[text/action] Job questions and... a bear near the Bay?

[lycoctonum]

Are the bounties worth doing? It seems that once someone claims one other things pop up to be taken care of.

Was wondering. Working at the grocery store really isn't giving me much.

[Lately there has been someone watching the Bay constantly in the afternoon and night. An almost constant if you were paying attention to the streets around the area. The culprit? A small bear, usually hanging around a corner in the shadows.

This has been going on for a few weeks now. The bear usually ignores people passing by. Though, it does raise the question. Why is the bear there instead of a more wild area? It's no bigger than a cub so maybe it's lost. Yet... it doesn't act lost at all. Still, maybe someone should do something about that.

Later in the night, the bear eventually just falls asleep watching the Bay as it often does.]

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[koishi_komeiji]

Of course, someone else liked to hang around the bay. And it just so happened that, as the sun was setting, she came across a little sleeping bear. She hovered above it for several moments, her glowing eyes illuminating her face. Unfortunately, the bear wouldn't stay sleeping for long.

"Bear!" Quick as lightning she reached down and scooped the little animal into her arms, cradling it close and laughing. She spun around once. "Cute little bear! Cuuute!" She paused, holding it under the shoulders at arms length. "Are you lost little baby bear? I bet you're lost! Where is mama bear? We should find her before she worries too much."

[lycoctonum]

Ginko was a light sleeper most of the time, hibernation excluded. It's what came of being a criminal bear on the run most of the time. Though, she's surprised that someone managed to find her asleep let alone manage to pick her up. She's woken up by both the shout and the sudden feeling of being picked up.

"Growl! What are you doing?!"

Ginko starts struggling in her grip as she's spun around.

[koishi_komeiji]

"I'm picking you up silly bear." A pause. "Heeey! You're a talking bear! Are you a youkai like me? I don't get to meet many youkai animals!" She turned Ginko around in her grip so the bear was facing her. "And you're so cute! I just want to cuddle you forever!"

She pulled the little bear in to her chest, her third eye moving out of the way as she reached up to rub the little thing behind the ears. "Are you hungry? I can get you some fish. Do you like fish? It's my favorite and Sis makes the best fish in the whole underground!" She had already started walking toward Fayren. "I bet you'll like it too!"

[lycoctonum]

That's a lot of chatter to sort through. This person, this youkai... definitely didn't smell human and that wasn't even putting the fact of this 'third' eye. Ginko wasn't exactly sure what a youkai was. The bear kingdom was far more westernized than the human world. She does know something, though, and that was this stranger was stronger than a human. Her instincts told her that it probably would be a very bad idea to just attack even if she wanted to. "I know you're picking me up but you asked me a question so I told you--and I'm just a bear. They all talk where I come from."

But that ear rub felt so good, even if it made her crown slide a little. The crown was clearly just a toy made out of dented tin and covered chipping paint. Ginko's about to protest but her stomach rumbles at the mention of tasty fish. "I like salmon--wait, no, put me down!"

[koishi_komeiji]

"Oh wow! They all talk? There must be a lot of bear youkai then! I bet sis would like it there!" She didn't put Ginko down, or even slow, continuing on her way toward Fayren. She wasn't just scratching her ears anymore but the entire back of her head. She was careful to avoid knocking the crown off.

"Salmon? We have salmon. Big delicious steaks of it. And lots of other fish too. Trout, halibut, eel, and a variety of fish that come from the underground. Those ones don't have names, but they're really delicious too. Sometimes Sis makes a disk with a bunch of different fish in it. It's really really good."

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[umadrobin]

course they are.

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[lycoctonum]

Why?

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[umadrobin]

what's the one thing better than beating people up?

getting paid to do it :)

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[lycoctonum]

That does sweeten it...

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[umadrobin]

yep. haven't had to steal a thing since getting here. if you're good at something, never do it for free.

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[kindprincess]

Well it gives bounty hunters something to do at least. So I think they are worth doing. Also good practice as well.

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[lycoctonum]

What would they do without the bounties?

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[kindprincess]

That I do not know really. Maybe something else, maybe they might cause trouble themselves. Who knows.

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[lycoctonum]

It'd be troublesome...

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[kindprincess]

It would, so thinking of that that way, this bounty stuff is a good way to have people who like fighting use that skill is positives way.

[psychic_supremecy]

[Ever since the Bay's second entrance appeared, Mewtwo has been feeling... uneasy about it. In a way he couldn't really articulate. He's been coming by fairly often to check on it under the cover of darkness, and had noticed Ginko before, watching. However, he didn't really pay too much attention to her until tonight. Something about the way the crown glinted in the moonlight caught his eye and he decided to investigate. He wasn't sure what she was, but she wasn't human and that went a long way for him. On some level he hoped she was a Pokemon, a species he hadn't encountered before, but tonight he felt like investigating.]

[He floated over, keeping his cloak around him, quietly setting himself on the ground under a nearby tree, close enough that they could converse audibly if necessary, but not so close as to present an overt threat. He said nothing, simply watching the sleeping bear for the moment.]

[lycoctonum]

[It's the fact that Ginko smells something different that wakes her up. She's a light sleeper and smelling that definitely woke her up. It wasn't unpleasant. Just a stranger, which was cause enough for her to wake up. She stretches out with a small growl...something that was more like a yawn than a truly threatening gesture.

She sniffs the air before she catches the sight of him under the tree.] Huh?

[psychic_supremecy]

[There's a moment of silence where the only movement from the cloak that covered Mewtwo was when it shifted as he cocked his head slightly. And then a voice - or thought rather - becomes audible. Mainly as a gentle probe to make sure she wasn't a Dark-type.]

...your quadruped stance would seem to indicate you are not of the Ursaring family, and you clearly do not have the markers that would place you closer to the Beartic line either.

I apologize for the the manner in which I ask but, what are you?

[lycoctonum]

[She blinks right at him. What?]

I'm just a bear.

[psychic_supremecy]

Just a bear? You'll forgive my confusion. In my world, there are no such creatures, though there are Pokemon that have similar biological markers to what you present.

Though the development of fully functional vocal cords also are unlike that of any Pokemon...

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[deviantstray]

[Ikuto just happened to be passing by when....

Is that a small bear....?

He didn't seem to really be talking to her or anyone else but...]

Bears.... Where... have I heard about that before...? [And it only takes a moment.] Oh, that one girl was asking about bears....

[Finally glancing back to the bear. Was this that girl? It wouldn't exactly be strange given the conversation and the fact that Shugo Charas existed in his world....]

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[lycoctonum]

[Ginko was never known for cleverness; she didn't even realize the implication in their previous conversation that she might be a bear. Either way, it didn't matter a the moment. She sits up and stares at him.]

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[deviantstray]

[Kneeling down to her.]

Hey. I don't know what you're doing here, but you shouldn't stay out here for too long.

[He still didn't know if this was her or not.]

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[lycoctonum]

[She tilts her head to the side.]

I can take care of myself, growl.

[Her voice is slightly different than before. Maybe he won't notice.]

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[deviantstray]

So you are that strange girl.

[Doesn't help if he had the vague idea beforehand.]

Right.. Well, don't push yourself too hard.