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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 10, 2017 15:03:45 GMT -8
He grew more alert for just half a moment as she questioned it, but it soon became clear it was just 'that's a weird name' and not 'wait is that from this thing'. On one hand, this was 'damn, she probably doesn't play or at least isn't into the lore'. On the other, 'good, she doesn't know I'm a fucking nerd'. Ha. "Friend, bodyguard, pillow, what-have-you. 'sjust my old Lycanroc's name is all." He vaguely thought context would have conveyed at least that much, but??? Drinks, heh. Definitely understandable.
"My Lycanroc, Marowak, and Persian-- both Alolan-- all wound up adopting him. Same with his mom's Mightyena. And then my Mawile and Bruxish adopted Nalani, along with her mom's Lurantis and Lopunny. They've both gotten a few Pokemon of their own now, too, but." He shrugged. "Nalani wants to spend the summer travel-training and maybe look into starting an Island Challenge in Alola if she can keep her grades up. I'm.. a bit hesitant to let her go alone, but I know she'd probably be fine really." Just a matter of letting go...
In the meantime, though, he was reading over Google results for his earlier question: what cat Pokemon does the idol Cat have?
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 10, 2017 15:20:43 GMT -8
It was the Lycanroc's name? Oh! "Oh oka, see i thought you were saying someone else adopted the lycanroc, not the lycanroc adopted your kid. My bad~" She gave herself a light bonk on the forehead with the base of her palm, resting her drink to one side for now as she listened about the kids 'adoptees' and the plan for the summer. "I mean, hey, if an average ten year old can travel the region alone your kids should do just fine eh? I mean I'm sure you've taught them a thing or two about staying safe already.~ Never did the whole train and travel thing myself though, just...wasn't my thing at that age I guess."
Sipping from her drink Kai would get some free space to look up his question. Some popular results would mainly list Cat's meowth skips, though more recent updates say that it had recently evolved into a Persian. Purrloin, Alolan Meowth, Skitty and recently Litten were there too, but while there were some speculative posts of people saying they'd seen her with other felines, they weren't the most official. As far as Cat's official website stuff went, it said she owned 'one of every feline pokemon under the sun', which was really just some exageration.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 10, 2017 15:38:11 GMT -8
Recently evolved, huh? That claim was verified by a few sources, and her earlier trip correcting herself from Meowth to Persian wasn't so much a tallymark as breaking off the other side of the board and snapping it in half, but he'd sit on it just a little longer.
"Yeah... I was 16 when I went on my Island Challenge, so I guess my personal frame of reference overrides the typical stories you hear of young trainers. I know Alola's one of the safest places to travel, too, but..." He raised his glass only to find it empty and set it back down. "She's.. a pretty small girl..? I guess I'm more worried about the humans than the Pokemon..." He frowned.
Shaking his head to clear that thought, he put his phone away and asked, "Any chance you're still in the market for bad karaoke? If I just keep sitting here I'll keep ordering drinks, so might be good to do something instead."
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 10, 2017 15:42:44 GMT -8
Sam was about to make a jokey comment about how tough pokemon were, before realizing Kai may have been talking about other humans, not so much his own kid. "Ah...yeah...maybe check in on how all that team skull stuff is wrapping up before buying 'em the plain ticket yeah?"
She was nearly finished with her own drink when Kai asked the question, snickering a little as she leaned over the bar to grab the bartender's attention. She'd been here before so she knew people could go on Karaoke of a friday evening, she just needed to check "Hey it late enough to pull out the karaoke yet?" Getting a simple enough confirmation, she quietly asked if he'd "Do us a favor and wheel it out?~" With an oddly sweet smile, resting up on her folded arms as she shifted eyes to Kai. "Any song in mind? Could see you doing a very silly-" She leaned back, making exagerated arm chops. "Everybody was kung fu fiiiightin!~"
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 10, 2017 15:48:27 GMT -8
Ahhh, good. He'd thought perhaps this bar just didn't have it, and was not opposed to finding one that did. But just not breaking it out until later in the evening was fine by him. He wondered briefly if she meant an idea for him or her, but then-- "PFFT." Oh God why was that so funny?? "Why??" He did not usually laugh this hard out loud?? He reigned himself back quickly enough but? He was tempted now just for the sheer 'why the fuck' involved in the suggestion.
"I'll have to look over the selection," he finally properly answered. "And what about you?" Offering a teasing (but actually more sly than teasing) smirk, he suggested, "Maybe see if you can mimic your doppelganger's singing voice, too~?"
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 10, 2017 15:54:17 GMT -8
Sam was giggling away too, the idea of her boss doing exagerated kung fu moves while singing just tickling her funny bone in the right place. Maybe he'd do it, maybe he wouldn't, but she knew at least one of them would sing it by the end of the night and she hoped Kai did it before she got another drink or two in herself.
At the suggestion for her own song, she let out a light snort, the earlier doppleganger talk making her feel more at ease talking about the relationship between the idol and her interpol self. "Oh I dunno...don't think she even sings much original stuff anyway...heard something about her singing a disney song at some contest but I wouldn't know how many of those a karaoke machine'd have." She let out a light snicker before adding. "Disney got their shit locked down tight these days. Don't want the death star pointed at Veria~"
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 15, 2017 11:03:10 GMT -8
Pffff. "True, true," he agreed. "Nor the ah... planet base version. I haven't actually seen the new one since it came out." He wasn't a huge fan of the franchise-- enjoyed it fine, just not that into it-- but between nostalgia and being part of the human race it was basically obligation to see them all at least once, eh? ... Wasn't there another one coming out soon, actually? He'd have to look that up, his writer meta-joked on the official release day of the movie in question.
"Still, sure you could find something she's covered." Lest he look too pushy about the issue, though, he added, "Or barring that, get another pint in ya and sing us a cheesy love song, complete with extra pining." That sort of thing was always good for a chuckle.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 16, 2017 13:20:03 GMT -8
"Mm. Starkiller base. I still don't get what the hell they were thinking making another one of those with how easily the last few were blown up but...eh. What can ya do. Sith are dumb fucks." With a light smirk on her features, Sam tapped the edge of her empty glass trying to think up a song, she probably could just sing a Cat cover she did of something off by heart by now, and in her current state she didn't see much wrong with that..."Snrrrk. As if. I ain't gonna...Yo! One over here!" A lightbulbe practically exploding in overload over her head, she caught the bartender's attention and got a fresh pint, tilting her head back and downing it with a huge grin on her face as she settled on a song, moving over to the set up Karaoke machine pointing back at Kai. "You're next chief!~"
Hopping onto the only faintly elevated stage area with the machine, Sam balled up her jacket and tossed it back at Kai to keep a hold of before crouching down beside the Karaoke machine, managing to find the song that had clicked in her head and deciding she was gonna have a good time with this.
And the beat rolled in.
"Head under water, and they tell me to breathe easy for a while...the breathing gets harder, even IIIIII know thaaaat!~"
She was just faintly off key for a moment, but it was clear from the get go she had a damn good set of pipes on her, taking the usually somber-ish start of the song up a bit with a more energized beat from the get go.
"you made room for me bit it's too soon to see, if I'm happy in yooour hands. I'm usually hard to hold on toooo.~"
Holding the mic in both hands, she notably didn't have to follow the lyrics on screen just yet, enjoying this song a fair bit in the past she could even remember the lines beyond the more famous chorus. Her off key-ness quickly faded, and while maybe a little tipsy, it showed more in her actions than the song. A few who'd been groaning at the machine being wheeled out were actually getting pretty engaged here...
"Blank stares at blank pages. No easy way to say this. You mean well, but you make this haaaaard on meeee~"
Sam kicked her leg out to the side to hold a wider stance, posing for a moment before flowing into the chorus with a bright smile as she sang. It was clear she either did not gave a damn what people thought, or, given the audience was seeing more skill than silliness even while she was halfway to smashed, she wasn't hiding her skill at this all that well.
"I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you asked for it, 'cause you need one, you see I'm not gonna write you a love song, 'cause you tell me it's make or breaking this, if you're on your way, I'm not gonna write you to stay. If all you have is leaving I'm gonna need a better reason to write you a love song today~"
She'd go on to finish the song with some light performance flairs like walking around the stage or throwing in a few playful poses as she sang given no one interupted her, having a pretty good time of it all in all, and giving a proud, almost smug faced bow to a small bit of applause towards the end.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 16, 2017 17:41:22 GMT -8
Kai sniffed an almost-laugh at Sam's insistence he was next. Just for that, he almost wanted to weasel his way out of it. But... ehhh, fuck it, it'd be kind of fun to get up and let loose for a bit. (This definitely wasn't just the alcohol talking or anything of course.) So he'd go ahead and take a song book to browse a bit while Sam performed. And what a performance. Ahahahaha~! Oh she wasn't even good at this. He'd wonder if he wasn't the only one in the office who didn't know if her Halloween costume hadn't so strongly suggested otherwise. He'd pull up a video of Cat on his phone and wait until Sam was taking her bows to hold it up to his ear and listen a few seconds juuuust to be sure with both fresh in his mind, but that voice was still... Ah, did he want to tell her he knew was the question now. He'd quickly close out of his phone and put it away as she headed to the table though, then gave a few slow dramatic claps. "Not bad, Parker. Not bad~" Ah, she'd said she preferred her given name but habit, oh well. But all right, all right. He pushed himself up with a slight groan and staggered a moment as he found his balance. He was fine, just.. a little wobbly was all. "Kind of a dick move makin' me follow a performance like that, but I'll live," he briefly teased. Kai's singing voice was... probably not painful, just not very impressive. His range wasn't very broad but he could hit the notes in it okay, if just a bit off-key at times. One thing he could manage was a decent rasp to it, and that did tend to work for the sort of rock he favored, so... why not go old school with this?
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 17, 2017 11:21:14 GMT -8
Sam practically strided back to her seat and let the stool spin her a little before stopping with her face to the boss, resting her cheek on her hand with a wide grin, the 3 minutes of song helping that last pint really kick in. "Oi. Saaaaam. Not Spiderman. Saaaaaaam!~" She snickered a little and shook her head, not all that upset in the slightest and easing her weight about to get comfy against the bar, turning as if to order a beer before managing to stop herself at the last second, snickering at Kai's words.
"Aw come on. You can't chicken out just cause I actually managed to pull it off. I've been in this Karaoke game longer than you boy. No backin' down now." She didn't realize how fitting that choice of words was with the song he ended up choosing, watching him move up and pick his song, giggling the moment she recognized it and pictured how fitting it was for someone with Kai's look. She used to listen to it a fair bit herself as a kid, and the image of someone like Kai would always stick in her head when picturing the singer, having never actually bothered to look up who Bon Jovi was.
"Wooooo!~" There likely wasn't as loud an applause but Sam more than made up for that with her contribution, clapping her hands towards the end of the song nice and loud.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 27, 2017 10:59:28 GMT -8
Kai was honestly laughing at himself by the end, and Sam's enthusiastic cheering and applause only amused him all the more. "Aah, shut up, Spidey~" he teasingly scolded as he returned to the bar, pretty convinced the applause was mostly meant to tease him. He half-fell into his seat when he got back, pretty graceless, but he was feeling pretty good. Spinning toward the bartender, he commented. "Fuck it. Barkeep, get me a refill~"
Over by the machine, a couple had gone up to sing "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart", and Kai couldn't help but both snicker and roll his eyes. "Good luck kiddos," he said more to himself than them, but for whatever bitterness probably laced that he was pretty genuinely amused.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 27, 2017 11:08:00 GMT -8
At the comment to shut up, Sam stuck out her tongue and gave Kai the middle finger, she was a little too far gone to show him the usual respect a boss deserved, but at the same time she hoped he was enjoying himself enough to take it with the good nature she intended it with in the first place. As Kai ordered up another round, she held a strong grin as she slapped down on the bar to get some attention herself. "One 'ere too!~" She giggled and snickered, the sterner tone she tended to have seeming to slip just a little by now, a bit of a rougher accent coming out from her time growing up on Sinclair's lower class Cars, and the mixing slang and dialect that developed there.
With more people going up to sing, Sam gave a light snicker and rubbed Kai's back. "Ah at least there 'avin fun. E'ryone jumps on that thing once the first person takes tha plunge!~"
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 27, 2017 22:32:23 GMT -8
Kai had certainly not taken her flipping him off poorly; in fact, it may have had him letting go of even more of his inhibitions. He would later forget just how strongly he felt in just this moment, and if reminded he would swear it was the alcohol. But right here, right now, he had such an intense vibe of this is a proper drinking buddy that it almost made him giddy.
As she reached over to rub his back, he tolerated it just a moment, but then bucked a shoulder to push her hand away. "Oh fuck off." Despite the words, he was clearly trying not to grin. "But honestly, plunge off the deep end's more like it," he lightly jeered.
And would proceed to make a habit of lightly roasting everyone that went up to sing after. Excluding, that was, when someone opted to sing country classic "Kiss This", earning a few groans from those less than fond of the genre. Kai, however, would wind up drunkenly wailing along with the chorus from the audience. "Why don't you kiss! A-kiss this! An' I don't mean on mah rosy red a-lips!" It was maybe possible he should consider going home before he embarrassed himself more than this but fuck it he was having fun.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 28, 2017 10:22:50 GMT -8
Snickering loudly as she bucked his hand away, she rolled her eyes off to the side as she rested her hand on her cheek, maybe slipping for a second there but trying to play it cool as she casually placed her cheek back in her hand, luckily not banging her chin against the bar. As much as she felt people were brave to do Karaoke even after she'd been the first to do it, it was a good time for everyone if there were a few light jabs in there, and ya know what? She joined in. She may not have been as witty or smooth with them as Kai was, but she gave it a go and it was all in good fun right? She felt like she hadn't had a time like this in aaaaaages.
By the time Kai was singing along, Sam had gone through...two? Three drinks maybe? Nnnngh she should really be thinking about calling it a night. They hadn't stayed at the office too late but she still had to think about the walk home, and as much fun as it was picturing her boss drunkenly walking into a lampost...Fuck it. One more. She ordered up her drinks and shot Kai a cheeky smirk as they were being poured, just idly commenting "A fan of country there boss?~ Should I be gettin' ya a stetson for christmas?~"
Oh god drunk brain PLEASE remember that in the morning. Hungover me in the future you have one job don't fuck it up.
With the drinks served, Sam lifted her drink with a wide grin. "Dunno about you chief but this is the last for me. Cheers to a good night!~"
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 28, 2017 11:33:55 GMT -8
What-- even was that laugh. Some kind of snort-sputter? Chortle maybe?? It was a pretty terrible sound as Sam offered to get him a cowboy hat of all things. "Yeah fuck no I ain't that bad," he insisted, while using the word ain't but okay. Hearing she was pretty well done, too, though, Kai agreed it was probably time to call it and fini--- nOPE, nope actually he choked and.. suddenly felt very much like he might throw up if he got a drop more in him. Managing to fight down that urge and catch his breath, he guessed the last little bit of that last drink would just have to go to waste. Oh well.
Kai paid up and about two parts walked, one part stumbled outside. ...Oh fuck. Fuck right he almost forgot he wanted to-- right this was good this was still what he planned, it just took him a second to remember. So he'd wait until same had turned away before calling, "Hey Cat!" And if she turned to look, he'd grin at her a moment before asking, "Ya want me to walk you home?"
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