a mingle to kick things off

[devoursall]

Monobear has been kicked, the mock murder never happened (edit: or did it...? Your memories might seem a little jumbled...), the first round of refugees has been picked up (sort of), and GETHOMEQUEST 2014 has begun.

IT'S TIME

TO

MINGLE

setting info is here but feel free to make up your own shit, driving this hopeboat is a group effort

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Lysandre (SHSL Leader) | Pokémon XY | First Round/Mock Trial

[holocast]

[This isn't the first time he's awakened with no idea where he is and his memories incredibly hazy around the edges; either way, however, once he's settled down a bit Lysandre seems to be finding this place far preferable to the last, even if it does appear to be another murdergame setup.

It's in space, yes, but at least that's interesting, and somehow Miss Usami managed to not screw it up this time, and now here he is and here are a bunch of other people he knows and a bunch more that he doesn't, and he's...

...Actually, he's feeling kind of wary about distracting himself with his Pokémon like he often does in unfamiliar places. Huh. That's...strange, but you know what, he's going to just kind of pretend there's nothing unnerving about that at all.

He's most likely to be found poking around the holodeck because oh my god of course he is; he's not allowed in the simulations alone, obviously, but the machinery itself is fascinating enough for him and he may be taking notes on all of it like the tremendous nerd that he is. He's not anywhere near opposed to actually entering the simulations if approached, and if anything he kind of really wants to just to see what they're like because apparently his luck is crap even in mock-rounds and of course the hologram specialist gets left out of the damn hologram simulation because he drew short straw.

Otherwise, he can be found easily in the library - I mean really, this stuff is fascinating, and even if he doesn't necessarily understand why he's here of all places that doesn't mean he's not going to take advantage of it. In the most asocial way possible, but hey, at least he's not hanging out in any sort of pharmacy this time because he's rather aware that people tend to die whenever he hangs out in the pharmacy during the week.]

holodeck

[devoursall]

[yo weren't you dead

I've sniffed a lot of corpses in my day but I am pretty damn sure I sniffed yours at some point

lemme just

sneak up behind you and stick my nose in your ear to see if it rings a bell]

[holocast]

[...All right, there is most definitely a large animal in this room and as much as she'd like to think she's stealthy, she is still a large animal and they are not really known for being masters of stealth.

He tenses up a bit when he realizes but he doesn't seem too inclined to confront her; either everyone's self-preservation instincts are really low where he comes from or he was just raised to not be particularly wary of large, unfamiliar animals. (Because that's certainly not going to bite him in the neck ass one day.) Either way, where he's from he's dealt with the literal god of death and been unafraid of it; this certainly isn't any worseOH BLESSED ARCEUS WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH HIS HEAD -

Just.

Let him step away from that, and while he does it in the twitchy, flinching sort of way that implies he wasn't expecting that at all, he seems more irritated than anything else because no really what the hell.]

...Can I help you?

[Admittedly, that's spoken in the sort of...odd, vague way that's usually reserved for people talking to things they don't expect to answer them in words - you know, the sort of rhetorical tone usually reserved for pets and malfunctioning machinery and the like. Not quite like he'd speak to his Pokémon, but that might be due to a lack of familiarity, who knows.]

[devoursall]

You do not smell or sound dead. Not even mildly putrid.

[....]

I suppose I was mistaken, then! Small thing, your hair smells like flowers. It is rather pleasant. I imagine you would taste wonderful.

[If she noticed the tone, she makes no indication of it. Just...just shampoo talk here.]

[holocast]

[OKAY, THAT'S NEW and...

...

...Was...that a compliment, because he's genuinely unable to tell...

You know, usually he's the one on the receiving end of the "Why on earth did you just say that" line of questioning, so to get this sort of feeling toward someone else - animal or otherwise - is kind of bizarre; between the entire experience with Archer last time and now this, it's like these experiences he has when Miss Usami is driving the boat are specifically designed to showcase how utterly obnoxious his usual behaviors tend to be. Good job, Miss Usami. Let's just try to Love And Hope the obnoxiousness out of him.]

While I'm sure that's a compliment of some sort, I don't think that's something you ought to broadcast.

[devoursall]

Oh? Why-ever not?

[holocast]

Most humans don't take kindly to being reminded of their own mortality, particularly when it's pointed out by someone capable of stripping them of it.

[Lysandre...]

[devoursall]

Oh, do not worry, small thing - that is the point entirely! Ooh, but you are the first in a very long time to say it in so many words. Do you not feel more wary now, as you should be? I am helping!

[holocast]

...let's say that I'm accustomed to working very closely with non-human species; most of them don't speak, granted, but if anything that's making you less intimidating to me than more.

[awesmazings]

[Jimmy has been wandering all over the everywhere ever since he arrived, so it's probably to no surprise that he eventually finds himself at the holodeck. He had been meaning to come here sooner, really, but with all of these new, confused, and very alarmed people he felt the need to do some damage control while he could.

...But of course, there's no way he could mistake the figure he comes across as soon as he gets there. Jimmy doesn't just....rush up to him like he might have done before, though. This is either a really elaborate dream playing an elongated cruel joke on him, or....well, actually let's not worry about that right now.]

...Lysandre! ....is...that you?

[holocast]

[It's been a while since the last Mutual Killing Game; he hadn't seen Jimmy since the end of it, when everyone had more or less gone their separate ways. Lysandre had returned to Kalos, and hadn't kept in contact with any of the members of the Future Foundation, despite having been urged to do so by a few of his "classmates" last time; he'd more or less disappeared off the radar, as far as everyone from the last round is concerned. It was partially through wanting to get himself sorted before attempting to fix anything for anyone else, and partially because he hadn't wanted to leave Kalos; he wants to save people, of course, but if anything his experiences in the simulation had shown him that his world is highly unusual compared to almost everyone else's experiences, and part of him doesn't want to leave that.

...His entire world also hasn't been destroyed by what amounts to a set of highly disgruntled teenagers, for another thing, and he can't trust himself to decide that whatever world the Future Foundation wants him to help save isn't worth saving in the first place.

But the voice behind him is familiar, and when he turns to face him he seems...a bit surprised, but he doesn't seem unreceptive, either. Just a bit uncertain.]

It's been a while, hasn't it?

[awesmazings]

[Jimmy nods slowly, taking a moment to more effectively close the gap between them until he's standing at a respectful distance. He had been a bit worried about Lysandre, admittedly...especially since he seemed to just vanish when the rest of them parted. It's not as if Jimmy had been hearing much from the Future Foundation, but he at least had some sort of tabs on things to keep him from going too stir crazy over just...not knowing.

So when Lysandre turns he offers him a bright smile, chuckling.]

It has. ...It's good to see you again.

[holocast]

[...this is so awkward, why is this so awkward.]

Likewise, mon cher - I assume those friends you were telling me about are well, back in Miseryville?

[You know. Beezy and Lucy and all of those.]

[awesmazings]

[Because how do feelings, that's why. But it's ok, we are going to try to do this and we're going to try hard.]

Mhm, everyone's fine! Better than fine, actually. It was really great to get to go back home and see them again.

[Of course he and Heloise have elected to keep their experiences to themselves permanently, other than their sudden relationship being a thing. They can't exactly keep that under wraps, especially with Beezy generally being all up in Jimmy's business.]

...and....what about you? ...everything's ok for you back home, I hope...?

["OK", as in, "we haven't blown up the world quite yet"]

[holocast]

As much as it ever was, yes.

[...In other words, "not really but we're not going to go into detail," but at the very least it's still in one piece.

As it stands, he's not really wanting to discuss his own issues for the time being (as he still has...many of those, um); rather, he just tips his head a bit in the direction of the hologram machines.]

I understand that I could show you, if you'd like; I did promise that you would see Kalos one day, didn't I? I imagine now's as good a time as any.

[awesmazings]

[....He was very much hoping you would mention that, Lysandre. In which case Jimmy nods quickly, his small smile spreading into a wide grin pretty quick.]

I...I'd love to see Kalos, yeah!

[You can almost feel the waves of excitement coming from this kid. This is one thing he was not expecting to get to do, but also a thing he always dreamed of being able to eventually do.

...Apparently this is a promise Lysandre is actually going to get to keep.]

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[The library wasn't a place Veronica often frequented, but she still had to scout the place out so she knew what was here. Maybe she'd get lucky and there was some information of just what was going on around here other than the obvious murder set up that didn't come to be.

Surprisingly, she doesn't notice him at first. Despite how... vibrant he is most of the time. That's not to say that her eyes don't finally fall on him though. And you'd better believe she was happy to see him.]

Lysandre!

[holocast]

[...Ah.

Lysandre hasn't seen her, or any of the others in his "class", since the last Mutual Killing Game; really, as far as the Future Foundation is concerned, he'd more or less fallen off the radar. He's not terribly interested in keeping in contact with most of them, when it comes down to it - oh, he thinks about some of them once in a while, surely (Jimmy and Veronica, and sometimes Archer when he's feeling particularly masochistic, and every now and then he'll think of something and wonder what bizarre nonsequitur of an observation Jumba would have to make about it), but it's never enough for him to want to try to do anything about it. He's not been in the sort of mental state that renders him useful when it comes to helping anyone, he has his own things to work out in that regard; besides, there's nothing he's seen of whatever world this Future Foundation comes from that makes him think that he wouldn't want to raze that to the ground, too.

The whole thing is kind of a weird subject, basically.

But he recognizes her voice immediately, despite the fact that it's been some time since he's heard it; he doesn't seem like he's not receptive to it, at least, if a bit awkward.]

Veronica - it's been some time.

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[Plotting genocide is always a weird subject, is it not?

It was almost odd seeing Lysandre here, and for the first time in so long. She'd tried to contact him multiple times following the end of murder island, but she wasn't surprised that he didn't answer. Somewhere along the line she just decided he was probably too busy and let it slide.

Well, here he was.]

It's uh... it's been a while, hasn't it?

[holocast]

[...Just a bit, yeah.

As it stands, that question gets a soft noise of assent before he continues.]

I'm assuming you've been well?

[stitchedupbodyguard]

Yeah, pretty much.

[As well as a Frankenstein assassin can be.]

What about you?

[holocast]

As well as I ever was, ma chérie.

[In other words, still convinced the world needs to burn, still not able to do anything about it yet. But otherwise he's fine, and at the very least he seems less...utterly made of despair by now, given that he was looking kind of rough during the latter half of the Killing Game, mirror island or otherwise.]

It's been a bit odd, returning to Kalos after everything that happened, but it's not been terrible in any way, let's put it that way.

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[And Veronica is basically oblivious to this fact. You'd think genocide would come up more often in their conversations but eh.]

I get that. Going home was amazing. I got to see Fran and the others again... but I did kind of miss you guys.

[Some more than others.]

Re: Lysandre (SHSL Leader) | Pokémon XY | First Round/Mock Trial

[bornoflove]

[Oh. Hello.












Are we sure this isn't hell? Or maybe its just everyone dead, now alive.





But are we SURE this isn't hell

She finds him in the library.]

Mr. Kokinos.

[holocast]

[Well, in fairness, he's been around Miss Usami for prolonged periods just enough to know that it's kind of hell. It's just a far different, more tolerable sort of hell than what it would have been otherwise, and far more pink and far less monochromatic.

Either way, he looks up when she addresses him, and it takes him a moment to place her name.]

Oh...Homura, wasn't it?