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Okay, Princess Iris obviously did not have anything tasty that could wipe the taste of Shade Realgar out of her mouth, but that was fine. The Mauvian waved her off with an enthusiastic swishing of her paw, "Bye bye, thanks for giving us a boost, see you later maybe and we can play!" (Not take a chance to make a play date? Impossible!)

The shadow was like that of a large bird, and initially Horatio had thought that a large bird might be just the right kind of thing to make the night a little better. But then it turned out to be another colorless clone--this time of Iris. Her muzzle curled up slightly and her fur stood on end, preparing for a fight just in case--but no, it was off again and going after Iris. Ah well, no reason for alarm; Iris was the grand prize winner of the night, and one of the grandest Horatio had ever seen, so there was no need for concern. Besides she wanted her motorcycle ride.

To Realgar she nodded. "Sure, she's a Princess. Isn't it obvious? She oozes all that power, and she has the big wings and the long shiny dress and everything." The Himalayan said it like it was the most common knowledge in the world, because... well, wasn't it? But now she wanted the attention, dammit all, and she began to paw at his leg with a pitiful mew. "Can... can we have ride now? Do we need to go to the tire shop first? I'll bet I can find one!"

Had Horatio known for certain just how many Princesses there were, she would have had no trouble at all in talking about them with her loser friend. She was not exactly a discrete Mauvian and loved to gossip as much as anyone But, so far, she had only seen Princess Iris in Destiny City--and the former just for an instant. Besides, there was a much more serious issue here. She might not get her motorcycle ride.

Horatio was nothing if not persistent as she looked around the area, even dashing to the right and to the left and then returning when she saw nothing. Okay, so maybe it was a little late for some place to be open. She didn't keep spare tires in her little pocket of space, either, so she couldn't just rush real fast and pull one out ta da. She pawed at his leg some more and mewed pitifully, "Well... okay, but I at least want a back scratch or two as interest since apparently It'll be a while before I get my hard earned ride."

She made her eyes as large and cute as possible. Surely it was a fair trade?

"It's a deal, and I'm going to hold you to it so don't flake on me like other Chaos losers, okay? I don't usually think any of you can come through but you were willing to help me out and a motorcycle is a really sweet ride so I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt." Horatio leaned into the scratches and hopped into Realgar's lap to get better access to pets and potential cuddles.

At least the night ahd not been an entire loss!