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Alexei Ivanov

THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 8, 2021 14:21:18 GMT

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Now that he was in the kitchen—it was fucking show time.

Like a fish to water, Alexei bustled towards the… crates of extra produce that had been dropped off, quickly headed for the sink to disinfect. Rolling his jacket sleeves up, he then proceeded to scrub down his hands to make sure they were clean.

While he was at it, he made to move one of the crates closer to the sink, beginning to clean down the contents of the crate—which was mostly potatoes. Oh boy. He could do things with potatoes. A lot of things.

Boil them, mash them, make a stew out of the little shits… oh yeah, definitely.

There were also green onions, cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumbers—oh he already had ideas.

Wonder if I could use the contents of the fridge to give some spice, otherwise I’m making some stir-fry with all of this, he thought absently as he washed the contents of the crate he was working on. Once the vegetables were clean, he hunted down the chopping board and a knife, along with a bowl which he’d filled with water.

Off he went, skinning the potatoes and chopping up the vegetables. It was going to be a stir-fry week, peppered with mashed potatoes and spiced (with some pickled) greens.

meal prep, bishes!

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Zac Ramsay

THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 9, 2021 17:07:17 GMT

ZAC

the handyman hustle
Foyer | mission

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Something was bothering Zac. He returned to the foyer. He had seen people ignoring the damaged wall on the way in to the house. Matchan had tripped while carrying in some of Michi's shopping, and punched a single, tiny hole in the otherwise pristine, pink wallpaper.
"This ought to be pretty straight forward," Zac said, looking at the hole. Matchan had hit the wall right between the cabinet and the potted plant, and Zac's first thought was to shift the cabinet over to cover the damage. A few rough shoves later and the hole was obscured. "There! Quick as a Linoone's- WHAT THE HECK!"
With the cabinet moved, a cluster of holes had been revealed in the wall. They were the same size as the one he had just covered, and each bore a distinctive ridging indicative of a high-powered punch through the drywall. "Looks like Matchan has had more than one little stumble," Zac said as he moved the plant over to cover the holes. "Okay, NOW it's all- ARE YOU SERIOUS?"
The plant's had been hiding a series of karate-chops, which had lined up perfectly with the thick fronds. "Huh..." On a hunch, Zac checked the other objects in the foyer.
The umbrella stand, the coat rack, the hundred ornamental clocks, both of the six-foot Pyroar statues, and the singing Arrokuda were ALL covering either a punch, a chop or a stray, weak kick. In fact, the wall was so full of hidden punches that Zac started to worry about its structural integrity. He scratched his beard. This was going to be harder than he thought.

"I better go get some help..."

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Alex / Lexy

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Mistralton, Unova

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THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 9, 2021 18:30:26 GMT

Once he was done preparing that… rather massive mountain of vegetables (and the air smelled of some delicious buttered stir-fry) something else caught his attention.

There was a recipe card pinned to the fridge, and on it was a recipe—for something he’d never heard of, or encountered before.

“Huh, what?” he muttered, plucking the card off the fridge and taking a look. Thank goodness he still had several potatoes left, but scrapping together the carrots—uh oh. That was one thing he didn’t have. Another missing ingredient was the white onions.

Hunting through the fridge, he managed to find some leftover unused sliced beef, however lacking the carrots and the white onions was going to be a task in and on itself.

“Improvise, improvise—have to improvise,” he grumbled as he bustled around the kitchen, looking at the small print on the recipe card. Dashi? Oh—soup stock, okay that should be easy— he thought as he opened the fridge again.

Mercifully, the dashi was easier to make, and all he had to do was dig around in the deeper parts of the fridge and get every single ingredient going. This was going to be a bit of a mess, but the moment he got the dashi stock going, he hopped over and began chopping up the ingredients he had on hand and getting it ready.

With the dashi stock completed, he set it aside and began to cook together the mix of ingredients—how was he going to address the missing onion and carrot?

He’d have to make do with green onion and cucumber!

Hoping that the slap dash improvise was going to be a good enough save, he began assembling the dish once everything was prepared enough.

While it wasn’t the usual kind as stated on the recipe card, he felt… he felt like he’d done a good enough job of it. Maybe. Hopefully.

improvisation of recipe: subbed green onion and cucumber for white onion and carrot. Oh dear.

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Billi

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Twenty-One

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Billi Marsh

THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 11, 2021 7:39:26 GMT

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“Sure I’ll be there in a sec Zac!” Billi smiled to himself as he slowly arrived at the location to help a lady out. Granted Zac was the one who informed him of it, and Billi thought it’d make for some great friend moments! So yeah he was late but at least the blonde showed up with a smile on his face! Moving through the house, he caught a view of the women needing the help, “Oh hello! I’m here to help anyways, gotta runnnnnnn~!” Billi laughed, passing the kitchen.[break][break]

“Oh hi Mah~” Bill peeked his head in the kitchen, waving gently, “it smells yuuummmmmyyy” he nodded as the little piller pokemon clung to his backpack. Turning around a corner or two, navigating blindly really. Until he found Zac in a room with HOLES?! “Oh shoot that’s a lot of holes! Looks like you need help!” he nodded, “Now….do you think she’ll mind if it’s just strong webs?” he placed the Pillers down, two Wurmples, two Scatterbugs, and a weedle scrunching their way to the holes, cheerfully flicking their mandible teeth as they spat some adhesive string onto the holes.[break][break]

“We should find stuff to fill the holes with Zac!” Billi nodded looking at the man with a giant smile.

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Michi

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November 1

Petalburg City, Hoenn

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Gym Receptionist

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her husband, mickey

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michiko maeda

THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 11, 2021 10:29:21 GMT

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Michiko came back outside from tasting Alexei Ivanov 's cucumber nikujaga ("How... interesting!" she'd managed to say with a smile) with a Fairy Incense in hand, eager to try out Valerio Dachev 's suggestion to keep the pesky Salamence away. "It is a good idea," she told him, hanging up the little incense burner on her garden shed. "Then I will also sometimes see fairy pokemon in the garden!" Wouldn't that be cute? She could put out a fairyfeeder.

She went back inside, not knowing that the garden had erupted into chaos behind her. Irritated/alarmed by the sweet-smelling smoke, a series of Trapinch had just burrowed out of the ground. The Trapinch hurried out of the garden as fast as their stumpy legs could take them, leaving the groomed gravel riddled with cone-shaped pits.

The many fist-shaped holes in the hallway had been repaired so efficiently that Michiko didn't even notice them as she bustled up to Billi Marsh and Zac Ramsay , beaming. "Thank you so much!" she exclaimed, trying not to acknowledge the huge Pyroar statues her husband had brought back from Kalos after an excavation. She'd said they were more appropriate in the garden, but he hadn't taken the hint.

Something cold and wet touched her foot and Michi looked down, frowning. "Soa, go away," she scolded her Electrike, who wagged his tail. He seemed fat and happy for some reason. "Go sit with Mama!" Actually, speaking of which-- she turned to the two burly young men who'd been in the foyer. "Ooh, can you help us in the living room?"

The Living Room had a single occupant-- a tiny, stooped-over old woman with steel-gray hair. She was sitting on the couch with her legs folded under a fuzzy, hand-painted Pyroar blanket. She said something in dialect to Michi, who answered "They are here to help with jobs around the house!" and then, sighing, "Of course, Mother..."

The <HALLWAY/FOYER> Tasks Are Complete!

A new area <LIVING ROOM> has opened...

HOUSE MAP - 1ST FLOOR

LIVING ROOM TASKS

Don't Touch That Dial: (1 post) Michi's elderly mother, Etsuko, wants to watch TV from the sofa. Unfortunately, the TV remote is broken. Please change the channel manually until you find something she likes.

Let's Roll: (1 post) As you look around the living room you'll notice that green Electrike fur is everywhere. On the carpet. On the sofa. On the throw pillows. On the kotatsu. Take an extra-large lint roller and get rolling! Try not to get in the way of the TV while Etsuko is watching.

Window Washing: (2 posts) Hoenn is naturally humid, and a certain amount of black mold often grows on the inside of the windows in traditional homes. So put your back into it! Scrub scrub scrub!

Challenge the Dragon: (5 posts) There's nothing good on TV, so Michi's elderly mother challenges you to a game of chance and strategy (you can choose any standard board or card game.) Note that Etsuko speaks almost completely unintelligibly in some old Petalburg dialect, but that won't stop her at beating your ass in poker.

ADDITIONAL TASKS

Fingers in the Pie: (1 post, KITCHEN) Thanks to Orion Lykos , you have a basket of apples to make a pie to share among your fellow handymen. Michi already has pie crust and dough prepared in the freezer, so let's get baking!

Rehome Magikarp: (1 post, KOI POND) avery jones has successfully removed the Magikarp from the koi pond-- so what do we do with it? Find it a new home somewhere on the property or bring it to the kitchen for sashimi.

Pothole Filling: (2 posts, GARDEN) On Valerio Dachev 's suggestion, Michi has set up a fairy incense to keep Salamence away. Unfortunately, it seems to have set off a swarm of Trapinch. Please fill in all the potholes and watch your ankles!

COMPLETE/AVAILABLE TASKS

FOYER/HALLWAY - COMPLETE!
██ Hole in the Wall (0/2)

Zac Ramsay Billi Marsh
██ Fall Forward, Spring Back (2/2)

Zac Ramsay Alexei Ivanov
██ Plumbing Skills (1/1)

Orion Lykos

KITCHEN - COMPLETE!
██ Meal Prep (1/1)

Alexei Ivanov
██ Tupperware Tidal Wave (1/1)

Alexei Ivanov
██ Feed The Dog (1/1)

hendrix emmerson
██ Improvise (1/1)

Alexei Ivanov
██ Fingers In The Pie (1/1)

Chu-e Choi

LIVING ROOM
██ Don't Touch That Dial (1/1)

John Sullivan
██ Let's Roll (0/1)
██ Window Washing (0/2)
█████ Challenge the Dragon (3/5)
Zac Ramsay Valerio Dachev Billi Marsh

KOI POND
██ Pond Skimming (2/2)

avery jones Zac Ramsay
██ Magikarp Jump (1/1)

avery jones
██ Rehome Magikarp (0/1)

GARDEN
███ Eviction Notice (3/3)

Valerio Dachev Zac Ramsay
██ An Apple a Day (1/1)

Orion Lykos
██ Tree Trimmers (1/2) Orion Lykos
██ Pothole Filling (2/2)

Orion Lykos kris flynn-edwards

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Zac Ramsay

THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 11, 2021 10:52:33 GMT

ZAC

Thread name
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Zac was 285pd down, and his hand was shit. "Uhh, how are you doing Billi Marsh ?" he asked, looking over at the other man. The two of them had offered to play some friendly, casual card games with Michi's mother Etsuko, but the old woman was a card Sharpedo the likes of which Zac had never seen before.
Etsuko turned to Zac, her eyes hidden behind the tinted, prescription Mahjong glasses. It was his turn. Zac looked down at his cards. Blue 8, East and South Winds, Queen of Diamonds, and Dark Magician. Oh man, this is gonna be a rough round.
He drew from the middle pile. Yes! A reverse card! Zac thought, and he played his South Wind face-down. "Okay, I think i'm getting the hang of this," he said, optimistically.

TfMnzGYK

Etsuko stared at Zac's face-down card, cogs turning behind those dark glasses. I've got her. I've finally stumped her.
The old woman clicked her tongue. "Pung!" she said confidently, as she snatched the card off the table and into her hand. The card witch let out a cackle of joy as she laid down all 5 of the wind cards in front of her before scooping of Zac's money into her oversized handbag.

"Shit."

Then, for her attack phase she laid down The Pale Dragon. "Oh come on! Are you sure that deck was shuffled?" Zac asked, and he reached for the stack of cards. Etsuko slapped his hand away. "Nou pik!" she said, waggling a finger at him. Zac only had one monster in hand! How was he going to defend against her next attack?

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orion

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thirty

august 9th

lilycove

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Orion Lykos

THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 11, 2021 13:06:05 GMT

Orion's resting under the apple tree in the garden, getting ready to return to trimming the trees, when the garden suddenly comes alive with burrowing Trapinch. He yelps in surprise and then laughs, using the trunk of the tree as support to get to his feet and step carefully around the distressed ground-dwellers.

"I guess they don't like the incense, either.

It makes sense; they do become dragons themselves, some day. One of them snaps at his ankle on its way past, tearing through his pantleg and scraping against his skin. It's a superficial wound, not serious, but it hurts like a bitch!

Once the pain fades, he resigns himself to filling in the holes Trapinch have left. It wouldn't do to be pottering around the trees and trying to trim them while trying to avoid falling in holes, after all! And now that the Salamence has fled its roost upon the garden shed, it's not difficult to find a shovel among the scattered garden tools.

As a Ranger, he feels obligated to check each hole for Trapinch before filling them in, not wanting to rudely dump gravel onto them. It means the work is slow-going, and he's going to need some help!

TASK: 'POTHOLE FILLING' 1/2

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flynn

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March 23

Mistralton City, Unova

pansexual

lilycove police

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THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 11, 2021 16:10:04 GMT

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He was late, but there was no time like the present. Flynn appeared at the steps of michiko maeda 's home, flyer in hand that detailed the requests of the specific task. Or rather specific tasks, since it seemed unclear exactly what the woman required. Spring cleaning was an incredibly broad topic, after all. That being said, Flynn was not the only of the latecomers who arrived. He came with a few others, who immediately all dispersed into various tasks upon arriving at the quaint facility.

[break][break] For his own work, Flynn finds himself heading towards the back gardens where there is... for a lack of a better word, a lot going on. For one thing, he recognizes Lilycove's own councilman Orion Lykos among them. The esteemed politican is leaning over what appears to be several holes in the ground, as many, many Trapinch attempt to turn the poor man's legs into lunch.

[break][break] It looks like he needs help, so Flynn releases Beau from his waist. "Chase 'em off, would ya?" he grunts at the Larvesta, who uses a few well-placed string shots to either immobilize the bug pokemon giving the councilman trouble, or causing them to burrow deeper into the earth. Grabbing a nearby shovel, Flynn drops to a squat beside the other and begins to help him filling in the remainder of the holes.

[break][break] While he's at it, he might as well attempt some feeble conversation. "Councilman," he greets with a nod. His words, however, hold more meaning than they're worth — "Didn't really expect you here." What he means: didn't expect people like you here.

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mav

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lavender town, kanto

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POSTED ON Jan 11, 2021 16:32:45 GMT

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Maverick was late to the party.

His last gym challenger took longer than he expected. And as soon as the battle was over and the victor was crowned, the man didn’t even waste time cleaning up his own gym or with traditional traveling means. Summoning his charizard to give him a lift to Petalburg, they quickly traveled by flight from Rustboro to meet up with several trainers were summoned to help aid clean up this house. Upon arriving, the man recalled his dragon like beast and strolled casually into the house. Warm gaze flickered over the place, impressed by its stature.

A gym leader cleaning someone else house. Goodie. He took note that their was already quite a few people here, seeing them run around and doing different task. It was only when he heard a woman’s voice ring out from the crowd that he noticed her and a few people move into the living room. Maverick follow suit, warm gaze flickered to the older woman as she spoke to the even older woman. “Excuses me,” Maverick spoke up only once everyone was done talking to her, “Where would you like me to start?” It seemed as though the living room needed attention but wasn’t sure if he would be better here or somewhere else.

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yams

Ji-Hoon Ki

they/he

twenty seven

june fifteenth

solaceon, sinnoh

queer

intel

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howard

smells bad

5'8" height

words drip like honey dear how sweet it is to hear

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Chu-e Choi

THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 12, 2021 12:27:20 GMT

The only reason that Chu-e was here was because of the PLETHORA of messages that Zac Ramsay had been sending him. The guy was begging for help in... cleaning a house? Chu-e had to get his own pokemon or even hire people to clean his own home. How the hell could he be expected to clean someone else's?

He walked in on the card game, pat poor Zac and Billi Marsh on the shoulder, but did not give them any words of advice or condolences. Chu-e's eyes had met with Etsuko's as soon as he had walked in. A predator recognized another predator- and he knew he would be beat. "Have fun losing your shirts!" He singsonged, heading to the kitchen.

There was a pie to bake.

The crust and dough were already prepared, nice. However, the apples would need to be peeled. Not so nice. Picking up the basket and nudging the trashcan closer to himself, Chu-e started the process while the oven preheated. Why did all the knives in this house have Pyroar themed handles? It was strange.

Eventually they were peeled, cored, chopped- ready for action. Chu-e make more of a mess than there had been before in the kitchen, didn't measure anything he used, and then slammed the barely put together pie into the oven right before the preheating was done.

Somehow, it still came out golden brown and delicious.

Chu-e completed the Fingers In the Pie task!

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Ven

Alex / Lexy

he / him / his

thirty

december 22

Mistralton, Unova

homosexual demiromantic

sanctuary owner

civilian

I’ll fight the world

that wronged you, just to see you smile again

6’1 height

дождь крови

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Alexei Ivanov

THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 12, 2021 12:51:04 GMT

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Maybe he had taken too long with coring the apples, because the next time he looked up someone else was in the kitchen and had made a righteous mess out of—

“OI!” he yelled, slamming the knife down on the cutting board with a half-cored, damp apple in his other hand. “Clean up after your mess!”

There was a suspicious squint at the other pie that had come out of the oven, and he had a feeling something was wrong with it. Having worked as a baker’s assistant during his earlier years when he first arrived in Hoenn, the baking instinct had never been so—pronounced.

Squinting at the suspicious pie, he decided to continue with his own, cleaning up after the goblin mess that had been left behind as well just so the nice lady who owned the house didn’t throw a gasket when the spick-and-span kitchen that had already been cleaned returned to a state of anarchy.

After some time, there were two apple pies on the counter now—the one he’d made had a topping designed like an Applin (it was a homage, okay?!) before leaving it to cool.

Seeing the cabinet door marked “Do not Open”, he had a foreboding suspicion about what was inside it… and opened the door cautiously.

The flash of plastic that came tumbling out gave him about 0.5 seconds’ warning before a literal cavalcade of plastic containers came bursting out. Holy fucking shit.

“What the fuck—“ he exclaimed as the plastic tsunami came to a stop. An accompanying musty, moldy smell followed soon after.

Somehow, somewhere, something inside him snapped.

Taking a deep breath, he searched for another garbage bag and began piling in all the unnecessary plastic containers into it, before piling on top of the mess the rest of the remaining garbage he hadn’t taken out yet.

Once he was done taking out the bulging garbage bag to the curbside (where all the other garbage was being placed, supposedly) he made his way to the living room, looking for something new to do.

so like there are TWO apple pies now. anywho, cleared out the tupperware tidal wave

michiko maeda

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lancelot

Rocket Daddy

he / him / his

thirty eight

october 29

Hammerlocke, Galar

gay

n/a

ex-beast

are you saying you want to take my last name?

single

325 height

History repeats itself—first as a tragedy, then as a farce

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Valerio Dachev

THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 12, 2021 18:13:06 GMT

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“Let me try, pal.”

Valerio grabs Zac Ramsay 's shoulder as he gets his turn on the table to challenge the dragon. He finds himself inside the living room, following michiko maeda when he sees the burrows created by trapinches sneaking in her garden. Not my problem anymore, he thinks.

“How about I beat you in a little game of fast sho, old lady?”

Maybe he will never win in the game that Zac Ramsay chooses and so he decides to play something more familiar.

Michiko's mother huffs. She says something like, Valerio could be his child because of his age and he could never defeat her—at least that's what he understands from the whisper-loud Kantonese.

Pai sho is a board game of strategies. It is what his old man used to say. But rules change and sometimes a good, speedy game is more gratifying than a regular one.

“Watch and learn, kiddo,” he boasts.

And then he loses too.

TASK: CHALLENGE THE DRAGON - 2/5

#michiko maeda #Zac Ramsay

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Epic BugCatcher

Dr. Doug

He/Him

20 (40)

March 3

Viridian City, Kanto

It just works

Lt. Colonel, Medical Corps

AQUA Initiative

Dreaming

of our future

5' 11" (181 cm) / 180 lbs (82 kg) height

You're being healed. Please do not resist.

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John Sullivan

THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 13, 2021 0:08:20 GMT

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Where had he come from? Why, he had been here all along. He had arrived with everyone else, of course! Totally! ... He hadn't been able to help much, though.

Huh, what? Why? Well Duh.

He had stumbled upon Michiko's mother the moment he stepped into the house.

"Haha, these guys suck!" Said Doug with a snicker while standing behind michiko maeda 's elderly mother, leaning against the seat casually as yet another man was brought to his knees by the woman's supreme fortune.

As she said something utterly unintelligible, the youth groaned, his head lurching forward to bang on the table.

"Yeah yeah, I'll get back to it." He said, pushing away from the seat to walk to the TV nearby, squatting down.

Click.

"How about this one?"

"Alo ug slyick te girr vo blem felodem, stird?"

"I don't know why I asked."

Click.

"This?"

"Zaxat reeks quich axas felick, stird."

"True, and the reviews were awful."

Click.

"Peniz ovon zint axafuk dit."

"Noted."

Click.

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Window

Billi

He/Him

Twenty-One

August 29th

Spikemouth, Galar

Gay

Journalist

Ex-Gym Leader

@oscar

Falling Hard

263 height

i used to dream in the dark of palisades park.

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Billi Marsh

THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 13, 2021 1:44:19 GMT

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Looking for a cure

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Well Billi nodded at the red head and smiled, “I patched up the holes! Totally like filled them with sticky stuff and plugging them up.” he nodded before the next step was revealed to them like the holy bible itself. Then with the red head he entered the living room, checking everything out, and the older lady seemed to be playing a card game.[break][break]

“WELL okay,” he grinned and moved with zac watching as the cards were placed. “geez gran you’re brutal,” Billi played his own cards, but let’s be real here, Billi didn’t know what he was doing in this card game and he was just playing them. “So I don’t know what-” the old women made some kind of word and shamed Billi in the first move. “holy checkers you’re wild, good luck Mav”

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murk

Michi

she/her

November 1

Petalburg City, Hoenn

happily wed

Gym Receptionist

Civilian

her husband, mickey

recently re-re-vowed

117 height

have a great, positive, and beautiful day!

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michiko maeda

THE HANDYMAN HUSTLE [group mission, open]

POSTED ON Jan 13, 2021 12:07:51 GMT

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"Oh!" Michiko squeaked, spinning around to see maverick noah ryder . "Gym Leader! Hello, welcome to my home!" She bowed repeatedly, wringing her hands. Michi regularly went to Rustboro to go shopping and had always greatly respected the Gym Leaders for their important role in their cities, though she'd been so frazzled with everyone she hadn't recognized the new Petalburg Gym Leader Billi Marsh yet.

The men at the gaming table were waving Maverick over. "Oh, maybe you can play with Mama..." she trailed off. It felt silly to be asking the Gym Leader to play card games with her aging mother. "Or, outside, I think many trees still are needing trimming. Then the garden will be done!" She beamed, imagining her perfectly sculpted pine trees.

There was a delicious smell in the air and Michiko wandered into the kitchen to see it spotlessly clean, all meals neatly packaged, and two pies cooling on the table. Alexei Ivanov was just coming back from definitely not-throwing-out her Tupperware collection and Michi thanked the man profusely. "You are a very big help!" she told him, little tears in her eyes. "Oh, let us everyone eat pie! Everyone is working so hard." She felt truly humbled by the outpouring of support.

"Pin-pon, pin-pon!" Michi imitated the sound of a bell, throwing open the kitchen windows and leaning out. She waved her arms merrily to call the boys outside. "Snack break, everyone!"

The <KITCHEN> Tasks Are Complete!

A new area <DINING ROOM> has opened...

HOUSE MAP - 1ST FLOOR

SNACK BREAK: PIE-BREAKER

Pie-Breaker: (3 posts each, DINING ROOM) Two different pies were made with apples from Michi's garden! For these two tasks, choose a baker's pie to eat and therefore support. You may try one pie per post. The winner will receive a knife with a Pyroar handle for some reason.

Alexei's Pie: Eat a portion of Alexei's pie, described as follows:

"The one he’d made had a topping designed like an Applin (it was a homage, okay?!)"- Alexei Ivanov

Chu-e's Pie: Eat a portion of Chu-e's pie, described as follows:

"Chu-e [...] didn't measure anything he used, and then slammed the barely put together pie into the oven right before the preheating was done. Somehow, it still came out golden brown and delicious." -Chu-e Choi

"He had a feeling something was wrong with it."
"suspicious pie"- Alexei Ivanov

DINING ROOM TASKS

Puppy Dog Eyes: (1 post) Guess who's back? Electrike is under the table begging for a piece of pie, but you know it'll make him sick. But he's so cute. But it'll make him sick. But he's so cute...

Wobbly Legs: (1 post) Every time anyone moves, the table wobbles. Forks and dishes rattle. Doesn't that bother you? Maybe you can figure out a way to fix it while everyone else is eating pie.

COMPLETE/AVAILABLE TASKS

FOYER/HALLWAY - COMPLETE!
██ Hole in the Wall (0/2)

Zac Ramsay Billi Marsh
██ Fall Forward, Spring Back (2/2)

Zac Ramsay Alexei Ivanov
██ Plumbing Skills (1/1)

Orion Lykos

KITCHEN - COMPLETE!
██ Meal Prep (1/1)

Alexei Ivanov
██ Tupperware Tidal Wave (1/1)

Alexei Ivanov
██ Feed The Dog (1/1)

hendrix emmerson
██ Improvise (1/1)

Alexei Ivanov
██ Fingers In The Pie (1/1)

Chu-e Choi

DINING ROOM
███ Piebreaker: Eat Alexei's Pie (2/3)
John Sullivan Zac Ramsay
███ Piebreaker: Eat Chu-e's Pie (0/3)
██ Puppy Dog Eyes (1/1)

Zac Ramsay
██ Wobbly Legs (1/1)

hendrix emmerson

LIVING ROOM - COMPLETE!
██ Don't Touch That Dial (1/1)

John Sullivan
██ Let's Roll (1/1)

Alexei Ivanov
██ Window Washing (2/2)

Noelani Kekoa Gwyar Wledig
█████ Challenge the Dragon (5/5)

Zac Ramsay Valerio Dachev Billi Marsh Gwyar Wledig

KOI POND - COMPLETE!
██ Pond Skimming (2/2)

avery jones Zac Ramsay
██ Magikarp Jump (1/1)

avery jones
██ Rehome Magikarp (1/1)

avery jones

GARDEN
███ Eviction Notice (3/3)

Valerio Dachev Zac Ramsay
██ An Apple a Day (1/1)

Orion Lykos
██ Tree Trimmers (1/2) Orion Lykos
██ Pothole Filling (2/2)

Orion Lykos kris flynn-edwards