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I'll be on eventually. Just dealing with some irl issues, so that's been taking up my free time.

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Schools almost out for the summer! Just gotta get through this week!

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Opacho giggled again, hands slipping out from beneath her cloak to cover her mouth, trying to hide her grin. He wasn’t wrong; the average child certainly wouldn’t have realized what he truly was. But Opacho wasn’t quite like average child either.

She nods at his words, understanding the feeling of restlessness. Spirits tended to linger in the mortal plane rather than moving on, usually due to a strong feelings that kept them bound here. Friends, loved ones, some sort of unfinished business or something.

Opacho lowers her hands from her mouth and gives her head a firm shake. "Not think," she corrects, planting her hands on her hips and jutting her chin out a little as she smiles proudly. "Opacho knows, 'cause Opacho can see spirits and really good at sensing them. Opacho’s a shaman, talk with spirits all the time!"

Jack chuckled kindly, crossing his arms over the top of his bent knees, staff leaning against his shoulder while also being out of the way. A balance that one perfects after centuries carrying it on their person. The small burst of indignation was adorable -- he has to resist his laughter being too hard or it might seem like he was making fun of her, which was far from his intention. "Don't worry, I believe you! I don't think that would of been your first time scrambling up that high -- and you'd need experience to be able to do it more than once, yeah? Let's hope the next time it just happens, I'm around to catch you again." Blue eyes watched the child easily, taking in the momentary staring easily. It was ... a bit unsettling, if he was honest. Most of the time, he reminds himself that people looking at him usually meant they were looking 'past' him -- not directly at him. Never seeing him. So when it did happen ... His eye winks as he felt the warm finger poke him quickly, nose scrunching a fraction before the child's laughter coaxes out his own. Oh, he was sure that he felt as cool as a newly packed snowball -- it must of been a shock of cold to the system.

"Am I l--" Jack pauses, his grin shrinking slightly as he fully processed the words, brows furrowing slightly as he tilted his head a bit towards her. 'Spirit', huh? Sure, using the wind to move around in ways that wasn't human might tip most people off that he was something other than human, but ... well. A child wouldn't of specifically called him out as a spirit. Using that exact word.

Huh --- interesting.

" --- No. I'm not." He grunts, standing up once more easily, tucking a hand into the pocket of his hoodie, smiling easily down to her. "I'm just ... passing through more of less. I've never been someone to stay in one place, you know? --- I'm too restless."

A pause, before he chances an ask. " So ... You think I'm a 'spirit', huh, kid?"

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Jack stayed prone on her belly for a moment, ears flicking at the pup’s scoff. Embarrassment surging through her like a jolt from her papa's thunderbolt. Heat blooms beneath her fur at her blunder and his words, so she quickly scrambles upright and shakes her head, plopping back onto her rear and shooting him a sharp glare.

“I know that—!” She snaps defensively, tail twitching mildly in irritation behind her. Jack on the other hand didn't often see other non-Pokémon-like creatures. Not ones like him, anyway. Her eyes narrowed as she studied him through her mild glare, briefly trying to match his features to something she recognized before ultimately giving up; what he looked similar to wasn't all that important anyway.

Fur bristling, the kitten puffs out her chest. “I’m plenty good at catchin’ prey!” She turns her head sharply with a huff, trying to pretend that his words didn't bother her too much, even as her ears pull back slightly against her head from lingering embarrassment. “That bug was just different from my normal prey is all.” After a moment, she turns her head back towards the pup, a sudden challenge sparking in her eyes. "I bet you couldn't catch one either!"

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"Oh, really?" The hyena pup scoffs. Though scornful, his stubby tail can't help but wiggle. He's seen plenty of Pokémon before — Mostly Pyroars and Mightyenas.

He found them fascinating. Being just a regular old hyena didn't hold up much to the power of supercharged animals. It seemed so unfair that he would be born as something so much lesser. Still, it was hard to discern sometimes what was a Pokémon and what wasn't.

"You don't look like you're very good at it," He remarks. "You know you're supposed to catch the prey to hunt it, right?"

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It was a pretty nice view! Settling carefully on the branch she swings her feet while glancing out at the horizon when prompted. Her head tilts slightly and she grins, finding the back drop of the sun setting beyond the forest marvelous to look at. Huh, now that she thinks about it, she's never really sat and watched the sun set from a tree before!

"Boji... what you want do when we get to the next town?" They'd been traveling together for some time now, not really sticking in one place for too long. A concept she was far too familiar with that caused the child to remember fonder times. "Should we ask Kage for ideas?"

He would wait patiently when she joined to sit with him, after all she is a strong girl and he truly admired her a lot! Boji was just happy that she did not mind too much doing these silly things, after all...now that he had the freedom to roam around he wanted to enjoy it.

"Aaauh!!" he would point to the horizon in front of them. It was dusk, forest full of green treetops and birds flying in the air, it was a nice view wasn't it?

Kage was most likely scouting the area and gathering some things for all of them to eat on. Even though Boji did buy some food from the last village they visited, it was wise to savor it. Maybe in next town they could learn more things!

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Shouldn’t have spent this money (I rly don’t have the space 😂) but I never see SK merch in the wild!

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Long ears perk at her words, Thor’s head tilting slightly in the rider’s direction as he pads forward. A curious question lingers on the tip of his tongue—why'd she leave for so long, and what even brought her back? But instead of asking, he just bounds slightly ahead of her.

They walk in companionable silence for a time, the tunnel gradually widening as they descend further. The air begins to grow cooler, carrying the faint scent of moisture and moss. Thor’s steps slow when a faint blue light begins to shimmer ahead, casting gentle patterns across the tunnel walls.

“Whoa…” When they come around the bend, the space opens up dramatically. A vast underground cavern stretching before them, bathed in a soft, ethereal glow. The source seems to be the underground lake nestled in the center. The water is calm and crystalline, and shimmering mineral deposits reflect the light from above, looking like stars trapped in the stone.

Around the edges of the cavern he notes several dark tunnel entrances, some wide, others narrow and jagged. Thor glances over the wide space carefully as a few seemingly docile monsters roamed around the area before darting forward excitedly, running up to the edge of the lake and peering down at his reflection. His tail swishes behind him excitedly as he turns back slightly to grin in the rider’s direction. "Hey, Mari! Look at this! It's a lake!"

INDEED, THOR'S BRIEF STARE DOWN WITH AN ALTAROTH casually minding its own business went unnoticed. Mari seems too fixated on moving forwards, though that wasn't to say she hadn't sensed its presence. There were a dozen or so neopterons scuttling about, both in and outside the walls. The offshoot tunnels of various shapes and sizes could lead to just about anywhere, but in that was the danger.

Neither of them would want to get lost, or stuck somewhere, or end up in the nest of something much bigger and much more aggressive. To Mari, perusing one of Oltura's abandoned burrows was probably one of the safest options.

"Just about," She answers. "Though no one connected the dots until it was almost too late. Before we found things out for ourselves, the only other people who knew the truth've been long dead."

"When I left this island, I didn't come back for a year. A lot happened between that time." Mari mulled, but did not want to get too deeply into details. "Look, the point is that Oltura's dead n' gone. Crisis averted! But at least the tunnel's coming in handy in this case."

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Opacho turns her head in the direction the older woman gestured towards and rocks thoughtfully on her heels. "Mm…" Well it's not like she had anything else better to do. Her current options were either this or find her way back to the hotel and the toddler wasn't in the mood to go back just yet.

Plus, she wasn't foolish enough to turn down a free lunch. Sure this granny also wanted to use it as an excuse for information but Opacho had nothing to hide and it would certainly be interesting to interact with another shaman outside of those she knew.

After a moment of silence, she finally nods in response, approaching the older woman so she could lead the way. "Opacho will go. Opacho didn't get to eat yet." Not actual food anyway, she had munched on a bit of Anna's snacks while they sat and watched the dramas but there wasn't much sustenance and she hadn't been hungry at the time before deciding to wander off.

"Hmm....is that right? " she adds with a soft hum directing the smoke of her cigarette opposite of the little girl. She may be a smoker but was mindful enough not to let little ones inhale it easily. Still, she was a bit curious who brought her here out of nowhere....then again Seiko herself was also just visiting an old friend.

"Guess that makes two of us then, wanna join me for lunch I know a decent soba noodle place " she nudges in the direction at the end of the street. Might as well have a chat and see if she could learn something from the kid. Though, she might be careful how she approaches this conversation.

"If you want of course, I aint gonna force ya to do something ya dont want "

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"Yeah, but at least there's a breeze, so it's not all bad!" As if on cue, a gentle breeze swept past them both, ruffling his short orange fur. The bolt-shaped end of the chu's tail thumps a couple of times against the ground while he dips his head in a brief nod. Honestly, the heat was a nice change from the somewhat dreary weather he'd recently escaped. "But if you still feel hot, maybe you could try going for a swim?"

' I SEE . ' how ... considerate . were it any other beast of the forest , perhaps they'd have sooner tested his wakefulness with their teeth rather than any harmless paw's prod . ' it's hot today , isn't it ? i was just taking some shelter under the shade . i may have dozed off a little , but as you can see , i'm perfectly fine . '

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Oh, they weren't dead! Thor pulls back his paw and settles them both on the ground. Resting back on his haunches, similarly to a cat, the electric type curls his long tail lazily around his feet. He tilts his head down slightly to meet the other's gaze. "I was just checking to see if you were alive. You weren't movin'."

HE DOESN'T BLINK . but shifts a little --- lifting his head so as to better set the stare of his sights upon his company . foreign , funny looking ... ' yes ? ' a breath , then blase acknowledgement . ' you're a new face around here . '

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@bxtonpxss // Opacho looks up at the red banded turtle, brows furrowed together heavily in thought after hearing a few lyrics from the song ‘Bad and Boujee.’ After a moment of silence the child finally asks. “Raph, what’s a thot?”

unprompted / always accepting

RAPH SPAT OUT his drink, eyes completely wide. He turned to her and blinked a few times cartoonishly, before he spoke slowly and carefully. " Uhh...dat's somethin' you should ask when you're like...a billion years olda'. " Good job, Raph, ur so smurt.

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Sniff. Sniffs. Is it dead? Slowly pokes at with paw.

LAYS HERE , unimpressed .

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take a break while watching this little bunny cross your dash