azume | Week 9.

WEEK 9

The one thing Team Galactic seems to have done right in this world is perfecting teleportation technology.

The device Maylene gave Rey will get all of you back to Eterna City easily; from there, it's a matter of very briefly stocking up on supplies on Sunday before you move westward, away from the massive, imposing form of Mount Coronet and into the deep shadows of Eterna Forest.

During your brief stay in Eterna City, it's likely that you'll notice a few things have changed, as far as both the people and the Pokémon go; this holds true as you make your preparations and disappear into the forest on Monday. It's heartening, maybe, to know that once again your actions seem to have made a difference; meanwhile, the trip to Lake Verity looks to be a long one, but it isn't entirely insurmountable.

The forest itself is large and dark, covered high overhead with a thick canopy of trees; the Pokémon here are plentiful, which likely cuts down on any inherent creepiness to the place - whether that's a good or a bad thing depends entirely on your point of view. Either way, it's going to be quite the adventure trying to make your way through; here's hoping that your luck continues to hold over the coming week...

CURRENT LOCATION: ETERNA FOREST
POKEMON AVAILABLE: PLAINS/FOREST

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY
[OOC: Welcome to week nine of Azume; feel free to make as many top levels as you'd like and tag out to other characters! This post is for all of your interactions this week... at least until the weekend. Don't forget that a write-up is due this weekend!]

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Oh, spectacular.

[why this]

How much trouble are we in?

She doesn't look terribly pleasant, so. It doesn't look great.

Whyyyyy...

[Sena is regretting Everything. Meanwhile, Monta and Vee decide to also take a look at the ghost. Maybe engage in a little staring contest.]

[Well, they can try? Problem being that there's nothing there upon a second look...]

[What the fuck. Kayneth, you liar. Monta tugs irritably at Kayneth's pant leg and points back under the bed, while Vee just...completely disappears under it, sniffing at the floor.

Vee, get back here.]

Oh, don’t tell me she’s being obnoxious...

[he looks back under the bed.]

[Good news, Kayneth! Vee is not being obnoxious. Instead, she's sniffing at the floor for clues.

The bad news is that the ghost isn't there anymore, hence why Vee is sniffing around.]

[Hm. Michael kneels down himself, and the kindly expression and posture he immediately adopts is completely incongruous if you've actually met him. Playing at being an angel is something of an old habit.]

Are we playing a game?

[Well, she doesn't seem to be under the bed anymore, but eventually there's a sound that starts up at the dresser on the other side of the room.

Looks like one of those jewelry boxes plays music, and it's started doing that on its own.]

Oh, that's fun! Get a little music playing in here...

[And that's an honest reaction, even if he's still sorta playing up the Genuinely-Nice-Person act!

Michael approaches to check out the jewelry box. If it's cursed or something, he'll...deal with it? Hopefully not cursed.]

[Not cursed! Just a little box that's plugging away at playing music. It sounds kind of like this, only thankfully with far less creepy doll.

The box itself has a picture in the cover of it, which looks like it has a frame built in; it's depicting a little girl with long dark hair and brown eyes, wearing a white dress and frilly socks; she's sitting on a bench in what looks like a garden, with a man in a suit standing behind her. He looks like a butler or a servant of some sort.]

[Well, he didn't see the ghost himself, but one can draw an easy inference here.]

Is this you?

[Can he open the box? ~~Is that the cursed part~~]

[You can open the box, yes! There isn't much in it, just jewelry that looks like it'd belong to a girl around that age - mostly costume stuff, nothing expensive.]

[Michael's not...above stealing costume jewelry, but he's not going to at this moment.]

Huh. Neat. [It's not useful to him, he has no further interest in it. Shutting the box!] So - my name is Michael. I'm terribly sorry if we broke into your house. It looked very unoccupied.

[There's not much in response to that, at least not at first.

Eventually, though, there's a rustling noise near the door. And that girl from the picture - the one from under the bed, the one in the white dress - can be seen peeking around the doorframe into the room, her hair half-falling into her face. It looks like it was probably a proper hime haircut once, but it's grown out quite a bit.]

[INDIGNANT MONKEY NOISES. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE.

please ignore monta. he's being obnoxious. vee seems to feel the same, since she's popping out from under the bed and biting his tail. Again.]

Oh - hello!

[Michael wasn't this deliberately nice upon meeting literally anyone else in this group, screw you guys apparently. He waves, but doesn't move towards her.]

What’s your name?

[She just tilts her head at that a little before turning away, hair fanning out behind her as she seems to be moving back toward the stairs leading down.

There aren't any sounds of someone actually descending the stairs, because of course there aren't, but there she goes.]

[Yeah, that's not incredibly unexpected. Oh, well. Follow that ghost!]

[She doesn't seem to be around anywhere downstairs in the foyer, but there is something that wasn't there before sitting on one of the end tables in the foyer. It looks like another wooden box, this one larger than the small jewelry boxes upstairs.

It's got a ribbon wrapped around it, tied in a bow. Like a present, almost?]

[ooh! present box! Monta squeals and tugs at the ribbon, while Vee sniffs at it. Sniff, sniff. What's inside?]

[Hahahaha, a present! It's his and not for Kayneth, he decided this just now!

Michael goes to investigate the box, though he looks around for the ghost once more before starting to untie the ribbon.]

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[I mean, nothing alive, Vee, nor does it seem to be food of any sort. Doesn't really smell like much, honestly.]

...

Pardon our intrusion, miss.

[OH NOW HE’S BEING POLITE]

[On the one hand, you tried.

On the other, uh, bye?]