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Gladion and Hazel arrived to the restaurant a little early. A habit, it was better to be early than late, in his opinion. “Will Laura be bringing Malachai? And Sleet?” Hazel wondered to Gladion. Gladion blinked. “Huh. I… didn’t think to ask. Figure she’ll ask them and either they’ll come or...

[TABLE] [TR] [TD]Conversation With: Odette Hey. Jirachi found me pretty quickly after our last messages. Turns out I was hanging out in their usual haunt, and they retreated there once they finished with you. I still remembered enough about what the inside of Hazel's head looked like for us to...

Gladion made sure to pick up some birdkeeping supplies at the shop before returning to his room. Hazel having her helmet off was lovely, but at the same dime she had four years worth of hathead to deal with. Nothing some time and care couldn't fix, though. There wasn't anyone else here to help...

Hazel bowed her head. “You are welcome. It would not have been happening without you, too. If you are ever needing anything please be telling us and we will be helping... Now, how about we leave this cave? I would like to be feeling the wind in my feathers for the first time.” <><><><><>

Hazel felt cool, fresh air on her face. The weight on her neck was gone. She could see freely now, could look at her own body. Trying something she hadn't had control of for five years, she closed her eyes and focused on her type. Gladion watched as the membranes on her tail and head shifted...

Gladion let out a deep sigh of relief and nodded. What qualified as an average-circumstances magical wish with a mythical species, he didn't know. Jirachi was confident it was possible with his knowledge, and that was what mattered. He shut his eyes and tried to picture the technical diagram of...

Hazel’s eyes widened. That is nice! I am not knowing of mythical species so you are looking as unique to me as I am to you. Except I am knowing Manaphy, we were meeting them before. They were helping us twice, even if the first time was going… maybe not the best. But! That is why we were trying...

Hazel wondered for a moment if Neo had come back, but no, this was a different voice. She turned around to face the little star-looking pokemon behind her. Hi! I am Hazel. Most people have not been meeting anyone like me before. I would be surprised if that was different for you. Are you having...

As he was leaving the spot he and Wes had been poking around in, Gladion’s phone buzzed. Probably Odette getting back to him. He pulled out his phone, read the message, and… He understood her desire not to say too much in a way that could be intercepted, but her information was still...

Conversation With: Odette Did all go well with Jirachi? I know it's a long shot, even someplace as ridiculous as this, but... Hazel's life expectancy, or rather, her lack thereof has been weighing on my mind lately. And I'm also to understand that you're acutely aware of painful her helmet can...

“Oh yeah, what about a ballgown?” He laughed to himself. Felt good to joke about that. He didn’t know if Wes would find it funny, though, so he moved on to avoid another awkward break. Didn’t want Wes to think he was one of those people who couldn’t talk about anything else. “I know criminal...

Gladion laughed. “A good instinct for dealing with insurance companies, honestly. Or really for companies in general. Really, the big difference between companies and organized crime is whether they’re rich enough to get away with it. Same rules, but with more formalwear,” he said, really...

"Ohh right. Yeah. They'd go bankrupt." He probably should have realized that. It was kind of, you know, the point of his joke. Wes just seemed so normal it was easy to forget he wouldn't know about stuff like that. In retrospect, Wes knowing enough about people like him to be cool with it was...

"Ah. I see," Gladion said, wincing. "Yep I've heard of Orre... Never really heard it described like that before, but I guess basic survival needs can deprioritize things like being too involved in unrelated people's business. Y'could probably make a marketing spin out of that." He parted the...

Gladion's face reddened slightly, despite the chilly air from the cave. Despite him probably needing to talk about this with someone, he didn't know what to say and he doubly didn't want to go dumping that all on a friend he'd just recently made. He was an awkward enough person already...

Gladion gave himself permission to laugh a little, even though he still found his sentence a little awkward. "Similar myself. No idea where I'd be without Hazel. That's not even to mention all the other people along the way. Wouldn't have gotten out of boat jail as a minor without help. In which...

“Ah.” There had to be something more to it than that, but he wasn’t going to dig if Wes didn’t want to share. He just had to find something else to say. “Well. I’ve always figured blood relatives aren’t what makes family anyway.” He sighed. “…That sounded way less sappy before I said it out...

“I’m inclined to agree, it was. Of the family I had there… I wouldn’t spit on my mother if she was on fire. My father’s dead-“ Wait, I just told him the same of the BKP project head. Oops. “And my sister… twin sister… I haven’t spoken to her since I left, and that was four years ago. She...

Gladion nodded. “It was an artificial metal ‘island’ of sorts. Exorbitantly expensive to build, but free from any political jurisdictions, since it’s not really in a country per se. It’s where I grew up… I don’t miss it, exactly. For a number of reasons.” Gladion had seen a number of reactions...

“Thank you…” Hazel whispered. She didn’t really believe that the other Hazel would be able to follow her to her own world to deliver such a thing. It seemed too good to be true. Still, she appreciated the sentiment. Once the finished dancing, she pulled the other Hazel into a hug. “Thank you...