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Post by Lessah on Dec 28, 2021 22:58:56 GMT
Well! The foot certainly seems to have nerves all right. Lots of them by the sound of it. Yep. Felt a bit bad. Stella's sense of mercy compelled her to take a step back, away from Gwen. Eos had no such weakness - but her tiny arms were well out of reach. Or ... The whimsicott squirmed in place until she could turn to Science Lady. *tickle tickle tickle?* Right there under the nose!
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Post by Lessah on Jan 4, 2022 11:37:37 GMT
Eos frowned. This one seemed immune to tickles! *Hrmph.* The orange haired girl slowly turned around, mortified at what she'd find. Oh no. Not great! First she moved Eos out of range of Science Lady too. Then, a bit hesitantly, she scribbled 'not ticklish' into her notebook.
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Post by snark on Jan 5, 2022 4:43:01 GMT
Not only does Science Lady prove immune to tickling, attempting produces a loud BZZT, followed by a loss of sensation in Eos's limbs.
(Static ability - paralysis!)
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jan 5, 2022 5:08:22 GMT
Anyone with sufficiently keen ears might hear another BZZT noise from Noire's room, although it's not nearly as loud as Melissa's defense system. It is, however, accompanied by muffled swearing, followed quickly by a thump that might either be Noire falling out of bed or Ordira leaping to her trainer's "defense."
A few moments later, a shaky-looking Noire emerges from the hallway. She's clutching another little purple-eared doll, different from the one Nue had already given her before, and her ears are angled back almost flat - in contrast to her hair, which is all frizzed out on end like she's just been shocked. "Can we have a talk with Nue about... not... Holy crap, Gwen, you're standing up?"
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Post by oddeyes on Jan 5, 2022 5:11:16 GMT
Gwen finally caught her breath from laughing, and pointed to her legs. "I don't know! But, it's freaking awesome!!" She walks back and forth while looking down at her feet. "Wooow! Holy this floor is like...super cold!!" She grins, lifts her foot up, and rubs it.
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Post by snark on Jan 5, 2022 5:12:58 GMT
"Wait. Didn't you not want your legs fixed when I asked?"
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jan 5, 2022 5:22:16 GMT
"Yeah, most of us wear socks for that." Noire's ears are slowly coming back to vertical.
"Maybe we can get Nue to knit you some, or something. Might keep her too busy to leave my room full of dolls while I'm sleeping in it oh my goat." She holds up the doll she's still clutching, as evidence. "It's nice to know she thinks Alexa and I make a cute couple, but this is a little out there."
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Post by oddeyes on Jan 5, 2022 5:52:29 GMT
Gwen frowned, and scratched her head. "Uhh...Yeah. Really not keen on going under the knife, and hospitals just freak me out after being stuck in one for so long. If a miracle just went a fixed up my legs, then that I'm cool with."
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Post by snark on Jan 5, 2022 6:24:29 GMT
"You'd sooner trust your body to unknowable forces beyond your comprehension than tried and tested medical..." Melissa throws up her hands in disgust. "Why is everybody such a baby about surgery? I replaced my own arm when I was sixteen! Now that was a tricky job, working one-handed while on experimental painkillers... everyone else has it much easier."
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Post by lichlord on Jan 5, 2022 6:27:08 GMT
Alexa, who had walked out, hugging the other 'child' doll; quickly blushes and throws it back in the room, hoping Noire didn't notice.
"Yeah it's a little out there, haha. Who'd like those? *Ahem*"
She approaches behind Noire.
"You ok?"
And then she sees Gwen 'walking'.
"Holy shit are 'you' ok? Did another weird change happen? I totally remembered this time!"
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Post by Lessah on Jan 5, 2022 10:59:16 GMT
Hmhm. Looks like Eos had encountered some 'consequences'. Luckily her friends did this all the time so Stella knew how to fix it. Simply grab the bandage and rub a bit! There. Now hold still ...
As she works the orange haired girl glances at the new Noire Alexa hybrid dolls and squees. "*Dawww*" Cute blighters!
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Post by oddeyes on Jan 8, 2022 20:19:07 GMT
Gwen pokes Mel in the shoulder. "That's exactly why. It's not that I don't like you...I just don't trust you is all." Gwen looks to the rest of the others, looking confident. "With everything going great, let's ride this momentum straight to the gym!...Uhh unless we had something else to do. Saving the world from tearing itself apart....Are we supposed to be the ones saving it anyway?" Gwen scratches an itch on her heel as she would rather go back to her old, boring world without giant glitch monsters running about.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jan 8, 2022 20:26:42 GMT
Noire is slowly settling down. "I'm fine, I'm okay. It just kinda freaked me out. They are cute, I just... really wish she didn't, y'know. Sneak into the room while I'm asleep and leave stuff there. Not everybody grew up in a ninja house with no privacy."
Okay, and now she's also thinking about the dolls a little more... and now she's blushing. Because, yeah, the implications are pretty obvious.
She coughs and tries to look normal. "I'm up for the gym! The weird glitch stuff seems to come to us most of the time anyway. I'm sure that tower's a big deal but I think we've probably still got some training to do before we can handle it. If we keep wandering maybe we'll find clues, but if we're doing that why not take on the gym anyway?"
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Post by Lessah on Jan 8, 2022 23:40:24 GMT
Stella put the finishing touches of the bandage bow on Eos head. Then packed up her things and grabbed her pokémon. Yes, she was ready to head to the gym. "*Nod!*"
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Post by lichlord on Jan 10, 2022 8:25:45 GMT
The group heads to the gym... and to their surprise... It looks normal. From the outside, it looks like the same Ninja dojo it's always been for ages. Almost a comfort. The more things change... the more they-
And then the group heads inside. There it is. The first hall is teched out like crazy, looking nothing like the outside. Clearly there's still ninjas around, judging by the garb, but each of them looks high-tech, and there's even a few ninja scientists running around. A young girl, maybe in her early teens, looks up from the counter.
"Hello!"
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Post by Lessah on Jan 10, 2022 22:42:15 GMT
Stella scratches her head and looks around. Odd. She had expected more dolls, since this was supposed to be a ninja hideout. Ah well. Can't have everything!
She greeted the receptionist back with a nod and friendly wave.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Jan 10, 2022 22:54:02 GMT
Noire's ears perk up as she walks into the gym. This is different, but it's an interesting kind of different - and more to the point a kind of different that doesn't require her to get her head around glitches in the universe and fight giant body horror monsters.
... Well, probably. Those are some high-tech ninjas, there's no ruling out that they've got cyborgs or Resident Weavile-style mutants around here somewhere. "Hey, Doc, I think I figured out why you moved here." She leaves off in this timeline just to avoid freaking out the receptionist.
She walks up to the counter and leans on it - a little uncomfortably. She halfway suspects she's managed to get even shorter since the Plusle thing. "Hi there! We're here for your gym badge - you guys taking challengers today?"
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Post by oddeyes on Jan 11, 2022 21:34:21 GMT
Gwen really only wanted one crazy, cyber augmented person in her life, but beating up on cyber ninjas was cool with her at least. "Yo! What they said. Next gym challengers, right here!"
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Post by lichlord on Jan 15, 2022 8:56:46 GMT
The teen beams at them. She doesn't seem very ninja like, interestingly. Though she's still dressed for the part. Looks closer to Nue than anything.
"Yeah, we are taking challengers today!"
She pulls out a notebook from behind her head (Where was that hiding?) and a pen.
"So my name is Elli... what's yours? For... the challenges I mean. And I assume everybody is challenging?"
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Post by Lessah on Jan 15, 2022 10:13:32 GMT
Stella nods in agreement. Yes. Challenge! Gym! Time! Woooooooo!!
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Oh right. "Stella." she smiled and used another few precious words. "Hi!"
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