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Re: [PTU, IC] The Invisible League 3: You actually exploded!
Uriel and Claire
You find Sergei over by where the desk guy said he would be. He is talking to a messy young man a few years older than you guys with heavy duty glasses. Claire recognizes him as Gideon the guy she stabbed this morning.
Kara
They both blink when you mention the florence estate "Well yeah we know how you can get there both live there" "We can use Goggles Onix to get there in no time I just need to fetch my suit off the roof where I left it to dry really fa-" Flu stops mid sentence when she looks up and sees a flock of murkrows flying away with her suit "Waaaah! No! Not again! I worked really hard on that!" Goggles busts out laughing.
Opal and Drew
"*sigh* We should be fine as long as we don't leave opal olivine or any important supplies alone. still this is going to make moving around harder... Drew we can't dress up opal while she's grooming olivine anyway so go make the poffins instead so I don't draw any unwanted attention to us" chimney says passing opal's money to drew
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Re: [PTU, IC] The Invisible League 3: You actually exploded!
As they approach and Claire sees who else is there, surprise fills Claire. "Oh no..." Claire says shocked. Upon realizing she'd made her remark out loud she quickly tries to think of what to say. Luckily she'd seen him far enough he wouldn't have heard.
Various mixed thoughts fill Claire's mind. She wanted to get out of there. She hadn't gotten to talk to Uriel yet and tell him the details. Now he was right here and if he said anything it could get weird and hard to explain. If she found an excuse to leave she could avoid that, but that alone might seem weird. Plus, she felt bad enough about running early. If she had to run again, she'd feel even worse.
She took a deep breath as she followed behind Uriel. She decided to remain quiet and just not say anything. She wasn't going to chicken out. "That's him..." She mutters softly to Uriel.
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Kara blinked in surprise, a little too shocked to immediately laugh at Flu's misfortune. They also live there? Of all the random things...coming out here to find these two...must be a stroke of great fortune. She grinned, and then as if nothing happened she laughed too."Well then, this works out greatly! I'm ready to go whenever you two are. I really appreciate the help too." With that she straightened out her bags and pulled her mask down to cover her mouth again, smiling with determination. Everything brings me one step closer.
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Kara
The whole way there Flu is hanging off you and Goggles, using you as cover, and shivering with paralyzing embarrassment the closer someone gets to realizing she's riding an onix down the street in public half naked.
You soon arrive at the Florence estate which looks pretty much like a mansion (not the biggest newest or fanciest you've seen in all your years of sneaking in and stealing things not by a long shot, but its got the usual features like fences, longer than average driveways, landscaping, at least two stories, a balcony etc...)
After parking the Onix Goggles leads You right up to the front door and knocks(which is odd usually mask houses have you going through a hole in the roof or something crazy like that) "Caine! we're back! Oh and look who followed us home can we keep her!?" Says Goggles to the peephole as she puts her metal arm around you and jokes like she's a little girl showing off a stray puppy she found. "Please hurry I lost my suit again!" Adds Flu in self conscious desperation. You think you hear a sigh, the door opens, and Flu streaks inside before you can react. The face of an older man then peers around the door takes one whiff the air wrinkles his nose in disgust and says to goggles "If she is here about the vacancy then at least have her clean up and not smell like a sewer before meeting mr. florence. Its bad enough I have to mop up whatever you crazy lot tract in..." he sounds like a butler "Yeah yeah yeah. Come on lets get you hosed off and squared away with the landlord before figuring out what to do with your loot" says goggles ready to lead you inside.
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Drew takes the money and looks around the dressing room. "Uh, where do I go for poffins?" He had no idea where anything was in here. And how was she expecting him to know how to make poffins?
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Drew
"You asked me to help Opal not you. Besides someone as anti coordinator as me treating you like a newbie and walking you through the basics probably won't be healthy for your existing career so just go out into the hall and ask someone for directions to the bakery or something" She says as she starts drawing out a confusing series of boxes charts and graphs on a piece of paper.
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Re: [PTU, IC] The Invisible League 3: You actually exploded!
"Him?" Uriel mutters as he stops his stride, head turning slight towards the red head as he tried to piece together who she was referring to. The young man didn't look like Kuro, and seemed far to old to be the masked boy he'd witnessed before; for a moment he was lost as to who she referred to unto his mind touched upon their harrowing exchange in the car not so long ago. The Fitness Center.
Claire had stabbed someone.
Feeling his pulse quicken, he nonetheless felt some relief at the thought the other young man seemed no worse for wear from the exchange. If nothing else, Claire hadn't done serious damage before she...had...ran. And suddenly Veil's uneasyness made so much more sense.
"So what do you want to do Claire? Do you want to apologize, set the story straight? I know your not the type to do something without good reason," Uriel inquired as he studied the red head, the pair stepping out of the way deliberated.
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"W-what?" Claire said unsure. She wasn't sure how to reply. If she said no, what would Uriel think. But at the same time right here in public, especially after running would have terrible consequences. Her attack had made plenty of logical sense, it just...hadn't been right.
She fidgeted lightly, "Right here? Now?" She asked, trying to stall for a moment to give her brain a chance to try and think.
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"It's your choice Claire. You do it now, or later; or keep running from this until it catches up to you in the worst way or at the worst time. If you're honestly innocent it'll either blow over, or it'll blow up and the fact you kept quiet will make it worse. Either way I don't know the full story, and In the end it's your choice; just make sure it is your choice, and that it doesn't choose for you." he says simply
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Claire drops her tone to very quiet to make sure only Uriel could hear. "Alright...long story short he was on phone. He talked about a bunch of stuff that implied Kuro. He mentioned things like yes she's hear this morning, he mentioned pulling stuff of 'her' with his mind, then he mentioned having tried something already and missing. He also said he was surprised she wanted to fight still after night before. I had assumed that he was the psychic working with Kuro, especially since he had 'sneezed' and threw knives at me that Veil blocked." Claire said. "All the evidence worked out. So I quickly went to incapacitate him to have a lead on Kuro. Come on, he was watching me, mentioned seeing me, talked about the night before, mentioned taking things off, and was acting shady..."
She sighs, "But no, apparently all that evidence was something else. I wanted to help him and I notified people to get him medical attention. But what was I supposed to tell any police? Oh, I'm here to kill my ex and be a vigilante and accidentally stabbed the wrong person?" Claire asked.
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"Sounds like a plan to me. I don't think I've ever needed a shower or something this bad." She laughed a bit even as her nose wrinkled in disgust. Though she did find it fun previously to bark happily when Goggles introduced her as she did, some things needed to be handled.
And so she walked in with Goggles, staying fairly close to her. As she did she took in her surroundings as she usually did, though had to quickly remind herself that she was trying to study a potential living space, not case the joint. "Does that happen to Flu that often?" she spoke as she looked around.
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Uriel nodded before sighing, "I was assaulted yesterday by two ruthless criminals who tried to kill me, or kidnap me like the did one of my friends whom I'd tried to look for. I'm still on edge, and when he 'sneezed at me' I misunderstood what he said and thought he was part of the same group that attacked me yesterday. Only now they were trying to 'silence' a witness. So I...panicked. I tried to defend myself before he got another chance to assassinate me as far as I knew. It wasn't until afterwards that I realized I screwed up, I tried to help him; even patched him up right after, but I panicked. So I've been running around the whole day with the guilt of hurting him eating me up inside to the point I'm terrified of him, or atleast of the fact I hurt an innocent person; because that's not the kind of person I am, and I'm afraid of what might happen to me because of that. You can call the pokemon center to verify what happened, and I havea friend who was there who's a trusted regular here who can confirm it and act as a character witness. I'm sorry this happened, it was a terrible mistake; is here anything I can do to make up for it," he acted out in a soothing tone as he placed an encouraging hand on Claire's shoulder.
"In other words, the truth. Fear keeps your senses sharp, helps you keep an eye out for danger; but today it lead to this for better or worse. It was a mistake Claire, you've admitted this already, but hopefully it isn't one that can't be fixed,"
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Kara
Inside is a foyer flanked by stair surrounded by a balcony with large open doors leading to different wings to the left right and straight ahead on both floors with a chandelier as a centerpiece of the room. The place is rather ornate if a bit old fashioned and outdated looking.
"Well I don't know how frequent you are expecting or looking forward to it happening but yeah she has bad luck with her outfits. I told her not to use such shiny buttons because murkrow like to collect them, and that given her luck something like that was bound to happen but she didn't listen she's a bit too idealistic for her own good ya know?" Goggles says as she leads you straight across the foyer, down the hall which bears paintings of various masked figures, and into what looks like an equally ornate locker room with openings leading to a large walkin shower room, a large hot tub, and a row of toilet stalls, a long vanity, and by the door where you came in are some stacks of fresh towels and bath robes(its as if this was meant to be the only restroom in the entire building an odd design choice that would be apparent to someone that's cased joints before) "Oh yeah you didn't answer Flu's question before about clarifying if you have a mask name" Goggles says making small talk as she walks up to one of the hardwood lockers and starts taking off her clothes and throwing them in. You can see now that the metal arm is held in place by a complex and uncomfortable looking leather harness you can also tell that she has a few scars, more muscle, has spent more time in the sun and has a notch less pronounced curves that Flu.
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"Well when YOU word it you make it sound way better..." Claire mumbles, "I'm not as good with wording things like you are. I'm still trying to word how---" She stops and pauses as if thinking before quickly changing the subject, "But...fine, I can do that. But who am I supposed to tell first? Him? Granbull? Police?" Claire asked. "And that's still not counting that I messed with Granbull's security system in a really crappy attempt to cover it." She said with a sigh. "Its been a rough day..."
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Kara kept her eyes on Goggles for awhile as she spoke and undressed, smiling a little to herself as she removed her cut-up jacket, placing it in a locker too though she was likely going to end up tossing it. Or maybe just cut the other sleeve to match. Actuallt that might look nice...
"Ah right, I got sidetracked earlier. Well no, it isn't my mask name. I don't really have one, I haven't been a mask for very long and tend to stay out of public sight. I want one though. It's be nice to have something else for people to call me. As for Nelsa..." she deliberated for a moment, then shrugged and continued on. "A different sort of alias actually. I use it more commonly than my real name, so it is what I go with by default." She also removed her mightyena mask as well but kept it with her. The mask would need some cleaning after that too, as well as her face.
So she took a towel and put it close to one of the showers as she started getting the water going well. Cold water didn't bother her too much, but warm was always preferable so she took her time getting it just right. "Oh and just to continue that other fun topic, I do not think I will exactly be anticipating for her to lose her clothes more often but I will certainly enjoy anytime it comes up." She laughed a bit at that and sighed as she enjoyed the nice water.
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Uriel cracks a playful grin at Claire's grumbling words, though it falters slightly at the slight against Granbull; the venerable wrestler would surely skin the responsible party unless certain steps were taken, "Might as well start with him, he's the one you wronged first after all; and he's already here. Ask for a moment of his time, sit with him, and explain what happened. Hell borrow my words if you'd like, and I can be near by if you want as well; just keep in mind he may ask you to atone for your mistake. After that you should talk to the Madame, preferably with him if he's willing to forgive you or let you atone. She's going to be mighty pissed, and disappointed; but if he okays it and you offer to help fix or replace what you damaged it might help. Z mentioned to me how bored she is lately, so you might be able to convince you to lend you a hand with it too," he explained before sighing.
"Not gonna lie, it might not be pretty; they both have good reasons to be pissed of at you. But so long as you talk to them sincerely, admit your mistake, and not only prove your desire to atone; but take steps of your own will to do so this it should turn out okay. If all goes well, and you make up for it they might avoid pressing charges which means the cops are might get off your back; but that won't mean there won't be consequences. Even if you fix this yo'll probably have to earn Granbull's trust and respect back,"
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"And if they get upset and I do get police issues that leaves Kuro to keep doing what he's doing. He's trying to summon some legends and start a big war." Claire said, "Ugh...I'll talk about that later. Fine, we both have someone to talk to then. You can talk to Ironwood and I'll talk to Gideon..." She said with a sigh before nodding and walking back towards the group.
As she approached, she tried to overhear what was being talked about. She wasn't adamantly ease dropping, nor hide her presence, but if she heard while walking up, that wouldn't be an issue.
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Opal periodically asks Chimney to pass her a grooming tool, but otherwise lets her explain contests while she does the grooming.
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Uriel stares nonplussed at Claire as he follows the girl over to the pair. Surely he'd misheard right? There was no way Claire's ex was trying to summon a god...right?
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Opal
As Chimney explains the rules and goes over various tips and strategy you notice that she seems a bit frustrated.
Claire
"... again I'm afraid if she had spoken to me and told me anything that would be telling of her present circumstances or even to confirm or deny what she said I simply wouldn't be at liberty to say. Though these events are rather troubling..." you overhear sergei say in his thick accent. they haven't seen you or at least acknowledged you yet.
Kara
"heh well if you were enjoying her before she will probably be joining use as soon as she realises she's been hanging off someone she found in the sewers who also handled her underwear. How about a bet she'll either come in all panicked about the sewer goo and hopping around going "ew,ew,ew,ew" or she'll be to embarrassed about forgetting about it to even talk. Which do you take and what do you put up for stakes?" she says also stepping into the shower room to rinse off too. Her harness is now gone revealing that an adhesive encrusted nub is all that remains of her missing arm which she starts scrubbing first "this stuff's always a pain... So what brings you all the way out to the big apricorn anyway?"
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Taking time to recompose himself Uriel tries to position himself within Sergei's line of sight, his intent to speak with the man clear on his face; respectfully informing the man of his presence, but giving the dojo head the chance to finish his conversation peacefully. THough the matter he wished to discuss was important, it wasn't so urgent as to risk making a bad impression on the man.
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"Hmm an interesting idea..." Kara growled quietly while she smiled. She stayed silent for a bit while she washed out her hair and fur as thoroughly as she could, for very good reason naturally. While she considered Goggles's words she stared at one of her hands, and muttered, "I wonder if I will ever end up with paws..." And then, as if she had said nothing, she responded to her.
"A bet huh? I don't prefer normal material bets. I like dares the most, more excitement involved." she smirked to where Goggles was. "So how about that then? I think (and hope)she will come running in here soon, as you said. If I am right, you do something I tell you too, usually something causing a fair bit of chaos and fun. I'm wrong, then you get to make me do something. If you have any major lines to not cross go ahead and tell me, but so you know I don't have very many." and she laughed eagerly.
She looked out a bit and cleaned up the dirt and muck from her mask. "So while we are waiting on her I will answer your question, as well as I can at least. We did only just meet." she spoke suggestively to Goggles. "It's mostly a travelers thing. I wanted to see many far away places as a kid. As soon as I could travel I walked wherever I could. When Poochie- that's my mightyena- got big enough I would ride him to places. I've seen a fair number of cities, but nothing quite like this place. I'm also wanting to participate in that whole Invisible League thing that I heard of, but so far I have no clue what to expect from it."
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Drew just rolls his eyes as chimney basically tells him to get lost. Could have been worse really. She could have literally thrown him out. He leaves and heads back to the front desk. They'd certainly know where the bakery was.
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Kara
"Heh fine by me I'm more greed driven myself, but that doesn't mean I can't adapt so as long as what your asking doesn't necessarily cost me money or materials or risk landing me in jail, or another limb at all you can do you your worst to my pride and dignity" goggles says proud of her dark capitalistic ways "So to sum up you got panicked Flu and I got shy the loser has to do what the winner tells them." She says as she shampoos she amber hair with the contents of a small facet equipped vessel on a stand in the corner of the room "As for your reasons to be here honestly I'm just asking cause you aren't asking any questions and its damn awkward to have two people in the same shower in total silence"
Uriel and Claire
"... Well anyway I do wish you the best of luck its quite noble to try to get your facts straight before confronting someone about a violent altercation, and I'm sure she'd appreciate the gesture and be more honest in your next encounter. Isn't that right claire?" Says Sergei you two to gideons attention
"err... hi again..." gideon says as awkwardly as when claire first spoke with him as he rubs the back of his head.
Drew
"um excuse me..." She a shy voice from behind after you step out. If you turn around you'll see a raven haired young woman wearing a heavy coat hiking boots and leggings... was the hall this cold before? "could you tell me if a certain trainer was in that dressing room you just came out of? a silver haired elementalist?"
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Kara nodded quickly as confirmation of her summing things up. "Yeah that is basically it. Should be fun. And don't worry." She grinned and chuckled darkly. "I won't ask you to do something that will get you arrested. Maybe laughed at, or chased away, but not arrested. You say your pride and dignity are fair targets? Well alright then, same here. Currently, thinking between making you do something hot, or something hilarious." she teased.
"I guess I can understand what you mean though. I'm just not the kind that likes to think on the past. The present day and action, now that works well for me." She shook her head a little bit, water flying off from her hair before just getting wet all over again. "Alright then here is a question for you. What was going on there when I ran through?" Kara was mildly curious enough after all of what happened around there. "I heard some mentions of getting paid for getting something, and them not wanting to pay, and I think some kind of miscommunication. So what went down when I interrupted?"
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"Uhh...hi." Claire replied scratching the back of her head. "So...do we need to talk?" She asked.
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Opal looks at Chimney, "something wrong?" she asks, pausing in grooming Olivine, her fur was surprisingly easy to groom so far, so she could afford a pause.
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Uriel starts slightly, not having expected the man to bring them into the exchange; let alone that the man would call Claire by name. It seemed like everyone big in the dojo world knew the Verene family. With little to say, Uriel stood besides Claire to give the girl some much needed morale support. "Good morning Mister Ironwood," he says respectfully, offering Gideon a curt nod in turn.
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"Well...." Drew starts slowly. "I know of at least three silver-haired people, two of which are elementalists and most likely here today." He turns around and looks at her. "Though, if you really want any sort of help from me, acting shy when you aren't probably isn't the best way to go about it." He makes a motion towards the front of the building. "Wanna come with me? Maybe I can help you find the one you're looking for. She's an ice elementalist, like you are, right?"
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Kara
"Heh you're talking like you've already won." she says as she continues to lather her hair with her one hand "Anyway Me and Flu had just gotten back from a little trip into the desert. It was basically the sort of job I usually take go into dangerous ruins where something valuable is believed to be and come out with the valuables and Flu sometimes tags along incase I get hurt. I went in ducked traps and wilds and got nothing. They had bad intel the loot there was long gone. I grabbed a rock from from the treasure chamber and tried to legalise my way into at least getting something for my trouble cause its their fault feeding me the bad intel but Morgans don't put up with that generally. So in the spirit it of exchanging questions until flu shows up what's it like having a tail?" she says stepping closer trying to catch and feel your extra canine limb as well as an amputee can. she seems more genuinely curious at not flirty about "I mean ears I can kinda fathom but people don't really have a functioning equivalent at all its like a whole new extra limb"
Claire
"*sigh* honestly I just want to know what the heck is actually going on. I do have a little sister to think about if there is someone around prone to stabbing things be it you or your ex." Answers Gideon cutting off the awkwardness and not beating around the bush
Opal
"I just hate thinking like this. I was being trained to be the best at this stuff to aim for perfection and you just can't do it with what he got here. Its just bugging me to no end..." she says aggressively erasing a diagram she just finished
Uriel
"Good morning to you two though I believe you have me at a disadvantage young sir" answers the kind long haired medium with a strong [russian] accent
Drew
When you call her out on the fake shyness she suddenly glares the temperature drops even colder and there is a frigid gust. It becomes apparent to your intuition now that the reason for her fake shyness is because she is strong enough to not have a reason to be shy. She might even be more powerful than you can even imagine. "Yes that would be really helpful" She says suddenly snapping back to the way she was before and grabbing your arm as if expecting you to escort her to wherever you two are going "So tell me what name does this ice elementalist go by?"