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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on May 22, 2018 15:17:03 GMT
Misha nods at Taylor's question. "Yeah, that's the plan, pretty much. No sense in rushing into this without thinking things through, that's likely to get us into trouble." She jumps off the table and picks up Gabby. "Anyway, I think Gabby deserves some quality pampering after having helped out this much today. I'll be back in a bit." With that, she walks to her shared room, puts Gabby down on her bed and spends the next hour or so grooming, playing and generally interacting with the Vulpix. Applying experience training to Gabby, giving her 12 experience
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Post by ventix on May 22, 2018 20:33:31 GMT
After taking off her now ripped coat, Lily calls out to the other residents. "Hello? We've returned!"
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Post by Kadeem on May 25, 2018 0:17:54 GMT
The walk home had been uneventful save for some minor points of interest, the two girls walking home in silence only broken by the occasional caw of a Murkrow.
By the time they'd reached their building, Gumnisa was exhausted. Looking to see if the others were out and about she spoke to Lily in an unhushed voice.
"Yay we won't be homeless..."
She was just too tired to have more energy than the little she still mustered.
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Post by Infynis on May 26, 2018 2:51:20 GMT
"Welcome home!" Chris called down the stairs, her excitement about their new case renewed now that everyone would be around to discuss it. She practically careened down to the front door, grabbing Lily in a tight hug. "What are we going to do Lily? There's definitely something going on! This could be really h-" she cut off abruptly as she saw the state her friend was in. "Oh my gosh! What happened to you? Is that...is that blood? Are you hurt?! Brandy, sit her down in one of the chairs! I'll umm...I'll go get some bandaids?" She wasn't exactly medically trained, and Lily's whole shoulder looked ripped up, and how were they going to pay for surgery, and what would they do if Lily didn't make it, and why could she hear her own heartbeat in her ears? She ended up just standing there wide eyed with her mouth slightly open.
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Post by technoRomancer on May 26, 2018 12:24:26 GMT
Taylor's impromptu nap left him with plenty of energy even this late at night, and he barely touched a step on his way downstairs once he heard Lily come in, though Chris got there ahead of him. He took one look at Lily and deadpanned, "Welp. Looks like your night was way more exciting than mine," before ducking behind the office desk, digging around for the well-used first aid kit. Hopefully somebody remembered to restock it after last time... glancing back up at the wound, and then at Chris' silent panic, he switched gears and retrieved a nearly-empty whiskey bottle from Gramps' secret stash that he wasn't supposed to know about. He plopped himself into the creaky chair behind the desk, kicked his feet up, and slid the bottle across the desk. "But I'm guessing it's not that bad if you're here instead of a hospital. Right? Looks like you already got that cleaned up. Shoulda called ahead. Now I have to improvise all my teasing."
Keep it casual. Show Chris there was nothing to worry about. Get her mind on something else. "So what've you got to show for that obviously fatal wound, anyhow? Bet it's not nearly as good as what Chris and Misha managed to dig up."
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Post by ventix on May 26, 2018 19:09:54 GMT
"First of all, I already stopped by the Center on the way here. Secondly, we obtained a Mightyena that was so badly abused by its previous owner, that I'm surprised it didn't turn into a Shadow Pokemon. It had a shock collar on it that was used so often that it burned into its flesh. The Mightyena healed *around* it so now in order to get it removed, we'll have to save up some money for surgery...Or just sue the previous owner." Lily said, pulling up her bloodied sleeve to show that the wound under it had been treated.
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Post by Kadeem on May 27, 2018 3:01:25 GMT
"Hey Chris, hey Kumu. Where's Mi-"
Brandy's words were cut off by Christine's abrupt and exaggerated outburst.
"Chris. She's fine. We already went to the doctor. Kumu can you calm her down please and stop teasing her?"
She tried not to laugh, she really did but Taylor wasn't making it easy.
"Yeah, what Water Lily said. I say we hunt the bastard down and make him pay. Now...WHAT is this thing Chris and Misha found that you all keep talking about?!"
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Post by ventix on May 27, 2018 3:03:24 GMT
"A crate full of money in an 'abandoned' warehouse." Lily said simply, putting air quotes around the word "abandoned".
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Post by Kadeem on May 27, 2018 3:14:46 GMT
"Wait. What."
The Alolan girl's eyes were unmoving, watching her roommates carefully in disbelief.
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Post by ventix on May 27, 2018 3:16:55 GMT
Lily claps her hands together once, as loudly as she can. "Everyone, gather in the kitchen! It's time to have a strategy meeting about what we're going to do moving forward!"
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Post by Kadeem on May 27, 2018 3:19:17 GMT
"Sounds like a good idea. And you all can explain to me what the hell you mean about finding some random crate full of money. I'm sure we've all seen enough movies to know what that means."
Brandy makes her way to the kitchen.
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Post by technoRomancer on Jun 2, 2018 0:37:45 GMT
Bandit seemed a little nervous at the mention of a Mightyena, but Taylor looked genuinely impressed. His expression quickly soured as Lily elaborated. He could turn a blind eye to a lot of shady business if it wasn't hurting anyone, but Pokemon abuse was another thing entirely. "No idea what kind of legal recourse we might have there but I am all for making sure whoever kicked that pooch doesn't touch another Pokemon ever again." He followed the girls back upstairs, making sure Misha heard Lily before making himself comfortable in the kitchen. Not that he was technically part of any official Agency planning sessions. But he was always sure to offer his opinion, sarcastic or otherwise.
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Jun 6, 2018 8:02:26 GMT
Misha comes out of her room at Lily's call, sketchpad in hand and Gabby on her heels. "Ah, good, you guys are home." She winces slightly as she spots Lily's shoulder. "Ouch, you got banged up pretty badly, didn't you?"
She follows the others to the kitchen, sitting down on the windowsill.
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Post by Infynis on Jun 7, 2018 1:43:32 GMT
"Oh thank heavens," Chris said after Lily's reassurances that she was okay. At that moment, Artemis swooped down the stairs and perched precariously on Chris' shoulder like she had as a Pidove. Now that she'd evolved, she didn't fit quite as well, but she made it work by snuggling against the side of her trainer's head.
Obeying Lily's order, Chris bobbed up the stairs and to the kitchen table. Speaking to the group, she explained, "Okay, so we went down to the docks to find Princess the Skitty. It turned out she was living with a bunch of kids in an old warehouse. When we tried to talk to them, they all ran away, but Misha decided to check the place out anyway. She opened up a crate, and found it totally full of money," she was very animated as she spoke, illustrating the size of the crate with an over-the-top arm measurement. "So this means something's going on down there. Either like, counterfitting, or contraband smuggling, or...um...Pokemon stealing? Does that pay well...?" she trailed of as she was distracted by that train of thought.
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Post by ventix on Jun 7, 2018 1:51:03 GMT
"I doubt it. From what I've heard, the biggest group that deals in Pokemon stealing keeps getting blasted off by some kid's Pikachu before they can actually steal any." Lily says, her arms folded. "Anyways, we should probably get the rent settled before we start looking into this as it will most likely be very time consuming. We have a client who wants a dragon plate, so if we can get our hands on one for $4400 or less, we will have made enough to pay the rent this month."
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Post by Infynis on Jun 8, 2018 20:44:55 GMT
"What?" Chris asked, aghast! "We can't just put it off! Who knows how long it's going to be there? We've gotta do a stakeout! And Taylor can get in contact with people and figure out the word on the street." She obviously thought all these things she was saying were very cool. "Ooh, we need codenames! I'll be Wingold. Misha, you can be Grayquaza. Um...oh, Brandy, you can be Chromebee! Lily could be Vivillorange...or is that a bit of a stretch?" Coming up with these on the spot was tough.
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Post by Kadeem on Jun 8, 2018 21:15:55 GMT
Brandy looks at Lily in confusion, raising her eyebrow.
”You mean the kid from that T.V. show? What’s he got to do with anything? This is real life Water Lily, and that crate in the warehouse clearly shows that crime is paying very well right now. I’ve heard stories of Pokemon poachers who sell them behind the scenes. As for the Dragon Plate, we should be fine on cost. I’ve never seen one for more than $3800, although I’m not sure if he’ll let us keep an entire $1200.”
Brandy looks at Chris in amusement.
“You have a point, we probably should have someone keeping watch but it might be too dangerous for one of us to do it. At least alone. Maybe one of Taylor’s or my contacts can do it. Too bad those kids ran off, they’d be helpful. And Chromebee is DEFINITELY a cool nickname.”
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Jun 8, 2018 22:12:49 GMT
Misha snorts at Chris' rambling, an amused smile on her face. "Don't think code names will be all that necessary. And Grayquaza? Really Chris?" she asks, a faux incredulous look on her face.
Turning to Brandy, she smiles slyly. "Well, the guy doesn't need to know how much the plate costed, right? For all he knows we have to spent the entire 5000 getting one on this short notice or something. If he knew how to get them, he wouldn't have bothered hiring us, right?"
"Anywhoo, back to the cash. Might be an idea to do some research on the warehouse, see who currently owns it and stuff. Might lead to some clues as to what we're getting ourselves involved in."
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Post by Infynis on Jun 9, 2018 4:59:51 GMT
"It's because you're cool, and you draw designs like spirals and stuff," Christie mumbled. "And Rayquaza is a cool spiral dragon."
"Anyway," she said, getting back on topic, "I can probably go talk to people at city hall. Oh, but I want to go on the stakeout! But I guess we can do that tomorrow night. It's not like criminals would do stuff during the day," she paused, realizing that was probably nonsense, but it didn't really make a difference. She'd just have Artemis stay there during the day. "You guys can get the Dragon Plate, while Talyor and Misha talk to "ruffians". Taylor has the coolest codename. He'll be Tommy Black!" She paused again for dramatic effect. "See, Taylor will probably have to go undercover, so his codename has to be a real name. Tommy is spelled T-O-M-M-I-H, which is an anagram for Mothim. It makes sense, because he's the only boy, and Mothims are all boys." Flawless logic.
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Post by technoRomancer on Jun 9, 2018 14:27:55 GMT
Taylor just kind of sat back with a grin and watched the girls go back and forth. He suddenly felt a need for popcorn. It was good to see everyone so animated after the office's current precarious position had put them under the malaise of depression for a while.
Perking up at the mention of his "codename," Taylor leaned in, steepling his fingers as he took on a serious expression. "I accept this weighty responsibility. No longer will I be known as Taylor, the boy. I am the Mothim Man." His face cracked quickly though. "Really, I know it might be weird coming from me but I think we oughta try to figure out what we're dealing with before we charge in. Whether the kids knew the cash was there, how they might be involved. I don't want to put 'em in danger if someone shady thinks they led us to their doorstep."
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