xix λ exploration

[assassino]

----- Stephanie Brown -----

She admitted to having affections for me, but acknowledged that they will not come to pass. I did not kiss her or lead her astray, but I thought you should know in case she goes to you weeping.

[He's just leaving her a message, of course. So he doesn't get his ass kicked.]


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[Here's a fairly chipper tone:]

There are conversations about expeditions... I wonder, curiously, why there is so much waiting involved. There is no need to amass supplies nor food when the castle gifts it so readily, no need to search for patrons to fund the expedition, so why do people not simply pack up a horse and depart? Even women and children could travel easily, like this.

People from the future are terribly pampered.

[Meanwhile, you can find Ezio in the garden, picking flowers for his lady.]

Comments

[assassino]

Oh, yes, those things. I just keep mine in a cage on the balcony, like a real bird.

[payback]

[If he knows she won't show. She does fish another Pokéball out of her carryall though.]

Yeah, I like to have him out and about. He can do whatever he wants. Sometimes it's easier though. [Holds up the other pokéball] Wanna see my cactus?

[assassino]

[He looks at it, curiously.]

Yes, I would.

[payback]

[Obligingly, Rin clicks the button on the Pokéball. The usual stream of light emerges, forming a shape which clears up to be... this weird-looking thing. It's about three feet high.

It just sways where it landed. Glunk glunk gluwoooooo.]

Uh... yeah. This is Erwien!

[assassino]

[Ezio looks surprised, to say the least. He leans over to it and reaches to touch it.]

What a strange creature...

[payback]

[Erwien isn't actually all that prickly. She's just warm and smooth to the touch, kinda cactus-ey, and doesn't react much to Ezio touching her. She just keeps on swaying, glunk glunk gluwoooo.]

No kidding, right? I thought she was cute when I saw her so... uh, well. [Here they all are :'D]

[assassino]

[Ezio watches the cactus sway, hands moving gently over the surface of its skin. How strange.]

You seem to have a penchant for collecting creatures. I would not have imagined girl of your small stature would choose something so... intimidating.

[payback]

[Erwien just stares at him, with those googly unblinking yellow eyes. Glunk glunk gluwoooo. Rin crouches next to him and stares at Erwien too, but glances at Ezio - ]

Erwien is intimidating?

[assassino]

[He shrugs, and chuckles.]

When most women choose flowers, they pick ones with delicate petals and smooth stems, not prickled creatures.

[payback]

[... Rin flushes a little, looking somewhat embarrassed. Though she couldn't entirely explain why she is embarrassed.]

Ah... well, you know... I don't know! Pokémon are different. I picked out ones I like. Besides, she has flowers. [Brushing her fingers lightly along Erwien's long 'ears', which are indeed tipped with pink blossoms]