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♕ 001 // Action for Route 29

What the 'ell is goin' on 'ere? Use this damn thing fer wha-

[The video feed flicks on to show a woman's face far too close up, brow furrowed, looking quite disturbed.]

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[Switching from text to video, she apparently doesn't know what the hell to do with the Pokegear either.]

Dagger? Wendy? Peter? Jumbo-

[The video is shaky, and only shows... a rather ponderous bosom.]

Doll? Snake?

- Joker?

[She waits, as if for a response. But the only sound is wind rustling through the trees and grass.

Another minute, before the video feed moves too fast for the feed to really pick up- grass, grass real close, black.]

... I'm goin' mad.

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Where the 'ell is 'ere?

[She tore off the blankets finally, swinging first real leg then "ceramic" one out, putting weight on one then the other, a practiced movement before she stood, marching to the window to look outside.]

Cherrygrove City! It's not all that far from New Bark.

[Jimmy answers, his eyes tracking Beast's movements as she makes her way over to the window. Meanwhile, Buster sneaks out a little from behind his trainer's feet, padding softly across the floor over to where Beast is standing, edging over close enough that he can sniff cautiously at her leg.]

A name a someplace real 'd be appreciated.

[She didn't like this. Not these happy go lucky sounding naming towns she'd never heard of, nor the altogether foreign view outside the window.

- Nor the dog sniffing at her leg. Beast looked down and stiffened, stomping her foot to try and startle it back from her.]

An' control yer damn dog!

[Beast is not swayed by cuteness very easily, it seems.]

[The Pokemon yips a little with surprise and scrambles back to Jimmy, claws scrabbling frantically against the floor as he makes haste to get away.]

Hey...

[Jimmy frowns, lifting a foot when Buster hides behind his legs again, ears back as he stares up at Beast from a safe distance.]

These places are real. You wouldn't be in them if they weren't!

An' dragons 'r real, too, then?

[By the higher pitched and more heavily accented her voice was getting, it was apparent that she... well. Wasn't taking it very well.

The last hold out before she'd have to give in and accept it.]

I've been spirited away t'some fantasy land a animals, then?

[Jimmy nods, slowly. He can tell Beast is upset, and overwhelmed by all of this...it's hard, since he's well used to weird animals being the norm back home. Heck, the weirder thing for him was the fact that this place had humans everywhere.]

Yeah. ..but it's gonna be okay, I promise.

[Beast's norm, and the norm in this place, well-

Let's just say they didn't add up.]

An' I can trust ye, surely.

[She might have been kinder- all of their circus had something of a soft spot when it came to children. But the last child they'd trusted had betrayed them, and it made her sharper in response to innocent looks.]

All a this'll jus' be okay, magic like.

[Perhaps Jimmy would have understood, if he knew. For the time being, he leans back against the wall until his shoulders are touching it, feeling Buster shaking a little behind his ankles.]

Look- this place is pretty safe. There are some....pretty weird things here, but they're not going to hurt you. Especially if they're with Joker.

[And from the way Jimmy's talking, it sounds like he trusts the man a great deal.]

It might not be okay now, but it will be. I know it might be a little scary...I've been here a couple months, and stuff happens still that I don't get.

[Really, he's toning down his experience quite a bit...he wasn't scared or disturbed at all when he showed up, but he's also not like most people.]

And there are good people here. People that will talk to you if you're having problems, or there's something that you really don't understand.

[If she's with Joker. Nothing bad would happen if she was with Joker.

She'd believed that once. But now... she wasn't sure anymore.]

That doesn' make this better!

[Grit out, digging in her heels and refusing, one last push of denial, to accept that she might be stuck there, that those weird animals might be real-

That any of it might be real. Fists clenched, and she left the window heading for the door instead/]

I'm goin' out.

[To find Joker. Maybe she still believed after all.]

[Jimmy stiffens, and in a split second decision, he quickly moves from the wall to put himself between Beast and the door.]

Wait! ...Please. Just...please wait until he gets back, okay?

[Beast was not a tall woman- even in heels. But she drew herself up to full height, crossing her arms beneath her breasts and all but glowering down.

- Yeah, this was how she got that reputation at the circus.]

Ye don' move in three seconds an' we're goin' to 'ave a problem.

[Looked like a big problem.]

One...

[Jimmy is rather tall for his age- rather tall- and he stands his ground and lifts his head slightly when Beast starts counting, seemingly intent on staying put.

Joker said to stay, so he's staying, and he's making sure Beast stays too.]

[That height doesn't seem to intimidate Beast either- judging by her facial expression, she's quite confident that she could move him- physically if need be.]

Two.

[NOPE, STILL NOT BUDGING.]

[Knuckles tighten, and a muscle in her arm twitches, preparing for her exit- through him if need be.]

Three...

[BAM!]

IIIIIIIII'M BAAAAAACK!

[That sure is the door being kicked open, whistling just barely past Jimmy's back and slamming into the wall. Joker's arm is busy with at least five different plastic bags hanging from the crook of his elbow. Behind him, right at his feet, Claw and Fang have two more hanging from their mouths.]

[The sigh of relief Jimmy gives comes out as more of a wheeze than anything as he quickly steps out of Joker's way- and by extension, Beast's- skirting past her and picking up Buster in the same motion. Yeah nope he's going to the other side of the room with his dog because he can tell when he's not exactly wanted.]

[Beast just.

Stands there.

- Mainly because the sudden entrance shocked her and she's trying not to show how startled she was.

Though it does sort of show, seeing as she forgot to. You know. Say something.]

[It's a ringleader talent. Sometimes to keep the show going without a hitch, you have to make yourself the show, and Joker's been so long at it that it's just second nature to make himself a spectacle.]

[Considering how Jimmy looks when he glances over at him from the corner of his eye, good thing he did.]

[Joker doesn't miss a beat, however, just waltzes in and lets the bags drop from his arm to the floor.]

Glad ta see ya awake~! Had us all right worried, but c'mon now, have a drink a water and somethin' ta eat or you'll really faint. Oh, and Jims, got yer favorite.

[Multiple of things Jimmy likes, actually, one whole bag getting tossed to him before Joker reaches into another and holds out a water bottle to Beast.]

So, did the two of ya play nice while I was gone?

[Jimmy catches the bag when it's tossed to him, moving to sit down on the edge of the bed. He holds it out of Buster's reach as the pup tries to stick his nose in to sniff the contents, and Jimmy glances up at Joker without moving his head when he asks that.]

Ah, uh....yeah, 'course! Everything was fine!

Perfectly fine.

[In her very "not fine" voice. But at least Beast remembered how to talk. She took the water offered her without thinking-

Before looking down at it like it was infected, fingers tightening and feeling the plastic crinkle slightly-

What? Just cause a girl's never seen a water bottle before?]

- I'm goin' out.

[She felt like she had to run away even if there was no where to run, moving to brush past Joker and make for the door.]

Uh huh.

[They really do have to work on their lies. It'd do them good to learn, but maybe his priorities are a bit twisted.]

[There's a slight sigh whistled through his teeth as Beast moves away. He'd hoped it would have been the least strange thing here... But there's not too much normal for them to grasp onto. He learned that months ago, fascinated by how even the beds seemed different.]

[He turns about, keeping as calm as he can be.]

Why don't I come with? Ya don't mind stayin', do ya, Jims?

Not at all, go ahead!

[Jimmy shook his head a little, smiling back at Joker. Though his smile was just as wide as usual, there was a definite hint of unease to it. Still, this was Beast and Joker's business, not his, so he had no qualms with staying behind.]

[By the time Joker finishes his question Beast is out the door. Thankfully boarding houses are- well, it's not quite the same but she can figure out the exit.

Except then it's a city that's just as strange as the room she's left and she just stands there clutching the weird crinkle-able jug? cup? before stomping off straight in to the night.

For about half a minute until she just sits down on a nearby bench.

- and waits. (She knew he'd be right behind her.)]

[Of course he is.]

[He's probably just being selfish, he knows, but he can't bear the thought of her being on her own right now. He needs to know she's there, whether with his own two eyes or by a lad like Jimmy who he's come to rely on the past few months. If he takes her eyes off of her, she could just... disappear.

[Like Doll, or Suit, or any other number of people he doesn't really know but he's heard of leaving friends and loved ones behind.]

[That's the big cruelty of this world. Almost worst than London for all its prettiness, because it doesn't even let you make peace with a body.]

[He settles down besides her, giving a small smile.]

I was hopin' ta introduce ya ta this all bit more gently, but I suppose there's no helpin' it. S'too different from home.

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