Mutato Krystallos: March Catch-All

[cedricthegreat]

Who: Cedric, Shoka, Kinger, and possibly others
What: Light Quests, plus potential one-on-one interactions as previously discussed
When: Throughout March
Where: Heavy Downmoor and around the city
Warnings: Cedric being mocked for his shiny fixation /shot  (Serious ones will be added later if necessary)

((See threads below!  Also, if we've discussed a thread between Cedric and your character, feel free to start it here!  Or you have an idea for a thread, PM his account or poke me on Plurk!))

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[cedricthegreat]

[Oh of course, of course she has to rub it in. He turns his beak up in a magnificent pout.]

No, I was simply so invested in helping the guild that I expected someone cooperative. Can you be that- Shoka, was it?

[telewarped]

Mm-hm. And you're Cedric the Judgy.

[Or should it be Cedric the Pouty? Cedric the Whiny? Oh well, she's got plenty of time to come up with new ones!]

Who said I wouldn't cooperate? I'm actually glad you're my partner. Means we'll get this over with in no time! [... Which does still make it sound like she's hoping to let him do most of the work.] As long as you don't plan on smuggling any Moon Stones we find off to a second location.

[cedricthegreat]

[Why does that compliment sound patronizing? Oh right, probably because she just called him Cedric the Judgy. Grumble grumble, it's an official title, let him have this.]

Please, I am a bastion of honesty and integrity! Mightyena wants these stones, so she will get them!

[...] Wait, Moon Stones? Aren't these from the meteor shower?

[telewarped]

If you say so.

[She titters.]

Well, yeah. Duh? There was another big meteor shower a while back, and I heard that the meteor that landed in the Bay that time was full of Moon Stone. Apparently, the Lum nerds towed it off to study it or whatever... But some 'mons found smaller pieces of Moon Stone that broke off it just lying around.

[So the same could be true of this new meteor landing site they'll be investigating, couldn't it? Still, she's quick to add:]

Try not to get too excited though. That could've just been a one time thing.

[cedricthegreat]

[That does prompt him to look up in thought, one wing tucking under his beak as if he were rubbing his chin. Meteors typically have nothing to do with the moon, but perhaps these terms are just catch-alls for space junk in general. How would a "Moon Stone" fall directly from the moon anyway? Wouldn't it just get caught up in orbit?

His self-consciousness kicks in, though, when he suspects Shoka's teasing him again, and he quickly drops the pose to straighten up.]

Well, we won't know until we look, will we? I imagine it matters little to you, so long as you get your precious guild rewards.

[telewarped]

Pretty much! [She doesn't sound guilty in the slightest. Incorrigible.] So let's get going, shall we?

[With that, she swivels around and starts to shuffle away, heading in the direction of the forest (without waiting around for Cedric to follow).]

[cedricthegreat]

[There's the smallest grumble. He was hoping, probably in vain, that she might not be so enthusiastic in that affirmation.] Let's.

[He doesn't bother to stick around on the ground, since he moves much faster in the air. To his credit, he stays within sight above her - buuuut she'll likely notice that he's just far enough to be out of earshot if she tries to talk to him.]

[telewarped]

[It doesn't take Shoka long to realize what Cedric's doing. At some point, noticing his insistence on staying high in the air, she thinks to call out:]

Hey, birdbrain.

[How do you expect to find rocks when you're that far from the ground? she's about to ask. Maybe he hopes to spot their sparkle from above (crows do have excellent eyesight, she knows), but she ultimately doesn't find out if that's the case or not, because he clearly either can't hear her or is choosing to ignore her.

With a sigh, she continues her search below. As a Mimikyu, her eyes are always close to the ground, and it's that trait that allows her to spot a promising glow half-hidden in the undergrowth.

She disappears under the bushes—and from Cedric's sight.]

[cedricthegreat]

[Her presumption is correct; even under low lighting, he's impressively good at picking up shiny glints in the grass. It's not good enough, however, to spot Mimikyu heads in the shrub, causing him to hover in flight as he stares at the bush where he last saw Shoka.

For a moment, he seriously considers moving on and pretending he didn't notice. Then he ponders trying to spot her rustling through the foliage from where he is but quickly deems that too unreliable.

He gives the most aggressive eyeroll that she cannot see, before dropping down to flap a little closer to the ground. Maybe, if he's lucky, she won't notice, and she can go on thinking he's still high above following her.

Except he's never that lucky and he knows it.]

[telewarped]

[As he descends, Cedric will hear Shoka before he sees her. There's a sudden, catlike hiss, followed by another—sharper, more monstrous. Moments later, two feline shapes come tumbling out of the brush: Shoka, with a bristling Meowth right on her tail.]

Wh—hey! Easy!

[Mee-ine! yowls the Meowth, hooking its claws into the edge of Shoka's disguise rag and making her wince. Thief! Thief!]

[cedricthegreat]

[The noise stops him dead in his tracks - or flight, that is - and he lets out an involuntary Astonish.

Sadly, the Meowth is a Normal type, and Ghost-type moves are super-effective against Shoka. Cedric realises immediately his mistake and is now silently praying the wave missed her and she doesn't flinch.]

Oops... I mean, stop! Claws off that hood, you pilfering purr machine!

[And he's already attempting to grab the hood-less feline with his talons.]

[telewarped]

[Of course, Cedric isn't quite so lucky. The Meowth has already torn at Shoka's disguise, leaving her with no defenses against the Astonish; judging by the sharp gasp she gives and the pulse of static that shudders across the visible parts of her shadowy form, it's a direct hit.

Fortunately, however, he does manage to catch the Meowth in his talons and pry it off of the reeling Mimikyu. With a yowl of alarm, it tries to twist around in his grip, swiping wildly with its claws.]