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Sootopolis City, Sapphire Cove

Lucius does indeed walk into eye contact with Sarah. He looks away immediately, but the social conventions demanding that conversation be made have already come into force.

Lucius: Oh, uh... h-hey there! You, er... you look nice. Um, n-not that you don't normally look nice, of course! I was talking about your outfit, but, uh... the rest of you looks nice too. Um. Aesthetically speaking.

Maul: ~Smooth.~

Lucius: Shut uuuuuuuuuuuuuup

Gogie's Ball, yesterday

GC: That... Might Have Worked, But I Think I'll Stick With This.

GC: And I'll Stick With This.

GC: And... I Don't Know.... Hopefully Before The End Of The Month?

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-Gogie might make brief eye contact with Maul, then avert his gaze quickly-

edited 6th Aug '15 3:58:19 PM by CorvusAtrox

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Dune: Aaaah, right. I heard something about that, but I get the feeling the story teller didn't give me the full details...

Previously...

Selene: And then the guy did a thing and there was a BIG explosion, but we're not even to the part that's interesting!

Dune: Um-

Selene: And then there was a fight - no, wait, the fight came later - there was a chase, and...

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Dune: You mind, uh, filling in the blanks? The many, many blanks?

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-Joseph sighs-

Joseph: Sorry...I should be doing more, shouldn't I?

We've got a villain nine steps ahead of us who recently attempted to trap and gas some of the team members while rescuing a hostage. I mean it was fear gas rather than anything toxic but still a highly dangerous situation that we saw coming but couldn't work around.

-He cringes and sighs again-

I'm not going to let that happen again...

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-Joseph shook his head-

Joseph: No, Pent...this doesn't have to be all on you.

Bishop's Ball - yesterday

SI: So his return is not too far off, then. Good.

SI: It's been nice talking to you again, Gogie. I missed these conversations of ours.

SI: Shall we endeavour not to leave quite such a large delay before our next one?

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Maul, having noticed Gogie's errant glance, now begins staring at him with typical intensity.

Maul: ~Our eyes met. Now we must battle.~

edited 6th Aug '15 4:09:43 PM by Herbert40k

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-Sarah blinks-

Sarah: Oh, er, thanks! Zephyr doesn't seem to think so, so hearing it from you... er, thanks, yeah.

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Dune: You thought about using gas masks? I could ask Deziree to look into it. Pretty sure between Mao's biological knowledge and Mobius's engineering, they can make you something that can keep your lungs clear.

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The cowboy notices Pent go in.

He quickly follows and sits down at his table.

"Hey, I'm your plus one. M'kay? M'kay."

2 seconds ago, outside with Psyche

The cowboy wonders if Psyche has been quantum locked.

Gogie's Ball, yesterday

GC: Yeah, Definitely.

GC: Talk To You Later, Then.

gnashingCanid [GC] ceased hassling syntheticInsect [SI]

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-Gogie is a bit startled, but turns his attention to Maul's staring-

Gogie: "...Uh, yeah, I kind of rented this suit, so I'd rather not get it damaged by battle.
Some other time?"

edited 6th Aug '15 4:18:08 PM by CorvusAtrox

Psyche shrugs. ~Given Ren's dad's the one that sent out the invites, I guess anyone's fair game. I dunno.~

Shade is sitting near the Sootopolis crater, staring out over the lake. He is deep in thought, and his face is contorted with worry. He may be approached.

I had a gas mask on. The problem is that not everyone in the team did and knowing that bugger he's probably already figuring out ways to get around it. Like making the gas corrosive.

With Psyche, 2 seconds ago

"...Yes. Anyways you waitin' on your girlfriend?"

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Lucius breathes a sigh of relief at having managed to give a compliment that didn't leave the other party feeling almost as awkward as he himself does. Not that he looks any more comfortable about the whole situation.

Lucius: Uh... you're welcome, I suppose. So, um... is Zephyr your guest, then? I don't see her around anywhere...

Maul nods at Gogie.

Maul: ~Very well. One day, I will return to face you in battle. The North remembers.~

edited 6th Aug '15 4:24:08 PM by Herbert40k

Psyche nods. ~Indeed I am waiting for my girlfriend. She'll be here any minute.~

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Sarah: She decided to stay invisible because she doesn't have any semi-formal human clothes. And I think showing up in Latias mode anywhere is likely to turn heads.

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Gogie: "Riiight..."

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Dune: Huh. I suppose that would be a problem... Still, I'll give the idea to Deziree so she can toy with it for a bit. She's done weird things with weirder ideas.

-Dune blinks.-

Dune: Oh, hey Des.

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-a green-haired girl riding a Togekiss flies in, landing near Psyche-

Airy: <Hai~>

-she's wearing a standard frilly pink dress, plus the usual white flower in her hair-

Noelle: Sorry I'm late! Airy and I got lost on the way over. We didn't even know the city was inside a big crater like this!

-she gets off, and pats Airy on the head-

Airy: <Bai~> -flies away-

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Lucius: So she could easily have been watching that entire scene? Great, as if I needed another reason to be nervous...

He takes a deep breath.

Lucius: ...Okay, I really need to relax. I've been talking to someone for almost thirty seconds now and nothing's gone hideously wrong yet. That's got to be some kind of new record for me.

Maul starts slowly backing away from Gogie, still staring intently at him the entire time.

edited 6th Aug '15 4:35:46 PM by Herbert40k

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-Gogie gives an unsteady look at Maul as he backs away-

-Sticy Lips just looks unsurely at the whole thing-

Psyche smiles. ~Heya, cutie~ It looks like everyone already is inside, so let's go ahead in.~

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-Joseph watches all three gathered near him-

Joseph: I'm still kinda bothered that it's my fault.