Snippet #1447195

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"So, that means someone must've built this..."

CAPTAIN OBVIOUS SAVES THE DAY AGAIN

"...I'm guessing either Pixet, Craya, Priste, or a combination of any or all of the above. Regardless, this might mean trouble. I suppose we should leave it alone until we know the story behind it." she suggested, tapping the robot.

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Sileny glanced over at Vers and Lokk once they came in, but didn't think too much of them. Just some more silly Oress Holders doing silly Oress Holder things. She pulled out her obligatory cell phone and looked back at Mr. Thorren, snapping a picture of his 'injury' for later examination before putting her phone away. She had the strangest feeling that this thing was going to end up being fatal for poor Mr. Thorren, but she didn't have the urge to help him. As much as she detested paperwork, it would be nice to get the Competition over with...and it's not like she knew this guy, anyways. Nothing she felt the need to get involved in...although, those marks were intriguing. Didn't look like it came from an Oress, and she thought all abilities were stripped from the Tested when they arrived...could an outside force be behind this?

"That's not why you're here, Sileny. Get back on track."

Her emotionless silence continued.

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Narelle immediately scrambled back up into the tree, not even bothering to mention her name. Meanwhile, Exuro's Chilly immediately straightened himself back out and saluted before following his beloved boss inside...naturally, however, he had to try pretty hard to avoid clinging to Exuro's leg again when he noticed Him and Lorelei there. Mostly Him.

Speaking of that guy with the nifty hat, He didn't seem very unnerved by Exuro's weapon-licious (that should be a real word) appearance. At any other time He might've been intrigued at the very least, but considering everything that had happened within the past few hours, He probably wouldn't be surprised by anything for a while.

After a few seconds He seemed to recognize Exuro from the Mall, but given the fact that he hadn't been in His line of sight for more than a moment or two, His only response was a hat-tip. Golly, He sure likes tipping that hat a lot. IT'S GOING TO FALL DOWN IF HE KEEPS DOING THAT

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AM I HILDA )':

Once the duo (temporarily, at least) had finished up their conversation, the FLO running the place dropped off ridiculous amounts of cheesecake at Nette and Hito's table before zipping over to Pebble and Janice's table.

"Sorry for the wait~! Welcome to the Castle Oress Cafe! My name is FLO, how may I serve you today?" she beamed, acting FLO-y as usual.

Meanwhile, that silly eyepatched rabbit from the lounge apparently got bored at some point and arrived at the cafe, his adorable entrance being marked by random thunder and the mysterious disembodied sound of church organs. But he was just too damn cute to be ominous~! ♥ >:X

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And then, all seemed lost...not even CopyCat could get out of such madness! It was too intense, too insane, too---wait, what's that?

Before Naj could get her terrifying little loli hands on anything, a rocket containing everyone's favorite druggie shot out of the 'wreckage', still shooting for space.

"I hope you realize that I'm going to drop dead out of mental instability once you become space overlord. This shit almost isn't worth it. Almost." he hissed, sounding slightly crazed.

Meanwhile, back on the surface, a somehow-unscathed Naj began poking at the unconscious manbear. (:

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Seraye shrugged.

"I'm not really sure...I've been making dolls of people all of my life. I just get feelings, and then I end up making incredibly accurate dolls of people. You're better off not questioning it...speaking of which, all of the dolls in this shop are free! All you have to do is go up to that clipboard," Seraye pointed to the clipboard that was sitting on the front desk, "and fill out three things: your name, the name of the doll, and your reason for 'purchasing' the doll."

"Yeah, Seraye's no fun to rob. Doesn't even have any cash..." Larya mumbled.

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Since all of my female characters that aren't (semi-)lolis shadowy people just have to be creepers, Muri's form slowly began curling around Koren in a manner that was both uncomfortable and ominous.

"You do realize that you'd be giving up your soul if you contracted with me, right?" she laughed. "I don't make deals with people unless they're reeeeeally intense about it. Soul-forsaking intense. ♥"

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Ara accepted it carefully, as if it was the most important thing in the world (given Ara's precious loli-ness, at this point in time it probably was the most important thing in the world to her). It was clear that she was happy by her facial expression, but the adorable loli love/joy/gratitude appeared to be too much for her to process. After a few seconds of silence, all of those cuddly loli feelings completely took over her inhibitions and she---

NO ARA IT'S NOT WORTH IT YOU'RE NOT EVEN ON YOUR WAY OUT THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES

As the above statement implied, Ara sprung up and immediately gave Ignis that adorable(y dangerous) loli hug we all know has been hovering around in her mind. Except this time, she didn't back away immediately and politely curtsy as if apologizing for her cuddliness...presumably, for better or worse, Ignis had reached a point of loli love from which he couldn't return.

"Oh, thank you, sir! I'll be sure to take good care of it, and I'll make sure that Lady Umbra absolutely gets her memories back! A-And if you want to be there for when it happens or if you want to talk to Lady Umbra afterwards, you always have your avatar and anyone who you can connect to from there...a-and of course, I'm always willing to help with anything! Anything at all!" she exclaimed, sounding like the happiest little loli in the world.

D'AWWWWWWWWWW (':