[Coolshaymin]

(She's actually showing concern for me! She's already digging me... Hi-Technicaaaaaaaal...) Francis was mentally into the chat already... It's a good thing she could not read his thought text boxes. That would be an embarrassing feature that would ruin things. Francis's passion has leveled up!

"I am doing well. I just found a real Butterfree. That was Hi-Technicaaaaaal. The posters? I can give you some of my copies," Francis offered. The lack of need of a command menu was already doing nicely.

[Mari]

Arle was just about to get back to the mission at hand when Francis successfully distracted her with the temptation of having her very own reminder of home. She was kind of desperate for a way to fight off the homesickness. She knew she could never leave, but anything sounded good if it would help her feel better. "...Wait, do you mean that? That'd mean a lot to me, actually. How many do you have..?" Arle replied rather curiously, clearly surprised by the offer. She wasn't used to being spoiled--at least not by strangers. "I-I don't know how to pay you back for them..." Arle went on to remark, her mind racing. She clearly expected them to cost something.

[Coolshaymin]

"Y-you actually want some? Hi-technicaaaaaaal. You can just have them. I have a bunch I have no place for. I am sure they are better with you, anyway!" Francis offered. Francis's Charisma has leveled up. It would seem this conversation was getting sidetracked fast... There was the sound of bashing coming from somewhere followed by lasers booming across the floor... Though there was no telling where it was coming from exactly. However, we have pinpointed it to... Somewhere.

[Mari]

Arle considered the offer for a moment. ...Free emotional healing? She couldn't ask for much better. "That's really kind of you, Francis. Sometimes I can miss my friends while I'm out adventuring." Arle replied, oblivious to the sounds outside the door. She was understandably distracted by Francis. "What else do you have in here? ...Well, uh--besides my friends' Butterfree, anyway." Arle went on to ask, hesitating at that part. Almost forgot what she was there for.

[Coolshaymin]

(She thinks I'm really kind! This is super Hi-Technicaaaaal...) Francis's Compassion has leveled up! Arle's forgetfulness of the mission is continuing to rise! (She even wants to see my stuff! This is so much easier than her route on Satan's Dating Simulator...) "Oh, I have a bunch of hi-technicaaaaaal mangas, anime collections and video games. I also have this curry cookbook from my mom but I have not really had a use for it." It seemed Francis too have forgotten about the Butterfree.

[Mari]

Arle considered Francis' words for a moment. She still wasn't sure what the hell a video was, or anime for that matter, but there was at least one thing she recognized in that stream of nerd. She was getting better at this! What really drew her attention, though, was the cookbook. A curry cookbook?! She could--...She couldn't take it. Arle felt all sorts of messed up, but she knew it was wrong to take something precious like that from a family. Maybe Francis didn't value it, but she would love to have her mother's cookbook. Just the idea appeared to momentarily bring sadness upon her. Why hadn't she kept it closer..? Maybe it would have crossed over to Li with her. ...Distractions, disrractions. "...Maybe I cold try cooking the recipe for us sometime." Arle offered, her expression one of deep thought. She would just have to remember the recipe if she wanted it later. "But, um. Francis. Before I lose track of why I cam here. That butterfree you have was actually one of my friends pets. She really misses them." Arle explained. Seeing as how Francis was so nice, this ought to be simple!

[Coolshaymin]

"Y-y-you would even cook for me?!" Francis seemed to start his sweating spree again in response to that suggestion. It took him a while to regain his composure and stop talking in crazy babble that Arle probably did not understand. He settled down however and noticed the backlog mentioning the Butterfree, oh right, that. "Butterfree... Butterfree... Butterfree..." He was oddly muttering to himself.

... Oh dear... "There is no Butterfree option in here!" Francis cried out, probably much to Arle's confusion. He broke down for a moment before suddenly the numbers 404 would appear in front of their faces for some reason... And then there was an explosion as the software crashed. "I should've really ironed out that bug..." Everything seemed to have returned to normal.

[Mari]

Arle watched in bemusement. What was-- What was even happening right now? Babbling... nonsense... Cooking. An explosion?! Arle took a moment to close her eyes and grasp her head. Her inability to understand things was beginning to become annoying. ...Oh well.

"To be honest, I have no idea what just happened." Arle remarked. Why would someone iron a bug? That sounded like a nasty surprise next time you went to put on those clothes. More importantly, though, all this weird stuff was beginning to frighten her a bit. "I don't suppose I could convince you to give my friend her pet back? It's sort of the reason we stopped by." Arle sheepishly asked. One could see the nervousness on her face. Did the number 404 even mean anything? What had Francis been referring to by 'butterfree option'? It was like he was plotting something and she wasn't in on it.

[Coolshaymin]

Francis shakily stood up before looking between Arle and the Butterfree. "... A-all you want is the butterfree? So you came and flirted with me just to get at my new pet?! You are just like that princess and her friends!" Francis called in outrage. "F-fine, if you want her, come and get her!" Francis continued refusing to listen now. He pressed some buttons on a remote and the cage holding Kitty went into the ground.

Francis then disappeared from sight... It seems he actually had powers on top of being a total dweeb. There was the slight sound of footsteps around Arle. If she was not careful she may not notice Francis's direction as he prepared an attack she probably would not like. His tongue shot at Arle seemingly out of nowhere and attempted to grab her and pull her into the nerd's mouth... That would be an embarrassing way to go down...

(Arle! The geek of all things is trying to eat you! Roll a 15 or higher in Wisdom to see the attack coming. Failure results in being roped into a confined grapple in Francis's belly. Roll 14 or higher to break free if this happens. You also take 10% damage)

(Francis is invisible! You have to roll a 13 or higher in Wisdom to notice him! Doing so will prevent sneak attacks, make him easier to hit and lower the thresholds on his attacks)

Supreme Hi-Technicaaaaaal Butterfly Obsessionist and Otaku
Francis
Damage: 0%
Status: Hidden

[Mari]

M3Atqncep_1d20+4 (...Of course)

Arle just sort of tensed in alarm as Francis began wigging out, watching in bewilderment as Butterfree vanished and Francis--Okay did he just disappear into thin air. Arle looked around uncomfortably, gingerly stepping forward. "I don't know how I'm like a princess, but r--aaah?! KYAAAAA!" Arle began, only to trail off into a shriek of abject terror as a gross tongue wrapped around her. Appropriately, she tasted of curry spice. Arle saw where this was going and didn't want any part of it. Alas, she wasn't expecting literally any of the things that just happened and was caught entirely off guard. Her squeals of fright were heavily muffled as she vanished into Francis, the apprentice mage just sort of recoiling in horror only to find that there was nowhere for her to go. A shudder of revulsion ran through Arle and she pushed at the walls of her prison, attempting to upset Francis' stomach.

p_1d20-3 (It's not very effective...)

The mage was distraught. She thought he was her fan! How could he do this to her?! Fans weren't cruel towards their idols! ...Right? Panicking a bit, Arle resorted to shouting. "N-No! Please! You have to let me out! This is wrong..!" she blurted out, her voice cracking slightly as she attempted to reason with Francis. Why hadn't someone warned her this could happen!? ...And how did she keep getting herself into these situations?!

Arle Damage: 10%

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[Coolshaymin]

ZYpXpnZmp_1d20+1 (Yellow's Perception)

"I-I can't do th-that. Then you will t-try and b-beat me up! You will s-stay in there until I your c-c-cage is ready," Francis argued as he struggled against it. He went to do something but then there was a loud crash as a Golem punched the door down and Yellow stood there with Chuchu on her shoulder. "That will show that door... Kitty was supposed to be in this room, right Chuchu?" Yellow questioned her comrade noticing noone was here... Except when she noticed Arle's struggles and cries.

Yellow looked to Gravvy who looked back. They gave a nod to eachother as if in understanding of something unspoken. Gravvy ran at Francis in a life risking tackle to pin him to his wall before giving him a Mega Punch to force him to spit out Arle.

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Francis was alerted as Gravvy charged forward and stepped out of the way. However, the Golem was smart and gave a turn to his back. At this position, he deployed a solid punch to Francis's back which caused him to involuntarily reflex Arle out... Well, she was at least free now. "Are you okay? I am sorry I am late. The door was a lot more violent than I thought..." Yellow apologized in sympathy for Arle's previous position.

(Arle takes 15% damage from being inside Francis but is now free due to Gravvy's Mega Punch)
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[Mari]

Arle was launched across the room, just sort of skidding to a stop nearby. She pushed herself up to her hands and knees with trembling arms and just sort of crawled her way behind Yellow before collapsing onto her bottom. It was rather odd to see Arle cower, but there were also probably more pressing things to pay attention to. For right now, Arle was content to sit there and attempt to heal away her burns while she focused on regaining her composure. "Please don't let him do that to me again..." she pleaded rather quietly in response to Yellow's concern.

5ighXNABp_1d15+4 (Arle's Healing)

Only after the soothing magical warmth took the physical pain away from her did Arle regain her composure. She needed some method of properly fighting back when these monsters... and people in Francis' case, decided to eat her. Now that Arle's fear had given way, anger was left in its place. She stood back up and took a deep breath. "I tried to be nice to you... Konran!" Arle shouted, casting a curse upon Francis.

p_1d20+4 (Arle's Konran @ Francis; Targets INT and inflicts slow for 3 turns if successful)
p_1d14 (Konran Status Roll)

"I tried to be your friend! But then you ate me!" Arle went on to cry out, allowing her fury to overtake her. "You think it's okay to treat me that way, but it's not. YOU'RE A MONSTER!!" Arle went on, her voice cracking as she abruptly screamed at Francis. "...And I'm about to teach you an important lesson in empathy." Arle would go on after taking a moment to catch her breath, her tone venemous and her expression full of righteous fury. "Braindumbed!" Arle incanted, attacking Francis mind by using her magical power to try and dissolve it. Literally. She conscripted the help of her previously summoned diacute orbs to aid in this, which probably made the already incredibly painful attack horrifyingly torturous.

p_1d20+4 (Arle's Critical Diacute empowered Braindumbed; Does 72% damage and has a 250% chance of inflicting the mind-melted status)

Arle Damage: 8% Shield Damage: 0% Status: Normal

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[Coolshaymin]

JF4aQO8Op_1d20
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"Sorry... I wish it did not happen the first time... I know how that feels too well..." Yellow admitted, putting a hand through her hair sheepishly. That Gulpin still hanged on the edge of her mind and the unpleasant experience associated with it. Though she kind of just stared in confusion as she could not tell what Arle was doing other than stating her anger and saying seemingly random words...

Though after a moment she noticed Francis getting sluggish... And then his mind suddenly got very melted and his body seemed to have trouble moving and he could only mutter babble as his brain was effectively fried... And he was blushing for some reason... Clearly she melted his brain a little too much. "... What did you do to him?" Yellow asked after a moment of watching his strange behavior. Gravvy waited to sucker punch the chameleon at Yellow's next command when Yellow watched him pull out... A camera? Why is he pulling out...? Suddenly there was a bright flash her and Gravvy was not expected for as they back from the brightness as Francis disappeared and she was dazed and waiting for her eyes to recover as she lost track of the lizard.

(Arle! Francis is attempting to blind you with his camera Flash! Roll a 14 or higher in INT to resist the flash of light. Failure results in being blinded for one turn, lowering accuracy and perception rolls by 2 as well as losing track of Francis.)

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Arle rubbed her eyes and noticed inbetween blinks cartoonish dust rushing blindly at her. She quickly moved to the side despite her disorientatedness and blinked a few more times. "Someone really needs to turn down the flash on their camera!" Yellow stated. "Gravvy, get him to release Kitty!" Yellow called.

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(Arle, an invisible tail is coming at you! Roll a 13 or higher in Wisdom to evade if you got flashed, a 10 or higher in DEX if you avoided it. Take 12% damage and get tripped if you fail)

Gravvy recovered from the eye problem a bit and noticed what his friend was pointing at. The heavy Golem curled up into a boulder and rolled at high speeds towards the invisible menace. As he reached the Otaku, he uncurled and jumped and attempted to slap Francis down to the ground and then stomping on him and pinning him to the ground.

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And Francis turned visible as his poor head got slapped by the large tortoise. The living boulder jumped up as Francis fell to the ground in his mentally fatigued state. He stomped on the Chameleon belly and pinned him there... As well as he could with such awkward limbs on a round body. It looked like Francis was too mentally broken at the moment to even fight back at this point.
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[Mari]

olfaM4|Bp_1d20+2 (Arle's Reflexes to not get camera flashed)
p_1d20+3 (Arle's Tail Dodge)

The problem with asking Arle to react to a camera pointing at her was that she didn't really know what it was. The apprentice mage flinched, recoiling slightly as her eyes were assaulted before being knocked on her bottom by an errant tail. She probably wouldn't appreciate knowing that her picture had been taken, what with her rather poor condition. Speaking of her newfound need for a thorough bath, she resisted the urge to rub at her eyes. She didn't need them any more contaminated than they already were. Arle supposed she'd just have to hope that there wasn't enough of Francis' mind left to put her in any more pain than she already was.

"Diacute!" Arle incanted before finally acknowledging Yellow's question. "I used magic to make him feel the way he made me when he... y'know." Arle explained, decidedly glossing over the issue of the massive damage she'd done to his mind. "Well--Kind of, anyway. I feel like having to taste him would be as awful for me as it would for him." Arle went on to remark rather flatly before pushing herself up and brushing herself down--just to make sure her skirt wasn't caught in a compromising position. "Can you get your butterfree so we can go? I'm not going to feel better until I've had a bath."1d20+2·1d20+3

[Coolshaymin]

Yellow frowned for a moment at Arle's answer but did not comment. The last time she acted on something like that went directions she would rather not dwell on... Instead, Yellow dug into the still dazed Francis's Fanny Pack while Golem held him down. After a moment she pulled out his laptop and opened it to see if she could figure it out... And fortunately the geek had a really simple system with appropriate labels so he did not get things mixed up. While not the most experienced trainer with computers, it was still pretty easy to figure out.

"Yeah, clicking this should let Kitty out and we should be good to go. I will also turn off his security so we do not have to worry about that on the way out," Yellow replied to Arle while messing with the laptop. After a few seconds, the cage holding the Butterfree rose out of the ground and opened to release the Butterfly Pokemon who was clearly happy to have room to move and flew at the girl with yellow hair quickly after taking a moment to fly around. Yellow was caught offguard and dropped the laptop from Kitty's tackle even if it was not that powerful. "It's nice to see you again, too. Nice not to be in such a cramped cage, huh?" the girl said cheerfully... Apparently ignoring the spheres she kept her Pokemon in.

MISSION COMPLETE!