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Post by Roxanne Doppelganger on Dec 11, 2017 9:40:09 GMT -8
Harper's exuberant response warmed Roxanne's heart. Not literally, of course. But it did make her feel a nostalgic kind of joy. Even the meticulous way she put away her things reminded her of somebody dear to her. That she can't even remember. Her eyes grew dark with sadness, but she didn't bring attention to it. Something she is learning how to deal with, being an amnesiac and all. Roxanne heard the girl's declaration of not being allowed coffee and made a note to make sure that the already energized girl got a decaf. Roxanne looked to Dawnie and Sybel and after a quick discussion, they agreed to remain outside their respective balls until they were in the cafe. The alien was returned to his ball, a beeping goodnight issued toward them. He must be a different kind of dramatic then Dana. Who Roxanne swore looked like she was a pleased queen, being carried by her most loyal subjects. The journey was mostly filled with chatter among the Pokemon, the three discussing where they are going and where they have been. Then Harper interrupted them with a question Roxanne didn't even think would be of interest. Nobody else had even said two words about her ears. They twitched down, a combination of shyness and something much more complicated. Roxanne cleared her throat, a faint flutter in her chest as she retold the girl how she got them. Her voice was heavy with nostalgia. "I got them from a Breeder just starting out, actually. He was dabbling in new techniques to better understand Pokemon. He said these ears were an experiment. He said they didn't work the way he wanted so he just gave them to me. I. I happened to stumble upon him in Pahala City. I wonder how he is doing..." Roxanne shook her head, such fool thoughts in a serious need of shaking free. She had to focus on the now, not the past. And certainly not on a trivial thing like random strangers that she doubts even remember her. She beamed at the girl, intent on changing the subject. "What got you interested in studying the strange and paranormal?" Harper Haile
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Post by Harper Haile on Dec 14, 2017 1:04:40 GMT -8
Harper blushed a little and looked away for just a moment... staring at the wide-open park that they just about out of. Staring at little Pidgey flying off towards a clump of trees. Watching people pass by... She took a deep breath. She could be grown up about this. "Well, they are really really cute." She turned back and smiled up at Roxxy. I mean, they would probably look silly on me anyway right... She felt her heart beat a lot. She didn't understand why she felt this way sometimes. Like before when she had been looking at the book full of kids taking part in a costume festival. She had just missed it... but she felt silly for feeling sad about that. Would she really have taken part? It was for kids. I should be trying to look grown up, right?It didn't feel right. Trying to do that. "I guess it was just... I've been around this stuff since I was born. My Papa believed... and so I believe too." Do I sound silly?"He was really special. He told me that growing up, he knew someone who was haunted by a Ghost Pokemon every day. They blamed him for stuff his grandpa did. That no one would ever believe him when he told them it was ghosts, and he felt so alone." She smiled. "Papa didn't believe at first either. But he saw how happy being told that he did made his friend. And then he found out when he looked, there really was a ghost." She smiled... "So Papa says, but... he always looks. Papa never turns someone down just because the stuff they say sounds wierd. He always looks and makes sure. He believes now." They had just arrived in the street and started walking amongst the people, but Harper had to stop. It happened quickly. She sniffled, her eyes shaking and watering. It all happened so fast. Within a couple moments, she was sobbing. "Paaapaaaa!!" The people nearby looked over at her. "Papaaaa.. where are youuu....??!?!" A few onlookers looked concern, although none approached. She couldn't be a grown-up about this. Where was he? Why had he disappeared? What was she without him? He was her best friend...
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Post by Roxanne Doppelganger on Dec 21, 2017 9:37:46 GMT -8
It was nice to hear Harper talk about her father so cheerfully. She clearly loves her father and looks up to him a great deal. It gave Roxanne a wave of nostalgia. A faint glimmer of a memory slipped into Roxanne's mind. A tall man, all in white, beaming at her. An accent coated his voice and he petted her head, bright strawberry hair rustled into her vision. The words "New England" entered her mind. But it made no sense. There was no such THING as England, new or otherwise here. Or in any of the regions, she looked up. She listened to the girl talk, shaking her mind free of the unbidden thought. She was mostly trying to ignore the tears pricking at the corners of her eyes. But why was she so close to tears over a silly memory, if it was that? It made her head and heart feel uncomfortable, thinking about what she must be missing. Talking about things past understanding only made that feeling stronger, but she was holding together admirably. The conversation turned south suddenly. The girl burst into tears talking about her papa. It made Roxanne's heart ache so much. She held the child close, patting her back as the girl cried into her shoulder. Whispering soft condolences to the hurting girl. A wave of nostalgia overtook her for a moment. She did this before, with a different much smaller child. A child with eyes wide and blue as the skies with cheeks smattered like hers. Was that child...Hers? Impossible. Isn't it? Roxanne ignored her own mental conundrum to focus on Harper. "It's okay. It hurts, I know. Not knowing. It's going to be okay. Let it all out. There there. You've been holding this in for too long. Just let it all out. You'll feel so much better, I promise." Harper Haile
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Post by Harper Haile on Jan 2, 2018 13:15:09 GMT -8
Harper kept trying to regain her composure.
Stop crying. Stop. Stop. Stop.
But it wouldn't. It just wouldn't stop at all. If anything telling herself to stop just made it worse. The words this girl spoke nudged past her embarrassment, her shyness, her flimsy weak little need to be taken seriously. Unlocking more, letting more escape.
"I tried. I tried. I kept trying to be grown up about it. But he's gone and I'm scared. I miss him. I keep telling myself I'll find him but I don't know what to do.." she sniffed, loudly, and tried to rub the tears out of her face.
"I don't know what to do. I can't just wait at home like Mama.. I can't..." She shook and... clung tightly.
"But what if he's gone? I don't want to be alone..."
She felt hollow almost.. clinging to this stranger, but the words she spoke made her stay. Almost more mothering than anything her Mama could have told her.. Mama suffered in silence. Mama never said anything. But... Harper wasn't Mama at all, she wanted to say it all...
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Post by Roxanne Doppelganger on Jan 10, 2018 10:23:57 GMT -8
Roxanne kept patting her back, making soft comforting noises through out. She could tell it was important for the girl to get this all out. This pain that she was holding onto so tightly. It wasn't healthy for the girl to hold onto such a large amount of suffering. She waited for the girl to quiet before speaking. Roxanne pulled a soft handkerchief from her pocket, the cloth a powder blue colour that always soothed her. Roxanne handed the freshly cleaned cloth to the girl, hoping the cloth could help soothe the girl like it does her. She kept her hand on the girl's shoulders. It was clear the girl needed all the affection she could get, even if it was only from a stranger like herself. "Being grown up is. Rather a vague thing to want to be. And hiding your emotions isn't healthy, Harper." Roxanne's brow furrowed, thinking. It explained the strange behavior of Harper's Pokemon. Were they even hers or were they... "Harper. Are those your Pokemon or your papa's?" Harper Haile
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Post by Harper Haile on Jan 11, 2018 1:29:25 GMT -8
Harper sniffed a little, having been about to wipe her nose on her hand before she was offered the handkerchief that made her feel a little better just holding it. Hankies...
The question made her cheeks turn a brilliant shade of red and she pulled away a little, sniffing a few bits. Her eyes looked down at her shoes and she kicked the ground a little... a picture of bashfulness.
"Papa's..." She eventually said, coughing a little. "I mean, I helped sometimes but... they miss him a lot. They see me as like... family but not their trainer, I think. Cuz I'm not really. I'm going to give them back..."
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Post by Roxanne Doppelganger on Jan 20, 2018 22:49:31 GMT -8
Roxanne could not help but smile at how cute Harper was. She listened carefully to what she was saying and turned to look at the Pokemon. What Harper said explained the protective vibes she was picking up on from the two Pokemon. She pulled a wet nap from her packet and opened it. She gently scrubbed the girl's cheeks, unable to help herself. Something about the girl brought out a hidden maternal instinct in Roxanne. She looked over at the two Pokemon of hers and smiled at them. She got up and put the dirtied wet wipe in her back pocket and hummed as she thought. Hand on her jaw, she turned back to look at the girl. She kept her tone even and free of pressure or worse, pity as much as she could. "I feel that...That strange woman wanted us to meet for a deeper purpose. Maybe...I could help you as much as you could help me?" Harper Haile
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Post by Harper Haile on Jan 26, 2018 20:17:26 GMT -8
Harper's face turned a bright red and her eyes grew wide, her hands were outstretched... looking curious and maybe a bit surprised. Her body language was very animated, in a very youthful way. "You think? Really? She did mention ya real fast, but I was asking her about Papa when I called." She said, although quickly added in at the end. "To be honest, I think it's funny that she has a phone. I thought she would use ghosts for talking or something." Her own joke made her laugh, and her general aura was more relaxed now.
Her thoughts shifted a bit to the cafe again, which she saw in the distance now. She supposed they had started moving again at a certain point. "Thanks for being real nice to me though." Her smile was geninue, and heartfelt. "I'm glad to meet you."
"That's it, right?" she pointed at the building in the distance. "It looks pretty different from the restaurant Mama works."
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Post by Roxanne Doppelganger on Feb 1, 2018 23:00:45 GMT -8
Roxanne beamed at the turn of mood with the girl. Hearing her laugh was welcome to Roxanne and she joined in, masking her worry over her sort of promise. That woman did seem like the kind to call phones unclean or terrible for your chakra or some such nonsense. She won't say it out loud for fear of insulting Harper, but that woman gave Roxanne the distinct feeling that woman was a hack, pure and simple. The excitement Harper showed over the paranormal already made it seem like a bad idea to even hint at not believing in that woman.
Roxanne hoped the turn of mood stayed as they got closer to the cafe. It was a rather...unique cafe, Roxanne had to admit. She was a unique person herself, so it was only fitting that she would be working there. Roxanne felt it best to get the strangeness out in the open. It wouldn't be right to force the girl into a situation she was not at all comfortable in.
"It is unique. The owner says it's "Neko" themed. All the waitresses are dressed like various cat Pokemon. My uniform is....a Skitty...."
Roxanne's cheeks flared, feeling a rush of embarrassment. Her words came out in a fast jumble.
"It's not a weird kind of cafe, I promise. It's like any other themed cafe. Just this one tends to attract some....odd clients, to say the least."
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Post by Harper Haile on Feb 7, 2018 19:53:42 GMT -8
Harper's eyes immediately grew wide at the site of the cafe... and she turned back around to Roxanne. Her heart was beating in her chest with every word she spoke. Ba-bump, ba-bump. Her cheeks flushed... she stammered and gripped the hand of Roxanne tightly...
"A... cat cafe!?" Although at first, it might sound like the tone of her voice was nervous, her eyes quickly grew wider and wider and that smile started to creep into her face.
She really couldn't contain it. Normally she tried to act like a grown-up who didn't wanna surround herself in everything cute ever but...
"A.. A Skitty!? That's soooooo cute!" She squealed. Just a teeny bit. She practically bouncing on her toes as tehy reached the entrance, looking so glowing and excited. Her sweet young face looking like she had just been told she was going to Disney Land. She wanted to see, she wanted to see!
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Post by Roxanne Doppelganger on Feb 20, 2018 18:51:55 GMT -8
Roxanne was not sure what reaction she was expecting but that was not it. It was a welcome surprise, hearing the excitement in the girl's voice. A lot of people tend to react poorly, thinking it was a "house of ill repute" to use some of the kinder words.
Her excitement was innocent and that was a relief for Roxanne. It will make this that much nicer of a visit. A smile was on Roxanne's face and she didn't want to ruin the girl's good mood. She did hold her the girl back, not wanting her to make a wrong impression on the waitresses in side.
"Wait until you see the Pokemon collection the owner has inside. Just. Some of the other waitresses....Kind of might take offense to being gawked at. It should be fine, since you are with me but..."
Roxanne's ears tilted down but she put on a brave face. Right in front of the cafe was not the time to second guess this.
"No worries. Come on in."
With a flourish, Roxanne opened the door to the cafe and revealed a garish amount of cat themed decorations. Everywhere you looked was a basket with some kind of cat pokemon asleep. And whatever cats were not sleeping were begging for crumbs or rubbing against whoever was inside. Roxanne turned to look at Harper.
"Welcome to Meganeko Kawaii Neko Cafe: Careforr branch. Uh, want to find a seat and order?"Harper Haile
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Post by Harper Haile on Mar 3, 2018 22:08:46 GMT -8
The little grown-up kid tried her hardest in her daily life to pretend those cute and adorable things in the world didn't have the effect they did on her that they clearly did. Her reasoning for that was that was an embarrassment. She knew how it made her act, and she was... shy about showing that part of herself. But when just a 'Hello Skitty' backpack could make her squeal... this... this place. This wonderous and magical place. "Ohmygawsh." That was a shout. Not a loud one. But enough to get nearby attention again. For the second time in the last 30 minutes, all of her "adult" posturing was gone, and she looked so much her 'age'. She covered her mouth, having noticed that her excitement was leaking out of there. The adorable cat Pokemon, the cute atmosphere... all the kitty things. Her heart was melting inside her, she almost looked so happy one could expect her to start crying again. "Kitties..." It was the first word that came out. Not exactly the most clever of observations, but yes Harper, there was indeed kitties all around. "It's beautiful!" He looked up and gripped Roxanne's hand tightly, showing her a side of herself that only Papa got to regularly see. Her eyes shined and her smile brightened. "Y-You get to work here!? I love it! I looove it! Let's sit! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" Her voice was elevating again with excitement, although she was NOT shouting yet. Just.. shouting adjacent. She glanced around as she scouted around for the best window seat in the house, finding it quickly. It was the waitresses. It was NOT to gawk at them for sure, but she... she wondered why they wouldn't want to be. She wondered for a bit if they wore adorable outfits... or maybe sexy outfits. T-The second thing would probably be way too much. Harper wouldn't stare. No no. Just the idea made her shy. She-She couldn't imagine Roxanne wearing something like that though... Roxanne Doppelganger
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Post by Roxanne Doppelganger on Mar 20, 2018 10:40:47 GMT -8
Roxanne couldn't help but smile at the girl's reaction. It was nice to see a more realistic reaction to her place of work, rather than the usual lackluster barely faked interest or barely hidden disdain she was used to. It was a welcome change, much like Harper was proving herself to be.
It was strange, how much good the girl was already doing for the withdrawn Roxanne. Not a bad strange and not quite a good strange. Just strange. She didn't expect the girl to almost be in tears of joy over seeing the cafe filled with cat-themed Pokemon and merchandise. It really was wonderful to see such truly enthusiastic glee about her work place. Like she happened to have an all-access pass to Pika World. She should see if she could get the girl a mug or some kind of souvenir on the cheap.
"Thank you." Roxanne demured, staying calm even as her cheeks flared deep fuschia. "Come on. Let's get something to drink, hmm? No coffee. It's way strong here, even with all the toppings."
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Post by Harper Haile on Mar 21, 2018 17:47:12 GMT -8
Harper gasped and gripped the bottom of her layered little yellow skirt, steeling herself as her heart seemed to be threatening to burst out of her chest. “C-C-C-Cute…” She had finally got a glimpse of the waitresses in their he cat Pokemon themed outfits were… just… so… She made happy little squeak and squeal sounds in her seat, feeling a powerful heat rise to her cheeks. A lot of the outfits had really cute skirts, and and… tails. Tails. They swished back and forth when they walked in a way that Harper felt was almost hypnotic. She felt the same squirrels in her stomach that she felt when she looked at cute little baby Pokemon… Oh gawsh. Her face was so flushed again. She looked like she was coming down with a fever almost. She finally paid attention to the fact that Roxxy had spoken to her, and stammered. “O-Oh.. r-right…” Coffee. The words finally registered in her words as actual words and not background noise. Although she had been looking forward to doing something grown up and proving she could have a coffee… the idea of a strong coffee was intimidating to her. Every time she had tried to have light milky stuff it still tasted so bitter… s-she… she couldn’t… “Oh.. oh okay. If you say so.” she giggled, a little. Which was actually kind of rare for her. Honestly she still looked so jittery and excited. It would be easy to interpret her stammering like that, especially since it really was the biggest part of it. She glanced at the surroundings and put her hands all bundled up against her chest. “I… I can’t believe you get to work here… I bet it is so much fun.. right? I… I wish.. I mean…” she giggled again. No no. That was just way too much to say. No. She glanced at the menu a little, kind of wishing for a moment they had something to eat because all that crying earlier had worked up an appetite. “I want something with strawberries in it!” she said, grinning wide, starting to get excited that she was going to get something she actually liked rather than stomaching down bitter coffee. “I think! What are you getting?” She… she was leaning against the table, almost looking like she was about to bounce out of her seat.
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Post by Roxanne Doppelganger on Mar 29, 2018 22:11:55 GMT -8
Roxanne waited for the girl to gather herself together. She was clearly suffering from cuteness overload, a common affliction for people not prepared for the pure amount of sugary cuteness the cafe offered. Part of the attraction was that exact reaction, in fact. Roxanne had seen grown men suffer the same fate as Harper had. She could tell that the little girl was super nervous and just overwhelmed. A nice quiet corner would be best.
She tilted her ears down at Harper's comment. Fun...wasn't exactly the word she would use. But explaining to Harper how hard cafe work can and usually is would just ruin the entire experience for her so she ignored what she said about her job being fun. She quirked her mouth into a thoughtful expression, repressing a giggle at how nervous and excited the girl was and how hard her attempts to hide that was failing.
"Something with strawberries, hmm? I think we have something like that. Let's go find a seat so we can order?"
Unknown to Harper, the monthly special was a decadent strawberry tart smoothie. Along with the entire "Strawberry Creme" section of the menu, the girl was in for a heck of a lot of choices to delight and wow her. Once she was able to make up her mind of course.
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