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Post by Revimpx on May 18, 2016 17:20:32 GMT
Kyria seems to relax more, now that she avoided a bad situation, and points to the chest and makes a few noises unfamiliar to the party, hoping they don't do anything rash or catch on to anything, but its probably inevitable at this point. She looks back at Virgil and the other two then to Melanie trying to keep them from advancing. "Box is that, it is an outsider word for something that holds things." She replies trying to clarify things.
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Post by carnackiArdent on May 18, 2016 17:46:37 GMT
Melanie has no more idea what Mawile is saying than anybody else. She's forced to assume that Mawile has some sort of similar talent to Melanie's connection with spirits. She knew she had a rapport with civilized Ghost-types; now that she thinks about it, she supposes it should have been obvious that it would work for ferals, too.
She smiles slightly. "Maybe it's because we're from very far away." She has no idea how to communicate what the difference between them is, or whether she should do so even if she could. Then again, what she says is true, too, at least for her... even if nobody else has commented on her accent.
She glances over her shoulder at Eevee and Spoink. "You might want to stay back. Don't want to crowd them."
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Post by TrueEndingEliza on May 18, 2016 18:45:20 GMT
Lewis nodded to the Cubone, still mulling everything over. The eevee was kind of annoyed at the Spoink's weak rationalization of pilfering other pokemon's property. What were they even doing here? Were ferals even really feral? What about Deerling? Did getting kicked out of the dungeon just give her amnesia more than anything?
The eevee felt nauseated, and not only stepped back, but walked over to curl up in a corner for a little bit.
This is all wrong.
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Post by Bowyer on May 18, 2016 18:47:19 GMT
As the ferals relax, Virgil takes half a step forward. And then one back as both Kyria and then Cubone shoo him away. "Ok," he says in mild confusion. At least the, ferals had backed down a little. Maybe they could get the treasure without a fight. He still keeps an eye on the Ghastly, Ghosts were spooky
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Post by Llyarden on May 19, 2016 10:49:31 GMT
The Gastly continues its chittering back to Melanie and Kyria. As Lewis backs away and curls up, the Nidoran looks over to him curiously, head tilted on one side slightly, making a quiet little barking noise. ŋŲƝŗŗŗƑƘƕƍƜʼnƝƑƒƗƐƜŨʼnʼnŲƝʼnƑƊƜʼnƗƘʼnƑƊƗƍƜʼnƘƛʼnƖƘƞƝƑŨŋʼnʼnŽƑƎʼnŰƊƜƝƕƢʼnƜƘƞƗƍƜʼnƟƎƛƢʼnƌƘƗƏƞƜƎƍŗØ ĪşŰũżĨűŻĨŰŭĨŬŷűŶůŇĪĨżŰŭĨŖűŬŷźũŶĨũŻųŻĶĨĨĪŜŷŷĨŭũźŴƁĨżŷĨŻŴŭŭŸĶĪÌ
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Post by Revimpx on May 19, 2016 18:52:24 GMT
Kyria looks over at the Eevee with confusion, "are you alright?" She looks back to the ferals and she starts to speak with them once more. She is curious about what the Eevee is doing as well. Kyria approaches the chest calmly, attempting to open it should the wild pokemon not intervene. "I am unsure, I'm sure he's just resting. Let me show you."
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Post by TrueEndingEliza on May 19, 2016 19:24:55 GMT
Lewis tried to put on a brave face, and gave a half-hearted smile and nod to his teammate and the feral nidoran. Then he gave up, and frowned, looking to the ultimate translator
"Ferals aren't some force of nature, or 'us, but violent and crazy'. We've been barging into their homes, why wouldn't they respond with force? How many children have lost their parents because thy lost a fight to some home invaders. Don't you get it? we're the bad guys!"
Lewis had kept his tone level at first, but halfway through he started to tear up, his voice becoming shaky and half-shouting.
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Post by carnackiArdent on May 19, 2016 21:32:25 GMT
"Have you ever put something in a hole to keep it safe? A box is like that, but you can move it around -"
She pauses when it becomes obvious that Eevee is having some sort of ethically-driven nervous breakdown. She moves over to try to comfort him, her voice low. Okay, maybe it's less actually comforting and more just trying to shut him up. "Eevee, settle down. You're going to scare them. Yes, there's more going on here than we know about, but you're overreacting. Every fight we've had, they've attacked first. You can't have a nervous breakdown because you defended yourself."
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Post by TrueEndingEliza on May 19, 2016 22:10:46 GMT
Lewis shook his head at the self defense clause, but took the point of not trying to scare the kids and took multiple deep breaths. The eevee opened his mouth to rebut, then stopped.
She's right. We never went into a dungeon for no good reason. We aren't home invaders, just trying to do a job
" Thanks, Cubone, I needed to hear that. Sorry I made a scene"
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Post by Bowyer on May 20, 2016 3:45:03 GMT
"W-what? But we-" Virgil manages to stammer at Eevee's outburst. He hadn't even noticed Eevee's discomfort, too concerned by the treasure. He has his own less noticeable panic. Were we wrong to take out all those mon? I don't want to be a bad guy!
His panic doesn't last long fortunately. Melanie's calm synopsis is a balm. "Y-yeah nothing to worry about. I-it's a scary thought." Virgil is still a little off-balance. This treasure better be worth it...
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Post by carnackiArdent on May 20, 2016 20:04:43 GMT
"I know you're concerned. It's... not a nice idea." She frowns a little and shakes her head. "But even if things aren't what we think, we don't know enough to jump to conclusions. Remember what happened to the town? That wasn't the ferals just defending themselves."
She glances back towards the knot of young Pokemon... maybe also to keep an eye on Mawile to make sure nothing happens to her as she approaches the chest. "I'm not even really sure these kids are like the ferals we've been fighting."
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Post by Llyarden on May 20, 2016 21:45:30 GMT
The Gastly floats closer to the chest curiously, as does the Flabebe, as Kyria pushes the lid open (albeit with a little difficulty, partly because of its size and partly because the hinges are stiff.) Both young ferals look at the opening chest with what seems to be confusion. After a moment the Gastly floats up and over the rim, disappearing into the bowels of the chest. More chittering comes from within the box after a moment. "Funny things in here!" the ghost reports. Meanwhile, the Nidoran pads closer to Lewis and nudges him with its nose, making another little bark. "Why are you upset?"
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Post by TrueEndingEliza on May 20, 2016 22:44:33 GMT
Lewis looked down at the little nidoran, or would've, if the two pokemon weren't roughly the same height. Lewis didn't mean to make the little guy uncomfortable, and tried to make recompense.
I hope it works this time
The amateur explorer smiled, and let out a couple of soft, yet distinct barks, hopefully communicating an "everything's okay" vibe
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Post by Revimpx on May 21, 2016 0:42:11 GMT
Kyria replies curiously, carefully she tries to pull herself up to look into the chest. After a few moments she speaks again, before her jaws make her lose her balance and she falls into the chest by the gastly, lucky able to lever herself a bit and break her fall using her jaws, in an attempt to avoid damaging the contents and avoid the feral pokemon. "Funny things?" After peaking in she says, "Its oddly calm here, unlike my home. You are truly lucky."
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Post by Bowyer on May 21, 2016 1:08:56 GMT
Virgil was still pretty sure that the Pokémon across from them were ferals, even if Melanie wasn't so convinced. He continues to eye the Gastly as Kyria opens the chest. He tries not to groan as the Ghost dives inside. "Are you sure about climbing in there Kyria?" Not that he didn't think she couldn't take it, but she was pretty weak.
He goes to stand beside the chest. He wanted to be sure that he'd be close if she got into trouble.
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Post by carnackiArdent on May 21, 2016 15:41:34 GMT
Melanie's theory is mostly just based on how little aggression the young Pokémon have showed, compared to the other ferals they've encountered. Privately, she considers that she might actually try talking to another Ghost-type feral if they meet one, but she really doesn't expect to have nearly as much success.
She can't help smiling just a little as the Nidoran comes up to talk to Eevee, but she stays quiet for now. Mostly because the only one she can communicate with is the Gastly, who's rather occupied at the moment, and she wants to stay close to Eevee and the Nidoran in case something happens.
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Post by Llyarden on May 22, 2016 12:59:04 GMT
The Nidoran seems to get the gist of Lewis's message if not the actual content and, after a moment, sits down besides him companionably. Inside the chest, Kyria finds two rolls of bandages and two Potions. Which seems likely to become one roll of bandage before too long as the Gastly starts examining one of the rolls, licking and nibbling at it curiously. "We hide here," the Gastly says. "Others are..." It communicates some kind of concept that doesn't have an immediate translation. Something between 'outsiders' and 'wrong,' perhaps. Meanwhile, the Ekans has apparently decided the four explorers don't pose a threat and stretched itself out to sunbathe on the petal floor. The Flabebe floats away from the chest and perches on its head, clinging on as the Ekans half-attempts to shake it off before giving up and plopping its head back down, watching Melanie, Lewis and the Nidoran through partly-closed eyes.
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Post by Bowyer on May 22, 2016 21:00:55 GMT
Nidoran snuggling up with Eevee would have been one of those paintable moments that he would try to capture. Unfortunately Virgil didn't really have an eye for that sort of thing. He'd have to content himself with worrying about Kyria. Even if the ferals had calmed down. If they even were ferals. "Are you ok in there still?" Virgil asks, hopping up to glance into the chest.
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Post by Revimpx on May 23, 2016 3:57:39 GMT
Kyria looks at the items and then to the gastly who proceeds to taste bandages, informing it of the item's purposes. She was quite intrigued with what the gastly says, making her own assumptions of what it means in the process. This is definitely a game changer, if everything before this wasn't one. Despite everything however, she has not let her guard down since they arrived. "These items are used by outsiders to heal themselves... they aren't good to eat. It is pleasantly surprising to find others like myself who do not attack immediately, however." She can only assume the gastly means "attacking outsiders is wrong."
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Post by carnackiArdent on May 24, 2016 1:33:00 GMT
Melanie skirts around the sunbathing Ekans, not wanting to disturb it, in order to get over to the chest. She's well aware that she doesn't have a chance of actually getting up there to look inside. She can't quite figure out what the Gastly says about the other ferals, but she can feel it in her bones. And it seems like it would confirm her theory.
"Is it just the four of you, then?" She's not sure she wants to press the Gastly for more concrete explanation, for fear of upsetting it - even if she can only grasp the edges of the idea, it's an unpleasant one. "They haven't tried to hurt you, have they?"
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