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Post by Mia Kearney on Jan 26, 2018 5:18:08 GMT -8
Mia was about to offer Nik their seat back but as he took one on the coffee table she just shrugged and took the comfier seat on the couch again, hitting it with a light bounce as she let her whole weight fall into it, not bothering, and majorly incapable of re-folding the shirts in her state and laying them over the couch behind her. Marcie herself was careful to re-fold them and even placed the carefully removed wrapping paper around them so they were a bit more 'together' to carry home later.
Mia looked over to Sera, muttering a light. "Sorry~" But with a cheeky enough smirk to show she in no way regretted snatching that shirt and tossing it about, her eyes dipping up to Nik as they openned Dasha's present...it may not have been something she'd ever buy for anyone, but hey, if they liked it, that was what mattered eh? She shot a brief look to Dasha and just...offered a smile. She made Nik happy, and that made her happy, so she was at least a little appreciative for her being here.
As Orion handed his presents out, Marcie took the Boss lady cup in her hands, snickering as she opened it and reaching over to ruffle Orion's hair just a tad. "You know, I was expecting my shirts to say this exact same thing.~" She leaned down and, much like Nik, gave Orion just a light kiss on the top of his head in thanks, brushing her thumb over the wording before carefully putting it to one side. She...admittadly liked the shirts a little more, but Orion giving her a present had a stronger effect just from it being him.
Mia herself tore open any wrapping on the mugs with her teeth like before, snickering a little at it. She...maybe felt a bit bugged about the fact that it was an avocado, something she hated, but she hadn't known Orion that well, and she assumed Orion didn't know her that well either. Heck it was probably something Nik didn't even know given it just likely hadn't come up...though really with how much of a carnivore she was she almost assumed it'd be obvious...
All the same, she lifted it and offered a faint smile. "Thanks green." She blinked and snickered as she realized all the green in the room. "Er...Green prime."
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Jan 26, 2018 17:45:57 GMT -8
When Sera didn't give a reaction initially (or at least not a visible one), Jazz simply shrugged it off and sat back. Watching as Nik opened the gift from Dasha, Jazz smirked a bit. Heh. He was pretty cute when he got excited like that. Then Orion started to handout the suspiciously wrapped gifts that obviously couldn't be cups of some sort. And... another mug for the boyfriend? Was he the only one left out of the loop about who this mysterious guy was. It seemed that there was a common theme here, chocolates and mugs. Mmmm, this was nice. He'd watch as the others opened them, more than a little amused at Dasha and Marceline's mugs. When he opened his own, Jazz snickered a bit too much. It was pretty fitting honestly. The chocolates were pretty awesome too and he was pretty quickly popping one into his mouth. Mmmm. That was really nice, actually. "Noice~, thanks 'rion," Jazz mused briefly, eating another one of the chocolates. Were these homemade? Ehh, whatever the case they were pretty nice regardless. Chocolate was chocolate in the end.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Jan 26, 2018 21:30:12 GMT -8
Sera feigned a smile as she unwrapped her mug. Ah.. That one meme she never saw the appeal of and vaguely knowing she was a coordinator, how nice, heh... Ah, at least the chocolates should be tasty, and it was nice of him to try, right? (She actually would appreciate Niso's more when she saw it later, but for now left it unwrapped and set with his other present.) Nik tried not to frown too visibly at Marcie's affection toward Orion, making a point to focus on anything e-- "Oh! Shit I forgot." While others were opening their gifts, Nik scurried off to their room and quickly dug around, carrying another shirt. As they returned, they heard Mia thanking Orion and smirked. "You all heard it. My green is best green, her words not mine~"But as they drew closer, "Ah, but Mia~ Sorry I didn't wrap this one, I guess it got separated from the others at some point and I almost forgot I had it. But for Mark~" They tossed the shirt at her, pretty sure Mark was going to be very annoyed but hoping there'd be some amusement mixed in too.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Jan 27, 2018 7:57:10 GMT -8
Dasha caught Mia's brief glance and sort of just… smiled for a moment as well. She had not forgotten her first impressions but those could be put off for a little at least. It was Christmas- or close enough. Which… she had to remind herself again looking at this mug. Best intentions, right. Best intentions.
Orion smiled so very softly at Marcie's thanks. Some vague part of him wanted to lean in, but he resisted for now instead leaning back more into the couch after. "Welcome~" he may have started to say something else but was cut off by Nik's exclamation. Hmmmm? Ah well, he'd go back to watching everyone open their presents.
Mia's words had Orion snickering a little. Green- green prime, heh. "Alpha Green," he answered much quieter. The tallest and biggest of the greens there. Yes. Awe, man he was hoping for a bigger reaction out of Jazz, but whatever heh. Least the chocolates seemed to be going over well.
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Fighting-Type Gym Leader
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Post by Mia Kearney on Jan 28, 2018 9:22:28 GMT -8
walWith Orion's mug's getting their little reception, Marcie snickered a little at his muttered 'alpha green' title and was about to offer to hand out her presents when Nik realized he'd forgotten one of his own presents. Mia herself was a little surprised Mark was getting something, but given he'd worked for Nik it wasn't too shock-
"...Nik you do realize his next job will be to kill you if he sees this right?~"
Snickering loudly as she looked over it, given only she and Nik really knew who Mark was (Dasha and Orion had briefly seen him at Nik's birthday but that, and knowing who he was were two separate things.) She didn't think to show anyone else, just folding it up on the pile without the ability to stop snickering. "Seriously, he'll love it, but he'll also hate it in equal measure, but I think you know that.~"
With Mia's present recieved, Marcie looked around for a moment, making sure no one else was too eager to give out anything before smiling and hopping off the arm of the couch to take her turn. "Well suppose I need to make my move. Sadly I only know 3 of you, but I'm sure I'll come more prepared if I'm invited to this little get together next year.~" Moving over to her present bag, she handed out her presents to Orion, Nik, and Jazz. Orion's notably larger than the other two. "Nothing as extravagant as our little gym leader I'm afraid but-" She placed herself back on the couch arm beside Orion, smiling wide. "I'm sure you'll all like them."
Jazz's was a small box containing an ID card he could wear around the neck. It was of course for the Azoth facilities, and while Jazz had a temporary one for helping out Luke or making the arm, this one gave him official access to the facilities including a small engineering department and Luke's labs, of course. (Though Luke himself had the right to revoke that privilege on Jazz's card whenever they wanted) Marcie would prompt with a simple gesture for him to also turn it around, and there'd be a small gift card stuck to the back of the ID card, valued about 100 dollars worth for several clothing brands Jazz would be into but Marcie's writer was not very well versed in. "I thought you'd like some full access given how much you've been around lately, especially since we've nearly put in the final adjustments to the facilities. The gift voucher is just so you don't think I'm a cheapskate.~" Of course she HAD spent a fair amount funding Jazz's project but that wasn't exactly for Jazz himself so much as it was for Mia so...
Nik's would be a little similar in nature. No ID card for them of course, but not knowing them too personally par what Orion had ever said about them, she just asked Orion what clothes brands Nik liked, and got them a voucher for those similar to what they'd done for Jazz. Nik's was actually for 70 dollars worth too, given she knew Jazz a little more personally given the work Jazz had been doing in the facility lately, and the time they worked on her boiler.
Finally Orion's, opening it up he'd find a wrapped up cloth case, with a wallet attached to it. The wallet wasn't intended as the present so much as what was inside it. Rather than a gift voucher he'd received a full 2 jobs worth of 'commission', which, given the work he DID for her, was probably a fair bit to receive out of the blue. "That has your Christmas bonus in it.~ Oh! And I got it off the same website as your other gift, look what it can do." She took the wallet once Orion had a good look at it, and brushed her thumb up the 'spine', a small blade popping out like crafting knife might work. "Apparently its based off some anime but I've never seen it. The real presents in there anyway.~"
Waiting excitedly for Orion to unroll the cloth packaging of his real gift, she swung her legs idly as she watched him unroll it. In the wrap was a variety of custom made knives, some suitable for kitchen use, some clearly not, but even those that were seemed more likely to be collected and displayed than actually used. Each knife had the name of a steel type pokemon etched into the handle, and the blade itself seemed to be based off said pokemon. A red steel with a yellow sphere at the base of the blade for Scizzor, a jagged edged blade for steelix, a blue blade with a gold tip for Metagross, and a variety of others such as a knife with a red edge for skarmory or a red and gold for Bisharp and black and silver for Pawniard.
"Each of those is actually made from clippings of the pokemon." She raised a hand to quickly add. "Don't worry, they were all harmlessly retrieved metal shavings forged into each knife. They may be too pretty to use, but I thought you'd enjoy them.~"
Mia leaned back in her seat, giving a long, low whistle. She...vaaaaguely knew Orion was into knives? Yeesh. "Hey, Marcie. Can we be friends before next christmas? I'm kinda in the market for a wrestling belt made from Lucario steel." Marcie rolled her eyes, smirking back at the teasing blonde.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Jan 28, 2018 10:17:00 GMT -8
-His next job will be to kill- Orion's face tightened and twitched, and he struggled, truly truly struggled, not to add in a "Yeah but then he'll pass out on our couch, cop feels, and end up staying" to that. Yellow eyes flickered around, and he managed to gulp it down after a few moments more of twitching.
As Marcie handed out her gifts next, however, Orion paused at the size of said present. Slowly opening it, he slowly took up the cloth case and wallet. He was almost afraid to look in the wallet right then given how much was probably in it, but then remembering Mia's present to Jazz and all the help with the house and everything… he could only really smile at tha- Arceus fuck??? His face had twisted up into something almost goofy and just…wow, heh. That was lovely-
And could only mean…
Slowly unwrapping the knife set, Orion's eyes grew. Fuck??? The little kid in him was jumping up and down and screaming, but the adult exterior just… sat there grinning stupidly. Each one has a bit of Pokemon in it too. A hand reached down to clasp the Skarmory blade's handle, carefully pulling it free from the casing and holding it up. Man, that red was nice. Almost too vibrant to be a blood red but… Oh and the Scizor red was just a little different wasn't it. That handle was a nice touch too. And hhhhh the Metagross one had such a nice sheen to it- and hey this one was Mega Mawile inspired, wasn't it? He could see with that mix of purple and yellow.
He… might have been taking them out and filling an entire fist with them before coming back to reality.
O-oh. Right.
Slipping the knives back into its case and adjusting his glasses, Orion smiled up at Marcie almost a bit too much. "Thank you. They're beautiful." Shifting a hand to the smaller kitchen knives. "I'm sure I can find a place for each one." There was a man cave upstairs that was getting some new knives wasn't it? He'd… probably actually pocket some of the subtler kitchen knives for later, though. Steel Pokemon Steel didn't even rust, after all<3
Dasha slow blinked vaguely mesmerized by the shiny blades as well. She was, of course, a swordswoman herself, after all, granted she wasn't really one for knives but rather their bigger counterparts by definition but… What pretty blades.
Cough.
Dasha sat back and gave a small nod to herself. Yes, they were rather nice, she would agree.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Jan 29, 2018 11:22:40 GMT -8
Jazz didn't really see the shirt that Nik tossed at Mia or really who this Mark guy was but oh well. Mia's short explanation of why Nik was a dead man walking had Jazz snickering a bit but well, it was pretty funny. It certainly made Mia happy at least so that was pretty cool. Hopefully Nik wouldn't be in too much trouble later on but eh, it did seem like a pretty cool shirt if it would elicit that much of a reaction. When Marceline said that it was her turn, Jazz sat up a little bit more. Only knew three of them, hmm? Well he hadn't really been expecting anything from her given how generous she'd been already with helping get Mia's present ready but well, he wasn't going to complain either. The small box he was given looked similar to some sort of jewelry box but the slight shake he gave it didn't give the rattle that he would have expected to hear from some sort of jewelry. He would have opened it right then but Orion's gift had Jazz a bit too curious. That was a pretty big roll thing, huh. As Orion started to open it, Jazz's eyes grew. Arceus, that was a lot of cool knives. And then Orion started pulling each of them out one by one, forming a knife-filled fist with it. Heh, it was pretty cute honestly and each time he pulled another one out, Jazz couldn't help but grin a little more. Damn, how much had those cost? Wait, they were actually made from Pokemon clippings? That was so cool? Why hadn't he thought about working with some from his own Pokemon before? He'd put that thought aside for now though, there was more time to think about that later. After Orion had thanked Marceline for the knives, Jazz's attention shifted back to his gift. It didn't seem to be near as elaborate as Orion's but it didn't need to be anyway. Opening the box, Jazz was surprised to see an ID card for the Azoth facilities he'd been using. Sure he'd had a temporary one to gain access to the labs when he was working on the arm but he'd managed with it well enough. "No fucking way..." Jazz murmured as he pulled out the Azoth card for everyone else to see. Man, man this really meant so much to him? Not because it would be easier for him to get in and out of the labs now but because it gave him the opportunity to learn. He'd had so much fun working on Mia's arm and well... if he could learn how to do things like that for a real job? That would be a dream come true, wouldn't it. The gesture to flip the card over had Jazz gaping all over again. This... what the fuck, Marceline this was almost too much? She'd already been so very generous and now this? "I would never think that. This means a lot, really. Thank you so much," Jazz mused, smirking a bit before setting the ID card back in the box again. They would probably go on that shopping spree later in the week. Not that Nik's t-shirts weren't already amazing but hey, what difference would a few more make.
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Post by Serafeyna Carroll on Jan 29, 2018 12:45:14 GMT -8
Yes, yes Nik did realize that Mark would hate-love it. That was very much the intention and they were grinning fiercely at the thought. But-... oh, it was Marcie's turn, huh?
They didn't drop their smile, but it did gradually weaken as she moved about. Nik didn't really waste time looking at theirs given it was pretty obviously just a gift card but..? "Heh, thanks.." That was.. not enthusiastic, but probably at least like 60% genuine. It was nice she included Nik at all, even if it was really impersonal and may as well just be to look better in front of Orion but who wait what paranoia ahah--
OH SHIT?? Nik jumped a bit at that wallet blade. Okay that was neat, but what was--...
Annnnnnnnnd then Orion unrolled that portable armory of specialized blades, all of which were wanting to excite Nik's inner 12-year-old except for the fact that they kind of wanted to throw up. Even the cool kitchen stuff they'd caught on sale for Orion didn't feel like it held a candle to this and... it was kind of slowly sinking in that after sinking all that money into the house Nik might never be able to spoil him to this degree again, or at least couldn't do so without ample saving and planning. And Marcie could just... do whatever apparently, couldn't she? Nik... hadn't thought they cared much about wealth since moving to Veria and realizing how much happier they were living on a smaller budget, but... Losing the ability to just splurge on awesome things for their adorable boyfriend was something they had not considered in full before now. They 'knew' but.. they guessed they didn't know...
Yet with such a giddy smile on Orion's face, what place was there for bitterness? It was more just... envious despair. Wishing they were the one to elicit this reaction, and fearing she could do more for him than they ever could in the long run...
Nik... just needed something to ground them probably. "Hey babe," they prompted softly. "Wanna let me set that over with my guitar and stuff for now?" Fortunately Orion didn't protest; Nik wasn't sure how much they could have countered that right now, heh... But once the knives were rolled back up and Nik had set the roll aside, they sort of plopped down into Orion's now-open lap and snuggled up. "Couch is full but I got the best seat..~" Granted that was actually a tough call between Orion and Mia but Mia wasn't the one Nik was feeling insecure about right this minute heh.
Sera had watched this whole scene play out, a little more privy to the show than everyone else given both her general empathy and her familiarity with Nik in particular. Sera could identify trends in hi-her feelings much easier than a stranger's or acquaintances at this point, and she'd have been vaguely tempted to offer her a hug if she hadn't cuddled up with Orion. ..Aww~
Well if that was probably settled at least for the moment. "Should I go next~?" she offered. Hopping up and bouncing around the table to get back to the tree without stepping over any legs, she grabbed up her bag and spun around with it. "Yoooooouuu are all in luck, you know~!" she chimed. "A little Delibird told me who all to expect, so I got my boyfriend to help me make homemade presents for each and every one of you!" She beamed, then add as a bit more of an aside as she started to dig in the bag, "Think he may've added a bit for a few of you, but still~ Presents for everyone this round!"
Marcie was closest to the tree, so she got a homemade plush Gardevoir, about six inches high, with the upper dress modified to look a bit more like a business suit. With it was an envelope containing a check, written to Marcie, from Niso's allowance account that Marcie already had control of. A check from herself to herself, as his personal gift~! :D
Orion should-- orrrr his could have sunk to the bottom of the bag so oh look, Dasha was next! A plush Absol around the same height with a little blue collar and a snowflake pendant would be produced for her. It wasn't just felt or fabric sewn into fluffy shapes, either; it was quite fluffy with fake fur around the neck ruff~
Jazz would receive a similarly sized and similarly fluffed Luxray, albeit without a distinguishing mark.
Mia received a plush Chesnaught, colored like Chezzers naturally! His arms were wrapped around a small plastic toy gun with an extend-o-boxing glove on the end. The glove, in turn, was wrapped around two PokeBalls containing some Pokemon Niso had caught for Mia, though even Sera didn't realize that part when she handed it over, neither realizing they were there nor knowing what was inside.
Nik got a small stuffed Jasna with a jingle bell collar, and rainbow socks pulled over her arms that made Nik snicker. They'd have to put those on later~ ...meanwhile, Jasna got a small stuffed Nik that made her (only briefly) drop her Bounsweet to squeak with shocked delight! She hugged it tight and made several excited grateful noises at Sera before settling back in with her new plush tucked under her arm and her paws pulling the Bounsweet back up to gnaw on gently. Honestly, Nik was more excited about her reaction than their own gift, although they did love it a lot.
Orion at last would get a plush Mr. Fish, notably bigger than the other gifts (at about a foot long) and weighted with beanbag filling mixed into the fluffier filling to make it extra heavy and floppy and good to squeeze. With it was a larger envelope stamped with a big conspicuous red [TOP SECRET] stamp, the words "FOR ORION'S EYES ONLY" scrawled across it in a handwriting not Sera's but probably recognizable to a few here. "For later~" she quietly assured him.
Stepping back, Sera gave everyone a moment to take in their gifts before giggling. "I hope you all like them~! We worked pretty hard to get all the patterns down." By which she meant mostly she did and got Niso to help where he could (and with funding materials), and it had been a really nice change of pace to have something she could focus and work on with her hands, but still~ "Of course I hadn't met all of you, so for Dasha's and Jazz's picks I had to ask Nik for ideas and for Marcie's I had to ask Niso, but hop--"
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The smile had frozen on her face and would not leave, but all the color was rushing away. Eyes quietly darted around the room. Who here knew? Who might, who didn't? Eyes... settled mostly between Dasha and Jazz.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Jan 29, 2018 13:47:23 GMT -8
As excited as he was and as much as he didn't want to give up the knives, Orion recognized the subtleties of Nik's tone well enough and wouldn't protest for now. As they sat down on him, he wrapped one arm around their waist comfortably.
Sera was up next, and as presents were dished out, Dasha was- so endeared? Tiny Snowflake was so cute??? Hugging the Absol plush to her face, she breathed in the fake fur for a few seconds before easing up again. It could never hold a candle to the real deal, but it was so cute too. She almost wanted to let Snowflake out to come see her mini-me! She would startle, however, when Orion's voice hit the air for a second.
"FISHYYYYYYYY!" Even if it wasn't the real Fishy, this was so squishy fishy what a good fish. Hhhhhhhhhhh. It was so cute and soft and hhhhhhhhh. The top-secret letter had him vaguely suspicious but he'd grin a little at Sera's words before giving a small nod.
Dasha gave some quiet thanks only after that, content to kind of just feel through the Absol's mane and-
…… …………. ……………………………..
She'd heard that, didn't she. Blue eyes held hard on Sera's face and then flickered to Marcie almost immediately after. Niso Konto knows Marcie. This was … Orion's boss if she remembered right, an accomplished breeder among other things. Blue eyes dropped down to the plush that she had been given and then flickered up again. The woman with the mask… Who'd had a Gardevoir fighting at the Gala. Who'd cut her face at the Gala. Dasha's hands were fidgeting before slowly clasping her knees.
She was… jumping to conclusions. Dasha knew that. With that head trauma she could easily just be exacerbating details even but- no. No this had been in her own report. A woman with green hair and a slim build. Someone who knows Niso Konto well enough to give her a Gardevoir plush. Like a signature Pokemon. Stop it. Stop it. NOPE.
Orion felt his blood pressure drop. Very, very physically. The way Dasha had looked at Sera.... and was staring at Marcie was… disconcerting at best and at worst… Fuck. Fuck. Fucking????
"What do either of you two know of Niso Konto? As if she didn't already know Sera's connection. But Dasha wasn't about to let anyone off the hook right then.
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Post by Mia Kearney on Jan 29, 2018 14:36:25 GMT -8
So, so glad her presents had gotten such a warm reaction from Jazz, and especially Orion, the young woman let out a light giggle, briefly toying with one of the knives herself, almost about to manipulate it with her telekinesis but suppressing the instinctive urge quickly enough. Nik...sounded less than impressed, but in truth she cared very little what he thought of his gift. Jazz and Orion were the two people she was closest to here, and while the gift card to Jazz may still have been impersonal, she was glad he liked the ID. "Well hopefully you can both put these to use...well the ID card to see Luke or use the labs, and the knives...well, some of them are too pretty to actually use but I'm sure Nikki will let you display them somewhere hm?~"
As Sera seemed to take her turn to give out gifts, Marcie was a little surprised by the clearly home made plush...she'd been quite into plushes growing up, but now...honestly, as much as it seemed a little childish, this was so very sweet? She was surprised for a moment that Sera knew she had a Gardevoir (or assumed she knew given the other signature pokemon that seemed to be handed out after her own), and even if she had no idea where she'd put it, she was sure she'd keep it...what was this enve-SNRK. Oh dear. She nearly burst out laughing as she realized what Niso had done, rolling her eyes and letting out a soft sigh. If only the little twerp knew she was already taking his money.
"Thank you dear these are wonderful.~"
Mia was similarly surprised by her own but she was almost sure Sera must have seen Chezzers at least once...and if not she may have told the girl about him in passing. The toy boxing glove sounded like it was Niso's little addition and like Marcie she couldn't help but laugh a little, the two pokeballs adding further surprise as they fell out of the boxing glove tip of the gun.Meditite and Makuhita huh?~ She was looking to add some lesser evos to her roster. "Heh, this is great.~ I feel like Chezzers and Vesta are gonna hug this more than me, but I'll be sure not to let the lycanroc's get it. Thing's too cute to get chewed to bits."
Everything seemed pretty good, Jazz had presents to give and then they were all wrapped up for chrismtas. Heh, nothing could-
.....go wrong.
Fuck fuck fuck. Both Mia and Marcie were on EDGE the moment that name spilled. Mia knew everyone in the room who knew, both from talking to Nik and Niso himself respectively, but Marcie was only actively aware of Orion and Sera. Either way, for both of them, the fact this info was coming out in the presence of an INTERPOL AGENT was NOT a good thing. Mia doubted they could do much to her she couldn't handle with the support she tended to have from Liggs but like Nik she could easily lose her job over this. Her job was...fucking everything!? She loved being a gym lleader and even if that was all that came out of this slip up it was not something she wanted in the slightest.
Marcie meanwhile freaked out a little more as, much like Dasha, the dots connected in her head. She already recognized the woman whose face she cut, but now Dasha had plenty of tools to figure out who she was. Just connecting her to Niso implied a LOT...wait...wait she was probably making things so much worse by even looking so on edge...shit...okay...okay she can work with this...rather than calm herself down, she ran with this feeling of dread...amplifying it just a bit without getting overly dramatic, and calming herself just enough to talk as Dasha pointedly asked her question.
"I erm...I've encountered him once." A lie easy enough to disprove by at least half the room, but she ran with it, pulling on information Niso had let slip, following his 'modus operandi' as it were. "He encountered me on the way to an event held by an old friend of mine...Mister Alexander Rose?" She tried to convey a nervous tone in her voice, but also the subtle influence of her psychic suggestion to make her lie more convincing. Having recently improved her skill, it would almost seem plausible to even those who knew it to be a lie, with only Orion likely able to detect what she was doing given how much time he'd spent with her using it on others. "The boy hypnotized me with his Beheeyem. I...don't honestly remember a lot of that evening, but I woke in my apartment rather dazed, my adoptive daughter - I'd taken her as my guest - similarly so..."
She lowered her head, hoping she was selling this well but not letting her nerves show.
"I don't recall anything of the night but...well. It was not too hard to infer from the reports that followed what occurred." She shot Sera a faintly sharp, almost fearful look as though she had not been at all aware she was dating the chaos lord, quietly crumpling the check in her palm behind her back to try and remove as much connection to the dark child as possible in such a short time.
Mia herself sunk a little into her seat...she was in no way as good a lier as Marcie, just managing to let out a nervous chuckle as if she didn't have a clue what was going on. "Hey er...I know things are a little tense right now but I'm sure Sera didn't mean THAT Niso? I mean, not every name belongs to just one person right? I mean some Sera-ish name won a contest a few months ago right?"
Her attempts to avoid the truth were kinda hampered by the fact she'd given Sera a gift for Niso earlier, but...come on maybe this'd work? E-even if she knew Dasha knew about Niso and through Nik FUCK FUCK FUCK.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Jan 29, 2018 18:11:07 GMT -8
When Sera announced it was her turn, Jazz wasn't really expecting to get anything from her. He didn't know her that well after all so he could hardly expect her to give him something. The announcement that Sera had gifts for everyone, handmade gifts even had Jazz smirking a little bit especially when his own turned out to be a tiny fluffy Luxray that did look a little bit like Kovu. Aw man, he was grinning just a little bit too much and was already reaching for Kovu's pokeball to show him off when Orion's voice had him jumping. Heh. Of course Orion's was a Mr. Fish look alike but then that begged the question of how Sera had known what to get them. "Thanks Sera~, this is awesome,"Jazz mused, holding the adorable plush close. As much as he wanted to show Kovu right then, letting out the Luxray in a party like this might not be the best idea right then. Yeah, he'd show off the new plush later. With this in mind, Jazz put the pokeball back in his pocket while Sera went on about the presents and even answered the question about how she knew about them. Ohh, so Nik was the 'little Delibird' Sera had mentioned earlier. That made sense but-.... ..... How the hell did Sera know Niso fucking Konto. Arceus, fuck if Niso was in on this... Was this some kind of sick joke? Niso had been the one to almost throw Kovu in the ocean. No, no wait... there had to be more people with the name 'Niso,' right? There was no use getting worked up about this right now. Sera seemed like such a cool person, surely this mysterious boyfriend couldn't be the infamous Niso Konto, right? Dasha's next words however put a damper on that theory when she named Niso Konto right then and there. Closing his eyes, Jazz took a deep breath, trying his best not to just... lose it in front of everyone. You know what? It'd be easier just to erase all trace of doubt and see if he could see any of that scary aura on anyone. A few more deep breaths was all it took before Jazz opened his eyes again and squinted at the bright auras that filled the room. Fuck, that always took a bit to get used to initially. A brief scan around the room didn't reveal anything which was a relief to be honest and lent some truth to Marceline's story about only seeing Niso once. Jazz wanted to believe her and it set his mind at ease honestly. But... huh, was Dasha's question meant for him too? "Niso scared me half to death wid 'is crazy aura, kidnapped me, 'n almost tossed Kovu, my partner Pokemon, into teh ocean," Jazz explained briefly, gesturing to the Luxray plush in explanation as to who this Kovu was. Still, he wasn't entirely sure whether or not this Niso was Sera's boyfriend or... well, that would explain why her face paled but ugh. Whatever, it was Christmas, or Friendsmas rather and it was his turn next. Standing up, Jazz stretched and set the plush down next to the couch before walking over to Sera and stealing the santa hat from her head with a smirk. "My turn to play santa now~. I knew the guest list so everyone gets one. But Mia has to wait til last to open hers~~~,"Jazz mused, placing the hat on his head. Well, hopefully the change of subject would help. If not? He tried at any rate.
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Post by Serafeyna Carroll on Jan 29, 2018 19:22:19 GMT -8
Why did Sera have to do that. Everyone was enjoying their gifts. Why could she not have just.... HHHHH.... Nik tried to maintain a steady calm.
Tying Niso to Marcie gave them an urge to roll their eyes and groan, but they'd refrain from doing it physically at least. It was barely surprising at this point. Orion had met him, Marcie was some secret criminal. So sure, why the fuck not.
But it was Marcie's explanation itself that got Nik's attention. The Gala? Nik... wanted to believe her story, but what they knew from Orion had them at least suspicious there might be more to the story than she let on? But... Either way, Nik now recalled... a green-haired woman with a Gardevoir gathering up those bitches he'd tried to fight off on the stairs. Those pieces of shit that nearly collapsed the stairs with the hostages on them and who weren't afraid to attack hostages directly. Nik was livid to think Marcie might have been connected to this, but right now...
Right now this was something to confront her and Niso about later to compare stories. Dragging out the case against Marcie only risked riling Dasha more, and--
...Mia. Mia no you were adorable for trying but-- JAZZ. Jazz no you-- "Sit down kid," Nik borderline snapped at him. "We gotta thing to deal with before anyone's gonna be able to enjoy presents." ...Although some part of them briefly had the thought flash through their mind of grabbing up the guitar and playing an impromptu musical number about friendship and forgiveness, ahahaha........ ah........
Sera was choking on whimpers and trying to figure out how to reply. She didn't want to call Mia a liar but? she had given her a gift for Niso? How did she expect to now pretend she didn't--.... mwwwhh?? "It's..." Wow she was getting so much fear and anger and confusion from the room and... Taking a deep breath, she tried to put up...not quite a wall but a fog between herself and all of it, not blocking but dampening it at least. "It's that Niso..." she affirmed simply, nerves still friend but drawing on the resolve of her feelings to push through.
Nik slipped off Orion's lap and stood, eager to play damage control before anyone else slipped anything. "RIGHT. So.. Welcome to the conspiracy, apparently," they muttered dryly. "Dancing around shit's just gonna piss off or worry everyone, and the short version's still pretty long so buckle up a minute.
"Sera was in Niso's hostage group at said gala, somehow charmed him into letting everyone go. They started dating and he's still a dangerous nut job but has at least sworn of killing anyone thanks to her. They're???" Nik huffed exasperatedly, face scrunching a bit in disdain. "Obnoxiously cute together some-goddamn-how so she convinced me trying to reform him would be better penance than just locking him up, given? It's not really like we can kill him or wait for him to die, is it." A fact they regularly hated that they had to recall.
"Orion and Mia eventually got dragged into this and can probably vouch more for his redeemability than I can. Incidentally, Mia's involvement is the most important thing no one here needs to mention to anyone." A pasted smile carried a vague almost-threat-almost-beg of sorts, which might not have had any meaning to Jazz or Marcie, but it wasn't meant for them. Stubborn and headstrong and devoted to her job as Dasha could be, Nik severely hoped she could accept this was The Line; Nik and Orion could deal with Whatever but they wouldn't risk Mia's whole life being wrecked.
"Full offense but these two human beacons of sunshine--" Nik vaguely nodded toward Mia and Sera-- "and this way too relatable asshole--" they nodded to Orion-- "have healed me more than I ever dreamed was possible so... Yeah, that's the thing, that's the plan. I know he's still... doing shit like..." They flailed an arm toward Jazz. "And dude he broke into my apartment and threatened me and Jasna once so like, I get it... But he knows better than to do anything irreversible and..??" Nik gave a big, emphatic, no-fucks-left-to-give shrug. "Guess it sounds kinda fuckin' stupid to keep pelting him with the Magic of Friendship until he's a decent human being but I mean. Helping his cute-ass girlfriend make stuffed animals for her friends is a damn better use of his time than the shit he'd be doing without her so." ... Sera should not have found "cute-ass girlfriend" vaguely pleasing right then but she supposed there was no harm in enjoying it either.
He sighed heavily, deflating. "So yeah. Ya'll don't gotta be 'is friends with us. Jazz, Marcie, I know you were both pretty traumatized by dealing with him and I'm not asking you to trust him. But. Trust me or Orion, just... Let us try and keep this under wraps, aight?" Marcie they swore if you were actually guilty you'd better fucking appreciate this by the way, but... hhhhhhhh. "...That about it?" they asked everyone else. "Did I miss anything?" They were as much begging everyone not to say shit if they did as anything but... eugh.
"...Not really," Sera murmured, twisting a lock of her hair nervously. She wasn't really sure how to feel about Nik just kind of jumping in and spilling everything, but she guessed... it did help kind of set a story for everyone to stick to, yeah? And... as much as she didn't know how to feel about, there was always one thing she did. "I know he still has... really destructive tendencies but.. we're working on those. And he's done a lot lately to find healthier outlets and..." She steeled her nerves. "There is... so much love in his heart when he just has something to help him tune into it. He is... just...? .... I love him..." she said, soft but still resolved, and did her best to project out some of that feeling to add weight to her words. "If he can change isn't a question to me; it's just a matter of how long..."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Jan 29, 2018 19:52:03 GMT -8
Dasha ignored almost everyone else in the room save for Marceline right then. Blue eyes remained transfixed on yellow ones, and they would not let up even once at the explanation. She was there at Rose Manor, at the Gala. She had been- "The boy hypnotized me with his Beheeyem" - How much did she believe that? How much could she? Even if this plausibility did worm its way into her mind given what she knew of Niso Konto after scanning his files so much after their encounter- …. If it was true she needed to follow up more closely with Amor Rose. That motherfucker. His impression during the Gala had not been forgotten. And yet… and yet she still… You are not off the hook yet though she mentally shot at Marcie regardless.
Mia's response had Dasha's gaze flickering hard to the side. Hadn't she- didn't she say something about knowing Sera's boyfriend just minutes ago? The hair pin? NIK Really? How far down did this go and why. Why was yet another Gym Leader involved in this if it was the case? I'm jumping to conclusions- or was she just hyper aware of the expressions on their faces and the inflections of their voices. How much of it was in her head right then?
When Jazz piped up, Dasha went rigid for a second, not quite registering that he was also in the room until that point. Aura- Elena Benoit had said something about that too when she'd interviewed her. Jazz had seen Niso too. Was saying anything about Niso right then. Even if he was innocent, the fact he was talking at all made her immediately suspicious of him too. And changing the subject had her snapping out a simple "Sit down." right after- right in time with Nik, actually. Great job twins. Great job.
It's that Niso- Dasha's eyes flicked away from Marceline to reflect Sera's. AND NIK? Nik what. Nik. Are you even- Mia's involvement is the most important thing no one here needs to mention to anyone. Oh fucking NO. She was not going to play into this anymore. Dasha's hands balled into fists. Nope. No. Her eyes flickered so dangerously at Nik it was palpable.
. .. ….. ………… ……………………… …………….. …… … . Dasha was crying. The glossiness of her gaze clashed hard with the sternness of her features. Her entire body was shaking ever so slightly. She was standing, turning, and making a bee line for the front door. She'd yank back or slap anyone who tried to grab her or stop her until her hand was at the door knob. Without significant force involved, she would yank it open and leave. The Absol plush was long forgotten.
Orion sat on the couch transfixed. He was deathly aware that Marcie was lying, and just as aware her psychic prowess was influencing some of the atmosphere. Every part of him was begging to run, and every part of him was yelling at Nik to stop but there he was blinking slowly, dazed. "Arceus damn…"
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Post by Mia Kearney on Jan 30, 2018 4:30:07 GMT -8
Oh...oh Jazz. It was almost sweet how quickly he tried to move on from what should have been a stunning fact. Was he that excited to give Mia her present or did he just not have the energy to deal with this? She almost wanted to try and support him and get the last lot of presents moving, but it was clear between the Laskas that this wouldn't be an option. Well...at least Nikki seemed to stick with her lie, as easy as it would likely be for her to disprove it just through what she knew Orion did for her...
She may have mouthed a quiet 'thank you' when she was sure Dasha wasn't looking.
Mia was...ugh. Thanks Nik but....somehow asking there be no pressure on her just felt like it was adding more unspoken pressure. Her head fell forward and her hand ran up through her hair...she wasn't getting out of this scot free. Between the present and attempt to hide it she could at least get done for aiding and hiding a criminal or some shit...bye bye nice home. Bye bye nice gym...
Her head a whirlwind of ideas, she tried to think of how this could be fixed at all...if she vouched for Niso openly that was just admitting guilt here...and what could she say!? The twerp mostly just plays video games and chases rumbas under couches so we're all innocent? Yeeeah that'd work...shit Dasha was heading for the door! Marcie felt a sense of relief since, even if this all meant she'd be looked into by interpol, she had time to prepare better lies before she saw Dasha again, Mia though...
Darting up without thinking, she put herself between Dasha and the door, slap, yank, or otherwise she blocked the door. Yeah, cause THIS was a good idea!? Piss off the interpol agent who probably held your job in her hands right now!!! She just...she felt if Dasha left here right now she'd leave more pissed than understanding. She wanted to say something like she should stay and listen, or try and talk to them before charging out pissed, but all that actually came out was-
"You really think you can move me?"
YEAH! AGGRAVATE THE POLICE!?
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Jan 30, 2018 15:22:25 GMT -8
Damn, there was no reason to bite his head off for trying. It was... actually kinda weirding him out how both Dasha and Nik had told him to sit down at the exact same time. Throwing his hands up a bit, Jazz turned on his heels and flopped back on the couch, folding his arms in front of himself. Fuck this. Like he really wanted to hear about Niso fucking Konto. And then Sera destroyed any doubts he might have had by affirming that yes, her boyfriend was that Niso. Fuck. If he had a hand in making the plush toys, then that meant... A look of disdain crossed his features as he thought about the last time he'd seen Niso. Kovu had at least bitten off his hand, not that that meant a hell of a lot considering the nature of that punk kid's aura. Welcome to the conspiracy. Woah, what the fucking Arceus? Did Nik really expect him to believe that everyone in this room knew Niso in some regard? Not only that but were actively protecting him? Fuck this shit, he was done. If he hadn't been looking forward to this day and the fact that he lived in this house now, he would've walked right out the door instead of listen to this bullshit about Niso being cute. Alright, there was some merit to that claim, ruining a building for said girlfriend was kinda cute but fuck if Jazz wasn't still bitter for threatening Kovu. If nothing else, that was unforgiveable, at least to him. Nik explaining that Niso had threatened him and Jasna too had Jazz leering a little bit less but hell, he was still pissed about being lied to for apparently a fucking long time. The 'Magic of Friendship' bit had Jazz snorting a bit derisively but he didn't say anything. At least Nik said that he didn't have to be friends with Niso because there was no fucking way he was going to change his mind about that asshole. Whatever, he didn't ask to be a part of this fucking conspiracy but here he was. It would be so fucking easy to just remove himself from this situation and hole up in his room until everyone left. Sera's last words did little to change his mind about Niso. He knew, he knew that everyone had the capacity to change given half of chance but hell he really didn't want to hear about that asshole anymore. And then Dasha got up and tried to storm out of the room only for Mia to block her path. Oh great. Just fucking wonderful. What else could fucking go wrong. Like he cared what anyone else fucking did. Everyone else except for Dasha and arguably Marceline was on Niso's side. For all he was, Jazz kept his mouth shut. Cursing Nik out for giving a fucking lecture would do nothing but make things worse. That and he was still seething from everyone apparently lying to his face about Niso. Fuck. And he had even told Nik about what had happened with Kovu earlier. Fuck this, fuck everything. Some party this turned out to be.
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