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[victimlessdetails]

Alright, so.

[The woman on the video is wearing a great deal of tacky jewelry, a bandana on her head, and a neckline that would be considered deeply inappropriate in most of Union. Also no pants to speak of but that at least is not in the video at the moment as she leans back in a chair at some anonymous bar attached to the Lucky Punch.]

What do all you Union locals do when you're not off fighting in someone else's war somewhere? I've found the casino thing through sheer instinct for vice but I can only get so much schadenfreude out of watching people lose all their money to games with bad odds, and the drinks you brew here are nothing to write home about.

[She gives the Warp Band a look like she might deign to give some context to her statements.]

Right, I should probably introduce myself. Name's Isabela. Random chance brought me here a week ago and I figured now was as good a time as any to try out this Warp Band thingie. As they say back home, for a good time, call on me.

[She turns the thing off after a little fiddling and goes back to drinking and looking for fights to pick. Maybe she'll get some curious people to talk to out of this, anyway.]

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[bleeding_heart]

[Here, Isabela, have a chipper not!castmate.]

Hello, Isabela! My name is Merrill, and I'd love to have a good time with you.

[It is immediately and painfully clear that all of that innuendo has sailed straight over this poor girl's head.]

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[victimlessdetails]

I bet you would.

[Stop, Isabela. There's low-hanging fruit, and then there's just taking advantage. The girl's looks are intriguing, though.]

I haven't seen many quality tattoos in this city, and those are some nice ones. Are you from out of town as well?

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[bleeding_heart]

Yes, I am. My, there certainly are a lot of us, aren't there?

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[victimlessdetails]

It's the biggest city I've ever seen by a couple hundred times over. Doesn't surprise me a lot of people wander in here.

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[bleeding_heart]

It's the only city I've ever seen.

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[victimlessdetails]

You'd be one of those lost little Mareep from out in the forest, then, I suppose? How's the rustic life?

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[bleeding_heart]

A Mareep?

[Blink blink.]

Oh, no, I'm not a Shifter. I'm very much human.

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[victimlessdetails]

Oh, I see. They didn't have metaphors in your village.

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[bleeding_heart]

Don't those evolve into Butterfree? They're very pretty.

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[victimlessdetails]

...yes, they are, aren't they?

[This is the time Isabela wishes she had a straightman handy, so she could ask if she could take this one home.]

But anyway, what's a nice girl like you doing in a city like this?

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[bleeding_heart]

You don't think it's nice here?

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[victimlessdetails]

Well, this is just personal preference, but the big wall's a bit of a turnoff. The general stodginess is charming, in a way, but with all the technological oomph behind it, it makes me start itching for ocean swells and nothing blocking my view of the horizon again.

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[bleeding_heart]

Oh, that sounds so romantic... I've never seen the ocean like that before.

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[victimlessdetails]

It's the only way you'll ever see her, once you get out on the sea properly. The ocean's the only place in the world where there's no boundaries but the ones you make for yourself.

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[bleeding_heart]

Isn't it like that on land too? If all you do is travel...

[Merrill's always found it a little lonely too.]

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[victimlessdetails]

The ground doesn't carry you where you want to go, though, unless you happen to be sitting on a Crustle or something. The ocean herself's a living thing, and you can just float along to the rhythm of her breathing.

[Excuse the bad poetry, she just misses sailing a lot.]

Plus you can see farther, that's always useful.

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[bleeding_heart]

No... I suppose not. Then again, I've never tried sitting on a Crustle. But I imagine that's not a very fast way to travel in the first place.

[And like clockwork Merrill fixates on the other part.]

Oh, yes, I can see how that would be better. Will you take me sailing someday, Isabela?

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[victimlessdetails]

What a thing to ask someone you just met.

[She smiles.]

Of course I will, just as soon as I have a ship again.

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[bleeding_heart]

It just sounded so exciting... I got a little carried away.

What happened to your ship?

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[victimlessdetails]

A storm, more or less. The sea is, after all, just as temperamental as any other woman.

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[bleeding_heart]

So did the sea sink your ship or did a woman? Or, wait... the sea is a woman? Are you sure it wasn't just a very big Pokemon? I don't think water can talk.

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[victimlessdetails]

Right. The metaphor thing.

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[bleeding_heart]

So it was a Pokemon after all?

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[victimlessdetails]

Well, I've met a few people who think the sea is controlled directly by a Pokémon god, so who knows?

Actually, I made up something like that when some guy asked me about it, but I don't think he got the mythological reference or the fact that I was winding him up.

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[bleeding_heart]

The sea is so mysterious, isn't it?

[victimlessdetails]

Indeed.

Tell you what, getting a boat back is probably a long-term project. In the meantime, want to meet up for drinks sometime?

[bleeding_heart]

That sounds fine.

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[onetrackminds]

[Here, have another not!castmate. He's curious about anyone not from Union, he can't help it.]

You're going to the wrong pubs, then.

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[victimlessdetails]

Apparently. I don't suppose an upstanding-looking gentleman like yourself would know of the right ones.

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[onetrackminds]

[he'll just raise an eyebrow at that 'upstanding' comment.]

I might know of a few.

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[victimlessdetails]

I like you already. Care to share, or perhaps even lead the way?

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[makeitquick]

Gotta go to the areas 'round the furnaces. Small time places, local for the workers - s'more rough and tumble.

[ Wow tho, even by her poor people standards, this person looks more ... non-propriety than she's used to seeing. It's sort of cool ]

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[victimlessdetails]

So what you're telling me is if I want quality sleaze, I need to go deeper.

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[makeitquick]

Or at least hotter.

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[victimlessdetails]

Well, those often happen at the same time.

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[makeitquick]

Yeah, prob. Deeper can be colder if you go too far down though.

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[victimlessdetails]

Oh dear. If that's the case, you might want to get checked out.

[No one in this town gets her jokes. It's clearly the fault of the education system.]

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[makeitquick]

[ Huh . . . ? ]

How do you fig?

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[victimlessdetails]

If everyone in this town is this oblivious to "hot" and "deep" puns, I'm going to have to get a lot more blatant with my sexual innuendo. Just when I thought I'd turned it down to a reasonable level, too.

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[makeitquick]

[ Oh, uh ]

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[makeitquick]

Might... just be me. Sorry?

[ Not sorry. What the hell]