Pokemaids XXI

[22:46]	<GMOwen>	VOICEOVER: Is there anything so true as a heart? With courage, the truest heart shall pull us though anything…
[22:46]	<GMOwen>	VOICEOVER: The intrepid band of miscreants, orphans, and hellraisers enjoy a feast of delicious vittles, purchased with hard-earned cash of their very own! They picnic in the hilly fields near Celadon City, looking out at the bay and slender bike bridge running across it.
[22:48]	* [Owen]Marina	prefers fish she caught WITH HER OWN HANDS!
[22:50]	* [Rut]Skye	felt the same way, but after spending so much time in and around Vermilion, the thrill of skim-fishing (or else assaulting fishmonger stands) had lost some of its appeal.
[22:50]	* Sublimia	elegantly enjoys some sort of rice ball.
[22:52]	* Aflack	does not eat. He only glares.
[22:52]	* [Owen]Marina	looks (not glares) at "this guy", but he can't tell because SUNGLASSES.
[22:52]	* Sublimia	watches him cooly.
[22:52]	<Sublimia>	So.
[22:52]	<Sublimia>	Why are you still here?
[22:53]	* [Owen]Marina	answers the question not her own, as she is wont to do!
[22:53]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Cause."
[22:54]	* [Rut]Skye	lies on her side, supporting her head with one arm and consuming a sweetroll with aid from the other.
[22:54]	* Sublimia	ignores her and continue gazing at the Farfetch'd
[22:55]	<[Rut]Skye>	Hm. Gotta say, I wouldn't mind a more substantial meal...
[22:55]	* [Rut]Skye	's eyes shift to the Farfetch'd.
[22:55]	* [Owen]Marina	goes pssh at Skye.
[22:56]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Hey, you coulda bought whatever you wanted back in town, kid."
[22:56]	<[Owen]Marina>	"And what's so bad about that there cinnamon bun anyways?"
[22:57]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Anyways... Dude man."
[22:57]	<[Rut]Skye>	Nothin', nothin'~ don't mind me. Just contemplating desert. It's a hobby.
[22:57]	* [Owen]Marina	focuses on Dude-Man.
[22:58]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Refresh my memory. I missed like all of everything arguing with this chicky-bird over here."
[22:58]	<Aflack>	"The duel ended in draw, and I am most unsatisfied with the result. But even if I had bested the defiler, I could not in good conscience leave that terrible thing untended."
[22:58]	* Aflack	gestures at Skye.
[22:58]	* [Rut]Skye	gestures at herself, too, still holding the bun.
[22:59]	<Sublimia>	So you want to... tame her? Subdue her? Kill her?
[22:59]	* [Rut]Skye	cracks a grin and raises an eyebrow, as if to say "Do you?"
[23:01]	<Aflack>	"She is shiftier than greasy businessman in a back-alley shop. I dare not let her leave my sight."
[23:01]	* MissD	tilts her head in an odd manner..hmm?
[23:01]	<Sublimia>	Oh. A noble endeavor, I suppose.
[23:02]	<Aflack>	"She is capable of things. Horrific things. None of you miserable lot seem terribly concerned about it, so I must bear that burden for the sake of all who would suffer otherwise."
[23:02]	<Aflack>	"And that's merely /her/."
[23:02]	<Sublimia>	She's no threat to me, so of course I don't care.
[23:02]	* Sublimia	munches.
[23:03]	<[Rut]Skye>	My, but you're goin' on a little to presume a lot.
[23:03]	<MissD>	...mmm.. are we still going on about me floating over your land?..
[23:04]	<Sublimia>	No, he's right. Terrible things. Making off with small pieces of plastic, upturning dustbins...
[23:04]	* Sublimia	shakes her head dramatically.
[23:05]	<[Rut]Skye>	Alas, you wound my maiden heart, Lady Frost!
[23:05]	* [Rut]Skye	mock-swoons.
[23:05]	* Aflack	sneers.
[23:05]	<Sublimia>	I'm sorry, I should have given you more credit.
[23:05]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Shut the hell up, MOCKingbird."
[23:05]	<Sublimia>	Tinfoil, then.
[23:05]	* [Owen]Marina	glares at Skye.
[23:05]	* MissD	sighs...
[23:05]	* MissD	hovers around Sublimia.
[23:06]	<MissD>	Never thought I'd hang out with you instead..
[23:06]	* [Owen]Marina	looks at Aflack but motions to Skye.
[23:06]	<Sublimia>	Really? You're usually so clingy.
[23:06]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Nah, dude, I understand."
[23:06]	<MissD>	Yeah.. all this bitching is ruining the fun really....
[23:07]	<[Owen]Marina>	"She's a piece of work, and I barely know the girl."
[23:07]	<Sublimia>	Aflack, dear, are you going to let them speak abot you like that?
[23:08]	* Sara`	, slightly apart from the group, reads while enjoying sumptuous, bought good food.
[23:10]	* Sara`	observes from her distance, happy to observe in her own relative quiet.
[23:10]	<[Rut]Skye>	Piece of work? What, so I socked -you- outta nowhere when we met? Hah.
[23:10]	<MissD>	There's only so much one can do before it gets dull and dreary..hehe... never thought that would come out of my mouth...
[23:10]	<Aflack>	"I have endured worse than this. I might as well be listening to a nest of pidgey chicks peeping and chirping."
[23:11]	* [Owen]Marina	shakes her head.
[23:11]	<[Rut]Skye>	Good luck with that. Since I got here, the population's been stagnating...
[23:12]	<[Rut]Skye>	... Just kidding~
[23:12]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Kid... you just don't get it. Fightin' is nothing bad compared to a lot of the things that happen."
[23:12]	* [Rut]Skye	pops the rest of the bun in her mouth.
[23:12]	<Sublimia>	And that's why the crime rate has been riing.
[23:13]	* Aflack	might have smiled at that.
[23:13]	<[Rut]Skye>	Eh? What's so bad about fighting?
[23:13]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Not much; that's my POINT."
[23:14]	<[Owen]Marina>	"You though... what is this, you talk all the time about stealing and cheating and I don't know what!"
[23:14]	* [Rut]Skye	shrugs.
[23:15]	<MissD>	hmmm.. this is amusing to watch from the side after all...
[23:15]	* MissD	watches onward with her usual glee.
[23:15]	<Sublimia>	Isn't it?
[23:15]	* Sublimia	has a piece of rice stuck to her cheek.
[23:16]	<[Rut]Skye>	Stealing? Sure, a human could probably make that argument. But cheating? Gimme a break, Marina...
[23:16]	* [Rut]Skye	sits up and stretches.
[23:16]	* [Owen]Marina	doesn't feel like getting into a heated debate with Skye. She proceeds to try and ignore the troublemaker.
[23:16]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Bah... never mind, kid, never mind..."
[23:16]	<Sublimia>	Are you off to commit your daily atrocities, Skye?
[23:17]	* [Owen]Marina	gets up and looks out at the bay, thinking about this and that.
[23:18]	* MissD	picks it off from Subby's face and noms on it nonchalantly.
[23:18]	<[Rut]Skye>	Maybe in a bit. But you're all trying so hard to be condescending... Couldn't leave ya hanging like that! What kind of friend would I be?
[23:18]	* [Rut]Skye	chuckles.
[23:18]	* Aflack	is content with sitting against a tree and slowly chewing on a chive stalk, despite having several choice replies to that.
[23:19]	<Sublimia>	I wouldn't dream of acting anything like condescending.
[23:19]	<[Rut]Skye>	No, I get it. You lot operate on your own rules, I understand. No sense in judging one-another, yeah?
[23:19]	* [Owen]Marina	taps her foot and thinks... If they don't find something constructive to do with their lives, who knows what's going to happen...
[23:20]	* [Owen]Marina	almost wishes she had some sort of a trainer again... It was easier, back then. Didn't have to make all the tough calls...
[23:20]	<Sublimia>	I suppose this is our tradeoff for a wild life. Without a trainer, we have no unified goal.
[23:20]	* Aflack	...That gives him pause, though.
[23:20]	<[Rut]Skye>	I wouldn't say that...
[23:21]	* [Rut]Skye	glances at Sublimia.
[23:21]	<Sublimia>	Then are yousaying we have one?
[23:21]	* [Rut]Skye	sighs and looks around the "camp" seriously.
[23:22]	<[Rut]Skye>	Well, far be it from me to get my feathers ruffled over something like this... But listen: you really think this is a "wild life"?
[23:22]	<Aflack>	Great Scott. Some miserable bastard was a /trainer/ to you disreputable louts?
[23:23]	<Sublimia>	Oh, so you're just getting picky over word choice now. I mean as opposed to being domesticated pets.
[23:23]	* [Owen]Marina	responds to Aflack, still looking out at the bay.
[23:23]	<Aflack>	How in the world did he manage?
[23:23]	<[Owen]Marina>	"There's wasn't a bastard, dude. MINE was."
[23:24]	<[Owen]Marina>	"But that's water under the bridge, as they say."
[23:24]	<[Owen]Marina>	"You got somethin' against trainers?"
[23:25]	<Aflack>	"Not if they're well-behaved, skilled, and of a sound mind."
[23:25]	<[Rut]Skye>	I mean, I dunno what you've gone through before, but lookatcha. You needed green paper to trade for a decent lunch.
[23:26]	* [Owen]Marina	lets one of "Iris' finest" defend her instead. It's better that way.
[23:26]	<Sublimia>	I did fend for myself before she came along, you know.
[23:26]	<[Owen]Marina>	"One out a three makes a pretty damn bad trainer, then..."
[23:27]	<[Rut]Skye>	So why'd you stop?
[23:27]	<Aflack>	"Indeed it does."
[23:27]	* Sara`	closes her book with a loud clap.
[23:27]	<Sublimia>	Hm? She caught me, didn't she?
[23:27]	<Sara`>	I too fend for myself.
[23:27]	<Sara`>	And I joined her of my own free will.
[23:27]	<[Rut]Skye>	Yeah, but what's left now? You still got ties to the human world?
[23:28]	<[Rut]Skye>	Money? That -in theory- represents shiny metal or some "stock" that exists only in people's heads?
[23:28]	<Sublimia>	Hey, you're eating too.
[23:29]	* Sara`	points to her book.
[23:29]	<Sara`>	And it holds some unique value, if odd.
[23:29]	<[Rut]Skye>	Don't get me wrong. Food's food. But I would've gotten my own, as would any of you. Why play at being human?
[23:30]	* Aflack	is taken aback. The savage actually is aware of abstract concepts? Astonishing!
[23:30]	* Aflack	...And dangerous.
[23:30]	* [Owen]Marina	doesn't feel like adding her considerably large two cents to this particular conversation. There's enough change around here as is.
[23:30]	<MissD>	Perhaps so we're not total feral beasts and distinguished amongst them?...
[23:30]	* MissD	finally speaks up, moreso out of boredom and adding more fuel to the fire.
[23:31]	<[Rut]Skye>	Maju -- "Pocket Monsters" as humans say -- are strong. We don't use money and we don't follow human laws. Sorry for sayin' it, but... don't you have
[23:31]	<[Rut]Skye>	... PRIDE??
[23:31]	* Sara`	keeps her own point simple.
[23:31]	<Sara`>	You think we don't?
[23:31]	* [Rut]Skye	almost shouts it, barely keeping her voice below that level.
[23:31]	<Sara`>	"Training" isn't everything there is to humans.
[23:32]	* [Owen]Marina	clenches her fists and tries to stop her water cannons from extending more than they already are. That cocky little chick...
[23:32]	* Sara`	contrastingly keeps hers to almost a sort of growl. Sitting back worked for a while, but those nerves are now being grated.
[23:32]	<[Rut]Skye>	And yet it's the only that that concerns us, right?
[23:32]	* Aflack	...and yet argues for a return to savagery! What manner of creature IS this paradoxical bird?
[23:32]	<Sara`>	You're shortsighted if you think that.
[23:32]	* Sara`	stands up.
[23:33]	<Sublimia>	Calm down, children.
[23:34]	* Sublimia	hides her smile behind her sleeve
[23:34]	<MissD>	..never thought I'd agree with Subby here... relax and have some fun..as long as we don't catch the eyes of the human law and get arrested. We are free to some degree after all~
[23:34]	* [Owen]Marina	is glad that she is not one of the children, and thus is already remaining calm... mostly.
[23:35]	* Sara`	glances halfway towards her, silent.
[23:35]	* Aflack	listens with interest, despite himself. It's like listening to the tribe's ducklings trying to discuss the finer points of the philosophy of the warrior's code.
[23:35]	<[Rut]Skye>	... But. Like I said, you do what you do. I ain't stopping you.
[23:35]	<Sublimia>	Personally.
[23:36]	* [Rut]Skye	recomposes what little she lost of her nonchalance.
[23:37]	<Sublimia>	I believe that the land cannot supply all our needs.
[23:37]	<Sublimia>	After all, where would I get ice cream?
[23:37]	* [Rut]Skye	chuckles.
[23:39]	<[Rut]Skye>	True enough. I admit, some of what these human produce gets addictive. It's why I hang around them. They've done pretty well for themselves as a whole. Got a good thing goin' for 'em.
[23:39]	* [Rut]Skye	smiles. She shrugs and shakes her head.
[23:39]	<Sublimia>	Exactly. If they're there to be exploited, why not exploit them?
[23:39]	* Sara`	folds her arms, drumming her fingers.
[23:39]	* Sublimia	waves an arm toward the city.
[23:39]	<[Rut]Skye>	But I'm not human. That's a line I don't cross.
[23:41]	* [Owen]Marina	tries, very calmly, to reenter the conversation.
[23:41]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Are we done arguing yet?"
[23:41]	* [Owen]Marina	walks back into the circle of confusion.
[23:41]	<MissD>	I'm up for an adventure~
[23:42]	* Aflack	Oh, they've even got delusions of superiority! If only Sage Antidae could hear this now... The old mallard would probably be scribbling everything down in that notebook of his.
[23:42]	* MissD	notices that cute little duck and floats over to lick his face.
[23:42]	<MissD>	Fufufu~...
[23:43]	* Sara`	sighs, and follows MissD. The new guy seems interesting enough, and hasn't been arguing. Might also be a good idea from keeping another fight from breaking out.
[23:44]	* [Owen]Marina	is glad she's no leader here. If she was, she would surely be the worst of leaders. No one listens around here...
[23:45]	<[Rut]Skye>	I ain't arguing anything. I'm not tryin' to convince anyone. Just... thinkin' aloud, yeah?
[23:45]	* [Rut]Skye	smooths her hair back carefully.
[23:46]	* Sara`	holds her tongue, not wanting to sour her broken silence further.
[23:46]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Gah, we need a hobby... Something we can all agree on. Gym badges, destroying public property, burning down Pokeball factories, anything..."
[23:46]	<Sublimia>	You know, there's a word for people who talk to themselves too much.
[23:47]	<[Rut]Skye>	I blame you guys. Everything was quieter when I was on my own! But I guess that's why I'm still here~
[23:47]	* [Owen]Marina	scratches her head.
[23:48]	<Sublimia>	You mean so you can blame us.
[23:48]	* Sara`	has a rather distict goal, but keeps from voicing it as well, lest it be shot down. Her jaw sets in its place just noticeably.
[23:48]	* [Owen]Marina	sits down next to Sara. Sara always makes sense!
[23:49]	<[Owen]Marina>	"'Ey, fancy lady."
[23:49]	<Sara`>	Hey.
[23:49]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Your head splittin' apart from all this right now?"
[23:51]	* Sara`	lets out pent-up breath.
[23:51]	<Sara`>	A little.
[23:52]	<[Owen]Marina>	"...Ever wish you were jus' by yourself again?"
[23:52]	* Sara`	evades, if only for a moment.
[23:52]	<Sara`>	Do you?
[23:52]	* [Owen]Marina	shrugs.
[23:52]	<[Rut]Skye>	Hobby, huh... Well, you mentioned badges? I bet between the lot of us, we could get a collection goin' to put my old one to shame.
[23:52]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Made a lot more sense back then, at least."
[23:53]	<[Owen]Marina>	"I dunno..."
[23:53]	<[Rut]Skye>	Whaddaya think, Lady?
[23:53]	* [Rut]Skye	addresses Sublimia.
[23:54]	<Sara`>	I don't know either, I guess.
[23:54]	<Sublimia>	It sounds... interesting. I surely wouldn't mind.
[23:54]	<Sara`>	I like travelling in this group, though.
[23:54]	<Sublimia>	I haven't been in a proper battle for a while, after all.
[23:54]	<Sara`>	Safer, mostly fun.
[23:54]	* [Owen]Marina	shrugs again.
[23:54]	<MissD>	If I recall, we need a leader for that don't we?
[23:55]	<MissD>	Well.. a trainer at least.
[23:55]	<[Owen]Marina>	"It's an experience. I just wish we'd DO something, rather than just... travel."
[23:55]	<[Rut]Skye>	Why? All we need is a good hiding spot.
[23:56]	* Sara`	sits back.
[23:56]	<Sara`>	... Yeah, that would be nice.
[23:56]	* Sara`	seems a slight bit distant.
[23:56]	<[Rut]Skye>	In particular, those rookie trainers love to go trekking through tall grass for some reason. Don't know why. But they're always there, so that's where ya hit 'em.
[23:57]	<Sublimia>	Isn't that a bit boring?
[23:57]	<MissD>	They usually have pretty strong monsters too though... they may look week..
[23:58]	* [Owen]Marina	vaguely listens in to the other conversation.
[23:58]	* Sara`	contemplates letting Marina in on her idea, farfetched as it is.
[23:58]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Hey, Sara... Ya think badges'd bring the group together any? Never mind how impossible it'd be to get them to let us compete..."
[23:59]	<[Rut]Skye>	Yeah. Even I'd be hard-pressed if one of 'em decided to sic all his chumps on me at once. But that's where the humans' rules work against 'em, heh.
[00:00]	* Sara`	snaps to the conversation.
[00:00]	<Sara`>	-Oh, badges?
[00:00]	<Sara`>	... Probably.
[00:00]	<Sara`>	I could pose as a trainer, potentially.
[00:01]	* [Owen]Marina	stops her at that point before she goes further.
[00:01]	<[Owen]Marina>	"No."
[00:01]	<[Owen]Marina>	"That's not the point, Sara."
[00:01]	<[Rut]Skye>	...
[00:01]	<[Owen]Marina>	"That's never BEEN the point."
[00:01]	* [Rut]Skye	looks over at Marina and Sara.
[00:02]	* Sara`	looks at Marina, a little confused.
[00:02]	<Sara`>	I was just thinking of a way to make it easier. Maybe.
[00:03]	<[Owen]Marina>	"We've always gotta make that choice, Sara. Because what's easiest, and what's best."
[00:04]	<Sublimia>	...Anyhow, Skye.
[00:04]	<Sara`>	Yeah, that's right.
[00:04]	<Sublimia>	We can't just steal the badges.
[00:04]	<[Owen]Marina>	"I don't care how many badges we get if everyone but us thinks they belong to a human that don't even exist."
[00:05]	<[Rut]Skye>	Huh? Why not? Most trainers carry one or two.
[00:06]	<Sublimia>	Yes, but isn't it too easy to just steal them off some poor fool?
[00:06]	<Sublimia>	It defeats the purpose.
[00:06]	<MissD>	True.. and then they'll complain and then we'll get a nice bounty on our head.
[00:06]	<[Rut]Skye>	Hrm... what'd you have in mind, then?
[00:07]	<Sara`>	Going to gyms and earning the badges ourselves would make a statement.
[00:07]	<Sublimia>	...Make a statement?
[00:07]	* [Owen]Marina	points to Sara and nods.
[00:07]	* [Rut]Skye	, too, turns to Sara.
[00:07]	<[Owen]Marina>	"THAT'S the point."
[00:07]	* Sara`	smiles.
[00:07]	<[Rut]Skye>	-- Count me in.
[00:07]	<Sara`>	"We can earn your badges too."
[00:07]	<Sara`>	Effectively.
[00:07]	<[Owen]Marina>	"And the OHTER point is that they won't let you. I've tried."
[00:08]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Believe you me, I have TRIED."
[00:08]	<Sublimia>	But what point are you trying to make?
[00:08]	<[Owen]Marina>	"That we're smart enough to fight our own battles and live our OWN lives without having to get stuffed in their magic techno-balls for all eternity."
[00:09]	* [Owen]Marina	raises her voice at that statement, rather miffed.
[00:09]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Do they understand that? No. Hah, no. Of course they don't."
[00:09]	<[Rut]Skye>	Who cares? I've never fought in a gym, but I've heard about it. Specially designed stages full of specific types. Sounds like fun.
[00:09]	<MissD>	We won't even get pass the door if we don't have a trainer by our side.
[00:09]	* MissD	rolls her eyes.
[00:10]	<[Rut]Skye>	So break it down! It's just a door.
[00:10]	* [Owen]Marina	points to Skye, anger building."
[00:10]	<Sara`>	We could do this.
[00:10]	<MissD>	...that's a one way trip to the pound.
[00:10]	<[Owen]Marina>	"I am THIS close, chick. THIS close."
[00:10]	<[Rut]Skye>	If we beat the gym leader in front of everyone, following all the little rules and whatnot? Ain't that enough?
[00:11]	<[Owen]Marina>	"DON'T push me with your brainless plans."
[00:11]	<MissD>	And the Gym Leaders monsters are much more disciplined than this ragtag team and will most likely wipe the floor with us...
[00:11]	* [Rut]Skye	only grins wider in response to MissD's comment.
[00:11]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Skye, Skye, Skye... You already BROKE their rules."
[00:12]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Because you broke down their door."
[00:12]	<Sublimia>	SO.
[00:12]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Don't you GET it, kid?!"
[00:12]	<Sublimia>	Marina, are you saying it's impossible?
[00:12]	* [BNS]Komacho	is off to the side, doing her daily exercises, which mostly consist of deadlifting boulders larger than herself and twirling treetrunks like they're baton sticks.
[00:12]	<[Rut]Skye>	What, seriously? Lame...
[00:12]	<[Owen]Marina>	"I'm not saying it's impossible."
[00:12]	<Sara`>	Nothing is impossible.
[00:12]	* [Owen]Marina	tries to calm down a little.
[00:12]	* Sara`	backs up Marina, finding one of her closest beliefs vindicated.
[00:12]	<[Owen]Marina>	"I'm saying it's impossible unless you THINK, and think HARD about how to do it."
[00:13]	<[Rut]Skye>	So, to get them to acknowledge us, we fight them, but to fight them, they have to acknowledge us? Sounds impossible to me.
[00:14]	<[Rut]Skye>	S'pose we could ask real nicely. Haha...
[00:14]	<Sara`>	There's always a way.
[00:14]	<[Owen]Marina>	"Tried it."
[00:14]	* [Owen]Marina	shakes her head.
[00:14]	<Sublimia>	So then, miss optimist.
[00:14]	* Sara`	's optimism rises.
[00:15]	<Sublimia>	Enlighten us.
[00:15]	* [BNS]Komacho	suddenly pipes up.
[00:15]	<[BNS]Komacho>	Umm... guys?
[00:15]	<MissD>	....hmm?
[00:15]	* MissD	turns to Komacho. Oh, look she speak.
[00:15]	<MissD>	[*Spoke.]
[00:15]	<[BNS]Komacho>	There's always my sister...
[00:16]	<Sublimia>	Keep going.
[00:16]	<Sara`>	Komacho?
[00:16]	<MissD>	.........
[00:16]	<MissD>	You have a sister?....
[00:16]	* MissD	grins.
[00:16]	* [Rut]Skye	eyes Komacho attentively, too.
[00:17]	* [BNS]Komacho	tells the story about how her sister was captured by a trainer way before she was captured by Iris and how her sister's success as a League Champion-caliber fighter has spurned on her own pursuit of that.
[00:17]	<[BNS]Komacho>	So... maybe my sister's trainer can do something to let us prove ourselves?
[00:18]	<Sublimia>	We don't lose anything from trying it.
[00:18]	* MissD	suddenly showers Komacho with hugs.
[00:18]	<MissD>	Yay~
[00:18]	<Sara`>	Sounds like a good direction to me.
[00:18]	<[Rut]Skye>	An inside deal, eh? Could work, for sure.
[00:19]	<[Rut]Skye>	But...
[00:19]	* Aflack	is downright fascinated by this.
[00:19]	* [Rut]Skye	looks Komacho in the eye.
[00:19]	* [Owen]Marina	is skeptical.
[00:19]	<[Rut]Skye>	... You sure you're ready?
[00:20]	<[Rut]Skye>	To meet up with your sister, I mean.
[00:20]	* [Rut]Skye	seems to somehow read Komacho's mind, like she grasps something unspoken.
[00:21]	* [BNS]Komacho	suddenly looks nervous as she thinks about just that very thing, as she knows that her sister will want to test her strength before helping her
[00:22]	* Sara`	approaches Komacho with a confident smile on her face.
[00:23]	<[BNS]Komacho>	Well...
[00:23]	<[BNS]Komacho>	...I don't know.
[00:23]	<[BNS]Komacho>	But, it's probably the only chance we have, right?
[00:24]	<MissD>	Beats trying Skye's method.
[00:24]	<Sara`>	You'll be able to face her.
[00:24]	* Sara`	tries to allay the fighting-girl's worries.
[00:25]	<[BNS]Komacho>	I'm not worried about having to fight her... I'm just not sure if I'll win...
[00:26]	<[Rut]Skye>	We~ll...
[00:26]	<Aflack>	"Short of hiring an unknown trainer like a common mercenary, it is the only option that seems even remotely plausible."
[00:27]	* [Owen]Marina	rolls her eyes. They just don't get it... And will all the chitter-chatter going on, they won't, either.
[00:27]	* [Rut]Skye	ruffles Komacho amiably.
[00:27]	<[Rut]Skye>	Try not to worry about it so much, yeah? Even if you don't win, I doubt she'll be disappointed with your progress.
[00:28]	<Sara`>	I have to agree.
[00:29]	* Sara`	puts a hand on her shoulder.
[00:29]	<[Rut]Skye>	Besides, I'm guessing you'd try anyway for the group's sake. So just keep it simple.
[00:29]	<Sublimia>	Take one for the team. If you die, we will remember your martyrdom.
[00:29]	<Sara`>	Oh, shush.
[00:30]	<Sublimia>	Oh dear, did I upset her?
[00:30]	* MissD	giggles.
[00:30]	* Sara`	for once rebuts Sublimia with amicability than some implied annoyance. Little could pull her down, given this new goal.
[00:31]	* [BNS]Komacho	clenches her fist. She's ready.
[00:31]	<[BNS]Komacho>	Ok. I'll do it.
[00:33]	<GMOwen>	[Sounds like a good place to end, I guess?]