Poppin' Arms ~ Dorm Lounge

[Fusion]

Soda looked Vix over as if he'd actually been considering the proposal, looking her up and down, evaluating. His claws made subtle gestures as if sizing up what it could do with that waxy body.

Vix's face shrank a bit, not having any idea why Soda was doing what he was doing and didn't know if she wanted him to stop or not or if she was bothered by it or if she liked it or what was going on in her own head.

Then, he shrugged and said, "Well, anyway, what're we planning, then?"

"wait no..." Vix squeaked. So what if she might not have known what was going on, that didn't mean she wanted him to stop!

The Chandelure fixed her face and tried to refocus. Parts of her were still melty, but that always happened. "R-Right, plans... Hm... Chip might not be a bad place to start, although I still think we should start with S'more. I've always gotten mad scientists vibes from him, yet I've barely even met with him so what do I know?"

 

[Disco]

Mellow considered this, but she was sure that Poffin had nothing to do with this. "...Who is Chip again?", she asked as an afterthought while going through who to look into again. ...S'more was the next most obvious one. But asking Soda to follow him or to scrutinize Maple didn't seem fair, since that would probably put him at a very high risk.

"...We can keep an eye on S'more. And Maple... I guess, if you notice anything strange from any of the elite members of the guild, find someone safe to tell..."

 

[Cresselia92]

“Yes. I wager we can split in groups and obverse the situation at paw.” Icetales glanced at Owen and Mellow. “We could check on Sir S’more,” he turned back to Soda, “and thou could keep an eye on Sir Chip. If thou art fine with Miss Vix, I guess she could offer her assistance.”

“And if thou feel bothered about the task, look at it from this perspective.” Keo’Keo showed a toothy smirk of shadows. “Thou would be an investigator doing some awesome business for the greater good. That’s badass!”

Icetales gasped when he heard his Shadow utter that word. When did he even learn that? Probably… from Petram or something?

I ought to keep a closer eye on that pup…

“Huh… Yes, as my Shadow said.”

“So, if it is decided, we have places to check and folks to control. After all, we do not want to go back to step zero and let that sirrah do again as he pleases? Hell, no! We shall thwart any shady business at all costs,” said Keo’Keo, his mane burning with confidence. Or was that desire to sink his fangs into something? Icetales hoped it was the former.

 

[Fusion]

Would anyone notice if she decided to swap from spying on S'more to spying on Chip? Well, obviously they'd notice, but would they ask why? That was the part Vix was worried about.

She shut her eyes for a moment, thinking of any counter argument she might get, and came up with a pretty good reason to join up with Soda. "Wouldn't sending just one person to watch Chip be a bit risky?" Vix asked, still melting. "And I'm pretty sure we don't need all six of us to keep an eye on S'more, right? I'd be willing to swap to one or the other, and this would be a pretty good chance for me to get a read on Chip myself."

 

[Namohysip]

"Anybody spying on S'more would need to be stealthy about it," Owen said. "I'm good at interrogating, but I don't know if stealth is my best in close quarters like the Guild... Plus, we're going to be moving to our new homes soon, right?" He sighed.

"Whatever. Just pick someone! Soda, how about you trail Poffin?" Cal asked. "He's the main guard. I bet that'll also let you observe a bunch of other people."

"Yeah. Probably the way to go." Soda rubbed his chin. "Fuck, I'm stressed. I think I need to work off some steam. I'll get to spying on spying later and text you guys if I see anything weird." Owen watched something invisible walking away, but then Soda's illusion made his usual gesture. "See you." And with that, he disappeared.

 

[Fusion]

"Poffin it is!" Vix said, then abruptly sank into the floor. Who needed to meet with Chip, right? And her friends could handle S'more no problem, it's not like they'd have to fight him or anything.

 

[Disco]

Mellow watched him go, then went back to thinking. Who else was high up in the guild...?

... Wasn't Zinc?

....

No, it had to be someone else. The Charmeleon quietly left without a word, expression turning dour as her thoughts continued unsaid.

 

[Namohysip]

Owen headed out next, though not without rubbing his forehead.

"Are you okay?" Cal asked.

"Yeah... Soda's illusions gave me a headache. That doesn't usually happen. Back home, I just see right through Enet's illusions, so why are Soda's so different?"

"Super illusions."

"Hers were, too," Owen pointed out. "I think he just... really doesn't like people seeing past his illusion."

"Wonder why." Cal hummed. "...That means you didn't really get a good read on him, though."

"It does. But I'm starting to wonder if my Perceive is going to help with some people. I don't know how Chip's... movements work. And if Soda can disrupt my Perceive, maybe others in God Squad can, too. If they have perfect control of their body, I can't do anything, either." The headache was starting to fade out. It was replaced by a dull but thinning fog. "This Perceive isn't the same as the one back home."

Cal hummed, leaning on her gooey heels. "I don't like this."

"I don't, either," Owen said. "...I think I'll tell a few people about this..."

But with that, he headed down the hall.

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[ntmymike]

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After getting out of the infirmary, Miles wandered around in the general area. He looked around, tried his best to memorize the path and all of the rooms around him. Miles tried his best to keep it as quiet as possible. The shinx doesn't know any pokemon around here so he did everything he can to attract as little attention as he could.

 

[Adamhuarts]

After her encounter with Soul, Cynthian headed back to the dorms and stopped by at the lounge to relax a bit more before seeking Maple out.

She grabbed a tea pot and warmed it up on the stove. Afterwards, she poured the hot tea mix into a cup and sat on a couch to enjoy her beverage. She squeezed her face the moment she took a sip out of it.

"So bitter..." Next time she meets Icetales, she'll have to ask him how to prepare tea correctly.

While Cynthian pondered that, she felt movement in the lounge and glanced towards the mon.

"Oh, hi," Cynthian said with a brief, polite wave. "Are you looking for someone?"

 

[ntmymike]

Miles's ear twitched. Someone has noticed him. His entire body shuddered for a moment before looking back at the source of the sound. He saw a Roserade on a couch, holding a cup of tea, looking at him. His leg was shaking, trying to run and also stay put at the same time but it quickly relaxed, knowing they mean no harm.

Miles had an awkward pause before decided to just shake his head as a response. He doesn't look for anyone really, maybe aside from something familiar so the boy wouldn't feel so lost.

 

[Adamhuarts]

"Hm? Oh! You're one of the new people Diyem barfe—recruited." Cynthian cleared her throat and put on a welcoming smile.

"Not sure if anyone's done this yet, but I'd like to welcome you to our cause," she said as she brought her bouquet to her chest. "If you need help getting up to speed or figuring things out, feel free to ask. I'll help in whatever way I can."

 

[ntmymike]

"Y-yes" Miles said, moving toward the couch so that it wouldn't be an awkward conversation from afar. "Zinc said I was sent here to stop a threat" he said, with many doubts still linger inside his mind.

 

[Adamhuarts]

"Yeah. This world is currently being plagued by a phenomenon known as the blacklight, and we just so happen to be the only ones who can stop it." Cynthian tilted head and grimaced.

"At least that's the simple version of the explanation. It appears a lot of the bad things happening on this world were caused by a human called Giovanni. We captured him recently, but there's still a lot of loose ends. There's Eternatus in the tree, and some of us are trying to find Giovanni's spy as well..." Cynthian scratched her cheek. "We're making progress though."

 

[ntmymike]

"Okay..." Miles took some times to think about it. He hoped he could find something familiar but until now, he still feel completely lost. Still, it's not that bad though. Everyone here was just as friendly as back home... It's probably best to not think about it though
"Giovani... who is that?" It's probably the best thing to talk about right now

 

[Adamhuarts]

"He's a human from another world that came here as a Mewtwo to cause all kinds of trouble." Cynthian grabbed herself a cracker from a box sitting on the table. She pushed the box towards Miles in case he wanted any.

"I'm still not sure what his endgoal really is, or how much of the blacklight is because of him... You should ask some other the other humans on their team to know more about him," Cynthian said as she took a bite from her cracker. "You can talk to Starr, she's the incineroar. If she too intimidating..." Cynthian paused aand muttered, "which she kinda is," then finished by saying, "you could talk to Nate. He's the mudkip."

 

[ntmymike]

Miles noticed the box and grab a cracker with his paw, trying it out.

"There are other humans who turned into pokemon?" Miles asked. Something about that sounds familiar to him.

 

[Adamhuarts]

"On our team, yes!" Cynthian said with a nod. "There's Starr and Nate, who I've already mentioned. The others I know are Dave, Cuicatl... I think that new Manectric is human too."

"Not all of them even came from the same kind of worlds either. I think only Starr and Nate's worlds have a Giovanni of their own. Dave's world sounds plenty complicated, and Cuicatl's..." Cynthian grimaced. "well her home hasn't treated her all too well frankly."

 

[ntmymike]

"Okay... What about the black light?" The name doesn't ring any bell inside his mind but yet something about how Cynthian talked about it reminded Miles of something... something that is both vague and certainly scary "Is it want to cover the world in darkness?"

 

[Adamhuarts]

Cynthian shrugged. "I'm not really sure what it is either. From what I understand, it's a corrupting force that's sort of poisoning this world. We're working on figuring out its origins and hopefully a way to get rid of it."