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 Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:11 pm
[Maiko + Repede]
The false Evolution Pokemon wagged her puffy white tail as the Spinarak made her way towards her. Had she been merely a ditto at the moment, she might have attempted to blob on top of the approaching Pokemon in a clingy huggy manner. However, in the current form she knew it was a bit more polite to at least sniff first before such drastic shows of affection for a complete stranger.
Her pink nose twitched before the other Pokemon was near, but she managed to catch two different scents. Her nose wasn't nearly as sensitive as other canine Pokemon, but there were two scents still. One was obviously the little spider Pokemon. The other seemed familiar.
In a yipping tone, she introduced herself to her new friend. Opal was Opal, and it was nice to meet the new friend.
[Yuri]
If her face hadn't been red before, it certainly was now when she recognized the voice that replied to her apology. In fact, she managed to now get red all the way down her neck.
"I.... I'm not doing this on purpose Yuri...y-you know that, right?"
There was a long pause as her companion easily did what she wasn't able to. She merely stared at his hand, almost completely distraught by the fact he did such with such ease and she had nearly knocked a person down with her own clumsy attempts.
It felt stupid to say such, but she couldn't help but ask after nearly 30 seconds of staring at his proffered hand. "...How did you even do that?" Her fingers were clutching the sides of her dress as she still tried to comprehend how she could fail so miserably at such a seemingly simple task.
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:11 pm
[Natalia]
"That sounds like, you," Asch said, mustering a small smile as he remembered how Natalia always enjoyed dressing up when they were kids. She was probably the one that enjoyed all those fancy parties the most.
"I'm interested in the League, also," he then told her, inwardly grimacing. He couldn't tell her exactly why he was here, and he hated lying to her. But that's just how it had to be. It wasn't a complete lie though.
The compliment hadn't gone unnoticed and he was about to speak further when she moved a strand of hair from his vision. He looked away, a bit of pink tinging his cheeks now.
"Natalia..." he started, and paused, about to say something and then thinking better of it. "You look nice, too."
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:32 pm
[Ivory]
This girl was so easily embarrassed it was kinda cute, and he just grinned as she turned a few deeper shades of red. Of course he knew she didn't do anything on purpose, and there hadn't been any harm done.
"I've always been good with my hands," he told her easily. Oblivious to the fact that it could be taken the wrong way. But also, he knew there was more to it than that. He could likely see much better than she could, but he didn't bring that up. The point was to make her feel better, not worse.
He continued holding out the food to her. "So enjoy the benefits of my marvelous talent, and be amazed."
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:34 pm
(Repede, Opal)
Maiko peered at the Growlthe and the Eevee and waved her front two legs when she came to a stop. "Spiniiiii. Ra spin." Pleasure to meet Opal, Maiko was Maiko. The Spinarak kept eying the fluffy fur of the two pokemon with a gleam in her eyes though.
~*~*~
(Asch)
"Hmm, I'm sure a lot of people are." She didn't ask more about his reasons. Natalia gave a smile then hid it behind her drink at Asch's blush, only to attempt to hide her own blush when he returned the complement. "Thank you."
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:49 pm
[Yuri]
The girl still took a few moments before eventually reaching out to snatch the small sandwich. "...um... well... thank you... I'm not bad with my hands... but I suppose different skills and all..." She patted her dress with one hand while taking a decent sized bite out of the snack.
"Dresses don't go running away from me when I try to work with them and all." It was a good thing she was naive enough to miss any potential naughty implications with their conversation.
Glancing to a couple of the nearby people, she couldn't help but then ask "...so you here with some friends? How's Repede doing?"
[Maiko]
The white Pokemon leaned forward, raising her rump in the air and wagging her tail from side to side even faster. "Vee eevee vee vee?" Opal wanted to know if Maiko-friend wanted to play, completely oblivious to the gleam.
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 3:19 am
(Rory, Kratos, Ally)
Tambrey grinned and nodded slightly; "I thought so," She commented to Rory "Still, 't looks good. Er."
She looked between Rory and Kratos and decided that she probably had a bit of an unfair advantage, knowing both their names, so should make introductions.
"Rory, Kratos... Kratos, Rory." Thank Arceus she hadn't tripped over her tongue and called him 'Crumpets' or something- that had been a proper risk. Realising the need, perhaps, to have them aware of each other, without specifying who she was referring to, she spoke to both of them. "We work together."
That would probably make it clear enough if they hadn't deduced it already.
The arrival of a Ally got a bit of a blink and she stepped back a bit; the contrast was interesting.
Tambrey had dressed in what she could borrow (not bad, but not hers and clearly not 'rich') whereas this girl seemed to have put quite some effort into a showy outfit.
She blinked a little, then grinned, at Rory's reaction to the red-head.
"Well, I'm goin' to have a little guess that this 's someone y'know, Roranicus..." Tam' couldn't resist teasing, but at least she hadn't told him to 'roll his tongue back in'.
She looked at Kratos then, curious to see if he reacted to this and how; his taciturn manner wasn't too frustrating, but she had found herself rather interested in how he could maintain it.
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 3:56 am
(Natalia & Asch)
Still hesitant to dive further into the crowd lest he miss finding his partner, Izaya continued to remain on the sidelines. He continued to sip casually from his glass, absently unaware that his constantly-shifting gaze gave away his gradually-increasing uneasiness.
She had to come. She had to. The grunt concluded that even if she would have rather avoided going out, Faleen would have recognized the urgency in meeting her partner. ...Right? He supposed he hadn't exactly made this urgency all that evident last they'd spoken through their tablets, but that had been so long ago. Surely she knew by now how worried he was. Er...worried about how his pokemon could get out of control without her help. Not worried about her as an individual. That would have been silly. Or so he tried to convince himself.
Arceus, he felt like a guy who had been stood up on a date. Not that it was a real date, but...she was his partner. Together they could observe and blend in as a couple, making observations and passing them on to one another. Hadn't he told her she needed to get out more? Yet try as he might, the informant couldn't picture the serious young woman in any type of formal dress. As he considered this, Izaya's wandering gaze lingered on several blonde females in the crowd, hoping against hope that one of them would be Faleen.
One such blonde caught his attention, but it wasn't the agent he'd been looking for. Natalia, wasn't it? That young woman that Asch had gotten so flustered over. She was looking over at someone with a peculiar gaze before touching a piece of jewelry at her neck. Izaya's eyes narrowed. No...it couldn't be. He wouldn't dare. But Asch was a spiteful teenager. The grunt just couldn't put it past the red-head to try something like this, if only to get back at him personally. And after all that rescuing he did, was this how the young agent repayed him...? First the Vaporeon, and now the Grande Ile noble. Just what was Asch thinking, passing around Aila's necklace like it was some random trinket?
Speak of the devil. Even as Izaya watched, a red-headed teen in a white jacket and black pants approached the lady noble. At first he couldn't tell which of the fon Fabre brothers it was; he would have hardly recognized either one in formal attire like that. It soon became clear, however, when the young man began to blush and look away, obviously flustered. Luke had never acted that way around Natalia. Izaya knew this from his observations at the Halloween party.
The informant felt the hatred and rage building at the back of his mind. He had to rise above those instincts. Wasn't that what Frost had said? Oh, but Orihara had to know - did Lady Natalia realize where her gift had come from? Did she know it was second-hand? Had she been told the necklace had been a keepsake of a dead Rocket girl? Izaya sincerely doubted it. Asch had never been very open with others, even those he cared about. No, especially those he cared about. It was one of those flaws of his.
He couldn't draw attention to himself. Who knew if that neanderthal was around? And yet Izaya itched to know what Natalia would think when she'd heard that necklace had belonged to someone Asch had previously been close with. A girl, pretty, who had perished in a way that made her memory something that Natalia couldn't ever hope to live up to. What would she think of her dear fiance then, he wondered...? Betrothed as children - Asch had told Izaya that himself. Could Natalia really have expected Asch to have stayed the same since then? How foolish and blind love could make people.
Relaxing his expression into his default, ambiguous smile, Orihara placed his glass on a passing tray and picked up an h'orderve from another. He could keep calm, couldn't he? He'd been in worse situations than this. As long as he maintained his poise, he wouldn't draw attention to himself. With luck, maybe Asch would lose his temper again and the red-head could be the one to suffer the consequences of disobeying orders. Oh yes, this had the wonderful potential of being amusing.
He took a bite from the topped cracker he'd snatched as he made his way over to the flirtatious couple. Izaya dipped his head in greeting, not certain Natalia would recognize him from the few times they'd met previously. He remembered she was polite, as was to be expected from any kind of noble. Aila had been. "Hello," he greeted the couple with a pleasant smile. "Nice weather this evening, isn't it?" The key to keeping his temper was to remain civil. Surely he could do that long enough to outlast Asch.
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:53 am
[Ivory]
"Oh, you made that? Nice." Yuri could admire someone else's talent at things he wasn't good at. He could sew mind you... tears and things, but certainly not make his own clothes. Although making clothes was more of a girly trait. He focused more on using his sword.
"Yeah, a friend insisted on bringing me along." Placing his now free hand on his hip, he smiled and took another sip of his champagne. "Repede's good, he's around here somewhere."
[Maiko and Opal]
Trotting over to the white Eevee and the little Spinarak, Repede woofed his greeting to the both of them, introducing himself. Of course he already knew Opal, and a wag of his tail signified that he was pleased to see her again.
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:02 am
[Natalia, Izaya]
There was a bit of an awkward silence as Asch glanced at Natalia and looked away again, indeed feeling a bit flustered. It was obvious he wasn't very good at this, but he tried to retain his dignity as best he could. However, the silence was soon broken by the greeting of a familiar voice, and Asch's gaze quickly snapped in the direction of a certain annoying Asian guy.
His eyes narrowed just slightly as he looked at Izaya with his pleasant smile. If he knew the man as well as he thought he did, that smile wasn't a good thing. He was up to something, and he felt his proverbial hackles rising due to the fact that Natalia was nearby. Whether this guy saved him or not, Asch had never asked to be saved, and Izaya had caused more harm than good in the time they'd known each other. He still hated the man for what he did to his hair, and the other stunts he pulled when he "saved" him.
"Yeah," Asch muttered, not at all amused that Izaya was there. The word translating as "go away." It was just like this guy to butt into his business, and he didn't want any of it. Which he was certain that Izaya knew, and was probably the force driving him. He seemed to be a constant target of this man for some reason.
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:09 am
Whether he was one of the "important" people was up to speculation, as he had become somewhat of a public figure as of late. Being the CEO of a large scale company tended to do that, especially one that made Pokemon related products, and public appearances at such gatherings were beneficial. But aside from that, he was also a bit curious as to what the League intended to announce here. He was not unaware of their intended presence in Kodo, after all.
Being one of the Rockets that could afford his own formal attire, Seth was snappily dressed in his own white tuxedo with a blue vest and tie that matched his eyes. Although the color of the attire was far too close to his own skin color. He looked a bit different since months prior before he had left the base to go to his new assignment.
The man was thinner, paler, and looked generally unwell. His muscle tone had diminished and his hair and eyes had lost much of its luster. To anyone that knew him, it might be a bit worrying. His brother was one of those individuals, but had been brushed off when it was mentioned. However, he did his best to cover up his supposed weakness by standing tall and striding through the crowd. He could be seen talking to some of the more well known individuals in the community that were attending.
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:39 am
[Yuri]
A smile managed to touch her lips, and it seemed that her cheeks and general skin color had cooled from the red that had infected her earlier. "Yeah... I don't usually get to show off too many of my prettier clothing... as you can imagine... it's a nice change and all..."
It was also nice to be able to wear her hair down rather than keep it bundled up in a head scarf. "I should be more surprised that you recognized me in all honesty... but you sounded like you had already figured it all out last time we met up..." With a small laugh, she crammed the last bit of her snack into her mouth. She was still hungry, but she wasn't in the mood to hassle Yuri for more food. He'd never get a chance to enjoy his drink that way.
The mention of Repede caused the girl to perk up slightly, seeming interested in the darker colored growlithe. "Have you had any chances to use those Lum berries yet? And Opal's around here somewhere too... hopefully not getting into any trouble."
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:56 am
[Ivory]
"You're definitely prettier this way," he admitted, since Ivory seemed to spend most of the day completely covered up, which was really a shame. But the girl couldn't help it with her apparent condition. He then gave a shrug at the fact that he'd recognized her. He'd just made his own observations and came to conclusions which happened to be right, nothing all that noteworthy. Plus he had recognized her voice.
"Naw. I gave him the berries but he's saving them." A lightbulb then went off in Yuri's head. "Oh hey, since you're good at making things, could you do something for me? Repede would like something to carry things in. Like some kind of dog back pack or something. Think you can handle that?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:03 am
[Tambrey, Rory, and Kratos]
Well that was....An interesting reaction to say the least. Maybe Rory was being nice? This was the dress she wore to her prom after all, and she was worried that she might not be as small as she was back then to fit into it anymore. The shoes were new, but she could roll with it right? She should treat it as a friendly comment and not one that made her cheeks feel just a tad hotter than they should be right?
Oh Arceus she was blushing wasn't she?
This could be problematic.
But thank you for people! Because Ally did notice the lady with the long black hair step back slightly so she turned to her with a head tilt. Is her dress too bright?! Why did she step back? Oh hey! There's another red head besides KO around? This is interesting....She was distracting herself wasn't she? Turning to Rory slightly Ally did the only thing she could when given a compliment:
Go into complete and utter denial.
"O-Oh its not that amazing! It was my old prom dress after all...T-Thanks though! Its nice to see I don't look as fat as I feel..." with that little fiasco avoided, she turned to the lady with a smile.
"Hey! Names Ally! You look very pretty in that dress!!"
She was telling the truth too on that one. She was very pretty indeed....
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:16 am
[Yuri]
In no way had she been fishing for compliments. Yet here Yuri was, complimenting her, though his presentation of such didn't feel forced. It felt genuine. All the more reason for a pink color to find its way to her cheeks.
"...well... um... thank you." For a moment, she paused to push her dark glasses up her nose slightly.
She was extremely grateful she didn't need to say anything more about her own physical appearance as the young man changed the subject. "I could probably handle something like that... though... since it is for Repede, I think I'll need to pick at your brain a bit to figure out what might be aesthetically pleasing to him." It was all well and good to make something for someone else, but if they didn't like the way it looked, it was absolutely pointless.
In a seemingly sincere manner, she did add one stipulation "...however... I'll only do it... if you can keep getting me food tonight..." She didn't need to smack any strangers in the chest with her attempts.
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:16 am
[Ally, Tambrey & Kratos]
When he heard Tambrey's voice behind him, Rory felt the blood rush to his face and scratched harshly at the back of his neck as he tried to tear his eyes away from the little red. Why was his body behaving this way?
At the look Tambrey sent him, the scratching got worse. He ignored her for a moment and decided to speak to the male red head first. "Ni.nice to meet you, Kratos." He forced himself to stop scratching and keep his hands at his side. "Ally and I have been working together on training her Pikachu."
His eyes managed to find their way back to Ally, even though he tried his hardest to keep them elsewhere.
"The dress looks great; you look beautiful." Why could he not keep his mouth shut? Trying to act like there wasn't something going wrong with him, he added, "You look nice too, Tam."
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