Coumarine Outskirts
-Seamstress wakes up with a severe headache.-Seamstress: <Ooooow... What happened last night?>
-Seamstress looks around, sees some herb bushes that smell faintly of bug repellant, an unconscious male Masquerain with a goofy grin on his face, and a yellow and green patterned egg sitting between her and the Masquerain.-
Seamstress: -blinks at the egg a few times, then yells despite her headache- <MuuuuuUUUUUUUUUKKKKKK!>
edited 15th Feb '14 10:23:14 AM by keys2tkingdom
Coumarine City
-Eskay opens his mouth to say something, but hesitates.-
Eskay: ...I'd say that's a really cynical way of thinking of it, but... knowing us, that's probably going to be the case anyway.
Li'l Punk
Lower Coumarine
I wouldn't say it's cynical. It means we're fighting the bad guys. Y'know, making the world and better place and whatnot.
-she tosses another rock out into the water-
I think we're succeeding, even. Cipher... Cipher hurt, but it wasn't... world ending. It wasn't as big as some of the threats we've faced in the past.
Victory! Honor! Destiny! Mutton!
Coumarine City
Eskay: I guess...
-He stares out to the water, memories of Orre flashing through his mind-
Eskay: Hopefully whatever happens next won't be so... harsh, though. Like, even though Cipher wasn't as large-scale, they made things harsh on a more personal level.
Li'l Punk
Lower Coumarine
... Yeah. You don't have to tell me twice.
-she tosses a rock from hand to hand, then hurls it as far as she can-
Victory! Honor! Destiny! Mutton!
Coumarine City
-Eskay watches the splash caused by the rock.-
Eskay: ...At least Kalos has been a nice recovery from that.
-He tosses a rock of his own out into the water. It skips once before sinking.-
Li'l Punk
Lower Coumarine
Yeah, it has.
-she watches his rock-
... I don't know how to skip rocks.
Victory! Honor! Destiny! Mutton!
Coumarine City
Eskay: It's a difficult thing to start learning, but it gets easier once you get the gist of it. Flat, smooth rocks are typically the best; the "skip" is the flat side skimming off the water.
Li'l Punk
Lower Coumarine
Hmm.
-she picks up a flat rock and tosses it up and down a few times, then throws it at the water. It sinks-
Nope.
Victory! Honor! Destiny! Mutton!
Coumarine City
Eskay: Hmm...
-He shrugs-
Eskay: I dunno. At least it's not a skill that we'll need to save someone's life or anything.
Li'l Punk
Lower Coumarine
How do you know? Maybe someday I'll be challenged to a rock-skipping competition for someone's life.
Victory! Honor! Destiny! Mutton!
Coumarine City
Eskay: I'm sure you'd win. Or tie, and then they'll have to let whoever go anyway. People who want to kill each other don't really seem like the types to have much rock-skipping experience.
The Wanderer
Tower of Mastery
-Looking around-
So this is the legendary Tower of Mastery.
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Li'l Punk
Lower Coumarine
Hmm. You never know, maybe they were rock-skipping champions in their youth.
Victory! Honor! Destiny! Mutton!
Coumarine City
Eskay: Maybe.
-He hands her another rock-
Eskay: Better be prepared.
Dunsparce Cloud
Tower of Mastery
-an old man walks up to Tagg-
Gurkinn: Ah, hello. Here to learn about Mega Evolution?
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Li'l Punk
Lower Coumarine
Maybe I can hit him in the back of the head while he's trying to skip his rock, then kidnap whoever he has and abscond with them.
-the chucks the rock again. It sinks-
Because I am not very good at this.
Victory! Honor! Destiny! Mutton!
Coumarine City
Eskay: Maybe.
-He watches the rock sink-
Eskay: ...Hmm... Try throwing it like... the tiniest Frisbee ever. So it spins.
The Wanderer
Yeah, I am. Are you the head of this place?
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Dunsparce Cloud
Tower of Mastery
Gurkinn: You could say that. My name is Gurkinn, I'm the Mega Evolution Guru.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Li'l Punk
Lower Coumarine
All right, let's see...
-she picks up another flat rock and throws it with a flick of her wrist. It skips once and sinks-
Neat!
Victory! Honor! Destiny! Mutton!
Coumarine City
-Eskay grins-
Eskay: See, I'm not completely terrible at explaining things.
The Wanderer
And I'm Tagg.
-Looking at the ground-
Interesting design you have there.
-Pulls out my Key Stone-
Looks just like this one actually.
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Li'l Punk
Lower Coumarine
-Crewe snickers-
Yeah, only a little terrible.
Victory! Honor! Destiny! Mutton!
Lower Coumarine
-Straw is looking through the stands selling various items-