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  1. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    "Yeah, nope, not a human." She pointed to herself. "I'm a bona fide Pokemon. Not that it's much different in this world since everyone's more or less on an equal playing field in their Pokemon forms." Contrary to what she heard before back when she snooped around outside the hidden quarters...
  2. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    "Why?" Curio laughed. "It might be an obvious question, but what was so genius about it? What was the huge benefit to it?" She quirked an imaginary eyebrow at that. "Yeah, we have humans. What else were you gonna say?"
  3. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    "Yeah, I mean, it wasn't even a 'ow' kind of hurt, it was a different kind of hurt, in here." Curio tapped her temple. "But never mind, that's water under the bridge, as they say. It wasn't really her fault." She forced a smile, for herself and Brisa. Time to change the subject. "There's...
  4. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    "Yeah, what's your beef, you stupid escargot?" Curio took a deep breath. This wouldn't be like last time where she dodged the question. She had made her peace with it now. "She stuck her head inside the portal thingy and got drunk off of that radiance. Instead of throwing up and crying at...
  5. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    "Ah yeah, he's fine, thank god. He was a bit shaken up after that. I mean, I would've been too if this brainslug thing suddenly dredged up all of my worst fears and it overtook me. But it seemed to give him a bit of a confidence boost afterwards. He needs more of that, honestly." Curio...
  6. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    "Well, I just gave a plant some light-flavoured pesticides." She snickered to herself. "Nah, I had to shake one of those brainslugs off of Cynthian earlier. Dude went through some shit, alright."
  7. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    “Well, colour me... not surprised. Diyem turned out to be Dark Matter, the Destroyer of Worlds, or some shit like that. I mean, he’s good now apparently and wants to help us, but if any old Charizard can turn out to be a monstrosity, then a Smeargle can too, I guess. I’m just rolling with it at...
  8. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    Curio lined her stomach, and now she needed a drink. Maybe not a stiff drink like last time; any more alcohol and she was going to give herself liver failure. But she needed something to wash down the taste of those steamed buns. Maybe she'd bump into Brisa on the way. What she found instead...
  9. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    “Yeah. Godddddd.” Curio stood, then fell into Starr, almost fainting on top of her. “Take me... somewhere... I-I’m so tired...”
  10. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    “Yeah, I guess so... thanks.” She still wasn’t fully convinced, but it was enough for now. Curio wanted to go to sleep at that point to ride out the nausea as well, but she wanted to keep talking to Starr. She felt like an older sister to her, somehow. Curio chuckled at that, which got her...
  11. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    "Yeah, I know. It sounds simple in theory." She let out a half-hearted chuckle. "And it sound stupid talking about it. But you know what's fucking terrifying? Losing control of yourself. Your senses. Your autonomy to act as you want to. Your ability to do simple tasks. I had to learn to use a...
  12. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    "So... it's like a biological change for you, like that sort of hunger is baked into who we are as Pokemon." Another sigh. "Not really reassuring. I mean, I like a fight as much as the next mon, but I don't want that to define me. Sorry, it's just something I've been thinking about a lot...
  13. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    Shit, she was afraid of this part, just like she dreaded telling Brisa what happened. Curio ordered another drink to help her get through it. "So, we got those radiance powers, just like everyone else, I reckon, and Brisa got a bit drunk off of it, so she wanted to fight. I agreed, I dunno why...
  14. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    "Smoking a cig in bed." Curio snickered, but couldn't keep up the enthusiasm. She sighed and finished off her drink. "No, smartass. She went drinking on her own after we had a bit of a falling out. You can probably guess why I'm knocking these back. Dunno why. I'm still coming down from the last...
  15. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    Wait, that was a compliment. Nice. Curio didn't have long to bask in that bit of ego stroking before Starr asked her another question. "Yeah, I dunno what's up with that. On the one hand, it makes it a bit of a mind field to talk about human shit when not many people even know what you're...
  16. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    "Huh..." Curio took another sip. "I mean, if they're fine with not having any names, then it's no biggie. When I was a lil' Riolu back in the wild, names weren't that important, not even in our family. We'd know who was who by the tone of their voice. But when I entered the human world, so to...
  17. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    "Ha, nice!" Curio actually cracked a smile at that one, and one that wasn't so sad. "Wish I could do that; I'd just chunder it all back out if I had that much. But... Feraligatr, isn't that just the species name, or is that literally what she's called?"
  18. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    "You got me there. So, what's your poison? Oh, and have you ever had a bona fide Pokemon as a drinking buddy?"
  19. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    "Who knows, who cares?" She took a sip of her glass, barely restraining herself from chugging the whole thing down. "Both, maybe. What's it to you?"
  20. NebulaDreams

    Spinda Cafe

    Well, fuck. Curio didn't expect much else than a curt response, which was better than her running away or lashing out at her, but it still left a pit in Curio's stomach, something that could only be filled with more booze. Curio just wanted to waste away the hours there until she didn't have to...
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