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Gladion sighed. “Y-You’re welcome? I think you just set a new record for the weirdest thing I’ve dealt with in the past few days. I’m impressed you managed to beat the previous record holder, who was…” He mimed getting out a piece of paper to check the contents. “Oh! Also you two...

Gladion saw two people walk into the cafe. Odette, and… also Odette again but more vampiric-looking this time. He leaned back in surprise. “Hey, Odette. Nice to see you, but…” He glanced towards Odile and back at her. “Who’s this? You got a goth identical twin or what?”

Admittedly, Gladion wasn’t 100% sure what the point of finding a mythical species here, but it had been a common goal and he felt obligated to follow up on his sighting. If this Manaphy was more like Wallace’s than like the sort he was familiar with, it wasn’t too hard to imagine the possible...

"Interesting. Haven't heard that one." Hazel cooed. [I think that is sounding very... interesting.] Gladion absentmindedly scratched her. "Yeah," he said, even though the idea did not sound nearly as fun and appealing as it did in his childhood.

Gladion bit his lower lip. He wasn’t looking to get too deep into it. Looking back, those stories felt clumsy. Or perhaps they were only clumsy as a means to express what he’d been feeling but hadn’t the words for. But he was okay to talk about it a little. “Are you aware of Heart Swap? It’s a...

"Don't worry about it, I just zoned out for a second. Something unrelated." He hesitated, feeling nervous. "I... We don't have those stories about Manaphy where I'm from, but we have our own. They were a comfort to me, too." His voice dropped to barely above a whisper. "Similar reasons, really."...

Gladion could guess what the translations of Gourádon, Kaióga, and Rekkoúza. It seemed like it should also be easy to assume that they were talking about the same Manaphy, but with a Lokásoúvia mixed in there, there was no being sure. Like, why would some associate Manaphy with childbirth? Or...

"My name is Gladion. She is Hazel." "Ah." Gladion's face reddened. Fucking hell, that was even more awkward than the Odette situation. "I see. I think I'm in the opposite situation, and I'm trying to figure out how to approach it, so... Does he know you? Or, no, I'm prying. My apologies."...

Oh damn, the guy was just pausing, hadn't even finished yet. It really wasn't his lucky day. "Huh. Looked like I disturbed you to me, sorry. Thought you were done. I just... figured it'd be rude for me to run off again. Didn't expect a show or anything." Hazel took a step back so she could fit...

Gladion recognized the fruity-looking guy who arrived as the one he'd bailed on during the arrival day. Awkward. Maybe there was still time to form an escape, he hadn't been spotted yet. Sure, Hazel was still in the water but she'd follow if he left. Surely this guy would not question the...

Gladion's last trip to the cove wasn't exactly relaxing, but the spot itself was lovely. Even if doing something helpful to the search would be better, he was feeling too tired and burned out to bother. So, he opted from something nicer. The cove had a soul-healing effect, or perhaps that was...

Sleep was sure to be a rare resource on the island that night. Hazel was an exception, sleeping soundly, holding Gladion against her chest protectively. Gladion, however, was not an exception. He wouldn't get up, that would disturb Hazel and at least one of them deserved to sleep soundly...

On the way back to their room, Hazel stiffened and froze. [Something is wrong with the air.] Gladion put an arm over her back. “The cleaning staff probably just came through. I doubt it’s anything more than some bleach.” [No. Not bleach.] Hazel grumbled and stepped away. Slowly, cautiously...

"There's still two as-of-yet-undiscovered locations the first two were taken from. I think finding that would be a good start. I guess having forces of myth on our side would be good, too." Hopefully they don't take issue with Hazel. She's a little... blasphemous. Depending on who you ask...

Gladion was nervous giving Laura his phone, but it wasn't like she was going to go through it or anything. She just hooked it up and oh it was that simple. He was supposed to be good at this stuff. "Sweet." He'd never been in a groupchat before. This was neat. "Our vigilantes have already...

Gladion shook his head, disheartened. “Well, just because he’s not this serial kidnapper doesn’t mean he can’t be a serial killer. And hey, maybe we’ll get lucky and those two problems can ‘solve’ each other. Wouldn’t that be nice?” Hazel watched curiously as Laura pulled out her phone. [Group...

Gladion nodded along. His head wasn’t fully in it, though. “Well, we know nobody on our ship could’ve been involved in the Xatu trainer’s disappearance, anyway. Also, weirdly, two of the boat one people have gone missing since we arrived, but none of us. That’s not enough of a sample size to say...

Hazel’s tail wagged. [Are you knowing a Hazel, too?] “Hold on, that’s… There’s just… Wow, that’s fucking weird. Not your fault, but weird. I-” Gladion shivered. How much does she know about me? This is bad… Laura and the other Hazel had known things, too. Things that suggested there were more...

Gladion narrowed his eyes at her. What kind of clarification was that? She's just added the word 'really' to the same sentence. It wasn't as if he was really an identical twin anymore, not in any sense but the purely genetic. He doubted Lillie herself would even recognize him. Maybe it was...

Gladion nodded. "Might be worth checking if either of your partners can learn Pursuit, in case you need to break a Teleport. Hazel knows it, so I'm probably one of the safer ones here." He waved to the newcomer. "You're Odette? Hey. You're not interrupting anything, I was just bugging Laura."...