Week 11.

[azumods]

WEEK 11 The meeting with Mars could have gone infinitely worse. It's difficult to say that it went well, admittedly, but at least it didn't go as poorly as it could have; either way, her departure leaves you free to look around the Valley Windworks, and it shouldn't take you long at all to find something interesting on the floor. It's bright yellow and glowing, set into the ground like any other normal part of the floor otherwise; stepping on it will cause the world to spin briefly in your field of vision, and when it straightens itself out again, you find yourself standing in the corner of the lobby of a large building you've never seen before. Welcome to the Jubilife TV station. The place seems staffed with Galactic grunts, but they leave you alone outside of just watching you in that dead-eyed, vaguely unnerving way they have of watching everything; they'll let you leave without a fuss at any rate, and it's probably for the best that you get yourself situated for the time being. After all, you've got an entire new city to get accustomed to. The people here seem to be trying to get themselves situated as well, though obviously that's for entirely different reasons. The world continues to change, around them and you both, and overall things do seem to be going in a direction that might be considered favorable. Noticeably, the grunts in the TV station don't seem to be changing at all, regardless of what happens to the other locals; that might be cause for some concern... CURRENT LOCATION: JUBILIFE CITY POKEMON AVAILABLE: WITHIN CITIES SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY [OOC: Welcome to week eleven 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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[divinedescendant]

I wish I were certain... Hardly an hour ago he was headbutting anything that breathed at him, so I dont think he is sick, but now he does not want to do anything at all... He isn't always on his best behavior [that's the nice way to say it] but this is rather new.

[nightcure]

That's not good.

[ He takes a seat, and pulls out a few berries from his bag. ]

Hey, little guy-- [ "little" ] --are you hungry?

[divinedescendant]

There, there, dear. Noctis is a friend.

[Duma shifts a little to look real discerningly at those berries, like he's considering it, for a long couple of moments, and then makes one defiant squawking noise before burying his face in Emmeryn's skirt like he's trying to hide? no...no, we can see you......]

[nightcure]

[ ..... ah, that's cute. ]

Alright, I'll set them here so if you get hungry, you can have them.

[ And he puts the berries to the side, closer to Emmeryn. ]

[divinedescendant]

[Duma doesn't really move yet but he does lift his face just long enough to see where the berries have been put... He's thinking about it...... Latona slowly marches her way over, less intrigued by the situation than Ralts on her back, but Emmeryn says, softly chiding,] You had some already, [which makes Ralts try to redirect Latona in another direction like they weren't even coming this way... Like she's trying to play it cool......]

Thank you, Noctis. I hope this isn't any trouble.

[nightcure]

[ Noctis can't help but chuckle as he watches. His Houndour is shockingly not making any move to grab the berries for herself, but she's tempted..........

Noctis smiles at Emmeryn. ]

It's not. I'm glad to help out if I can.

[divinedescendant]

I truly do appreciate it. They say it takes a village, I suppo—

[and ah, there it is, and Duma, without actually entirely leaving Emmeryn's lap, lunges at the berries and takes a whole bunch of them (and probably also some dirt, realistically) into his mouth and immediately retreats to hide his face again. Like...like if he's fast enough they won't know that it was him?? Like we don't have eyes????? god he's gonna get food all over her dress]

Haha, oh, dear. [He adamantly refuses to respond to being patted on the head, because his presence here is a secret, but Emmeryn will not be stopped.] There is always time for dessert, then, is that it?

[nightcure]

[ oh my god Duma.

Noctis clears his throat to hide his chuckle. ]

Now, where did all those berries go?

[divinedescendant]

[emmeryn named this absolute fucking moron after a war god. he is one hundred pounds of rock solid uselessness.]

Oh, I wonder! Latona, did you see anything, love?

[Latona doesn't have enough of a personality to get the joke, but her Ralts is just sort of giving her a flat, judgmental stare. She knows what happened. We all know what happened.

With a little laugh, Emmeryn reaches one hand slowly over to Noctis's Houndour so she gets the chance to sniff before she tries to pet her.]

How about you, darling, did you see where they went?

[Duma's still hiding, though. He's not here. Ssshhhhh.]

[nightcure]

[ His Houndour is shy and a little bewildered by, like, everything? But she sniffs Emmeryn's hand. Her ears twitch. What's the joke? ]

I guess it's a mystery we'll have to solve ourselves, Emmeryn.

[divinedescendant]

[It's fine Houndour sweetie, your job is just to look cute... Emmeryn lightly scritches her between the ears, friendly.]

We had best mind our belongings. Whatever will we do if they keep disappearing? [But also, real quick while she's petting his dog,] Does she have a name?

[nightcure]

Corusca. Or... Cori, for short.

[ from the latin lucian for "blaze." ]

She's pretty cute.

[divinedescendant]

Oh, she's just precious. [pat pat scritch!! a good friend] Latona is the gallant steed just there, though I haven't yet chosen just the right name for her rider. [And, in that same light tone from before,] Duma is here somewhere, of course, but I cannot be certain of where he has gone.

[she's still patting Duma... Duma should have every reason to believe she knows where he is and yet he's keeping this up......]