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 Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:54 pm
A room of several branches. Unlike most team rooms, Team Robin's room was split thoroughly in order to best allow the privacy and organization of its original two members. Jessica's organization is meticulous and her collection of things, while not grand, is exclusively functional and orderly. Tobias on the other hand has a habit of collecting virtually everything he finds, so long as it fits the basic qualification (round) and especially if it fits more desirable categories (shiny) as well. Due to both this and Jessica's desire for privacy in her sleeping area, there's three distinct rooms to the home itself; one for Jessica, one for Tobias and the general meeting/function area that is walked into.
The addition of Balerd did not change much at all, though the home certainly has a few more "functional" things in order to care for the child.
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 8:13 pm
It was a nice room. It had sturdy, wood walls. There was an internal light source and a chair for her to sit in. It was there that she waited, not particularly bored but definitely not entertained either. She was the one who had to wait instead of it being the other way around. She didn't mind waiting. It was simply part of the job. She looked up from time to time to look at the soundless clock above the doorway.
Click. The latch on the door opened. A slim, lengthy figure slipped in. The door shut behind it just as fast. It was a Linoone, if Jessica's memory served her correctly. They were fast creatures. They were also nimble, so long as you didn't expect them to make gentle turns. The Linoone in front of her quickly proved that by darting towards her, slipping underneath her chair and then climbing up the back of it. Jessica felt a light tugging against her waist and her hand quickly shot back to grab the Linoone by the back leg. A sudden tug had it crash down to the floor suddenly with Jessica not far behind as the chair toppled.
"Well then!" Far from offended, he seemed quite pleased, both with himself and with Jessica. Where he lay, Jessica could see a set of picks in one of his front paws as well as a jar in his back. He had nicked her twice and she had only noticed it the second time. "I accept."
He... accepted. Well then. She guess that meant he accepted the team. But that didn't meant that she accepted him. Her voice dropped to a hiss as she stood back up. "Touch my belt again and that hand will come back without any nails. Now give them back." The Linoone simply rolled over slightly, placed what he had taken on the floor, flopped over to the other side and then stepped away. Jessica simply picked them up and put them back in their pouches where they belonged. "Don't steal from me and don't do anything that will get me in trouble with the guild."
"I accept."
That was... quick. But the Linoone seemed sincere, even if the response had snapped back at her almost before she had finished talking. She wasn't quite sure she trusted him but he didn't seem like a killer. He seemed more quirky than anything else and she had definitely worked with less savory types in the past. If he said he accepted... all that was left was to make sure that she wasn't the one who got burned if he was lying. And his skill was... impressive.
Jessica extended her hand forward calmly. The Linoone, after a moment, met her with his own in somewhat of an awkward handshake. "Jessica."
"Tobias. Would you mind if I were to be the one who names the team?"
Jessica stared, puzzled for a moment. "Go ahead..."
"Robin. Team Robin."
Jessica vaguely wondered why he had chosen such a name but without cause to object and the sneaking suspicion that she didn't want to know why he had picked it, she decided that it would be fine.
[One-off]
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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:09 pm
Jessica had had a nice walk back to her team room. Gale had been a good conversation partner and the two got along well. He seemed like he would be a reliable partner to work with. She would have to make sure to keep in touch with him even as she expanded her social network to include other teams within the guild. The only real shame about it all is that they wouldn't really be able to work together much in the foreseeable future since they were in the very opposite sections of the guild.
Well, that and the fact that her good mood came crashing down the moment she entered her room.
"What the hell were you doing!? I told you not to get into any trouble!" Her words came out in an angry hiss. Tobias had made it back to the team room before her. He seemed oblivious, guiltless and strangely content--he had some sort of small glass bauble that he was rolling around on his feet. Tobias didn't bother to put the bauble down, nor did he bother to turn to face her at all from his belly-up position on the floor.
"I was told no such thing. You informed me not to get us into trouble and I did not get you in trouble."
Jessica slapped her hands against her own face as she suppressed a scream. He was probably right. She didn't remember exactly what she had said but he was almost certainly technically correct which only served to make the matter even more infuriating. She sighed heavily before speaking. "Don't do anything like that again."
Tobias slowly put the bauble down, rolled onto his side, stood and then walked towards Jessica. In a flit of motion he slipped past her and she suddenly felt a pair of clawed feet against her scalp as Tobias suddenly planted his front paws on her and leaned over her. "It would be in err to mistake my willingness to compromise for subservience."
A sudden burst of downward force nearly knocked Jessica over but by the time she looked back up both Tobias and the bauble were elsewhere. Jessica began to quietly and thoroughly question the wisdom of the partnership.
[One Off]
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 10:46 pm
Tobias was happy. Tobias was very happy. Tobias was undeniably happy. He was humming a tune, there was an odd sway in his body with every step and he didn't seem to have even the slightest concern. It was a perfectly blissful and flawless day as far as Tobias was concerned. That was where the concern came from. Not Tobias's concern but Jessica's. Every time Tobias did anything it ended up poorly for her. To see him in a good mood meant that he had undoubtedly done anything and that could mean only bad things for her.
She swallowed both her spit and her fear as she asked the inevitable question. "What's got you in such a good mood?"
"I ran into a strange Lopunny." It was all he said for the moment as he headed towards a closed drawer. Jessica never opened that drawer. It was Tobias's. He reached in to pull something out. "She seemed rather lost but I did opt to relieve her of something she could not truly appreciate."
Jessica stared and tried her hardest to face the reality in front of her. "No, no, no. Put it back. Find the Lopunny and give it back or give it to the daycare we're not taking care of that. I refuse to take care of a child that you stole from a stranger."
"No. It belongs to me now."
"You can't just--" Crack.
Dead silence. Jessica and Tobias both stared at the egg in pure terror. Her words clung to the back of her throat. No matter how she tried to speak, they refused to leave.
It didn't matter anyways because far from speaking the first voice to fill the room would be the shrill, angry shriek of Tobias. With one of his paws he pressed down on the egg, causing the crack to "disappear" as the pieces fit back together. It was a futile effort. More cracks quickly sprouted across the surface of the egg until eventually they were no longer cracks but instead entire chips that were being removed from the egg by an aggressive beak or a set of talons. It didn't take long for the egg to fall apart in Tobias's hands, a fact that led him to meet the previous occupant with anger in the form of another shriek.
The little Hawlucha that had come out responded by curling up into a ball on the floor and then... hopping. One hop, two hop, three hop... each time it got higher and higher until eventually the Hawlucha was colliding with the ceiling and the walls. Tobias once more let out a scream, not of rage or sorrow but rather of pure joy. The Hawlucha quickly began to bounce around and with deft movements Tobias was right behind it until after about half a minute (and some ruined furniture) Tobias finally dived directly into the path of the infant to catch it.
His task complete, he took full hold of the infant and wrapped himself around its spherical form. "Balerd~"
"What the fu--"
[One Off]
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Dark_Hunter-Angelic_Tears Crew
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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 10:16 pm
Neo All the preparations were complete, which just left one thing to do: the delivery. Neo had sent nearly every member of his Team out to deal with one or more packages, and the Meowstic himself was no exception. “Let’s see…” he murmured, a collection of neatly wrapped boxes floating behind him to complement the three he held in his paws. ”What’s the best way…?” He stood in front of Team Robin’s door and fumbled with the stack of presents as he bent to set them down, using his chin to keep the stack steady. The trio of gifts managed to reach the ground successfully and he sighed with a smile, adjusting them a bit and placing a small card on top. ”Perfect.” Tail swaying gently from side to side, the Meowstic knocked on the door briskly before hurrying off and shifting the next set of presents to his arms—there was more holiday cheer to be spread before the day was over.
Jessica, Tobias, and Balerd would find Neo’s gifts arranged in a neat pyramid, one addressed to each of them, with a card on top written in a thoughtful, carefully penned hand.
Wishing you a wonderful holiday!
–Team Essence
Balerd’s gift was on top, suspiciously ball-shaped but smoothly wrapped in gold paper. Inside, as the outside promised, there was a lovely bouncy ball about the size of a grapefruit which was filled with sparkling silver glitter that swirled about in a liquid substance whenever the toy moved. Tobias’s gift was (perhaps disappointingly) box-shaped and wrapped in foil green. When opened however, the box within would reveal a charming snow globe with a winter scene inside, and the globe could be detached from its stand if the owner so desired. Jessica’s gift was wrapped in red and was rather flatter than either of her Teammates’s presents. Neo had thought long and hard over what to get the Charmander, having had limited interaction with Tobias’s captain, but in the end Air had provided him with some sound advice. They really tend to take comfort in things that remind them of warmth. Thus Neo had procured the thing that felt most festive and warm of all from his perspective—a large candle, deep green in color, with simple decorations on its sides. It would take a long time for it to burn down, but it gave off a soothing pine scent and was at least pretty if nothing else. He hoped it would suffice.
((Gift-Giving Continued Here))
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