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Post by PoisonRose on Jan 18, 2008 18:21:16 GMT -8
Soon after the group's stroll began, Jessica spied ((Hint, hint)) a clothes shop, having a special on costumes, specifically for tonight's event. "C'mon, let's go there!" Jessica said, grabbing Cairo's and Chad's wrists and pulling them, and Bianca grabbed onto Alison's wrist (with little success). Both Cairo and Chad retracted their arms, as Alison did hers from Bianca. "It's fine, Jessica, we're willing to go in." Cairo said, rubbing his wrist. Chad nodded. "Yeah, of course." Alison added. This time, without struggle or rush, the group neared the store. Bianca again claimed her spot on Jessica's head. As they got closer, though, it was revealed that two female figures were on the roof. "Hey! Who are you, and what the heck are you doing up there?!" Jessica called to them. On even closer inspection, it seemed one had a bag. They turned their heads towards the group. Noticing they were obviously caught in the act, they both gracefully jumped from the roof to in front of the store's door. "Heh. We'll cure you of your ignorance..." The one with the bag and long, purple hair sneered.
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Post by Alison Matthews on Jan 18, 2008 18:30:57 GMT -8
Both of the girls jumped from the roof to the ground before the group of four. The other girl, with long hair too but without a bag, smirked and said, "If you require to know who we are..." The other girl jumped in and said "We travel, here and there, near and far..." They said the rest, each one saying every other line, one after another. "With petals of beauty..." "With thorns of spite..." "Carri!" "Val!" "Those who stand in our way shall suffer a devastating defeat..." "So now you know we can not be beat..." "Fighting us is deeply against your will..." "Surrender now or blood will spill!"
((OOC: I made Carri's text pink and Val's lime green so it was easier to follow))
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Post by Pastyourbedtime on Jan 18, 2008 20:04:26 GMT -8
"Who the..." Chad beagn before noting the "R" symbols adorning their clothes. "Team Rocket..." he began drawing a Pokeball. "Well, nothing special" Val began, "But it'll do" Carri added, before the two heinous trainers began jumping about, back and forth to distract the trainers. Cairo, Alison, Chad and Jessica looked on at the awkward, sinister, Rocket grunts before their eyes were directed solely to Carri and Val slipped out of their peripheral vision.
"Ha..and now" Carri said as she ceased her interesting motions, "Your Pok?mon's mine!" Val called out as she threw her bag over Jessica's head, and pulling it off quickly, enclosing Butterfree. "Jessica!" Chad called out as he threw a Pokeball through the air, releasing Chatot in a spill of airborne light. Chad, too, sprinted after the two Rockets alongside Cairo, and eventually a swift Chatot flew before the sinister duo, causing them to stall locomotion for a moment, giving Chad ample oppourtunity to leap into action, swiping the sack, and Bianca from Val's hands.
They looked angrily to them drawing Pok?Balls, but noticed quickly, by Cairo's command that an intimidating Marowak stood directly above them, bone in hand, readied to abide by an angry Cairo's command. "Ergh..." Val muttered under her breath, "we aren't done with you" Carri added before the two struggled to their feet, and managed to sprint off.
"Cairo, Chad!" Jessica exclaimed, running to them along with Alison. She sprinted into an embrace with Chad, her hair bounced slightly as she quickly threw herself into his arms, knocking him off balance slightly, but nothing he couldn't recover from. He smiled, and she placed her head to his chest, arms wrapped tightly around him as he blushed immensly. A moment passed and she looked up to him, but not relinquishing their embrace, "Thanks" She said as Bianca floated about on their periphery. They stood for a moment, looking into one another's eyes, blushing intensly before Chad finally made a move. He leaned in, slowly, waiting for slight consent from Jessica before his lips touched hers softly.
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Post by PoisonRose on Jan 18, 2008 22:04:43 GMT -8
The world stopped turning. Worries and problems melted away. Everything in life was perfect, not a thing could go wrong. But then Chad's lips left Jessica's. "Uh..." The two said, it was all they could. They continued the embrace, eyes still staring at each other, both blushing. "Um, maybe we should, er, go into the store now." Jessica said, softly, in-tune with the moment, but trying to make it a little less awkward. "Uh, yeah. We should." Chad quickly followed up. The two let go of each other, and stood upright. The group finished the small trek into the store, Chad and Jessica both blushing the whole time, and occasionally giving each other quick glances. "Hey, welcome." A lady behind the counter said. Something was slightly eerie about her. "Sorry about whatever that racket was." "Uh-huh..." Jessica said, giving a strange glance, but passed it off. She then took to looking around at the costumes, as did everone else. Jessica found a rather decorative Butterfree outfit, of which had "wings" coming from the light-blue sleeves, a dark-purple T-shirt and pants, and light-blue shoes. She went into a changing stall, and came out looking like someone spliced a Butterfree and Jessica sprite. "Hey Bianca, look, we match!" Jessica said rather playfully to her nearby flying Butterfree. "Free-ee-e!" It responded, with a loop in the air. Jessica blushed, noticing Chad was within eye-sight, and she was probably in his. She went a little closer, and asked, "What do you think? Like?" Somewhat of a distance away, Alison could be heard. "Well, I already have mine, but this is cute!"
OOC: Yes, the clerk is in Team Rocket. No, she does not serve a purposeful role, just the reason Val and Carri were there. If you want the details, go ahead and PM me, but it's not really important.
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Post by scissorhands on Jan 19, 2008 5:34:07 GMT -8
Cairo perused the shelves with little enthusiasm, he wanted to go the ball, but couldnt've cared less about his costume as long as it wasn't ridiculous. The shelves were organized alphabetically, and he did the first thing that came to mind, strode to the "M" section and began looking through. "Magcargo...Mankey...Mantyke...Marowak" he said as he grabbed a colorful, eye catching box. "Distributed by Masquerain's Masquerades" he read the small emblem on the bottom right corner of the box, adorned with the appropriate copyright symbol.
He lifted the lid on the box and saw the suit, a large skull mask, and a large bone. He knew he would look ridiculous, but so would everyone else, so he decided to purchase it. He approached the counter, behind one other man, buying three TMs, before addressing the clerk. "Hi, how are you doing today?" The clerk inquired as Cairo handed him the box and he began running its bar code across across a small gunesque object emitting red light from a prominent rectangular segment. "Good, thanks, how about you?" Cairo said as he placed his hands in his pockets, "Fantastic, thank you" The clerk said, finishing up the process by placing the box in a plastic bag, the name of the store inprinted on the front, and throwing a receipt in with it. "That's gonna come to 35.75" The clerk informed Cairo as he reached to his back pocket and revealed a wallet. He distributed the correct amount to the thankful clerk before taking his bag and walking back into the store to locate his friends.
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Post by Pastyourbedtime on Jan 19, 2008 8:09:01 GMT -8
"Heh...yeah, you look awesome" Chad said, smiling and blushing as Jessica laughed slightly. The two began walking beside one another, before Jessica had placed the costume in back in its box, to find Alison and Cairo. They progressed won several aisles, footsteps sounding as they were both feeling slightly aloof. Their introverted mannerisms led to a state of woolgathering for both of them before they were taken back to reality as they accidentally bumped against one another, most prominently their hands. They started laughing some, Chad rubbng the back of his head, embarrassed before he said, "Sorry about that" with a smile. Jessica smiled back as Chad's hand was brought from the back of his head, back down to his side, where Jessica wrapped her pointer finger around his to assure him everything was okay.
Eventually they found aisle seven where they saw Alison perusing the shelves. "Hey" Chad said. Just as Alison turned she noticed their intertwined fingers, at which point she laughed slightly. She said nothing, and after a quick moment, they both noticed Alison could see, and they relinquished the sweet nothing. "Hey" Alison responded, smiling to them before Cairo approached them from behind, box now stored in his bag. "What's up?" he said as he walked to Alison's side, and took her hand. "Hi" she said with a smile before leaning, up slightly, and kissing him on the cheek. She whispered to him, "They DEFINETELY like each other" before he looked to them with a smile, watching as they both passed one another glances reminiscent of a primary school crush. "So, a while until the ball" Cairo said, "Little while anyway" Alison added. "Where should we go until then, should we get something to eat?" Chad inquired, a rumbling in his stomach promptly ensued.
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Post by PoisonRose on Jan 19, 2008 14:58:59 GMT -8
Jessica felt her stomach ache from being fairly empty. "Yeah, I'd go for some food." Jessica went to the clerk, and she scanned the box of which contained the Butterfree suit. "Will that be all?" She asked, with a "Yep." for a response. Jessica stuck the box into her hammerspace. "So, shall we get going?" Jessica asked the others. "Well, if we plan to eat, yeah." Cairo responed. Thanks was given to the clerk from the group, and again they found themselves ambling around the Four Island town. A few shops here and there, but most buildings were houses. After a few more minutes of walking, the group finally found a small, Diner-esque place. Nobody was quite sure they wanted to eat there, but the smell of food activated their stomachs, so their was really no choice.
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Post by scissorhands on Jan 19, 2008 15:06:44 GMT -8
They proceeded through the doors of the less than five star restuarant, and found a small table in the corner of the room. Cairo sat on the inside of the booth, Alison to his direct left, and Chad and Jessica adjacent. "Can I help you?" An oddly familiar face inquired, "Yeah, um. Hey...wait, werent you the waitress on..on Two island, or Three or whatever?" Cairo inquired to the strangely familiar woman, "I am, I remember you guys, the vegetarian, and the T.E. fans, right?" Alison looked to Cairo and smiled before placing her hand in his, atop his leg, "Something like that" Cairo answered, "What brings you here?" he inquired, additionally. "Well, its a chain, and I got moved here on a job. More money" she informed Cairo and his friends. "Cool, well, could you bring me..." he began, "Mozarella sticks, and water, right?" She inquired, smiling with one brow raised. Cairo looked questionably with a smile to the waitress, "yes m'am" he concluded before everyone else ordered.
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Post by Alison Matthews on Jan 19, 2008 16:33:57 GMT -8
"Iced tea and a small salad, I'm not overly hungry." Alison said as she placed her order after Cairo's. Soon everyone ordered and they were informed the food would be brought out soon. "So, what costume did you buy?" Alison asked Cairo who lifted an eyebrow and said "You'll have to wait and see!" She laughed as she leaned her head on his shoulder and grabbed his hand tighter and sighed softly.
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Post by scissorhands on Jan 19, 2008 18:24:10 GMT -8
He caressed Alison's hand softly with his thumb, and leaned his head down slightly to kiss the top of her head. "I love you, Ali" he said before looking to Chad and Jessica, unable to keep from looking to one another, but remaining aloof all the same until the waitress arived, large metal tray in hand topped with their varied orders. After all of their food was distributed, Cairo began to consume his food, slowly enough, but he was feeling apprehensive about tonight. He wondered about Dani Hopper, hoped she wouldn't show up, despite the fact that it seemed like the just the type of thing she would do.
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Post by Alison Matthews on Jan 19, 2008 18:29:35 GMT -8
As their food was distributed among them, Alison started to eat her salad and drink her water. She let Vulpix out of her pokeball to stretch and soon the Pok?mon was asleep on her lap. She continued to eat her food until it was completely gone. "That was good." Alison as she as she held Cairo's hand with one of her's and caressed Vulpix with the other.
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Post by scissorhands on Jan 19, 2008 18:38:47 GMT -8
Cairo finished up the remainder of his meal, concluding with finishing off the glass of water, now teeming with nothing more than condensation and droplets of water. Cairo sighed before leaning back slightly, to see Chad and Jessica finishing off their meals as well, and prior to Alison stating, "That was good". "Definetely" Jessica, Chad, and Cairo agreed simultaneously. Cairo leaned his head back against the booth, head turned in the direction of Alison, who turned her head to Cairo as well. They looked to one another's eyes endearingly, given that Jessica and Chad were hardly proned to conversing at the moment. Cairo smiled before leaning slightly and kissing Alison softly on the lips.
He relinquished a quick peck to see the waitress walking away from the table, and a small piece of paper sitting atop it. Cairo extended a hand to it, and lifted it to see another pricey meal, "I got it.." he said, smiling slightly and rolling his eyes.
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Post by Alison Matthews on Jan 19, 2008 18:42:24 GMT -8
"Let someone else get it this time." Alison said with a smile as she plucked the bill from his hands before he could blink an eye. She pulled out a card and handed it to the waitress. "You pay for everything, its time someone else pays." She said smiling and hugging Cairo. Soon the waitress came back with a receipt and her card. "Thank you" Alison said as she put the card away and returned Vulpix.
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Post by scissorhands on Jan 19, 2008 19:03:47 GMT -8
He embraced her tightly and kissed her cheek, "never do that again" he said, laughing slightly. The four trainers got up, streched slighlty and brushed themselves off before walking through the restuarant. "Have a nice day" the waitress said, waving to the trainers, utilizing each finger in a friendly wave. "Thanks" Cairo said before opening the door and allowing all of his friends out, before turning to the doorway, and exiting himself. They descended a small staircase before making a small circle at the bottom of the stairway. "Anyone know what time it is, and how much longer before this ball thing?" Chad inquired, noting the descending sun.
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Post by PoisonRose on Jan 19, 2008 19:19:05 GMT -8
"I dunno now, but I could check." Jessica responded. She pulled her laptop out, but continued walking with the others. She turned it on, and after a bit, the time was displayed on the lower right-hand corner. "Oh snap, looks like it's going to start within an hour!" Jessica turned off her laptop, and stowed it back in hammerspace as the group continued slowly walking through the town. "Well, I suppose we could get ready for it, then?" Jessica inquired, knowing it's better early than late.
OOC: Sorry for short post. Also, Jessica's costume is a light-blue long-sleeve shirt, a purple T-shirt that goes over it, Butterfree wings that attach to the light-blue shirt, and light blue shoes.
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