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"You sure?" the grimer-girl asked, the change in Elspeth's mind coming as a bit of a surprise. Margarita was never one to dwell on things, however, and concern didn't seem to come naturally. Her hesitation quickly dissolved, replaced by a toothy grin, "You're silly, Spethy; we were having loads of fun with it before!" Never mind that she had actually been scared before that point; that was but a minor infraction on the statement. Apparently. The violet child also couldn't seem to relate to self-consciousness, or at least recognize it while it was present in others, for she never stopped to think about it. She merely did what struck her fancy, not anyone else's! Giggling at the ruffling, the grimer lightly tugged at the lugia-girl's wrist, "You just have to duck down. Be careful how you stand, and at what angles others can see you at. Hmmn... no problem-o, I can teach you to be a super spy! I bet it'll be easy for you!" While it was established that Elspeth was no witch, on previous encounters, Margarita was sure she was still powerful in some sense!

"Well it's a good thing you have me here!" the purple-banded child stated matter-of-factly, her expression giving way to the utter assurance, "You'll be back to being a troublemaker again in no time. You haven't forgotten, I bet, you're just... just disoriented!" For some reason, Margarita seemed to have a little difficulty seeing her friend as being overly mature, despite the shows of it in meetings past -- Elspeth had always been the more knowledgeable, but also the more devious one! As an afterthought, to back up the suspicion, she prodded her friend for elaboration, "How long has it been since you found your star and evolved?" Thinking on the story that the shadow-touched legendary was referring to, she teetered on her feet a moment before shaking her head, "Nope, I haven't heard that one... but it sounds like it would be pretty interesting! Did the grump they were trying to teach learn his lesson?" Oooh, so Margarita would get to be like one of those ghosts! Haha, she'd be playing a ghost regardless after all!

Oooh, play a detective instead... that wasn't something that the grimer had considered doing before. "Play one of the good guys? I could take a stab at that..." she concurred. With a victorious grin on her face, she happily took the cookie -- she'd never had so much sugar before! -- and let it hang out of her mouth, keeping her hands free to tug Elspeth nearer the clothing racks. The poisonous pokémon attempted to speak direction through the baked cookie dough, but upon merely coming up with a mouthful of a select few consonants, she instead indicated for Elspeth to duck down once she got inside the ring of shirts on display. Margarita went in first to demonstrate, sliding herself between two polos and crouching down in the middle of the ring, leaving plenty of space for Elspeth to do the same. It was just like a clubhouse, how neat!

While Elspeth's quick change of heart was confusing, Margarita was never alien to being a little lost -- in fact, that's the frame of mind that was more or less common to the young grimer. The world was a convoluted, confusing place, and she was there for the ride. "Probably, but who knows, maybe I can actually teach you something one of these days," she suggested. Her pride may not have been of the highest merit, but she was never above trying things despite the bleak opportunity for success. As long as they had fun doing it, it would be worth it.

It was this very line of thinking that had Margarita look back to her counterpart curiously. Her voice sounded entirely sincere, as incredulous as they were, "There's a time not to have fun?" Well what was the point of that? "You should have fun whenever you can! It's no fun to be serious!" She knew when people would request a little less joking around, but never understood why. If there was something bothering a person, for instance, wouldn't having fun turn that around? What was the point of being miserable if one could avoid it? Surface folk were just so strange.

Surrounded by the armed forces that were hanging shirts, Margarita pressed a finger to her lips to indicate more hushed tones, tugging at the lugia's wrist to get in closer. Then, the girl released her hold and peeled two of the shirts apart, scooting over a little so that Elspeth could see over her shoulder, "See, there's the directory, way over there, near the escalator. We need to make sure the area is secured before heading that way. Who knows where the enemy could be lurking -- we have to stay on our guard, rookie!" Being a spy was all about the stealth, after all! As she waited, watching, she took another bite of the cookie her friend had offered. Pretending to be serious was a totally different ball game from actually being so, but where the fine lines of separating the two of them were all a matter of perception.

Margarita glanced at Elspeth as the lugia moved, the cookie still hanging out of the grimer-girl's mouth. She tried to offer a response, her expression touched by a slight frown, but all that came out were nonsensical murmurs through what little space was there between clenched teeth and cookie. The cookie wasn't a real treat? But Margarita was teaching her something new right now! She was looking forward to discovering what this... treat-ier treat was going to be!

Once she swallowed the bite she had in her mouth, she stuck her tongue out at her friend, as though to tell her she didn't believe that there was ever a time to be fully serious. And it was not boring, they were having fun! Oh well, it really didn't do to argue, that only dragged on the time before they did something exciting. "Of course!" Margarita stated knowingly, "That's why I pointed it out!" She finished what was left of her cookie before brushing the crumbs off her hands and onto her shorts, pulling the hanging clothes apart with the backs of her hands. Taking a swift look to and fro, she darted out to the next ring of clothes, body crouched close to the ground and steps as quiet as she could manage at her pace. Peeking out where she just disappeared into the rack, she motioned for Elspeth to follow in the same manner. They'd reach the directory in no time!