After parting with Violet and Hazel, Kimiko was unsure what to do next. She hadn’t counted on having so much time before the raid, which is why she hadn’t volunteered to begin with. But now, with nothing else to do but wait, she wondered if she should try to find some way to help, or if that would mess with the plan already in place.
The sound of a stomach grumbling distracted her, and Olivia was quick to make sure her trainer heard it.
She hadn’t spent a lot of time exploring the different food highlights of the island so far; with everything else going on, she’d mostly stuck to that little cafe she’d met Wes and Ayumi in early on, having no energy and no curiosity to check wander far. But now she was out, she spotted a bar of some sort. It looked quiet and somewhat out of the way, a good spot to unwind a bit. She figured it was late enough in the morning that maybe they’d have started serving lunch, and lead Olivia inside.
She was surprised when she entered and immediately spotted Mitch and Mightyena, wondering just how they were still up and about; after their ordeal, she would want to curl up and sleep for three days, and it kind of looked like maybe they wanted that, too. She couldn’t really blame them if they simply had insomnia or something, maybe. People had vanished right from their rooms.
And then another thought occurred to her; hadn’t she seen Mightyena talking to Clink that morning at roll call? It seemed unlikely that Mitch could have passed along any information they’d gotten yet; as far as Kimiko knew, he wasn’t in the group text chat, and most people were off doing their own thing in preparation for tonight’s crime.
She got herself a hamburger and a modest plate of bacon for Olivia (just a bit; she’d made that mistake once before and she wasn’t going to let that happen again, so long as no one else started bringing more plates over…) and the headed for Mitch’s table.
“Glad to see you’re up and around,” she said by way of greeting. Then, looking down and addressing Mightyena, she asked, “How are you feeling? Getting any strength back yet?”
She set down the bacon plate which distracted Olivia, who was already leaning in to sniff at the dark-type. The espeon tore into two pieces before looking up and sheepishly nosing the plate towards the other Pokémon.
“You look sad. Bacon always makes me feel better! At least it does since I got here! Wanna try some?”
Meanwhile, Kimiko turned back to Mitch. “I’m sure you’ve already gotten a dozen others checking on you after you got back and are probably tired of talking about it, so I won’t ask. I mean, if you want to, feel free! But otherwise, I’ll get to the point. I’m pretty sure I saw Mightyena talking to Clink early this morning, and so far she’s the only one I know whose had the chance. Did you find out anything? Like how it got poisoned?”
