Ken: "Oh, nah, I don't have a problem. Unless you have a problem of course."

Kai: You're a fantastic excuse.

-cheek smooch-

Downtown [LA], Gym

-There is now a Staraptor embedded in the wall.-

Benedetta: "That's coming out of your allowance, Maria."

Maria" *extremely muffled* <I'M STUCK IN A WALL AND I GOT NEEDLES STICKING OUTTA MY ASS DON'T TAKE AWAY MY SASHIMI MONEY>

-She tears herself out of the wall, already down to half health at this point, and darts at Snakeye.-

Mafia Soldier 17: "I doan have a problem, mistuh...?"

PEFE HQ

-Kaiiseii stares at his pancakes.-

Kaiiseii: "Eeyup."

Edited by SwiftSeraph on Sep 1st 2018 at 11:09:50 AM

PEFE HQ

Another barrier of communication I suppose...

PEFE HQ

“Um, yeah!.. Thanks for not letting us get murdered by traps.”

Ken: "Hiyama. Ken Hiyama."

"And that's good. Just... enjoying what you've got going on here. Close friend of my dad's would probably like it. And can't say I don't like what I'm seeing either."

Edited by CorvusAtrox on Sep 2nd 2018 at 7:13:59 AM

PEFE hq, past

Eva: Come on, come on, let's go!

-she runs inside-

Lila: I wonder if I could find some answers here.

PEFE hq, now

-Lila is wandering around, hoping to run in to someone-

Snakeye is struck and knocked over, <Ow.>

<Snakeye come on you kno->

"Snakeye leech seed!" Harold calls out.

Snakeye grins and stands up, spitting a large seed at Maria.

PEFE HQ, path

PEFE!Every: Friends don't let friends get murdered by traps. ^_^

PEFE HQ, Kai's module

-Brie is presumably still curled up with Kai-

Guillaume's Apartment

Guillaume: I guess you're feeling better?

Ever: I'm sitting up. We'll call it a victory.

Guillaume: Good enough for me.

-he smiles-

Ever: Hey, is that new?

-they gesture at a small sculpture of a Floette, carefully painted to look almost indistinguishable from a real one-

Guillaume: Oh, yes! Do you like her? I thought she'd add a little color to the place.

-Ever glances around at the rest of the apartment, which even outside of the metal is pretty much entirely gray-

Ever: ...That is. Technically accurate.

So where's the large decorative houseplant I gave you, then?

Guillaume: Uh, I couldn't really find a space for it here, so I put it in the spare bedroom?

Ever: Banking on the fact that I'm not going to get up and check, huh?

Guillaume: You're so paranoid.

Ever: I didn't get to be as old as I am by not being paranoid.

Guillaume: ...Aren't you 22?

Ever: ...

-Guillaume pats Ever's shoulder-

-Kai is indeed curled up with Brie.-

-They really don't want to get up.-

-But they need to.-

-But they don't wanna-

-But they gotta-

-But they really don't wanna-

-But-

Kai: Fuck I really gotta get back to stuff soon

Arthur and Denali have been busy setting Arthur up with a new life and identity. It's been a long process but now he's ready, they've also gotten him some new clothing as well, A Rthur is currently wearing a brown leather jacket, a dark blue hoodie with a silver gray hood, dark gray pants, and a pair of brown sneakers.

Arthur looks himself over, "Odd how fashion has changed... and the hair and the beard?"

Denali smirks, "Surprisingly, people are into guys with long hair and trimmed beards, just keep it trimmed and you'll be fine."

Arthur shrugs a bit and puts on his new belt, "Feels weird not to have my sword or shield with me... nor Lancelot."

Denali claps, "Well you can get new pokemon now! Plus you can talk to them... also where the hell is the scarf?"

Arthur smirks and pulls the hoodie out a bit, "Hidden well... these things do not do their job as neck warmers do they?"

"Once they've been Mew-ified, they stop functioning as clothing and only work as mystic items. Don't ask me why I don't get it either."

The two despite this, are open for interaction.

PEFE HQ

Kaiiseii: "Damned timezones."

Downtown [LA], Gym

-So now Maria has needles in her butt and a plant on her hed.-

-Today is just not her day.-

Benedetta: "Interesting. Don't let him heal."

Maria: <WITH PLEASURE!>

-She rushes at Snakeye in a full-out kamikaze attack.-

Mafia Soldier 17: "Name's Luca. And I'm glad you're enjoyin' the sights."

Mafia Soldier C: "Quit flirting on the job, Luca."

Luca: "Ain't we always on the job?"

Benedetta: "Let him have his fun."

Mafia Soldier C: "Yes ma'am."

Edited by SwiftSeraph on Sep 2nd 2018 at 2:04:42 PM

Ken: "...I mean, well, I am here to cheer my friend on, but if this is getting in the way, we could pick it up later or something. Assume you'd know a better place?"

Snakeye blinks as the Staraptor tosses herself right at him, <Oh shoot.>

"Don't just stand there! Dodge!"

Snakeye however instead chooses to toss up a Sandstorm attack, <Taking you with me hoss!> he cries out.

Snakeye takes the hit and collapses on the ground, Snakeye is downed, Harold looks up to Maria and wonders how she's handling everything.

PEFE HQ, today

Necrobutcher: -trailing after Dolabella, who's munching on something- <Yous! Givings me the puffin!>

Dolabella: <You mean Poffin.>

Necrobutcher: <Is not beings my fault that Dole Banana cannot with the speakingly proper!    Now gives!   >

Dolabella: -tosses some crumbs over his shoulder, which Necrobutcher goes madly skittering across the floor for- <Huh, I think she might be getting to you at last. You're not as belligerent as before, Necrobutcher. Too bad. Just when I thought you might start livin up to your name...>

Necrobutcher: -angry chittering-

Dolabella: -turns and moves his ears- <Sorry, what was that? Couldn't hear you over all the uh, disgusting arthropod chewing noises.>

Necrobutcher: -narrows his eyes- <   My naming is not the Narcotics! It is... is...   >

Dolabella: -helpfully- <Tiffany? Fast Eddie? Jonathan Twinkletits? Ooh, I know! I bet it's - >

Necrobutcher: <...None of the aboves!! With beings the... letter...> -starts to look distressed-

-their trainer arrives on the scene-

Channah: Yo, you guys seen Tagg?

Dolabella: <Nope. Hey, Sludgebucket here says you named it wrong.>

Channah: ?

Necrobutcher: -lost in thought, crumbs forgotten- <...What was having my nicknames...>

Channah: That's not his original name? ...Thought so. Hm. He's getting closer to being purification-ready. Maybe he'll remember when it's over.

Dolabella: <Whatever it is, don't change it back. I like this one.>

Channah: -pats them both, Necrobutcher a little more carefully- We'll see.

Edited by Metanoia on Sep 2nd 2018 at 3:47:48 PM

PEFE HQ

-Coming back inside-

And then I decide to have us come back in the middle of typhoon season, especially when one's supposed to smack Olivine directly... Well I haven't done the debriefing yet so there's one excuse.

-May be seen by Channah and co-

PEFE HQ

Channah: Oh! -to Tagg- Uh, hey.

Dolabella: -climbs up on her shoulder, watching him-

PEFE HQ

-To Channah-

So, how are you finding the HQ? I've just been checking on some things over the past couple days.

PEFE HQ

Channah: 's nice. I didn't realize how complicated it was. I always just assumed you had a small building complex and that was it.

PEFE HQ

-Chuckles slightly-

Well, that would've been true about a decade ago, back when we were based in Kanto, but now it's all... this.

Just... be careful if you decide to go lower, there's some dangerous stuff in the lower levels and the underground, and not just Every's traps. Like the Scythermen, even though we have a deal with them now.

PEFE HQ

Channah: -raises her eyebrows slightly at the word 'scythermen'- I'll keep that in mind. If there weren't any surprises, I'd be... surprised. -pauses- Every? That's - No, that's not the one with the blue color scheme, right?

PEFE HQ

-To Channah-

They go by Ever now, the one I'm talking about is the one with the grey color scheme. I actually... found her down there back in 2010 when she was roughly 14 years old, her sperm and egg donor having abandoned her back during the fall of Pokefutures, though I don't think they really gave her much attention even beforehand.

Point is she was basically a wild child when I found her, and the fact that she had to share down there with leftover hostile Pokefutures experiments made her very good at making traps.

Edited by rmctagg09 on Sep 2nd 2018 at 6:28:55 AM

PEFE HQ

Channah: So, she just... stuck around, and makes traps now? Oh, wait... Now that you mention it, I think I saw her during a meeting. Yeah. She sounds cool.

PEFE HQ

-To Channah-

Yeah, she's basically like a... it's hard to describe, quasi-younger sibling/daughter to me, even though when we met it was before I was even 19.

PEFE HQ

Channah: ...Ah. -pause- What've you been up to? While I was probably narrowly avoiding traps and stuff.