Battle Buffet

Dec 11 20:17:01 <castfromhp> Okay! After concluding your Gym Challenge in Littlerose, it's finally the time for the Battle Buffet challenge you've arranged in Dahlia!
Dec 11 20:19:30 * Cable is now known as Dann-
Dec 11 20:19:43 <Night_Shade> "Alright, guys, I only had two breakfasts, I'm all ready for the Battle Banquet."
Dec 11 20:20:39 <Adrienne> ""Two breakfasts?" She looks disbelieving.
Dec 11 20:20:59 <Night_Shade> "Yeah?" Night looks more confused than normal.
Dec 11 20:21:03 <Dann-> "I've been fasting."
Dec 11 20:21:28 <Dann-> "Only two??"
Dec 11 20:21:31 <castfromhp> It turns out Blintz has been doing a lot of the behind-the-scenes legwork for y'all to get this set up, reaching out to people and making efforts to hide the lab's involvement in this tournament. She's arranged for a hotel room in  Dahlia to use as a home base for the duration of the tournament, in case you didn't want to personally be present at the restaurant.
Dec 11 20:21:36 <Lucian> "Remember, we're going to need you to kind of sandbag for this.:
Dec 11 20:21:39 * Dann- inspects Night's figure with concern.
Dec 11 20:21:39 <Night_Shade> "Yeah, I feel like I'm dying."
Dec 11 20:21:47 <Lucian> "So...please don't go balls out"
Dec 11 20:22:28 <Night_Shade> "Sandbag? What -exactly- do you want me to do here?"
Dec 11 20:22:47 <Dann-> "Don't utterly crush the competition?"
Dec 11 20:23:32 <Adrienne> "Oh right, I forgot you eat like you're actually four people," she says to Night.
Dec 11 20:23:40 <Night_Shade> Night is slightly dressed up for today, wearing a nice blazer, and a bowtie with little Drifloons on it. He's finishing some stitchwork on Mimikyu's disguise, which is looking vastly cleanier and neater than before.
Dec 11 20:24:01 * Lucian adjusts the bowtie, "A bit tacky, but it works."
Dec 11 20:24:27 <castfromhp> Blintz swipes away on her phone, playing the newly released Manetric Run. "You sure you want to enter yourselves?"
Dec 11 20:25:00 <Adrienne> "I'm kinda not sure I do want to."
Dec 11 20:25:53 <Night_Shade> "Tacky? This is cute as hell. I get mad puss in this."
Dec 11 20:26:25 <Adrienne> "No, it looks stupid."
Dec 11 20:26:29 <castfromhp> Blintz looks over at you, Adrienne. "Well, if we infected you with super pokerus then maybe your hair color would change again and no one would recognize you..."
Dec 11 20:26:30 <Lucian> "Tacky-cute is a thing, sure. But I wouldn't to attract people who think I'm being ironic."
Dec 11 20:27:03 <Lucian> wouldn't want*
Dec 11 20:27:07 <Night_Shade> "I thought I'd enter cause of course I would."
Dec 11 20:27:21 <castfromhp> "Fair enough, but what's with the get-up?"
Dec 11 20:27:28 <Night_Shade> "Wouldn't it be suspicious if I didn't show up to an all you can eat Battle Bar Mitzvah?"
Dec 11 20:27:32 <Adrienne> "I'm not going to get the next stage of Pokerus if I can help it."
Dec 11 20:28:06 <Lucian> "Please don't say that once you're out there. We don't need the Anti Defamation League coming down on us."
Dec 11 20:28:06 <Dann-> "At least one of us entering is probably fine. Are we trying to hide the fact that we're all here though?"
Dec 11 20:28:08 <Night_Shade> "Sometimes I wanna look nice."
Dec 11 20:28:13 <zoofman> Rachel opted to just chill at the hotel room, since it has all the perks of watching this train wreck, with none of the risks
Dec 11 20:28:26 <Dann-> Until the hotel explodes.
Dec 11 20:29:40 <castfromhp> "I kinda figured you'd want to?" Blintz shrugs. "I got Kantonese takeout again if you get hungry watching the action from afar." She hops down from where she was sitting, on top of the hotel desk, and reveals her laptop, which is open with windows showing the view from security cams throughout the restaurant.
Dec 11 20:30:05 <Night_Shade> "You guys can hide out somewhere, I'll be your eyes and ears and mouth."
Dec 11 20:31:16 <Adrienne> "I guess I'll join and give me three new Pokmon a good breaking in..." She takes out her new pokeballs.
Dec 11 20:31:21 <Adrienne> "Or at least two of them."
Dec 11 20:33:17 <Night_Shade> Night flicks open his BlackGlasses and puts them on. "Lookin' good, right? I used to class it up all the time, soft grunge is just a recent thing."
Dec 11 20:33:31 <Dann-> "Bring me back something delicious at halftime please." Dann calls as he heads to the hotel to lounge on a couch.
Dec 11 20:35:22 <castfromhp> "Do any of you need disguises? I stopped at the costume shop." Blintz walks to the closet and takes out a cardboard box.
Dec 11 20:35:52 <Lucian> "I don't think 'greaser' counts as soft grunge."
Dec 11 20:35:58 <Lucian> "I think it's just called greaser."
Dec 11 20:36:04 <Dann-> "I should probably take one in case I need to come down."
Dec 11 20:36:11 <Adrienne> "Am I going to regret these disguises?"
Dec 11 20:36:19 <castfromhp> "The restaurant is just down the street from our hotel, so yeah you won't be far if something goes down."
Dec 11 20:36:41 <castfromhp> "Probably." Blintz reaches in the box and pulls out a Bewear kigurumi
Dec 11 20:36:54 <Lucian> "I'd get pretty restless if I was just hanging out at the hotel. What've you got?"
Dec 11 20:36:59 <Night_Shade> "This ain't a diguise."
Dec 11 20:37:01 * Lucian looks into the box of costumes.
Dec 11 20:37:03 <Adrienne> "I'm going to have Anton burn that."
Dec 11 20:38:23 <castfromhp> There's some pretty obvious bad idea shit like the kigurumi, but there's more passable disguise material too. Use your imagination!
Dec 11 20:39:23 <castfromhp> "Why not take your girl out on a date and happen to pass by?" Blintz asks Lucian.
Dec 11 20:40:00 <Lucian> "What if I accidentally shoot her, though?"
Dec 11 20:40:24 <Adrienne> "Don't point the fucking gun at her?"
Dec 11 20:41:04 <Dann-> "See, it's things like that, joke or not, that make me not want to sign your waiver."
Dec 11 20:41:13 <castfromhp> "You're really not making the case for me signing those docs." Blintz takes out a box of noodles and starts to eat.
Dec 11 20:41:24 * Dann- nods in agreement.
Dec 11 20:41:27 <Lucian> "You don't understand the power and responsibility that rest in these skilled, powerful hands."
Dec 11 20:41:58 <Night_Shade> Night goes back to sewing Romulus's disguise while everyone figures out what they're doing.
Dec 11 20:42:12 * Adrienne buries her face in her hands. "I can't believe you're even serious."
Dec 11 20:42:38 <Lucian> "But you're right, I'll take her out."
Dec 11 20:42:48 * Dann- twirls his lamppost around while he waits for this to get sorted out.
Dec 11 20:42:49 <castfromhp> "I'm glad I came prepared for this." Blintz returns to the closet and takes out another small package.
Dec 11 20:42:54 <castfromhp> It's labeled "open in case of Lucian".
Dec 11 20:42:59 * Adrienne steals some of Blintz's Kantonese takeout to eat, instead of doing something reckless like drinking.
Dec 11 20:43:01 * Dann- raises an eyebrow.
Dec 11 20:43:01 <Lucian> "Is it a gun?"
Dec 11 20:43:04 <zoofman> Rachel peers up from her own laptop at this stupidity, shakes her head, and then turns back to whatever it is she's watching.
Dec 11 20:43:23 <castfromhp> She tears off the brown paper, revealing a large bottle of Everclear and a few shot glasses.
Dec 11 20:43:35 <Dann-> "Oh."
Dec 11 20:43:41 <Lucian> "Woah, I can't be drinking that while I'm handling my piece."
Dec 11 20:43:43 <Night_Shade> Night eyes the alcohol.
Dec 11 20:43:49 <Lucian> "That's what savvy gun owners call their guns."
Dec 11 20:43:58 <Adrienne> "I think it's for everyone else, to ignore you."
Dec 11 20:44:10 <Adrienne> Slurp. "Because you're a moron."
Dec 11 20:44:11 <zoofman> "It should be a button that triggers the Coconut Signal," Rachel muses.
Dec 11 20:44:16 <Lucian> "Oh, carry on then. I'll keep you guys safe even in your inebriated states."
Dec 11 20:44:31 <Lucian> "What was that about a coconut? Is HE here?"
Dec 11 20:44:35 <castfromhp> "Maybe."
Dec 11 20:44:47 <castfromhp> Blintz makes little pinching motions with her hands.
Dec 11 20:44:52 <Lucian> "You know what? I'm not worried."
Dec 11 20:44:57 <Lucian> "I have a gun now."
Dec 11 20:45:59 <Dann-> "You think he cares about guns?"
Dec 11 20:46:55 * Lucian texts Sue, [Hey, wanna go out?]
Dec 11 20:47:20 <Adrienne> "I'm just going to wear my contacts and put on a wig."
Dec 11 20:49:49 * Adrienne also switches up her clothes and puts on something fairly punk-like.  Now she looks like a hooligan.
Dec 11 20:50:14 <Night_Shade> "Haha, nice, you look like Ska is current events."
Dec 11 20:50:26 <zoofman> She replies with: [Only if you promise to not talk about your peashooter.]
Dec 11 20:51:02 <Lucian> [Okay]
Dec 11 20:51:09 <Lucian> [Not even a little though?]
Dec 11 20:51:42 <castfromhp> Blintz looks at her phone. "Registration is happening soon, so if you're entering, you better get going."
Dec 11 20:51:52 * Adrienne shrugs. "The point of a costume is to not look like me. I figure the direct opposite works fine."
Dec 11 20:52:57 <zoofman> [:I] That said she starts to work out logistics with you.
Dec 11 20:53:14 <Night_Shade> Night scoops up his multiple stuffed animal ghosts and tucks them under his arms. "Come on, babies, Daddy's got a Battle Luau to win."
Dec 11 20:53:58 <Lucian> [:D]
Dec 11 20:55:11 <castfromhp> Just down the street is Rock Climb's restaurant, quickly rebuilt and renovated since the Alolan Pokemon had ransacked the place. The smell of delicious food wafts out into the streets, and a small crowd has started to line up for registration.
Dec 11 20:55:14 <Dann-> "Night, please identify the tastiest thing you try while there. Asking for a friend."
Dec 11 20:55:30 <Night_Shade> "Ten-four good buddy."
Dec 11 20:56:27 <castfromhp> You see all sorts here - some look immediately like typical down on their luck trainers, from the way they dress to their unsure expressions and nervous demeanors. Others look like they're in it for the food, practically salivating as they crane their necks to get a better look inside at the buffet itself.
Dec 11 20:56:59 <castfromhp> You also see Lawrence and Irene here, the latter forcibly pushing the former into the registration line with an exasperated look on her face.
Dec 11 20:57:18 <zoofman> Do you actually ask Sue to accompany you to the...Battle Buffet?   Like how did you phrase this.
Dec 11 20:57:35 <Night_Shade> Night shoves past Lawrence and Irene, too. "Move, losers, I'm hungry."
Dec 11 20:57:48 <Lucian> More like invite her out for lunch but OH WHOOP, is there something going on at Rock Climb's today???
Dec 11 20:57:56 <Lucian> Very wink wink, nudge nudge
Dec 11 20:58:04 * Dann- texts Adrienne. [Send me updates please.]
Dec 11 20:58:40 <Dann-> [I'll update if I catch anything weird on the cams.]
Dec 11 20:58:56 <Adrienne> [Sure, will do when there's something to update.]
Dec 11 20:59:38 <castfromhp> Meanwhile back in the hotel, Blintz clicks through the security cam windows. "Hey Dann, want some noodles?" She opens up a fresh box of take-out.
Dec 11 21:00:51 <Dann-> In response, Dann snatches some dish from the box and stuffs his face. "'anks." He mumbles through noodles.
Dec 11 21:01:42 <zoofman> Well, she's on time and extremely overdressed for a battle buffet - which to be fair just means she isn't wearing sweatpants but a dress.  She's gazing at this forming crowd with a mix of curisoity, pity, and fear.
Dec 11 21:01:57 <Lucian> "Ta-daaah~"
Dec 11 21:02:33 <Adrienne> Meanwhile, off the phone, Adrienne just puts on her best scowl and just... registers and mingles. This is really not her area of expertise.
Dec 11 21:03:39 <Dann-> "I wonder if we're going to see anything strange outside of the battles themselves."
Dec 11 21:03:47 <castfromhp> The basic structure of the competition is that if multiple people go for a dish, they have to FIGHT over it. The victor not only gets to eat the dish but gets some points for it.
Dec 11 21:04:27 <Lucian> "Come on, we can order food inside and watch the battles."
Dec 11 21:04:35 <Doxy> Night as you're getting in line, you bump elbows with a guy with (badly) dyed cyan hair, tan skin, and a bandana over his head.
Dec 11 21:04:49 <Doxy> "Yo! I'm like standing here!"
Dec 11 21:05:14 <Night_Shade> "You think I care? Who the fuck even is you?"
Dec 11 21:05:24 <castfromhp> Blintz says something incoherent through a mouthful of food as she points at the screen. One of the disheveled looking trainers is poking his head into the alley next to the restaurant, then crosses over to the other side and looks there, and then takes his place back in line.
Dec 11 21:06:08 <Doxy> He looks like this: http://img15.deviantart.net/fb3a/i/2016/251/d/c/team_skull_grunt_by_alexacatart-dagxh2a.png
Dec 11 21:06:23 <zoofman> Sue looks over to you and tries to smile, "Why are the people showing up for this so...strange looking.'
Dec 11 21:06:45 <Doxy> He starts flailing his arms and he's either trying to be intimidating or suffers from a movement disorder. "Yo what the fuck is problem!?"
Dec 11 21:06:57 <Lucian> "Oh, we invited the...best and brightest? For a certain meaning of the word...?"
Dec 11 21:07:06 <Doxy> Also, Emily is here, Dann
Dec 11 21:07:16 <Doxy> As you find out
Dec 11 21:07:17 <Doxy> just now
Dec 11 21:07:22 <Doxy> when you taps you on the shoulder
Dec 11 21:07:31 <Doxy> Emily: "Hi! I just made it!"
Dec 11 21:07:31 <zoofman> "I'm fairly certain no one in that crowd even has a rated ELO, Lucian."
Dec 11 21:07:42 <Night_Shade> "Are you krumping at me right now? You can't step to Night Shade, son! I'm here to win this Battle Picnic." Night gestures and postures back.
Dec 11 21:08:10 * CritSenpai (~CritSenpa@Rizon-8F04AEF7.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has joined
Dec 11 21:08:11 <Lucian> "Well, 'certain meaning of the word' can mean a lot of things, Sue."
Dec 11 21:08:19 <Lucian> "And in this case, yes, low ELO."
Dec 11 21:08:23 <Night_Shade> 6d6 Intimidate
Dec 11 21:08:23 <CritSenpai> Intimidate: 24 [6d6=6,2,5,1,4,6]
Dec 11 21:08:30 <Dann-> "Oh hey! I guess you have access to this hotel room? Nice."
Dec 11 21:08:41 * Lucian pants her arm, "It's all for a good purpose."
Dec 11 21:10:14 <zoofman> "I didn't know you enjoyed schadenfreude, but alright, let's see how silly this gets," Sue lets you lead her on up to the observatory area.
Dec 11 21:13:32 <Night_Shade> 6d6 Charm
Dec 11 21:13:32 <CritSenpai> Charm: 26 [6d6=5,3,6,1,5,6]
Dec 11 21:13:33 <Doxy> "What? What kind of name is Night Shade!?"
Dec 11 21:13:45 <Doxy> He blushes
Dec 11 21:14:08 <Doxy> though he hasn't backed down
Dec 11 21:14:13 <Lucian> "The second story
Dec 11 21:14:51 <Lucian> "The second story will give us a good vantage point. Tell me which of the battlers stands out to you."
Dec 11 21:14:51 <Doxy> Emily: "Yeah uh, Blintz let me up. I just wanted to see you for a minute, but I guess I ought to head to the event space and be as close to the Pokemon as I can."
Dec 11 21:15:29 <castfromhp> Adrienne, as you navigate through the crowd, you briefly lock eyes with a dark-eyed man wearing a dirty looking cabbie hat as he walks out from the alley next to the restaurant, but then Irene shoves Lawrence in front of you and you lose track of the man in the crowd.
Dec 11 21:15:34 <Dann-> How soon are battles starting?
Dec 11 21:15:46 <castfromhp> "Hey. Wanna help me convince this doofus to stop being a big coward and sign up for this?" Irene asks tiredly.
Dec 11 21:16:32 <castfromhp> "I can get us a conference room on the first floor if we want to relocate there to be closer." Blintz offers.
Dec 11 21:16:59 <castfromhp> It's still registration, but once that's done the event will pretty much start immediately since there's very little formal structure that a normal tournament would have.
Dec 11 21:17:08 <Night_Shade> "A cool name for attractive people, you dingus. So just get out of my way before my boys flatten you."
Dec 11 21:17:21 <Dann-> "Yeah, I could go man a conference room."
Dec 11 21:17:46 <Doxy> "Boys..?" he seems confused and steps out of the way
Dec 11 21:17:55 <zoofman> Night, a girl that's dress...sorta similar to this blue haired guy shows up and shoves him aside.  She's got equally poorly dyed bright pink hair.  "Yo, why is your punk ass red as a beet, he's just some twerp actin' big on our street."  She's also like...krumping, or something.
Dec 11 21:19:19 <castfromhp> "Also what's with the outfit? Are you just trying to look like shit so you match everyone here?" Irene looks at Lawrence. "Not you though of course, honey."
Dec 11 21:20:29 * Adrienne gives up trying to act like Irene doesn't see through her disguise. "I was trying to go for 'blending in' and 'not being seen through instantly,'" she grouses.
Dec 11 21:20:49 <zoofman> Rachel is currently having way too much fun watching this poverty convention play out from the comforty of the hotel.  Ignorant to her own priveledge to not have to battle over her sweet and sour torchic.
Dec 11 21:21:00 <Adrienne> "Lawrence, just sign up for the dumb tournament. If you really don't want to, just throw the match."
Dec 11 21:21:03 * Dann- fishes for a mascot style costume in Blintz' outfits and grabs Emily's hand. "Which conference room am I heading to?"
Dec 11 21:21:11 <Night_Shade> Night hauls Phobos and Romulus up - the Banette floats and the Mimikyu on his shoulder. All three of them krump together. "My ghouls n' ghosts, yo! I'm the number one Ghost-Type trainer in Silas and I'm here to dig you losers an early grave."
Dec 11 21:21:36 <Doxy> "Tch! W-We'll see about that yo!"
Dec 11 21:21:41 <zoofman> Roll Intimidate!
Dec 11 21:22:44 <Dann-> Can I roll a random pokemon mascot costume?
Dec 11 21:22:48 <castfromhp> Lawrence looks like he's going to cry when you suggest throwing the match. Irene sighs. "Don't worry, I doubt anyone else will recognize you, but did you already forget I have a photographic memory?"
Dec 11 21:23:51 <Night_Shade> 6d6 again
Dec 11 21:23:51 <CritSenpai> again: 25 [6d6=6,6,4,4,2,3]
Dec 11 21:24:28 <castfromhp> Dann, sure.
Dec 11 21:25:00 <Adrienne> "Ugh. In my defense, it's been months since I last heard about it, and the intervening time has been really fucked up."
Dec 11 21:25:30 <zoofman> The pink haired hood rat freezes in place before trying to retort.  "Y-you're about as spooky as a tediursa named Pooky, you go for our dishes, and you'll sleep with the fishes!"
Dec 11 21:25:36 <zoofman> She grabs the blue haired goofball and runs on in w/ him.
Dec 11 21:26:11 <Lucian> "So, how've you been Sue? It's been pretty chaotic recently."
Dec 11 21:26:22 <Night_Shade> Night continues gesticulating until the two run off. Then he adjusts his bowtie and finishes registering cause he's hungry.
Dec 11 21:26:26 <Dann-> 1d802
Dec 11 21:26:26 <CritSenpai> 1d802: 126 [1d802=126]
Dec 11 21:26:27 * Adrienne gives Lawrence kind of a sharp look, though. "If you're not going to throw it, then just do it, or man up and refuse with some spine."
Dec 11 21:26:38 <Dann-> Magmar
Dec 11 21:27:35 <castfromhp> "O-okay. Don't bully me when I'm in there though." Lawrence slumps off to finishing registering. At this time, an announcement is made that registration is closing soon and the event is going to start!
Dec 11 21:28:42 * Dann- throws on the Magmar costume and leads Emily to wherever Blintz says the conference room is.
Dec 11 21:29:07 * Adrienne scoffs. "Like I bully people."
Dec 11 21:29:18 <zoofman> Sue was focused on Night Shade's interpretive dance routine before you asked that, so gets caught off guard answering it.  "...Things have been quiet, so Professor Bing recently assigned me into studying the phase shifts of Lycanrocs on her behalf.  It's the worst."
Dec 11 21:29:37 <Lucian> "Oh yeah? I caught one of those, actually."
Dec 11 21:29:57 <Lucian> "How does it work, exactly? Because the one I caught was kind of a leader of its pack."
Dec 11 21:30:14 <Lucian> "Are the ones that stand on two legs the leaders?"
Dec 11 21:32:43 <zoofman> She sighs.  "It's based on night and day cycles.  They are extremely...annoying, at night."
Dec 11 21:33:39 <castfromhp> Soon, the Battle Buffet officially begins! It's...a complete madhouse in here as people rush for the most expensive looking - and most point-laden - dishes, like seafood and fsteak.
Dec 11 21:33:41 <zoofman> Your follow up question visibly confuses her, "They normally avoid packs...and are bipedal at night only...so..?"
Dec 11 21:33:52 <Lucian> "So they can shift back and forth?"
Dec 11 21:34:09 <Lucian> "No no, the one I caught was leading a pack of quadrupeds."
Dec 11 21:34:26 <zoofman> "...I think yours is broken." is the best she's got.
Dec 11 21:34:29 <Lucian> "Right here in this buffet, actually."
Dec 11 21:34:31 <Lucian> "...oh."
Dec 11 21:34:53 <Lucian> "Could you send me any information you have on them, then? I've been trying to train him."
Dec 11 21:34:57 <Night_Shade> Night turns his attention to low point value dishes that he can gobble up with minimal contest.
Dec 11 21:35:25 * Adrienne isn't here to win, she's here to root out trainers who could be juicing, or be forced to be juicing on that drug. That said, she decides to pick off the ones who aren't going for the highest point/most delicious dishes right off the bat.
Dec 11 21:35:48 <zoofman> Sue is too distracted by this grotesque social experiment to answer that immediately.
Dec 11 21:35:59 <zoofman> So many Wurmples were injured in the name of steak today.
Dec 11 21:36:01 <Dann-> As they walk down, Dann talks to Emily through a giant Magmar head. "So, how's it going? Sorry for the rush, I'm kinda in job mode."
Dec 11 21:38:28 <castfromhp> Night, you and Adrienne find yourselves relatively alone in the low-value section, though there are a few nervous looking Trainers releasing Pokemon like Raticate and Metapod to battle over tiny plates of food.
Dec 11 21:39:56 <castfromhp> Emily excuses herself to go take a closer look at the fights. Meanwhile, Blintz leans closer to the screen, grimacing. "I think...some of the trainers are already giving up. Look, she's crying." She points at a girl cradling a knocked out Nidoran F in her arms in the middle of the high value food clusterfuck.
Dec 11 21:40:23 * Lucian keeps an eye out on anybody else watching the battles go on though. Does anybody look shady? Besides looking poor, I mean.
Dec 11 21:40:28 <Lucian> 6d6+1 Percepto
Dec 11 21:40:28 <CritSenpai> Percepto: 23 [6d6=3,4,2,6,3,4]
Dec 11 21:40:59 * Adrienne texts Dann. [Update: Seeing the quality of a few of these trainers, I feel bad about this entire idea.]
Dec 11 21:41:19 <Adrienne> [I was considering busting out the Turtornator I got recently...]
Dec 11 21:41:59 <Night_Shade> Night clean sweeps people with ME ME CURSE YOU while shoveling food into his mouth.
Dec 11 21:42:52 * CablePhone has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)
Dec 11 21:43:08 <Dann-> [Yeah, I'm seeing some sad looking young trainers. I may try to come help out.]
Dec 11 21:43:20 <castfromhp> Lucian, you look down and see a man in a hoodie standing towards the periphery of it all, with a Porygon-Z at his side. You're not sure if he's waiting opportunistically or just observing in amusement. He scratches his head though, and you get a glimpse of his face - it's Ben. He pulls out his phone and looks like he's dictating something into it.
Dec 11 21:43:35 * Dann- sighs and puts his Magmar head on. "Maybe I'll go try to encourage some of the younger trainers here. Don't want to scar them."
Dec 11 21:43:53 <castfromhp> "Wait." Blintz tugs at your sleeve, Dann.
Dec 11 21:44:00 <Dann-> "Oh. What's up?"
Dec 11 21:44:08 * Lucian texts the others, {Hey, so Ben is here]
Dec 11 21:44:26 * Dann- looks down at his phone. "God dammit."
Dec 11 21:44:27 <zoofman> Sue frowns and and gets up, "I'm sorry, this feels wrong, I'm going to go down there and help some of the younger kids."
Dec 11 21:44:40 * Lucian gives her a few Pokeballs from his belt.
Dec 11 21:44:56 <zoofman> She shakes her head, and just releases a Garchomp.  It picks her up and jumps down to the first floor.
Dec 11 21:45:32 <zoofman> It's around this time that Rock Climb himself jumps into the fray, and things start to sway from DEPRESSING TO GOOFY
Dec 11 21:45:39 <castfromhp> She points at the screen and rewinds one of the views. "Look at this." It's a portly woman directing a Kadabra in the middle of the crowd, hard to see. Playing through some footage, it looks like the psychic Pokemon is alternating between being highly strategic, blasting multiple opponents at once with ease, and then becoming completely unresponsive for upwards of 10 seconds at a time.
Dec 11 21:45:40 * Adrienne decides to keep some vague semblance of order, and rigs the tournament by sending out Nero to fight some of the guys picking on the worse off trainers. And going after the opportunistic ones.
Dec 11 21:45:43 <zoofman> as dragons, krumping, and shirtless wrestling happens
Dec 11 21:46:45 <Night_Shade> [Ben is bad juju, avoid.]
Dec 11 21:46:58 <castfromhp> Night, you have...no competition over here. All of the Trainers in the low value section are pitifully sad, though one of the kids tries to hug your Mimikyu. Romulus looks both confused and also like it's going to cry tears of happiness.
Dec 11 21:47:19 <Lucian> [So I shouldn't go over and make decisions we'll both regret?]
Dec 11 21:47:49 <Night_Shade> [No you shouldn't go flirt with Ben.] Night just reaches over to other tables to swipe food. He lets Romulus cuddle with the little kids while he kicks up his feet.
Dec 11 21:48:30 <Adrienne> While she lets Nero do his thing, with instruction, she texts Lucian back. [Fuck Ben, he's kind of an ass. I can have Nero dunk on him.]
Dec 11 21:48:40 <Dann-> "Hm. That is a dead ringer. Think I should go take a look? Or send one of them over?"
Dec 11 21:49:01 <castfromhp> Lucian, if you're still watching Ben, he walks over and grabs a small quesadilla, easily beating a Grimer with his Porygon-Z, then returns to his spot, continuing to dictate to his phone. He clearly doesn't look like he's in it to win it.
Dec 11 21:49:35 * Lucian takes a picture of the little kid who he's presumably beating.
Dec 11 21:50:37 <zoofman> Sue is currently trying to cheer up the girl with the injured Nidoran F, while her Garchomp is smacking around the Meowths belonging to the two thugs who krumped at Night, and Rock Climb is wrestling one of Lawrence's Pokemon.
Dec 11 21:50:47 * Adrienne texts to everyone, [this is kind of a mess.]
Dec 11 21:50:48 * Lucian heads down to clears off a table for medical purposes.
Dec 11 21:51:00 <Night_Shade> [this is fuckin great]
Dec 11 21:51:15 <castfromhp> "Looks like she's leaving." Blintz says, pointing at the camera. "Oh and look at this." She points at a camera that has a view of the alley, where a man wearing a cabbie hat has taken one of the other poor looking early losers out and started talking with him.
Dec 11 21:51:56 <Night_Shade> Night pats Romulus on the head and gives him some instructions - the Mimikyu toddles off to Copycat Garchomp's Dragon Claw/Rush/whatever and go for a KO.
Dec 11 21:52:01 <castfromhp> Adrienne, Nero is making little kids cry.
Dec 11 21:52:23 <castfromhp> Like just beating the shit out of an Eevee over a plate of fried magikarp
Dec 11 21:52:33 <Dann-> Nero backfired. Go figure.
Dec 11 21:52:36 <zoofman> Romulus is helping the Garchomp, correct?
Dec 11 21:52:43 <Adrienne> "Yeah, alright, I knew I shouldn't have used Nero."
Dec 11 21:52:51 <Adrienne> "This is entirely my fault."
Dec 11 21:52:53 <Lucian> "Then why did you?"
Dec 11 21:52:56 <Night_Shade> No. KO that Garchomp, Fairy baby.
Dec 11 21:53:25 <Dann-> "Oh shit. Hm..."
Dec 11 21:53:59 * Lucian lets out his sleepy cat and sacrifices her to the legions of adoring children.
Dec 11 21:54:01 <zoofman> Okay, Romulus sneaks in, and copycats the Garchomp back, knocking it out!  This...means the two thugs from earlier win the dish in question.  They high five and start to dine.
Dec 11 21:54:23 * Adrienne recalls Nero and then replaces him with Layla. She gives Layla clear instruction on well, trying to weed out the opportunistic jerks and all around bad people? She hopes Layla does this better than Nero.
Dec 11 21:54:36 <Night_Shade> "Oops! Sorry, Sue, were you doing something there?" Night cups his hands and shouts across the diner.
Dec 11 21:54:47 <zoofman> Sue turns toward you, still hugging this crying little girl, and yells, "Oh what the f-" she looks down, remembering little ears - "fudge, Night Shade!?"
Dec 11 21:55:12 <Dann-> [Someone is cornering trainers that dropped out in an alley. I'm heading over to scope it out.]
Dec 11 21:55:18 <Dann-> He texts the whole team.
Dec 11 21:55:40 <Dann-> He puts on his Magmar costume and heads over.
Dec 11 21:56:03 * Lucian abandons his medical station for a bit to throw himself between Sue and Night.
Dec 11 21:56:21 <Adrienne> [K, I'm checking out thealley]. Adrienne leaves Layla to do the thing and then slips out to find the person cornering trainers in the alley.
Dec 11 21:56:26 <Night_Shade> Night looks down at his phone when Dann's text comes in. "Picking on some dumb hoodlums with your big bad dragon. Come here, sweetie." He picks up Romulus by the collar.
Dec 11 21:56:34 <castfromhp> Layla looks around carefully and finds a well-groomed guy in shades and a blazer who's picking on kids with a Gible. He doesn't look like much of a trainer and isn't really giving orders. The Gible doesn't look like a strong or well taken care of specimen either, but it's fighting with surprising tenacity and skill, biting down on Pidgeys and Caterpies.
Dec 11 21:57:15 <Night_Shade> [text if u need back up] to Adrienne and Dann.
Dec 11 21:57:19 <castfromhp> The little Mawile leaps in and chomps down hard on the puny dragon, shaking it from side to side before tossing it aside. She's immediately swarmed by little kids hugging and squeezing her.
Dec 11 21:57:25 <zoofman> Sue was reaching for two pokeballs when Lucian stepped in, so she pauses there.
Dec 11 21:57:54 <castfromhp> Dann, you pass by the portly Trainer who had the Kadabra on the way over to the restaurant. She's absolutely fuming.
Dec 11 21:58:00 <Night_Shade> Night's apparently lost interest in Sue, since he goes back to food.
Dec 11 21:58:04 <zoofman> The hoodrats from earlier are watching in awe as they eat steak
Dec 11 21:58:22 <Lucian> "Okay, so Night was being kind of a shi-poohead"
Dec 11 21:58:58 <Lucian> "I thought he said he would behave and help keep the peace but okay, maybe that was a little hopeful."
Dec 11 21:59:34 <Dann-> He pauses, trying to look inconspicuous.
Dec 11 21:59:38 * Adrienne remembers to praise Layla later for annihilating that Gible.
Dec 11 21:59:39 <Dann-> 6d6 Anything else he can notice?
Dec 11 21:59:39 <CritSenpai> Anything else he can notice?: 24 [6d6=1,3,5,4,5,6]
Dec 11 22:00:05 <Lucian> "And okay, I thought I would impress you by taking you out to this event and showing you some cool battles but actually it was a big mess and I'm sorry."
Dec 11 22:00:15 <Night_Shade> "I did help keep the peace! I'm keeping the strong from picking on the weak."
Dec 11 22:00:33 <zoofman> Sue is bad at comforting kids, by the way, "...Yes." She throws down a pokeball anyway, that lets out a ... very cuddly, and old looking Dragon.  She whispers a command to it, and it floats off after Night.
Dec 11 22:00:50 <zoofman> Whatever dish Night tries to eat, a Drampa beats him to it.
Dec 11 22:01:11 <Night_Shade> "Yo, yo, yo, literally what the fuck is this!"
Dec 11 22:01:32 <Lucian> "Okay, you sit down Sue. And I will take care of /everything/."
Dec 11 22:01:37 <castfromhp> Dann, not much stands out about this woman, aside from looking generally poorly dressed. You notice she's going for the same hotel you were staying at though.
Dec 11 22:01:50 <zoofman> "Lucian I swear if you use THAT I will call HIM."
Dec 11 22:02:09 <Dann-> Is Adrienne nearby?
Dec 11 22:02:19 <Dann-> Actually, texting her:
Dec 11 22:02:23 <Adrienne> I should be! I did basically go to the same place you did.
Dec 11 22:02:29 <Lucian> "I'm sorry, I'm just getting a little bit emotional right now. But please just sit down."
Dec 11 22:02:39 <castfromhp> Adrienne, you see the same man you locked eyes with earlier standing a good way down the alley, leaning against the wall and chatting with a pair of dejected looking trainers, a man and a woman. You're too far away to hear what they're saying right now though.
Dec 11 22:02:56 <Dann-> [Hey, you busy? This woman here had a really suspicious Kadabra. You're stealthier than me - wanna tail her? I think she's heading to our hotel.]
Dec 11 22:03:08 <zoofman> This old dragon thing doesn't really seem like wanting to fight, Night Shade.  It's just nommin'
Dec 11 22:03:30 <Lucian> Assuming she does sit down somewhere, Lucian tries to round up the kids in the event and corral them into an area with some of his more cuddly Pokemon. Like Edgedog, Merric, and Ninian.
Dec 11 22:03:31 <Night_Shade> Night scowls at it and goes for a different plate. Some Zong Pao Beef.
Dec 11 22:03:51 <castfromhp> Back in the conference room, Blintz pours herself a shot of Everclear and ponders how she didn't think of how horribly wrong this would go.
Dec 11 22:04:12 <Adrienne> [i saw a guy i saw earlier, kind of shady looking, talking to two trainers. sry but hes closer.]
Dec 11 22:04:17 <Lucian> 6d6+1 AP Charm
Dec 11 22:04:17 <CritSenpai> AP Charm: 30 [6d6=4,5,4,5,6,5]
Dec 11 22:04:57 <Adrienne> Meanwhile, Adrienne tries to inch closer to listen to the conversation and look nonchalant about it.
Dec 11 22:05:35 <Lucian> Once the kids are all sectioned off in his mini petting zoo, he gets down to holding a lesson on basic battling technique.
Dec 11 22:05:42 <zoofman> The dragon uses Razor Wind on the plate! The normalish tornado knocks the contents of the plate into its open and waiting mouth.
Dec 11 22:05:49 <Dann-> [If he's the one in the alley, that's where I was heading. We can swap though. Don't let them game these poor kids.]
Dec 11 22:06:56 <castfromhp> Lucian, you manage to gather most of the kids together, but there's a boy and a girl standing by the sushi who are just crying while the guy in shades eats all of it with a bagon at his side.
Dec 11 22:06:58 <zoofman> Despite looking edgy, Edgedog is hilariously friendly, dumb cute and BARK
Dec 11 22:07:06 <Night_Shade> "You 'bout to GET IT, Never Ending Story!" Night releases Eros and flashes his Mega-Badge. Swirling light surrounds the Shedinja as he mega-evolves. "You don't get between Night Shade and food, Sue!"
Dec 11 22:07:12 <castfromhp> All of the rest of the kids are delighted, but edgedog ends up having to give a lot of rides.
Dec 11 22:07:24 <Adrienne> [k, swap is good.]
Dec 11 22:07:28 <zoofman> Ninian is indifferent to this arrangement, and just goes to sleep, being cute.  Merric does Merric things and plays with kids.  Without destroying any of them, to boot.
Dec 11 22:07:34 <castfromhp> Adrienne, roll stealth
Dec 11 22:07:36 * Lucian lets Roy out and orders him to, "Watch over them and make sure nobody gets exploded or worse."
Dec 11 22:07:48 <castfromhp> or wait, you're trading spots?
Dec 11 22:07:56 * Dann- tails the woman back to our hotel.
Dec 11 22:07:58 <Adrienne> 2d6+1 AP Okay I'm not good
Dec 11 22:07:58 <CritSenpai> AP Okay I'm not good: 9 [2d6=6,2]
Dec 11 22:08:17 <castfromhp> 4d6
Dec 11 22:08:17 <CritSenpai> 4d6: 10 [4d6=3,4,2,1]
Dec 11 22:08:25 * Lucian hustles over to the crying kids and contemplates ending himself.
Dec 11 22:09:08 <zoofman> Night Shade, the old dragon looks at the spooky bug, and weighs it options.
Dec 11 22:09:11 <castfromhp> The man looks over at you as you inch closer Adrienne. "Heh. You giving up too? It's a real shame so many rich try-hards are coming to an event that's not for them, right?"
Dec 11 22:09:15 <zoofman> It grabs a nearby plate, and flies away!
Dec 11 22:09:35 <Night_Shade> "You better run!" Night sics Eros on someone else and swooces in on them.
Dec 11 22:09:56 <Lucian> "Hey, shades guy. Pick on somebody much larger than you!"
Dec 11 22:10:00 <zoofman> No, like, it literally used Fly.
Dec 11 22:10:03 * Lucian lets Titania out to intimidate his Bagon.
Dec 11 22:10:09 <zoofman> to just retreat for now
Dec 11 22:11:07 * Adrienne realizes she's been seen and freezes up. But apparently, this guy got the wrong idea! She improvises. "Uh... I saw an asshole jigglypuff bodycheck an oddish through a salad plate earlier, that answer your question?"
Dec 11 22:11:09 <Night_Shade> Eros phases out with Phanny Force. Two can play that game. Night's pretty riled up, though, he starts stomping his feet and shouting in Quebecois.
Dec 11 22:11:25 <castfromhp> The Bagon takes a look at the huge dragon, then leaps forward to attack! It's...a pretty one-sided battle as Titania is just a lot stronger than the young dragon, but it puts up a hell of a fight for such a clearly inexperienced Pokemon, running between Titania's legs and using other tactics that exploit their size difference to avoid her attacks.
Dec 11 22:11:28 * Lucian tries to cheer up the kids, "Hey, I set up a kids area over there in the corner. Why don't you two join them? Please?"
Dec 11 22:11:55 <zoofman> It's a few moments before the dragon returns, you even get to eat a few dishes.  But when it does, it just barfs Dragon Rage over a few of the plates that you haven't gotten to yet.
Dec 11 22:12:00 <castfromhp> "Sushi!" They say together.
Dec 11 22:12:22 * Lucian takes a discrete picture of the shades guy and reminds himself to look him up on the registration later.
Dec 11 22:12:27 <Lucian> "Haha, sushi it is!"
Dec 11 22:12:31 <Night_Shade> "You can't destroy the food, that's cheating!"
Dec 11 22:13:00 <castfromhp> Dann, you see the woman who had the Kadabra stop in a corner of the lobby and pull out a phone. She's texting very angrily. VERY ANGRILY. She's practically shaking as she mashes her pudgy fingers at her tiny flip phone.
Dec 11 22:13:04 * CablePhone (~Cable@Rizon-5D181383.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) has joined
Dec 11 22:13:20 <zoofman> It hohohos with the wisdom of an old dragon and floats around like a cloud
Dec 11 22:13:54 * Lucian leads the kids to grab a few plates, and then grabs some more to take back to the kids corner.
Dec 11 22:13:57 <zoofman> Being satisfied with thwarting your eating efforts, it floats over to join the play area with Merric and Edgehog the Dog
Dec 11 22:14:22 * Dann- takes a picture from within his giant Magmar head.
Dec 11 22:14:26 <castfromhp> The man with the Bagon scoops up his Pokemon and goes to tackle another section of the buffet, still glaring at you, Lucian. He isn't looking where he's going though and bumps right into Rock Climb, who immediately picks up the poor bastard and suplexes him.
Dec 11 22:14:32 <Dann-> Of the woman.
Dec 11 22:14:40 <Night_Shade> Night fumes and switches tactics, having Eros reappear on someone going for a big dish.
Dec 11 22:16:09 <Dann-> He then decides to approach. Still in his suit.
Dec 11 22:16:28 <zoofman> Sue has given up trying to comfort kids since her Drampa is better at it anyway, and is instead just leaning against a wall, glaring around like a hawk in case another adult picks on a child
Dec 11 22:16:31 <castfromhp> Adrienne, the man chuckles. "Yeah I think that was this guy's Oddish. So, how'd you like to even the playing field?"
Dec 11 22:16:58 <Dann-> Did this woman strictly quit already? Or just taking a break?
Dec 11 22:17:13 <Lucian> With his work done, Lucian buries his hands into his palms and weeps into them.
Dec 11 22:17:16 <Dann-> Sue is going to be such a helicopter mom.
Dec 11 22:17:42 <castfromhp> Dann, the woman finally finishes texting and looks like she's going to snap her phone in half. She suddenly whirls around flailing her arms in a violent tantrum and smacks you in the head with her purse. HARD. She immediately looks shocked. "Omigosh I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that."
Dec 11 22:18:12 <Dann-> Did it knock the Magmar head off?
Dec 11 22:18:21 <castfromhp> 1d100
Dec 11 22:18:21 <CritSenpai> 1d100: 62 [1d100=62]
Dec 11 22:18:24 <castfromhp> Nope
Dec 11 22:18:27 <Dann-> Whew.
Dec 11 22:18:28 <Adrienne> "That'd be nice, but how?"
Dec 11 22:18:41 * Dann- reels from the hit, but manages to regain his composure and laughs it off.
Dec 11 22:19:16 <Dann-> "Ha, that's ok. This thing actually has a lot of padding. Everything ok? I've mostly been trying to cheer kids up with this costume...but I'd generally like to make sure everyone's having a good time."
Dec 11 22:19:51 <castfromhp> The woman drops her purse and fixes your magmar head, Dann. "Are you okay? I'm sorry, I'm just having such a bad day..."
Dec 11 22:20:22 <castfromhp> Lucian, you can't see it happening, but Ben is totally taking photos of you crying.
Dec 11 22:20:27 <Lucian> Still dry weeping he stumbles all the way into Sue's arms, "...I'm sorry."
Dec 11 22:20:56 <Dann-> "Need to talk about it?"
Dec 11 22:21:08 <Lucian> "I thought I would impress you but all that happened is I made a bunch of kids cry. And now I'm crying."
Dec 11 22:21:51 <Night_Shade> Night rampages around, turning his attention to Lawrence and Irene to knock them out.
Dec 11 22:22:18 <castfromhp> "Just a little something to pep your Pokemon up." The man says to you and the others in the alley, Adrienne. He pulls out a syringe, which looks a lot like a TM but is definitely distinct. One of the others in the alley scoffs and immediately walks off.
Dec 11 22:22:53 <castfromhp> Irene hasn't entered, but Lawrence is just standing in the middle of the field looking completely mortified at what's happening. He hasn't actually taken a single dish.
Dec 11 22:23:09 <Night_Shade> Night just eats the food around Lawrence uncontested.
Dec 11 22:23:21 <Night_Shade> It's like watching trash being poured into a volcano.
Dec 11 22:23:42 <zoofman> Well this just gets weird cause YOU crying just makes HER cry too.  "It's okay its not your fault that life is so dificult for the underpriveledged, that they need to compete with children to feed themselves."
Dec 11 22:24:28 * Lucian looks up at her eyes and tries to formulate a response but the difficulty of doing so makes him cry harder.
Dec 11 22:25:25 <castfromhp> Dann, the woman sighs. "I'm over as a trainer. Done." She says simply, after a pause.
Dec 11 22:26:02 <Adrienne> "Okay, this has gotten Saturday morning cartoon levels of absurd. I'd like to know what I'm getting into? Like," she waves her hand at it. "What's this going to do?"
Dec 11 22:26:37 <Dann-> "That seems pretty pessimistic. What happened?"
Dec 11 22:29:44 <zoofman> Night Shade, it gets to the point where very few people are actually competing for dishes still, most people are either DONE WITH THIS...or full.  So it's like a half dozen competitors left, including the two doofuses with dyed hair.  They eyin' yo deepdish.
Dec 11 22:30:19 <castfromhp> "It's a TM, but one you can actually afford. The League's got all sorts of regulations on them, but all they do is drive the price up to let the rich Trainers outfit their Pokemon with better moves than everyone else." The man in the alley puts it away. "I've got 'em for all sorts of moves, you name it, I've got it."
Dec 11 22:30:27 <castfromhp> Adrienne, roll intuition
Dec 11 22:30:41 <Adrienne> 2d6+1 AP
Dec 11 22:30:41 <CritSenpai> AP: 5 [2d6=1,3]
Dec 11 22:31:48 <Night_Shade> Night hauls himself up onto a chair, so he can resume krumping at them from the high ground. "This pizza is mine and my Moves is divine. If you comin' at me, I'll be eatin' for THREE."
Dec 11 22:31:51 <Night_Shade> 6d6 Intimidate
Dec 11 22:31:51 <CritSenpai> Intimidate: 25 [6d6=4,5,4,6,4,2]
Dec 11 22:32:00 <castfromhp> Adrienne, you're lucky you know exactly what's going on here and what you're looking for, cause this guy sure would have had you fooled otherwise. You can't tell how truthful he's being right now.
Dec 11 22:32:31 * Lucian dries his tears on Sue's shirt, and then his won shirt, and finally with his arms. "Okay, I'm gonna go check on those kids. And you're gonna come with me because cheering them up is the only thing that has gone right today."
Dec 11 22:33:13 <castfromhp> Dann, the woman shakes her head. "I'm just...in some really deep shit with no way out now. I...I should probably go." She slowly picks up her purse again and stumbles towards the hotel entrance.
Dec 11 22:33:19 <Lucian> "...them crying in the first place notwithstanding."
Dec 11 22:36:48 * TemporalMech (~TemporalM@710ABC98:1B563D04:945A5954:IP) has joined
Dec 11 22:37:02 <Dann-> "Wait." He glances around and adds quietly. "I might be able to help."
Dec 11 22:38:14 <castfromhp> "How? It's finally too late for my Pokemon - and too late for me." The woman looks around. "I can't talk about this here."
Dec 11 22:38:15 <zoofman> They both get all blushy/sort of scared, the girl least tries to counter. "Well if you really need that much yeast, you must be a beast.  What WON'T you eat so we can find peace?"
Dec 11 22:39:02 * Adrienne puts on an indecisive face. "That sounds... well, that sounds too good to be true, honestly. I mean, I'm interested, but..."
Dec 11 22:39:16 <Dann-> "Do you want to go sit down somewhere more private?"
Dec 11 22:40:10 <Lucian> Once he's calmed down a little, Lucian is suddenly reminded of the blogger. "Oh god, he's still here."
Dec 11 22:40:16 <zoofman> Sue's too sniffly for words but she nods anyway.  She's luckily got her Ampharos for her, so she's least got TWO cuddly Pokemon.
Dec 11 22:40:22 <Adrienne> "Look, the government regulates this stuff for a reason, I just want to know what's going to get put into my Pokemon is good. That makes sense, right?"
Dec 11 22:40:48 <zoofman> ....Cause she doesn't have a clue how to handle little kids and is extremely awkward about it.
Dec 11 22:40:54 * Lucian turns back to Sue, puts Ninian in her lap, walks away but then comes backs to take a picture of the two before setting off again in search of Titania.
Dec 11 22:41:14 <Dann-> He's lowered his voice a bit now. "Look, I don't know what's wrong with your pokemon, but I know some people that could maybe help. I don't want someone to give up on their pokemon or themselves."
Dec 11 22:41:17 <Lucian> "Just smile for them."
Dec 11 22:41:48 <castfromhp> "Hey, I get it. We all grew up thinkin' TMs, good vitamins, battle food - all of that's for rich people and not us, so it's hard to wrap your head around the idea that we can have those advantages too. How about this? You name a move, I'll give you the TM and we swap contact info. You pay me 300 when you decide you're happy with it, and if it isn't working for you, fine it's free." The man in the alley says, Adrienne. The other
Dec 11 22:41:48 <castfromhp> poor man in the alley brightens up at this offer.
Dec 11 22:42:19 <Lucian> [Hey, so Ben is still around and if we let him act freely this could turn out poorly for us.]
Dec 11 22:42:32 <Lucian> [Should I do something about him? I mean, he already hates me]
Dec 11 22:42:43 <castfromhp> "Can we talk somewhere more privately? I'm so sorry about hitting you." The woman says to you Dann, sniffing and wiping away tears.
Dec 11 22:44:00 <Dann-> "Sure. And really, it's ok." He bonks himself on the helmet. "This thing is padded like crazy."
Dec 11 22:44:22 <Night_Shade> “I'm the boss Pyroar, the Ghost and the Darkness, and when it's dinner time, all I leave is the carcass.” Night's brain must be exceptionally well-wired today. “But if you really want a piece, if you want a slice of pie, I'll let you jackals eat, but you gotta beat-” Night stomps krumping to point decisively at Ben. “That guy.”
Dec 11 22:46:06 <zoofman> The two numbskulls look over at the hooded guy, and then look at Night. The guy asks, "Do you mean like...beat HIM up, or his Pokemon?"
Dec 11 22:46:14 <Night_Shade> "What?"
Dec 11 22:46:26 <castfromhp> "I don't really know where to go..." The woman looks around the hotel lobby, Dann.
Dec 11 22:46:27 <Night_Shade> "His Pokemon, you idiots, this is a tournament, not a concert!"
Dec 11 22:46:31 * Adrienne crosses her arms and thinks. "Okay, that sounds reasonable. I've been having my eye on a Scald TM, got one?"
Dec 11 22:46:44 <Dann-> Do we have several rooms upstairs?
Dec 11 22:46:54 <Dann-> Or just the one.
Dec 11 22:47:09 <zoofman> They nod in confirmation and start krumping their way over to Ben.
Dec 11 22:47:27 <castfromhp> Just the one, but there's nothing up there now except for a bunch of bad costumes and Kantonese take-out. Blintz relocated all the tech down to the conference room.
Dec 11 22:47:35 <Dann-> Oh. Good.
Dec 11 22:47:59 <Night_Shade> Night sits back down and calls his Pokemon back in from the remaining brawls.
Dec 11 22:48:06 <castfromhp> "You got it." The guy in the alley says. "Oh, one thing, I gotta see you use it here and now. We've run into a big problem with resellers lately, and that shit ain't cool."
Dec 11 22:48:09 * Lucian looking at the pictures and seeing the still sniffling Sue on camera he resolves himself to do something he knows he'll regret...and attaches the photo in a message to Highlight with only the words, [Benny boy is up to no good.]
Dec 11 22:48:16 <Dann-> "The tournament organizers gave me a room upstairs. Is that fine? I think it'll be fine if I stop entertaining kids for a little bit."
Dec 11 22:48:39 <castfromhp> "Sure." The woman says. "Thanks."
Dec 11 22:49:48 <zoofman> Well, that's not quite true @ cast's statement, Rachel's there too.  But she's just chillin'
Dec 11 22:49:56 <zoofman> If you brought this lady in she'd excuse herself or something
Dec 11 22:50:22 <zoofman> NM she's not there
Dec 11 22:52:24 * Dann- escorts the woman upstairs, crossing his fingers that Rachel isn't in the room.
Dec 11 22:54:08 <zoofman> After cast's correction, she is not :P Rachel is hanging around in the lobby since Blintz moved as well.
Dec 11 22:54:11 <castfromhp> The two numbskulls corner Ben and start krumping at him. You can hear his bewildered reaction, along the lines of "what the fuck I'm not even going for the food", before they sic two Meowths on him. He releases a Starmie, and...it just demolishes them, electrifying one of the cats and sending the other flying out the window with a powerful burst of pink light.
Dec 11 22:54:52 <castfromhp> You notice the Meowths are darker than the ones you see in Sequoia and look smugger...until they're just bodied.
Dec 11 22:54:58 <Night_Shade> Night kicks his feet in his chair, laughing like crazy.
Dec 11 22:54:59 <Lucian> With his job now done, Lucian tracks down Titania to return her, and returns to Sue in the impromptu petting zoo.
Dec 11 22:55:27 <castfromhp> Upstairs, the woman crumples down on the nearest bed and begins sobbing, Dann.
Dec 11 22:55:39 <Adrienne> "... Yeah, that's fair," she says to the guy. "But on the other hand," she releases Nero. "Nero, Sing him." Sing+Lullaby!
Dec 11 22:55:41 <Night_Shade> "Well, at least you tried, but your asses got fried!"
Dec 11 22:56:25 * Dann- sighs (quietly), and sits down in a chair, letting her be for a bit.
Dec 11 22:56:40 <zoofman> The guy hoodlum runs off to collect his Meowth, the girl just returns hers and goes and finds a corner to sit in dejectedly.
Dec 11 22:56:50 <castfromhp> The man in the cabbie hat and his other would-be buyer both turn to run, but it's too late. They both fall down, asleep.
Dec 11 22:57:31 <zoofman> Ben's happy moments don't last long though.
Dec 11 22:58:01 <Dann-> If she doesn't stop crying, he would try to interrupt.
Dec 11 22:58:22 * Adrienne checks her phone, and then texts the others. [guy in alley asleep, confirmed 2 b selling. just gonna rope him up & we can talk 2 whoever]
Dec 11 22:58:36 <castfromhp> "Are you helping run the tournament?" The woman finally asks you, Dann. "You should let your boss know to be careful of people peddling fake TMs and vitamins to losers like me. They prey on bad trainers...and I got taken in."
Dec 11 22:59:05 <Adrienne> Real fast texting done, she grabs rope and then ties up the guy in the cabbie hat. She also secures the dude who was with them, but in a real half-assed way.
Dec 11 22:59:16 <zoofman> a shirtless (but still wearing a leather vest) man with black jeans and a pink mohawk jumps through the window Ben's Starmie shattered, kicks him in the nads, takes his phone as he crumples to the ground, and jumps back out the window.
Dec 11 22:59:33 <castfromhp> "Oh, um...my name's Clara. Guess I never introduced myself."
Dec 11 22:59:59 <Night_Shade> Night nearly topples out of his chair, laughing. He drags Eros down with him to squeeze the bug.
Dec 11 23:00:03 * Nacht_ (~Nacht@610DBE37:C667F4D1:395817FB:IP) has joined
Dec 11 23:00:17 * Adrienne has quit (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Nacht_)))
Dec 11 23:00:21 * Nacht_ is now known as Adrienne
Dec 11 23:00:25 <zoofman> The two things the man shouted were "That's my purse!" and "Don't fuck with the Leathernecks!"
Dec 11 23:00:34 <Night_Shade> "HOLY FUCK!"
Dec 11 23:00:42 <zoofman> That said if you wern't watching this happen, you missed it.
Dec 11 23:01:28 * Adrienne also returns Nero to his ball. "Useful, but I really gotta work on his attitude."
Dec 11 23:01:37 <Adrienne> "Fuckin' somehow."
Dec 11 23:01:42 <Night_Shade> Night rolls on the ground and waves up at the remaining half of the pizza. "Take it! You two deserve it!"
Dec 11 23:02:04 <zoofman> Lucian, you get a text with a thumbs up emoji, "Thanks man appreciate the heads up"
Dec 11 23:02:12 <Dann-> "Wow, that's...awful. I'm sorry." He pulls out his phone and sends a text as he explains. "I will let people know about this. For now, do you think you could tell me a bit more? About the fake stuff or the people that sold it?"
Dec 11 23:02:37 <Dann-> While pretending to text his 'supervisors', he texts the party.
Dec 11 23:02:42 * Lucian doesn't respond.
Dec 11 23:03:10 <Dann-> [Well, I'm with someone that used the drugs on their pokemon at this event. They're a mess. I think we should have patrolled the alleys better.]
Dec 11 23:03:29 <Dann-> [Dealers have been selling the stuff here to more than a few people, I think.]
Dec 11 23:03:59 <castfromhp> "I wanted an Energy Ball TM for Maestro, my Kadabra, and it didn't work at all...I didn't complain though because Maestro got a lot better at battling and barely needed me to command him to win most fights."
Dec 11 23:04:05 <zoofman> Sue's feeling a bit good bit better now but is still clearly out of her element, at least her Dragons are okay witht he kids climbing all over them and pulling at their hair/beard.
Dec 11 23:04:10 <Adrienne> To Dann: [we should have done a lot more things better] [but too late now that we have crying children on our hands, & this drug mess] [im gonna call kenneth abt this guy]
Dec 11 23:04:11 <castfromhp> said Clara, btw whoops.
Dec 11 23:04:26 <Lucian> [Yes, I fought a trainer with a stronger than normal Bagon. He's out cold at the moment but I could take him in for questioning once this is all over.]
Dec 11 23:04:48 * Adrienne calls up Kenneth. When/if he answers, she gives him a curt "yo, this is Adrienne," then fills him in on the basic bullet points of the situation.
Dec 11 23:06:08 <castfromhp> "Hey, it's Kenneth." The watcher picks up and listens through your explanation. "That sounds like a mess, honestly. But good work. You want someone we can trust to pick them up then?"
Dec 11 23:06:22 <Dann-> "So, it was marketed as a TM, but it was actually some kind of generic performance enhancer? Weird..."
Dec 11 23:06:44 <Dann-> "Can you tell me anything about the person that sold it to you? We'd really like to catch these people if they're doing this."
Dec 11 23:06:45 <castfromhp> After Ben recovers from having greater dong destruction cast on him, he just sorta sheepishly crawls out of the restaurant and staggers off.
Dec 11 23:06:49 * Lucian catches up with Sue and tries to warm the kids up to her by including her in lessons as he tries to teach the kids a little something about Pokemon Battling.
Dec 11 23:07:23 <zoofman> Night, around now the guy has gotten back with his Meowth, so the two approach you cautiously when you wave them over.  "...Really?"
Dec 11 23:07:54 <Lucian> 6d6 Command to get the kids to behave
Dec 11 23:07:54 <CritSenpai> Command to get the kids to behave: 24 [6d6=5,6,5,1,5,2]
Dec 11 23:08:02 <Adrienne> "Yeah, the sooner the better because otherwise I'm standing in an alley wearing a stupid costume with two tied up dudes. Granted, one of them is pretty innocent of wrongdoing, I just wanted to question him a bit since he didn't do anything yet."
Dec 11 23:08:20 <Night_Shade> Night calms down and slowly claws his way back up off the ground into his chair. "Yeah, yeah, my treat. Can't let you dummies go totally hungry. I'm almost full anyway."
Dec 11 23:09:11 <Lucian> Night Shadium-Z
Dec 11 23:09:20 <castfromhp> "Yeah, let me try to remember...it was a couple months ago at a tournament, I don't actually remember much about the man who sold me the drugs, but I distinctly remember a blonde woman who came by on a motorcycle to talk to him. It seemed...really shady, so I probably should have known, but I was desperate." Clara says, then blows her nose.
Dec 11 23:09:23 <zoofman> Lucian, with the help of Drampa, you get the kids rounded up for a ad hoc battle lesson, what do you want to cover?
Dec 11 23:09:54 <Lucian> Type effectiveness, the importance of having basic coverage, and why TP is going to be cut in near future
Dec 11 23:11:17 <zoofman> The two hoodlums sheeplessly sit down and split the remaining pizza.  "...So who the hell are you anyway, clearly ain't from around here, and ain't no goodie-two-shoe like little miss CEO's daughter over there," the girl asks.
Dec 11 23:11:37 <castfromhp> "Hmmm, lucky for you, I know someone for you. She's technically off-duty right now and just vacationing in Dahlia, but she'd be down to help with something like this." Kenneth replies.
Dec 11 23:11:49 * Dann- gets up and gets her a glass of water. "Yeah, that does sound a little off. I'm Dann, by the way."
Dec 11 23:13:55 <Adrienne> "Great, give me her number. ASAP because getting sung to sleep isn't forever."
Dec 11 23:14:01 <Night_Shade> "I told you, I'm Night Shade. Look me up." He does have a whole blog with a bunch of footage from the gyms, after all.
Dec 11 23:14:14 <Night_Shade> "I thought I'd stop by to this thing and get some free lunch."
Dec 11 23:14:28 <castfromhp> "You're a kind man, Dann." Clara says. "This drug...it's horrible. Once your Pokemon stops taking it, it's like they become brain dead."
Dec 11 23:14:50 <castfromhp> Adrienne, Kenneth sends you the number, but you realize it's already in your phone - it's Desiree's.
Dec 11 23:15:55 <Dann-> "That sounds awful. And it's disgusting that people are preying on desperate trainers to get their pokemon hooked."
Dec 11 23:16:44 <Adrienne> "Huh, didn't know she was in Dahlia. Thanks, I'll keep you updated."
Dec 11 23:17:30 <Dann-> "And look, I know some people that work for the prominent professors in the region. If this drug is widespread, I'm sure the Watchers are going to get the professors involved. Maybe they can help the affected pokemon."
Dec 11 23:18:15 <zoofman> These two bring out their flip phones and then remember they don't have data plans cause they are poor.  "...Will check it out at the library later or something..."
Dec 11 23:18:35 * Adrienne hangs up and then calls up Desiree. "Hey, this is Adrienne. I know you're on leave, but I need your official Watcher help because I'm in some real shit."
Dec 11 23:18:37 <Dann-> "Don't give up on your pokemon. The labs might be able to figure something out."
Dec 11 23:19:09 <castfromhp> Clara takes a deep breath. "So what can I do to help?"
Dec 11 23:19:27 <zoofman> "You talk funny tho," the pink haired chick says, "Ain't Dahlian."
Dec 11 23:19:44 <castfromhp> Desiree picks up. "'ello. So zis is why Kenneth frantically texted me asking for a favor?"
Dec 11 23:19:53 <Night_Shade> Night looks at them. Then looks around at the calming restaurant. Then takes his netbook out and opens it for them. "Don't go looking through my pics. We're in public."
Dec 11 23:20:13 <Night_Shade> "No, I'm from Freedom City, in Silas."
Dec 11 23:20:34 <Dann-> "Well, I could try to put you in contact with one of the labs? I imagine you'd have to make a statement to Watchers too...but eventually, if the labs can look at Maestro, I'm sure they could learn a lot."
Dec 11 23:20:44 <Night_Shade> "Être capable de parler français me rend meilleur que vous."
Dec 11 23:20:48 <Dann-> "And hopefully be able to help him."
Dec 11 23:21:00 <Adrienne> "Yeah, got it in one."
Dec 11 23:22:13 <Adrienne> "Uh, I'm at Rock Climb's buffet right now, in an adjacent alley. I have two guys tied up, one of them's a drug dealer for some beyond shady fucked up shit, the other's just a regular guy I want to gently question."
Dec 11 23:22:33 <Lucian> Once the lesson is over, Lucian claps his hands together. "Alright, now that I've got your brains all stimulated why don't we get some food?"
Dec 11 23:22:38 <castfromhp> "I don't want to talk to the Watchers." Clara says, shaking her head.
Dec 11 23:24:06 <castfromhp> "Copy that. I'm on my way." Desiree says, before hanging up.
Dec 11 23:24:27 <Dann-> "Hm, well could we at least pass this info you gave me to them anonymously? I'm sure it would help with the eventual search."
Dec 11 23:24:38 <Dann-> "And I can still try to connect you to a lab to get Maestro some help."
Dec 11 23:25:12 * Adrienne puts her phone away, then keeps watch over the two. If necessary, she'll bring out one of her scarier looking Pokemon to keep them in line.
Dec 11 23:25:18 <castfromhp> Clara thinks about this for a minute. "Yes, that'd be okay. Thank you, Dann."
Dec 11 23:26:16 <zoofman> "Bitch say wah?" the girl says instictivly, she holds a hand over her mouth to signify 'oops' after she does it though.  What exactly are they looking at?
Dec 11 23:26:29 <Dann-> "For the record, I haven't used your name in anything I've sent to my supervisors yet, either."
Dec 11 23:27:09 <zoofman> The kids all cheer, yaaay Lucian the food bringer!
Dec 11 23:27:35 <Night_Shade> Night's blog, which is actually updated basically every day with pictures of his Pokemon, videos of the gym battles (the others NOT shopped out), and his various tips, tricks, and musings.
Dec 11 23:27:44 <zoofman> Merric leads the konga line over to a cleared out buffet...since Night is distracted, the Crabbies staffing the kitchen have caught up with resupplying the food.
Dec 11 23:27:49 * Lucian leads the kids out to the buffet tables and then mosies back over to Sue, "See? Easy."
Dec 11 23:27:53 <zoofman> ...Krabbie
Dec 11 23:28:01 <Night_Shade> He also reblogs a lot of paranormal/supernatural stuff.
Dec 11 23:28:11 <Dann-> "So if you want to give your contact info to just me, I'll work to contact the lab sometime after this."
Dec 11 23:28:39 <Night_Shade> "See? I've got seven badges here, looking at getting to that big League event soon. This was, like, a detour."
Dec 11 23:28:52 <castfromhp> After about ten minutes, Adrienne, a car pulls up and Desiree steps out. "On ze way here, Kenneth told me zis was a pretty sensitive matter. As such, I won't be taking them to ze main Watcher station but instead one of ze smaller branches near the city borders." She texts you the address. "Anything I should know? Kenneth was sparing with details."
Dec 11 23:29:19 <castfromhp> Clara nods. "I can do that." She gives you her phone number and email address.
Dec 11 23:30:15 <Dann-> He stands up. "All right, I should probably get back to work. I'm sorry you've had to go through all of this. It really sucks. If you're hungry, I'm sure I could swing some food you don't have to battle for."
Dec 11 23:31:18 <castfromhp> "That'd be great. You're really too kind. This event though..." Clara shakes her head. "Whoever came up with it is out of their minds. Did you see all the kids crying?"
Dec 11 23:31:44 <zoofman> Sue is certainly comforted by now, she mostly seeks tired and relieved the kids aren't all looking at her expectantly or something anymore.  "Maybe for you, I don't get it."
Dec 11 23:32:24 <Night_Shade> "Wait, I just remembered...HEY, ROCK CLIMB! Who's winning?"
Dec 11 23:32:33 <Adrienne> "This one's the dirtbag," she points to the guy in the hat. "This one isn't," she points to the other one. "The MO of dirtbag is to find struggling trainers and feed them anti-government bullshit about TM and vitamin regulation."
Dec 11 23:32:52 <Dann-> "Yeah...I think my job was to mitigate that. But I don't think a fleet of adorably costumed people could have saved all those kids."
Dec 11 23:32:53 <zoofman> Night Shade, the two are poking at the computer, the guy speaks up. "Hey, wait a minute, all the people you're dukin' it out with these Gym Leaders are here.  Ya'll runnin' this shit, and not that guy wrestlin' a Beware?"
Dec 11 23:32:55 <Lucian> "Eh, most people don't get kids. I used to volunteer a lot of my time in the paediatric unit at my parent's work."
Dec 11 23:33:08 <Lucian> "But the important part is caring enough to do it."
Dec 11 23:33:19 * Lucian grips her hand, "And I definitely saw that today."
Dec 11 23:33:27 <Adrienne> "Let's see... I didn't wait to swap contact info, but I'm pretty sure he's just a low level idiot, so it's not like he can spill every bean. But at this point I'm not going to be choosy about information."
Dec 11 23:33:47 <zoofman> The girl adds, "Whose this blond chick with a black hoodie in he background of most these pictures?  She your girl?"
Dec 11 23:33:57 <Lucian> "That kind of thing tends to reach them even if words and actions don't."
Dec 11 23:34:23 <Adrienne> "... I think that's it?"
Dec 11 23:34:31 <castfromhp> "...Sounds like I should call Kenneth down then?" Desiree says as she loads them in the car. "You should explain...all zis to me later."
Dec 11 23:34:35 <Dann-> To be fair, they have never seen Dann.
Dec 11 23:34:37 <Night_Shade> Night waves that off. "Nah, we're in town investigating something else, this is a coincidence." Night turns the computer around to scope out the mystery girl. "That? Nah, she just wishes she was. I'm single."
Dec 11 23:34:55 <Dann-> Dann has been in a Magmar suit the whole time.
Dec 11 23:35:23 <Night_Shade> 3/4. They're grunts, they can't count higher than 3.
Dec 11 23:35:58 <zoofman> Sure yes 3/4  lol
Dec 11 23:37:00 <Adrienne> "He knows a lot of the details, so I dunno, would it be a good idea to call him over to witness this shit?""
Dec 11 23:37:20 <castfromhp> "I meant for ze questioning." Desiree says.
Dec 11 23:38:49 <Adrienne> "... Oh." Adrienne facepalms. "Yeah, call him."
Dec 11 23:40:16 <castfromhp> Desiree nods. "If zat is all, I'll get going. I have a dinner to prepare for zis evening."
Dec 11 23:40:46 <zoofman> Yeahy the girl is Melinda.  "...Investigatin'?  What are yall like slum lords?  Or yall work for someone important like good ol' Champion Benedict?" The girl says, mostly as ajoke.
Dec 11 23:41:29 <zoofman> Lucian, Sue seems satisfied with that compliment but doesn't really vocalize a response to it.  This situation is just way over her comfort zone.
Dec 11 23:41:58 <Adrienne> "Yeah, that's it. Want me to come along? I'm not that useful for this kind of stuff, but I can keep watch, at least. Also, I feel kinda bad for calling you off vacation, so uh, I owe you one."
Dec 11 23:42:28 <Adrienne> "And speaking of dinner, I'm a pretty good chef, so..." She leaves that to trail off as an unsaid favor.
Dec 11 23:42:58 <Night_Shade> Night takes a flask out of his bag and gets to his post-lunch drinking. "I'm only helping Benedict as a favor. Bing pays me to make problems go away."
Dec 11 23:44:01 <castfromhp> "I'll let you know when we've processed him and are ready for questioning. As for dinner...I meant I have an event to attend. If you are also pretty good at putting together an outfit..." Desiree looks you up and down, taking in your faux-ska outfit. "...Nevermind."
Dec 11 23:44:15 <castfromhp> She gets in her car and leaves.
Dec 11 23:45:46 <Adrienne> "I'm garbage at outfits, and I was second place at the last season of Heatran's Kitchen," she says to Desiree as she leaves.
Dec 11 23:46:08 <Adrienne> ... "That fuckin' hurt," she says once Desiree is gone.
Dec 11 23:49:25 <Lucian> "...would now be a bad time to bring up the waivers...? Just a hypothetical question."
Dec 11 23:51:11 <zoofman> The two hoodlums don't really know how to respond to that, Night.  You're probably the most important person whose ever talken to them in their sad, underpriveledged lives.
Dec 11 23:51:27 <zoofman> Lucian, who you asking that too? I don't follow
Dec 11 23:51:51 <castfromhp> Dann was there anything else you wanted to say to Clara before she takes her leave?
Dec 11 23:52:19 <castfromhp> Blintz texts you btw Dann: [u guys ok?]
Dec 11 23:52:58 * Lucian looks around for the trainer with the Bagon.
Dec 11 23:53:06 <Dann-> Nah, if he's got her info (plus a picture he took), he'd get her some food if she wanted it and let her go.
Dec 11 23:53:16 <Night_Shade> Night thinks for a bit. He grabs some nearby food and sets it in front of the pair. "Here. For getting your cats thrashed by Ben, and for totally styling on you. I shouldn't be picking on low-lives, gotta remember where I came from."
Dec 11 23:53:25 <zoofman> Sue looks at a pie with tons of whip cream on it, and briefly considers pressing it into Lucian's fight, but then thinks of of the impression she'd leave on the kids here, so instead, she just rolls her eyes.  "Persistant as ever, I guess."
Dec 11 23:53:32 <Dann-> [Yeah. I got some info from a trainer that got duped into drugging their pokemon. Might be sending her to our lab later.]
Dec 11 23:53:33 <zoofman> Lucian's face*
Dec 11 23:53:48 <Dann-> To be clear, she never saw Dann's face, right?
Dec 11 23:53:48 <castfromhp> Lucian, you don't see the guy around anywhere now, but you do have a photo and the registration records.
Dec 11 23:53:58 <Lucian> "It may be my one redeeming feature?"
Dec 11 23:54:12 <castfromhp> Dann, correct
Dec 11 23:54:50 <Dann-> This will be funny if she turns up at the lab later.
Dec 11 23:55:54 <castfromhp> [niiiice imma come bak up wirh the booze today is a messssss] Blintz texts back
Dec 11 23:56:16 <castfromhp> [adri caught one of the fuckers tho]
Dec 11 23:56:30 * Dann- eventually makes his way back into the restaurant, still in costume.
Dec 11 23:56:39 <Adrienne> Now that the Desiree thing is done though, Adrienne just hangs around outside and waits for the others. She texts Kevin to complain. [Ugh, today sucked. I was complicit in making a bunch of kids cry. Like on two levels.]
Dec 11 23:56:56 <Dann-> [Oh. Sweet. Maybe drink some water, btw.]
Dec 11 23:57:38 <castfromhp> [okaaaaayyyyyy]
Dec 11 23:57:57 <Lucian> [Okay so just that we're all clear this was 100% a success right?]
Dec 11 23:58:15 <Night_Shade> [i think i won]
Dec 11 23:58:29 <Lucian> [we fed a bunch of kids, I got closer to Sue, you guys agreed to sign my waivers, and have several leads now]
Dec 11 23:58:31 <Adrienne> To Lucian: [fuck no]
Dec 11 23:58:36 <zoofman> The two slowly warm up to the offered food like stray Skitties to offered milk.  "So...how does someone like us...uh...get into something like that?" The girl asks.
Dec 11 23:59:43 <Lucian> [yes]
Dec 12 00:00:00 <Lucian> [it was a 110% success you're right]
Dec 12 00:00:19 <Night_Shade> "Shit, man, I dunno. Bing likes to adopt troubled kids, you can just go over there and grovel to her if you don't have any pride."
Dec 12 00:00:25 <castfromhp> At this point, there's basically no one left here. Rock Climb is still off wrestling with Pokemon for some reason, so what ends up happening is a sous chef awkwardly taps Night on the shoulder while he's talking to the skull grunt pair and crowns him the winner of the first ever Rock Climb Battle Buffet!
Dec 12 00:00:43 <Night_Shade> "Sometimes I have jobs I need done that I can't get to myself, so I'm always looking for people to-"
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Dec 12 00:00:54 <Night_Shade> "FUCK YOU GUYS, I WON!"
Dec 12 00:01:04 * Lucian claps loudly and tries to get the crowd riled up by chanting, "SPEECH, SPEECH, SPEECH, SPEECH."
Dec 12 00:01:11 <zoofman> Rachel even chimes in on this group text: [This was hilarious I'm just glad that Runner looking guy made sure all potential leaked evidense of our involvement was lost.]
Dec 12 00:01:29 <zoofman> [Also is Night starting a gang over in that corner? I can't tell.]
Dec 12 00:01:30 <Night_Shade> 'You guys' in this context being everyone in the restaurant, not specifically the grunts.
Dec 12 00:02:22 <Lucian> [yes the Runner was also 110% intentional you're welcome]
Dec 12 00:02:35 <Lucian> [but let's not talk about that anymore]
Dec 12 00:02:37 <Night_Shade> Night stands back up on his chair with a Shedinja tucked under an arm. "I'm the king of Battle Buffet, baby! Ya'll just got out-eated by NIGHT SHADE!"
Dec 12 00:03:30 <Adrienne> [I'm not even in the building, I'm outside in this alley because fuck it, why not.]
Dec 12 00:03:42 <Lucian> [slummin' it I get it]
Dec 12 00:03:48 <Lucian> [it's like method acting]
Dec 12 00:03:54 <Adrienne> [There's a lot of screaming, and I'm pretty sure Night won the entire thing.]
Dec 12 00:03:56 <Lucian> [except the meth in this case is the drugs]
Dec 12 00:04:22 <Night_Shade> And he sits back down. "I got jobs I can't always do myself, so if I need help, I call up guys like you to do it. Might even feed you again if you do a good job."
Dec 12 00:08:07 <zoofman> The two nod eagerly, whipping out their flip phones to share their numbers with you, before making their leave.
Dec 12 00:09:07 <Night_Shade> Night looks positively pleased with himself. It's very unusual and off-putting.
Dec 12 00:10:22 * CablePhone (~Cable@Rizon-5D181383.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) has joined
Dec 12 00:13:53 <castfromhp> Anything else y'all wanted to do before we wrap up?
Dec 12 00:15:34 <Night_Shade> Feed pizza to Mimikyu.
Dec 12 00:15:56 <zoofman> The Krabbies deliver the pizza.
Dec 12 00:16:08 <zoofman> And then retreat to the kitche, banging their pots along the way
Dec 12 00:16:15 * Lucian apologizes profusely to his Pokemon
Dec 12 00:17:26 <zoofman> Kevin eventually gets back: [Did the kids at least deserve it? That sucks either way sorry.]
Dec 12 00:17:32 * Dann- lets his pokemon out for leftovers.
Dec 12 00:18:43 * Dann- also let Rayleigh out.
Dec 12 00:18:46 <Dann-> 1d20 Plunder
Dec 12 00:18:46 <CritSenpai> Plunder: 10 [1d20=10]
Dec 12 00:20:11 <zoofman> Rayleigh less plunders, and more makes, a jar of tears.
Dec 12 00:20:17 <zoofman> it might be useful one day.
Dec 12 00:20:17 <Adrienne> [Fuck no. Work stuff happened, and we ended up hosting a tournament because of it. Turns out, we didn't organize it as well as we could have and a bunch of kids joined.]
Dec 12 00:21:16 <Adrienne> [That ended up a disaster real fast. Also I tried to use Nero to help keep the peace, and... at some point I forgot Nero is a little bundle of awful.]
Dec 12 00:22:14 <zoofman> [Ooooooh yeah I can see how that coulda gotten weird...were there no parents there? Kids in these cities get away with anything!]
Dec 12 00:22:59 * Dann- pockets the dark artifact, and debates selling it to a witch. After the witch fiasco is over, anyway.
Dec 12 00:23:43 <Adrienne> [Uhhhh I didn't see any parents?]
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Dec 12 00:26:50 <zoofman> [WTF. So WEIRD.  Hope you feel better after its over at least.  I'm stuck ghost hunting.  In the boonies.  Sorta near your hometon.  Its cold and miserable and Jackie's sister is about as talkative as a pet rock.]
Dec 12 00:26:57 <zoofman> [As in, an actual pet rock, not a Geodude.]
Dec 12 00:29:08 * Night_Shade is now known as Domovoi
Dec 12 00:29:50 <Adrienne> [Mt. Starfall is really nice. I've always been alright with Alex, I don't think I ever noticed her being super quiet.]