Welcome to Gaia! ::

She was staring at him again.

1337 wasn't sure how he felt about this whole ordeal. Yet there she was, across from him at the table in the Dining Commons. She smiled at him, oddly enough seeming to enjoy his company, where the computer hacker really couldn't say the same thing.

She was an annoyance.

"...ya know... I know I'm easy on the eyes... but seriously... yer creeping me out..."

A small snicker came from the opposite side of the table. Eventually, the small fox-like creature hopped up onto the table top, padding up to his lunch tray, then shoving her bright green paws into his pile of food.

"...is that your way of saying you're hungry?"

The Zorua's bright green eyes stared towards the metal visor, almost as if she could see past the contraption and was trying to stare into his very soul. She didn't answer with anything more than the same snicker as before.

Even though others began to approach, it seemed that the neon green marked Zorua wasn't too bothered by the newcomers. She did, however, stop staring at the strange human so she could play with his food, smooshing her paws through the goop the cafeteria tried to pass off as food. It was like she was drawing something, even if it wasn't truly her intent.

1337, on the other hand, seemed quite aware of the approach of the newcomers and seemed to pay them plenty of attention. "Izzy-face... do ya have a thing fer twins or somethin'?" It wasn't everyday that someone came walking in with two matching Pokemon, but as the hacker recalled, there were also the two matching cat-Pokemon that belonged to the informant as well. Certainly, the observation seemed to hold less meaning the moment one of the two dark types turned out to be the same as the Zorua he had managed to swipe, but in 1337's mind, it still held plenty of truth.

"...yeah... Zorua if I recall correctly... I ain't a fan... I jus' swipe Pokemon when I'm able to... swiped this off of a scientist... " With the back of his hand, he gestured towards the female of the Zorua. "Kunai wants me t'start usin' that runt a bit more in her department... makes sense... except I'm the tech guy..." He shrugged before adding "Plus... I think this one was dipped in radioactive goo or something..."

HAZMAT (who was fond of her nickname that scientist gave her) eventually managed to notice the companion at her side. She let out a couple of "Rua" sounds, informing her companion that she had every intention of getting the goop on the one holding her captive. Despite such a proclamation, she still seemed rather good humored, snickering after her explanation.

"Ain't a fan of useless Pokemon.. I've stolen enough of them... I already have all the tools I could want... " His hand swept to touch the stray puff of fur on the top of the radioactive green-marked Pokemon's head. His fingers paused long enough to tug on the puff. "...but that aside... I ain't a fan of Zorua...at least this one..."

With her hair being tugged in such a manner, her eyes for a moment seemed to pinch shut, causing the glow to momentarily get masked by her bright green eyelids.

1337 eventually let go, which caused the Pokemon to shake off her head. "It's defective... and nobody'd fall for its illusions."

HAZMAT puffed up her cheeks in a defensive manner. She wanted to run her paws over the top of her head which now throbbed slightly, but she couldn't because she needed to wipe her paws off. She barked to her Zorua companion, letting him know that it was just easier to stay as a Zorua and to use her small size and speed to her advantage.

With such shared, the Fox Pokemon then hopped up off the table and onto the hacker's shoulder, leaving a firm mess on his jumpsuit. With a bit of a snicker, she began to rub her paws wherever she could. Jumpsuit, neck, hair, even that metal thing on his head. She kept an eye upon those hands, to make sure they wouldn't harm the hairs on her head again.

"...I think I've got meatloaf mush in my ear..." Where many might have groaned that and proceeded to freak out in an angry manner as to the current turn of events, 1337 soon enough found himself laughing hard from the gut. It wasn't exactly pleasant feeling, but it certainly was hilarious in itself.

The reaction seemed to stun the Pokemon that was on his shoulder into a strange silence, her eyes flicking to his expression, then to the mess she made. That wasn't quite what she wanted, but if anything, it was further proof that this human was weird.

What followed the green Zorua's actions only seemed to further fan the fire of 1337's amusement. By the time Izaya had managed to restrain his own Pokemon momentarily, the man was pounding his fist into the table and shoving his visor down against the same surface. HAZMAT, as a result, tumbled off of his shoulder from the sudden shift, and soon enough had her whole rump covered in goop.

Eventually, the hacker seemed to calm himself enough to actually address some of the comments that had been made before the hilarity had started. "With the exception of my toys... all of the Pokemon in the storage boxes are general use. I just swiped what I am able to... never said I had to want the Pokemon... plus... they occasionally are useful just for the sake of trading out later. I traded a useless Gengar t'get my Alakazam..." It really was the best trade ever, since the Alakazam was very useful, where as the Gengar literally only had two moves, the ones it was hatched with.

Lifting his head up, he shoved a pinky in his ear that had been assaulted with meatloaf, clearing it out a bit. "Aaaand... I'm compiling a thorough write up of the runt's abilities for Shrimpy-pie... I am pretty sure I know why she wants me t'use this Pokemon in particular... but dealing with Shrimpy-pie... you gotta do sh*t in Shrimpy-pie style... she can't argue with fully documented assessments." With that big grin of his still on his face, he reached to his side pouch and began to fish out a little vial of black goop.

"...Hey... Pokemon... get yer a** outta my lunch..." Yes, despite all of the recent play with his food, 1337 still seemed intent upon eating.

HAZMAT stuck out her tongue and made a sound like she wanted to cough up a hairball. She let out a whimper to ask her fellow Zorua if this human really was serious?!

Pointing the pinky he had used to clear out the gunk from his ear at Izaya, he gave him food for thought.

"If I liked th'taste of a** so much, I'd be kissing it a bit more, wouldn't I?" The computer hacker didn't exactly have a sparkling reputation filled with pleasing his superiors with good behavior. He laughed, though which particular reason was not certain. There were a few hilarious comments, along with the fact that the blue Zorua had decided to sample some of Satan's Blood and was now acting like a little pansy about the whole ordeal.

HAZMAT tilted her head slightly at her companion before looking up to the visor-wearing human again. Whatever was in that vial had hurt this other Pokemon, who hadn't done anything wrong! It was one thing for him to pick on her, but it was another to pick on anybody else. Her fur noticeably bristled.

Despite the fact the radioactive runt seemed upset, 1337 acted as if she was being absolutely normal. And like she had already moved out of his pile of food. He tilted the vial over so the goop could start touching up the mush.

Having at least half a brain, the female of the Zorua duo easily abandoned the pile of food, nudging her male companion to do the same. Only once they seemed safe from the goo, she patted the suffering Pokemon.

"I don't think that's the only problem the runt's got, t'be honest... even behavior aside..." Grabbing the pathetic plastic spoon from the table, he began to stir the sauce into the mush, trying to spread the flavor out evenly.

"Hey Izzy-face... wanna try some of this sauce?" His grin seemed to spread out a bit wider before he added "It's delicious sh*t!"

Izaya had once told the hacker that he preferred to get his victims to talk, to give him the information that he wanted. That in itself might have been a mistake. Nobody needed to actually know that Kunai had somehow actually earned 1337's respect. Though, in all honesty, that didn't mean that he didn't like to occasionally try to ruffle her feathers, even though most attempts were failures.

"Seth was just too easy... poke that Ursaring with a stick and it'd be after ya. It was almost too much fun ta see how little one had to push his buttons to make him go off!" There was a snicker before he dug his spoon into the mush, then lifted it to his mouth, actually placing the contents in his mouth. Once it was in his mouth, the spoon was eventually withdrawn, and he clenched his teeth together. Mmmmm... flavor! It eventually required a bit of chewing, but not as much as it should have required. He swallowed the mouthful down before commenting, "I find ways to keep myself entertained!"

Babysitting Zoruas was probably not on his list of acceptable activities.

HAZMAT sat near the glass, her tail lashing back and forth as she glared at the human who was now eating the stuff with the black goop that made her companion hurt. Where as she had been grinning earlier, her expression seemed to have soured into something more serious. She barked out a couple times, namely to just apologize for what her human captor had done.

1337 shoveled a couple more mouthfuls of goop into his mouth, each time seeming to have little to no problem with the spicy factor the blue Zorua seemed to freak out about. Eventually he commented "...that information's going in my report... sorry, no spoilers for you, Izzy-chan!" The mention of ootoro did not go unnoticed.

"...if I were to put some of this sauce on some Ootoro... would ya try it?"

It was interesting that the informant was still sitting there, seeming to pleasantly cope with how 1337 was eating. Of course, Izaya easily seemed able to pick a good topic to discuss.

1337!

"I would probably eat any food in a good hot sauce! I wouldn't eat Arcanine sh*t if ya put hot sauce on it though." Slopping up one scoop of the mess he was eating, he momentarily ran it past Izaya's nose so he could take a good whiff at the potent spicy sauce he had dumped into the food.

He seemed to be addressing things slightly backwards, because he then backtracked slightly to an earlier statement. "I do also have plenty of toys t'play with too, Izzy-chan. I'm not exactly so one dimensional as to only enjoy one activity...."

And then there was weirdness. The visored man had to cut off his own words to stare in wonder at what one of the Zorua had turned into. "Oh my..." he said in what could almost be interpreted as a lusty tone. Giving the strange form a look over, he had to say one thing: "...I make a hot chick!" He had skipped over the classic "this is weird" reaction and moved onto the narcissistic reaction.

HAZMAT padded up to in front of the illusion version of her handler and sat her rump down. She sniffed slightly in an indignant manner before uttering in a low whine that she preferred her master to this weirdo. Eventually, she leaned her head back so her head was between the two cushions her companion had that 1337 seemed to be lacking.

"...so the runt likes to play with fun-bags too?" The hacker snickered a bit before finally returning back to the conversation.

"...I don't battle so much... it's pointless if ya ask me..." He didn't specialize in battle-ready Pokemon. He specialized in technological tools and intellectual buffs.

And then Izaya had to bat his eyelashes at 1337. That and the comment that followed the action supplied an interesting dilemma as well.

1337 did not want to feed Izaya.

1337 did want to see Izaya's reaction to some intense hot sauce.

"It's not enough that I'd be buyin' ya some Ootoro, now ya want me t'feed ya? This ain't a date, no homo!" With the grin on his face still and a seemingly humored tone to his voice, he reached out with a pointed finger and attempted to poke the fun-bags on the other 1337.

"Who said anything about being nice, Izzy-chan?" The hacker shoveled a few more mouthfuls of food into his widely grinning mouth. The jab at how few activities 1337 liked to partake in seemed to go ignored, but perhaps it had anything and everything to do with the fact the observations were simply not true.

Not that Izaya needed to know that.

Once he emptied his mouth, he stirred the small amount of remaining food while commenting on the bright green Zorua. "And if she were like me, she'd be grinning while using those chest pillows. Maybe motor-boating those curves!" Not that he cared, but it was pretty obvious she wasn't in nearly as playful a mood as before.

The blatant Zorua remained in place, tail lashing back and forth as that obnoxious human seemed to talk about her. The pet on her head was something she needed, easily leaning her head into the motion, guiding the fingers to soothe the right spots behind her ears. She growled out a slight thank you under her breath, but all that odd human was doing was stirring up her emotions. She wanted to go back to her master badly, and this wasn't helping.

He managed to slop the last bit of his lunch down his gullet, but some of it ended up coming back up as he soon enough found himself coughing out in laughter at the next suggestion. Teeny chunks of hot sauce covered meat came up, littering the air. Pushing his tray aside, past the two Zorua in their strange lesbian display, he soon enough shoved his head down against the surface of the table and was pounding the surface in pure amusement.

Something that sounded like a "HELL NAAAAAW" managed to escape the sound of laughter.