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[thaumewturge]

Who: Rhel, Akechi, and Fai | Rhel and Akira
Where: The northwestern beach and somewhere in town
When: Middle of the month
What: Rhel grabs two of the people most interested in the beach and goes investigating | Akira found some interesting information about the missing kids and Rhel is very much interested.

Beach Not a Party

[The Crystal must still be looking out for her here or something. The rain's let up a little (read: not much at all, she's just optimistic), Rhel's ready to go digging into the mystery of the beach, and Akechi and Fai just happen to be in the same general area as she starts looking for them.]

Ah, Fai! Akechi! I was thinking that I might go and investigate the beach today, see what might be found. Are either of you available for that?

[There is interesting sand to find and who knows what else.]

Find The Kids

[Rhel is once again helping out at the daycare, still concerned about the kids but not sure where else to look.]

Comments

[thaumewturge]

[Rhel looks up at her name, Flicker the Litwick peeking out over her shoulder.]

Is everything alright, Akira?

[infiltrationtools]

Everything's fine. After we went to the beach the other day, I went back last night and caught a Drifloon.

[Akira glances meaningfully at the board on the side wall, containing all the 'missing children' posters. If they talk about it here, then the entire damn day-care center will want to become involved in finding the kids, and that will only complicate things.]

I wanted to tell you what happened, after you're done with work.

[thaumewturge]

[!!!]

I won't be but a moment.

[This is important information, after all.

Rhel very quickly finishes up what she was doing as Flicker waddles over to cling to Akira for a little bit instead. He's nice, though as soon as Rhel returns the Litwick is once again demanding Rhel's attention.]

Where should we go?

[infiltrationtools]

[Hello, Flicker. Akira reaches out to try and pet him, though it may not work on account of being a ghost.]

[He leads Rhel a little ways away from the day-care, and then finally explains.]

I caught a Drifloon last night and asked it a few questions with Morpeko. He said... [A moment's pause.] The Drifloon have been taking kids, none of the kids are dead. When I asked him to take me to where the kids are, he took me to the hospital and circled around it.

Tonight, I want to investigate, and I want you to come with me.

[thaumewturge]

The hospital?

[Well then. Rhel nods, already eager to go.

(In a nearby tree, someone's eyes glint. Shiny...soft...)]

Let's go. I believe Flicker is also a Ghost type, so perhaps if we find any more Drifloons she can help Morpeko.

[infiltrationtools]

I'll meet you there at... let's say... nine?

[Ghosts are more active at night, and there's fewer people around to ask questions.]

[thaumewturge]

That'll work, yes. Make sure you eat, and let someone else know what we're doing in case something happens to us.

[(So soft...much better than the nest right now....)]

[infiltrationtools]

...Sure.

[He's surprised by the level of concern she has for him. Still, he will definitely eat dinner and inform Akechi (as the only person on this island who he even somewhat trusts with investigations) that he's going out tonight.]

[And then that evening, Akira and his two Pokémon wait outside the hospital, as expected.]

[thaumewturge]

[Rhel is...fairly easy to hear coming, as she isn't coming from the rest of the town but from a cluster of trees near the hospital.

She is also picking things out of her hair while a Murkrow flaps about with Flicker in his claws, pleased as anything.]

Swivin' bats, and don't you look so godsdamned pleased with yourself, Mheg, you're half the reason those blasted things got me!

Murk!

Don't you give me that! You decided my hair was a nest, and then those bats came out of bloody nowhere! A hundred swivin' bats, hot on your tail as you try to turn me into a nest! You are most certainly half the damn reason, and that is why you are carrying Flicker.

[Rhel, when pissed, swears like a sailor.]

[infiltrationtools]

[I]

[hello?]

[Akira, Drifloon, and Morpeko awkwardly look between each other and the oncoming procession.]

...You okay?

[thaumewturge]

[!!!!

Rhel stops, hair still a bit of a mess. Mheg just keeps flying around, crowing.]

Please tell me you did not just hear all of that. I try very hard not to swear in front of other people...

[infiltrationtools]

No, I heard all of it.

[Flatly. No point in lying.]

[thaumewturge]

[She visibly deflates, ears down and everything.]

I try so hard, but not only did I have that little terror trying to use my hair as a nest, I had a hundred bloody bats swoop out of no where to harass me! Please don't think differently of me after that little display.

[infiltrationtools]

I don't. That's nothing compared to some friends of mine.

[Ryuji.]

You don't have to try that hard around me, if you don't want to. ...But we should keep it down now.

[thaumewturge]

[Futaba, when she's gaming.

But Rhel nods and reaches up to pluck Flicker out of her Murkrow's claws....while the bird just settles down on Rhel's head.

A sigh.]

I should not be used to this, and yet...