Yes, I'll meet you coming back when the universe has expanded

[azumods]

[Mars' chains had faded away as soon as the chains on Palkia had shattered, that unnatural red glow leaving her eyes; she doesn't stumble, to her credit, and seems to be trying to resist the urge to flinch or anything, but she's...not precisely looking too hot, either. Not like she's going to faint or anything, just like she's been through A Lot.

Jupiter is staying near her for the time being; ultimately, she's the one that addresses you.]

You guys can stay here if you want. Or don't, I don't care enough to insist. But we've got food and beds that probably beat the Center's, at least.

We'll be around, either way. Since I doubt you guys are just going to leave us alone after all that. Do what you want.


[OOC: Consider this a log to cover both any afterparty whatnot you want to get up to, as well as something to carry over into Sunday! Both Jupiter and Mars will be available for NPC threads on this particular log, should they be desired.]

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Galactic Base

[eudaimonikos]

[Michael accepts the tea instinctively, but seeing that Manaphy egg up close again reminds him of what happened earlier. God, it feels like weeks ago now. He can't muster the same anger he'd felt out on the beach, but he bristles a little at the reminder.]

You do see how shooting a magic beam at you with no warning was pretty shitty, right?

[divinedescendant]

["hi emmeryn how are you doing oh thanks for the tea" no, right into this. she's unfazed, anyway...]

Perhaps we could have done without the surprise, but I am not going to hold a deity to my expectations. No harm has been done, regardless.

[eudaimonikos]

Hold a deity to your expectations. It's the only way they'll learn not to be dicks.

[divinedescendant]

Manaphy was kind to me. I was asked; the worst that happened between us was a misunderstanding.

I was harsher with you than I should have been at the time, though. [emmeryn what does "harsh" look like to you????] And I apologize for that.

[eudaimonikos]

...well, you could have said something. We didn't know what the hell it was doing.

[But okay, that makes it a tiny bit better. Sort of. Still freaked the heck out of him.]

Which part of that was harsh, exactly?

[divinedescendant]

I'm sorry. I will do all I can to keep from worrying any of you like that again.

[somehow she doesn't think clarifying that no actually she was literally incapable of doing anything right at the time, she could not have said something, is going to help so! she's not going to do that!]

But being startled was a poor excuse for being so short with you, especially when you so quickly came to help me—I didn't even get to thank you.

[eudaimonikos]

[yeah probably not helpful!]

Yeah, it's fine. I was like three seconds from getting Ky to blast the thing.

[divinedescendant]

Good thing I regained my bearings when I did, then. Not to disparage Ky's strength, of course, but without knowing what to expect from Manaphy... [you know? a god?? softer, though—] I truly am grateful.

[eudaimonikos]

I doubt he could've broken the barrier, but it's the thought that counts.

[The thought in this case being "fuck you"]

[divinedescendant]

Ah, but it is. [she is TRYING to be SINCERE HERE, MICHAEL] Even the intent takes no shortage of mettle, with an unfamiliar deity involved.

[eudaimonikos]

Would've thought you'd be all mad about it.

[But he grins a little. He'll remember this next time he wants to attack a god?]

So, what do we do with that egg, you think? Do you stick it in the Pokeball when it hatches, or...?

[divinedescendant]

If true danger comes, it's heartening to know I am in good hands.

[PLEASE don't make her regret accidentally giving you permission to fight god]

We will see what our new friend thinks when they come to join us properly, but if they will be staying with us for a time, I would like a Pokéball for them, if only for safety reasons... But you know I love to let them roam.

[see: Duma, still making an active attempt to hide behind her legs, like he thinks he's slick]

[eudaimonikos]

[At least he's not literally the devil? Oh wait]

Is that blasphemy?

[divinedescendant]

I do hope not. Oh, I am going to have so much reading and researching to do before this one hatches...

[eudaimonikos]

Manaphy didn't come up in any of the god lists people gave us, anyway. Maybe it doesn't count.

[Or they just didn't think y'all could find it in the entire ocean?]

[divinedescendant]

In a pantheon of this size, of course some deities are considered minor, compared to others. Even so, I would be remiss to treat them with any less respect, especially after being given a gift like this.

[eudaimonikos]

[Michael arches an eyebrow at the egg, clearly questioning how much of a gift an infant is.

He's not gonna say that, he's put his foot in it enough today.]

Right. How does god reproduction work, you think, are there a bunch of them floating around?