[attr="class","mimi"]would resting for a week really kill him? mimi sighs. it would. they both know it, and his reaction is no surprise to her.

"not if i have any say in it," she challenges. firm and dauntless, like in any pokemon battle. it's only the frustrated look on his face that makes her features soften. she knows she'd be just as restless, had the hurt one been her. "you're lucky the harpoon didn't strike bone, but you still lost a lot of blood," she explains, hoping the reality of his condition may make him more reasonable.

alternatively, there's the option of threats. "or do you want to faint in the middle of the street, just for me to bring you back for an entire month?"

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[attr="class","mimi"]to see lance as happy as she is about the news makes her appreciate him even more. arceus, she thinks, what a great friend-slash-rival (not the other way around this time) she has. her arms tighten around his neck in an almost-hug. "thank you."

the moment shifts, changes by the sudden severity in his voice. "oh, come on, i said party but it doesn't have to be anything grand." mimi's attempt at reassuring him. honestly, she'd settle with a small reunion with her closest friends - him and ava and, of course, their pokemon. assuming he's worried about not hosting a good enough party allows her to ignore the feeling of homesickness she is sure to feel pretty soon.

"last week of september. you still have a while to make room in your busy, busy schedule, and properly plan it."

the song comes to an end seconds later. her feet come to a halt with it. their bodies separate, and she makes it a point to stare down at her two feet. "both safe from any threat of stomping. see? not too bad."

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Mimi Cheng
-50 pd for safari

(editing this mod req post to fit that in because i accidentally deleted safari ticket purchase!)

[attr="class","mimi"]the scatterbug is so tiny it passes unnoticed by the party. one day, baby bug. keep trying.

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redeeming summer bingo rewards
+ 500 pd
+ premium gacha (dragon) in her gacha thread please ♡
+ shiny swap
+ salac berry
+ mega stone (garchompite, obtained as a family heirloom)

[attr="class","mimi"]empty, just like lance says. mimi finds it disappointing, but the swiftness with which he wants to leave has her grip on his hand tightening. she agrees that they should move on, but there's something really odd about this room that makes her want to stay if only to figure it out. "not so fast, knight."

her gaze scans the bed, one of the only places that lance's phone can shed light to. "the bed is clean," she finally concludes. everything but the bed is dusty, consistent with the long time she expects the bedroom to have gone unused. but the pink bed in the center? not a single speck of dust. she frowns, taking in the implications.

before she can decide whether they have a ghost using the bed or there's actually someone else living in this rundown house, the sound of wood being dragged startles her. she turns around to find the dresser now placed in front of the door. now that's scary. she takes a step closer to lance.

"who's there?" she calls, but no answer comes.

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[attr="class","mimi"]mimi is not unfamiliar with the concept of mega evolution. she's even used the phenomenon a couple times in previous competitive matches, not too long ago. she also knows what the key stone lars is talking about looks like; had worn one before for those same matches.

mega stones were a different story. she'd always been assigned the pokémon by her team, and they had always been assigned already equipped with the little gemstones. it makes sense that she wouldn't immediately recognize one, though in hindsight she feels like she should have. how silly of her.

"now that you mention it..." mimi lets her garchomp out at once. the action is second nature to her, attention is expendable and her gaze is instead fixed on some spot on the ground. she recalls flashes of the garchomp that her great-grandfather once showed her before his passing. it all makes sense now. "i don't have a key stone on me, but i get the gist. once i find one, i can mega evolve her." and at this she does turn in the pokemon's direction, who looks at her with curiosity.

"to think i've had a mega stone all this time," she laughs at her own denseness. "no wonder those pirates were after it. speaking of, what should we do about this one?" her hand produces a second mega stone. in the hurry, she had mixed it in with the garchompite without noticing.

[attr="class","seelie"]Laurence Anderson

[attr="class","mimi"]"for as long as anyone back home can remember," as is the case with any ancestral heirloom. she got hers from her dad, who in turn received it from his own dad, and he from his aunt, and so on. she doesn't think anything of it at first, but he's making it sound like the gem is something more than a simple trinket, and mimi can only look back in confusion.

her eyes fall back to it, small and shiny. she's trying to see what he means, but she only sees the same pattern she's seen many times before. "what do you mean?"

[attr="class","seelie"]Laurence Anderson

[attr="class","mimi"]"yeah, seriously. felt like main headquarters just by the amount of footsteps following after us." mimi didn't see more than three of them to the eye, but she certainly had heard a lot, lot more than the three. just the thought makes her shiver a little.

the feel of the sphere is comforting against her fingers. it rolls in her fingers until they hit a second one. she can't speak for the man, but she's glad at least she doesn't have to go back in, hopefully never again, since she did manage to recover the necklace - or what was left of the necklace, at least. "it's pretty, isn't it? i'll have to replace the string that held it, but." she doesn't quite finish her sentece, and instead looks quizzically at lars. why's he telling her to wait?

[attr="class","seelie"]Laurence Anderson

[attr="class","mimi"]it's mimi's second time in the safari within the same season, so she already knows where to go for the pokemon she's looking for. drampa in toe, and a pair of dratinis in the drampa's toe, the group goes straight to a particular rivulet, and upstream to a familiar spring.

"okay, guys, help me keep an eye out."

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[attr="class","mimi"]mimi's happy to hear the usual lance back from his short vacation. maybe it is the spoopy atmosphere of the haunted mansion that makes him feel weird, she decides. "that's more like the rival i know."

when they find themselves having to choose from amongst many, many doors, mimi's first thought is that she wants to ask shifu to use extrasensory and tell them which the winning door is. then again, that's cheating and mimi doesn't want to cheat. the second thought is that it really doesn't matter which because they'd end up going through all regardless.

"how about that one?" she says, pointing at the one door that's slightly ajar. there's no cobwebs either, unlike every other one, so naturally she expects it to have been used fairly recently.

slowly, she pushes it open and offers a friendly "hello?"

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[attr="class","mimi"]she did meet a few people checking in on him, in fact. all faces she could no longer remember if asked. she'd been too worried about lance's health to pay attention.

"ten days. you still have a week left to go, but the doctor said you could get up and take a short walk if you felt well after eating." she pauses, unsure if she'd let him take that walk even if he wanted. "i brought you your laptop too, in case you'd rather stay in bed." she'd also dusted it off and charged it, after finding it in a corner of his living room.

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