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Post by Ilargi “Bii” Benigno on Jun 15, 2024 22:46:42 GMT
| [attr="class","box1"]After the calamity in Drogo Village, everyone was on high alert and hunting for answers. For Bii, this mostly meant keeping her head down and attending to her duties. Today, that included patrolling Maplemaze Forest. While its vibrant ecosystem made it a ripe place to recruit unwilling pokemon for those with nefarious purposes, the real danger lay in its namesake maze-like structure. What hid at its depths was rumored and perhaps sometimes glimpsed, but never known in full. Bii understood it a bit. It was necessary to have secrets. She stood on the edge of the forest, adjusting her uniform hat where the wiggle of her ears had shifted it off to the side. The pokeballs for today’s team sat on her belt, but Vivere and Inkwell were both out. Buttons would have been a bigger help with her ability to fly, but at the moment… the ranger and her second ever pokemon were hardly speaking. The luxio’s ears pricked. Someone was approaching. Layla Quartermain
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Post by Layla Quartermain on Jun 16, 2024 18:25:47 GMT
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Post by Ilargi “Bii” Benigno on Jun 19, 2024 2:14:08 GMT
| [attr="class","box1"]It was another ranger, judging by the uniform. A thoughtful swish of Inkwell’s tail proceeded her turning to her partner. “You should ask her to patrol with us,” the luxio suggested. “You’ll need strength in numbers if we actually find anything.”
She’d heard the other person. She just hadn’t been trying to look at them. She had learned to discern the sound of a shod foot walking without a tail or anything dragging behind it. She strained her ears to seek out other gijinka and put her effort into (im)politely ignoring humans. Still, Inkwell had a point.
“Hello,” Bii greeted, voice soft and high. “You’re… also going to inv’stigate? Here? Um, patrol?”
Vivere the phantump looked at the approaching duo. “Flying type. That’s good, right?” he asked.
Inkwell nodded. “If they’ll work with us, that is.”
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Post by Layla Quartermain on Jun 23, 2024 18:14:13 GMT
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Post by Ilargi “Bii” Benigno on Jun 30, 2024 1:16:02 GMT
| [attr="class","box1"]Bii didn’t want company. But, she needed it and lying came naturally to her, especially when she fretted that the truth might not get her what she wanted. “Yes,” she said, and then added on unnecessarily: “I was, um, was… there was supposed to be another… But, they never showed up.”
Inkwell twitched an ear. What on earth had the gijinka said that for? The other woman was also a ranger! If that got back to the others, there’d be questions. Yet, the luxio had the spearow to focus on. Thankfully, Vivere was very friendly.
“Cheap?” he echoed, not quite able to mimic the sound of the flying type. He floated lower, matching the spearow’s position on the ground.
“How ya doin’?” Inkwell offered.
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Post by Layla Quartermain on Jun 30, 2024 15:37:33 GMT
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Post by Ilargi “Bii” Benigno on Jul 2, 2024 2:10:50 GMT
| [attr="class","box1"]“It was, was on the, um, skedule,” Bii insisted, absolutely botching the pronunciation of schedule. Her lie had worked, though, so she nodded to the other woman. Was… that the correct thing to do. “It’ll be okay…”
Or, so she hoped as she turned away, gaze focused on the path ahead. She looked over her shoulder, cervine-long neck granting her a little more of a look back than a more mundane anatomy might have allowed.
“I’m Ilargi Benigno. Nice to meet you.” There. She was well-practiced at this now. Unless exceptional circumstances came about, she felt somewhat confident.
“Are you, now?” the luxio asked, tail twirling. “Ya hopin’ to catch a clue? ‘Cause I’m hankerin’ for one.” Her gaze fell upon the forest. Her golden eyes scanned the promising darkness of the forest’s depths. What secrets laid within the maze…? Could there really be enemies waiting to be found there?
Inkwell imagined herself sinking her claws into them and sending jolts of her electricity through them. That would teach them a lesson.
“I hope we don’t find anything,” Vivere confessed. “But, we’re doing well! Thank you for asking!” The phantump smiled brightly at the spearow.
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Post by Layla Quartermain on Jul 3, 2024 19:18:48 GMT
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Post by Ilargi “Bii” Benigno on Jul 7, 2024 15:36:35 GMT
| [attr="class","box1"]At the compliment, Bii smiled a little. That was nice to hear from the other woman, considering Layla seemed rather doll-like in Bii’s opinion. She had smooth, youthful skin and there was an almost iridescent quality to her hair. It reminded the gijinka of her favorite jewel, actually. Would that be a good thing to say back? Would it be odd? She wasn’t used to telling other people what she thought about their looks…
“I like your hair, too.” She gestured with both hands, forming a semi-circle on each side. “It’s like a pearl…! Colorful, but light…” She had turned around for this, facing Layla for a moment before trying to continue the beginning of their joint patrol.
Inkwell glanced at the two women. “C’mon before they wander off without us.” She padded after the duo, expecting Vivere and the spearow to follow.
Yet, Vivere would lag behind a little, trying to chat with the spearow. “You sound so confident…” He shook his wooden head, trying to fake the same feeling for himself. “Yeah! Maybe we can just chat! Nothing big will happen!”
“I’d rather us find something,” Inkwell muttered, not looking back at the duo.
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Post by Layla Quartermain on Jul 13, 2024 16:07:10 GMT
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Post by Ilargi “Bii” Benigno on Jul 19, 2024 0:53:46 GMT
| [attr="class","box1"]Miss Bii?! The ranger’s mouth parted in a little ‘o’ of surprise. Should she address Layla the same way? She wasn’t sure. Most people didn’t call each other like that. But, she’d seen a few shows where people did that. Mostly the comfortable, slow-paced ones where people took their leisure to do comfortable, slow-paced things. Was that the sort of girl Layla was?
Bii thought she looked as if she might fit in very well at those Galarian tea time things. So, she decided to adopt the respectful title for her own use, at least with her fellow ranger.
“I’m sure we’ll do our, um… due-teas well, Miss Layla.” The fumbling wasn’t glaringly obvious, especially with the quick and happy way she recovered.
This was turning out quite nicely, she thought, as they headed into the maze-like forest. A walk under the trees with someone pleasant and her team sounded just perfect. It could only be ruined if they found what they were setting out to find…
Vivere gave the spearow a smile, recognizing that the flying type was trying to comfort him. “I know! I just… Well, I heard from Buttons—one of my teammates, sorry, that probably wasn’t obvious—anyways, I heard from Buttons that those Rhymin’ Crystal people are scary! They’ve got super strong pokemon that act totally weird!”
“Diamond Crystal,” Inkwell corrected, not looking back at the duo. She was busy looking all over. It was unlikely that, this far from the depths of the treacherous woods, they would find anything of note. But, not looking for something was a surefire way to not find anything. Her tail swished in contemplative tension. “Everyone drove them off last time. We’ve just got to be better prepared.”
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Post by Layla Quartermain on Aug 1, 2024 18:01:31 GMT
"Layla Speech" || Ilargi “Bii” Benigno
Now, if Layla had indeed in any way taken note of how Bii had reacted to her particular usage of the word 'Miss' when addressing the other woman she would not have made it obvious, rather the pale haired female would just find herself managing something of a small smile to herself as she glanced towards the other woman in the moments after she had spoken herself. Well it were indeed a good thing and as such made her glad that she had in no manner offended Bii by addressing her as such, this would indeed be a good thing to know for the rest of today and potential future interactions she may have with the other.
But Layla would not allow her focus to linger on such a thing for too long even if she would turn her focus and attention to Bii when the other gijinka - well, it were still a presumption but a damned clear one, even if she were going to be too polite to confirm - woman would speak herself and refer to herself as 'miss'. This in itself would be more than enough to get the pale haired woman smiling happily to her - temporary or otherwise - companion as they proceeded into the forest. "Yes, there's no doubt we will manage our duties well. And won't let anything bad happen to you either - and I bet you'll be wonderful company, give us both a chance to get to know each other right?" Of course Layla were going to make the effort to be as friendly as possible, it made sense to do such right? More so when Bii seemed like a nice enough person too can but hope things would go well.
Now in the case of the Spearow the small bird would remain politely quiet while listening to what firstly the equally small Phantump said - all the while trying not to laugh at the amusing mistake made in regards to the name of those Diamond Crystal goons - then the Luxio's comments before the bird would come to nod his own agreement. < Yes, I heard that about them and the pokemon that they use also - even if I have not seen such myself have heard about such and the chaos caused in different places. And yes, to be better prepared for the future is the best course of action and hope it all works. > Would the Spearow come to respond in time.
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Post by Ilargi “Bii” Benigno on Aug 6, 2024 21:46:00 GMT
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Post by Layla Quartermain on Aug 25, 2024 20:36:16 GMT
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Post by Ilargi “Bii” Benigno on Sept 1, 2024 14:45:40 GMT
| [attr="class","box1"]“Right!” the phantump agreed. He floated up a little higher, trying to look around the dark, winding forest. “Let’s try to find something good…”
The two humanoid were on the same page as the pokemon. Bii had, admittedly, never successfully found any edible wild mushrooms. Her time outdoors was rather limited and she had been focusing all of her skills upon trying to cultivate berries. More than once Inkwell had to discourage her from trying to eat strange herbs on the assumption they were similar to the cultivated, domesticated varieties she found in town gardens and the like. But, she hadn’t disclosed this…
Which meant this mushroom hunting experience was about to be quite interesting.
Bii agreed with a little nod. “Mmhm! They should be… somewhere dark and… damp.”
Which would require them to leave the path and test exactly how maze-like this area could be, but Bii trusted fully both Inkwell and Vivere. So, the sound of her hooves went from the steady crunch-crunch of a well maintained path to the shuffling of grasses and the occasion squish of wetter, muddy earth. It was good she was short, or else her huge hair would have immediately gotten caught on a branch.
Vivere floated after the gijinka. “Come on!”
Inkwell didn’t wait for an invitation or for the other two to follow. Her leisurely attitude had shifted into serious focus the minute Bii went off-trail.
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Trainers
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♂ 08
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♀ 00
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Police
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♂ 03
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♀ 02
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Civilians
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♂ 03
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♀ 02
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Team Rocket Members
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♂ 07
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♀ 05
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Coordinators
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♂ 03
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♀ 03
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Rangers
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♂ 02
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♀ 05
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Breeders
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♂ 03
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♀ 03
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Gijinka
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♂ 05
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♀ 06
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Humans
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♂ 24
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♀ 14
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Total
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♂ 29
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♀ 20
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