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Kofuku listened quietly as Nadja spoke, her mind scrambling, trying to find a way to help Panther while at the same time not getting herself in trouble with the Elite. The fingers of one hand drummed quickly and silently against the other one as her mind continued to roll over thoughts.

"No, he didn't appologize; in fact, I doubt he even realizes that I'm injured. And you are right about his trouble with authority and that part about him worries me because I'm terrified I'm going to wake up one day and he'll be gone because he said the wrong thing at the wrong time to an Elite. I want to help him, and I want him to realize why those who are Elites are not people to mess with... I mean, heck, it took me a rather scary encounter with Elite Seth and getting my pokemon completely trounced by him before I realized it."

Blinking a little, as if she made a sudden epiphany, she put a hand up to her lips. "I wonder... if that's what it would take." She whispered softly to herself. Great, she had and answer to the solution! Now she needed to figure out how to get there, and that included finding an Elite willing to help her out as well as getting Panther to snap out of his current mental state, not to mention making sure the guy actually UNDERSTOOD the point that was to be coming across.

Oh god, did she have her work cut out for her. Panther had better put this much damn effort in at least trying to be better around authority by the time she was done with him.

Kofuku listened intently to Nadja, her eyes wide and, for a moment, she forgot to breath. All she could think about was that she was able to get some sort of progress in all this... though she wasn't quite sure how that had happened. As she was dismissed, her face broke out into a smile and she took in air again.

"Thank you, Ma'am. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me about this." There was clear hope in her eyes, but also determination. Now, she just needed to snap Panther out of his funk and get him to come up here. Maybe there could be some sort of bribery system she could use to get him to not only come here, but to be on his best behavior.

Saluting to Nadja as she stood up, she took her leave of the room, closing the door behind her, and went limping off down the hall and into the elevator to search for Panther. She had her work cut out for her, but she knew the boy would be worth it. Now it was time to put her wits to the test against Panther again. Standing in the elevator as it moved, she took a deep breath and slowly let it out, glancing down at her injured foot. She had to be sure to finish what she started, or it would have been stupid to have hurt herself in the first place.

The elevator doors dinged cheerfully, and Kofuku limped out into the halls, beginning her search for Panther.

Fuku searched the entire grunt level for Panther before making a small stop at her room. The walk had been good for her mind, and she realized that, if she was going to snap him out of his funk, she'd need to bring everything she had... even if they weren't your typical tactics. Cracking her knuckles, she smirked a little and went through her room.

Five minutes later, she walked out into the hall wearing a short jean skirt with her pokemon in their balls and attached to her belt. She'd changed her top from her uniform shirt into a bustier-styled tank top, complete with a piece of fabric tied around her neck into a little bow. Her hair had been fully let down, with half of it pulled back to keep everything but her bangs from her face. On her legs and feet were her new high heeled boots, something she'd splurged on for herself a while back and hadn't been able to use. Doing her best to suppress her limping while she walked, she hunted down her target.

Finding herself now on the training floor, her heels clicked behind her as she noticed the trail of newly cleaned floor and the scent of chemicals, she walked the hallways and turned the corner, finding Panther there. "Hey handsome, told you I would be back..."

Flirt, she had to FLIRT. Smacking herself mentally for following through with this, she reminded herself that this was for a good cause and flashed him a smile. "Why, are you offering?"

Oh gods, she was dieing on the inside, this was so embarrassing! As it was, she felt she was hardly wearing anything... and she was one who was used to being in rags! Refocusing on the task at hand, she crossed her arms a little, shifting her weight onto her uninjured foot. "Want to know who I was talking to earlier?"

Watching him go back to work, she frowned a little, chewing on the inside of her cheek when it dawned on her; she held the cards right now. As it was, she'd made him completely stop what he was doing and stare at her, just with words. A slow smirk came across her face, and she got down on her knees right next to him, leaning over with her hands together on the ground, pushing her chest forward a bit as she dropped her voice to a near whisper.

"It's a shame you don't want to hear what I have to say... especially since you slammed my foot in the door earlier."

Wriggling herself over the floor a bit to lean against him, she rested her head on his shoulder, closing her eyes. "Well, I was serious when I told you I wasn't done with you." She paused, trying to figure out how to go about it. Well, perhaps being completely straight forward on the topic would be best. Worse come to worse, she could use her injured foot as leverage.

"I went to talk with Miss Nadja. She was actually quite nice."

Eyes widening a little as she looked up at him, she tilted her head. "Actually, I don't think I got you screwed over at all. I simply went and talked to her about how I was concerned of your mental state. She was quite informative about things, and wasn't nearly as evil as you seem to be making her out to be."

Pausing a bit, she then smiled. "And, she wasn't playing mind games, Panther. She's way too busy to be playing games like that. She's nothing like Seth at all."

Ok, now she was starting to get annoyed. How dare he be upset at her after all that she just went through for HIM?! "Hey, will you just shut up and be grateful for one moment? After you slammed your door on my foot, I limped up there and TALKED to an Elite to help YOU! And you know what? She was cool, ok? Now you listen up, and listen up damn well. All she wants to do is talk to you and MAKE SURE you understand why you're being punished."

Reaching over, she took his scrubber right from his hands. "She's not going to lure you into mind games, Panther. I promise."