He comes back about... Thirty seconds later, wiping a tear from his eye. "Yyyeah, before I give Kal'fu another reason to lay claim to my soul."
Sep 29 21:07:11 <Saryx>	Shuffle shuffle.
Sep 29 21:07:30 <~Beatrice>	Onto the next one then! You've seen enough Ponytas due to a certain ponyta fanatic anyway.  Next up is CATS and BIRDS.  If Dahlia and Rosetta were an item this would become their new home.  Lots of common birdies around here, along with most the feline ones.  Trice kneels down and pulls out a ball of yarn from her purse to play with a Skitty.
Sep 29 21:07:38 <~Beatrice>	It rolls on its back and paws at the ball.
Sep 29 21:08:43 <Saryx>	"You sure came prepared to play with 'em all, hunh?"
Sep 29 21:09:08 <~Beatrice>	"Sorta.  I got a habit of carrying around knitting equiptment."
Sep 29 21:09:27 <Saryx>	Saryx thinks a moment what he can bring out to play with the cats himself.
Sep 29 21:10:24 <~Beatrice>	"I've been sorta stumped on what to try to do to present you with a challenge for that badge, to be honest.  There's no way you could last even 30 seconds in a fight against any of my Pokemon, and you seem a lot more unphased by ghosts than you were then."
Sep 29 21:10:40 <~Beatrice>	"So far as that's concerned, you're gonna have to wait some."
Sep 29 21:10:45 <Saryx>	Before pulling out... His Horsea lure from around his neck. He covers the hook end of it up with something on his person that would make it impossible for the pets to become ensnared on the pointy end, and dangles it out to draw the attention of a Shinx.
Sep 29 21:10:54 <~Beatrice>	"The fact I have your Ninetales sorta helps, though."
Sep 29 21:11:17 <Saryx>	"Hey, you don't think I'd get wrecked that bad, do you?!?"
Sep 29 21:11:26 <~Beatrice>	The Shinx hops up and bites on it, sticking on like a caught fish!
Sep 29 21:11:34 <~Beatrice>	It wrangles around mid air
Sep 29 21:11:53 <~Beatrice>	"Oh yeah I'm pretty sure you'd be flattened."
Sep 29 21:12:02 <~Beatrice>	"Like a stunfisk.  Damned stunfisks."
Sep 29 21:13:15 <Saryx>	Saryx is not at all pleased by this accusation.
Sep 29 21:13:48 <~Beatrice>	She's rather neutral about it, not at all smug.  Like, it's factual information.
Sep 29 21:14:02 <Saryx>	"... But... But..." Then he realizes he has no damned clue what a Stunfisk is.
Sep 29 21:14:31 <~Beatrice>	She quickly knits up a little magikarp shaped toy for the Skitty and fills it with cotton.  It runs off with it to hide it from the other kitties.
Sep 29 21:14:45 <Saryx>	He puts down the lure a second to go and get his phone out, aaand... Realizes he gave the good one to Eiric. "... What's a Stunfisk, exactly?"
Sep 29 21:15:17 <~Beatrice>	Beatrice gets up and stares at you like this is a bad joke.
Sep 29 21:15:28 <~Beatrice>	"Wait, you're serious." *Sigh* She takes out her phone and shows you.
Sep 29 21:16:56 <Saryx>	Saryx lowers his glasses as he gets a better look at it. ". . . Maaan, those things really look pathetic. ... And you... You really think I'd get stomped that bad."
Sep 29 21:19:27 <Saryx>	"Me and the rest of the Braves have gotten pretty tough since we first started! I'm certain me and my Pokemon could put up a good fight!" ... He says this not really taking into consideration the fact this girl's a fucking Frontier Brain.
Sep 29 21:20:29 <~Beatrice>	She thinks about it. "Okay maybe a minute if you purposely stalled."
Sep 29 21:21:04 <~Beatrice>	"Why the long face?"  She hops up the Shinx you were playing with :3
Sep 29 21:22:18 <Saryx>	The fact she's not being smug about this is only serving to irk Saryx more.
Sep 29 21:23:58 <~Beatrice>	"...What?  Is this about the stunfisk thing?"
Sep 29 21:28:00 <Saryx>	"Yes. It's like you're saying everything me and my team have gone through would mean absolutely nothing against you without even giving me a chance to prove otherwise!"
Sep 29 21:28:22 <Saryx>	He's just... Kind of begging to get his shit caved in now, isn't he?
Sep 29 21:28:57 <~Beatrice>	"Um. I think you're taking this a biiiit personally."
Sep 29 21:29:22 <~Beatrice>	She's continuing to try to bait you with the Shinx, but seeing as that doesn't seem to be working, she puts it down.
Sep 29 21:31:09 <Saryx>	"... Sorry..." He picks the Shinx up after she puts it down and starts petting it himself. "I really don't take being teased or poked fun at well is all..."
Sep 29 21:33:09 <~Beatrice>	"Alright, fine, sorry," she doesn't really get what she said.
Sep 29 21:34:39 <Saryx>	"... So, uhhh..." He gets his lure back from the Shinx and pulls himself up off the ground. "... Next part of the zoo?"
Sep 29 21:35:08 <~Beatrice>	She doesn't really start much conversation after that.  After a bit she moves onto the Grass Type section, which is filled with things like Cottonees and Whimiscotts and some of the more adorable Grass Types.  But that appears to be the majority of the farm side, other than a few baby Miltanks.
Sep 29 21:35:15 <~Beatrice>	Was there something Saryx wanted to talk to her about?
Sep 29 21:36:35 <Saryx>	This hit a rather awkward point, sooo... He's hoping something crops up to spark up conversation of more substance than 'Oooh look at the cute X' in the jungle side.
Sep 29 21:37:26 <~Beatrice>	Well, eventually you guys round back to the entrance, where the left path has the jungle portion.
Sep 29 21:37:39 <~Beatrice>	She pauses there, looking down that path.
Sep 29 21:37:54 <Saryx>	"Something the matter?"
Sep 29 21:39:58 <~Beatrice>	"Naw, not really," She starts down the jungle path.
Sep 29 21:39:59 <Saryx>	The pause seemed a bit out of place. He looks down the path himself to see what might be going on thataway.
Sep 29 21:41:39 <Saryx>	"... Oh... Seemed kinda sudden you just stopped in place there, but if you're sure it's nothing..." He follows along after.
Sep 29 21:42:53 <~Beatrice>	"Just was seeing if anyone's down here."  This path is a lot less structured, like the other side was, and more opens up to a region with lots of jungle forestation.
Sep 29 21:44:36 <Saryx>	"Well, it's part of the park and the petting zoo, isn't it? I'd think someone would be around here if this were the path we're supposed to take."
Sep 29 21:44:49 <Saryx>	The hell is this girl thinking worrying about other people being here?
Sep 29 21:44:59 <Saryx>	's the question on Saryx' mind.
Sep 29 21:45:25 <~Beatrice>	Well, come to think of it, there's not a lot of people around this part.
Sep 29 21:45:43 <~Beatrice>	Which you almost immediately learn the answer as to why as something drops onto your head.
Sep 29 21:46:21 <~Beatrice>	Beatrice kneels down reaches into a bush to pull out a Skorupi with a rather childish grin on her face. "Aaaaaaw look at you!"
Sep 29 21:48:38 <Saryx>	A surprised "Aaaaagh!" and a clamping of his hands down upon whatever just plopped upon him to pull it off are his immediate reactions. He jerks it off his head and brings it to face level, assuming it doesn't put up so much of a fight that he can't remove the creature from its head.
Sep 29 21:48:42 <Saryx>	from his head**
Sep 29 21:49:57 <~Beatrice>	It's a Ledyba
Sep 29 21:50:07 <~Beatrice>	It squirms around all friendly as you look at it :3
Sep 29 21:50:26 <Saryx>	Shock gives way to relief, accompanied by a sigh expressing it.
Sep 29 21:50:28 <~Beatrice>	Beatrice starts to hug this poor Skorupi rather hard.  You think it's having a hard time breathing.  Some of the other bugs start to poke their heads out.
Sep 29 21:51:32 <~Beatrice>	Karrablasts, Weedles, Wurmples, Caterpies, Venonats, a lone Larvesta...honestly there aren't many smaller bugs that aren't here.
Sep 29 21:51:40 <~Beatrice>	A shellmet raspberries at you from a tree branch, Saryx
Sep 29 21:51:42 <Saryx>	"... Ohhh... It's just a... A..." Saryx struggles to think on just what this thing is before recalling it from one of his uguu animus. "Oh, a Ledyba! You gave me a real good scare there, y'know!"
Sep 29 21:51:44 <~Beatrice>	=3=
Sep 29 21:52:31 <Saryx>	He plays with the Ledyba some before realizing Beatrice is strangling the Skorupi to death. "Uhhh, Beatrice?"
Sep 29 21:52:34 <Saryx>	Point point at the Skorupi.
Sep 29 21:52:50 <Saryx>	"You might wanna loosen your grip on it, maybe. Looks like it's hurting some there."
Sep 29 21:53:25 <~Beatrice>	"Oh he's fine!" He's totally not fine.
Sep 29 21:53:44 <~Beatrice>	But she loosens her vice grip as the other bugs show up.  She dives into a bunch of them and scoops up as many as she can.
Sep 29 21:54:47 <~Beatrice>	"Hahaha! So many of them.  They are usually shy when other guests are around!"
Sep 29 21:55:25 <Saryx>	"Really? You'd think they'd pick Pokemon who are warm and friendly to represent in the petting zoo."
Sep 29 21:55:37 <Saryx>	He scratches his head.
Sep 29 21:55:48 <Saryx>	... Then sniffs the air.
Sep 29 21:56:15 <~Beatrice>	What are you looking for, Saryx?
Sep 29 21:57:07 <Saryx>	Any scent that's not something commonplace in a jungle.
Sep 29 21:57:32 <~Beatrice>	Naw nothing out of the ordinary.
Sep 29 21:57:36 <Saryx>	He recalled Miss Rhasha saying something about pheromones for insects.
Sep 29 21:57:50 <~Beatrice>	Though as you sniff around a Joltik plops onto your shirt.
Sep 29 21:57:57 <~Beatrice>	Well, you couldn't smell those now could you? :P
Sep 29 21:58:28 <~Beatrice>	"I think it's more the young kids don't really like them as much." She is literally covered in bugs and looks estatic about it.
Sep 29 21:59:08 <Saryx>	"... You smell anything funny in the air, Beatrice? Might be somethaaaaastopstartlingmelikethis!" He takes a step and a tumble back.
Sep 29 21:59:42 <Saryx>	An apology is given to the Joltik immediately after, but he's very much not a fan of all these 'and suddenly something new is crawling on you's.
Sep 29 22:00:28 <~Beatrice>	"Audino."
Sep 29 22:00:41 <Saryx>	"Just wish they were more straightforward with the introductions. They are cute, but they really need to make their presence less sudden."
Sep 29 22:01:00 <~Beatrice>	"And yeah, that reaction! Not the warmest reception.  This part was more a test.  They plan to make one for each of the little sections."
Sep 29 22:01:16 <~Beatrice>	You get a bunch more Joltiks jumping on you.
Sep 29 22:01:57 <Saryx>	... Okay, this probably has Saryx struggling not to roll around in laughter from their little footsies tickling him so as to not flatten the lot of 'em.
Sep 29 22:02:50 <~Beatrice>	"Joltiks really seem to like you, huh?"
Sep 29 22:04:14 <Saryx>	"Yeaheheh... They realleeheehee do!" He's not catching onto the coincidence right this second of Alice more or less being half Joltik.
Sep 29 22:05:44 <~Beatrice>	"Wasn't talking about just those ones."
Sep 29 22:06:49 <Saryx>	Thinking on the comment it wouldn't take that long for him to get it if his mind wasn't being muddled by swarms of Joltik.
Sep 29 22:06:57 <Saryx>	Sooo it takes about fifteen seconds for him to catch on.
Sep 29 22:07:57 <Saryx>	"... Ohhh..." He's struggling to communicate between laughing his head off and trying to catch breaths in between. "You meant Alice by that, didn't you?"
Sep 29 22:09:32 <~Beatrice>	"Good thing no one's here, huh?"
Sep 29 22:10:39 <~Beatrice>	"I don't think you gotta worry about that any more.  The two of us talked about the whole thing.  She's got some issues but seems to accept why you treated her the way you did."
Sep 29 22:11:55 <Saryx>	"I kiiind of noticed with the choice of songs she picked up at the bar the other day."
Sep 29 22:13:38 <Saryx>	"... I still have to sit down and actually talk to her some time later, though. Like, I told Alice that day in the lighthouse I still wanted to get to know her even though all this mess happened. ... Even if she doesn't really know who she is herself."
Sep 29 22:15:13 <~Beatrice>	"Are -you- okay with how this has all turned out?  I mean..." When you say that she nods. "Yeah, figured you'd need to as well.  Just warning you though, that whole thing...well, it woke something the fuck up in her, so probably should choose your words wiser than you did then."
Sep 29 22:17:14 <Saryx>	"Yeah, I figure I really gotta walk on thin ice with her, unless I want to cause that to happen again, especially here in a place where thousands upon thousands of people from all over the world are on vacation."
Sep 29 22:18:28 <Saryx>	"We're trying to keep things under wraps, I think, so the public isn't all too informed about what's going on, but if something like that happened here of all places, I'm real sure that'd blow the whole thing sky high."
Sep 29 22:19:08 <~Beatrice>	"Hah."
Sep 29 22:19:43 <~Beatrice>	"Let's just say that's only gonna last so long, but it isn't entirely a bad thing.  Way harder to assassinate someone than a random attack."
Sep 29 22:24:28 <Saryx>	"Well, Grant isn't above random attacks, sooo... Once he knows we're gonna have to move her again." ... How he's having a serious conversation while being beset by Joltiks tickling him half to death is anyone's guess.
Sep 29 22:24:57 <Saryx>	Seriously for all we know they could be tickling him to distract him as they ensnare him in webs and prepare to feast upon his flesh or something and he's just sitting there laughing between words.
Sep 29 22:25:28 <~Beatrice>	More like snuggling all over him
Sep 29 22:26:43 <Saryx>	"... Are you sure we can't take these guys home?"
Sep 29 22:27:03 <~Beatrice>	"I'm still a bit bewildered how crazy this situation is - and just how awkwardly you became involved in it.  And no, we cannot."
Sep 29 22:27:59 <Saryx>	"... Iii'm going to need to go back to Venomtalon some time soon, then." Added to Saryx' wishlist: Joltiks.
Sep 29 22:28:42 <Saryx>	"And yeah, this whole thing started on a real weird note. I'm still not even sure what happened the night I got dragged into this whole mess."
Sep 29 22:29:17 <~Beatrice>	Trice slowly gets up herself, still covered in the bugs as well.  "Why haven't you looked into it at all?"
Sep 29 22:31:28 <Saryx>	"It's not like we don't know where to go. It's just we've been getting dragged into one thing after another and between the time of those we've all been, like, '... Yeah we need ourselves a break after that' once we're done with whatever does come up."
Sep 29 22:33:15 <Saryx>	"I'd brought it up once before before, but compared to other stuff at the time I did it wasn't really pressing in comparison. And right now we still have those Bidoof playing Super Robot Wars and Where's Waldo at the same time in the museum, waiting for who knows what to happen before wreaking havoc upon the city."
Sep 29 22:33:52 <~Beatrice>	"Whatever happened there was probably the root cause of all this nonsense.  Dunno why your buddies would think that isn't importantant.  Next time you get free we should probably least try to.  I gotta get down there anyway for that remedy I'm working on for that damned poison I made."
Sep 29 22:37:25 <Saryx>	"Yeah, I was planning to make my way down there eventually, if not for that then because my Dad lives there and he's real overdue for a visit, and I was planning to bring Alice along, too. Figure she would want to hear what happened there herself."
Sep 29 22:40:01 <~Beatrice>	"...Yeah, probably, I guess."
Sep 29 22:41:46 <Saryx>	"... Well, at least I was before. Now I'm kind of worried we might have another metldown on our hands when she does find out."
Sep 29 22:44:26 <~Beatrice>	"We'll worry about that later," she shrugs.  Some of the bugs fall off her.
Sep 29 22:44:42 <Saryx>	Saryx bursts into laughter as they do.
Sep 29 22:44:50 <Saryx>	Seriously, it's pretty hilarious.
Sep 29 22:45:10 <Saryx>	Especially with all the 'eeee'-ish noises they probably made as they screamed out in surprise.
Sep 29 22:45:24 <Saryx>	He debates moving to help those bugs up.
Sep 29 22:45:37 <Saryx>	But then decides against it, quite content with where he currently is.
Sep 29 22:45:43 <Saryx>	And his current company of Joltik.
Sep 29 22:45:45 <~Beatrice>	"I'll be honest - I was a bit surprised you actually -listened- to me mention that when I said it the other day and remembered it.  So thanks - I really like this place a lot."
Sep 29 22:45:53 <~Beatrice>	of, plenty of eeeee's
Sep 29 22:46:01 <~Beatrice>	that skorupi is still gasping for breath on the side.
Sep 29 22:46:46 <Saryx>	"You seemed so excited about it before!"
Sep 29 22:46:50 <Saryx>	"And I can clearly see why!"
Sep 29 22:46:58 <Saryx>	He gestures to the mob of Joltik that are snuggling up to him.
Sep 29 22:47:20 <Saryx>	As best as he can without causing a roaring avalanche to tumble off of Mount Saryx.
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Sep 29 22:47:43 <~Beatrice>	A few fall off with small 'eeeee's anyway.
Sep 29 22:47:53 <Saryx>	He stares.
Sep 29 22:47:55 <Saryx>	"... Oops."
Sep 29 22:48:12 <~Beatrice>	She laughs.  "Not everyone likes bugs.  Hence this place isn't super popular."
Sep 29 22:48:25 <Saryx>	With some having already fallen off, he carefully helps the remainder of the swarm off of him before getting up off the ground.
Sep 29 22:49:08 <Saryx>	"Well, two of my companions are bugs! One of whom is a big fan of knitting, too~"
Sep 29 22:49:44 <~Beatrice>	"Really now?"
Sep 29 22:49:54 <Saryx>	He reaches for a PokeBall, but stops to think on that, looking to Beatrice for confirmation. "... Are we allowed to release our own Pokemon out here, or is that against the rules? If it is, I'll introduce you to Vegr later."
Sep 29 22:50:34 <Saryx>	"But yeah, Vegr's a Leavanny. She helped me and Alice out with our costumes for the Ball!"
Sep 29 22:51:39 <~Beatrice>	"It can wait till later.  Wait, huh? Reaaaallly..."
Sep 29 22:51:48 <Saryx>	Saryx nodnods.
Sep 29 22:53:36 <~Beatrice>	"That's interesting.  Those were really well done."
Sep 29 22:54:31 <~Beatrice>	"Wonder what it'd think of my own work.  Probably scare it senseless." She chuckles.
Sep 29 22:55:36 <Saryx>	"You and her can definitely hang out afterwards, then!" Note for Saryx to self: Actively paying attention to the things girls say and do is a big plus.
Sep 29 22:55:46 <Saryx>	In their perspective of the listener.
Sep 29 22:57:32 <~Beatrice>	You guys play around with the bugs for a while, but eventually it gets around time for you to meet up with your brother and see what you guys are gonna do about this museum, so you two start to make your way out after gently getting the bugs off you.
Sep 29 22:57:38 <~Beatrice>	Gentling being, as few 'eeeee's as possible.
Sep 29 22:58:08 <Saryx>	... We probably decided that their eeee-ing was too cute not to intentionally do it once or twice, didn't we?
Sep 29 22:58:25 <Saryx>	Not with malicious intent, but hnnnngh~socute.
Sep 29 22:58:26 <~Beatrice>	Probably. (Yes, of course.)
Sep 29 22:58:56 <Saryx>	Excellent.
Sep 29 22:59:33 <Saryx>	Saryx' facial hair just got a little bit curlier and pointier as a result of this act of depravity. ... Well, it would've if he didn't shave regularly.
Sep 29 22:59:55 <Saryx>	'cause it kind of isn't there because of that.
Sep 29 23:00:41 <~Beatrice>	On the way back to the hotel, Trice stops and thinks in place a bit.  "I'm still sorta confused what you're looking for here, specially after how we met.  Least I can say I'm glad you're not any -more- like my ex than need be."
Sep 29 23:02:45 <Saryx>	"... Any more than your ex?"
Sep 29 23:02:48 <Saryx>	He's nervous.
Sep 29 23:02:51 <Saryx>	Definitely nervous.
Sep 29 23:02:56 <Saryx>	Being compared to an ex is always bad.
Sep 29 23:04:40 <~Beatrice>	"Well...you have the same hair color sorta, but it's more he wanted my help cause he was being bullied, and also had an issue with ghosts at first.  Oh, then he made a pact with that stupid lizard as well.  That's when I found out he was actually a she...annnd that's where the similarities sorta stop."
Sep 29 23:05:39 <Saryx>	"I would hope they'd stop at 'that's when I found out he was a she.'"
Sep 29 23:05:48 <Saryx>	". . ."
Sep 29 23:06:36 <Saryx>	". . . Hold on one second, I just need to double check and make sure." He turns 180 as if to check before making it a full 360.
Sep 29 23:06:44 <Saryx>	With a goofy smile adorning his face.
Sep 29 23:07:29 <~Beatrice>	"It was a terrible, slow, painful downward spiral after that."  She seems confused what you're doing
Sep 29 23:09:24 <Saryx>	Is her intuition that low that paired up with 'I need to doublecheck' followed up by turning around to do so wouldn't suggest to her that this kid's trying to be silly and be "... Wait, I need to make sure I'm still a boy. ... Or at least haven't been castrated yet."?
Sep 29 23:09:41 <~Beatrice>	(Oh, no, -I- didn't get that it was a joke.)
Sep 29 23:11:41 <~Beatrice>	"Pft.  Gender isn't a huge deal to me anyway.  But what are you looking for here, anyway?"
Sep 29 23:14:33 <Saryx>	"Well..." Saryx takes a nervous gulp. Wall of text incoming.
Sep 29 23:22:41 <Saryx>	"My dad's raised me to believe that a family's the best thing someone will ever have in their life. Someone to love and care for, to be loved and cared for by, to trust and be trusted by, and share all life has to offer with... My Mom and Dad, they don't live together, but they're real happy with and really love and care for each other, even though they don't share each other's
Sep 29 23:22:41 <Saryx>	company all too often. We talk over video chat at dinner, the bunch of us, whenever we can, and just seeing how they act I can tell they really do love each other. Hell, the fact they had Eiric after the mess that ended up with me becoming a thing is probably proof alone. That's an experience I both want to have for myself and to be able to give to someone else. And while Mom
Sep 29 23:22:42 <Saryx>	and Dad coming together turned out to be a bad situation they managed to make the best of, I... Well, it probably doesn't match up any with what happened with us after the ball, but I really want to make sure that I really find the right girl to share that experience with." ... Aaand then the last part falls out real awkwardly and kind of quieted. "... Especially considering
Sep 29 23:22:47 <Saryx>	the deal I made with Kal'fu..."
Sep 29 23:24:48 <~Beatrice>	She seems a bit startled. "Woah.  That's a bit...heavy for a first date.  Sorta.  Uh."
Sep 29 23:25:10 <~Beatrice>	"Let's slow down the family talk alright? I don't -think- you meant it that way..."
Sep 29 23:28:57 <Saryx>	"I mean, yeah it's not like I meant it that way it's really too soon to be thinking about kids, but... You know what I'm trying to say, right? Like..." He flounders about quite awkwardly with this before he gets to what he's trying to say in that yes, it's definitely something he's keeping in the back of his mind the prospect of a family because he really wouldn't want some
Sep 29 23:28:57 <Saryx>	crazy psychobitch taking care of his future daughter or son (He's not really sure which the Misdreavus was or if it's any relevant to what the new offspring will be)... But at the same time he's not shoving his head so far up his ass about it that he's removed from the here and now.
Sep 29 23:30:26 <Saryx>	... Iiif that makes any sense at all to her or zoof. If not he just gives up and 'Forget I said anything, okay' 's it.
Sep 29 23:31:14 <~Beatrice>	Oh no it's more the FAMILY, MARRIAGE, KIDS right off the bat.
Sep 29 23:32:12 <~Beatrice>	She seems a bit off tilt by the direction the conversation went.  "Right, right, I get it, so you -are- serious, huh."
Sep 29 23:32:15 <Saryx>	Yeah, he more is trying to say he really isn't just looking for a quick hump and dump.
Sep 29 23:35:16 <Saryx>	"... But yeah, sorry about getting you on edge about that, Beatrice..."
Sep 29 23:35:29 <Saryx>	"Didn't really do a good job at explaining myself there, hunh?"
Sep 29 23:36:41 <~Beatrice>	"Oh don't worry I've had worse asked of me way sooner.  Uh.  Hmm...  Alright.  We'll see where this goes.  Can we try to keep it discrete, at least?  I don't really wanna deal with what that Ammy girl deals with now, I guess."
Sep 29 23:38:24 <Saryx>	"Oh Bondye, no! I wouldn't want to deal with that either!"
Sep 29 23:39:02 <Saryx>	Saryx cringes at the thought. "It looked awful enough for Anna she has to walk around in disguise whenever she leaves her house."
Sep 29 23:40:43 <~Beatrice>	"Okay, good.  Just...well probably shouldn't hang out too much in public like we did today.  Least not in big cities, alright?" You guys get on the elevator up to the hotel rooms and her floor, then.  Any closing actions or remarks before you guys part ways?
Sep 29 23:41:26 <Saryx>	Saryx leavannies Vegr with Beatrice so they can knit together :>
Sep 29 23:42:51 <Saryx>	... He's tempted to check up on Lysa, but decided against it for now, unless Beatrice drags him in by force, electing to give the girl her PokeBall.
Sep 29 23:43:46 <~Beatrice>	Daawwww.   Trice seems rather excited to meet Vegr.  She takes the ball if you force her to, but she has no intention of showing it to Lysa at the moment.
Sep 29 23:44:50 <Saryx>	Well, it's not forcing, so if she doesn't want to take it he's not forcing it on her. He more just figured since she's watching Lysa now she should hold onto it in case of some emergency.
Sep 29 23:46:10 <~Beatrice>	Alright, you two part ways for now then as she leaves you to your business with the other Braves!
Sep 29 23:49:53 <~Beatrice>	</pettingzoo>
Sep 29 23:51:06 <Saryx>	Saryx' opinion of his first date as he heads back to the hotel room? ... Prooobably goofed up a shitton, but it could've gone worse, too! And seemed he did some good things, too! Overall not a total failure! He'll enjoy the rest of the day with Eiric before he has to bring him back to Darkfeather and to the ever dreaded school. ... He'd really wish he could just keep him over for
Sep 29 23:51:07 <Saryx>	the weekend since going back for one day before the weekend at this point would be silly but his mom?!? Yeaaah not happening.