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Post by Kali Vincent on Oct 17, 2017 16:04:56 GMT -8
Kali giggled at Blake's comments and particularly the tongue out-- about half for their act and half because it was legitimately fun, honestly. She may not have been interested in anyone but Leon to really be with, and incredibly happy with him, but she'd always find a little flirty banter entertaining now and then.
She jumped a bit as Richard snapped, but decided to let her hubby deal with him. But hey, to help their case and provide a bit of distraction, she shied a bit and whimpered. "He's.. right, you know. Did you ever deal with them?" She reached up and pulled the strap of her tanktop off her shoulder to better show off a large scar there. "A Shadow Rattata of all things gave me this when I was little. Daddy actually got me Nibbler here to help me get over my fear of them."
Nibbler lazily glanced up, knowing this was a blatant lie but pretty used to such things from his human.
"I'm glad I never saw what something like those legends Cipher had could do..."
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Post by Yue Leon Alias on Oct 17, 2017 17:02:47 GMT -8
At the question, Yue bit the inside of his mouth. Thankfully, the conversation gave some breathing room, and Kali’s distraction measures did give him some time to think. As she showed the large scar, he winced in earnest and looked away, taking a slow breath. “I’m so sorry sweetie…” he spoke quietly, not quiet to Kali or anyone in particular. Looking back towards the older man, he smiled a little and gave a shake of head. “It’s a necklace with two pendants attached, a gear and a locket.” He sighed softly looking up and around slowly.
We’re going to need to harvest one of these machiens… Tch, could they really get it without raising suspicion? Well, no reason to get anxious no, the ploy was still working, after all. All was well for now, he just had to keep reminding himself of that.
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Post by SGYUMI on Oct 17, 2017 17:31:57 GMT -8
"...ah...right..." Quieting up fairly quickly between his boss and Kali showing the scar, the young officer eased away from her as the item was described, idly glancing around the room and shifting some papers here or there to see if he could find it. He trusted the man knew which desk was his own but it was an excuse not to linger on the fact he'd been treating this situation a little too lightly, ironically paying less attention to the girl and her father in the process.
"Necklace. Two pendants. Understood." Giving a quick nod, he latched onto one of the drawers beneath the lab desks, yanking out the entire shelf of it and emptying it over the desk. The league and other agencies probably cleared the place of most important things so he didn't have much of a worry about this being evidence tampering of any sort, tipping the drawer upside down and emptying the loose files over an empty surface before grabbing for the next one, his searching a bit more thorough than Blake's, but also offering the two some very light space and leeway.
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Post by Kali Vincent on Oct 17, 2017 17:48:18 GMT -8
Kali kept up the lightly shaken demeanor, but smiled weakly, as if trying to put on a brave face. In fact, she was thoroughly pleased with how well this was all working. It really had been far too long since she'd really gotten to put these skills to proper use, hadn't it? Buttering up their new colleagues was fun, but that was a while ago and even then just framing truths in a more palatable manner that most would have. This, though. This was grand.
"People did go through here a lot after the.. incident, didn't they? I hope it wasn't taken by looters or something, but.. maybe it could've been moved or tossed or knocked somewhere..." she mumbled. Then, as if suddenly having an idea she'd actually considered a few minutes prior, she asked, "Nibbler, sweetie? Could you crawl under or behind the debris and machines and stuff in case it wound up in some crack or crevice?" Under, behind, inside. Whatever worked.
"Ta." He nonchalantly headed to the nearest wall and slipped behind something.
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Post by Yue Leon Alias on Oct 17, 2017 19:56:37 GMT -8
Yue jolted slightly on hearing the numerous drawers being yanked out and jostled around. Rubbing the back of his neck some, he started moving around the lab a bit slower, occasionally eyeing each machine before looking back around the desks and then the higher work tables. He glanced sideways as Kali spoke, however, allowing his lips to press together in thought at that as well. “Oh— Oh I hope not…” he spoke in such a pained way even his writer cringed. “Please be here…”
He took a step sideways towards one of the higher tables only to stumble as his cane seemed to slide on the slick floor. He reached for the nearest thing, but it was light enough to come with him as he fell, clattering on the ground beside him. His cane went sliding and skidding across the room. “Oh- my…” he took in a slow breath, raising a hand to his missing eye. “I must have misjudged the distance… or something…”
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Post by SGYUMI on Oct 18, 2017 2:58:27 GMT -8
"You could say that...between the league officials and actual looters most of the good stuff's been cleared out...not to say any of this is good but..." Blake chuckled a little as he eased up, shifting some papers as he idly looked around for the described necklace. "Well the only things you can really make much use out of are the machines, and they're too heavy to move so...yeah." He shrugged casually before continuing the search, but jolting as he heard the crashing sound of Yue hitting the floor, about to react but his boss seemed to be quicker to do so.
"It's fine sir, we all slip..." Reaching for his Cane first he'd begin to help him to his feet, but his eyes were faintly shifting towards the girl. He wasn't an idiot, perhaps a bit cold and a little harsh in what he was thinking, but no idiot. He focused on helping the older man to his feet but was careful to keep an eye on the girl. If the fall was meant as some distraction and not a slip, that was where his eyes needed to be afterall. If only he knew about the third party skittering around the machines...
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Post by Kali Vincent on Oct 18, 2017 4:36:56 GMT -8
Kali would give Richard nothing of interest to look at, however, mostly because she legitimately jumped scared when Yue fell. It took her a moment or two longer to fully process and move, but she was right behind Richard in checking on him, both grateful the slightest bit internally pouty that he was already being helped up. "Are you okay?" Mouth muscle memory wanted to add a 'sweetie' or 'love' to the end of that, but she managed to cut it off.
Once it seemed he was, though, she quietly smirked and asked, "Remind you of your days sleeping in the lab?"
Meanwhile, Nibbler wasn't actually sure what he was looking for beyond Yue's description. Of course it would be a unique-looking piece, so he could rule out anything that there seemed to be a lot of, but... hm. Was this the only one like it? at least that he could see?
He came out with a full mouth. "Oh, did you find something?" Kali knelt down as he handed her-- "Just a gear?" She frowned but looked it over. "Ah, no, thankfully. Part would be better than none but mom's was more a.. not really silver color but not brown like this. I guess kind of the color of oil?" Huh. Okay? He nodded and went back to searching, and Kali started going through some cabinets. She supposed not finding it too easily should help keep suspicion down, but she also hoped it didn't take too long.
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Post by Yue Leon Alias on Oct 18, 2017 7:45:05 GMT -8
Yue took the hand extended to him and slowly started to stand again. Ugh, that hurt more than he wanted to admit. Clasping the cane again, he leaned on it a bit more than before. “I’ll be alright…” he assured Kali brushing some hair away from his face as he spoke. The bandages that wrapped over his missing eye were obvious for a moment before he let the hair drop back again. “Just need to be careful…” The question had him exhaling a little loudly. “I don’t think I’d ever passed out while upright…” He rubbed the side of his face briefly again.
As Nibbler came forward, Yue gave it a brief glance over and shook his head once as well. Kali’s description was… about as vague and as close to the truth as they could get in this case. As she went back to looking through cabinets, he rested on his cane a moment taking slow breaths before vaguely starting to look around again as well.
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Post by SGYUMI on Oct 18, 2017 9:10:33 GMT -8
Richard's suspicions were...easing. Yue seemed to genuinely have fell after a look over him, or at least knew how to make it very convincing...convincing enough to make a look of worry in his daughter's face seem truer than any act could really be. He was still cautious but it was hard to be suspicious of everything. The Rattata bringing out an actual gear rather than some charm on a necklace rose some questions, but he could easily just be confused on what he was looking for...
"Don't worry, you just find a seat. We'll continue to search for what you need." He glanced to Blake who was looking over to see what he could do. "In fact, I'll see if I can find you some water. I'm sure there must be a running tap here..." He gave a nod of the head to Blake and stepped away, pointing his thumb to the other two. "Keep an eye on them and help them look, I'll be back in a few minutes." With a nod between them, he left, looking for any canteen like area of the building to find Yue a drink of water or something that somehow hadn't become inedible over the time the building was in disuse.
"Right, got it..." Blake shifted from the boss as he eased away from him, looking between the two family members. "Though...if I'm gonna keep an eye out, anything else to go on? Even your pokemon seemed a little confused..."
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Post by Kali Vincent on Oct 20, 2017 23:16:14 GMT -8
Kali continued her false search, keeping just enough actual eye to spot the part on the off chance there was a spare lying around, and was almost too excited as she saw Richard leaving. "O-oh, thank you, sir. I'm sure he'll be okay but we really appreciate it."
As Blake asked, she considered what else she could say, but only came up with. "You'd probably know at least the gear when you see it. Nibbler only might've seen it when he was freshly hatched--" another lie, she caught him full grown in the ruins of Era's old amphitheatre-- "and to a Rattata all shiny things probably look equally valuable." Well, to Rattata and to a lesser extent Kali. She knew diamonds were worth more than glitter glue but she still liked both a lot. "Human aesthtics tend to be a bit more discerning, heh."
Nibbler emerged about that time with a small length of fine chain, a bit larger than typical for jewelry but not impassible for it. Huh... Where did he get that? She couldn't recall if any of their machines in Era had such a part, though she supposed these machines might be more varied and/or working on older models. But it gave her an idea.
"Huh. I'm not sure from just that. Show me where you got that, sweetie?" Before Nibbler could fully turn around, she added, "Oh wait! Daddy? Could I borrow Stormy to help look behind the big stuff?" Stormy was Kali's Pokemon, and she had her PokeBall, but she was playing the part of the novice child right now, and this gave her an excuse to move next to him for a moment 'to get the ball'.
She made sure such a hypothetical exchange would be obscured before discreetly pulling out the ball herself, but while here close to Leon she mouthed, 'dis tract him'. She then smiled at both of them and hurried back over to Nibbler before releasing her Electivire. If Leon could hold Blake's attention enough that he wouldn't be watching her too closely, she'd have Stormy pull one of the machines out enough that she could get back there and grab the part they needed herself.
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Post by Yue Leon Alias on Oct 21, 2017 13:25:48 GMT -8
Oooh this couldn’t be more perfect. Yue sat back in a chair taking a slow breath. “Thank you sir,” he smiled a bit weaker than he had before. He chuckled a little at her commentary on Rattata and shook his head a bit. “Pokemon can be such simple but…well-meaning creatures..” he mused a bit softly.
Kali’s little ploy was wonderful in more ways than one, and he feigned handing her the Pokeball. “Sure, sweetie, I’m sure she’d love to help.” Granted, Yue was also aware of how foreboding a huge Electivire might seem. But that gave him the precise idea of what to distract Blake with.
“Did you know these types of labs were often run solely by Electric Pokemon?” Yue asked smiling at Blake. “I used to be in charge of quite a few, making sure they’re healthy and strong. I …heh…. Actually didn’t get to keep many of my Pokemon, for obvious reasons… But… I gave Stormy to my wife as a little …” he chuckled. “Present from work even though I wasn’t supposed to.. right before...” he reached up and pressed a finger to his lips as if to keep a secret. “She always loved differently colored Pokemon…” he sighed almost dreamily for a moment. “I sometimes wish I could have filled her entire PC with shiny Pokemon… even though she insisted that wouldn’t make her happy happy- but…” he chuckled again. “Apologies.. I suppose I shouldn’t feel nostalgic but… oh if my wife were here…”
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Post by SGYUMI on Oct 21, 2017 23:16:26 GMT -8
If Richard where here he may have caught such a simple attempt to distract him, and honestly, such an easy to see lie. Not that the lie itself had holes in it but...well Richard just wouldn't have found the sudden nostalgia trip very 'realistic' between the fall and the supposed search they were supposed to be having. For Blaike though, especially after the fall, he felt rude interupting the man, listening to him with a somewhat awkward smile and no full understanding of whatever message he was trying to get across, simply giving a half-polite nod.
Richard did come back soon enough, most of the cups in this place weren't exactly in a condition to drink out of, but he did find some running water and filled up his personal bottle with it, walking up to Yue by the time Kali was already done with her search, offering the man the bottle and looking between the supposed father daughter duo, rubbing his hands together.
"I do apologize you too but if you havn't found anything by now, it may be best we ask you to leave. We weren't really supposed to let you in here afterall."
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Post by Kali Vincent on Oct 22, 2017 6:49:03 GMT -8
Once Stormy moved the machine, Kali and Nibbler slipped behind it with ease, and a panel was quietly removed. She didn't know what all of these parts did exactly, to be honest, but she knew some as well as how they fit together for the most part, having learned from Leon how to build and repair them. With that knowledge, it took only a bit of scanning before she was able to trace the layout and spot the sheen of the distinctive alloy. A few adjustments, and the part came out.
Now, how to make this pass as a locket? She could vaguely imagine how Leon must have pictured it, but if the guards knew what the part looked like at all they might recognize it. .... Orrrr... She handed it to Nibbler, then recalled him, the PokeBall absorbing the item as well just as it would an accessory worn by a Pokemon.
Leon's story was going longer than she expected, to her pleasant surprise-- and she was glad to be obscured by the machines, because she couldn't help beaming when he mentioned filling his wife's PCs with Shinies. She still remembered the precise overwhelmed and elated feeling from that first birthday she'd known him when she walked into an entire room. Ahhhh, she really did need to try to transfer more of her sparkly babies over if they were going to stay in Veria for a good while.
Whatever the case, it gave her time to pop open another machine and grab its part, too. But... Hrm. Rather than release another Pokemon, she made a vaguely distressed noise, which brought Stormy peeking back to make sure she was okay. With the Electivire so close, she slipped the part to her as she squeaked, "I'm all right, just tripped. Th-thanks though Stormy."
She was just recalling Storm and stepping out when Richard returned.
She put on a heavy frown at his words. "But--! You want us to just give up?? If you just--" She bit her tongue, glanced to Leon, then shrunk back a bit and sighed. "I'm... sorry, we knew it was a long shot." She moved closer to Leon, but made no effort to give him any sort of visible signal, only trusting him to interpret her actions. "...Could.. we maybe give you a number? Just in case you ever stumble across it doing your rounds?"
Of course, such a number would be fake. ..Well, not 'fake'. Kali's cell number from high school, a valid Gateon Port number, but long since out of service or having changed owners.
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Post by Yue Leon Alias on Oct 22, 2017 15:17:32 GMT -8
As Richard returned, Yue took the water bottle, taking a slow sip as he did so. He coughed, however, as the man spoke. A frown held his features, and a red eye flicked to Kali and then forward again. “I’m… sorry sweetie…We tried…” he spoke quietly wrapping one arm around her to hug her sideways. At her suggestion, he glanced sideways and look a little uncomfortable, a little pleadingly. Taking a breath, he sat up again slowly. “I… would you, please?” his gaze dropped briefly. “If you do find it…” Reaching back, he rubbed a few fingers through his hair.
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Post by SGYUMI on Oct 22, 2017 17:07:57 GMT -8
"I...was just about to ask for one, its glad to see your both eager to give it." Richard had genuinely thought of asking for one. While skeptical of the two at first they had managed to put most of his worries at ease, though little did he know that was simply due to how effective they were. He briefly searched the pockets of his uniform before turning his head to Blake. "Officer! Do you have a notepad?"
Blake perked up from leaning on a desk, briefly patting himself before remembering he kept it clipped to the back of his belt, walking over with pad and pen. "Here sir, office issued notepad for field u-"
"Yeah yeah." He waved the younger officer off as he was about to recite one guideline or another. As much as Richard stuck to the rules...well- "You'll stop carrying these things after your first year, they're not as useful as training makes ya think." Flipping a few pages, flashing Blake a sharp look as he found most of them were full of doodles, he found a clean page and began writing, making notes on his memory of what the necklace was described like, before looking between the two. "Okay...names and number?"
Fake names and number aside, he'd copy them down all the same, flipping the pad closed and putting it in his own pocket. "Hey wa-" "Its office issue, you can get a clean one for free." The two officers sharing a brief glare, Richard stepped aside and dipped his head lightly. "Let me show you both out. I promise you'll get a call if we find anything, and the moment we do."
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