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 Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:26 am
If she had let him, Mau would have told her it was ok. He hadn't gotten her a gift with the expectation of getting anything in return. This was just a gift. The season called for it, and he was pretty sure that besides cake, Nyx wouldn't give him anything he had need nor desire for. But he was preempted with the offer of tea.
"I'd like that. Tea sounds delightful." He looked away from her, instead glancing at Mai, now happily- at least he assumed happily- sleeping on the floor. He looked at the 2 pokemon who had been sleeping on Nyx's bed, but his interest was drawn back to Nyx.
"What kind do you have?"
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:37 am
Nyx climbed off of her bed and over to a mini fridge with a coffee maker and two cookie jars on top of it. One of the jars seemed to have tea bags inside, and she pulled out a handful. They were a rainbow of tea bags. "... All of them?" Why did he keep looking at her! She blushed deeper, quite sure her face would start leaking blood at any moment.
"T-this one is good!" There went her voice control, she recoiled slightly and continued at a quieter volume. She plucked out a tea bag with a red, slightly pinkish color. She had never bothered reading the names of the tea before drinking them, and mostly identified them by color. This one was the rosey tea. "It's... Valenti-" She stopped reading the tea bag and pulled out another quickly, dropping the original tea bag. "White tea!"
The shiny Raichu, obviously Darwin, opened one of his eyes and stared at Nyx. Why was she being so weird and interrupting relaxy-sleep time?
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:50 am
He couldn't help it, he was curious now. "Mmmmn, I'm not a fan of white tea." It was a lie, though truth be told white wasn't his favorite. He was a fan of green teas, and fruit favored teas. Though black tea was ok. White tea was just... it seemed weaker to him. He looked up to the ceiling for a few moments.
"The one you held up before, you said it was good. What's it taste like?" Something had her even more flustered, and if she didn't tell him, he would just have to go over and investigate. That didn't sound like too bad of an idea. Maybe he should go pick one out.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:48 pm
"What? What one before? What? I didn't have anything before." Nyx stared in Mau's direction, but slightly to the side, so that she was looking at Darwin. The mew-raichu returned her creepy stare with a pitiful little whine. She topped all of it off with an exaggerated 'pft' and a nervous chuckle as she tried to kick the offending embarrassing tea bag under the bag, but couldn't locate it with her foot, leaving her fretfully kicking air.
Why did she have to pick out that tea bag? "Uh- uh- I have green tea." She had so many different teas, but that wasn't important, she was trying to distract Mau with something not Valentines Tea.
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:14 am
He shook his head and slowly stood up. "Nyx, you're going to hurt yourself, stop." He walked over to her and knelt down. She was way off on where the dropped tea had landed, and he was glad as he picked up the strange pink package. So that's what had her so flustered...
"Strawberry chocolate tea?" That sounds pretty good. "I didn't know you liked strawberries."
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:37 am
He was right, she was probably going to burst a blood vessel the way she was going, but she couldn't exactly stop. She tensed up when Mau picked up the offending tea bag. Drat! He found it! Damn her un-guided foot!
"I uh- yes." Nyx grabbed the coffee pot and walked into the bathroom to fill the pot up with water and then came back and poured the water into the back of the coffee maker. "W-whats not to like about strawberries?" Nyx couldn't control her face, it kept alternating between sheepish smiles and flustered pout; Why couldn't she just listen to herself? There was nothing not to like about strawberries, why did she bother fighting it? "D-do you want that?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:49 am
Mau shrugged. "Some people are allergic. Of course that's probably one of the strangest things to be allergic to. But really, there's nothing to not like about them." When she took the bag and asked, he nodded. "Yeah, if you don't mind sharing. I bet it's one of your favorites. That's why you didn't want to share, right?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:58 am
Nyx stared blankly at Mau for a second before life seemed to pop back into her face, "Yes! That! That is why! My favorite." She nodded enthusiastically, glad to be thrown that lifesaver of an excuse. "I don't mind sharing- Not now that you've gotten your hopes up." Nyx turned to face the coffee pot and gave it an accusatory look, blaming it for her acting so strangely. Why couldn't her coffee pot behave like a proper coffee pot and not make her odd. She draped a few of the tea bags into the pot and turned it on. The machine bubbled and hissed with the effort it took to brew hot liquid.
"I-Its very good tea." Nyx smiled, but avoided looking directly at Mau still. Every time she looked at him, her stomach felt fluttery. Obviously Mau gave her indigestion.
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:16 am
"Thank you m'dear." He said without thinking. As the tea was brewing, Mau inhaled deeply. The fragrance was quite enticing. "It smells good." He wandered away from her and looked at her pokemon. "They're looking good. Healthy and clean." It might have been a really dumb way to change the subject, but he did his best.
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:25 am
Nyx scratched her head sheepishly, as she always did when she didn't really know what to do or say. She nodded when Mau commented on the scent of the brewing tea, "Yes, it does." Nyx walked over to a shelf and grabbed a couple of cups, but then she couldn't remember what she'd just said. She froze, staring at Mau. She had said 'it', yes? Not 'you'? Had she had a Freudian slip? Embarrassed herself further? Mau didn't seem to be reacting as if she had said anything out of the ordinary, so maybe she hadn't mispoke...
Thankfully he changed the subject before long, she could only continue talking about tea for so long before she would start to announce that her favorite flavor was Mau tea and that all she wanted to do on a cold day was curl up with a nice hot cup of Mau. "Ah- Yes. Thank you. I'm doing my best to take care of the seven of them. I have no idea how the trainers are able to collect and train so many..." Taking care of her comparatively small team was certainly time consuming.
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:25 am
"Getting your own little army there, are we?" He half chuckled. "Mmmm I think it's easier to train when you're obtaining the badges. They seem to command respect from your team. Are you having troubles with training?" He asked curiously, wanting to reach out and pet the transformed mew. Maybe he should offer to help her train?
The gentle clinking of the teacups broke Mau's train of thought and he watched Nyx as she poured them each a cup. He took it graciously when she came over and handed it to her. "Thank you very much." He closed his eyes, holding the cup near his face, allowing the scent to become engraved in his mind before taking the first sip.
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:36 am
"Not as much as before. I had a day with Miss Nadja and learned a few things... Beaker is still a handful, though." Nyx sighed, "I'm not sure what I'd do if I had anyone else on my team with a bad temper. I probably just have been lucky so far." She shrugged, training wasn't too much of a problem, she worked at it a little bit at a time, and eventually it paid off. Beaker, as much of a stubborn a** as she was, finally at least let her trainer sit on the back of her shell. Nyx was notorious for doubting her own abilities with pokemon, she'd been doing well enough training newly cloned Darwin.
The scientist had never even considered obtaining badges, not even after she started owning pokemon again, at least it was probably too late to collect badges after one was in Team Rocket.
Nyx sat on the bed with her own cup, blowing gently on it to cool it enough to sip. It did smell delightful, and it warmed everything when it was finally sipped. "Mm." She smiled after the first taste of the cup; Valentine Tea was by far her favorite.
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:43 pm
"Well, you can't really pick what they act like. That research hasn't been approved yet." He said nonchalantly. "But you do seem to be doing well with your team." He glanced over to Tesla and Darwin. "Your Raichu isn't hiding from me. Didn't he used to be skittish like Ire? Maybe that says you're a better trainer than I am. I mean, if he can remain relaxed enough to keep sleeping with a stranger being so close, it says a lot." He smirked, but hid it behind his teacup.
This was boring. Mai was trying to entertain herself with ANYTHING but listening to the humans, but it wasn't working. She slowly pulled herself up and waddled over to the bed and stared at Mau. "Saur." She began to sway back and forth. "Ivysaur ivy. Saur saur." Her trainer looked at her before almost spilling his tea.
"Oh Mai, honestly?" He shook his head and looked at Nyx. "It seems my little friend needs a potty break." He sighed, looking at the cup. "Would you mind if I took this with me? I don't want to come back to cold tea. If you'd even allow me back." He wished he'd brought her ball with him. But he hadn't.
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:44 pm
A better trainer than Mau? Improbable. "That didn't have anything to do with me, though. He's just gotten a little less timid after evolving..." Plus, Tesla was alright when there was another one of Nyx's team around; He latched on to the other pokemon and leeched off of their courage. A smile played at the edges of Nyx's mouth at the complement, even thought it was as far from the truth as possible.
"Oh." She stared at the chubby plant pokemon as it swayed back and forth, "Y-yeah. Yes. Go ahead. I have plenty of cups." Nyx ran a hand through her hair meekly, why did she tell him he could come back? Bad Nyx! Avoid emotional stimuli! She was certainly relieved that Mau was leaving, but she couldn't stop the small disappointed frown that took over her expression.
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:14 pm
"Thanks." He gently nudged her side with his arm. "I'll be sure to wash it before I bring it back." He smiled, standing up. "Alright Mai, let's get you outside then." He walked to the door, taking another sip of tea before turning to Nyx. "Until next time." He winked before letting himself out of her room.
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