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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 30, 2017 8:03:13 GMT -8
"Oh yeah?" Kai asked Dasha. "Ah, was that the poacher case? Benoit's brother, too, wasn't it?" Which in Kai's book made him twice as qualified or at least twice as trustworthy to have around his kids.
"Oh neat. Wha'd'you think, Keone? Sound fun?" Nalani asked. He would think on it a moment, but then nod briefly. Mostly, he was still nibbling his food and watching Tyri.
As Sam pitched in about 'her friend', Kai fought the urge to give her A Look, but had to wonder if Dasha knew. He'd remember to ask later, though. For now, he answered, "Contests happen now and then, but it doesn't have the organization or following it does in places like here or Hoenn. Kanto's had an emphasis on strength and self-improvement since way before Red, though."
"If countries were people, I'm pretty sure Kanto would be the jock kid~" Nalani teased. Kai found this idea a bit silly, but given the only alternative he could come up with was the militant one and the word 'kid' gave him the impression Nalani was imagining a high school AU, he wouldn't argue her on that.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Dec 30, 2017 14:00:07 GMT -8
Dasha smiled a little and nodded at Kai’s words. Yep, Seraph was pretty cool, really cool. They still needed to go camping sometime, heh. Shifting out her phone, she made note to text him later just to be sure it was fine and maybe even coordinate a date and time if he was up for it. As Sam spoke, however, Dasha blinked a little surprised. Who did Sam know from the contest? Her gaze had fixed on Sam’s face, and thus she’d miss Kai’s look.
Kai’s description of Kanto followed by Nalani’s had Dasha quirking an eyebrow. She’d heard of Kanto, read a bit about the land and its people, but it was still a foreign place she could only vaguely imagine at best. Well, maybe knowing Kai and his family were from there helped her understanding subtly, but still. “Era had only a few seasonal contests,” she found herself saying before she even realized it. “And they were part of bigger festivals, mostly.” Her lips quirked a little as she realized only after the fact that she’d said ‘had’. “But they were nice enough.” Yeah.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 30, 2017 14:11:59 GMT -8
Smirking a little as they talked about the regions, as the only Verian native at the table Sam felt like it was her job to give this region's side of things which...while a lot of the more interesting events happened before her time, came with an interesting thought that made her chuckle.
"We have contests and gyms, we even have more than some other regions...sometimes. The league only moved in recently so I think they're just finding their feet on how to run that stuff. Like, the only gym leaders I can name off the top of my head are...Akira...Mia...Dan? Dexter? I dunno, something with a D. The rest change around so much it's kinda hard to keep track...kinda just speaks to how intimidating a job it must be being such a pillar of your community eh?" She offered a faint smile, hoping she wasn't bashing the title so much as she was trying to let them see it in a more impressive light from how much it must have took to maintain the role.
"As for our place...if Kanto's the jock...I'd say Veria's that super advanced, but kinda unstable kid." She smirked for a moment before elaborating. "You know he's super smart for his age, but you also have that feeling he's gonna blow something up in the science lab.~" Which, given Faraday's ruins, had already happened at least once by accident.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 30, 2017 15:42:09 GMT -8
"Seasonal festivals sound fun," Kai commented. He still did hope Dasha could show him some Eran culture firsthand someday, repaying his showing her around Alola and all. But he wouldn't focus on that just now. To Sam, he'd reply, "I think the Carrefor leaders have both been there a while, though you don't hear a lot from them. And I think I read a relatively longtime leader in Alterna only recently retired." Did he retire? Get fired? Just quit? Something else? Kai didn't actually recall. He only knew any of this due to trying to make himself familiar with important public figures. Were there one or two more he was forgetting? Probably. One who'd moved cities not long before Kai moved to Veria, maybe?? Though maybe that was one who'd quit, oh well.
"Wonder if I could be a Gym Leader~" Nalani mused. Kai would have noted the main issue with that idea but she beat him to it. "I mean. Probably would help to specialize in a type first, but if the turnover's that high I might have time." She chuckled a bit to herself.
At Sam's latter assessment, Keone quietly replied, "I wanna be Veria...~"
Smirking, Nalani asked, "Hoping for lab-accident superpowers there?"
"... Maybe." He just smirked as he nibbled a bit more sandwich.
"...You not eating by the way dad?" Nalani asked.
"..Ah, uh." He mostly just forgot to order but also answered honestly, "Stomach's a bit unsettled. I'll just steal a few chips here." Reaching for one of Keone's, he vaguely realized he didn't actually want crumbs all over these gloves but oh well he'd live.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Dec 30, 2017 18:43:40 GMT -8
Dasha’s lips pressed together as Sam spoke of Veria. The thought that Veria was that unstable and yet somehow managed to keep it together intrigued and worried her. She hadn’t seen any sort of restlessness akin to Era’s failing regime, but that didn’t mean there weren’t other internal problems. Caravella’s recent noble problems and Alto’s native problems were all reminiscent of the internal struggles of those who called themselves Eran Rebels and—When did she start chewing her lower lip? When had her hands tightened into fists under the table.
From the Konto case to the Genesect mission to the latest intel reports, the legendries here were just as unstable. She had not forgotten what Kai had said during their business trip. Legendries complicated things. Hundreds of Pokemon had been sacrificed to make one immortal kid, and evil science was making monsters of Pokemon. Why was all of this starting to freeze her veins right now?
Even as the conversation continued, Dasha felt herself shrinking a little. Her stomach, now full of food, was starting to throb, and rather unexpectedly, she stood up. O-oh, uh… “I’ll- I’ll be right back…” she tried and failed to smile. “Just need to go to the bathroom…” and with that she’d turned and started walking that way disappearing behind women’s restroom door.
Damn it if she wasn’t about to be sick.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 30, 2017 18:53:49 GMT -8
"I mean, yeah there are a few others who are longstanding, I know that much, but not all of them try and stand out like that blonde ya know?" Yeah there was the Carrefor gym leaders, a semi long running one in Sinclair that just retired, and the Alterna ones but...yeah. These gym leaders didn't stick around for long, or didn't make themselves known, with Mia being that rare exception it seemed. She lightly scratched her cheek as she tried to think of anything she could say the other gym leaders had done but...not much came to mind.
As Nalani mentioned being a gym leader, Sam couldn't help but snicker, lifting her sandwhich as she spoke snarkily from behind it. "I'd be careful, one of the gym leaders just lost an arm.~ Its certainly a dangerous job if the league wanna send you on missions.~" She flashed Nalani a grin before taking a bite, hoping she wouldn't have as volatile a reaction as Keone to a bit of teasing like that. She would probably stick around for some form of reaction before Dasha suddenly rose from her seat, staggering Sam herself a little as she watched Dasha run off.
"Er..e-excuse me guys. Agent Laska may be feeling some side effects from yesterdays mission. Weird alien food. Yup." Nice excuse there. Dasha would have enough of a head start to already be in the bathroom before Sam got up to follow, carefully making her way into the women's restroom, but before she turned a corner into the main area of it, she knocked her knuckles against the wall, not wanting to intrude and just calling out. "Dasha honey...you okay...?"
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Dec 30, 2017 22:03:52 GMT -8
... Was Dasha all right? Kai vaguely caught the lip-chewing but couldn't quite tell if that was 'just' some awkward or nervous tick or sign of deeper distress just now.
At Sam's comment about the arm, both Kai and Nalani did look briefly upset in different ways, but Nalani's quickly faded as she joked, "Guess I could get a hook hand and we could both be pirates, huh?" Keone rolled his eyes and nudged her, but seemed much more okay with this sort of thing from her than dad's friend he met less than an hour ago, unsurprisingly, heh.
Kai was still a bit uneasy though. "I met her not long before that happened, you know. Watched her punch straight through a wall." One corner of his mouth turned down. "Kinda nerve-wracking to think about."
Aaaaaah shit there went Dasha. Aaand there went Sam? And if he had any doubt that Dasha looked upset Sam kind of confirmed he was right to worry by following. Welp, better to distract the kids so Nalani didn't go eavesdrop at least. He just hoped it wasn't something he said. ...Maybe just her thinking about Era after mentioning it? Or maybe her stomach was legitimately upset. Regardless...
"Ah.. You guys wanna swing by the new school campus later? Get an idea of it for January?"
Nalani shrugged and answered, "I guess," followed by a small nod of agreement from Keone. There was a brief moment where she sipped her drink, and Kai stole another chip, and then nearly spit it out as a question he really should have expected came out of his daughter: "So, do you like either of them?"
He managed to swallow if a bit harder than ideal and rubbed his head in frustration. "Please just let me have female friends for fucking once." Whoops he'd always tried to curb how much he cursed around the kids but ehh she was almost 15 and it wasn't like they hadn't heard worse.
She huffed slightly. "If that's all you wanted with mom why get all pissed off and make a scene?"
Hello blood pressure. Goodbye blood pressure. How's the weather way up there? Be sure to bring a postcard when you come back down. "Eh. Probably just overreacted, but there's gotta be something more fun to talk about, mm?" By which he meant he really wanted to vent and may or may not kind of spam text Sam and/or probably several old friends in Kanto later but like hell was he about to get into this with the kids.
"Sure," she shrugged. She thought a moment, then smirked. "What's with the gloves?"
"..It's December."
"You sure it's not to hide those pretty nails~?" she teased. ...Ah, so she'd noticed that. "I'd have said something at the airport, but ya know." Ha... yeah okay. He shrugged 'apologetically' and scooted the Pyukumuku on the table a bit farther from Keone's food before grabbing a few more chips.
"I didn't see..?" Keone added now.
"...Ah. Later."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Dec 30, 2017 22:26:02 GMT -8
By the time Sam had got to the bathroom, Dasha had found the handicap stall and was heaving. Ugh gross. Really stomach you couldn’t have held it together? Yet even with her stomach free of its contents, it was still tight and squirmy. Forcing herself up and leaning sideways on a stall wall, she took in some slow, shaky breaths. “I’ll be ok…” she called a good minute and a half after Sam had called the question. “My stomach just ... didn’t agree with something…” And it still didn’t agree with it nor did her heart or her head.
Too many thoughts swirled and crashed into one another, and she was struggling to keep them all straight. Was Veria safe? If not for her specifically but for Nikki and Dad and Mom and … even Ilya?? Clearly, they had done roughly ok in the year they had been there, but then her mind spun back to the Gala and how horrendous that had been and then learning in more detail about Niso Konto and then all these extra issues and just…. It wasn’t an Eran war, but it was still strife and it could get so much worse with Legendary Pokemon present here and ….
A weird noise escaped from Dasha, something between a whine and a groan. “I … uh…. “ Dasha took in a shaky breath. “Sam ….. how… how stable from your perspective is Veria?” she finally asked abet weakly. “Overall….”
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 31, 2017 10:11:46 GMT -8
Hearing the sound of Dasha retching wasn't exactly reassuring, but it did tell Sam she was likely in the privacy of a stall and she edged her way inside, standing outside the stall so Dasha stilll had some privacy, but still not one foot out the restroom as a whole. "Well I'm here if you need anything...pretty sure they let us have free cups of water here...heh..."
She'd let Dasha catch her breath from the wretching, folding her arms as she rested her back against the wall...the question that came caught her off guard a little, and she realized what exactly Dasha had taken from her words, bringing out her initial reaction. "Ah shit Dash I didn't mean it like that I..." Ruffling her own hair she tried to think how to explain. "I just meant Veria's that...experimental kid. I mean you've seen the wacky shit some of these towns try. I mean hell i was raised on Sinclair and I still don't get how that thing dosn't topple over on a long turn or something..."
Of course this wasn't answering the question really, or likely helping for that matter...her hand falling she let out a deep sigh. "Its...wonky...I don't think it's anything close to Era but...I dunno." The sound of her ruffling her hair again was clear before she continued. "I mean...that Niso kid is a fucking mess but...he hasn't done shit like the Gala in months, and heck even when he defaced that building I'm half convinced he musta known it was getting demolished, I mean it was sectioned off and everything, how much clearer could it have been?" Yeah...yeah she remembered that in the reports..."I mean fuck, apparently he's got some sorta girlfriend from what he had his pokemon burn into it, maybe he's calmed down? Maybe...? His weird top hat accomplice hasn't even shown up for even longer and..."
She let out a deep, heavy sigh.
"Dasha...we've got some loons but...Veria's not gonna go to war with itself or anything. I mean heck the most we're gonna get is one of those league gym leaders clocking the other one in the jaw?" She let out just a faint chuckle...hoping that would help ease the tension.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Dec 31, 2017 13:24:55 GMT -8
Dasha took some slow if shaky breaths. Sam’s initial words didn’t do much for her nerves, but … the assurance it wasn’t as unstable and ready to blow as Era was did do a little more— kind-of-sort-of-ish. Remembering the details of Konto’s case had her chewing her lower lip again, but she wouldn’t have time to really go over everything she now knew about the situation. That was a talk with Kai first even as close as she was to Sam.
The most we’re gonna get is one of those League gym leaders clocking the other in the jaw— Sam sounded so assured about this and… it did ease Dasha some. Her stomach stopped pounding quite as hard, and even if her head was pounding now for a different reason, she could take it better.
There was about a minute pause before she flushed the toilet and finally came back out again. Blue eyes met equally blue ones and held them there for a few seconds before Dasha nodded. “Ok… I… ok,” she spoke much quieter before briefly raising a hand to wipe her mouth. “I…” She wanted to say something, anything, but instead ended up closing the distance and hugging Sam a bit too tight and a bit too long before stepping back again. “I… like Veria…” she spoke after a moment. “So I just… don’t want it to—“ Go to hell like home had.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Dec 31, 2017 14:13:12 GMT -8
Sam didn't think to interupt that minute of silence, letting out a slow breath as she just pictured Dasha take that in...as dumb as it felt, she felt like she'd been programmed to take silence as better than a response in these situations...it told her she hadn't upset Dasha any further, assuming it didn't go on for two long. She was just about to knock before Dasha came out, stepping back only for Dasha to step further into her, taking her into that tight hug...
Sam...shouldn't have cherished that as much as she did. Dasha was worried to the point she was making herself sick and for the briefest of moments Sam smiled over her shoulder, just feeling great at the simple fact she was someone Dasha trusted or liked enough to embrace like that, even if it was only to calm their own nerves. She felt the faint pinch of it being too tight, but as she hooked back, fingers sinking into her hair, careful not to mess it up, she didn't realize at all just how long it was, quietly holding Dasha for as long as she needed, and while she didn't show it physically, she was faintly reluctant to let her go for a second there.
"Yeah I..." 'getcha'. But she didn't. She...she did. She understood WHY she was worrying, but she didn't know that worry herself, she couldn't have that personal experience no matter what...she just tipped her head forward in a light nod, hoping Dasha would get a grasp of what she was trying to do, and just lightly grasped and squeezed the sides of her shoulders. "Still fit for duty agent Laska?" She offered a faint smirk, hoping to lighten her up a little. "We've still got two little aliens to transport...Big cheese is already a little compromised so I could use my Senpai here."
...She froze a little as that left her. Shit. She wouldn't even know that if it wasn't for Cat going to some conventions...would Dasha even know what that meant? It was a bit of a Kantonian thing right?
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Post by Dasha Laska on Dec 31, 2017 17:49:56 GMT -8
Sam’s playful words drew a small smile onto Dasha’s face. She most certainly would have gone on just fine with the statements had Sam not frozen, but as she did so, she found herself backtracking in thought quickly. Wait huh— was it about the senpai thing? Was she worried about word not making sense or— maybe the connotations of it in anime, actually? (Did Sam watch anime? And if so why had they not watched Fate/Zero together yet??)
Dasha smiled a little anyways. “Fit and ready, agent Parker,” she answered straightening a little and giving a small salute before relaxing again. “Let’s get back to the big cheese and our two alien guests.” Slowly she turned and started towards the bathroom exit again. “So what anime do you watch that uses senpai enough to say it out loud?” she asked a bit toothily, not quite ready to let that one go.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Jan 1, 2018 4:12:55 GMT -8
Okay phew, she was smiling big enough and she seemed to understand what Senpai meant at least and took some humor from it, so she eased up pretty quickly. "Well good...already got one agent down, can't have our local badass princess giving up on me too...~" As they started to turn out of the restroom, Sam blushed a little at the teasing question, lightly elbowing Dasha in the side. "Oh fuck off. I just used to be a little nerd is all.~" Or she still was a massive closet one, who was to know? Not Dasha, not yet.
"Hey er...serious for a sec." She stopped just before they left the restroom, resting her back against the wall. "I know we've got plans for new years but...if you just wanna come round and...chill our or anything, talk about this, I've always got time for you Dash." She offered a warm smile. "No pressure just...grab a crappy action movie or something? Chill out, talk about things..." She shrugged, not entirely knowing what she was trying to say and just stepping out of the restroom. "Whatever the case, offer's there yeah?" If Dasha didn't stop her, she'd walk out and rejoin the kids and Kai at the table.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Jan 1, 2018 10:50:07 GMT -8
A smaller, tighter smile curled on Dasha’s lips as Sam spoke. Used to be a nerd— She wondered if she couldn’t fix that to is still a nerd with a couple of well-placed anime suggestions but maybe for another time. As Sam stopped her again, however, Dasha frowned a little. Oh she was— oh. Dasha chewed her lip but gave a small nod. “Alright….” she tried to smile and sort of half-succeeded. “Sounds good…” She’d… think about that later, maybe much later, maybe next year, lol it was coming up soon anyways.
As Sam moved, Dasha followed after rejoining Kai and the two aliens with him. She … did feel a little better, she promised. Probably, yeah.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Jan 1, 2018 11:23:37 GMT -8
Nalani rolled her eyes affectionately. "Why'd you bother doing it if you were gonna be embarrassed about it?"
Kai didn't have a good answer to that, though he knew she was only ribbing a bit with this. "Maybe I just wantedto embarrass you." Okay so that was also true.
She snerked a bit. "You know that works way better in public right?" Then thinking better of giving him pointers, she backtracked to, "But I mean, I guess if you decided not to this is fine~" Kai was starting to relax now, but then Keone shifted a bit and frowned down at his food. Noticing, Nalani added, "At least show Koni real quick though. You can always put them right back on."
... Kai pursed his mouth. He wanted to insist 'later', but he couldn't reasonably put it off long enough without suspicion anyway, could he? Trying right now would-- ... well, at this point either way would upset Keone. But Kai knew too well he was the kind of kid who could better take a worse thing he understood better than a minor thing that seemed trivial... And, unfortunately if that weren't factor enough, he knew some of Keone's tastes could veer a bit 'feminine' (if probably not even as much as Nalani could be a tomboy), and he could practically hear Evelyn's voice now in the back of his head pouting that if he publicly rejected feminine things it sent a bad message that those things weren't acceptable, or something like that. ........ Ugh.
"Please don't say anything," he sighed, starting to tug at a glove. "I just wanted to calm down quickly to focus on you guys today." As it came off, Keone did get to see and Nalani got a better look at Kai's pink and gold nails, but it became immediately clear that wasn't actually what he was hiding, and more of their focus went to his busted and still slightly bleeding knuckles.
"...Oh," mumbled Nalani.
Annnnnd oh look the girls were back, hopefully they'd help with a subject change rather than comment on this.
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