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Maybe we're all cold machines, stuffed in human skin.... With human sins sewed up by the gods of city {Pokemon Oc}

[totallynotazoroark]

I suppose a proper introduction is needed by now…

I’m Elizabeth Sutera….eh…or just call me Lizzy if you please.

I’m around 25 years old…or was it 24? It’s been a while…

It’s highly unlikely that you’d already know me, I tend to avoid people nowadays….if you do though, I suppose this introduction isn’t needed.

[…What else am I supposed to say, Yanga?]

[Eh? Something about myself?]

…Well I suppose I ‘enjoy’ exploring forgotten places….and playing cat’s cradle. And bullying Indy and Rubella .

Though I am mostly on the run from Exceed at the moment feel free to send any questions or statements that you may or may not have for me (I’ll try to answer them in hopes that my Rotom Phone doesn't get tracked)

Farewell…

// Yello! @lizzy-not-found here and I realized that I needed to update Lizzy’s intro a bit! Anyways as she said, feel free to send asks! Also send her random stuff that she’s probably never seen before (eg. Stuff like pompoms)

Also all other rp blogs can interact as well! I didn’t make that clear last time lol

okay bye

[spinel--au]

That's strange....you look like him, but you seem different somehow...

-- @totallynotazoroark

"As long as you know I'm not Director Spinel... but who are you...and whose side are you on...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy tilted her head]

"Huh...so I was right. As for whose side I'm on, ...I'm with the Rising Volt Tacklers."

[She was avoiding the previous question...]

[spinel--au]

"So... you know the truth I see... I'm well... just staying out of the mess..."

He mentally runs though everyone he knows associated with the RVT...but can't match her with anyone...huh...

[totallynotazoroark]

”I try to stay out of it as well. I only step in when things escalate.”

[spinel--au]

"Perhaps that's a good idea... especially if the Explorers may not realise you exist..."

[totallynotazoroark]

“…I wish that were the case…”

[Lizzy sighed and glanced around]

[spinel--au]

"Then maybe the only safe place... is in space... or another world..."

He looks around too... had she seen something?

[totallynotazoroark]

”….In space-?”

[spinel--au]

He frowns...and tilts his head... "You didn't know where Friede disappeared to...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy froze, then sighed.]

“Of course he was in space….”

[spinel--au]

"I can't hide you in space... but I might be able to get you through an ultra hole... if you wish..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy seemed startled by the idea and shook her head]

“I’m managing on my own.”

[spinel--au]

He shrugs... "Alright... just a thought..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….apologies. What I meant was that I appreciate the offer, but I’m alright on my own.”

[She went silent for a moment. If she wasn’t going to give him her name, she had to atleast give him something to call her…]

[spinel--au]

"I figured... would be a big change...for anyone here anyway... Where have you been staying...?"

He starts wondering... He had asked about all those who were threats to Director Spinel... needed a heads up in case someone attacked him instead... Why was this person omitted...?

[totallynotazoroark]

”…I’ve been mostly camping out, but sometimes I stick with Hamber when we’re in the same area.”

“…..OWN.”

[spinel--au]

"I see... well good luck staying safe..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”Thank you.”

[spinel--au]

"You're welcome... And eh... OWN...?"

He looks a bit curious...wasn't exactly sure what that meant...

[totallynotazoroark]

”…OWN. Call me OWN for now…”

[spinel--au]

"Ah... Nice to meet you OWN... I'm..."

He looks a little bit sheepish...

"Just call me Spinel... It's... the only name that seems right..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….It’s okay. Spinel’s a nice name anyway.”

[She gave him a reassuring look]

[spinel--au]

"It is... Beautiful gems too..."

He smiles...pulling out a small plastic bag...

Three spinels... red...blue...and yellow...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy’s eyes lit up]

“….I never really knew how pretty they actually were…”

[spinel--au]

He smiles wider... "Yeah... They come in many colours... There are many synthetic ones too... but these are natural..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"...yeah. Nature truly is marvelous.....it's really a shame that others are trying to harm it."

[spinel--au]

"Nature is beautiful... they are also resources for us to use... just need to be sensible with them..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"...you have a point."

[Two Espurrs walked up to Spinel. One was hiding behind the other, who was staring up at him with curiosity]

[spinel--au]

He looks at them with a smile and a wave...

"Oh... hi..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"Mreeew!"

[The braver of the two demanded uppies while the shy one got scared and hid behind Lizzy's leg]

"Mrow...."

[spinel--au]

He chuckles... and kneels down... reaching a hand out to the braver one...

"They're cute... both yours?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"...Yeah. The braver one is Rin..."

[Lizzy picked up the one hiding behind her]

"..And this is Len. A friend of mine named them."

[Rin walked forward and tapped Spinel's hand with her paw]

[spinel--au]

"Well Rin... nice to meet you..."

He holds Rin's paw...giving it a squeeze...

[totallynotazoroark]

"Mrrow!!"

[Rin seemed quite happy]

[spinel--au]

He starts picking Rin up...giving her a head pat....

"Good...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin seemed to really enjoy the headpats and started purring]

[spinel--au]

"Want to meet my Pokemon...?" He pulls out two balls...

Since it's dusk... really shouldn't have a problem getting Eevee out... lately she's been rather sad at not evolving yet... basically made her active hours night time only...

[totallynotazoroark]

“…I’d love to.”

[spinel--au]

Seviper comes out first... takes a long look at everyone and hisses...

"That...that's a 'hi'..."

He taps his other ball... "Eevee...? It's dusk...ready to come out...?"

She does...but ignores the others...instead just sits and and paws at his leg...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Len hides even more from Serviper, while Rin wanted to say hi to the Eevee. Lizzy tilted her head, seeming interested in the Eevee’s behavior.]

“She seems to really trust you…”

[spinel--au]

He grimaces noticing Len hiding... "Ehh... whoops... Seviper don't hiss... that one gets scared..."

Seviper moves away...finding a nearby street pole to coil around... but still looks at them...

He turns back to Eevee and pats her head... "Yeah... she does. But she also wants something. I hope...you don't mind."

He pulls out an Umbreon bauble from his bag...which Eevee snatches ...then lies on her back playing with it...

[totallynotazoroark]

"It's okay. I get it."

"...Cute..."

[spinel--au]

He stands up again... "Seviper isn't very social... good company though... Very impressive muscles too if you want to get coiled... an interesting massage..."

He chuckles at Eevee... "Ah... Eevee is usually more social... but she's desperately been wanting to evolve... often refuses to come out during the day... except for food... or battle training..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy once again tilted her head. She hadn't really thought of that, despite knowing so much about different Pokémon species. She thought about Eevee next....refusing to come out during the day....]

"...Do you think she wants to evolve into an Umbreon?"

[spinel--au]

He nods... "Oh that's for sure... I always felt it was suiting... I get these instincts that just... feel right... Just like my name does. That was before I found out about... Director Spinel's lies...

He then looks a little sheepish... there was more but... he looks back at Eevee for a while. She's still playing...rolling the bauble across the ground...

[totallynotazoroark]

"....I see."

[Lizzy could tell that the news must have been upsetting for him...people who lie always end up hurting someone in some way; whether it's multiple people or one singular person.]

[She pointed to herself]

"Lizzy. My name...is Lizzy."

[spinel--au]

"Nice to meet you Lizzy... Look... it's complicated... I know people on both sides of this mess... I'm just... trying not to get too involved..."

He probably already was... but wasn't actively doing much... not spilling what he knows... He knows his mind could get read... but so far as he knows... nope...

[totallynotazoroark]

"...I understand that...who do you know if you don't mind telling me?"

[spinel--au]

"Citrine and Azur of course... Indy... Ame... Onyx... Liko... May have anonymously sent messages to some others...

Plus just regular citizens... they got opinions too... Some are still fooled by the lies... some know... and still have differing opinions..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”Citrine…I’ve met him as well….and Indy. I haven’t seen Ame in a while…*

[spinel--au]

"Only Citrine...? You've not met his boyfriend...or fiancé now...? I'm closest to them both..."

He groans...putting a hand across his face... "One of them doesn't support Director Spinel... the other... is a very obsessed supporter..."

He wasn't mentioning that he considered them his boyfriends/fiancés too... even if it was basically just himself... it was complicated

[totallynotazoroark]

”His…fiancé? Has it actually been that long?”

[spinel--au]

"Depends on how long you mean... It hasn't even been a year..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"It hasn't....? ...I should really contact him...I promised that we would meet again..."

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... You probably should then..."

He pauses... thinking of an idea.

"You should see them both... tell them you met me... I want to know what they say... third party perspective... How's that?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"....Sounds...good."

[Len finally mustered up some courage to go over to Seviper. He approached them slowly..]

[spinel--au]

"Thanks..."

He smiles but then looks a bit sheepish and mutters...quite incomprehensibly... "Eh... yeah... sorry if I'm pulling you into some... nonsense between us.."

Seviper drops his head to Len's height...and is actually speaking... its speech hisses have less of a rumble... "Good to meet you... I'm not scary."

He looks at them. "I hope Seviper is being nice."

[totallynotazoroark]

“It’s quite alright…”

[Lizzy’s ears perked up upon hearing Seviper’s hisses.]

”It is. It’s telling Len that it’s not scary.”

[Lizzy accidentally let it slip that she completely understood what it just said. Oops.]

[spinel--au]

He does a slight double take on Lizzy translating his Seviper's hisses... but chuckles on remembering that Espurrs were psychic types...

"Oh... you too eh? Same as Azur... he has a Beheeyem... Telepathy is useful isn't it...?"

He looks at the other Espurr... just thinking... 'Hi...? You're Rin...?'

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy froze, realizing that she accidentally sold herself out.]

“Oh really? Interesting….”

[Rin managed to pick up on what he was saying and nodded, waving to him.]

[spinel--au]

He chuckles at Lizzy...then waves back to Rin...

"Yeah... not many people make much use of telepathy... It's nice you talk to your Espurrs that way..."

Seviper starts slithering around everyone...

[totallynotazoroark]

"Yeah...I'm sure that they appreciate it as well."

[Rin floated around happily. Len seemed startled by Seviper's sudden movement but decided to tough it out. Lizzy seemed surprised by his decision.]

[spinel--au]

"Do you get around... by teleport too?"

Seviper slithers up to Lizzy and just stares at her...hissing...

He just looks... "Eh...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"...Only if I'm in an emergency. Otherwise, I don't"

[Lizzy glanced down at Seviper and tilted her head]

[spinel--au]

He nods... "Oh... so just the telepathy...? Or only sometimes...? Like because I asked if Seviper was nice?"

Seviper just keeps looking...

He rubs a hand over his scales... "What is it?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy completely missed the question, as she was currently locked in a stare-down with the Seviper.]

[spinel--au]

He frowns... quite confused... wondering what was going on...

Seviper hisses... "You're suspicious..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy raised her hands in surrender.]

[Oh boy, not like this….]

[spinel--au]

He narrows his eyes... not sure what's going on...

"Lizzy...? Seviper...?"

He looks at Eevee... who is simply running about...paying no heed...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin hissed at Seviper as well while Len just hid again.]

[spinel--au]

He taps Seviper... "Okay... I assume everything is...telepathic...? I'm out of the loop..."

He looks at Rin... hoping she'd send something to his mind too...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin continued hissing]

“Hey, back off! Enough people know already!”

[spinel--au]

Seviper hisses and turns away...then coils around its trainer...

He wraps an arm around Seviper...

"Want a hug eh...?"

He looks at Lizzy and chuckles...

"Care to explain... what this was about...?"

[lizzy-not-found]

"..."

[Lizzy looked away. She seemed quite frazzled...]

[spinel--au]

Seviper coils a bit tighter...massaging his legs too...

"You alright...?"

Seviper nods...then sticks a tongue out at Lizzy...

"Something is with her...? What did she do...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

// accidentally reblogged to my main 😭😭

“….I-“

[spinel--au]

He bites his lip...

"Alright... this isn't getting anywhere..."

He puts up his hands...

"Just... say something... anything that'll get somewhere..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy sighed]

“….I would if I knew how to..”

[spinel--au]

"...Alright. Let's move on... to something else? Though... would like to warn you... Seviper may throw people... if you make him mad... or other..."

Seviper massages his back now...

He lets out a grunt... and twists a bit...befkre chuckling...

"Okay... maybe not here in public...?"

Seviper loosens up... a very loose coil now...barely any contact...

[totallynotazoroark]

”…throw…people?”

[That seemed to snap Lizzy out of her thoughts. Even Rin looked up in surprise.]

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... three times so far... that I know of..."

He shakes his head...snorting...

[totallynotazoroark]

”That’s….actually pretty funny…”

[The end of Lizzy’s scarf moved on its own and scooped up Len, who was still hiding behind her.]

[spinel--au]

He looks at her... with a side grin...

"Funny... you say? Mmm... true..."

He notices the scarf moving... that's curious...

[totallynotazoroark]

”Well….at least for the ones not being thrown.”

[spinel--au]

He shrugs... "Well... I did hear of these sort of things happening before...to others... everyone has been safe... no one really hurt..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"..that's a relief.."

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... So... um..."

He shrugged... wasn't sure what else to say...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy stayed silent, not sure what to say either. She glanced at the sky.]

"...It's almost nightfall.."

[spinel--au]

He looks at the sky as well... trying to identify the few faint stars that appeared... he hummed...

"It is... quite nice... The stars are coming out now..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"....yeah...."

..

"What do you think of them?"

[spinel--au]

"I like the stars... been learning how to identify them... navigating... well trying to..."

He looks at her with a smile...

"How about you...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy's gaze remained skward.]

"...I've always wondered what they are-- unscientifically. They all have names, stories, and they help to guide others to wherever their destination may be..."

"It's inspiring, almost."

[spinel--au]

"Quite inspiring... I'm good at identifying a constellation on paper... but the actual sky... too many extra stars...

Those from Alola still use the stars to guide them at sea... "

[totallynotazoroark]

”….I could teach you someday. I had to learn since—— ….nevermind. I just had to learn.”

[spinel--au]

"Someone's teaching... but I'm a poor student... but I wouldn't mind extra help... thanks..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….it’s no issue. I don’t have much to do nowadays….”

[spinel--au]

"Do you not have hobbies to fill your time...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

”Hobbies…?”

“Um…I play cat’s cradle….and I sometimes investigate forgotten places….”

[spinel--au]

"Investigating must be fun...but I can see it getting boring or frustrating... when there is a lack of results..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”…Sometimes. But there’s always been something that I’ve found that I treasure to this day.”

[Lizzy glanced back and Seviper was giving her ANOTHER look.]

“<….not a word to him about what you know. Got it?>”

[spinel--au]

Seviper bares its fangs... then slinks away...

He crosses his arms...and sighs... it probably something silly... who knows...

"I'm curious... any specific treasures you'd like to share...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy went silent for a minute before pulling out a Pokeball. She pressed the button and out popped a Shiny Hisuian Zorua.]

“This is Yuki.”

[spinel--au]

He smiles... and waves...

"Oh... Pretty cute... Hi Yuki..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Yuki tilted his head, keeping close to Lizzy. He seemed wary…]

[spinel--au]

"A little shy... eh...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

”…he’s not very trusting of people…”

[spinel--au]

"Oh... how did you get him to trust you...?"

He steps back a moment...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy went dead silent for a moment, before coming up with an excuse.]

“….I saved him from some Pokemon hunters. That’s why he trusts me.”

[Yuki rubbed against Lizzy’s legs.]

[spinel--au]

"Oh... I see... must be terrible... unfortunately... not exactly something I can replicate right now..."

Why did a split second thought cross his mind... that certain someones would fake a Pokemon hunter attack... and save them... just to gain trust...?

He squeezed his eyes shut... Nope...bad thought... That wasn't him... He opens them again... sighing...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy and Yuki tilted their heads in unison.]

“Are you alright..?”

[spinel--au]

He shoves the thought away... biting his lip... then smiles...

"Yeah... just... stupid thoughts ran through my mind..."

Eevee notices Yuki and comes over... curious about the shiny...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Yuki warily approached Eevee and sniffed it out of curiosity.]

[yanga-exceed-researcher]

BOSS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING.

BOSS.

DIRECTOR SPINEL.

[sylveonsresearcher]

"..For once I'm worried about this man."

[hamber-explorers]

I’m buying funeral flowers. Can anyone else pitch in?

[totallynotazoroark]

…I’ll probably still see him anyway if he dies. I can see ghosts.

[totally-not-friede]

"That sucks."

[crave-what-am-i]

[Without a real reason as to why she had come back here, Lizzy stood outside the door of the house, visibly shivering and exhausted. She sighed and rang the doorbell.]

// Jumpscare! I hope tumblr isnt mean this time 💔

— @totallynotazoroark

He answer the door, opening it slightly.

“ Hello?”

// Yuppi!!! Let’s hope tumblr is good this time…😊

[totallynotazoroark]

”….Mr. Crave…”

[Lizzy could barely mutter due to exhaustion]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Oh my….Lizzy! What happened to you??”

[totallynotazoroark]

“…A…lot.”

“…..can I come in?”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Sure! Come in!”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy made sure to shake the snow off of her before stepping inside and closing the door]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Do you need anything? “

[totallynotazoroark]

”I should be okay…..”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Are you sure? You look exhausted!”

[totallynotazoroark]

“…I do?”

[Lizzy glanced at herself in the mirror]

“…huh. I guess I do…”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Yea….you kinda do…”

[totallynotazoroark]

“….I guess I should sit down for a bit then.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ You should…do you want some tea?”

[totallynotazoroark]

“…Yes, thank you.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Ok…just wait here!”

He walks to the kitchen.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy nods. Two Espurrs teleport into the room and float behind Crave, curious as to what he was doing]

[crave-what-am-i]

He turn around to see who was following him.

[totallynotazoroark]

"Espurrr!"

[The female Espurr greets him. The male hides behind his sister]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ hi!”

[totallynotazoroark]

"Purrr! Espurrr!"

[The female waved at him while the male continued to hide]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ How cute….”

He looks at the male Espurr.

“ Don’t hide…you are safe here!”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Despite Crave’s words, Espurr continued to hide itself]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Am i scary?”

[totallynotazoroark]

"Purrr..."

{Lizzy walked over}

"...So that's where you two were. Rin. Len."

{Both Espurrs immediately flew back to Lizzy once they heard their names}

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Rin..Len…so those are your names!”

// best names ever

[totallynotazoroark]

{The female, Rin, nodded while Len, the male, sat in Lizzy's arms}

[crave-what-am-i]

He pets both of them.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin really enjoys the pets and starts purring]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Aww…i love when they start purring..”

[totallynotazoroark]

”..I think Rin’s taken a liking to you.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Indeed, but i’m quite sad, Len seems to be scared of me..”

[totallynotazoroark]

”…He’s a bit shy. He’ll warm up eventually…”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ alright….”

[totallynotazoroark]

{Len yawned and started to drift off in Lizzy's arms while Rin had wandered off to find Cinccino}

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Alright then, back to making tea…”

[totallynotazoroark]

{Both Len and Lizzy watched closely}

[crave-what-am-i]

“ What flavor would you like?..”

[totallynotazoroark]

"...nothing specific."

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Alright….”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy waited patiently for the tea]

[crave-what-am-i]

He was making the tea, putting the water into the teapot and waiting for it to boil.

[totallynotazoroark]

[While she was waiting, Zygarde (in its 10% form now) found its way into the room and sat beside Lizzy]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Ah, Zygarde you decided to join us, are you already familiar with Lizzy?”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde nodded]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Very well, so no presentations needed.”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde barked in agreement]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ You want something, don’t you?”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde gestured to the teapot]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Tea? Does Amethio allow you to drink that?”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde barked again and looked at Lizzy as if asking her to side with it]

“…I mean, I don’t have anything against it…but we should still ask Amethio.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Yeah Zygarde, Amethio decides..Maybe I can send him a message..”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde huffed in annoyance.]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Lizzy, can you text Amethio and ask him, I’m kinda busy preparing the tea, as you can see..”

[totallynotazoroark]

”…I don’t have a Rotom Phone. Chalce broke mine.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Uh….oh…then take mine.”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy took Crave’s phone and messaged Amethio]

[crave-what-am-i]

He was almost done with the tea.

[totallynotazoroark]

”…He said that it’s okay.”

[Zygarde barked happily]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Alright then.”

He grabs two teacups plus a bowl for Zygarde.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde seemed really excited and was barking happily]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ My my, you are so excited, just like Hamber when he sees tea.”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde barked again as if confirming what Crave said]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Alright, follow me in the living room..”

Heads into the living room, and puts on the coffee table two teacups and Zygarde’s bowl.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy followed quietly while Zygarde raced ahead]

[crave-what-am-i]

He sits on the sofa, waiting for Lizzy and Zygarde to join.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde immediately jumped onto the sofa while Lizzy silently asked for permission]

[crave-what-am-i]

He nods, giving her permission to sit.

“ You don't need my permission, remember that the next time, ok?”

[totallynotazoroark]

"..Okay. Thank you."

[With that being said, Lizzy sat down next to Zygarde]

[crave-what-am-i]

He passes her the teacup.

“ Here!”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy took the teacup with a nod. Len had fallen asleep in her arms and Zygarde was still waiting on its tea]

[crave-what-am-i]

He passes the bowl full of tea to Zygarde.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde barked happily and lapped up the tea. Lizzy sighed.]

“Please don’t burn your mouth…”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Indeed, maybe you should have waited a little bit before drinking it…”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde didn’t seem to mind much and licked Lizzy’s hand to reassure her.]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Well seems like Zygarde is trying to tell you to not worry about him…”

[totallynotazoroark]

”Yeah….”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Is there something that is worrying you?..”

[totallynotazoroark]

”….a few things. But that’s not important right now.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Are you sure?…”

[totallynotazoroark]

“I’m positive.”

[spinel--au]

That's strange....you look like him, but you seem different somehow...

-- @totallynotazoroark

"As long as you know I'm not Director Spinel... but who are you...and whose side are you on...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy tilted her head]

"Huh...so I was right. As for whose side I'm on, ...I'm with the Rising Volt Tacklers."

[She was avoiding the previous question...]

[spinel--au]

"So... you know the truth I see... I'm well... just staying out of the mess..."

He mentally runs though everyone he knows associated with the RVT...but can't match her with anyone...huh...

[totallynotazoroark]

”I try to stay out of it as well. I only step in when things escalate.”

[spinel--au]

"Perhaps that's a good idea... especially if the Explorers may not realise you exist..."

[totallynotazoroark]

“…I wish that were the case…”

[Lizzy sighed and glanced around]

[spinel--au]

"Then maybe the only safe place... is in space... or another world..."

He looks around too... had she seen something?

[totallynotazoroark]

”….In space-?”

[spinel--au]

He frowns...and tilts his head... "You didn't know where Friede disappeared to...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy froze, then sighed.]

“Of course he was in space….”

[spinel--au]

"I can't hide you in space... but I might be able to get you through an ultra hole... if you wish..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy seemed startled by the idea and shook her head]

“I’m managing on my own.”

[spinel--au]

He shrugs... "Alright... just a thought..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….apologies. What I meant was that I appreciate the offer, but I’m alright on my own.”

[She went silent for a moment. If she wasn’t going to give him her name, she had to atleast give him something to call her…]

[spinel--au]

"I figured... would be a big change...for anyone here anyway... Where have you been staying...?"

He starts wondering... He had asked about all those who were threats to Director Spinel... needed a heads up in case someone attacked him instead... Why was this person omitted...?

[totallynotazoroark]

”…I’ve been mostly camping out, but sometimes I stick with Hamber when we’re in the same area.”

“…..OWN.”

[spinel--au]

"I see... well good luck staying safe..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”Thank you.”

[spinel--au]

"You're welcome... And eh... OWN...?"

He looks a bit curious...wasn't exactly sure what that meant...

[totallynotazoroark]

”…OWN. Call me OWN for now…”

[spinel--au]

"Ah... Nice to meet you OWN... I'm..."

He looks a little bit sheepish...

"Just call me Spinel... It's... the only name that seems right..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….It’s okay. Spinel’s a nice name anyway.”

[She gave him a reassuring look]

[spinel--au]

"It is... Beautiful gems too..."

He smiles...pulling out a small plastic bag...

Three spinels... red...blue...and yellow...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy’s eyes lit up]

“….I never really knew how pretty they actually were…”

[spinel--au]

He smiles wider... "Yeah... They come in many colours... There are many synthetic ones too... but these are natural..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"...yeah. Nature truly is marvelous.....it's really a shame that others are trying to harm it."

[spinel--au]

"Nature is beautiful... they are also resources for us to use... just need to be sensible with them..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"...you have a point."

[Two Espurrs walked up to Spinel. One was hiding behind the other, who was staring up at him with curiosity]

[spinel--au]

He looks at them with a smile and a wave...

"Oh... hi..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"Mreeew!"

[The braver of the two demanded uppies while the shy one got scared and hid behind Lizzy's leg]

"Mrow...."

[spinel--au]

He chuckles... and kneels down... reaching a hand out to the braver one...

"They're cute... both yours?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"...Yeah. The braver one is Rin..."

[Lizzy picked up the one hiding behind her]

"..And this is Len. A friend of mine named them."

[Rin walked forward and tapped Spinel's hand with her paw]

[spinel--au]

"Well Rin... nice to meet you..."

He holds Rin's paw...giving it a squeeze...

[totallynotazoroark]

"Mrrow!!"

[Rin seemed quite happy]

[spinel--au]

He starts picking Rin up...giving her a head pat....

"Good...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin seemed to really enjoy the headpats and started purring]

[spinel--au]

"Want to meet my Pokemon...?" He pulls out two balls...

Since it's dusk... really shouldn't have a problem getting Eevee out... lately she's been rather sad at not evolving yet... basically made her active hours night time only...

[totallynotazoroark]

“…I’d love to.”

[spinel--au]

Seviper comes out first... takes a long look at everyone and hisses...

"That...that's a 'hi'..."

He taps his other ball... "Eevee...? It's dusk...ready to come out...?"

She does...but ignores the others...instead just sits and and paws at his leg...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Len hides even more from Serviper, while Rin wanted to say hi to the Eevee. Lizzy tilted her head, seeming interested in the Eevee’s behavior.]

“She seems to really trust you…”

[spinel--au]

He grimaces noticing Len hiding... "Ehh... whoops... Seviper don't hiss... that one gets scared..."

Seviper moves away...finding a nearby street pole to coil around... but still looks at them...

He turns back to Eevee and pats her head... "Yeah... she does. But she also wants something. I hope...you don't mind."

He pulls out an Umbreon bauble from his bag...which Eevee snatches ...then lies on her back playing with it...

[totallynotazoroark]

"It's okay. I get it."

"...Cute..."

[spinel--au]

He stands up again... "Seviper isn't very social... good company though... Very impressive muscles too if you want to get coiled... an interesting massage..."

He chuckles at Eevee... "Ah... Eevee is usually more social... but she's desperately been wanting to evolve... often refuses to come out during the day... except for food... or battle training..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy once again tilted her head. She hadn't really thought of that, despite knowing so much about different Pokémon species. She thought about Eevee next....refusing to come out during the day....]

"...Do you think she wants to evolve into an Umbreon?"

[spinel--au]

He nods... "Oh that's for sure... I always felt it was suiting... I get these instincts that just... feel right... Just like my name does. That was before I found out about... Director Spinel's lies...

He then looks a little sheepish... there was more but... he looks back at Eevee for a while. She's still playing...rolling the bauble across the ground...

[totallynotazoroark]

"....I see."

[Lizzy could tell that the news must have been upsetting for him...people who lie always end up hurting someone in some way; whether it's multiple people or one singular person.]

[She pointed to herself]

"Lizzy. My name...is Lizzy."

[spinel--au]

"Nice to meet you Lizzy... Look... it's complicated... I know people on both sides of this mess... I'm just... trying not to get too involved..."

He probably already was... but wasn't actively doing much... not spilling what he knows... He knows his mind could get read... but so far as he knows... nope...

[totallynotazoroark]

"...I understand that...who do you know if you don't mind telling me?"

[spinel--au]

"Citrine and Azur of course... Indy... Ame... Onyx... Liko... May have anonymously sent messages to some others...

Plus just regular citizens... they got opinions too... Some are still fooled by the lies... some know... and still have differing opinions..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”Citrine…I’ve met him as well….and Indy. I haven’t seen Ame in a while…*

[spinel--au]

"Only Citrine...? You've not met his boyfriend...or fiancé now...? I'm closest to them both..."

He groans...putting a hand across his face... "One of them doesn't support Director Spinel... the other... is a very obsessed supporter..."

He wasn't mentioning that he considered them his boyfriends/fiancés too... even if it was basically just himself... it was complicated

[totallynotazoroark]

”His…fiancé? Has it actually been that long?”

[spinel--au]

"Depends on how long you mean... It hasn't even been a year..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"It hasn't....? ...I should really contact him...I promised that we would meet again..."

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... You probably should then..."

He pauses... thinking of an idea.

"You should see them both... tell them you met me... I want to know what they say... third party perspective... How's that?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"....Sounds...good."

[Len finally mustered up some courage to go over to Seviper. He approached them slowly..]

[spinel--au]

"Thanks..."

He smiles but then looks a bit sheepish and mutters...quite incomprehensibly... "Eh... yeah... sorry if I'm pulling you into some... nonsense between us.."

Seviper drops his head to Len's height...and is actually speaking... its speech hisses have less of a rumble... "Good to meet you... I'm not scary."

He looks at them. "I hope Seviper is being nice."

[totallynotazoroark]

“It’s quite alright…”

[Lizzy’s ears perked up upon hearing Seviper’s hisses.]

”It is. It’s telling Len that it’s not scary.”

[Lizzy accidentally let it slip that she completely understood what it just said. Oops.]

[spinel--au]

He does a slight double take on Lizzy translating his Seviper's hisses... but chuckles on remembering that Espurrs were psychic types...

"Oh... you too eh? Same as Azur... he has a Beheeyem... Telepathy is useful isn't it...?"

He looks at the other Espurr... just thinking... 'Hi...? You're Rin...?'

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy froze, realizing that she accidentally sold herself out.]

“Oh really? Interesting….”

[Rin managed to pick up on what he was saying and nodded, waving to him.]

[spinel--au]

He chuckles at Lizzy...then waves back to Rin...

"Yeah... not many people make much use of telepathy... It's nice you talk to your Espurrs that way..."

Seviper starts slithering around everyone...

[totallynotazoroark]

"Yeah...I'm sure that they appreciate it as well."

[Rin floated around happily. Len seemed startled by Seviper's sudden movement but decided to tough it out. Lizzy seemed surprised by his decision.]

[spinel--au]

"Do you get around... by teleport too?"

Seviper slithers up to Lizzy and just stares at her...hissing...

He just looks... "Eh...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"...Only if I'm in an emergency. Otherwise, I don't"

[Lizzy glanced down at Seviper and tilted her head]

[spinel--au]

He nods... "Oh... so just the telepathy...? Or only sometimes...? Like because I asked if Seviper was nice?"

Seviper just keeps looking...

He rubs a hand over his scales... "What is it?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy completely missed the question, as she was currently locked in a stare-down with the Seviper.]

[spinel--au]

He frowns... quite confused... wondering what was going on...

Seviper hisses... "You're suspicious..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy raised her hands in surrender.]

[Oh boy, not like this….]

[spinel--au]

He narrows his eyes... not sure what's going on...

"Lizzy...? Seviper...?"

He looks at Eevee... who is simply running about...paying no heed...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin hissed at Seviper as well while Len just hid again.]

[spinel--au]

He taps Seviper... "Okay... I assume everything is...telepathic...? I'm out of the loop..."

He looks at Rin... hoping she'd send something to his mind too...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin continued hissing]

“Hey, back off! Enough people know already!”

[spinel--au]

Seviper hisses and turns away...then coils around its trainer...

He wraps an arm around Seviper...

"Want a hug eh...?"

He looks at Lizzy and chuckles...

"Care to explain... what this was about...?"

[lizzy-not-found]

"..."

[Lizzy looked away. She seemed quite frazzled...]

[spinel--au]

Seviper coils a bit tighter...massaging his legs too...

"You alright...?"

Seviper nods...then sticks a tongue out at Lizzy...

"Something is with her...? What did she do...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

// accidentally reblogged to my main 😭😭

“….I-“

[spinel--au]

He bites his lip...

"Alright... this isn't getting anywhere..."

He puts up his hands...

"Just... say something... anything that'll get somewhere..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy sighed]

“….I would if I knew how to..”

[spinel--au]

"...Alright. Let's move on... to something else? Though... would like to warn you... Seviper may throw people... if you make him mad... or other..."

Seviper massages his back now...

He lets out a grunt... and twists a bit...befkre chuckling...

"Okay... maybe not here in public...?"

Seviper loosens up... a very loose coil now...barely any contact...

[totallynotazoroark]

”…throw…people?”

[That seemed to snap Lizzy out of her thoughts. Even Rin looked up in surprise.]

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... three times so far... that I know of..."

He shakes his head...snorting...

[totallynotazoroark]

”That’s….actually pretty funny…”

[The end of Lizzy’s scarf moved on its own and scooped up Len, who was still hiding behind her.]

[spinel--au]

He looks at her... with a side grin...

"Funny... you say? Mmm... true..."

He notices the scarf moving... that's curious...

[totallynotazoroark]

”Well….at least for the ones not being thrown.”

[spinel--au]

He shrugs... "Well... I did hear of these sort of things happening before...to others... everyone has been safe... no one really hurt..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"..that's a relief.."

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... So... um..."

He shrugged... wasn't sure what else to say...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy stayed silent, not sure what to say either. She glanced at the sky.]

"...It's almost nightfall.."

[spinel--au]

He looks at the sky as well... trying to identify the few faint stars that appeared... he hummed...

"It is... quite nice... The stars are coming out now..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"....yeah...."

..

"What do you think of them?"

[spinel--au]

"I like the stars... been learning how to identify them... navigating... well trying to..."

He looks at her with a smile...

"How about you...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy's gaze remained skward.]

"...I've always wondered what they are-- unscientifically. They all have names, stories, and they help to guide others to wherever their destination may be..."

"It's inspiring, almost."

[spinel--au]

"Quite inspiring... I'm good at identifying a constellation on paper... but the actual sky... too many extra stars...

Those from Alola still use the stars to guide them at sea... "

[totallynotazoroark]

”….I could teach you someday. I had to learn since—— ….nevermind. I just had to learn.”

[spinel--au]

"Someone's teaching... but I'm a poor student... but I wouldn't mind extra help... thanks..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….it’s no issue. I don’t have much to do nowadays….”

[spinel--au]

"Do you not have hobbies to fill your time...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

”Hobbies…?”

“Um…I play cat’s cradle….and I sometimes investigate forgotten places….”

[spinel--au]

"Investigating must be fun...but I can see it getting boring or frustrating... when there is a lack of results..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”…Sometimes. But there’s always been something that I’ve found that I treasure to this day.”

[Lizzy glanced back and Seviper was giving her ANOTHER look.]

“<….not a word to him about what you know. Got it?>”

[spinel--au]

Seviper bares its fangs... then slinks away...

He crosses his arms...and sighs... it probably something silly... who knows...

"I'm curious... any specific treasures you'd like to share...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy went silent for a minute before pulling out a Pokeball. She pressed the button and out popped a Shiny Hisuian Zorua.]

“This is Yuki.”

[spinel--au]

He smiles... and waves...

"Oh... Pretty cute... Hi Yuki..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Yuki tilted his head, keeping close to Lizzy. He seemed wary…]

[spinel--au]

"A little shy... eh...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

”…he’s not very trusting of people…”

[spinel--au]

"Oh... how did you get him to trust you...?"

He steps back a moment...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy went dead silent for a moment, before coming up with an excuse.]

“….I saved him from some Pokemon hunters. That’s why he trusts me.”

[Yuki rubbed against Lizzy’s legs.]

[spinel--au]

"Oh... I see... must be terrible... unfortunately... not exactly something I can replicate right now..."

Why did a split second thought cross his mind... that certain someones would fake a Pokemon hunter attack... and save them... just to gain trust...?

He squeezed his eyes shut... Nope...bad thought... That wasn't him... He opens them again... sighing...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy and Yuki tilted their heads in unison.]

“Are you alright..?”

[yanga-exceed-researcher]

BOSS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING.

BOSS.

DIRECTOR SPINEL.

[sylveonsresearcher]

"..For once I'm worried about this man."

[hamber-explorers]

I’m buying funeral flowers. Can anyone else pitch in?

[totallynotazoroark]

…I’ll probably still see him anyway if he dies. I can see ghosts.

[totally-not-friede]

"That sucks."

[totallynotazoroark]

It really does….

Especially when half of them are screaming in your all of the time…

[yanga-exceed-researcher]

BOSS.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING.

BOSS.

DIRECTOR SPINEL.

[sylveonsresearcher]

"..For once I'm worried about this man."

[hamber-explorers]

I’m buying funeral flowers. Can anyone else pitch in?

[totallynotazoroark]

…I’ll probably still see him anyway if he dies. I can see ghosts.

[totallynotazoroark]

stars at lizzy with big eyes

Stares back….

[lily-voltage-rvt]

”hehe!”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy tilted her head.]

[A child…]

[lily-voltage-rvt]

Lily flutters her wings happily

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy’s ears twitched. She has wings…?]

[Lizzy tilted her head again, this time to the other side.]

[totallynotazoroark]

stars at lizzy with big eyes

Stares back….

[lily-voltage-rvt]

”hehe!”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy tilted her head.]

[A child…]

[totallynotazoroark]

stars at lizzy with big eyes

Stares back….

[spinel--au]

That's strange....you look like him, but you seem different somehow...

-- @totallynotazoroark

"As long as you know I'm not Director Spinel... but who are you...and whose side are you on...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy tilted her head]

"Huh...so I was right. As for whose side I'm on, ...I'm with the Rising Volt Tacklers."

[She was avoiding the previous question...]

[spinel--au]

"So... you know the truth I see... I'm well... just staying out of the mess..."

He mentally runs though everyone he knows associated with the RVT...but can't match her with anyone...huh...

[totallynotazoroark]

”I try to stay out of it as well. I only step in when things escalate.”

[spinel--au]

"Perhaps that's a good idea... especially if the Explorers may not realise you exist..."

[totallynotazoroark]

“…I wish that were the case…”

[Lizzy sighed and glanced around]

[spinel--au]

"Then maybe the only safe place... is in space... or another world..."

He looks around too... had she seen something?

[totallynotazoroark]

”….In space-?”

[spinel--au]

He frowns...and tilts his head... "You didn't know where Friede disappeared to...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy froze, then sighed.]

“Of course he was in space….”

[spinel--au]

"I can't hide you in space... but I might be able to get you through an ultra hole... if you wish..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy seemed startled by the idea and shook her head]

“I’m managing on my own.”

[spinel--au]

He shrugs... "Alright... just a thought..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….apologies. What I meant was that I appreciate the offer, but I’m alright on my own.”

[She went silent for a moment. If she wasn’t going to give him her name, she had to atleast give him something to call her…]

[spinel--au]

"I figured... would be a big change...for anyone here anyway... Where have you been staying...?"

He starts wondering... He had asked about all those who were threats to Director Spinel... needed a heads up in case someone attacked him instead... Why was this person omitted...?

[totallynotazoroark]

”…I’ve been mostly camping out, but sometimes I stick with Hamber when we’re in the same area.”

“…..OWN.”

[spinel--au]

"I see... well good luck staying safe..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”Thank you.”

[spinel--au]

"You're welcome... And eh... OWN...?"

He looks a bit curious...wasn't exactly sure what that meant...

[totallynotazoroark]

”…OWN. Call me OWN for now…”

[spinel--au]

"Ah... Nice to meet you OWN... I'm..."

He looks a little bit sheepish...

"Just call me Spinel... It's... the only name that seems right..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….It’s okay. Spinel’s a nice name anyway.”

[She gave him a reassuring look]

[spinel--au]

"It is... Beautiful gems too..."

He smiles...pulling out a small plastic bag...

Three spinels... red...blue...and yellow...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy’s eyes lit up]

“….I never really knew how pretty they actually were…”

[spinel--au]

He smiles wider... "Yeah... They come in many colours... There are many synthetic ones too... but these are natural..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"...yeah. Nature truly is marvelous.....it's really a shame that others are trying to harm it."

[spinel--au]

"Nature is beautiful... they are also resources for us to use... just need to be sensible with them..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"...you have a point."

[Two Espurrs walked up to Spinel. One was hiding behind the other, who was staring up at him with curiosity]

[spinel--au]

He looks at them with a smile and a wave...

"Oh... hi..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"Mreeew!"

[The braver of the two demanded uppies while the shy one got scared and hid behind Lizzy's leg]

"Mrow...."

[spinel--au]

He chuckles... and kneels down... reaching a hand out to the braver one...

"They're cute... both yours?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"...Yeah. The braver one is Rin..."

[Lizzy picked up the one hiding behind her]

"..And this is Len. A friend of mine named them."

[Rin walked forward and tapped Spinel's hand with her paw]

[spinel--au]

"Well Rin... nice to meet you..."

He holds Rin's paw...giving it a squeeze...

[totallynotazoroark]

"Mrrow!!"

[Rin seemed quite happy]

[spinel--au]

He starts picking Rin up...giving her a head pat....

"Good...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin seemed to really enjoy the headpats and started purring]

[spinel--au]

"Want to meet my Pokemon...?" He pulls out two balls...

Since it's dusk... really shouldn't have a problem getting Eevee out... lately she's been rather sad at not evolving yet... basically made her active hours night time only...

[totallynotazoroark]

“…I’d love to.”

[spinel--au]

Seviper comes out first... takes a long look at everyone and hisses...

"That...that's a 'hi'..."

He taps his other ball... "Eevee...? It's dusk...ready to come out...?"

She does...but ignores the others...instead just sits and and paws at his leg...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Len hides even more from Serviper, while Rin wanted to say hi to the Eevee. Lizzy tilted her head, seeming interested in the Eevee’s behavior.]

“She seems to really trust you…”

[spinel--au]

He grimaces noticing Len hiding... "Ehh... whoops... Seviper don't hiss... that one gets scared..."

Seviper moves away...finding a nearby street pole to coil around... but still looks at them...

He turns back to Eevee and pats her head... "Yeah... she does. But she also wants something. I hope...you don't mind."

He pulls out an Umbreon bauble from his bag...which Eevee snatches ...then lies on her back playing with it...

[totallynotazoroark]

"It's okay. I get it."

"...Cute..."

[spinel--au]

He stands up again... "Seviper isn't very social... good company though... Very impressive muscles too if you want to get coiled... an interesting massage..."

He chuckles at Eevee... "Ah... Eevee is usually more social... but she's desperately been wanting to evolve... often refuses to come out during the day... except for food... or battle training..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy once again tilted her head. She hadn't really thought of that, despite knowing so much about different Pokémon species. She thought about Eevee next....refusing to come out during the day....]

"...Do you think she wants to evolve into an Umbreon?"

[spinel--au]

He nods... "Oh that's for sure... I always felt it was suiting... I get these instincts that just... feel right... Just like my name does. That was before I found out about... Director Spinel's lies...

He then looks a little sheepish... there was more but... he looks back at Eevee for a while. She's still playing...rolling the bauble across the ground...

[totallynotazoroark]

"....I see."

[Lizzy could tell that the news must have been upsetting for him...people who lie always end up hurting someone in some way; whether it's multiple people or one singular person.]

[She pointed to herself]

"Lizzy. My name...is Lizzy."

[spinel--au]

"Nice to meet you Lizzy... Look... it's complicated... I know people on both sides of this mess... I'm just... trying not to get too involved..."

He probably already was... but wasn't actively doing much... not spilling what he knows... He knows his mind could get read... but so far as he knows... nope...

[totallynotazoroark]

"...I understand that...who do you know if you don't mind telling me?"

[spinel--au]

"Citrine and Azur of course... Indy... Ame... Onyx... Liko... May have anonymously sent messages to some others...

Plus just regular citizens... they got opinions too... Some are still fooled by the lies... some know... and still have differing opinions..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”Citrine…I’ve met him as well….and Indy. I haven’t seen Ame in a while…*

[spinel--au]

"Only Citrine...? You've not met his boyfriend...or fiancé now...? I'm closest to them both..."

He groans...putting a hand across his face... "One of them doesn't support Director Spinel... the other... is a very obsessed supporter..."

He wasn't mentioning that he considered them his boyfriends/fiancés too... even if it was basically just himself... it was complicated

[totallynotazoroark]

”His…fiancé? Has it actually been that long?”

[spinel--au]

"Depends on how long you mean... It hasn't even been a year..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"It hasn't....? ...I should really contact him...I promised that we would meet again..."

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... You probably should then..."

He pauses... thinking of an idea.

"You should see them both... tell them you met me... I want to know what they say... third party perspective... How's that?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"....Sounds...good."

[Len finally mustered up some courage to go over to Seviper. He approached them slowly..]

[spinel--au]

"Thanks..."

He smiles but then looks a bit sheepish and mutters...quite incomprehensibly... "Eh... yeah... sorry if I'm pulling you into some... nonsense between us.."

Seviper drops his head to Len's height...and is actually speaking... its speech hisses have less of a rumble... "Good to meet you... I'm not scary."

He looks at them. "I hope Seviper is being nice."

[totallynotazoroark]

“It’s quite alright…”

[Lizzy’s ears perked up upon hearing Seviper’s hisses.]

”It is. It’s telling Len that it’s not scary.”

[Lizzy accidentally let it slip that she completely understood what it just said. Oops.]

[spinel--au]

He does a slight double take on Lizzy translating his Seviper's hisses... but chuckles on remembering that Espurrs were psychic types...

"Oh... you too eh? Same as Azur... he has a Beheeyem... Telepathy is useful isn't it...?"

He looks at the other Espurr... just thinking... 'Hi...? You're Rin...?'

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy froze, realizing that she accidentally sold herself out.]

“Oh really? Interesting….”

[Rin managed to pick up on what he was saying and nodded, waving to him.]

[spinel--au]

He chuckles at Lizzy...then waves back to Rin...

"Yeah... not many people make much use of telepathy... It's nice you talk to your Espurrs that way..."

Seviper starts slithering around everyone...

[totallynotazoroark]

"Yeah...I'm sure that they appreciate it as well."

[Rin floated around happily. Len seemed startled by Seviper's sudden movement but decided to tough it out. Lizzy seemed surprised by his decision.]

[spinel--au]

"Do you get around... by teleport too?"

Seviper slithers up to Lizzy and just stares at her...hissing...

He just looks... "Eh...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"...Only if I'm in an emergency. Otherwise, I don't"

[Lizzy glanced down at Seviper and tilted her head]

[spinel--au]

He nods... "Oh... so just the telepathy...? Or only sometimes...? Like because I asked if Seviper was nice?"

Seviper just keeps looking...

He rubs a hand over his scales... "What is it?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy completely missed the question, as she was currently locked in a stare-down with the Seviper.]

[spinel--au]

He frowns... quite confused... wondering what was going on...

Seviper hisses... "You're suspicious..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy raised her hands in surrender.]

[Oh boy, not like this….]

[spinel--au]

He narrows his eyes... not sure what's going on...

"Lizzy...? Seviper...?"

He looks at Eevee... who is simply running about...paying no heed...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin hissed at Seviper as well while Len just hid again.]

[spinel--au]

He taps Seviper... "Okay... I assume everything is...telepathic...? I'm out of the loop..."

He looks at Rin... hoping she'd send something to his mind too...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin continued hissing]

“Hey, back off! Enough people know already!”

[spinel--au]

Seviper hisses and turns away...then coils around its trainer...

He wraps an arm around Seviper...

"Want a hug eh...?"

He looks at Lizzy and chuckles...

"Care to explain... what this was about...?"

[lizzy-not-found]

"..."

[Lizzy looked away. She seemed quite frazzled...]

[spinel--au]

Seviper coils a bit tighter...massaging his legs too...

"You alright...?"

Seviper nods...then sticks a tongue out at Lizzy...

"Something is with her...? What did she do...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

// accidentally reblogged to my main 😭😭

“….I-“

[spinel--au]

He bites his lip...

"Alright... this isn't getting anywhere..."

He puts up his hands...

"Just... say something... anything that'll get somewhere..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy sighed]

“….I would if I knew how to..”

[spinel--au]

"...Alright. Let's move on... to something else? Though... would like to warn you... Seviper may throw people... if you make him mad... or other..."

Seviper massages his back now...

He lets out a grunt... and twists a bit...befkre chuckling...

"Okay... maybe not here in public...?"

Seviper loosens up... a very loose coil now...barely any contact...

[totallynotazoroark]

”…throw…people?”

[That seemed to snap Lizzy out of her thoughts. Even Rin looked up in surprise.]

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... three times so far... that I know of..."

He shakes his head...snorting...

[totallynotazoroark]

”That’s….actually pretty funny…”

[The end of Lizzy’s scarf moved on its own and scooped up Len, who was still hiding behind her.]

[spinel--au]

He looks at her... with a side grin...

"Funny... you say? Mmm... true..."

He notices the scarf moving... that's curious...

[totallynotazoroark]

”Well….at least for the ones not being thrown.”

[spinel--au]

He shrugs... "Well... I did hear of these sort of things happening before...to others... everyone has been safe... no one really hurt..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"..that's a relief.."

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... So... um..."

He shrugged... wasn't sure what else to say...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy stayed silent, not sure what to say either. She glanced at the sky.]

"...It's almost nightfall.."

[spinel--au]

He looks at the sky as well... trying to identify the few faint stars that appeared... he hummed...

"It is... quite nice... The stars are coming out now..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"....yeah...."

..

"What do you think of them?"

[spinel--au]

"I like the stars... been learning how to identify them... navigating... well trying to..."

He looks at her with a smile...

"How about you...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy's gaze remained skward.]

"...I've always wondered what they are-- unscientifically. They all have names, stories, and they help to guide others to wherever their destination may be..."

"It's inspiring, almost."

[spinel--au]

"Quite inspiring... I'm good at identifying a constellation on paper... but the actual sky... too many extra stars...

Those from Alola still use the stars to guide them at sea... "

[totallynotazoroark]

”….I could teach you someday. I had to learn since—— ….nevermind. I just had to learn.”

[spinel--au]

"Someone's teaching... but I'm a poor student... but I wouldn't mind extra help... thanks..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….it’s no issue. I don’t have much to do nowadays….”

[spinel--au]

"Do you not have hobbies to fill your time...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

”Hobbies…?”

“Um…I play cat’s cradle….and I sometimes investigate forgotten places….”

[spinel--au]

"Investigating must be fun...but I can see it getting boring or frustrating... when there is a lack of results..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”…Sometimes. But there’s always been something that I’ve found that I treasure to this day.”

[Lizzy glanced back and Seviper was giving her ANOTHER look.]

“<….not a word to him about what you know. Got it?>”

[spinel--au]

Seviper bares its fangs... then slinks away...

He crosses his arms...and sighs... it probably something silly... who knows...

"I'm curious... any specific treasures you'd like to share...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy went silent for a minute before pulling out a Pokeball. She pressed the button and out popped a Shiny Hisuian Zorua.]

“This is Yuki.”

[spinel--au]

He smiles... and waves...

"Oh... Pretty cute... Hi Yuki..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Yuki tilted his head, keeping close to Lizzy. He seemed wary…]

[spinel--au]

"A little shy... eh...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

”…he’s not very trusting of people…”

[spinel--au]

"Oh... how did you get him to trust you...?"

He steps back a moment...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy went dead silent for a moment, before coming up with an excuse.]

“….I saved him from some Pokemon hunters. That’s why he trusts me.”

[Yuki rubbed against Lizzy’s legs.]

[crave-what-am-i]

[Without a real reason as to why she had come back here, Lizzy stood outside the door of the house, visibly shivering and exhausted. She sighed and rang the doorbell.]

// Jumpscare! I hope tumblr isnt mean this time 💔

— @totallynotazoroark

He answer the door, opening it slightly.

“ Hello?”

// Yuppi!!! Let’s hope tumblr is good this time…😊

[totallynotazoroark]

”….Mr. Crave…”

[Lizzy could barely mutter due to exhaustion]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Oh my….Lizzy! What happened to you??”

[totallynotazoroark]

“…A…lot.”

“…..can I come in?”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Sure! Come in!”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy made sure to shake the snow off of her before stepping inside and closing the door]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Do you need anything? “

[totallynotazoroark]

”I should be okay…..”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Are you sure? You look exhausted!”

[totallynotazoroark]

“…I do?”

[Lizzy glanced at herself in the mirror]

“…huh. I guess I do…”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Yea….you kinda do…”

[totallynotazoroark]

“….I guess I should sit down for a bit then.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ You should…do you want some tea?”

[totallynotazoroark]

“…Yes, thank you.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Ok…just wait here!”

He walks to the kitchen.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy nods. Two Espurrs teleport into the room and float behind Crave, curious as to what he was doing]

[crave-what-am-i]

He turn around to see who was following him.

[totallynotazoroark]

"Espurrr!"

[The female Espurr greets him. The male hides behind his sister]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ hi!”

[totallynotazoroark]

"Purrr! Espurrr!"

[The female waved at him while the male continued to hide]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ How cute….”

He looks at the male Espurr.

“ Don’t hide…you are safe here!”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Despite Crave’s words, Espurr continued to hide itself]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Am i scary?”

[totallynotazoroark]

"Purrr..."

{Lizzy walked over}

"...So that's where you two were. Rin. Len."

{Both Espurrs immediately flew back to Lizzy once they heard their names}

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Rin..Len…so those are your names!”

// best names ever

[totallynotazoroark]

{The female, Rin, nodded while Len, the male, sat in Lizzy's arms}

[crave-what-am-i]

He pets both of them.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin really enjoys the pets and starts purring]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Aww…i love when they start purring..”

[totallynotazoroark]

”..I think Rin’s taken a liking to you.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Indeed, but i’m quite sad, Len seems to be scared of me..”

[totallynotazoroark]

”…He’s a bit shy. He’ll warm up eventually…”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ alright….”

[totallynotazoroark]

{Len yawned and started to drift off in Lizzy's arms while Rin had wandered off to find Cinccino}

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Alright then, back to making tea…”

[totallynotazoroark]

{Both Len and Lizzy watched closely}

[crave-what-am-i]

“ What flavor would you like?..”

[totallynotazoroark]

"...nothing specific."

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Alright….”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy waited patiently for the tea]

[crave-what-am-i]

He was making the tea, putting the water into the teapot and waiting for it to boil.

[totallynotazoroark]

[While she was waiting, Zygarde (in its 10% form now) found its way into the room and sat beside Lizzy]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Ah, Zygarde you decided to join us, are you already familiar with Lizzy?”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde nodded]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Very well, so no presentations needed.”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde barked in agreement]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ You want something, don’t you?”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde gestured to the teapot]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Tea? Does Amethio allow you to drink that?”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde barked again and looked at Lizzy as if asking her to side with it]

“…I mean, I don’t have anything against it…but we should still ask Amethio.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Yeah Zygarde, Amethio decides..Maybe I can send him a message..”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde huffed in annoyance.]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Lizzy, can you text Amethio and ask him, I’m kinda busy preparing the tea, as you can see..”

[totallynotazoroark]

”…I don’t have a Rotom Phone. Chalce broke mine.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Uh….oh…then take mine.”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy took Crave’s phone and messaged Amethio]

[crave-what-am-i]

He was almost done with the tea.

[totallynotazoroark]

”…He said that it’s okay.”

[Zygarde barked happily]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Alright then.”

He grabs two teacups plus a bowl for Zygarde.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde seemed really excited and was barking happily]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ My my, you are so excited, just like Hamber when he sees tea.”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde barked again as if confirming what Crave said]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Alright, follow me in the living room..”

Heads into the living room, and puts on the coffee table two teacups and Zygarde’s bowl.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy followed quietly while Zygarde raced ahead]

[crave-what-am-i]

He sits on the sofa, waiting for Lizzy and Zygarde to join.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde immediately jumped onto the sofa while Lizzy silently asked for permission]

[crave-what-am-i]

He nods, giving her permission to sit.

“ You don't need my permission, remember that the next time, ok?”

[totallynotazoroark]

"..Okay. Thank you."

[With that being said, Lizzy sat down next to Zygarde]

[crave-what-am-i]

He passes her the teacup.

“ Here!”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy took the teacup with a nod. Len had fallen asleep in her arms and Zygarde was still waiting on its tea]

[crave-what-am-i]

He passes the bowl full of tea to Zygarde.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde barked happily and lapped up the tea. Lizzy sighed.]

“Please don’t burn your mouth…”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Indeed, maybe you should have waited a little bit before drinking it…”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde didn’t seem to mind much and licked Lizzy’s hand to reassure her.]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Well seems like Zygarde is trying to tell you to not worry about him…”

[totallynotazoroark]

”Yeah….”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Is there something that is worrying you?..”

[totallynotazoroark]

”….a few things. But that’s not important right now.”

[spinel--au]

That's strange....you look like him, but you seem different somehow...

-- @totallynotazoroark

"As long as you know I'm not Director Spinel... but who are you...and whose side are you on...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy tilted her head]

"Huh...so I was right. As for whose side I'm on, ...I'm with the Rising Volt Tacklers."

[She was avoiding the previous question...]

[spinel--au]

"So... you know the truth I see... I'm well... just staying out of the mess..."

He mentally runs though everyone he knows associated with the RVT...but can't match her with anyone...huh...

[totallynotazoroark]

”I try to stay out of it as well. I only step in when things escalate.”

[spinel--au]

"Perhaps that's a good idea... especially if the Explorers may not realise you exist..."

[totallynotazoroark]

“…I wish that were the case…”

[Lizzy sighed and glanced around]

[spinel--au]

"Then maybe the only safe place... is in space... or another world..."

He looks around too... had she seen something?

[totallynotazoroark]

”….In space-?”

[spinel--au]

He frowns...and tilts his head... "You didn't know where Friede disappeared to...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy froze, then sighed.]

“Of course he was in space….”

[spinel--au]

"I can't hide you in space... but I might be able to get you through an ultra hole... if you wish..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy seemed startled by the idea and shook her head]

“I’m managing on my own.”

[spinel--au]

He shrugs... "Alright... just a thought..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….apologies. What I meant was that I appreciate the offer, but I’m alright on my own.”

[She went silent for a moment. If she wasn’t going to give him her name, she had to atleast give him something to call her…]

[spinel--au]

"I figured... would be a big change...for anyone here anyway... Where have you been staying...?"

He starts wondering... He had asked about all those who were threats to Director Spinel... needed a heads up in case someone attacked him instead... Why was this person omitted...?

[totallynotazoroark]

”…I’ve been mostly camping out, but sometimes I stick with Hamber when we’re in the same area.”

“…..OWN.”

[spinel--au]

"I see... well good luck staying safe..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”Thank you.”

[spinel--au]

"You're welcome... And eh... OWN...?"

He looks a bit curious...wasn't exactly sure what that meant...

[totallynotazoroark]

”…OWN. Call me OWN for now…”

[spinel--au]

"Ah... Nice to meet you OWN... I'm..."

He looks a little bit sheepish...

"Just call me Spinel... It's... the only name that seems right..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….It’s okay. Spinel’s a nice name anyway.”

[She gave him a reassuring look]

[spinel--au]

"It is... Beautiful gems too..."

He smiles...pulling out a small plastic bag...

Three spinels... red...blue...and yellow...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy’s eyes lit up]

“….I never really knew how pretty they actually were…”

[spinel--au]

He smiles wider... "Yeah... They come in many colours... There are many synthetic ones too... but these are natural..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"...yeah. Nature truly is marvelous.....it's really a shame that others are trying to harm it."

[spinel--au]

"Nature is beautiful... they are also resources for us to use... just need to be sensible with them..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"...you have a point."

[Two Espurrs walked up to Spinel. One was hiding behind the other, who was staring up at him with curiosity]

[spinel--au]

He looks at them with a smile and a wave...

"Oh... hi..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"Mreeew!"

[The braver of the two demanded uppies while the shy one got scared and hid behind Lizzy's leg]

"Mrow...."

[spinel--au]

He chuckles... and kneels down... reaching a hand out to the braver one...

"They're cute... both yours?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"...Yeah. The braver one is Rin..."

[Lizzy picked up the one hiding behind her]

"..And this is Len. A friend of mine named them."

[Rin walked forward and tapped Spinel's hand with her paw]

[spinel--au]

"Well Rin... nice to meet you..."

He holds Rin's paw...giving it a squeeze...

[totallynotazoroark]

"Mrrow!!"

[Rin seemed quite happy]

[spinel--au]

He starts picking Rin up...giving her a head pat....

"Good...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin seemed to really enjoy the headpats and started purring]

[spinel--au]

"Want to meet my Pokemon...?" He pulls out two balls...

Since it's dusk... really shouldn't have a problem getting Eevee out... lately she's been rather sad at not evolving yet... basically made her active hours night time only...

[totallynotazoroark]

“…I’d love to.”

[spinel--au]

Seviper comes out first... takes a long look at everyone and hisses...

"That...that's a 'hi'..."

He taps his other ball... "Eevee...? It's dusk...ready to come out...?"

She does...but ignores the others...instead just sits and and paws at his leg...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Len hides even more from Serviper, while Rin wanted to say hi to the Eevee. Lizzy tilted her head, seeming interested in the Eevee’s behavior.]

“She seems to really trust you…”

[spinel--au]

He grimaces noticing Len hiding... "Ehh... whoops... Seviper don't hiss... that one gets scared..."

Seviper moves away...finding a nearby street pole to coil around... but still looks at them...

He turns back to Eevee and pats her head... "Yeah... she does. But she also wants something. I hope...you don't mind."

He pulls out an Umbreon bauble from his bag...which Eevee snatches ...then lies on her back playing with it...

[totallynotazoroark]

"It's okay. I get it."

"...Cute..."

[spinel--au]

He stands up again... "Seviper isn't very social... good company though... Very impressive muscles too if you want to get coiled... an interesting massage..."

He chuckles at Eevee... "Ah... Eevee is usually more social... but she's desperately been wanting to evolve... often refuses to come out during the day... except for food... or battle training..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy once again tilted her head. She hadn't really thought of that, despite knowing so much about different Pokémon species. She thought about Eevee next....refusing to come out during the day....]

"...Do you think she wants to evolve into an Umbreon?"

[spinel--au]

He nods... "Oh that's for sure... I always felt it was suiting... I get these instincts that just... feel right... Just like my name does. That was before I found out about... Director Spinel's lies...

He then looks a little sheepish... there was more but... he looks back at Eevee for a while. She's still playing...rolling the bauble across the ground...

[totallynotazoroark]

"....I see."

[Lizzy could tell that the news must have been upsetting for him...people who lie always end up hurting someone in some way; whether it's multiple people or one singular person.]

[She pointed to herself]

"Lizzy. My name...is Lizzy."

[spinel--au]

"Nice to meet you Lizzy... Look... it's complicated... I know people on both sides of this mess... I'm just... trying not to get too involved..."

He probably already was... but wasn't actively doing much... not spilling what he knows... He knows his mind could get read... but so far as he knows... nope...

[totallynotazoroark]

"...I understand that...who do you know if you don't mind telling me?"

[spinel--au]

"Citrine and Azur of course... Indy... Ame... Onyx... Liko... May have anonymously sent messages to some others...

Plus just regular citizens... they got opinions too... Some are still fooled by the lies... some know... and still have differing opinions..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”Citrine…I’ve met him as well….and Indy. I haven’t seen Ame in a while…*

[spinel--au]

"Only Citrine...? You've not met his boyfriend...or fiancé now...? I'm closest to them both..."

He groans...putting a hand across his face... "One of them doesn't support Director Spinel... the other... is a very obsessed supporter..."

He wasn't mentioning that he considered them his boyfriends/fiancés too... even if it was basically just himself... it was complicated

[totallynotazoroark]

”His…fiancé? Has it actually been that long?”

[spinel--au]

"Depends on how long you mean... It hasn't even been a year..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"It hasn't....? ...I should really contact him...I promised that we would meet again..."

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... You probably should then..."

He pauses... thinking of an idea.

"You should see them both... tell them you met me... I want to know what they say... third party perspective... How's that?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"....Sounds...good."

[Len finally mustered up some courage to go over to Seviper. He approached them slowly..]

[spinel--au]

"Thanks..."

He smiles but then looks a bit sheepish and mutters...quite incomprehensibly... "Eh... yeah... sorry if I'm pulling you into some... nonsense between us.."

Seviper drops his head to Len's height...and is actually speaking... its speech hisses have less of a rumble... "Good to meet you... I'm not scary."

He looks at them. "I hope Seviper is being nice."

[totallynotazoroark]

“It’s quite alright…”

[Lizzy’s ears perked up upon hearing Seviper’s hisses.]

”It is. It’s telling Len that it’s not scary.”

[Lizzy accidentally let it slip that she completely understood what it just said. Oops.]

[spinel--au]

He does a slight double take on Lizzy translating his Seviper's hisses... but chuckles on remembering that Espurrs were psychic types...

"Oh... you too eh? Same as Azur... he has a Beheeyem... Telepathy is useful isn't it...?"

He looks at the other Espurr... just thinking... 'Hi...? You're Rin...?'

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy froze, realizing that she accidentally sold herself out.]

“Oh really? Interesting….”

[Rin managed to pick up on what he was saying and nodded, waving to him.]

[spinel--au]

He chuckles at Lizzy...then waves back to Rin...

"Yeah... not many people make much use of telepathy... It's nice you talk to your Espurrs that way..."

Seviper starts slithering around everyone...

[totallynotazoroark]

"Yeah...I'm sure that they appreciate it as well."

[Rin floated around happily. Len seemed startled by Seviper's sudden movement but decided to tough it out. Lizzy seemed surprised by his decision.]

[spinel--au]

"Do you get around... by teleport too?"

Seviper slithers up to Lizzy and just stares at her...hissing...

He just looks... "Eh...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"...Only if I'm in an emergency. Otherwise, I don't"

[Lizzy glanced down at Seviper and tilted her head]

[spinel--au]

He nods... "Oh... so just the telepathy...? Or only sometimes...? Like because I asked if Seviper was nice?"

Seviper just keeps looking...

He rubs a hand over his scales... "What is it?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy completely missed the question, as she was currently locked in a stare-down with the Seviper.]

[spinel--au]

He frowns... quite confused... wondering what was going on...

Seviper hisses... "You're suspicious..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy raised her hands in surrender.]

[Oh boy, not like this….]

[spinel--au]

He narrows his eyes... not sure what's going on...

"Lizzy...? Seviper...?"

He looks at Eevee... who is simply running about...paying no heed...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin hissed at Seviper as well while Len just hid again.]

[spinel--au]

He taps Seviper... "Okay... I assume everything is...telepathic...? I'm out of the loop..."

He looks at Rin... hoping she'd send something to his mind too...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin continued hissing]

“Hey, back off! Enough people know already!”

[spinel--au]

Seviper hisses and turns away...then coils around its trainer...

He wraps an arm around Seviper...

"Want a hug eh...?"

He looks at Lizzy and chuckles...

"Care to explain... what this was about...?"

[lizzy-not-found]

"..."

[Lizzy looked away. She seemed quite frazzled...]

[spinel--au]

Seviper coils a bit tighter...massaging his legs too...

"You alright...?"

Seviper nods...then sticks a tongue out at Lizzy...

"Something is with her...? What did she do...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

// accidentally reblogged to my main 😭😭

“….I-“

[spinel--au]

He bites his lip...

"Alright... this isn't getting anywhere..."

He puts up his hands...

"Just... say something... anything that'll get somewhere..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy sighed]

“….I would if I knew how to..”

[spinel--au]

"...Alright. Let's move on... to something else? Though... would like to warn you... Seviper may throw people... if you make him mad... or other..."

Seviper massages his back now...

He lets out a grunt... and twists a bit...befkre chuckling...

"Okay... maybe not here in public...?"

Seviper loosens up... a very loose coil now...barely any contact...

[totallynotazoroark]

”…throw…people?”

[That seemed to snap Lizzy out of her thoughts. Even Rin looked up in surprise.]

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... three times so far... that I know of..."

He shakes his head...snorting...

[totallynotazoroark]

”That’s….actually pretty funny…”

[The end of Lizzy’s scarf moved on its own and scooped up Len, who was still hiding behind her.]

[spinel--au]

He looks at her... with a side grin...

"Funny... you say? Mmm... true..."

He notices the scarf moving... that's curious...

[totallynotazoroark]

”Well….at least for the ones not being thrown.”

[spinel--au]

He shrugs... "Well... I did hear of these sort of things happening before...to others... everyone has been safe... no one really hurt..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"..that's a relief.."

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... So... um..."

He shrugged... wasn't sure what else to say...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy stayed silent, not sure what to say either. She glanced at the sky.]

"...It's almost nightfall.."

[spinel--au]

He looks at the sky as well... trying to identify the few faint stars that appeared... he hummed...

"It is... quite nice... The stars are coming out now..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"....yeah...."

..

"What do you think of them?"

[spinel--au]

"I like the stars... been learning how to identify them... navigating... well trying to..."

He looks at her with a smile...

"How about you...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy's gaze remained skward.]

"...I've always wondered what they are-- unscientifically. They all have names, stories, and they help to guide others to wherever their destination may be..."

"It's inspiring, almost."

[spinel--au]

"Quite inspiring... I'm good at identifying a constellation on paper... but the actual sky... too many extra stars...

Those from Alola still use the stars to guide them at sea... "

[totallynotazoroark]

”….I could teach you someday. I had to learn since—— ….nevermind. I just had to learn.”

[spinel--au]

"Someone's teaching... but I'm a poor student... but I wouldn't mind extra help... thanks..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….it’s no issue. I don’t have much to do nowadays….”

[spinel--au]

"Do you not have hobbies to fill your time...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

”Hobbies…?”

“Um…I play cat’s cradle….and I sometimes investigate forgotten places….”

[spinel--au]

"Investigating must be fun...but I can see it getting boring or frustrating... when there is a lack of results..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”…Sometimes. But there’s always been something that I’ve found that I treasure to this day.”

[Lizzy glanced back and Seviper was giving her ANOTHER look.]

“<….not a word to him about what you know. Got it?>”

[spinel--au]

Seviper bares its fangs... then slinks away...

He crosses his arms...and sighs... it probably something silly... who knows...

"I'm curious... any specific treasures you'd like to share...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy went silent for a minute before pulling out a Pokeball. She pressed the button and out popped a Shiny Hisuian Zorua.]

“This is Yuki.”

[spinel--au]

He smiles... and waves...

"Oh... Pretty cute... Hi Yuki..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Yuki tilted his head, keeping close to Lizzy. He seemed wary…]

[spinel--au]

"A little shy... eh...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

”…he’s not very trusting of people…”

[paldeanpiplupperson]

folder

so I just found a random ah folder on my computer that just says top secret (which I looked at btw) and theirs some weird shit about the rising volt tacklers???

@umbreon-enthusiast boss why are you planning on uh “capturing” friede???

[totally-not-quartz]

Ooh, what else is on there? If you don’t mind sharing, of course. ;)

[randompenguinperson]

oh not at all :p @dot-rvt @yanga-exceed-researcher @totallynotazoroark @umbreon-enthusiast

Sorry that the image quality is ASS, best I can do with the computer :<

I blurred out some of the uhhhh “not safe for tumblr” stuff :/ and this is all i got before getting kicked off the file >:(

[totallynotazoroark]

Much appreciated.

[paldeanpiplupperson]

folder

so I just found a random ah folder on my computer that just says top secret (which I looked at btw) and theirs some weird shit about the rising volt tacklers???

@umbreon-enthusiast boss why are you planning on uh “capturing” friede???

[totally-not-quartz]

Ooh, what else is on there? If you don’t mind sharing, of course. ;)

[yanga-exceed-researcher]

I’d also like to know 🙋

asking for a friend

[totallynotazoroark]

I’m that friend.

[crave-what-am-i]

[Without a real reason as to why she had come back here, Lizzy stood outside the door of the house, visibly shivering and exhausted. She sighed and rang the doorbell.]

// Jumpscare! I hope tumblr isnt mean this time 💔

— @totallynotazoroark

He answer the door, opening it slightly.

“ Hello?”

// Yuppi!!! Let’s hope tumblr is good this time…😊

[totallynotazoroark]

”….Mr. Crave…”

[Lizzy could barely mutter due to exhaustion]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Oh my….Lizzy! What happened to you??”

[totallynotazoroark]

“…A…lot.”

“…..can I come in?”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Sure! Come in!”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy made sure to shake the snow off of her before stepping inside and closing the door]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Do you need anything? “

[totallynotazoroark]

”I should be okay…..”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Are you sure? You look exhausted!”

[totallynotazoroark]

“…I do?”

[Lizzy glanced at herself in the mirror]

“…huh. I guess I do…”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Yea….you kinda do…”

[totallynotazoroark]

“….I guess I should sit down for a bit then.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ You should…do you want some tea?”

[totallynotazoroark]

“…Yes, thank you.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Ok…just wait here!”

He walks to the kitchen.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy nods. Two Espurrs teleport into the room and float behind Crave, curious as to what he was doing]

[crave-what-am-i]

He turn around to see who was following him.

[totallynotazoroark]

"Espurrr!"

[The female Espurr greets him. The male hides behind his sister]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ hi!”

[totallynotazoroark]

"Purrr! Espurrr!"

[The female waved at him while the male continued to hide]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ How cute….”

He looks at the male Espurr.

“ Don’t hide…you are safe here!”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Despite Crave’s words, Espurr continued to hide itself]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Am i scary?”

[totallynotazoroark]

"Purrr..."

{Lizzy walked over}

"...So that's where you two were. Rin. Len."

{Both Espurrs immediately flew back to Lizzy once they heard their names}

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Rin..Len…so those are your names!”

// best names ever

[totallynotazoroark]

{The female, Rin, nodded while Len, the male, sat in Lizzy's arms}

[crave-what-am-i]

He pets both of them.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin really enjoys the pets and starts purring]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Aww…i love when they start purring..”

[totallynotazoroark]

”..I think Rin’s taken a liking to you.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Indeed, but i’m quite sad, Len seems to be scared of me..”

[totallynotazoroark]

”…He’s a bit shy. He’ll warm up eventually…”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ alright….”

[totallynotazoroark]

{Len yawned and started to drift off in Lizzy's arms while Rin had wandered off to find Cinccino}

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Alright then, back to making tea…”

[totallynotazoroark]

{Both Len and Lizzy watched closely}

[crave-what-am-i]

“ What flavor would you like?..”

[totallynotazoroark]

"...nothing specific."

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Alright….”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy waited patiently for the tea]

[crave-what-am-i]

He was making the tea, putting the water into the teapot and waiting for it to boil.

[totallynotazoroark]

[While she was waiting, Zygarde (in its 10% form now) found its way into the room and sat beside Lizzy]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Ah, Zygarde you decided to join us, are you already familiar with Lizzy?”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde nodded]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Very well, so no presentations needed.”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde barked in agreement]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ You want something, don’t you?”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde gestured to the teapot]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Tea? Does Amethio allow you to drink that?”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde barked again and looked at Lizzy as if asking her to side with it]

“…I mean, I don’t have anything against it…but we should still ask Amethio.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Yeah Zygarde, Amethio decides..Maybe I can send him a message..”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde huffed in annoyance.]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Lizzy, can you text Amethio and ask him, I’m kinda busy preparing the tea, as you can see..”

[totallynotazoroark]

”…I don’t have a Rotom Phone. Chalce broke mine.”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Uh….oh…then take mine.”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy took Crave’s phone and messaged Amethio]

[crave-what-am-i]

He was almost done with the tea.

[totallynotazoroark]

”…He said that it’s okay.”

[Zygarde barked happily]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Alright then.”

He grabs two teacups plus a bowl for Zygarde.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde seemed really excited and was barking happily]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ My my, you are so excited, just like Hamber when he sees tea.”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde barked again as if confirming what Crave said]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Alright, follow me in the living room..”

Heads into the living room, and puts on the coffee table two teacups and Zygarde’s bowl.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy followed quietly while Zygarde raced ahead]

[crave-what-am-i]

He sits on the sofa, waiting for Lizzy and Zygarde to join.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde immediately jumped onto the sofa while Lizzy silently asked for permission]

[crave-what-am-i]

He nods, giving her permission to sit.

“ You don't need my permission, remember that the next time, ok?”

[totallynotazoroark]

"..Okay. Thank you."

[With that being said, Lizzy sat down next to Zygarde]

[crave-what-am-i]

He passes her the teacup.

“ Here!”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy took the teacup with a nod. Len had fallen asleep in her arms and Zygarde was still waiting on its tea]

[crave-what-am-i]

He passes the bowl full of tea to Zygarde.

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde barked happily and lapped up the tea. Lizzy sighed.]

“Please don’t burn your mouth…”

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Indeed, maybe you should have waited a little bit before drinking it…”

[totallynotazoroark]

[Zygarde didn’t seem to mind much and licked Lizzy’s hand to reassure her.]

[crave-what-am-i]

“ Well seems like Zygarde is trying to tell you to not worry about him…”

[totallynotazoroark]

”Yeah….”

[spinel--au]

That's strange....you look like him, but you seem different somehow...

-- @totallynotazoroark

"As long as you know I'm not Director Spinel... but who are you...and whose side are you on...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy tilted her head]

"Huh...so I was right. As for whose side I'm on, ...I'm with the Rising Volt Tacklers."

[She was avoiding the previous question...]

[spinel--au]

"So... you know the truth I see... I'm well... just staying out of the mess..."

He mentally runs though everyone he knows associated with the RVT...but can't match her with anyone...huh...

[totallynotazoroark]

”I try to stay out of it as well. I only step in when things escalate.”

[spinel--au]

"Perhaps that's a good idea... especially if the Explorers may not realise you exist..."

[totallynotazoroark]

“…I wish that were the case…”

[Lizzy sighed and glanced around]

[spinel--au]

"Then maybe the only safe place... is in space... or another world..."

He looks around too... had she seen something?

[totallynotazoroark]

”….In space-?”

[spinel--au]

He frowns...and tilts his head... "You didn't know where Friede disappeared to...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy froze, then sighed.]

“Of course he was in space….”

[spinel--au]

"I can't hide you in space... but I might be able to get you through an ultra hole... if you wish..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy seemed startled by the idea and shook her head]

“I’m managing on my own.”

[spinel--au]

He shrugs... "Alright... just a thought..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….apologies. What I meant was that I appreciate the offer, but I’m alright on my own.”

[She went silent for a moment. If she wasn’t going to give him her name, she had to atleast give him something to call her…]

[spinel--au]

"I figured... would be a big change...for anyone here anyway... Where have you been staying...?"

He starts wondering... He had asked about all those who were threats to Director Spinel... needed a heads up in case someone attacked him instead... Why was this person omitted...?

[totallynotazoroark]

”…I’ve been mostly camping out, but sometimes I stick with Hamber when we’re in the same area.”

“…..OWN.”

[spinel--au]

"I see... well good luck staying safe..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”Thank you.”

[spinel--au]

"You're welcome... And eh... OWN...?"

He looks a bit curious...wasn't exactly sure what that meant...

[totallynotazoroark]

”…OWN. Call me OWN for now…”

[spinel--au]

"Ah... Nice to meet you OWN... I'm..."

He looks a little bit sheepish...

"Just call me Spinel... It's... the only name that seems right..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….It’s okay. Spinel’s a nice name anyway.”

[She gave him a reassuring look]

[spinel--au]

"It is... Beautiful gems too..."

He smiles...pulling out a small plastic bag...

Three spinels... red...blue...and yellow...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy’s eyes lit up]

“….I never really knew how pretty they actually were…”

[spinel--au]

He smiles wider... "Yeah... They come in many colours... There are many synthetic ones too... but these are natural..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"...yeah. Nature truly is marvelous.....it's really a shame that others are trying to harm it."

[spinel--au]

"Nature is beautiful... they are also resources for us to use... just need to be sensible with them..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"...you have a point."

[Two Espurrs walked up to Spinel. One was hiding behind the other, who was staring up at him with curiosity]

[spinel--au]

He looks at them with a smile and a wave...

"Oh... hi..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"Mreeew!"

[The braver of the two demanded uppies while the shy one got scared and hid behind Lizzy's leg]

"Mrow...."

[spinel--au]

He chuckles... and kneels down... reaching a hand out to the braver one...

"They're cute... both yours?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"...Yeah. The braver one is Rin..."

[Lizzy picked up the one hiding behind her]

"..And this is Len. A friend of mine named them."

[Rin walked forward and tapped Spinel's hand with her paw]

[spinel--au]

"Well Rin... nice to meet you..."

He holds Rin's paw...giving it a squeeze...

[totallynotazoroark]

"Mrrow!!"

[Rin seemed quite happy]

[spinel--au]

He starts picking Rin up...giving her a head pat....

"Good...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin seemed to really enjoy the headpats and started purring]

[spinel--au]

"Want to meet my Pokemon...?" He pulls out two balls...

Since it's dusk... really shouldn't have a problem getting Eevee out... lately she's been rather sad at not evolving yet... basically made her active hours night time only...

[totallynotazoroark]

“…I’d love to.”

[spinel--au]

Seviper comes out first... takes a long look at everyone and hisses...

"That...that's a 'hi'..."

He taps his other ball... "Eevee...? It's dusk...ready to come out...?"

She does...but ignores the others...instead just sits and and paws at his leg...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Len hides even more from Serviper, while Rin wanted to say hi to the Eevee. Lizzy tilted her head, seeming interested in the Eevee’s behavior.]

“She seems to really trust you…”

[spinel--au]

He grimaces noticing Len hiding... "Ehh... whoops... Seviper don't hiss... that one gets scared..."

Seviper moves away...finding a nearby street pole to coil around... but still looks at them...

He turns back to Eevee and pats her head... "Yeah... she does. But she also wants something. I hope...you don't mind."

He pulls out an Umbreon bauble from his bag...which Eevee snatches ...then lies on her back playing with it...

[totallynotazoroark]

"It's okay. I get it."

"...Cute..."

[spinel--au]

He stands up again... "Seviper isn't very social... good company though... Very impressive muscles too if you want to get coiled... an interesting massage..."

He chuckles at Eevee... "Ah... Eevee is usually more social... but she's desperately been wanting to evolve... often refuses to come out during the day... except for food... or battle training..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy once again tilted her head. She hadn't really thought of that, despite knowing so much about different Pokémon species. She thought about Eevee next....refusing to come out during the day....]

"...Do you think she wants to evolve into an Umbreon?"

[spinel--au]

He nods... "Oh that's for sure... I always felt it was suiting... I get these instincts that just... feel right... Just like my name does. That was before I found out about... Director Spinel's lies...

He then looks a little sheepish... there was more but... he looks back at Eevee for a while. She's still playing...rolling the bauble across the ground...

[totallynotazoroark]

"....I see."

[Lizzy could tell that the news must have been upsetting for him...people who lie always end up hurting someone in some way; whether it's multiple people or one singular person.]

[She pointed to herself]

"Lizzy. My name...is Lizzy."

[spinel--au]

"Nice to meet you Lizzy... Look... it's complicated... I know people on both sides of this mess... I'm just... trying not to get too involved..."

He probably already was... but wasn't actively doing much... not spilling what he knows... He knows his mind could get read... but so far as he knows... nope...

[totallynotazoroark]

"...I understand that...who do you know if you don't mind telling me?"

[spinel--au]

"Citrine and Azur of course... Indy... Ame... Onyx... Liko... May have anonymously sent messages to some others...

Plus just regular citizens... they got opinions too... Some are still fooled by the lies... some know... and still have differing opinions..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”Citrine…I’ve met him as well….and Indy. I haven’t seen Ame in a while…*

[spinel--au]

"Only Citrine...? You've not met his boyfriend...or fiancé now...? I'm closest to them both..."

He groans...putting a hand across his face... "One of them doesn't support Director Spinel... the other... is a very obsessed supporter..."

He wasn't mentioning that he considered them his boyfriends/fiancés too... even if it was basically just himself... it was complicated

[totallynotazoroark]

”His…fiancé? Has it actually been that long?”

[spinel--au]

"Depends on how long you mean... It hasn't even been a year..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"It hasn't....? ...I should really contact him...I promised that we would meet again..."

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... You probably should then..."

He pauses... thinking of an idea.

"You should see them both... tell them you met me... I want to know what they say... third party perspective... How's that?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"....Sounds...good."

[Len finally mustered up some courage to go over to Seviper. He approached them slowly..]

[spinel--au]

"Thanks..."

He smiles but then looks a bit sheepish and mutters...quite incomprehensibly... "Eh... yeah... sorry if I'm pulling you into some... nonsense between us.."

Seviper drops his head to Len's height...and is actually speaking... its speech hisses have less of a rumble... "Good to meet you... I'm not scary."

He looks at them. "I hope Seviper is being nice."

[totallynotazoroark]

“It’s quite alright…”

[Lizzy’s ears perked up upon hearing Seviper’s hisses.]

”It is. It’s telling Len that it’s not scary.”

[Lizzy accidentally let it slip that she completely understood what it just said. Oops.]

[spinel--au]

He does a slight double take on Lizzy translating his Seviper's hisses... but chuckles on remembering that Espurrs were psychic types...

"Oh... you too eh? Same as Azur... he has a Beheeyem... Telepathy is useful isn't it...?"

He looks at the other Espurr... just thinking... 'Hi...? You're Rin...?'

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy froze, realizing that she accidentally sold herself out.]

“Oh really? Interesting….”

[Rin managed to pick up on what he was saying and nodded, waving to him.]

[spinel--au]

He chuckles at Lizzy...then waves back to Rin...

"Yeah... not many people make much use of telepathy... It's nice you talk to your Espurrs that way..."

Seviper starts slithering around everyone...

[totallynotazoroark]

"Yeah...I'm sure that they appreciate it as well."

[Rin floated around happily. Len seemed startled by Seviper's sudden movement but decided to tough it out. Lizzy seemed surprised by his decision.]

[spinel--au]

"Do you get around... by teleport too?"

Seviper slithers up to Lizzy and just stares at her...hissing...

He just looks... "Eh...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

"...Only if I'm in an emergency. Otherwise, I don't"

[Lizzy glanced down at Seviper and tilted her head]

[spinel--au]

He nods... "Oh... so just the telepathy...? Or only sometimes...? Like because I asked if Seviper was nice?"

Seviper just keeps looking...

He rubs a hand over his scales... "What is it?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy completely missed the question, as she was currently locked in a stare-down with the Seviper.]

[spinel--au]

He frowns... quite confused... wondering what was going on...

Seviper hisses... "You're suspicious..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy raised her hands in surrender.]

[Oh boy, not like this….]

[spinel--au]

He narrows his eyes... not sure what's going on...

"Lizzy...? Seviper...?"

He looks at Eevee... who is simply running about...paying no heed...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin hissed at Seviper as well while Len just hid again.]

[spinel--au]

He taps Seviper... "Okay... I assume everything is...telepathic...? I'm out of the loop..."

He looks at Rin... hoping she'd send something to his mind too...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Rin continued hissing]

“Hey, back off! Enough people know already!”

[spinel--au]

Seviper hisses and turns away...then coils around its trainer...

He wraps an arm around Seviper...

"Want a hug eh...?"

He looks at Lizzy and chuckles...

"Care to explain... what this was about...?"

[lizzy-not-found]

"..."

[Lizzy looked away. She seemed quite frazzled...]

[spinel--au]

Seviper coils a bit tighter...massaging his legs too...

"You alright...?"

Seviper nods...then sticks a tongue out at Lizzy...

"Something is with her...? What did she do...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

// accidentally reblogged to my main 😭😭

“….I-“

[spinel--au]

He bites his lip...

"Alright... this isn't getting anywhere..."

He puts up his hands...

"Just... say something... anything that'll get somewhere..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy sighed]

“….I would if I knew how to..”

[spinel--au]

"...Alright. Let's move on... to something else? Though... would like to warn you... Seviper may throw people... if you make him mad... or other..."

Seviper massages his back now...

He lets out a grunt... and twists a bit...befkre chuckling...

"Okay... maybe not here in public...?"

Seviper loosens up... a very loose coil now...barely any contact...

[totallynotazoroark]

”…throw…people?”

[That seemed to snap Lizzy out of her thoughts. Even Rin looked up in surprise.]

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... three times so far... that I know of..."

He shakes his head...snorting...

[totallynotazoroark]

”That’s….actually pretty funny…”

[The end of Lizzy’s scarf moved on its own and scooped up Len, who was still hiding behind her.]

[spinel--au]

He looks at her... with a side grin...

"Funny... you say? Mmm... true..."

He notices the scarf moving... that's curious...

[totallynotazoroark]

”Well….at least for the ones not being thrown.”

[spinel--au]

He shrugs... "Well... I did hear of these sort of things happening before...to others... everyone has been safe... no one really hurt..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"..that's a relief.."

[spinel--au]

"Yeah... So... um..."

He shrugged... wasn't sure what else to say...

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy stayed silent, not sure what to say either. She glanced at the sky.]

"...It's almost nightfall.."

[spinel--au]

He looks at the sky as well... trying to identify the few faint stars that appeared... he hummed...

"It is... quite nice... The stars are coming out now..."

[totallynotazoroark]

"....yeah...."

..

"What do you think of them?"

[spinel--au]

"I like the stars... been learning how to identify them... navigating... well trying to..."

He looks at her with a smile...

"How about you...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy's gaze remained skward.]

"...I've always wondered what they are-- unscientifically. They all have names, stories, and they help to guide others to wherever their destination may be..."

"It's inspiring, almost."

[spinel--au]

"Quite inspiring... I'm good at identifying a constellation on paper... but the actual sky... too many extra stars...

Those from Alola still use the stars to guide them at sea... "

[totallynotazoroark]

”….I could teach you someday. I had to learn since—— ….nevermind. I just had to learn.”

[spinel--au]

"Someone's teaching... but I'm a poor student... but I wouldn't mind extra help... thanks..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”….it’s no issue. I don’t have much to do nowadays….”

[spinel--au]

"Do you not have hobbies to fill your time...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

”Hobbies…?”

“Um…I play cat’s cradle….and I sometimes investigate forgotten places….”

[spinel--au]

"Investigating must be fun...but I can see it getting boring or frustrating... when there is a lack of results..."

[totallynotazoroark]

”…Sometimes. But there’s always been something that I’ve found that I treasure to this day.”

[Lizzy glanced back and Seviper was giving her ANOTHER look.]

“<….not a word to him about what you know. Got it?>”

[spinel--au]

Seviper bares its fangs... then slinks away...

He crosses his arms...and sighs... it probably something silly... who knows...

"I'm curious... any specific treasures you'd like to share...?"

[totallynotazoroark]

[Lizzy went silent for a minute before pulling out a Pokeball. She pressed the button and out popped a Shiny Hisuian Zorua.]

“This is Yuki.”

[spinel--au]

He smiles... and waves...

"Oh... Pretty cute... Hi Yuki..."

[totallynotazoroark]

[Yuki tilted his head, keeping close to Lizzy. He seemed wary…]