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"Me? I'm... not very interesting. I... was mostly just bored. Maybe a little lonely, too, but that's to be expected given we're in the middle of moving out. I'll have to make new friends in Alola." Except, I'm not nearly as good at speaking the language as I'm supposed to be by now, so really...

Selene winced. Subtly, as per her usual, but enough that Odette would likely notice. She was used to strangers not being able to read her, but it seemed Odette no longer counted as one. "I won't pretend I understand, but I'm not going to call you stupid or anything. I've never been, uhh...

Selene, without really noticing, tilted her head slightly. Why do you put up with it, then? She knew better than to voice that thought, now. "Could've been worse," she figured, "At least I'm in her good books now."

Selene rapidly developed a keen interest in the floor tiles. "I'm with Odette, this is weirder than tumbleweed form." "Yeah, fair," she said, keeping her eyes away from Odette's eerie doppelganger. "I think I heard Hoopa starting the game, so it's not like we're holding anyone up. You can take...

"oh." It was some sort of Gardevoir situation where she let the thing live in her head. Selene swallowed. Things had suddenly become awkward. "Uhh, sorry about that. I guess I just... saw the worst of it." She was short on words. "I wish you two the best of luck dealing with your dad?"...

[CW: Selene's inner monologue continues to use 'it' for Odile while thinking about ways she could be killed.] Selene furrowed her brow. "It-She seems to be painful to have leeching off you. Is there a particular reason you can't just... get rid of her?" "I assume there's one reason or...

"No one got hurt, just... Well, maybe a little surprised. I think that dude was going to look for you, too, but he might be lost, because I don't know where he is." Selene laughed. "Good to know, apparently not everyone here is as wise. And, hey, you haven't grown a radioactive-poffin-fueled...

"Doesn't lock very well now, does it?" Selene murmured. ... She strongly considered sitting back down and just letting Odette sort out her own problems, but... Augh, this just had to happen to the one person she gave a raticate's ass about. She began to follow, pulling her repel from her bag...

Selene regretted not asking about what was up with Odette earlier, because now it seemed like Odette was having some sort of medical episode and she had no idea what to d- Until that thing got out. Her hands shot to her ears to block out the screeching noise. "What on earth?" "Why are you...

There was definitely something abnormal about Odette. Selene decided it was of no concern, perhaps Odette just had motor issues. She probably had it pointed out to her all the time. If she wanted to talk about it, she would bring it up herself. Selene knew having people point out that you were...

Selene blinked. “Damn. It really works that way in your world? Lucky! Most of my world’s ones aren’t really intelligent enough to learn language in the first place. You can teach the smarter ones to memorize signs for a few nouns, but not much more.”

"Huh." Would it have killed him to fill you in a little first, Selene thought, but she thought better than to voice that. "I can't help but think about it, though... Do they have vocal cords? What are their brains like?" She crossed her arms. "It bothers me, not knowing things. I can't help it."

"Well, if it wasn't in a furniture store, something would make sense. And we can't have that now, can we?" The faintest hint of a smile tugged at the corner of her lips. "I'm Selene. I didn't know these were a regular thing, so you probably know more than I do." She lowered her voice to a...

More than willing to take an excuse to get away from the talking wildlife, Selene took note of the somewhat unwell-looking woman. "You alright?"

"My name is Selene. And yes I'm a human, what else would I be?"

Selene looked back at the Chicorita with bewilderment. "You're really just going to drink whatever mystery liquid a total stranger hands you?"

"Chicorita don't even have vocal chords, much less the ability to synthesize speech! This is stupid!" And yet, she could hear the Buddy The Talking Chicorita wasn't the only wildlife chattering... She wanted to go back home, where things made sense and logic, science, and reason meant things...

Selene found nothing, but there had to be something she was missing, still. "Real Chicorita aren't intelligent enough to talk, so there has to be some sort of other trick up with you."

Selene looked back to where her portal was, placing her hands on her hips. "This isn't funny." She bent over and began examining the Chicorita. There was probably an audio chip hidden somewhere on their body. Even if a Chicorita could somehow learn and speak Kantonian, their mouth wasn't even...

Selene emerged into what appeared to be a department store, overrun with wildlife. Five other people were there, all of similar ages, but she seemed to be on the younger side. She was so close to having a starter, but instead all she had was the can of repel that she'd been looking forward to...