"Um, how do I explain that? I guess... did you do something to the others in the house to make them like each other?" Opal asks simply.
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"Um, how do I explain that? I guess... did you do something to the others in the house to make them like each other?" Opal asks simply.
Opal
The mightyena slowly shakes her head and makes a few week yips she's also blinking a lot as if at any moment you'll erupt into a blinding singularity of light.
Not that she knows of, but she say that she "wishes from the bottom of her heart for everyone to get along"... this is a very sappy and optimistic pokemon we have on our hands....
Claire takes a few minutes to read the long message before replying herself. -Well, I said I'd tell you what I found about Kuro. We fought, he claimed because he wanted me to hate him. True or not, who knows. Wisp believes its a legend involving some Unova Dragons and an old Empire or something. I don't know much Unova history, so I leave that to you.-
She sends that as she thinks of what to say to the stabbing. -That's a random question. If you're asking I'm guessing you know stuff already.-
Claire
-I don't doubt Wisps theory about a plot concerning Unova's legendary pokemon at least to the extent that we are talking that there could be a malicious plot. Whether or not the prophecies that these plots are trying to invoke are in anyway legit are very much up for debate.-
-Anyway plot or not bringing in kuro could deal fatal blow to this plot. Did you learn anything from your fight besides his claimed motivations?-
-As for my randomness. Its just something odd happened this morning. The place is closed due to a catastrophic security system failure and piecing together some scattered comments on social media sites it sounds like someone was stabbed maliciously yet no one has taken what happened to the police. When Wisp first said to keep an eye out for you LM mentioned seeing you at the fitness center so I was hoping this was a place you frequented enough that you might know something.-
-I don't know much more about Kuro other than what Wisp believes is his plot and that he has allies that are apparently infiltrating different places. He also met with Poffins as part of the Invisible League so he is a competitor. I wanted to pursue him, but Uriel encouraged me not to.- She mentions, -Despite my desire not to bring him to the Poffins meeting, I ended up having to. Surprise, surprise, Poffins tried to blackmail him, but I was able to counter and protect him...hopefully.-
She sighs to herself, -As for the dojo, I went there occasionally. Not all the time, but it was the dojo I used to use. I know about the stabbing, yes.- She replies.
"Sorry, you startled me before, I won't do that again unless you startle me again, don't worry," Opal says to the pokemon before standing up and walking across the room, away from the mightyena... what could she say? Even docile, they scared her, "it might be an unconscious ability, I only started getting the feeling that's been with these random attractions between people shortly before she fell through the ceiling," she then goes over to the still shy Chimney, and takes her to a seat and sits her down, "I think you should take a couple deep breaths and think for a sec, okay? If I'm right you'll confirm my theory..."
Spoiler: OOCAided Take A Breather.
Claire
-I did say "as long as he isn't recognized" Unfortunately I think being recognized was part of Skulls plan to get poffins in inciminate herself(I wouldn't put it past him at least the guy can be ruthless) he certainly didn't take any effort to conceal uriel's identity and I was too distracted by a favor he called in at the same time to even notice what he was really up to.-
-Do you have a plan to beat Kuro?-
-As for the dojo granbull helped me and a friend in the past when we were in a tough spot. The unreported stabbing is odd and the security system suddenly going kaput is odd and as an old detective enthusiast friend of mine used to say "Two odd things happening at the same time are often related" so basically tell me everything if there is more going on here than poor security system maintenance and an allergic telekinetic stabbing himself that I want to know so I can help granbull for old times sake.-
Opal
"huh?" Chimney blinks surprised to find herself much clearer headed after following your instructions "wait how the muk did something like that happen unlike claire I actually have training to deal with infatuation" says a now pissed and normal sounding chimney still rubbing her eyes from your little light show earlier.
-I need to find Kuro first.- Claire types. -I have a plan coming up soon, but not sure how well it will work. As for Granbull, yes I know her. I talked to her and told her most of what I know already. Besides, didn't you tell me when we first talked about how information brokering meant trading information to buy it? However, I doubt you want to buy information Granbull already knows.-
Claire
-You mean the "Using Sam as bait" plan where you assume Kuro is going to waltz in alone without thinking about why sam suddenly turned up in a mental hospital?-
-As for granbull she's prideful she's not going to be too keen on help I'm just the sort of person that helps regardless but unfortunately this does mean I will need an alternate source of information. If you would like to make this a transaction then thats fine what would you like to know?-
-I never said I'd be alone. Besides, with him coming there, alone or not, I can till have time to set up a trap. A well-placed ambush can turn numbers to your side.- Claire replies. -And its better than ignoring a lead and just passing up on it.-
She thinks for a moment before replying, -I'm looking for a way to get myself a Mega Ring and possibly a Mega Stone without having to spend the time and money to travel all-the-way back home to Kalos. I didn't realize they'd be such a pain to find here in Unova. I figure you probably know a good way to get one. Legally, please. Be it buy one somewhere, some competition or contest, or something. Hell, even a place to possibly dig around and look if Unova has those. With Faux becoming a Scizor earlier than expected I wasn't expecting to need one so soon. But the Mega Ring would help give me an advantage against Kuro. Can you help with that? Or do I need to find something else?-
"Yes, but have you ever tried doing that more than once in the span of a few minutes?" Opal asks, "pokemon that have that same talent can't get rid of it more than once in a short time period. It may hold true for people as well," she sets down Isaac to go interact with the mightyena, "and I don't think it was intentionally done either, just an accident by our new friend," Opal points to the mightyena.
Claire
-I hope you are not planning on fighting inside the mental hospital itself-
-If you are looking buy or win a mega ring off someone I'm afraid that normally isn't any easy thing in unova they are all either prized by collectors with no interest in selling or used as symbols of position in the pokemon league, contest circuits, and fighting tournaments and are held by trainers who would outclass you be a very large margin. Fortunately for you I do have a few leads on possible ways to get a mega ring-
-A mega stone is easier with the right guide its possible to excavate the desert north of the city or if you'd rather avoid the sun there is a place in town that is handing out rocks from a research lab that went under as prizes you might get lucky or at least get something valuable enough to trade for the stone you are after from another contestant-
Opal
"If thats the case then it probably isn't safe to send a pokemon like that to drews little sister in hoenn." says chimney "well not safe for drews little sister anyway."
-Depends. Ideally an ambush would allow me to drop him quickly before he could react and thus there wouldn't BE a fight.- She replies. -If it turned into a fight, if I felt I could move it outside without losing him I'd do so. If not, then yes I would be fighting inside.- She replies, -Actually...that gives me an idea. I don't suppose you're good enough with computers to fake a league challenge?-
Claire starts to type asking why the sun would be a problem before remembering her condition. She muttered under her breath before replying, -Alright, so in exchange for some leads on the ring I'll tell you what I told Granbull. Seem like a fair trade to you?- She asked. -I was present at the scene and tried to get an ambulance called. Instead his sister assumed I attacked him and kept trying to pick a fight. In order to avoid an unnecessary fight, I left the area and ran into Granbull. Granbull noted that since trouble follows me she can't afford to have me around due to money issues and that I shouldn't come back.- She types.
Opal looks over at what was essentially an oversized puppy of a mightyena, "I think... she'll do well with Drew, actually. She may do well as a contest pokemon. Her unusual eyes might give a better appeal and her not wanting to battle makes contests ideal for her," and if she was trained well, she could learn to control her talents while there, and it'd help Opal get over her fear of mightyena, a docile one like her was just what she needed to get a bit more comfortable around them. And that's not even mentioning Drew coming on stage with one and Opal's own skill at grooming pokemon, though that would require her to be a little closer than she was comfortable with at this point in time. Yea, that was a good idea. Although, with that in mind, I might actually... hm...
Opal walked over to the mightyena, took a deep breath as she bent down in front of her, and offered a hand. Eugene could tell she was pushing herself and fighting a fight or flight response, but she had a lid on it and was in control at the moment, if only just. If the mightyena looks at Opal, she smiles at it.
Claire
-Their security and error checking is crazy redundant it makes cracking a pokedex look like childs play-
-Assuming what you told granbull was the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth that sounds fair-
-Sorry to sound skeptical but I'm legally obligated to say stuff like that that-
-What do you mean by present at the scene? did you see it happen?-
-The first lead for a ring is actually the same as the possible source for the mega stones. A relative of mine introduced me to an excellent desert guide an elementalist by the name of collin brady he is a bit odd, stubborn as a rock, as subtle as a landslide, and won't work with just anybody but assuming you can get him on your side there is no one better to help find things in the desert. I never went looking for keystones or mega stones with him but I wouldn't put this beyond his talents. When he is in town he can be found near the north gate of the city-
Monitor then sends a picture of a fit perpetually dusty looking aloof young man with brown eyes brown hair and dire need of a shave.
Opal
When you smile at the mightyena her own caution of you seems to melt away and she happily starts licking your hand.
Well she was definitely friendly, "...would anyone mind if I kept her? I've been thinking of entering some contests lately and I think that our new friend might like it," considering she'd freaked out earlier, that was a really odd request, and the fact she still looked like a scared buneary about to bolt, it was even odder, and the fact she'd just changed positions to pet the mightyena's head even more so. Eugene would be the only one able to tell she was doing this because she was afraid, not because she wasn't, or anyone with a degree in psychology.
-I figured, but didn't hurt to ask. So not even possible to just imitate the look of a text or something?-
-I'm a terrible liar, I did not lie to Granbull. I didn't give every detail, but I didn't lie. And I promised to tell you what I told Granbull.- She notes. -I told Granbull I was following leads on Kuro, then I saw the psychic guy bleeding. The sister then entered, I tried to get her to help me help him, she insisted on fighting and accused me, I left the scene to get help. I encountered Granbull and then later encountered an Elgyem that tried to blackmail me with memory altering threats. He wanted me to give him something and if I didn't then the psychic's mind would have me appearing as the attacker. The security system was tampered with and thus there is no proof of my innocence.- Claire comments. -She called somebody else to investigate and allowed me to leave.-
-As for desert man, I'll keep a note of him. Not the best due to skin condition, but I'll hopefully be able to cover up or something.-
Claire
-They have deals with the service providers to prevent and filter out forgery attempts. I could do something if his dex was bugged but that requires physical access to the device to install.-
-As for Granbull... -_-... look I could be way off with this but if you did something like accidentally associate someone with kuro, stab them, then realise your mistake and cause major property damage to cover it up then you need to tell Wisp you screwed up-
-The next lead is an auction. The string of busts last night have sunk and generated a lot of "economic casualties" especially among the research labs leading to a lot of mystery box auctions where their hardware is sold off in bulk to recoup losses. One of these research labs were working on a synthetic keystone alternative. I can't say whether or not they ever came up with something functional but there are good odds they had to have had at least one example of the real deal lying around for study. This Could take a fair amount of money though but if the desert or competitive options are a bust you might come away with something valuable enough to fund your bidding here.[auction information]-
Opal
Like she was with Drew the mightyena keeps showing affection unless stopped even now her licks are making their way up your arm rolling up your sleeve as much as her tongue muscles can manage.
-Alright, ignore that then. Was hoping to lure him somewhere.-
-And as I told Granbull, I have a pic, not a great one, but still a pic of the Elgyem to collaborate my story.- She comments, -The little pervert did try to blackmail me.-
-As for the auction, we'll hope for a last resort. I doubt I can afford a massive auction and I'm sure others will try to outbid me. But hey, who knows. Thanks anyways.-
Claire
-Yes yes the little cretin I'm aware of what a nasty piece of work he is. Unfortunately that also means I know enough about how he operates to know you did something he could hold against you. Look I don't know why this hasn't caught up with you yet but when it does Wisp is going to be the one stuck cleaning it up, and didn't you do work for her to free up some of her schedule for something? You need to tell her as soon as possible so that hopefully any trouble that comes from this gets headed off before it snowballs out of control.-
-One more thing. There is one other place where you might get lucky with mega stones. A geological lab went under a few days ago for reasons unrelated to the recent busts and its stock of fossils and other valuable rocks were bought by a private company and are being given away still sealed in their original cases as mystery consolation prizes for participating in some sort of competition give me a sec to look up the details...-
-On second thought you might not be interested in this one the private business is a bar by the name of "some bar" and their "competition" is strip battling. So yeah just nevermind about this one-
-I'll talk to her after we're done.- Claire types as she sighs, -And yeah, I'd rather not do a strip battle, especially when its not guaranteed. Thanks for the information though.- Claire replies. -So to sum up, a desert explorer in some ruins, a giant auction for ungodly amounts of money, or a strip battle?-
Claire
-mystery box auctions can range from dirt cheap to very expensive for reasons that are difficult to predict, but they won't auction the whole contents of the lab at once but instead do it crate by crate so at the very least you might get lucky in grabbing what you can afford-
-Oh, I misunderstood. So the auction is mystery as well. I'd buy random things and hope it has a mega stone, a mega ring, or something I can sell or trade for one?- Claire comments, -Good to know. Thanks for the information. Anything else or is our business deal done?-
Claire
-Unfortunately if there was a guaranteed way to get a mega ring everyone would be doing it though if you had enough money like you were originally assuming you'd have as close to a guarantee as you could get. I can't think of anything else so I'll let you go[disconnected]-
-I know, thanks anyways.- Claire replies before opening up a new message to send to Wisp. She sighed as she tried to think of the wording.
-A slight misunderstanding occurred earlier today and I might be sorta kinda responsible for the stabbing of a psychic guy.-
Opal shifts her hand and holds it up with one finger on the mightyena's nose, "let's not go overboard, I'm still covered in dust and it might make you sick if you keep licking it up like that," Opal stands up and dusts herself off a little, and the mightyena as well, she was a little dusty from the fall and the incident afterwards, "speaking of, I'll need to get the ceiling fixed soon, I should call somebody to repair that," she says looking at the hole in the ceiling, and signals for Steven and Edgar to come down, "would you mind showing her around while I get something for her to eat? Just be careful not to sneak up on me while doing so okay?"
Claire
-sLe3png. meaT H3r en lim6o.-
Opal
Edgar hops down and Steven uses him as a cushion creating a squeaking sound that draws the Mightyena's attention, but Edgar is quick to shoot a glare at the affectionate canine and put an end to any squeaky fantasies she may be having. Edgar then turns to you and writes a note
Very well and I take it you have no concern as to how a poochyena wound up in a hard to find crawlspace and then spontaneously evolved creating the hole in the ceiling?
When Claire read the text she sighed. She'd probably just wait then, she couldn't just up and go to sleep at the moment.
Closing her pokegear, Claire decided enough time had passed and she might as well head back to where the others were.
Drew is utterly baffled by the actions of Chimney, looking side to side to see if he was being pranked. "Uh, thanks. I've never really thought to do a contest before. Maybe I will try it sometime." He still feels like he's waiting to get hit, when Opal walks in and addresses the weirdness herself. After a moment, Chimney returns to her normal self and Drew feel like he can relax. He smiles when Opal comes over and pets the mightyena. "Over your fainting spell?" He says, only poking fun a little bit. "See, she's a good girl. I guess if you want to keep her around for contests, she might enjoy that. But she doesn't seem like the battling type." He remembers the wrapper he's still holding and grimaces. "Where do you keep your trash can? I really don't want to keep holding onto a wrapper for..." He takes a moment to look at what he was actually holding the wrapper to before shrugging.
Claire
You arrive in time to find Opal interacting with the very creature that had made her freakout earlier
Drew
The wrapper reads...
Olivine Confection's
Candied Shuckle Juice
The rarest of candies
Good news there was a rare candy hidden in all these old snacks that now litter the floor of the living room, and there might be more!
"Is there a good reason you didn't tell me you don't do contests when I called you a coordinator last night or do you just enjoy making me look like a fool?" More good news Chimney is 100% back to normal!... oh wait...