Leafolawl wrote:Chailyn sighs, both relieved and disappointed that her pitch had been missed or ignored as she made her way down to leave for the day.
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Einar watches the lucario walk, then turns his attention to the stairs upward... before nodding and turning to follow down for dinner. His attention bounces from one of his fellow recruits to the next, the rockruff moving quietly up into the group of them. Though, he makes sure to settle a bit away from Luke to avoid being close in the case of any more outbursts.
"As I said..." Hagane started, noticing Einar looking up the stairs.
"All that's up there right now are the staff offices and bedrooms. You aren't forbidden from checking it out later, but it's rather boring. I would ask you not to disturb any staff members who might be sleeping up there though." he said before moving on, hoping to catch Chailyn before she left.
When he caught up to her, which took all of four seconds, he noticed she seemed disappointed.
"Leaving already? Why don't you stay for dinner? You are perfectly welcome to."
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Buster wrote:"OOH! Did you get to see Smoky or Jewel or Berri while you were there? well maybe not Berri she's always napping in the trees. I tried that once, the branch broke and I couldn't reach any others."
"Thats probably because you're three times her size. Just a hunch." Aaand the sarcasm is back.
"No, I was only there long enough to see your dad." Kim replied.
Deske wrote:T's stomach growled lightly at the mention of dinner, even though he wasn't entirely sure what to think of the idea of someone just giving him something. "Noodle thing?" he asks Kimera.
"I'm... honestly not a huge fan of the noodle dish. It's pretty spicy. I'm more a fan of sour stuff. I love anything with Salac berries in it, but those are pretty rare." Kim said, salivating slightly at the thought of various sweet and sour treats and pastries and desserts that were made with Salac berries.
"They're especially good in pies and pastries."
Legotron123 wrote:”Well I don’t really like them separately, but the way dad cooks them makes their flavors sorta even out, with the spicyness of the Touga berries and the bitterness of the Niniku berries balance each other out.” Luke said, sounding oddly knowledgeable on the subject. It seems he’d picked up some of his dad’s cooking knowledge. ”But yeah, my dad makes all sorts of good food. Noodle dishes, wraps, berry salads, rice bowls, all kinds of things. The only thing he won’t make is that one dish Gramma made when we visited her, and he says that’s because the ingredients it needs can only be found where she lives, and it’s too long a trip to go get them.”
Deske wrote:"I don't think I've had noodles before. I usually just have berries that I can find. I never had anywhere to make anything fancy." He followed the Oshawott into the dining room, being caught off guard by the size of the area and by Atum speaking in his head. 'Uh, after the guildmaster talks to me?' he think to the universe, hoping Atum can pick up on it. T lifted an eyebrow as Luke recounted the reason his dad wouldn't visit his grandma, "That doesn't sound like an actual reason to not at least visit family..."
Leafolawl wrote:Einar tilts his head. "He didn't say anything about not visiting, just that his dad won't cook a certain meal," the rockruff corrects, then leans forward a little to look at the riolu in question. "Where's your grandma from? That might help to narrow what these mystery ingredients are."
Seeing where this was going, Kim started to get concerned.
Uh oh... Uh, Dad? Luke's about to talk about his grand-
Legotron123 wrote:”I think it’s like two weeks travel to the east, up in the mountains. Dad says that the ground up there is really rich in nutrients, and that the berry he needs can only grow in those conditions.” Luke said, trying to help Einar narrow it down. ”Dad doesn’t really like to go up there though, says gramma’s mind controlled servents unnerve him.” He said, like that was completely normal and wouldn’t immediately raise a bunch of red flags.
Buster wrote:"all of a sudden mom and smokey being in a bandit gang doesn't seem all that bad..."
"Yeah, suppose it could be worse..."
Deske wrote:T was both a little concerned and a little uncomfortable with how casually Luke mentioned mind control, "They deserved it though, right? Like, she's not just doing this to random people."
The Riolu face-palmed.
Too late...
Hagane sighed.