You never know! Maybe I took a nice leisurely nap somewhere else. Like next to all the cute baby Pokémon. Or maybe in a beautiful dress I could never afford. If it wasn't free, of course! ★★★
[ . . . He almost brings up what Rin said about not sleeping outside of rooms but he also knows she knows that and the only reason he briefly had that serious thought is that it is two AM or so and he's only up because it's strange Rin isn't here and hasn't been for a few days. ]
So my Princess is in another castle?! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Still, that's the sort of thing that makes men dream, and that's the sort of journey that I can't help but venture out on, to see things no man has ever seen before, of Blue-chan and her gorgeous dress!
[Sleeping is only permitted in the rooms prepared for all Participants in the dormitory area. Anyone found to be in violation of this rule will be punished accordingly.]
You know, if you can save me from the big bad Bowser, maybe I'll give you a kiss! （*´▽｀*）
Or if you can find me, maybe we can play a little truth or dare. It won't be the same without a big group, but I'm sure we can make enough excitement between the two of us! What do you think?
Between the two of us we can work out a group of ten, I'd think! Even at this late hour and without even waking up that roommate of yours!
[ By which he means "We could include the Pokémon," but that joke might not translate ]
But oh, that beats out my suggestion that we go for a midnight pool excursion. Ho ho ho, it assures me I ought to put on some overalls and even go for broke, and await...!
[In five minutes, deep in the clothing store... There's someone there!
...It isn't Blue. Or it doesn't look like Blue, anyway. The clothes aren't quite right due to working with what she has at her disposal, but the messy red hair and the weird silver eyes are pretty unmistakable.
Sure, there's the lack of a Sneasel, but disguises can't be perfect.]
Maaomi's mind takes a while to catch up with his heart once he catches sight of of the young man, seeing a glint of light off of the boy's strange eye color. His eyes dart around a little... ]
[ . . . It's not him. There's no way it's him. He's too short, the hair's too long, he doesn't squint as he comes closer, he doesn't have Weavile next to him. There's numerous errors. It's not...
Him.
It's not Blue.
He inhales a little, and he shakes his head, dismissing that. ]
[Have you ever seen someone's face kind of just start to melt off? Because it sure as hell is happening right about now. ...Well, it's not exactly her face, it's just her Ditto, and Ditty gets nice and comfortable in her arms once they've gotten their point across.]
[ Um??? That's actually a little bit gross but the moment after it happens he chides himself; he should have seen that coming. Or well, if not that then definitely the possibility of it. He knew that she had Ditty, and -
There's no need to dwell on that.
. . . Oh right, he should be laughing ]
Seriously! That was a spitting image, nice work there!
[ He didn't pull off the best smile ever there, oops ]
[ . . . Well shit. It's late in the night (or well, early in the morning? Whatever) and he's alone with Blue in the Clothing Store... and he's been cornered. His smile falters. He's not even sure why he didn't tell her before now -maybe because it's just awkward to explain this. He sighs, and rubs out the back of his head before starting with... ]
Silver's a friend of mine, one which I met and left behind in another world.
[That's... Not the most surprising thing she's heard, but it doesn't exactly put her mind at ease, either.]
What kind of other world? What happened there?
[The smiles and pleasantries are completely gone, but there's something about the tenseness in her posture, the particularly high shoulders, and Ditty's alarmed expression that say they're both expecting something pretty damn bad.]
[ That response, and that expression, how accepting she is of it... Masaomi's smile remains missing, and he brushes back his hair before leaning against a counter here in the room. He snipes back at her, ]
You know, I could ask much the same thing of you, Blue-san.
[ But it would be lame to turn the question around entirely other than to point out that he knows that she was in some other world too. ... Well, okay, more "suspects" than knows, but still. ]
I never got to know the name of the world at large, but the enclosure we were in was called Luceti. I was there for the better part of five years, and Silver was there for a bit less than that. It was a world at war though, and we got caught up in the middle of everything, protected from it for the most part by the same people that held us captive. That's why a lot of us did out best to try to resolve things on that world, in the end. [ This is such a cliffnotes version. It doesn't feel right, complete ] We were actually right at the precipice of that resolution when Ozuma-san decided I'd be of more use here.
[Five years? Five years and they couldn't find a way out?
...On the other hand, she could have been trapped in that world for five years too, if it weren't for Rick. ...Man, does she really hate anything that ends in "if it weren't for Rick." Gross. Either way, she's not sure if that's better or worse. Maybe it's better not to compare. Either way, there's no way Silver took that very well, but... Five years.
[The smile is forced. The laughter is forced. There's no way Masaomi doesn't know it's forced, but maybe if she keeps up a momentum he won't get the chance to call it out.]
But hey, hey! If we get all of this serious stuff out now, we won't have anything left for truth and dare! I'll let you go first, Masaomi!
But I pick dare, of course. ♥
[At least until she can chew on that information a little more.]
[ Of course it's forced. That was lame even by his standards, forced in such a way that it's an obvious deflection, moving on to a new topic because she doesn't know what to do with her own mind. And that... surprises him. Less because he didn't think Blue operated like that or was capable of it, but much more because he was being let off the hook with that lame, incredibly insufficient summary. For a moment, he's actually caught between reactions, a smidge slack jawed. ]
[ He winks, spinning in place with a little pose. The fact is, it was one thirty in the morning and he was avoiding sleeping. He was stir crazy in the absence of Rin. He was lonely in the absence of Shikamaru and Silver. He was loveless in the absence of Katara and Crystal. He was unstimulated in the absence of Hilda and Gold. It was natural he would so something this stupid, and as long as Blue was up to it, there's no reason not to do this, and ignore the hesitation in his heart.
He was man. ]
But okay, ok! For now, the first inaugural dare of the game iiis - you show off your twerking skills for then next thirty seconds!
[A world at war, an enclosure- protecting her brother from a couple of bad people is one thing, but how is she supposed to pick a fight against an entire world? Or multiple worlds? And who brought them there? not the captors, because captors don't protect you, or if they do it's a secondary effect while they focus on messing with you, so who? What does she ask next? Does she simply accept that some things are out of her control?
There's too much that's out of her control. She doesn't like it. She doesn't like it one bit. She doesn't like being here, either, as if one trip to another world wasn't enough-]
I'd love to! There's only one little problem.
I've got no idea what that is!
[...She's going to regret agreeing to this, isn't she.]
Oh, really! That sort of EDM-powered magic hasn't infiltrated the world of Pokémon yet, huh... [ He nods, sagely ] To be fair, it's only recently entered the clubs of Tokyo.
[ . . . He said, as if he were big into the club scene. ]
Ah, well, if that's the case, then there's no helping it! Come on, Blue-chan, Ditty, follow after me!
[ And, squatting a bit, hands behind his head, Masaomi - starts to gyrate and thrust his hips, doing his best to twerk himself. He's flexible, but inexperienced with it. ]
[ Laughing, sweating a bit, he was actually planning to go the full thirty seconds with her. And so, more to humor her than anything, he does. For the most part, they're doing this, alone in the room and without a beat (which makes it a even more awkward) but able to see her, and able to do it in tandem with her...
He can't help but find it fun.
And when thirty seconds (self-counted) is up, he stops, leaps, and pulls into a bow for her ]
Truth.
[ To allow her to question him more. ... Though at this point she might prefer the dare vengeance, he knows ]
[It's fun, but it's still embarrassing. What it is good for is taking off some of the edge, and... Masaomi's going for truth, so that's just going to have to do.]
I could cheat and say "I don't know" to both of those, but that would be pretty cheap! [ He laughs, still breathing a little heavier and then shakes a hand, ] Okay, so the world itself is a black hole of sorts, something that pulls people and things from across all of time, space, and dimensions. I'm not sure that a planet can have a motivation to do something like that, but we do have some reason to believe that it was malevolent.
He should ask about her Pokémon or perhaps most pressingly about the world that she was in after he world. Instead, he tries to throw her off base a little, humming as he casually motions for her to follow. After all, they were going to go to the pool and pick out a swimsuit ... Oh wait they could do it here, right?
[...She could try to make something up. She could talk about someone from home, as if nothing in that horrible academy ever happened. Technically, it wasn't a date.]
I brought this cute boy I liked back to life. Does that count? I'd say it went pretty well!
Ahaha~! Oh man, if those are the sort of kinks you're into, then I don't think I have a choice here! [ he claps his hands together, and curled up close to the swimsuits- ]
... Okay! I'm going to settle for swimsuits for now then!
[ Okay... So he flips through the swimsuits for a long while. Flip, flip, flip. He doesn't want this to drag, so he'll give it five minutes. Is Blue going to help? Either way, as he does this, he talks some bullshit (and I don't jump to the reveal to allow her to talk if she would talk ) ]
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So my Princess is in another castle?! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Still, that's the sort of thing that makes men dream, and that's the sort of journey that I can't help but venture out on, to see things no man has ever seen before, of Blue-chan and her gorgeous dress!
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You know, if you can save me from the big bad Bowser, maybe I'll give you a kiss! （*´▽｀*）
Or if you can find me, maybe we can play a little truth or dare. It won't be the same without a big group, but I'm sure we can make enough excitement between the two of us! What do you think?
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[ By which he means "We could include the Pokémon," but that joke might not translate ]
But oh, that beats out my suggestion that we go for a midnight pool excursion. Ho ho ho, it assures me I ought to put on some overalls and even go for broke, and await...!
Some pie!
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[...That was pretty bad.]
Whatever the plan, help me, Masaomi! You're my only hope!
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Well then, I'll be right to your floor, and we can go the distance! Hell, we can be real adventurous and pick out a swimsuit there!!
In fact, that's the first dare.
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Deal! Be there on your floor in five!
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...It isn't Blue. Or it doesn't look like Blue, anyway. The clothes aren't quite right due to working with what she has at her disposal, but the messy red hair and the weird silver eyes are pretty unmistakable.
Sure, there's the lack of a Sneasel, but disguises can't be perfect.]
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Tall.
There- Is- Silver-
Maaomi's mind takes a while to catch up with his heart once he catches sight of of the young man, seeing a glint of light off of the boy's strange eye color. His eyes dart around a little... ]
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Him.
It's not Blue.
He inhales a little, and he shakes his head, dismissing that. ]
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[ . . . NAILED IT ]
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[Have you ever seen someone's face kind of just start to melt off? Because it sure as hell is happening right about now. ...Well, it's not exactly her face, it's just her Ditto, and Ditty gets nice and comfortable in her arms once they've gotten their point across.]
What do you think? Ditty's pretty talented, huh?
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There's no need to dwell on that.
. . . Oh right, he should be laughing ]
Seriously! That was a spitting image, nice work there!
[ He didn't pull off the best smile ever there, oops ]
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[But that's enough of that. Time for business.]
So why don't you tell me all about how you know him? I'm all ears!
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Silver's a friend of mine, one which I met and left behind in another world.
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What kind of other world? What happened there?
[The smiles and pleasantries are completely gone, but there's something about the tenseness in her posture, the particularly high shoulders, and Ditty's alarmed expression that say they're both expecting something pretty damn bad.]
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You know, I could ask much the same thing of you, Blue-san.
[ But it would be lame to turn the question around entirely other than to point out that he knows that she was in some other world too. ... Well, okay, more "suspects" than knows, but still. ]
I never got to know the name of the world at large, but the enclosure we were in was called Luceti. I was there for the better part of five years, and Silver was there for a bit less than that. It was a world at war though, and we got caught up in the middle of everything, protected from it for the most part by the same people that held us captive. That's why a lot of us did out best to try to resolve things on that world, in the end. [ This is such a cliffnotes version. It doesn't feel right, complete ] We were actually right at the precipice of that resolution when Ozuma-san decided I'd be of more use here.
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...On the other hand, she could have been trapped in that world for five years too, if it weren't for Rick. ...Man, does she really hate anything that ends in "if it weren't for Rick." Gross. Either way, she's not sure if that's better or worse. Maybe it's better not to compare. Either way, there's no way Silver took that very well, but... Five years.
Masaomi's been through a lot too, hasn't he.]
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[The smile is forced. The laughter is forced. There's no way Masaomi doesn't know it's forced, but maybe if she keeps up a momentum he won't get the chance to call it out.]
But hey, hey! If we get all of this serious stuff out now, we won't have anything left for truth and dare! I'll let you go first, Masaomi!
But I pick dare, of course. ♥
[At least until she can chew on that information a little more.]
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[ He winks, spinning in place with a little pose. The fact is, it was one thirty in the morning and he was avoiding sleeping. He was stir crazy in the absence of Rin. He was lonely in the absence of Shikamaru and Silver. He was loveless in the absence of Katara and Crystal. He was unstimulated in the absence of Hilda and Gold. It was natural he would so something this stupid, and as long as Blue was up to it, there's no reason not to do this, and ignore the hesitation in his heart.
He was man. ]
But okay, ok! For now, the first inaugural dare of the game iiis - you show off your twerking skills for then next thirty seconds!
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There's too much that's out of her control. She doesn't like it. She doesn't like it one bit. She doesn't like being here, either, as if one trip to another world wasn't enough-]
I'd love to! There's only one little problem.
I've got no idea what that is!
[...She's going to regret agreeing to this, isn't she.]
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[ . . . He said, as if he were big into the club scene. ]
Ah, well, if that's the case, then there's no helping it! Come on, Blue-chan, Ditty, follow after me!
[ And, squatting a bit, hands behind his head, Masaomi - starts to gyrate and thrust his hips, doing his best to twerk himself. He's flexible, but inexperienced with it. ]
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She is a classy lady, and deserves much better than this.
What's wrong with the future? Or maybe just Masaomi's world.]
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[WE SURE ARE TWERKING, THIS SURE IS AWKWARD-]
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He can't help but find it fun.
And when thirty seconds (self-counted) is up, he stops, leaps, and pulls into a bow for her ]
Truth.
[ To allow her to question him more. ... Though at this point she might prefer the dare vengeance, he knows ]
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Who brought you to that world and why?
[That's a good a start as any.]
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[It sounds a little different, but at the same time-]
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There might be. Like I said, we've mostly treated the symptoms so far, we were just getting to the root of it when I appeared here.
[ And after everyone got those scars on their soul during that one quest in Zompania... ]
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[But fair's fair, and she really should-]
How about truth?
[...She doesn't want to, but. Sure.]
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He should ask about Silver.
He should ask about her Pokémon or perhaps most pressingly about the world that she was in after he world. Instead, he tries to throw her off base a little, humming as he casually motions for her to follow. After all, they were going to go to the pool and pick out a swimsuit ... Oh wait they could do it here, right?
Well, then he'll walk towards them, instead ]
So Blue-chan, how was your last date?
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I brought this cute boy I liked back to life. Does that count? I'd say it went pretty well!
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[ Aaaand, swimsuits. Good, Ozuma did move them here instead of the locker rooms by the pool ]
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[...But damn was the kiss really nice.]
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Dare!
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Go look for the smallest thong you can find and model it for me! ♥
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To be sure, swimsuit or lingerie? Or either?
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[ Okay... So he flips through the swimsuits for a long while. Flip, flip, flip. He doesn't want this to drag, so he'll give it five minutes. Is Blue going to help? Either way, as he does this, he talks some bullshit (and I don't jump to the reveal to allow her to talk if she would talk ) ]
You know, try not to drool, Blue-chan.
[ He's embarrassed thinking about this though.. ]