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Brisa sighed. One of those spirals. Not totally unfamiliar to her... Brisa let her mind sit for a moment, contemplating. Beside her, Koa stewed in his own distress. "You're doin' just fine," she began, calmly. "We've had worse mistakes'n you've made and fought through 'em. The team don't hate...

"Hmm." Brisa wet her mouth, which had become distinctly dry as Koa spoke. What... What would she have needed to hear when she was his age, putting so much effort into everything it felt like it'd burn a hole in her chest? "...You don't owe it t'me to be 'better', or to be a partic'lar way...

Brisa grinned. Loyalty, huh? Sure. It was a virtue among the Escarpa luxray. "Seems like I trained you well enough," she quipped. "Good attitude, Koa. Strength alone ain't as valuable as strength t'gether. I reckon you've proven you understand that, with yer performance in Spectrum missions...

Brisa smiled. "Lotta good can come of folks stickin' by each other when they didn't expect to." Starr. Astrid. Cynthian and Icetales. Hell, that wild gal Sword. And back home, even Gil. It had been months since she'd seen the li'l golem. "So, a shinx, huh?" she said, quickly, trying to fill up...

Brisa raised a brow and flicked her tail. "If'n y'say so, partner. But yer welcome t'stay and spend time any time ya like." She looked hard at Koa, wondering what that regular fluctuation between warmth and the cold shoulder was about. Insecurity? Too much hero-worship? Just teenage bullshit...

It's not easy, not being able to choose. You use that strength for good, though. Something tightened in her throat and behind her eyes, and she didn't say anything for a moment, nor take a breath. She didn't want the kid to think he'd said the wrong thing, though... She could fix that. She put...

"Yeah." Here she went again, telling the story. She'd be telling it a little differently this time, being a little different herself since she last told it. "My pa, Jesse, became a red delphox in my world. He was summoned by our Voice of Life to save the world, and he did, and I guess that...

Bit awkward to have left it this late to mention, but there was nothing for it. Brisa nodded. "Mountain luxio, takin' after my luxray ma. I was born a shinx, much like any other. But my pa is like you an' Dave and whoever. A former human. And I inherited somethin' of his soul an' power from him."

It sure felt natural. And yet it didn't feel... No, that was something to discuss with Fugu in a session, for sure. "You'll probably end up usin' it under sufficient pressure," mused Brisa. "It's downright ordinary fer 'mon to develop new powers an' abilities in a crisis or emergency, even...

Brisa tilted her head and smirked, just a little. Just for a second. "Gonna give it a go?" Right. Cool. Sick. She was really leaving an impression on this kid, huh? Maybe that was okay. "I reckon we can all do it," she said, more seriously. "Seems like it's gonna happen in most or all of the...

Brisa chuckled nervously. She had done that, huh... She was... She was gonna have to figure that one out. Maybe in therapy. "Sure seems like it's somethin' the whole team can do now, if they dig deep enough. Ever since that transformation Diyem did. I guess I just..." "I guess it's just a...

Brisa's face was still gently beaming from her celebratory meal with her best friends, , but it lit up further as Koa rushed toward her. Of course the kid had watched her match. Damn near everyone would've seen that. Kinda thrilling to think... "Sure fuckin' did, partner," she drawled...

"Hm." Brisa took one last moment to enjoy the warm water, with eyes closed. Gods, but these were strange times, and stranger moments with members of Diyem's mismatched posse. "Well, I'll seeya there when the time comes, Mellow. Take care, now." She got no reply. Perhaps Mellow was just . . ...

Brisa had heard how Cal, Nate, Vix, Echo, and Mellow had confronted Maple with their various concerns. She wasn't interested in getting into that right now, though. What good would it even do? "I gather Nate tried persuadin' her to stay clear, and Vix tried provin' she had corruption in her...

Brisa sighed softly and stretched out her forepaws in the water. Maybe every struggle wasn't worth persisting with. But persistence was just too much of who she was. "Y'know, Mellow, nobody's actually been able to explain to me what positive difference it would've made if any of y'all knew Soda...

Brisa settled down a comfortable distance from Mellow, forepaws just barely dipping into the hot springs. The warmth was pleasant on her pads. "I've already talked t'most folks as took issue with how the lure plan at the Tree was conducted. Explained myself, made assurance of no hard feelings...

"Well, sure. But I'm here t'have a word with you, hence my askin'. I'll leave ya be if'n y'ain't got patience fer me, Mellow." Brisa smiled back, an expression as dry as dust. Mellow wasn't exactly hard to read.

Help yerself t'whatever's mine from the fridge. I'll be home when I can. Next priority fer the team after this Maple mission oughta be to go after Soda. If he's anythin' like any of the folks fulla Blacklight we've faced to date, he'll need to have it battled outta him. Question is if we can do...

"Mm. Thanks." Brisa dried herself off as best she could. Although it was tempting to transform just to burn off the moisture, as it were, the act felt somehow disrespectful. To herself? A strange notion. "Strange technique," she remarked. "Effective, though. Or seems it fer now. Appreciate it...

Brisa had quite the trip, tracking down Mellow. She'd learned her general condition from Owen, made the journey to the resort largely on foot, and had some back and forth with the spa receptionist before she learned where to find the florizard. By the time she entered the springs, she didn't...