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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 26, 2017 17:36:01 GMT -8
Kai wasn't even sure whether he was more cautious or endeared. The feeling that this Pokemon was significant wouldn't stop eating at the back of his mind, but he wouldn't be able to tell for sure until he got back to the office. Unless..? No, no he shouldn't bother local agents on vacation here just from an odd feeling; if he got any indication the creature was dangerous or being pursued by something that was, maybe, but for now it was 'just' a very unusual Pokemon, right?
On the flip side, Dasha's demeanor was all but contagious. Sitting back down himself, cross-legged, he hoped to make himself a bit less intimidating as well, even if Dasha seemed to have the comfort and bonding covered. "What are you..." he mumbled as much to himself as the Pokemon. Then a little louder and more directed, he asked, "Do you have a trainer, little one? Or friends or family around here?"
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Post by SGYUMI on Dec 26, 2017 17:56:56 GMT -8
Guided slowly into the arms of the strong woman who'd managed to catch her with their face moments ago, Cosmog showed very little signs of struggling, briefly flinching or wincing as it adjusted to being cuddled...but ultimately relaxing, its antannae slowly rising, never to full height, but certainly seeming far less on edge, almost seeming to purr as it rested in Dasha's arms. She felt soft and warm, yet somehow strong and firm...feminine, yet sturdy. Yes. That sounded right to the little Cosmog. She was certainly comforting whatever the case, allowing her to open her own eyes slowly and taking in her surroundings once again, nervously looking up to the talking human.
"Mrrrrrrr..."
It's voice echoed oddly despite their surroundings, like it came from somewhere far away yet so close by all at the same time. She felt tired all of a sudden, like whatever had happened to her had left her so drained and tired. She'd briefly lift an antannae to the shooting stars, trying to tell the male human the Minior where the closest thing it had to family...but it was tired...very tired...it's antannae began to dip again, its eyes fluttering close...
"mrrzzzzz....mrrzzzzz...."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Dec 27, 2017 9:02:25 GMT -8
One of Dasha’s hands shifted and slowly felt over one of the spherical…. (were they ears or legs or hands? Oh gosh) of the smol bulbous creature. So soft, so squishy. The quiet noises had Dasha gushing a little more. Arceus, she wanted it. Her eyes would glance upwards, however, as the creature referenced the sky? The – was it a core form of a Minior? They came like this?? If she squinted she guessed it was vaguely star shaped? (Ok that was a stretch but she could hope or wish?) “Minior….huh….” she’d mumble anyways.
As it seemed to fall asleep, however, Dasha’s eyes grew. Awe??? Looking up at Kai and then back down at the Pokemon, Dasha smiled so softly for a couple of seconds. “Do you think it’d be in bad taste to catch it while its napping?” she giggled so softly. Snowflake rolled her eyes now and let out a low note. Guess Pinkie was big and strong now and Dasha needed another baby, ugh.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 27, 2017 10:00:12 GMT -8
Kai watched as the little Pokemon dozed right off in Dasha's arms. ...Aww... Well it had certainly taken a shining to her, hadn't it? How quickly she was able to calm it was fairly impressive, too, given how panicked it had been for a moment-- and he could hardly blame it after a fall like that.
At Dasha's question, though, he looked over the little ball of stardust again thoughtfully. "...I'm not sure," he admitted. "I'm torn between thinking it isn't something we should catch at all and thinking it's something we definitely need to take to ensure is protected..." The twinkling of the baby's inner stars was almost mesmerizing, wasn't it? But ah....
"I have next to no idea what this is, but it might..? match a description of something that showed up in a major Interpol report a while back. I'd have to check again to compare the descriptions and recall what context it was even in, but..." He crossed his arm and hummed a moment in thought before sighing. "Whether it's highly endangered or... possibly a Legendary Pokemon? I'm leaning toward thinking it would be safer with you-- with us, I guess-- than wandering around here..." And... if it was indeed a deceptively powerful being, he supposed there was a chance it had been drawn here for a reason, though he certainly didn't want to get Dasha into the mindset she might be some Chosen One and then find out he was mixing details in his head and it really was just an endangered or newly forming species.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Dec 27, 2017 10:21:58 GMT -8
Huh? Dasha blinked a couple of times at Kai’s assessment. It wasn’t a— It wasn’t something Kai had ever seen before? Her eyes fell down to the baby in her arms and took a while to flicker back up to Kai. Interpol report… The thought that it was endangered had her chewing her lower lip, but thought that it was a legendary had her eyes growing. Wait what really? “This little baby is a—“ Kai just said he wasn’t sure but… Again, until coming to Veria she hadn’t even believed legendries were real and now… No, no that’s silly. It was … maybe just very rare or a budding species hehehehe???
Shifting a little, Dasha pulled out a Pokeball and tapped the small cloud of stardust. It briefly would retract into the ball in a glow of red— only to burst forth again right after. Dasha blinked. Uhm? Ok? Did it need… a higher-grade ball, maybe? She swapped around her pocket inventory and tried several other balls she had on hand, but each had the same effect. None would catch it. Dasha looked up at Kai. Uhm????
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 27, 2017 10:42:36 GMT -8
Kai blinked slowly. "That.. does not hurt the Legend theory..." he murmured, before another thought hit and made him do a double take. Squinting, he noted, "Or I guess it could be an Ultra Beast actually. Some of the more recent reports on those are claiming that while many early UBs reported are on par with our legends or at least close to it, some are just... extradimensional Pokemon of potentially all sizes and power levels, but their ... essence, or something, is just Different from our Pokemon's. So maybe if we could get our hands on a Beast Ball it'd work better..." He would have to make some calls and see if he could get ahold of one to try...
"Guess for now though..." He stared at the sleeping baby a bit longer, then got to his feet and offered Dasha a hand up if she wanted it. "You wanna fly down to the ranch and see if my aunt and uncle have any idea? If it's just something that's cropped up in Alola more recently they might know more than me." And if not, it'd be quieter and farther from potential prying eyes than this tourist destination or heading back into town right away.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Dec 27, 2017 11:14:46 GMT -8
Dasha blinked slowly. Ultra Beast? She’d read about those scarcely after a supposed incident on the Sinclair train but not enough to know Much. She nodded slowly at Kai’s words. She’d have to read more on it later to really…grasp it but yes here they were. She’d take Kai’s hand and carefully stand before letting her attention drop to the creature again. “Alright,” She’d have to tell Princess to fly slower and more carefully with an extra baby in tow.
For now, she’d return Snowflake and release Princess. Climbing on her back carefully, she’d direct her to follow after Kai’s Dragon and then head that way for now. The flight was a lot more tense than she’d experienced before, partially due to not wanting to drop or shake the baby now in her arms. As they landed, however, it seemed the tiny creature had managed to sleep through it all. Thank goodness??? She…wasn’t even sure of why she was so thankful, but apparently she was.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 27, 2017 11:55:55 GMT -8
As Kai touched down, he quickly dismounted and recalled Drason before moving to meet Dasha as she landed, checking that the Pokemon in her arms was still peaceful and secure. For reasons beyond him, he couldn't help but gently pet the baby for a moment before turning and nodding toward the house. Fortunately, at this time of night, most of the Pokemon were asleep or winding down.
The fat Herdier from earlier, Fonzie, was sleeping on the porch, and did sit up a bit, tail gently wagging as he gave a hesitant 'moof? ...boof'. Kai gave him a 'hush' gesture and he quieted down to a small whimper, but his tail continued to wag and claws clacked a bit as he wriggled without standing on the porch.
Soon after, the porch light came on, and an elderly but robust woman-- on the shorter side with an 'apple-shaped' build-- came out of the house to greet them. "I was starting to wonder if you were coming back~!" she teased. "I thought I was gonna have to sell your bag." Kai fought not to roll his eyes as he gave her a hushed gesture too. "Hm??"
He waved her over, and gestured to the Pokemon Dasha carried. "Any idea what this Pokemon is?"
She looked it over, but shook her head. "I would not know," she answered quieter. "You wanna bring it in and ask your uncle?" Her attention shifted to the woman carrying it then. "Oh but how rude of me. You're Takeki's coworker~?" Kai wouldn't show it at all, but internally he tensed a bit.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Dec 27, 2017 12:09:22 GMT -8
Dasha followed after Kai her eyes taking in the farm at night with a lot more caution. As the woman came to greet them, she allowed her gaze to lower to the small nebulous in her arms again. She frowned as his aunt spoke. Maybe his uncle would know then. Her gaze flicked up again as the woman spoke. “Yes, ma’am, Agent Dasha Laska, a pleasure to make your acquaintance,” she spoke quietly but held that air of professionalism around herself.
The small Pokemon in Dasha’s arms shifted and whined softly causing the latter’s attention to shift again. “Ssshhh it’s ok sweetie…” she murmured shifting a little and petting the star child. Thankfully the latter would settle again right after that.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 27, 2017 12:24:14 GMT -8
Leilani smiled sweetly at Dasha, but refrained from any sort of handshake or the like given her hands were pretty full. "Come on in. If Dasha's gonna be here long enough I just started on dinner~"
Kai nodded, and once they were inside-- entering into a dining area-- she went back to the kitchen while he led Dasha to the living room, able to pretty easily guess where Haku would be. Sure enough, they found found an older somewhat heavy man passed out and lightly snoring in a reclining chair. Kai sighed softly, but reached out and poked him. "Hey. Old man." Only a slight shift in response, and he nudged harder. "Hey."
Haku startled awake and upright, blinking a moment before taking Kai in. "Boy!!" (How was it Kai was 40 and still preferred this term of address to 'Takeki' ahaha,,,) "Nice o' ya to stop by~"
"Yeah hey. Do you have any idea what kind of Pokemon this is? Dasha, show 'im."
As he looked over the shimmery little ball, he smiled casually. "Sure, that's a Starsnipe." ... Kai squinted. "They come out during meteor showers to eat Minior and sometimes trainers~" Kai frowned heavily, and Haku grinned.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Dec 27, 2017 12:42:19 GMT -8
Dasha’s lips parted, but no words came out. Guess she was staying for dinner then. Alright? Following Kai inside. Watching him interact with his uncle had a small puff of air escaping from her, but she’d keep the extra thoughts to herself. Shifting a little to show the small Pokemon, she …. frowned slowly as the man ‘identified’ it. The thought that it could eat Minior when it considered them ‘family’ and eat trainers at that size was….ridiculous to her and if that wasn’t enough, the grin wasn’t very promising. For as much as she wanted to say something she was 1) in someone else’s house and 2) not sure of what it was so….not like she could correct him.
Looking back to Kai, Dasha squinted briefly. “Maybe we should get ahold of a regional professor?” she offered instead. Or maybe a well versed Pokedex, perhaps. Or maybe just Interpol information like he’d said already. Dasha sighed softly and pet the small star baby.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 27, 2017 13:12:24 GMT -8
Kai rubbed his head. "Yeah.. I can.. go try to make a few calls and see if anyone's available at this hour." He guessed 'this hour' was earlier or later elsewhere but. heh. "Sorry about this."
Haku frowned. "Eyy, don't be like that. Since when 'ave I not teased ya, boy?"
Kai sighed. "I know. I know, but this might be serious. This thing could legitimately be dangerous, or--..." He was already pulling his phone out to tab through contacts.
Haku shrugged. "Don't look dangerous, does it?" Well no, but it did knock them on their asses earlier.. which a particularly worked up Igglybuff could probably also pull off because Pokemon were inherently powerful but okay yeah good point okay. "You worry too much. Settle down. Maybe tell us about some work or how the kids've been."
"I'm still mad you didn't bring the babies to see us!" Leilani called from the kitchen, earning a mildly sulking face from Kai.
"This is a business trip," he insisted back. "...Mostly." Heh.. But... "Guess... we can always worry about it tomorrow, unless you're worried...?" He looked to Dasha for direction on this, torn between feeling like they 'should' do whatever they could right away and more wanting to just settle in and trust everything was fine. If she did decide waiting was fine, he'd prompt her to share some of her more interesting missions-- like the one where she learned Mega Evolution-- both in an effort to make sure she didn't feel too much the odd outsider here and because he found it more interesting to hear her talk about things first-hand than read the dry report version.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Dec 27, 2017 13:28:05 GMT -8
Dasha sighed softly. The small baby didn’t seem dangerous, and it was calm right then so she supposed it wasn’t too pressing an issue right now— that and it meant she could hold it for longer. Despite herself, Dasha found her lips quirking up as she started to reply. “I think it’s fine for now…” she shifted a little resting the baby in one arm and petting it with the opposing hand. “She seems calm.” Yes she decided to call it a she. No she had no grounds for it what so ever.
Sitting down thereafter, she would share a few stories at least but mostly preferred to listen to whatever was shared. Her Mega Mission included a few more details than what was in the report but had a similar feel to her textbook language. She….perhaps praised Sam a bit too much this go around and maybe accidentally talked too much about Sam thereafter but she was a good precious friend so??? So.
Even as dinner rolled around, Dasha kept the baby in one arm or another. It just…felt right and she was rather content, and sure someone could try and prompt her to put her down, but it would receive a professional but straightforward ‘nope’. No this…she’d keep a hold of this and keep an eye on this and what a good Pokemon.
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Now I'm wearin' a smile that I don't believe in. Inside I feel like screamin'. |
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 27, 2017 15:20:16 GMT -8
Kai... might have found himself equally endeared and envious hearing Dasha rave about Sam. On one hand, he already knew they were close and may or may not have known a little more about Sam's side of things than Dasha herself did, and he was very glad they had some close and supportive and fun to be around and-- ... Yeah, that was the other hand too, wasn't it? Heh. That level of adoration and reliability could be hard to come by, couldn't it.
When she seemed content listening after or deferred questions, though, he didn't push her too much. He wanted her to feel included, but not put on the spot, after all.
For the most part, his family was pretty hospitable. His aunt cooked entirely too much food, insisting it better to have too much, and if they had to give leftovers to all the Pokemon oh no oh dear she supposed they'd make due. His uncle insisted she spoiled them too much, but clearly no one was making an effort to stop them either. Kai might have started slipping and looking just a bit annoyed every time his aunt referred to him by name, because okay yes he understood they were also Kaimanas and they weren't Kantonian and didn't share that culture with him, but how hard was it to call him Kai or literally anything else in front of someone he wasn't that close to. ... Granted he guessed he... hadn't always cared quite this much but whatever. It wasn't like he was going to say anything out loud either way so he'd just... quietly hope Dasha didn't pick up the habit. He doubted she would but still.
There was also.. his aunt occasionally starting to make a comment that earned her a sharp 'please don't' look from Kai, though it would be hard to say what she'd been going to say without knowing her. And his uncle did give him hell for a minute about his nails, which wouldn't have been so bad if Kai hadn't specifically put effort into his appearance this morning to avoid exactly this kind of heckling (entirely forgetting about his nails, admittedly), but for the most part he just laughed along and played it off pretty nonchalantly.
Those minor grievances aside, he did enjoy himself a lot, though. Mostly he avoided talking about work beyond a few 'Cool' moments and some broad vague stuff, how there'd been a UB incident reported a while back and so-forth. More, he talked about how the kids were doing in school and some various accomplishments, how Nalani had been getting better as a trainer and kept talking about wanting to do some solo traveling this summer and how torn he was between proud and nervous. He was also kind of worried about pulling Keone into a new school so soon after he was finally starting to make a few consistent friends, but given he'd always been a bit of an outlier, he also hoped the fresh start might go better for him than the school he'd always been in.
Other than Leilani half-teasing half-legitimately asking if Dasha wanted a high chair for the baby, though, they'd just kind of accept their starry little guest without much question. (Kai did question if she legitimately had a high chair and why before being reminded his cousin had a kid who was like... 5 or 6 now? Damn that was still a long time to still have the high chair tucked away but it seemed she wanted to be ready 'just in case' they got more grandbabies or great nieces and nephews.)
Kai finished eating a bit sooner than the others and excused himself to head outside for a quick smoke (and what no that wasn't a napkin of scraps snuck into his pocket for Fonzie ssshhh). As he came back in, a photo on the wall caught his attention, and he stopped to look for a minute at the teenage boy with long wild hair surrounded by an Ivysaur, a Farfetch'd, a clearly juvenile Tauros, a Mawile, and two Sandshrew, one Kantonian and one Alolan. "Hey," he called over to Leilani. "You don't know if you've got any more pictures of Embark or Fragment, do you?"
"Hm? I can look but it might take me more than tonight. You want me to mail you if I find any?"
"Ah... Yeah, that'd be nice."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Dec 27, 2017 20:14:49 GMT -8
It was nice to hear about Kai’s kids, and over the course of the evening, Dasha started to find a picture of what and who they were drawn out in her mind. She might have accidentally suggested that she help out Nalani by going camping with her, but this would be long forgotten by her later. She didn’t have as much to say about Keone but listened in none the less. The food was pretty good, and she legitimately enjoyed the atmosphere of his aunt and uncle’s.
As Kai went out to smoke, Dasha finished eating and slowly settled back petting the smol star friend. Her head turned as Kai spoke but only briefly. She…didn’t want to impose too much longer but also didn’t know if she could rightfully excuse herself back to the hotel. She both wanted to keep the star child safe but also wanted some space from the situation. Shifting around a bit, she straightened some. “Thank you for dinner, I should probably be heading back to my hotel though…” It wouldn’t be a long trek and would be even shorter if she chose to fly, but yeah….it’d be good to get out. Baring they’d let her, she’d leave after that with the small squish in tow.
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