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Hotsprings

"Nice to meet you, Straw."

Spring

-She chuckles-

Tori: "I was just teasing, but yes. And I'm sure your girlfriend appreciates your sense of respect"

-Gives a brief smile-

"So, ice shard lacerations... Do you know much about first aid? Or was it just an emergency thing where nobody else was available?"

Springs

-Joseph smiles at Kieran-

Joseph: Ooooh, hi Kieran! Yeah, I sorta need to relax, too. Not that I've been through what, you know...but I mean, I've been kinda sorta down lately, even though it's almost Christmaaaaaaaas~, but I've still felt kinda like shit but I'm better now!

Lavaridge Town, hot springs

-the three Morendos and Noelle have arrived along with Joseph-

Mezzo: -starts taking off her clothes-

Pianis: Piano, what are you doing?

Mezzo: What does it look like I'm doing?

Pianis: It looks like you're... um. I should stop watching, shouldn't I?

Mezzo: Yes, yes you should.

-a few moments later, Mezzo is totally nude and slides into the water-

Mezzo: Ahh... yeah, this was a good idea.

Hot Springs

Straw nods. "Nice to meet you again, I suppose."

"Oh, I absolutely hated her when I first met her. Now...I just mildly dislike her, but still tolerate her. It's complicated. Nearly killing her probably didn't help things..."

Elise sighs.

"So, how've you been?"

Collapsin right now, sorry. Night

edited 22nd Dec '15 9:06:55 PM by PhilosopherStones

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Jacob: "Hikari? I don't think she particularly cares. Granted I haven't seen her in a state of undress. Well. Since we've started dating. She pegged me with a water balloon from a bazooka for stepping in on her changing before that."

"And no that was... when I was exploring Hoenn with a friend of mine. Elityria. We. Traveled alone, so when that happened I had was the only one who could do anything. Regina helped with Heal pulses but I had to remove tattered clothing to prevent infection. Lacerations to her face, arms, chest, abdomen, thighs, calves... not major lacerations, mind you, but enough so that I needed to stop the bleeding. I guess, I don't know much about first aid, I'm no doctor, I'm no specialist, but it doesn't take a genius to figure out how to stop bleeding for minor cuts."

edited 22nd Dec '15 9:07:26 PM by Verax

Springs

Sarah: Hey, Mezzo~

-Sarah waves to Mezzo, then both the twins blink as Joseph speaks.-

-They then simultaneously sink into the water-

Sarah: ...I, uh... don't know what to get anyone. At all.

Kieran: I didn't even realize it was this close to Christmas. It's... what day is it even?

-Vierr picks himself back up-

Vierr: Pretty good since the last time I saw you, all things considered. With Nightmare and Spirit boxed, I've finally been getting decent sleep. And I'm not squiddy anymore.

Spring

Joseph: The twenty-second! Three more days!

-he sighs, relaxing into the water. Neither he nor Munn are wearing bathing suits. Samantha is-

Hoenn Skies. Or possibly Larva's Interior. Definitely Not Louisiana. Nobody's Seen Louisiana In The Past Few Weeks. Or Carmen Sandivoir.

Sol: Allow me to explain.

-he sends Ever a text-

Merkle: <...he didn't have a lot of human money, but we were desperate for work.>

Ton: BECAUSE THE AMPHAROS WE WERE WORKING FOR GOT ARRESTED AND EXTRADITED TO SPACE!

BreBre the Breloom: <Nothing personal.>

-a Solarbeam and graiser beam streak towards Ever-

Spring

Tori: "Well it's the principal of the thing"

-She shakes her head at the idea of a water balloon bazooka-

"Well, I'm glad to hear you were able to apply common sense then."

Hot Springs

Straw has definitely been in the water this whole time, what are you talking about?

"Christmas...right, that's a thing. I haven't even begun to think about that."

Elise raises an eyebrow.

"Waitwait, you're not squiddy anymore? And you caught the Stantler? Wow, I missed everything."

Spring

S'kay buddy.

Meanwhile, Blue sidles over to Joseph.

Blue: Uh... Joe? I gotta question.

Well, certainly somewhere

Ever: ...I want a refund on life.

-Spathi dives away from the two attacks, while everyone else scatters-

Ever: Okay, Spathi, let's not get turned into breadsticks. Use Fire Blast!

Spathi: <This could all have been avoided if any of you had checked the map.>

-and he spits a plume of flames up at Brebre-

Hot Springs

Mezzo: What day is it? It's my birthday, how could you forget?

Hot Springs

Joseph: Go ahead!

-Munn sighs, clearly in need of relaxation himself. Samantha seems to stubbornly refuse relaxation-

Hot Springs

Blue: It, uh, it may get personal?

Hot Springs

Joseph: -giggles-

Blue, I am not easy to embarrass. Just whisper in my ear if it's too personal!

Springs

Blue: Er... How? Or, uh, when? How did you realize you were gay? Or did you just always know? Help.

Springs

Sarah: !!!

Kieran: !!!

-The two slump more-

Sarah: It doesn't even feel like December sorry aaaaaaa

Kieran: Guess there's another gift we're forgetting to get...

Vierr: Oh, yeah. This Lucario almost killed me and it tried to kill them too and it weakened them enough for me to catch them off guard. And... uh... I don't remember how I de-squidded, actually. I think it also had something to do with those two. It's kind of a blur.

-He leans his head on Elise's shoulder-

Vierr: I'm just glad that's over with. As cute as you thought I was when I was squiddy, it was a headache.

Hot Springs

Straw just sinks into the water to hide his embarrassment.

"Good job. You're away for so long you forget people's birthdays."

"I'm it sure it was hard to deal with, but hey, you don't exactly ignore cute when cute is around you. But it's good that you're normal. Things would probably get weird if you kept randomly turning squid."

She pauses, as if expecting something to happen.

edited 22nd Dec '15 9:25:57 PM by strawberryflavored

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Joseph: ...

-turns to Blue-

Joseph: It was a tricky thing, honestly. When I was a kid, my mom and dad did the typical things that parents do for kids; they were all, "oh, you'll make a girl very happy one day!" or "your wife won't put up with this!" But I think I knew that that wasn't going to happen, even then. I had crushes on boys-well, mostly boys-through school. The one girl I had a crush on was more of an...aesthetic thing, or something.

-clears throat-

Joseph: So, once I realized that being gay was a thing, I didn't think much of it, because, well, there was one girl I thought I was pretty, so I must actually be straight, right? Well, I wasn't, and I realized that pretty quick. I found out that being bi was a thing, so I thought that that was what I was, but even then it wasn't. I did some...

-clears throat again, pointedly-

Joseph: Extensive research, and I realized that yeah, I was gay. Then, of course, I met this teddy bear-

-huggles Munn, who chuckles a bit and pats Joe's head-

Joseph: And that was that.

Springs

-Vierr pauses as well.-

Vierr: ...Don't you dare, universe. Don't you even dare.

-...-

-... ...-

-... ... ...-

Vierr: ...I think the universe is gonna let me be happy for once. Thank you, universe.

-He sighs in relief-

Spring

Blue: Huh. Well. Huh. I mean, I had one boyfriend? But he turned out to be gay. And, I dunno, that just sort of happened. I? I dunno.

Spring

Joseph: Well, if you're bi, that's perfectly OK and valid!

-head tilt-

There's someone you're fancying.