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 Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:03 am
Lore nodded in agreement, "Doubt you're used to people looking out for ya, but it's what we're trying to do."
Star was glaring at the ceiling like it had said something insulting. "Why are you sitting on my bed?"
"Hey, you called it your bed! I'm gonna take that as a positive." Smirking, Lore climbed to his feet.
Star sighed and swung his legs over the edge of the bed. He looked more awake and in control of his limbs now. Wincing at his protesting bandaged leg, he pushed himself off the bed and rose to his feet. Not having his coat on made him look especially long and slender and slightly less gargoylesque now that he was upright. He smoothed his sleeve over the bandage Tambrey'd applied, picked up his disciplinary summons and tucked it under his belt beside his poké balls. After turning his attention to smoothing his hair he apparently felt composed enough to resume speaking and eyed Tambrey, "You should devote less energy to worrying about me. I can take care of myself." He spotted his jacket where Lore'd put it and crossed the room to pick it up.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:31 am
Tambrey wasn't really expecting any acknowledgement of her words from Star and wasn't even sure she'd made a lot of sense, so was glad when Lore chimed agreement.
She almost missed the significance but for Lore pointing it out when Star referred to the bed as 'his'.
She watched as Lore, and then Star both stood.
Star's comment earned a slight frown, an edge of puzzlement in there, though not really directed at him.
"It's... no effort. 'M not doing anything I wouldn't for someone else."
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:41 am
"Uh huh.." Star pulled his coat on and adjusted it just so, "Well regardless of difficulty, it's still unnecessary. To be perfectly honest, I doubt we'll be sharing this room for very long. I expect I'll be promoted to Agent quickly."
"You're certainly off to a good start." Lore was leaning against the wall, arms folded behind his head.
"....today was a fluke. No, I expect my coworkers and superiors will dazzled by my superior skills and work ethic... it's perfectly clear I don't belong in the lower ranks. They just haven't figured it out yet. But they will. Give it a week.. they'll be asking me to be promoted." All of this was said with grand sweeping gestures.
"..wow."
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:01 pm
Tambrey raised her eyebrows and then half shrugged a shoulder as she drew her legs up onto her bed, still watching them.
"If y' say so. Won't promise I'll stop though."
She, like Lore, probably had 'wow' in mind for the initial response to Star's predictions about himself and his belief in an obvious, rapid promotion, but allowed it to sound in her head while Lore vocalized his.
She let a moment pass.
"Um.. Fluke or not... Y' have heard the phrase 'a good first impression' before?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:21 pm
"You haven't known me very long so I'll explain." Star faced Tambrey, folding his hands behind his back, "The second impressions I'll make will be more than sufficient for everyone to forget about today's trivial events. Being impressive is one of my greater skills. Everyone at Team Galactic admired and respected me, the same will happen here. Now... if you'll excuse me..." Smirking confidently, Star turned and left the room to report for his first 'assignment'.
Lore watched him go, then glanced at Tambrey. "Anything I can get you guys for when he comes back? Chick flicks? Kleenex? Earplugs?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:52 pm
She was suddenly faced with Star presenting her with a speech.
"Uh." She tried to interject but... he was already talking.
'Everyone at Team Galactic admired and respected me'.
"N-" Oh, he was still talking. Again she closed her mouth and listened.
Then, before she could actually say any of the things that had sprung into her mind, Star was gone.
She blinked and looked to Lore.
"Maybe that last one... I guess... He's forgotten we -saw- him on the airship... We know what the guards," She frowned a little bitterly- sure those guards hadn't been the ones to do the real hurting, but they hadn't been gentle either-before continuing "thought of him..."
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:23 pm
Lore nodded his agreement, "I wouldn't take the lying too personally.. I'm sure there'll be a lot more of it. To be honest, I don't think we're the ones he's trying to convince."
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:43 pm
"That... doesn't sound healthy." Tambrey frowned at the door then looked back to Lore. "If he's convincing himself of that, what's it going t' be like when things don't go as he plans here?" He had left Galactic in pursuit of a position of power, this she had come to understand, but he was just a grunt now and still convinced of his superiority despite his 'meeting' with The Boss.
"... We're still a team. Mostly. At levels. 'S why this place works, why we didn't give in on that ship. I just..." She frowned at the door again.
Was her vocabulary that limited today? Once again she was forced to halt for a lack of words to finish her sentence.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:02 pm
Lore nodded. Most of his smirk had vanished, "My guess; he'll be friendless and miserable. And loud." He eyed Tambrey, "He'd be lucky to have the kind of friend who cares to bandage his arm when he can't stop them and recognizes unsaid thank yous."
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:37 pm
Tambrey sighed a little.
Still, she managed to take a little bit of humour.
"...It's the loud that I'm most worried about."
She was quiet a moment longer though, before half-shrugging off Lore's words.
"He's still just... human." She said in a slightly quieter tone than she had been using. "Annoying, but human."
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:43 pm
"I daresay he's excessively human."
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:00 pm
"... Excessively human?" Tambrey found her smirk creeping back in. "I... have to admit that sounds like a pretty good description even if I'm not entirely sure what it means..."
She reached, on autopilot, to stroke Palu who chirped in surprised, awoken from a half-doze she'd been entering, then warbled contentedly and fluffed back into her daydreams.
"I guess..-you're still bringing earplugs right?- I guess I can... put up with him as a room mate. I know actually I -have- to, but... I don't honestly know that I can be friends with him. He was a Galactic, even if he helped get us out... Still was a part of that team... We still thought him b'fore the whole machine thing..." She paused at a thought. "Sorry. You didn't ask to hear this."
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:12 pm
"No need to apologize. All good points. I wasn't there when you guys stormed the castle so I probably have a different perspective on the whole thing. And, as we were discussing earlier, I grew up with a big jerk. So I'm more ah.. acclimated. Still. I have a sneaking suspicion that he's not used to being shown kindness. Might change his attitude a bit. Might not." Lore shrugged. "I'm gonna leave that one up to you. You're the one who has to try to sleep in the same room. And I will definitely bring those earplugs."
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:35 pm
Even if she had wanted to, she doubted she'd have been able to keep from attending to the dart. It just... wouldn't have been right to leave it there.
She nodded agreement as Lore spoke, smiling properly when he promised to bring the earplugs.
"I'll venture on the 'might not' side but... Well, you're right. Got t' share a room."
She was still going to keep a pokeball close while she slept, or maybe just keep Palu or someone out of their ball, but trusting the ex-Galactic wasn't quite the same as showing kindness, so the latter without the former was, thankfully, something she could do.
"Thanks."
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:41 pm
Lore nodded, "For what it's worth, even if he never says it, I'm sure he'll appreciate it." Smiling, he patted Tambrey's shoulder, "I should get back to my quarters. I left Cap and Esp in there. No telling what they've lit on fire by now."
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