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Not staying here anymore.

[That's really the only warning anyone is getting, but those in Ecruteak will be hearing some chaos at the PokeCenter. One of the bed rest patients has escaped the room, and is apparently darting through the hallways to gather his things before leaving. These items include his clothing (because this gown is the most disgusting thing ever), his Pokemon, and whatever supplies he can thieve from the easy access, behind the counter potions, antidotes, awakenings... the entire gist.

Feel like stopping him? Vanitas can be found making a wheezing break for the front door with a very large, heavy set man in a nurse outfit chasing after him. It seems he's encountered the Ecruteak version of Nurse Tank!

Er. Encountered and is now running for a door instead of the window he would get dragged out of.

...

Yeah.

Vanitas will manage to escape after some shenanigans, smokescreens and cartwheeling over large nurses, and make a bee-line towards... the burnt tower. If anyone would like to find him a few hours after this text, that is indeed where he shall be! Hanging out in the very bottom floor (after nearly falling through rotten wood, whoops), he's clearing as much of a 'living space' as he can get.]

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[The woman is vaguely familiar, recognizing her mainly as 'that girl with the other Minun', but he gives a quiet grunt.] It's fine.

[Minun happily buzzes their cheeks together, then bounces around and races over to his friends trainer to climb up and check out the view from her shoulder. Really there isn't much more down here than an old, crusty, breaking apart stone slab with two steps and some bags shoved to the far corner.]

[ Asuka makes a quiet noise of surprise, but doesn't look too startled-- perhaps because she's used to it from Croissant, who is streaking back and forth between Vanitas and his trainer before he scoots up to claim her other shoulder. ]

So this is part of that legend...? It's certainly old enough.

[Glancing back towards that old platform of stone slabs, he shrugs a little.] ... Apparently that is where they were resurrected. There's nothing that shows anything was there other than old char marks of prints, but they're too smeared to tell the actual sizes.

So we don't know the exact nature of what they were. I suppose it wouldn't be called a legend if there were specifics.

[Half nodding, Vanitas let his eyes linger on some of those marks that he knows are there. Quiet, he kept his thoughts to himself. The movement of wings makes him quickly look up, but it's only Swablu winging down to perch on his shoulder and snuggle against his face, chirping and making herself quite comfortable there.]

... Why exactly are you down here, anyway? You must already know that this tower isn't safe.

I prefer it. [Because I'm hiding from a ridiculous tank of a human who would throw me over his shoulder and strap me back to a bed.]

[ she isn't going to ask, but she will arch an eyebrow. ] I see.

It's quieter here. [He saw that arched eyebrow even if he didn't turn his head. Minun goes crawling into Asuka's hair now though, snuggling against the back of her neck and proceeding to make her hair quite .... staticy.]

Ecruteak is one of the quieter towns in general. [ ... her poor hair. Strands of it are starting to stick up, and she turns her head with a sigh. ]

Try not to do that too much, please.

[After hardly a few minutes of building up quite a bit of static, Minun darts out from her hair to snuggle Asuka's cheek before making a leaping dart across the minor gap to land on his own trainer's shoulder.

Downside, static buildup caused a shock. More downside, Vanitas has an instant reaction to swat the poor Pokemon away due to that short burst of pain, outright hissing.] Don't touch me after doing that!

[To which the Minun promptly breaks out into loud tears from his fallen place on the ground. Hey, that push hurt! The guy wasn't all that gentle!]

[Due to the loudly crying Pokemon, Vanitas just stares at it, almost... awkwardly now. Completely unsure of what to do. It's incredibly obvious due to the expression on his face that he really doesn't know what to do about the tears.]

[ In the span of ten seconds, Asuka's more than a little surprised-- but reins it in and takes charge. It looks like the Minun's trainer won't be of much help, so she lets Croissant adjust his balance before she moves, and crouches down beside the other one to scoop it up. She won't coddle it, but her voice is certainly softer. ]

That was an involuntary reaction-- you'll have to be more careful of shocking people after generating so much static. Are you all right?

[Minun gives a sniffley eyed expression to the soft words and hiccups a little, rubbing his face with his paws and nodding. Vanitas only quietly watches on for a few moments longer before looking away, crossing his arms with a scowl.]

I know you didn't mean to, but apologizing to your trainer is always a wise idea.

[With another nod, Minun hops up and moves to Vanitas, scaling up his leg, arm and perching on his shoulder, chittering the entire way. Despite his awkward expression, Vanitas just lets out a grunt once more... to which, Minun gives a happy sound and latches to the side of his face, licking just beside his eyebrow.

Van's expression is a deadpan 'wat do', trying to lean his head away from the treatment.]

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