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Post by Raven on Mar 7, 2020 8:11:44 GMT
May is, of course, snuggled right up close to Victoria. Picture or no picture. Whitney replies back shortly thereafter with excited congratulations and more emojis than you can shake a stick at.
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Post by lichlord on Mar 7, 2020 21:05:23 GMT
Vicky laughs at the text, and then snoozes cuddling next to May. Always a good feeling.
The next morning, she gathers everyone up and starts heading back to Ecruteak and then south to Goldenrod.
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Post by Raven on Mar 7, 2020 21:22:37 GMT
It's a loooonnng journey, but that's okay. Not like it'll be any shorter to hike all the way to Victory Road/Indigo Plateau for the Silver Conference after all. Okay, technically you could buy a flight up there, but going through Victory Road is part of the challenge! In any case, a full day is spent on traveling back to Goldenrod City from Mahogany Town, so it's back to the ranch! Get some dinner in folks, and then more bedtime cuddles with May.
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Post by lichlord on Mar 7, 2020 21:48:56 GMT
It's ok. She enjoys spending a traveling day with May and Kay, because once her Yanmega, Summen, is ready, she'll just be flying around with May 'on' her so traveling the traditional way will be a bit nostalgic after that!
But she is excited to zip around on a Yanmega. That'll be fun.
And now it's morning again, back in Goldenrod. She's up making breakfast once again, and once May and Kay have joined her:
"Hey, do you guys want to enter an alternate universe version of Ilex Forest and meet a couple of my friends today?"
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Post by Raven on Mar 8, 2020 0:49:31 GMT
The other two are quite confused. This is the first they're hearing of such things! Even as they express confusion, Victoria suddenly remembers that Miyako and Aima are actually in Ecruteak right now. Hehe. Woops!
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Post by lichlord on Mar 8, 2020 1:37:15 GMT
"Oh wait, they aren't there right now. But I'll tell you all about Ilex while we eat."
She then serves food and proceeds to regail the 'ays her time in Ilex, meeting the sisters, fighting extra-strong pokemon, and then a collapsing mansion full of ghosts!
And then finding the magical girl/kid fighting Miyako, followed by the two nuking the surrounding area. Which then led to Miyako serving for community service.
"So yeah now they are in Ecruteak. So... whoops we could have visited them yesterday. Oh well, that still gave me the chance to do the flying lessons with Summen so now we can take that way and zip in!"
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Post by Raven on Mar 8, 2020 1:44:34 GMT
May is practically starry-eyed at the awesome story. Kay is equally impressed. Neither are opposed to meeting the shrine maiden siblings, though from the sounds of it, Miyako isn't especially pleasant to be around.
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Post by lichlord on Mar 8, 2020 3:01:41 GMT
Vicky giggles at the reactions she gets for the story.
"Well Miyako's fine. I assume it's just spending nearly a century in a boring forest with nobody to fight. She's probably just cranky. Also the one I wanted to ask something of. So I hope she's there!"
She finishes up and then after getting ready, heads outside and calls over Summen.
"Alright Kay, I think you'll just stay here so your not just stuck in the ball the whole flight, and I'll just switch for you once we get to the center there. Then we'll all go meet em!"
She then looks to May.
"And you know what to do, May."
Victoria waggles her eyebrows and opens her coat open enough to let her in.
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Post by Raven on Mar 8, 2020 3:06:52 GMT
May giggles and attaches herself to Victoria's body in the usual manner. There is some light teasing from May though, in the form of small, sneaky hands touching breasts every so often. Pfft. As if the silly slime girl doesn't get enough of that. Kay merely rolls her eyes and smiles wistfully at the antics. So long as Victoria calls her or something before trying to make the swap, Kay is willing to wait. After all, if the point of her waiting is to make sure she doesn't have to stay in her ball the entire time, booping herself into it now in preparation for the transfer would defeat the whole purpose of it. She'll just hang around the ranch; maybe get some more psychic practice in while she waits.
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Post by lichlord on Mar 8, 2020 3:43:00 GMT
"Yeah of course I'll call beforeeee-!"Vicky blushes as May teases her. She looks down. "May!"Notice how she didn't say 'stop'.  "But yeah of course I'll let you know ahead of time. Get some good practice in beforehand though, ok! Probably won't be too long flying there anyway."
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Post by Raven on Mar 8, 2020 3:48:54 GMT
May giggles and occasionally squeezes Victoria's boobs some more. They're nice. She stops once they get flying though, preferring to just cling to her gf instead so she doesn't somehow fly off/distract Victoria and cause a crash. By air, it's no more than an hour to reach Ecruteak City. Soooo much faster than walking. A quick stop at the Gym to talk to Morty about the shrine maidens gets Victoria the location of where they're staying. Seems the monks of Bell Tower were more than happy to offer space to Aima and Miyako (though Miyako only stays there because she has nowhere else nearby). Morty will even helpfully 'call' ahead to let the monks know she's coming. They'll likely not let Victoria and May into the tower proper, but there is still the 'tourist area' in the building here in the city where they can meet up. |
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Post by lichlord on Mar 8, 2020 4:52:50 GMT
Vicky giggles some more, clearly never tiring of being teased. After an awesome flight, they land and Victoria does call back to let Kay know she's about to call her out here, and then switches her onto her team and let's her out once ready.
"There we go!"
They then head to the gym to ask about the sisters, and get their answer, along with some help considering they live in an area Victoria can't access. So she's glad they stopped in.
She heads off with the 'ays to Bell Tower!
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Post by Raven on Mar 8, 2020 5:09:50 GMT
The Bell Tower Visitor Center (or Tourist Center, depending on who you ask) is fairly quiet today. It might be due to the early hour, or it might be that, like the one at the Burned Tower, most folks who wanted to see it have done so already. Either way, the shrine maiden siblings stick out easily enough. Miyako is rubbing her prosthetic arm at the connection point with a scowl while her sister fusses over her somewhat.
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Post by lichlord on Mar 8, 2020 6:32:28 GMT
"Ah, there they are!"
Victoria waves and walks over.
"Hi guys! Nice to see you both again! May, Kay, this is Aima, and that's Miyako."
And she turns and gestures to the 'ays.
"This is my girlfriend May, and this is Kay. She's actually human, so if you see weirdness through whatever vision you saw my altered aura before, that's what you're seeing now."
She turns to Kay.
"I figured I'd just say. Easier that way, considering they can see auras and stuff and would probably know. Also I trust the both of them."
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Post by Raven on Mar 8, 2020 6:37:15 GMT
Miyako grunts in acknowledgement as she uncouples the arm from her shoulder-stump. She grumbles something about it being a 'crappy, low-tech arm'. The prosthetic arm looks fairly nice, if basic. Maybe she's just used to that (apparently self-made?) arm-cannon from before. Psh. Like the League would let her have another one of those if they could help it. Aima offers her signature eye smiles and bows in greeting, nudging her sibling with an elbow and whisper-yelling something about manners; which only earns her a scoff and an eye-roll.
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Post by lichlord on Mar 8, 2020 6:50:50 GMT
Well Miyako being stuck with that arm will help her conversation she wants to have with her in private later on, but for now she wants to catch up.
"She doesn't need to do that Aima. Although I appreciate your attempt."
She beams.
"So how are you both? How's Bell Tower life?"
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Post by Raven on Mar 8, 2020 7:08:33 GMT
As one might expect, the answers the girls give are completely at odds with one another. Aima finds it quite pleasant. It's nice actually having someone other than her gruff sister and their Pokemon to talk to. Miyako is bored out of her skull. It was one thing when the only 'boring' person was Aima, but now it's like her sister has gone and multiplied! Worse yet, she still has just under three weeks left of this nonsense! Honestly, the least these people could do if they're gonna offer her a new prosthetic is to give her one that is halfway decent.
"And before you ask, no it's not because this one doesn't turn into a cannon. I'm not stupid enough to think they'd ever give me/let me have something like that. No, this one is basically dead weight. It barely moves, it's cold as tits (Aima gasps at her sister's vulgar language), and it pinches horribly. I'm half-convinced this is some sort of additional 'punishment' that they just won't admit to!" Miyako rants.
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Post by lichlord on Mar 8, 2020 7:38:37 GMT
Victoria giggles at Aima's reaction. Not like she shies away from that kinda language herself, but then again they both are from a different century. It's good that Aima's socializing and not just being cooped up. Probably helps she's surrounded by Aima-likes. Which Miyako confirms when she says she's bored out of her mind being stuck here.
But... again Victoria may have the solution. Time to probe.
"What so they won't let you build a new one? A cannon-less one?"
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Post by Raven on Mar 8, 2020 8:04:19 GMT
She scoffs. "Nah, they don't trust me not to try and weaponize it. Not that I blame them, really. I wouldn't trust me, in their position. The fact they can turn people into Pokemon-hybrids safely means they can damn well build me a properly working, non-weaponized arm if they wanted. They just choose not to."
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Post by lichlord on Mar 8, 2020 8:13:19 GMT
She taps her chin in thought.
"What about when your hours are up? I'm sure I've heard of people modding themselves with upgrades and stuff. And in a world where people have crazy powers and whatnot, like your little training partner, it feels unfair to block it forever, especially once you've done your 'time'."
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