Region of The West: A Quest Across Ryko

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OOC: Popped in for a quick IC! Oh and Alter, you'll have to wait another day for your belated B-Day present. My Dad returned from his trip last night and we kinda celebrated at home. ^^; Though I did get the drawing done; I just need to color it! It's looking good so far! Very cute! Though... I think most anything is cute. Aside from Rayquaza. *shudder*


Cynthia
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Cynthia continued walking, thinking quietly to herself, and noticed that the singing had spread to others now. She was thankful that no one had bugged her about singing, and by no one she meant Yikari. In fact... where was he anyway? He had been singing that silly song a moment ago, but now....

She turned her head a little, and noticed that the boy had been discussing something with his Houndoom. She turned back, thinking it impolite to look on during someone else's conversation. Besides, nothing was wrong anyway so she should simply continue.

{Worried about him Cynthia? He's fine, that boy never looks like anything's... wrong...,} Wilbur trailed off, noticing the quiet look the boy had now sported as he fell back into the ranks of the group, {Uh... guess I was wrong.}

This seemed very out of character to Cynthia. Oh wait. It must have been another trick! That was surely it, he was poking fun at her again probably. She didn't know him well, but Cynthia couldn't imagine anything that would make Yikari quiet. She moved herself closer to him, "Are you making another joke? Is that why your face looks like mine usually does, Mr. Arikawa?"
 
OOC: Gah, my creativity is still struggling for survival under the pressure of homework. ~_~ But, I shall not allow it to hinder me from posting here and today.

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Yikari looked up from his thoughts for a moment as Cynthia adressed him, asking if he was making another joke at her expense. At first, the boy was surprised and slightly offended by the question. A joke? Didn't his expression alone make it perfectly obvious that this was a serious matter and note some kind of prank? He quickly calmed himself though, and didn't show these emotions outwardly. No, it probably wasn't obvious, he concluded. After all, even his friends kept telling Yikari that it was impossible to know whether he was being serious or not, and he had some pretty perceptive friends...he could feel the dull sting of melancholy as his thoughts drifted to those friends...well, that friend, but the boy shrugged it off, turning to answer the question instead.

"I'm afraid not, Cynthie-chan." he replied at last, sighing a bit, "I never repeat an act." he managed a slightly melancholy smile, "I just...saw something...something which reminded me of other times." he took a small pause, "But I shouldn't brood." the boy continued, a determined expression replacing the saddened one, "Frowning over things has never made them any better, and...I did make a promise." he nodded, "Let's go, I'm sure that Chrysso-sama's presentation will give me something else to think about."
 
OOC: Aww, creativity does seem to come in spurts (at least for me -.-), but I'm sure that your creativity will shine once again when the homework lightens up. Anyway!


Cynthia
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Upon hearing Yikari's answer, Cynthia began to feel quite stupid again. She was never very good at this sort of thing, another reason she didn't like talking to people, and so she figured it would be best to admit her mistake.

"Oh... I see," she said, looking for a moment down at Wilbur in her arms, "I feel I must apologize then, Mr. Arikawa, I'm not very good at guessing others' feelings." She thought to herself for a moment. Yikari had been trying so hard to get everyone to interact and talk; he seemed to want to cheer people up a bit. However, when you're the one to cheer everyone up, who's the one to cheer you up when you're sad? Cynthia wasn't quite sure what she could do in this situation, so she merely went along with Yikari's final comment.

"Yes I hope we get to this place soon," she said, trying to sound cheerful, which coming from her was just a change in the pitch of her voice, "I hope it's... fun." The last word sounded a bit unsure, for Cynthia was still quite anxious about this place, and so she couldn't truly force her voice into sounding all that sure.
 
OOC:

Alter gets a hug for being so very dedicated. xD

*hug*

And Yibber also gets one because she will get jealous if I do otherwise. xD

*hug*

And everyone else should also get a hug because, like, everyone deserves a hug. :O

*hug-hug*




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Oliver's frown had deepened when Ernis had started singing that song of his, the boy stuffing his hands in his pants pockets as he continued trudging along the street. He wasn't even going to make an attempt at getting that irritant to stop. No, he would settle for completely ignoring Ernis for now. And so he remained silent, glancing up at the others every once in a while, wondering why Yikari wasn't being as irritating as usual. Or at least, what usual meant after knowing Yikari for the span of a boat ride.

Of course, because of these glances, he eventually spotted a rather conspicuous building in the distance, to say the least. Now, this particular building seemed to be at the very edge of Meridian Town's borders (hey, where was that weird 'Welcome' sign, anyway?), and seemed to be painted the same color as the purple square that Yoku had pointed out on the directory. Aside from that, it wasn't too special. Just another two-story building. The only thing that set it apart from everything else in the surroundings was its dark purple color.

"That must be the lab, eh? Thank God." Oliver remarked, although not to anyone in particular. Piro perked up at the comment, having noticed nothing else due to all the singing going on around him. Yoku didn't seem as excited, more concerned over why the mood seemed to have dropped.

{Does this mean more, eh, optimistic chatter?} Yoku piped up. {Silence makes me uncomfortable. Um, that is, most of the time. It's not a weakness or anything, nope.}

Behind his sunglasses, Piro rolled his eyes.
 
OOC: Yay hugs. =D Anyways, yeah, creativity has its high and low tides but lately my attendance has been downright pathetic. Fighting off the accumulated laziness right now...<.<

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Yikari couldn't help grinning at Cynthia's apology, "Oh, don't fret, Cynthie-chan." he replied, "I've been told that I'm not a very easy person to read either." he took a short pause, "You know..." the boy added thoughtfully, "...you kind of remind me of a certain friend of mine..." for a moment, he peered very intently at the girl, apparently trying to, in his mind's eye, fit the face of the person he was thinking of on top of Cynthia's but then giving the effort up, grinning and shaking his head at the image which had formed in his mind, "But maybe I won't get into that at the moment." he concluded, "I've had enough angst for one day."

He fell silent again, listening with quite conisderable interest as Cynthia mentioned a word he had thought to be quite far from her vocabulary, "Now that's the spirit, Cynthie-chan!" he exclaimed, his face lighting up to its usual half-manic level of cheerfulness, "Let's go see what the future has in store for us, eh?" he took up his usual energetic stride again, his previous somberness now completely erased. However, he did take a short pause in his walk, quickly turning to adress Cynthia one last time;

"Oh, and Cynthie-chan?" he added, "Thank you." the boy didn't bother elaborating on what precisely he was thanking for, resuming to look in his direction of travel and beginning to hum the tune of 'The wheels on the buss go round and round' as he followed after Oliver and the others towards Chrysso's lab.

Hiro rolled his eyes at the ease with which the boy had shrugged the matter off.

{You're a complete lunatic.} he stated in a gruff voice, falling in stride with his trainer, {You do realize that, don't you?}

Yikari merely responded by turning his face towards the Houndoom and giving him his most cheerful grin.

"Takes one to know one, Hiro." he replied, giving the dog pokémon a playful pat on the back "Takes one to know one." he chuckled a bit at the world in general before resuming his humming and cheerful gait.
 
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Yey! *ish hugged by Plushie*
Feebas, I'm too predictable.XDD

Well yeah, my attendance isn't really 100% as well, Titan.
-Bombarded with tons of homework these last two days
-NPCC, yesterday. Killed.

On the bright, Feebas side!^^ -
-I actually got the highest mark in class for Home Ec. Practical. I never knew that cleaning the table and washing dishes could get me such a high mark.XD
-Finally managed to scrape an average in Calligraphy.^^


-I know that I'm going to fail my Chinese Test.
I mean, I passed the last one with Feebas colors cause it was easy. The teacher purposely made this one real hard so that our scores would drop down to average.XDD
So I guess I'm still considered safe from evil remedials. Yey for that!^0^

Ic-

Ernis stopped his singing for a moment, noticing that he was the only one singing. That wasn't bothering the boy one bit. No, the Coordinator just seemed a tad puzzled, he thought that Yikari would have been the type to sing along as well. The boy was talking to blue-hair, while..the short one, Oliver was it? He did seem irritated.

Though, on upon hearing the redhead's statement, on the purple building they could see being the lab.

"Oh, superb!" Ernis stopped wondering any further, starting to sing once more. Glad that he heard Yikari's humming behind his back. The boy had thanked Cynthia for something, he hadn't heard what it was about though. Bah! As long as Yikari was singing once more. Atleast he wouldn't feel so lonely singing now.

{Noness, Usaring. Its already very optimistic! When we go in, there will be so much optimisim that the building'll explode! Yeah!}Buu gave Yoru a slap on the back, or whatever part of it she could reach.

{That's the spirit, Buu! What till the building explodes! Wonder if any of us'll get trapped under any debris though..}Chue gave his chin a thoughtful rub with his fin.
 
OOC:

*insert pointless comment here*

*hug*



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As Ernis cheerfully began singing once more, Oliver paused in his advance towards the lab to turn and shoot the other boy one of his patented death stares.

"If you're going to sing like that, at least choose something better than 'Wheels On The Bus'. Honestly, you're giving me a headache." Oliver said nothing more, swiftly turning away to continue onward towards the lab, his spiky hair shifting considerably with his movement.

Piro dipped his head, almost in silent agreement.

{It would be better if there were no singing at all, actually.} He said, to no one in particular. {I'm in dire need of silence at the moment. Unfamiliar territory.} The Espeon bounded off to catch up with the now fast-paced Oliver, ignoring his Normal-type Ursaring companion, who had taken the oppurtunity to run away from Buu. Far away.

{Please refrain from touching me! Thank you!} The Ursaring shouted, quickly moving towards Yikari and Hiro. Maybe if he conversed with someone else, the Sudowoodo would think he was busy or something and leave him alone.

{I cannot take much more of this,} Yoku remarked, shooting glances back at Buu while he addressed Hiro. {The Sudowoodo must vacate the vicinity soon or I may have to abandon my post.}
 
{ooc| Yay! I bought/tried on loads of clothes this weekend for my holiday. I'm such a girl, I just adore shopping. Especially when there's an end of season sale on!}

Amber grinned sideways at Enris. He was such a cheerful, gormless fellow, she couldn't help but like him.
"Are we going to arrive at Chrysso's any time soon?" she asked no one in paticular, tweaking her cowboy hat ever so slightly so she could see everyone better.

Festival, meanwhile, had slowed down to a stop so she could stare at the Ursaring in amazement. She cocked her head to one side in confusion.

{I love Yoku. I really do.}
 
OOC: Okay so I lied. I didn't get a chance to post after my Math test. ^^;; I ended up studying for a Japanese test that was put off until Wednesday. -.- Oh well, at least I know how to conjugate the te-form of u-verbs now. XD

I'm so tired. I wish I liked the bitter, disgusting aftertaste of coffee so that I could drink it and wake up.

Anyway!!


Cynthia
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Cynthia didn't know who she could possibly remind Yikari of; she had never really known anyone like her, but perhaps it was only one side of her that reminded him of someone. Whatever the case, she was glad that she could be of some help to the boy, it seemed she was better at cheering people up than she had previously thought!

It really wasn't so bad, making others happy, in fact, it had a sort of cheering effect on her as well. She almost felt like smiling, which was something to say.

Wilbur looked up at her and mumbled in a low voice, {What do you suppose that was all about anyway? Do you think he's in trouble or something?} The little pig was very suspicious.

Cynthia looked down at her partner and shrugged, "Ah... uh, I don't know... maybe? Does it really matter?"

{Of course it does! You don't know him that well! What if... what if he's hurt or killed someone, or broken the law, or something?!} the pig said, trying to think of the worst case scenario.

At this comment Cynthia suddenly looked much paler than usual, her heart rate going up considerably, "I... I don't th-think s-so. L-let's just keep going... I-I want to see what this Professor Chrysso has in store for us." Wilbur gave her a concerned look, and didn't like the shaky sound in her voice. She sometimes acted like this for no reason, but she never used to act this way before that day when she went out alone to train. What had happened then?! It was driving the little pig pokemon crazy. Cynthia never wanted to talk about it, and had vowed never to train she or Wilbur's psychic powers again.

He shook his head, he wasn't quite sure he truly wanted to know now. His trainer was scaring him a bit.

Cynthia tried to keep it together though, and thought instead about what things might happen once they all get to the lab.
 
OOc-

Yey! I actually pulled off a C+ for Chinese for the first 1/4 of the year.XDDD
Feebas, I was only 1.2% away from getting a B.^^;;

Sitting beside tha pro in Chinese in class must really be working for on me.>_>

Holidays bes be in two days, so the teachers are all Feebas busy and stuff assigning homework. Not to mention last minute tests. I mean, I've got a test on everyday this week cept' for Thursday, hence the lack of posting.^^;;
*think- 1 week holiday*


Ic-

Ernis ignored the death stare he received, sure that Oliver was merely humoring himself when he said that he wanted the song to be changed. The boy was sure that whatever song he was about to sing, it was still going to piss the redhead off very much.

"If you can't see, the lab's just right infront of us."the boy gave Amber a polite smile, gesturing to the building Oliver was headed to. The Coordinator then quickened his pace so that he was just behind the trainer and his Espeon.

"Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream..."he started singing a different song, taking note to make sure that the boy could hear him clearly.

{Hey, I love Yoru too! Is his name Yoruness? That's a good name.}Buu clapped her hands and grinned at Festival, proceeding to run after the Usaring, this time, to congratulate him for having such a grand name.

{Yoru! Yoru! Yoru! Such a nice name you have! And fluffly tail!}the Sudowoodo jumped up and down with enthusiasm. The Feebas and Remoraid were lucky that they had gripped tightly onto her shoulder beforehand.
 
OOC: Has anyone else noticed that it's now been half a week since Plushie posted? Agh, the evil cold must have gotten her bad. ;_; Here's hoping for Plushie's recovery.

EDITNESS: O Meh Gee! Page 7! I shall dedicate this to the hope that whatever is plaguing Plushie and keeping her from coming here shall go away soon.

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Hiro briefly turned his gaze away from the road as Yoku adressed him, but before the Houndoom could think of anything to say in reply, Festival had already proceeded to trot over and spontaneously declered that she loved the Ursaring, soon followed by Buu who excitedly began to praise the bear pokémon's name - which she had said wrong, to top it all - and his tail.

{Looks like you've got hostiles coming in from both sides.} the Houndoom remarked, smirking slightly, {Roar if they bother you so, otherwise, I suppose you'll just have to grin and bear it, eh?} he returned his attention to their surroundings, purposefully taking some distance from Yoku and his newfound fanclub.

As Ernis switched songs, Yikari took up singing once more, although there was once again a lapse in his grin, even though this one lasted for only a split-second, the boy determinedly pushing whatever memory was associated with the stream back into the depths of his mind and taking on the song with newfound enthusiaism as the laboratory drew ever closer.
 
OOC: Yeah, where is Plushie?! I was just thinking that a few seconds ago when I realized that I hadn't posted in Showgan for like... ever, and so when I went to look at the thread I discovered that I had posted for it, and that we were waiting on Plushie! Oh, I hope she's okay too. We have been getting some pretty nasty storms here on the west coast lately, let's hope nothing serious happened.


Cynthia
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{You feeling better yet Cynthia?} Wilbur asked timidly, feeling a bit sorry for her.

Cynthia nodded, though she didn't smile or look happy. Then again, Cynthia rarely did, so that wasn't really much to go off of. "Y-yes, I'm okay. It's nothing... really," she replied to the her little pokemon, avoiding his stare.

{Well okay. I guess I believe you. Anyway, I feel like singing too! Come on Cynthia, join in!} Wilbur said happily, beginning one of his favorite songs, a song about a male wild boar and how a female farm pig falls in love with him. Cynthia didn't join in, she wouldn't sing unless maybe perhaps if her life depended on it. Even then though... it would be a hard decision. Instead she continued to look her somber self, her hair blowing slightly in the breeze.
 
OOC:


Erm.. hello.. *wave*



Melissa was right about nasty storms. We've been seeing a lot of rain down here, and it totally provoked my cold.. Ugh, my headaches didn't stop bothering me until today. >.< I still gots chest and nasal congestion, too. It does not rock. But.. since my headaches have gone away, I thought it best to get my butt on the computer.

I'm sorry for holding things up.. and making y'all worry.

I will try to be happy and make it up, uh, somehow. XD ^-^



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Yoku, in all his glory, twitched.


Why?


Had he done something wrong? What, had he failed to uphold his vow? Had he been a burden to Skipper-Oliver? Had he pissed off Piro, resulting in the Psychic influencing these Pokemon to annoy him? Why was this happening!?

The Ursaring completely absorbed Hiro's advice, clutching his head with both hands.

{My name is not Yoru!} He bellowed, turning to face Buu completely. However, he didn't linger on the Sudowoodo for very long, soon turning to face Festival as well. {And I don't know you in the slightest! I humbly accept the intended compliment, if there was one. However, please do not speak of such things a second time. I will now return to my original position. Please refrain from following me or I will be forced to take action.}

And with that, the Ursaring nodded firmly, turning around and swiftly heading back to Oliver and Piro.

Speaking of Oliver, he was not reacting to Ernis or Yikari's singing, oh no. He was far too busy concentrating on the approaching building. He was much too close to lose it now.. Soon they would be in the laboratory itself, and maybe, just maybe, the two hooligans would be forced to tune down their singing. So close..

However, before Oliver could further those thoughts, the door to Professor Chrysso's laboratory suddenly swung open with a great force, and within moments a man clad in a long white lab coat was sent flying out of the aforementioned door. With a rather loud thud, the wild-haired man landed on the ground in front of the approaching group, coughing because of the dirt he had kicked up.

Oliver immediately halted, sweatdropping at the scene that had just taken place, while Piro tensed up in preparation for a battle, just in case the man.. posed a threat..
 
OOC: PLUSHIEEE!!! YOU LIVE!!! ^____________________^ *Confetti*

There's no need to apologize, and as for making up for it...well, get better soon and we'll call it even, eh? ^^ It's a relief that it wasn't anything more serious than a cold at any rate.

IC:

There are very few people who can avoid noticing a bellowing Ursaring...

A singing Yikari seemed to be one of those few people however, as the boy continued singing and striding after Oliver, glad to note that even Wilbur had decided to join in, even though the little pig seemed to be singing to a different tune. The boy wasn't bothered by this, though, merely continuing on his merry way until they arrived at the laboratory, Oliver stopping just in time to avoid a collision with the flying proffessor.

For a moment, both Yikari and Hiro froze on the spot, exchanging looks before the boy took up his usual smile again, bowing to the stranger who was busy trying to rid himself and his lungs of the smoke and dirt of his recent flight.

"Chrysso-sama, I presume?" the boy asked in a polite voice.
 
OOC: As I said in Showgan... Pluuuuuushiee! ^0^ Yeppers, those storms were nasty here, I don't even want to think of what they were like where youo are Plushie. Eep.

Anyway, yes, lets get on with this. ^^


Cynthia
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"Eek!" Cynthia squeaked as they approached the front of the lab. Apparently this Professor Chrysso person was a little eccentric? Was that the word that was used for people who were crazy yet smart? Something like that.... At any rate, Cynthia had been thoroughly startled by his appearance, and had squeezed Wilbur so tightly that his pearl almost popped off the top of his head.

{Ouch!} the pig squealed, making a pig grunt of pain, {Cynthia!}

"S-sorry," she stuttered, her grip loosening a little, "H-he surprised me...."

{Yes, were finally here!} Wilbur said aloud, looking excited, {Now the fun begins!}

Cynthia looked a good deal more afraid now, it was one thing to think about getting to the lab, but quite another to actually be at it. She told herself that everything would be okay, and that these other people here would not let anything bad happen, for they were good people.
 
OOC:

Confetti~! ^-^

You have a deal, Cradily man.

On the subject of storms.. Over here, I didn't get the worse of it, actually. The Windward side did. Yup, they were seeing some major floods all week, which resulted in flooding to be on the news every day. Got kinda repetitive after a while but no one on this side of the island complained because we all felt bad. ;;

Now it be overcast. Clouds are cool. :3



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The man on the ground weakly got to his feet after Cynthia screamed, still coughing a bit inbetween breaths. He then proceeded to dust off whatever dirt had gotten onto his lab coat, calmly returning to a normal stance.

"Erhem, no. I am most certainly not Chrysso." He finally spoke up, adjusting the glasses he was wearing. "Augh, and I don't wish I was, either. The guy's so touchy today.. but I don't have to worry, because I'm free. Haha, I'm free. I'm FREEEE~~~~!!!"

The man finally broke into maniacal laughter, his expression one of sheer insanity. For some reason his white lab coat just complimented that. Flinging his arms into the air, he abruptly broke into a sprint, flying past the group in front of him and heading for town as if his life depended on it.

Oliver stared at the fleeing man in horror, as well as a confused Piro and Yoku (although Piro didn't show it in his expression), the Ursaring having rushed to Oliver's side at the strange man's appearance. The red-head said nothing for a few moments, merely watching as the scientist disappeared into the distance. After the said scientist had faded from view, however, Oliver turned back towards the others.

"Okay," He spoke up, calmly, "Who votes we high-tail it outta here before we lose our sense of good judgement?"
 
OOC: Okay, I don't know why, but that guy in your post made me laugh so much Plushie! XD I'm frrreeeee! Heh, that's great. ^-^


Cynthia
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This man was... crazy. What could possibly have happened to someone to make them think that way? Cynthia shrank a bit, glad that this guy was not Professor Chrysso, but sad that this guy was not him too. When Oliver spoke up about leaving so that they could remain sane, Cynthia raised her hand halfway.

"I--," she began, but was cut off by Wilbur.

{Put your hand down! We're here to stay Cynthia!} the little pig pokemon said with a grunt.

Cynthia didn't like the looks of this. She just wanted to get away now. Perhaps she could try and escape them all like she did on the boat? No... Yikari or someone would catch her. There was nothing she could do now.

OOC: OH! I just remembered! Yesterday I went to Target to look around for some jeans, and I saw a cute little Spoink plushie! I had to have it!! So I bought it, and named him Wilbur. Teehee. ^_____^
 
Amber grinned eagerly. "I vote for...'let's-go-inside-and-meet-that-mad-ol'-coot'." she called, slightly louder than she needed to. Amber loved crazy people almost as much as she loved throwing herself off waterfalls, and battling, and swimming, and doing all those other stupid things that Amber indulged in on a regular basis. She patted Cynthia on the back reassuringly.
"Don't worry! What harm can a mad scientist do? I mean, the worst he could do is cover us all in acid and watch us slowly melt to death..." Amber teased fondly.
{That's s'mean, Amber!} Festival squeaked. The vaporeon was now cowering behind her trainer, watching the scientist run away with interest.

{ooc| Missed ya lots'n'lots, Plushie! *snuggles*}
 
OOC: Omg. Amber's going to kill Cynthia with her teasing! XD


Cynthia
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As Amber patted her on the back, Cynthia's face paled and a look of sheer horror flashed across it. "A-a-a-acid?! M-m-melt?!" she half whispered, looking terrified. She hadn't thought of that! Mad scientists always boiled things and tested things on poor pokemon, and what if they were all his new test subjects?!

"Oh no no no," she stammered, backing away slowly, "I-I can't do it! I-I d-don't want to g-get m-melted by a-acid!"

Wilbur raised an eyebrow, {What? Cynthia no one's gonna do that! The girl was just joking! I thought it was funny!}

Cynthia didn't hear him however, as she was still staring in horror at the front of the lab, imagining what it was like to have acid all over you.
 
"Now what kind of question is that?" Yikari asked, tilting his head as Oliver asked wether they should go in or make a run for it, "Onward to the lair of the madman, mind the bump!" he let out a cheerful cackle of laughter for no apparent reason, causing Hiro to roll his eyes, "And besides..." the boy continued, "Backing out of a venture as promising as this one would be a stain on my honor that I could never erase...why even uncle Popo would look down on me, and I mean that without his walking device." Yikari shook his head firmly, an enthusiastic grin on his face, "I wouldn't miss this for anything."

"Oh, and don't you worry about the acid one bit, Cynthie-chan." he added, giving the girl a reassuring smile, "I'm sure the good proffessor would cut us up first so that he could study the individual reaction of each limb so I'm sure we won't feel a thing."

{Boy...} Hiro began scolding Yikari but then thought the better of it, noting that his master was once again in one of his loony moods.
 
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