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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:38 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:47 pm
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"You're welcome!" Keiko said with a smile, waving at Sub with her right hand while her left arm was being hugged by a cute Togetic. Keiko picked him up and hugged him, unable to resist his cute outlook on her new situation. "Aww, you're a sweeheart," she cooed, silently wishing her own Togetic, Togen were this happy. Though Togen being who he was had helped her out in the past, so she couldn't complain too much.
She then patted Riolu's head while he was distracted with Ulla. "She's a nice girl, and she has a crazy amount of potential as a trainer. So try not to mind her quirks so much. And... sorry about earlier. I honestly didn't know I could understand you guys, so when I heard you, I really thought I was going crazy," she explained.
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 8:07 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 8:37 pm
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||Ulla Hanabi||
Riolu felt Keiko pat his head as he looked up at her. "I knew that. I've grown up with her. And, it's okay. It's not like we knew Hybrids could talk to us Pokemon either. There really isn't a need to apologize." He said as he looked at Togetic who was starring at him. "...What?" "I know." "Pardon?" "I knew that. Shouldn't it be 'I KNOW that'?" Togetic said with much concern as Riolu realized what he was saying as he looked to the side.
"...Don't tell Master Ulla. But, this virus inside me. You guys know the gist of it. It locks a Pokemon's heart up. It took me awhile to understand what that meant. But seeing her injured after that self-destruct...I understood what that meant. A Pokemon's heart is locked up. It can't feel emotions....I couldn't feel happiness, when I saw her wake up. I couldn't feel terror, when I saw Master Ulla with such serious injuries....When I showed you Keiko...that image. My body felt the need to cry. But, my heart...couldn't feel that sadness." He said as he put his paw over his chest. He closed his eyes very frustrated. "I am able to see...or feel...your guy's emotions through aura. But, I can't feel those emotions for myself. My body, just acts how the emotions would feel like. So, when you said not to mind Master Ulla's quirks. It reminds me, of before this virus. When I was able to feel emotions for myself. Master Ulla reminds me, of those times so much. That's what keeps me hanging on. Keeps me from going completely insane. Her memories, her smile, her quirks...So I rely on her a lot." He admitted.
While they were having their chat Ulla watched as Sub walked off to who knows where. She then looked at Wren who was speaking about Chanelling. "Have you talked to Odd about your Chanelling? He seems to know a ton about it seeing how he has a good grasp on his Ghost Chanelling. Well. Somewhat. Somewhat of a good grasp." She said as she remembered about him eating an entire human soul. She then turned her attention to her Riolu who seemed troubled. She walked over to him and put her hand on his shoulder. "You seem more talkative now than usual. Seeing how Keiko is able to understand you. Is everything ok?" She asked as Riolu looked at her and back at Keiko. "...Please. Do not tell Master Ulla. Not right now. Not while there is so much we don't even understand about this Shadow Virus." He pleaded as he turned his attention back to Ulla and messed with her hair to relieve some of the tense tension he had. He smiled, even though it wasn't real. Something in him, made him feel a little more. At ease.
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 8:45 pm
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Keiko really, really wanted to hug Riolu when he told her about the virus inside of him, but she held it back because she knew Ulla would think that something was wrong. She did have to wipe a tear from her eye as she sat Ulla's Togetic down, though. "Anyway, now that Sub has Hemlock back again, you guys wanna come back up with me to the lobby and hang out for a bit? I gotta check up on Eevee, since I kind of left her there, thinking Sub and Wren would watch her, but that didn't work out," Keiko offered, heading upstairs to the main lobby regardless of whether Ulla and Wren followed her.
(Momma!) Eevee cheered in Pokespeak as Keiko came into her view. She jumped off the back of the couch and into Keiko's arms, rubbing her cheek against Keiko's. "Awwh. Sorry I was gone so long."
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:10 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:52 pm
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"Yeah, I did," Keiko smiled, petting Eevee gently. When Ulla almost tripped, Keiko almost ran to her side, but it was clear that she was being taken care of, so she backed off, turning to Wren. "Sorry, but I don't know very much about channeling, either. Maybe Terashi could help, when he comes back. Though it might be a little bit after, since I need to talk to him when he does," Keiko explained, trying not to appear as anything but happy due to the dread she felt for the conversation she had planned to have with me.
After a moment of thinking of what to talk about, and idea struck her like lightning. "Oh, are you guys hungry? I could whip something up for us. There's probably lots of Pokemon food in the kitchen, too, so everybody can get their fill."
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:16 pm
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Wren was suddenly reminded of something, himself, when he saw Keiko's Eevee and heard mention of her catching it in the last mission. "Oh! That's right!" He exclaimed, suddenly recalling he'd caught a Pokemon of his own and had yet to properly greet it and see how it felt about the sudden change in ownership.
Pulling the Nest Ball from his pocket, he pressed the button on it and released the Pokemon inside. The Flabébé appeared from inside and, at last, he realized she had a blue flower. He'd been so distracted before that he hadn't noticed her flower's color. The battle had been rather obscured thanks to Hemlock's Sandstorm, after all.
"I'm sorry for what happened back there. Your trainer should have recalled you and run when I started winning." He told the tiny Fairy type.
"Bébé?" She asked, looking around. Upon seeing her surroundings and the distinct lack of Flare members, she danced around in the air, happier than she could remember being in a long time.
"Was she that bad to you?" Wren asked as the Pokemon floated over and settled on his shoulder. "I'll take that as a yes. How about I give you a name, then? To solidify our new friendship?"
"Bébé!!!" Flabébé exclaimed, dancing around on Wren's shoulder.
"Alright, alright! How about Hyacinth?" The man suggested. The newly dubbed Hyacinth nodded happily and floated up to tuck her flower into Wren's dreadlocks, behind his ear. "I'll take that as a 'yes'?" He laughed. Hyacinth cheered again.
Once he was done with the greetings, he nodded to the invitation to get food. "That actually sounds great. I hadn't noticed how hungry I was..." He admitted with a small growl emanating from his stomach.
Upon seeing Ulla stumble and catch herself with a chair in the main lobby, though, he crouched down and offered to let her climb up onto his back. "Let me carry you to the kitchen." He offered, looking at her Riolu. "When you evolve and you're big enough to hold her up without any trouble at all, you can do this when she needs it instead." He assured the small Fighting-type, certain from it's actions that it wanted to. It was just such a small Pokemon, he had a hard time believe it could carry her without struggling just yet.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 8:26 am
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Keiko wanted to tell Ulla to just get some rest and let her handle it, but she wasn't Ulla's mother, and she didn't want to have an argument with the younger girl. Besides that, Wren was helping her, and her Pokemon would take care of her if she passed out, so it was fine... except that her body wouldn't heal if she stayed active. That was her biggest concern when it came to Ulla.
Still, she wound up not saying anything about it. "Well, that's not something I've had before, so I guess it'd be nice to try it," Keiko said calmly, patting Wren on the shoulder as thanks for carrying Ulla.
Once in the kitchen, Keiko got a few things together and started cooking, making sure to leave enough space for Ulla to make her malasadas.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 3:40 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 3:45 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 3:47 pm
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The next day, Keiko made her way down to the Super Training Room. Between Azure, Deadra, and her new Eevee, Keiko had a few Pokemon that needed training herself. To her surprise, however, she'd discover that she wasn't alone down there.
"Oh, hey, Larrimore," Keiko said after entering the training room, not letting her Pokemon out yet. "Sorry for disturbing you. How have you been doing?"
Blizz and Tristan surprised her when they showed up, but not to the point where she jumped or screamed. "Oh, hey, Blizz. And Tristen. You guys come here for training, too?"
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 3:52 pm
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