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Cass returns the tight embrace with an equally tight squeeze, even if it only lasts for a moment. After all, Cass is not the type to work out all that much, haha ... At the sight of the Pawmo, she does squeal with delight, before softening her gaze as she kneels down. "Hey there, buddy! Hammy's such a good name, hehe. They're really adorable." She reaches out a hand if the Pawmo would like to sniff it.

She'd also give Belle some pats if she's feeling like it, and Zeus as well, of course! Gominha's currently a bit off her path, but she'd get a good treatment later. At Thea's compliments, Cass grins, feeling emboldened. "For sure! If Hammy wants, we can add him to the list ... it's the holidays anyway, so we've got time!" However, it's not really long ... school's starting soon again, but Cass does not want to think about it further.

Pic does a little bow as Thea allows him to explore the Dojo, excited also to have Zeus as companion. He does look curiously at Gominha's approach, but upon realising the request, does a dramatic and theatric deep bow, expressing the extreme honour. "Seems like Gominha's secured her portrait of the day," Cass comments with a laugh.

Delilah seems to frown a bit at being called pretty (presumably?), but Martin's blushing ever so slightly. Jon's a bit overwhelmed, but happy about seeing Thea. Sona immediately decided to ditch Cass in favour of Thea at the mention of snacks, which makes Cass sigh fondly. "It's one fraction of the gang, yes," she laughs, "You shouldn't spoil them too much, though. And we're also here to spoil you, so hurry up! We're going to occupy the bathroom already, yes?"

Thea Naito

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Cass agrees with an enthusiastic nod, and then immediately goes to cuddle the Pawmo. First a bit softly, but if he doesn't show signs of discomfort, she'd increase it a bit, but never too much, and ... she does, reluctantly, let go of him after a while. "We're gonna get your fur all soft, too," she smiles, already running through the options in her head. She doesn't have anything that'd be perfect, but she could make do with what she brought ...

Cass shakes her head at Thea's worries, "I honestly think it's impossible to bother Pic more than he can bother you. Like, that guy has a talent." She laughs, not meaning it in a bad way - but truth be told, it can get really annoying sometimes. "I can understand that too well," she grins, not actually minding the spoiled state of her pokémon. But being spoiled by several sides ... they gotta be careful. Even if only Brad would abuse it right now.

Pic is waving a dramatic good-bye at Gominha, before urging Zeus to accompany him to the Dojo proper, disappearing for the moment, while the Martin and Jon started to move towards the bathroom. Sona is following Thea into the kitchen "to help carry things" (and get some early snacks in), who is in turn followed by Delilah who'd help without eating anything.

"Then let's get onto it!" she says, getting the bathroom prepared and set-up as a "hair salon" like space they could use for the haircare day. She also quickly changes clothes into something more comfortable and most importantly easy to wash. She's just setting Jon down on a place of honour next to the bin when Thea returns. "Of course, always," she replies with a wink, gesturing for Thea to sit down quickly. "Your hair's gotten quite long, huh? I never notice because you have it up so often. Want a haircut, too?"

Thea Naito

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Pic eagerly follows Zeus, and then waves at Damian and the other pokémon, followed by a deep bow. He then shows his sketchbook - HIS PROPER SKETCHBOOK! Cass is quite proud of herself for preventing him to snatch one of her school notepads - hoping they'd understand what he's trying to do. He doesn't want to get kicked out of the Dojo, after all!

Cass and Thea meanwhile prepare for Thea's haircare - her friend would go first this time! "If you trust me, I'd love to," Cass says, preparing Thea for the hairwashing and conditioning first. "Of course I will make your hair look good," she returns, the indignation in her voice almost tangible, but in a playful way still. But also, the mere idea!!

"Do you have any idea what you might like for a haircut? Just shorter, or something else?" Sona and Martin in the meanwhile would go to Thea's pokémon, greeting them, while Delilah's positioning herself at the entrance of the room - and then walks over to the window. And then back ... Jon simply observes.

Thea Naito

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"Good, good. I trust you too." Cass gently strokes Thea's hair while she gets it in order, smiling fondly as she thinks what might be good. This quickly turns into pensiveness as she brushes through the hair with her fingers, then with a comb, and starts to get that wash going. "Yes, I think that's a good length. Then you'll have an easier tail making it into a ponytail, too, and it won't be in the way too much, but still compliment you, and be enough to try out other styles without coming up too short," she says.

Cass is, for once, taller than Thea when standing, so she peeks at her face from behind at the mention of bangs, squishes her cheeks a bit, staring a bit intensely. "There might be something we can do, yes," she eventually says, nodding and returning to washing. Once that's done, she roughly dries the hair with a towel without drying it completely. "So, you trust me, right?" she asks, because she likes hearing it.

In the Dojo, Pic is extremely happy about the models he gets while the other models get their hair done, and eagerly starts sketching. He gestures for Zeus to join them while he's drawing, and also tries to get Damian into the frame, too. How could anyone dare to work while in the presence of a master artist?! !!

Thea Naito

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"I'd be happy to style your hair anytime you want - maybe for graduation at the latest?" Cass grins, thinking about it ... it's a year away, but it also feels like it's already around the corner. "I, in fact, have not thought about what to wear to that, though. But, for hairstyles generally, there's definitely a good amount of options with about shoulder length! We could do braids, like, all the variety of braids, maybe try and curl it a bit ..." While the hair's still wet, Cass uses the opportunity to playfully shape it a bit, and maybe also use some of the soap foam for it.

At the affirmation that Thea fully trusts Cass in all matters with hair, the student grins, fully satisfied. "Good. I'd be offended if you went to someone else ..." And then, she starts arranging the hair to cut it. She's brought a variety of clips, and a great many of them, too, clipping and arranging so she could take care of the hair one layer at a time, without having too much to cut at the same time. She's actually quiet for this bit, but would be happy to reply to any chatter Thea brings up - just more focused than usual, since she is, still, not a professional.

Pic nods in confirmation at Damian's question, but it's questionable if he'd have said yes to literally any question. Nonetheless, it seems like he seems to paint and draw a little bit faster, letting his inspiration fly wild at the beautiful composition in front of him. And honestly, yeah, it takes a couple of minutes, but actually not more than ten before he walks to the proud, insanely proud of himself.

So, it's clear that the drawing's of a group. And vaguely, one could recognise distinguishing features in the geometric shapes that the Smeargle has drawn. But it's very clear that there's quite a good amount of creative liberty.

Thea Naito

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"No takebacksies from that!" Cass threatens playfully at the remark about having a hairdresser for life, then begins to wash out the soap before the haircutting would start. "I think braids would look cute on you; in general, if you want styling help, you know where to go to," she grins. "Unless you want to surprise me of course, in which case tell me know and whenever you go shopping without me, or I'll be deeply hurt." Which is only half of an exaggeration.

She's quieter for the haircutting - her experience is relatively limited, and she really doesn't want to mess things up. However, she keeps it simple for now, just cutting Thea's hair shorter, and also checking if there's any spliss she needs to remove. And then, a bit more haircare until she'd wrap Thea's head into a towel, letting the product sink in.

"We'll get back to you later ... now, a bit of clean-up." If Thea would offer her help, she'd gladly take it. Jon also approaches again, and now carefully starts to chew on the hair remnants, almost acting like a vacuum cleaner. "Who wants to go next?" she asks Thea's pokémon then, pointedly ignoring Sona who slowly seems to give up. At least Martin cooes consolingly at her, handing her another of the snacks Thea made.

Pic meanwhile is overjoyed at the reception. He hasn't noticed Damian's frown at all, and is just acting sheepish in the light of so much attention and recognition! Yes! Yes! Maybe he IS! the GREATEST ARTIST THAT HAS EVER LIVED AFTER ALL!!! MAYBE PICTURES HAVE BEEN NAMED AFTER HIM !!!!

... okay, he quickly calms down from that trip, but definitely gives a few more bows and all, before ceremoniously giving the gathered pokémon the drawing. It might be time then to slowly make way back to Cass and Thea, but he waves with his tail to get especially Zeus', but also the attention of the others if they didn't (reluctantly, he hopes) have to return to working. He is curious about if any of them might have a favourite attack.

Thea Naito this part is like super improvised i only had my hair cut. idk what haircare means uwu LOL