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Post by DataNinja on Feb 10, 2019 3:00:49 GMT
"Oh, oh dear..." Thel says, seeing Muku and Omega. "Is everyone all right?" he asks, not sure how to approach this. As in physically approach this.
"Don't worry," he whispers to the fox, gently petting it, "I don't really like water either." In the end, he turns his back to the water, and approaches the pond that way, looking back over his shoulder. It's a little awkward, but it'll shelter the vulpine from water. "What happened?"
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Post by birdy51 on Feb 10, 2019 3:33:18 GMT
"Bees. Bees happened Thel." Replies Muku with a glare, clutching Omega like a heavy limp puppet as she shares that long hard gaze of malcontent with Thel. With a quick jerk her hand, she shoves a slightly moist globule of Honey into Thel's hand, while shoving the rest in between her chest and her shirt. Floundering, she snatches a colorful egg from the water and proceeds to shove into Thel's chest as well. "Honey for Battlebug and for you. Egg! For Omega. Bee stings for everyone! Stings bad! Terrible pain! Everything hurts! Muku has not felt such terrible pain since shocking tests, and Muku did NOT LIKE SHOCKING TEST!"
She passes Omega from one side of her body to the other in frustration, before sharing that anger with the Wooper. But no, they are too cute to be angry. Her eyes soften reflexively. They look... So delicious. Nhnnnnnnnngh. She produces her second to last bit of honey and plops into the water before them. "Take bribe from Muku. Muku thinks you are all very cute, and would maybe ask if one of you wanted to be Muku friend, but Muku is very busy and stressed, and Muku isn't very good at talking right now! Kikikiraaa!"
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 10, 2019 3:56:29 GMT
"Ah, alright," Thel says, nodding, as though Muku made all the sense in the world. Which... she didn't. He does have to dodge a bit out of the way of everything she tries to thrust at him. "Oh, I'm sorry, Lady Muku, but my arms are full right now. I found this little Pokémon all trapped and about to be eaten, and need to carry it back to the Pokémon Center to be healed."
"Um... should we rest, and see if he wakes up, soon?" he asks, regarding Omega, nervously. "Or... is he dead? I... don't know how this all works. How do humans work?"
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Post by birdy51 on Feb 10, 2019 11:04:24 GMT
"Then you get no honey." Muku snaps, taking back the gift that she had given him. "And Muku will have to carry the body of her friend, who Muku thinks is probably not dead, but somewhere close, all the way back to the Pokémon Center, while also carrying an egg. Yes. This is possible for Muku. Yep. Hrgggggnhh..."
Muku mutters darkly and attempts to do... Well just that.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 10, 2019 16:47:35 GMT
"I understand..." he says. Alas, no honey. But, not getting any is not unusual, so it's not that much of a disappointment. Mostly. Honest. "But, just a moment, I think I can at least take the egg." He shifts to holding the Vulpix with one arm, stretched under its belly, hand held up to its chest to make sure it doesn't slide off. "This is... a little less comfortable, but I can probably carry it now. If you still want me to." He moves to take the egg, if she'll let him.
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Post by birdy51 on Feb 10, 2019 21:50:47 GMT
Muku was not so past the point of anger to not feel a profound amount of relief in not having to carry both the egg and the equivalent of an unconscious corpse. With a noncommittal grunt and furious egg and arm wrestling, she's able to pass off the egg without breaking it. It's at this point she's finally able to notice that Thel had indeed found some kind of a friend. An injured friend, but a friend nonetheless. The faintest whisper of a smile crosses her cheeks. Maybe he would get honey. Maybe. But only after Omega was safe. A pause later she's back to talking.
"Muku… Doesn't know how humans work either. If Muku was still a bird, she'd wait till wakes up and take him to the healing knot where all of the good berries are stored. Muku thinks, but doesn't know if, the nurse might have healing berries or something. And Muku doesn't know if it would be safe. Safe now, she means." She purses her lips quietly. "If Omega need time to heal, she would like to do so where there are good humans. In case... Bad humans."
She shakes her head a little. "Sorry Thel. Muku thinks poison is bothering Muku too. Not bad poison, but not as bad poison that still hurts."
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Post by Robot on Feb 11, 2019 23:41:11 GMT
The trio of tadpole Pokemon seem to enjoy this game of pushing the big human, rolling Omega down the flattened grass trail a short distance while Muku henpecked Thel. When noticed they give a little trill and hide behind the boy. Vulpix gives Thel's cheek a lick and hops down from his arms, apparently feeling well enough to walk and freeing him up for other tasks.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 11, 2019 23:50:02 GMT
"Oh, uh, alright, you sure you're feeling good enough?" Thel asks, look at the fox. "Well," he turns to Muku, "Looks like I have a free hand now, if you want some help carrying stuff? We should probably rescue Omega before those guys carry him away."
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Post by birdy51 on Feb 12, 2019 0:12:08 GMT
"It was mostly just the egg." Muku says with a shrug. "Whole bunch of eggs, all around one honey filled stump. Omega took one, Muku got honey for Thel, and we all got bees. Which, Muku thinks you should still have. Tiny friend might like it, and Muku has pretty flowers. And Omega is fine, Muku has him right..."
Here? No, that's not right. She was just holding him. She put him down so she could adjust the egg and then Hornise was watching him and- Oh no! Thel was being truthful! Vagrants! Vagrant kidnapper Woopers! They must be stopped with VIOLENCE! Muku reels to face them like a whirlwind, hair whistling softly as she... Leans on Thel and immediately has to catch her breath. She was, unfortunately, still injured herself. Dear heavens no. This meant, that she might, she might have to rely on that one thing she feared most; reasonable diplomacy.
"O-oh. Are you, going somewhere with him wooping friends? Muku is uncertain that she is ok with this course of action that you are taking..."
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Post by Robot on Feb 14, 2019 0:55:00 GMT
"....WoooooOOOOOPer?" The middle Pokemon asks Muku with an excited wriggle. This leads the other two into a chorus of still more whooping, but they don't seem to be dragging Omega off anymore. If anything, by the expressions on their faces they are helping. You think.
They excitedly roll Omega one way, then the other, not being rough with the boy, but certainly not being gentle either, reacting with excitement to literally any positive reaction, the first of which is likely when they push the teen to Muku.
With a means of transport, and tasty honey secured along with some potential companions, the journey back to the Pokemon center carries out in earnest. Arriving mid afternoon, Omega is admitted to intensive care. Thel and Muku left waiting outside with the chorus of Wooper.
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Post by birdy51 on Feb 14, 2019 1:05:09 GMT
Arms folded behind her back, Muku anxiously waits apart from the hoard of Wooper. She liked them, but being apart from Omega was stressful, especially with how concerned that nurse was when they brought him in. All those tubes and needles; they brought up bad memories. Bad, bad, bad. Muku was going to need a hot second before she could consider much else...
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Post by Breakthelevee on Feb 14, 2019 1:54:46 GMT
When his eyes open Omega sees nothing but tubes around himself. The scent was the same as before, a terrible awful human scent. His head dipped to the side and he saw what looked to be a cage. He was trapped. Once more he had fallen and been captured. Failed unlike he companions. Unlike before he would not take it lying down.
Ignoring the pain he thrashed about for a moment, yanking out the needle in his arm he swung out of the bed and realized. This was the Red Roofed Building. The place that healed....they were...they were making him better? With wild eyes, he looked around the room still on edge
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 14, 2019 4:47:00 GMT
Thel relaxes more once they're out of the woods, and able to get Omega to the center. Thankfully, it seems he'll be fine. Muku doesn't seem to be convinced, so he stays out of her worrying way.
Joy had mentioned that the 'Vulpix' would be released in the wild afterwards if it wasn't his, which he was fine with. He was just trying to get it healed, after nearly being dinner. But... apparently it wasn't fine with that, given how it seemed to be just standing outside, staring.
Both so he would have an excuse to avoid Muku's temper, and also so that the water types outside wouldn't bother the fox, he goes outside to sit down near it, letting it approach if it wants. "Hey there, little one," he says, smiling. It's nice to see a fire-type. Warm, familiar. A comfort. "You know, you're free to go back to the forest if you want. I don't want to force you to do anything. But... if you want to come with me, that's all right, too. I'd be happy to have you along." He takes out one of his remaining spare Pokéballs, and puts it down next to the fox. "Just... don't feel like you have to, okay? If you just want pets and company for a little bit, I can give you that, too."
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Post by Robot on Feb 15, 2019 15:48:00 GMT
The sudden frantic fall of heels came from up the hall from Omega, Nurse Joy rounding the corner to look in on Omega. The IV stand was on the floor, the drips she had him on had burst under it. Thankfully it hadn't been much more then saline and an antivenom to take the swelling down. He was bleeding slightly from his inner arm where the needle had been. She moved slowly around him to one side to a little cupboard. "It is okay to be scared, Omega. Some things are worth being afraid of. Fear keeps us safe." She pulled the drawer open, and lifted out a small box of bandages, and a bit of gauze wadding. "Easy. Nurses take an oath never to harm others, I was just taking care of you." She moved slowly to his side, despite how he bristled, seemed so fierce and tall. There was a strange animal magnetism about him. If he let her, she would gauze and bandage where the needles had torn free. Kursz considered Muku from his seat in the lobby. Muku had come back with a lot of honey, he had never had it, but kind of wanted it. There were too many people here to steal food from Muku though. Also Muku was his friend? Him? Friends with a bird? Maybe. She made him feel big, except when she didn't. The Vulpix gently taps the Pokeball without breaking eye contact with Thel, disappearing in a flicker of red light. Vulpix Caught! Level 8 Modest Female (Flashfire, Ember, Tail Whip, Roar, Power Swap as an Egg Move)
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 15, 2019 19:01:46 GMT
Thel smiles at the Vulpix as it disappears, before once more releasing it from its ball, along with Hope. "I'm glad that you're coming along," he says. "I don't know how much you like fighting... I hope to not have to do it too much." He pets the fox, running his fingers along its back. "You're so calm, you know? How do you feel about me calling you Serenity?"
This is nice, he thinks. Just being here, in the open air. No worries of having to constantly be on the hunt. There's food. And some rather nice Pokémon, too. And soft.
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Post by birdy51 on Feb 15, 2019 21:41:01 GMT
As if a gun had gone off in Muku's head, her eyes DART towards Kursz with laser precision. Of course. Kursz. Why hadn't she talked to Kursz yet? There was something therapeutic about talking to a man who was chronically afraid of her! Pushing past Thel, she makes her way inside and sits down next to Kursz. "So. Muku is anxious. Because Omega. And bees. Bees are bad, Muku is still really kind of shaking from the whole thing, but she did get honey and that was nice, but bees were bad Muku was stressed because she couldn't carry back Kursz and Muku asked Thel to carry one little egg and some honey that she had gotten stings for but nope, he wouldn't drop an injured Pokémon to do it, which made me mad, so I rescinded the honey I gave him, but I also really bad, but Omega was also looking bad and I was concerned and I'm still upset and Muku doesn't know what Muku would have done if the Wooper weren't there, and Muku thinks the Wooper are actually really cute, and she doesn't know how they get along without arms, but then again, maybe Muku doesn't understand arms either so maybe Thel couldn't have possibly carried so much and it's only Muku's lack of experience with arms that make it a problem, but then again if Woopers can somehow be functioning creatures without arms, maybe that means that there is something that can be learned from them other than they are cute and are worth maybe considering as a partner, but Muku doesn't really know how to speak to things as Muku, she only goes beep, beep beep, and hopes that bribing them firmly that they won't be afraid of her because sometimes Muku thinks she can be a bit... Intense."
She pauses. Inhales. Breathe in, breathe out. "...Would Kursz maybe like some honey? Muku still hasn't really thanked the Woopers, so she might do that. But she wants to thank you for first for... Listening."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Feb 16, 2019 1:45:58 GMT
Omega tenses up but allows the nurse to tend to the wound "I am not afraid. I am just on guard. I didn't pay close enough attention and angered a swarm. I will not make that mistake again."
He winced as the alcohol swab hit the opening on his arm, but didn't say anything. A moment later it felt nice. "Thank you" He was sure that was what he was supposed to say. Thel would have been mad with how he acted towards this woman, but females weren't any different than males to him. All were equal. In all ways.
Looking around, he frowned a little bit "I had an egg. Do you know what happened to it?"
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Post by Robot on Feb 17, 2019 0:45:16 GMT
"Pix!" The Pokemon declared happily, turning in a graceful little circle before holding her head high. Serenity was certainly a name, and the Vulpix seemed to like it.
Kursz doesn't blink as Muku vents and prattles as Muku do. He blinks slowly a few times until the girl finally stops. Gingerly he sets a hand on her shoulder. "Muku, I know how you can not be stressed. Instead of bees, do not bees. Bees are pointy and live in trees. Wooper are not pointy and do not live in trees, they are probably safe. They use their mouth as a hand probably. It is a lot wider then a beak. Maybe tell the Wooper how you feel about Wooper, as opposed to bees, after you give Kursz honey thank you."
Turning towards Thel the larger boy adds "Em went to work for the Kimono Girls, she said it was "just in case you lose tomorrow."
Joy titters softly at Omega's mention of the egg. "Oh, I put it in one of the center's incubators, it is extremely close to hatching. It might even be sometime in the morning. Your friend Thel carried it in."
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 17, 2019 1:09:19 GMT
"Oh," Thel says, crestfallen at the bug-boy's news. "I... that's not how it should work. I should be doing things for her. Not her for me. ...and clearly I've done everything wrong, if she doesn't have confidence in me. I shouldn't have accepted that challenge in the first place. I'm not fit to be a Trainer." He sighs, looking at Serenity, petting the Vulpix more. "I've got to make sure to make it up to her... oh, I feel so bad..."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Feb 17, 2019 1:18:10 GMT
Huh, Thel had helped him out and carried the egg.....that wasn't something Omega had expected......Muku must have made him. The other boy would do anything a girl told him.
"I will check on it in the morning then. I thought anyplace other than inside of a hive would be a better place for it. I didn't realize it was so close to hatching...." Maybe whatever was in there would be the key to his next battle then. Or maybe Fang would be...or Blade. Omega still wasn't sure what would be the best course of action.
Once his arm was bandaged he nodded at Joy with a stoic look on his face before letting a small smile creep through "Thank you for healing me. I'm sorry I thrashed around. I will try not to do that again. Do you know where my companions are?"
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