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Nearly Time to Say Goodbye...

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[ ID: A sequence of two grayscale drawings depicting Lief, a hybrid of Sylveon and Ribombee, curled up and bundled in a thick blanket, fast asleep at the topmost room of the Dragonspiral Tower. The first panel shows Fay, a Shuppet, sleeping on top of him. The second panel is zoomed in on Lief's face. His antennae have moved up a little, and he's grimacing lightly. He could be on the brink of waking, or he could be dreaming about something. End ID ]

Anonymous asked: *tbags lief*

[ ID: A grayscale drawing of Lief similar to previous image, but with a different expression. Now his eyes are wide open, and his antennae have perked straight up. End ID ]

Lief sat up with a jolt.

He looked behind him with wide eyes, blinking in disbelief as he saw nothing there. Perhaps he merely dreamed it happened?

His head pounded from having moved so fast. He took a deep breath; then a couple more. On the plus side, he didn't feel so woozy anymore.

But he had trouble remembering how he got here. Or what he'd done ever since he got here in general.

His paw moved to scratch at his chest as he sat there. His digits brushed against the maid outfit he was still wearing, and he froze.

Then he looked down.

And he panicked, going into overdrive in taking it off immediately.

He definitely did not remember ever putting it on. His first assumption was some sort of practical joke; that someone dressed him in it while he slept.

He tugged at it aggressively, tumbling over himself and scrambling to shimmy it off his body.

He never looked more relieved upon removing it. Standing on his fours, he shook his body a little, loosening up the fur that had been squished against his body for so long underneath.

The night time breeze blew in, providing further relief. He basked in it...

Then he realized he was feeling that on his neck. His neck was bare.

In pulling off the dress, he pulled off the scarf with it.

He dug his paws into the fallen dress with visible distress. He searched and felt around frantically for it, relaxing only when he grasped the scarf in both paws and pulled it free from the crumpled costume.

The wine stain on it caught his attention first. He also noticed bits and crumbs and miscellaneous dirt stuck to it.

It was really, really filthy. Unacceptably filthy. It wasn't like him.

He had to clean it.

Come to think of it, he had to clean himself. In his devastation that his scarf was in such a state, he noticed that same alcoholic stench coming from his person as well.

It would take him some moments before he could remember where he last saw water.

Lief: "Come on, dammit... wash out."

Now at the tower's entrance after a series of fumbling, he knelt at the floor's edge as he repeatedly dipped his scarf in the pool, scrubbing at it with one paw as he shakily gripped it with the other.

If he was going to leave this place, he was going to leave it as clean as he had arrived to begin with.

As all things should be, with Lief.

[ Looks like he's mostly himself again. If you have something to say, now would be your chance.

featuring Fay from @mezuni-and-willow ; background by @/lightofunova ]

Event Ask Hints have been updated.

#// final interlude. once this ends he leaves the event #// then it's back to the main story... cwc #LoUsleepover #pokemon #ask blog #Lief Simbobeon #pokemon ask #pokeask blog #pokemon ask blog #pokeask #pokeaskblog #pokemon askblog #mod art #featuring -> #Fay Shuppet #mezuni-and-willow #answered #anon

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Unsolicited brain thoughts

If I ever get temptations to write silly stuff, reblog if I have permission to include your character

#// also tempted to open munday questions early because the event stuff is gonna wind down from here #// and I'm so hecking restless xx #pokeask community #mod things

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*Destino approached Lief, fully dressed in their sleeping gear. What had happened had been on their mind for a bit and they needed to get to the bottom of it. Pointing a finger into his chest, Destino began to speak in a curt tone.*

Destino: You. Explain what had happened earlier. I don't want a tauros-shit explanation. I know I can be terrifying when I need to be. That's just how amazing I am. But your reaction was something else. Talk.

Lief blinked slowly. He looked down at the finger poking his chest, then back at Destino's face. He raised both paws to slowly push down their claws.

Lief: "B... before you ask, because I kn-kn... know you will. Don't. It'ss nothin'. You hear me? Nothin'... nothin'."

His voice sounded considerably more slurred than just earlier, especially with the way he enunciated "nothing". His stance was so wobbly that it might take the lightest of breezes to completely knock him over.

Lief: "And, a-and... that stuff earlier? That... that other stuff? Also nothin'. I don' gotta tell you nothin'. Yeah? Nothin'... an' there's no way you will ever- ugh, hold on..."

He paused to hiccup. He shuddered, looking genuinely sick.

Lief: "Geez... a-anyways, there'ss... nno way you will, ever, make me. Honestly, even if I d-did-"

His knees buckled mid-sentence, and he again fell right on his face. He near completely went limp.

A louder, muffled hiccup came from him some moments later.

Lief: "Ow..."

sphaeramjourney asked: Gloria stumbled into Lief with a bizarre outfit. It does not bother the Lucario, but the drunkenness what concerns her. She magically summons out a cup of water and attempts to offer it to him. By the Lords, are you okay?! Who gave you that uniform? and you can't be going around looking like that, what if you get yourself hurt?! Here, have some water!

[ @sphaeramjourney ]

Another groan came from the Simbobeon. He now sounded a lot more depressed. With the amount of alcohol he just drank, it was inevitable that it'd hit him full force like this.

For yet more moments of awkward silence, he just lied there. He didn't bother trying to get back up, or even lift his head.

His state of mind and his usual inhibitions all but eroded, he proceeded to speak his mind for the first time since arriving here.

And without yelling at others or belittling them, to boot.

Lief: "I'm not ok... I'm a loser. A wimp. A fraud, a liar."

Event Ask Hints have been updated.

#// OH MY GOD- XD #// he really cannot catch a break fhdgsg #Lief Simbobeon

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Lief: "W-well enough..."

Even with Ark's help, his legs wobbled and shook as he stood there; he was shivering outright in general, in fact. He had a face like he was barely holding down his gag reflex.

Lief: "D-don't take what I just said as permission to test my luck with stairs, by the way."

[ in response to this, and this, and this ; @ask-the-royal-absol, @ask-the-shiny-pokemons, @book-of-legends ]

Lief was silent for some moments, save a weak hiccup or two. He looked between them all with a funny glance, his eyes somewhat narrowed. His ears stood a little more upright than before, and his antennae twitched here and there, perking up before drooping back again.

He still wasn't sure he understood it, and he became lost in thought trying to understand this.

Destino's apparent interest in him caught his attention more than what they had to say; for someone that hated Fairy-type Pokemon, the Absol clearly had no issue trying to rouse a reaction out of one.

Rimi's story felt more to him like she indirectly called him a bully; but her suggesting that it didn't have to be so took some edge off her otherwise expressing her dislike towards him.

That's to say nothing about Sirius still being here, and him having came over to apologize? To him?

But for once, ever since the start of the spiral, he somewhat looked like he was actually listening.

Lief: "And I'm supposed to believe you're all suddenly interested in my well-being…?"

Which meant he had words to say about it.

Lief: "B-because. I really don't believe any of you… but my head hurts. A-and this floor is cold."

He eyed Sirius' extended paw, and merely stared at it at first.

Under such circumstances, he really would've just moved away. Or make them leave, or otherwise decline their help. He couldn't just do the former, unsurprisingly; and he didn't feel like going through with the latter.

He'd reluctantly complied, after a long and awkward pause, saying:

Lief: "Lying here in the filth is probably the only reason I haven't threw up yet... but whatever. Here goes."

Before raising a paw to take hold of it.

If "take hold of it" actually meant "struggle to lift his arm from the floor and proceed to miss his every attempt to grab it".

His stomach loudly gurgled, and he cringed. His expression looked more pained as he gulped down what nearly came back up, but he still reached for Sirius.

Lief: "Creator of gods..."

chip-dip6 asked: @mezuni-and-willow Fay and Ark @ leif You hear a distant conversation '...this guy looks like he is having a rough time of it, heck they even reminded me of you when you are down! anyway can i get your help so that he doesnt bog down the rest of the party?' 'How would you do that then?' 'you know when you have your nightmares and all that? something like that' 'if you say so' The two of them reach leif, looking down at the depressed pokemon; and the state he was in; 'you, uh, want some help there buddy?'

[ @mezuni-and-willow ]

Lief: "Ugh. If it would make you all go away-"

HIC... urrrp.

Lief: "G-get on with it already. Help me up. And watch as you laugh at me when I tell you all about how I managed to shoo away a beautiful woman that fell out of the sky..."

He was thinking about Pikavee again. Despite everything.

Of course he was.

#response #mezuni and willow #Ark Mew #Fay Shuppet #LoUsleepover #pokemon #ask blog #pokemon ask #pokeask #pokeaskblog #pokemon ask blog #pokemon askblog #poekask blog

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[ in response to this, and this, and this ; @ask-the-royal-absol, @ask-the-shiny-pokemons, @book-of-legends ]

Lief was silent for some moments, save a weak hiccup or two. He looked between them all with a funny glance, his eyes somewhat narrowed. His ears stood a little more upright than before, and his antennae twitched here and there, perking up before drooping back again.

He still wasn't sure he understood it, and he became lost in thought trying to understand this.

Destino's apparent interest in him caught his attention more than what they had to say; for someone that hated Fairy-type Pokemon, the Absol clearly had no issue trying to rouse a reaction out of one.

Rimi's story felt more to him like she indirectly called him a bully; but her suggesting that it didn't have to be so took some edge off her otherwise expressing her dislike towards him.

That's to say nothing about Sirius still being here, and him having came over to apologize? To him?

But for once, ever since the start of the spiral, he somewhat looked like he was actually listening.

Lief: "And I'm supposed to believe you're all suddenly interested in my well-being…?"

Which meant he had words to say about it.

Lief: "B-because. I really don't believe any of you… but my head hurts. A-and this floor is cold."

He eyed Sirius' extended paw, and merely stared at it at first.

Under such circumstances, he really would've just moved away. Or make them leave, or otherwise decline their help. He couldn't just do the former, unsurprisingly; and he didn't feel like going through with the latter.

He'd reluctantly complied, after a long and awkward pause, saying:

Lief: "Lying here in the filth is probably the only reason I haven't threw up yet... but whatever. Here goes."

Before raising a paw to take hold of it.

If "take hold of it" actually meant "struggle to lift his arm from the floor and proceed to miss his every attempt to grab it".

His stomach loudly gurgled, and he cringed. His expression looked more pained as he gulped down what nearly came back up, but he still reached for Sirius.

Lief: "Creator of gods..."

chip-dip6 asked: @mezuni-and-willow Fay and Ark @ leif You hear a distant conversation '...this guy looks like he is having a rough time of it, heck they even reminded me of you when you are down! anyway can i get your help so that he doesnt bog down the rest of the party?' 'How would you do that then?' 'you know when you have your nightmares and all that? something like that' 'if you say so' The two of them reach leif, looking down at the depressed pokemon; and the state he was in; 'you, uh, want some help there buddy?'

[ @mezuni-and-willow ]

Lief: "Ugh. If it would make you all go away-"

HIC... urrrp.

Lief: "G-get on with it already. Help me up. And watch as you laugh at me when I tell you all about how I managed to shoo away a beautiful woman that fell out of the sky..."

He was thinking about Pikavee again. Despite everything.

Of course he was.

#// OH BABY A TRIPLE #// it was actually kinda tough figuring out how he'd react individually to all this without the response being too short #// because he's buttfuck out of his mind and not thinking straight and is on the sad boi juice #// so I said “heck it we ball”. big fat meaty response >:D #// but god damn my heart. everyone out here giving Lief the time of day ;; #// we'll see how Lief looks at this moment with time cwc #response #pokemon #ask blog #LoUsleepover #ask-the-shiny-pokemons #book-of-legends #ask-the-royal-absol #Lief Simbobeon #Sirius Meowstic #Destino Absol #Rimi Lycanroc #answered #mezuni-and-willow #Ark Mew #Fay Shuppet #pokeask #pokemon ask #pokemon ask blog #pokemon askblog #pokeaskblog #pokeask blog

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[ in response to this ; @book-of-legends ]

"You're right."

"You don't deserve anything nice."

"... but I'm not going to act cruelly to you like you did to me. Even you deserve kindness."

[ ID: A grayscale drawing of Lief, a hybrid of Sylveon and Ribombee, shown from the neck up in a side-view angle of his right side. His eyes and upper face are obscured by a black scribble, with what appears to be a single tear falling from the corner of his eye. Some snippets of dialogue can be faintly seen throughout the drawing: "You're right." "You don't deserve anything nice." "You're a horrible person, and I don't like you..." "What you said hurt me. It really hurt me..." "... after everything, I'm not going to hold that over you. ... you are quite clearly struggling..." "Even you deserve kindness." End ID ]

"Even you deserve kindness."

[ ID: A grayscale drawing of Lief considerable more zoomed out, to show his entire face. His fur is frazzled, with stray strands sticking up here and there, his antennae are considerably drooped over as are his ears, and his general expression appears a mix of various emotions; tired, depressed, pained and sick, even ashamed. There's wine stains all over his cheeks and scarf, with a dribble of wine drooling from his mouth. Very small tears are present at the corners of his half-lidded eyes. End ID ]

"Even you..."

His insides burned. Not only on a physical level from having drank so much, still on the brink of vomiting the excess alcohol, but now on an emotional level as well.

Sirius' words to him really stung.

He couldn't understand it. The Meowstic he had offended so badly came back anyway. Admitted in the same breath of criticizing him that he was going to be nice about it, because it looked like he needed it.

Him essentially being nice for its sake seriously messed with Lief. He wondered why Sirius didn't just leave him there, after all. Why he bothered coming back if he was this reviled, big bad Pokemon who made him cry.

Lief: "Sure. Whatever you say..."

Yet instead of disputing that... he simply rolled with the punches. His voice remained relatively monotone.

Lief: "It sounds like I'm just an afterthought to you, but I'm used to it. I guess that's to be expected when you start driving people away on purpose... And no. I'm not alright."

His eyes close shut, suffering through another bout of nausea.

Lief: "I can't get up even if I wanted to. I feel like I am going to hurl. And she hates me. I know she does."

#// and another one. #response #book-of-legends #Sirius Meowstic #Lief Simbobeon #LoUsleepover #pokemon #ask blog #pokemon ask blog #pokeask #pokemon ask #pokeaskblog #pokeask blog #pokemon askblog #mod art

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(@ask-the-shiny-pokemons) Rimi approaches Lief with a very serious face due to him being drunk. She crosses her arms.

"See, buggie? That's why you shouldn't mess with the others. First, you did made me anger with this "normality". Second, you've made that Meowstic cry...I really wanna cry if I was you to be honest. Third, what's your business with Desty? I know we did saw their "monarch" appearance, but that's not the same one... Also, good thing you're not the only one drunk during my event visits. I was in one earlier and saw this Absol in human disguise.

But enough ramblin', I'm gonna ask ya honest question: do you regret everything you did here?"

[ @ask-the-shiny-pokemons ]

Lief: "You forgot smothering pollen on the host of this party and making her cry... I know, I really suck. You're welcome for the reminder. Really, what's a few more things to regret?"

In this attempt to get up, he lifted his upper body maybe one inch from the ground before he gave up. His dejected tone of voice remained consistent as he rambled his thoughts to Rimi, half answering her, and half not.

Lief: "What's a decade or two more of being completely friendless? Imagine being the sole Pokemon in probably all of existence to not only piss off people at home, but even people in different universes~."

He shakily waved a paw in the air in halfhearted enthusiasm before letting it fall back to the floor.

Lief: "I could answer you seriously, but there'd be no point. There's no going back from this... I'm just a weirdo feral living in a forest, after all."

#// buddy Destino is right there. they got a wayyy higher body count than you Lief XD #LoUsleepover #pokemon #ask blog #Lief Simbobeon #answered #Rimi Lycanroc #ask-the-shiny-pokemons #pokemon ask blog #pokeaskblog #pokeask #pokemon ask #pokeask blog #pokemon askblog

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Lief tensed up considerably. He made a real effort to get back on his feet. His ears tilted back; he didn't enjoy being made fun of like this, from a Pokemon that arguably started the cascade to begin with.

But whereas the usual him would at least talk back, the current him just took it. He simply let Destino speak so disparagingly to his face, even agreeing with them.

Lief: "Yeah... I really am a mess. I've always been a mess, I guess."

He still had trouble even sitting up on his own.

Lief: "I'm not convinced that's the worst possible thing you can say to me, by the way. May as well take the opportunity to before I end up pushing even you away for good."

*Destino approached Lief, fully dressed in their sleeping gear. What had happened had been on their mind for a bit and they needed to get to the bottom of it. Pointing a finger into his chest, Destino began to speak in a curt tone.*

Destino: You. Explain what had happened earlier. I don't want a tauros-shit explanation. I know I can be terrifying when I need to be. That's just how amazing I am. But your reaction was something else. Talk.

Lief blinked slowly. He looked down at the finger poking his chest, then back at Destino's face. He raised both paws to slowly push down their claws.

Lief: "B... before you ask, because I kn-kn... know you will. Don't. It'ss nothin'. You hear me? Nothin'... nothin'."

His voice sounded considerably more slurred than just earlier, especially with the way he enunciated "nothing". His stance was so wobbly that it might take the lightest of breezes to completely knock him over.

Lief: "And, a-and... that stuff earlier? That... that other stuff? Also nothin'. I don' gotta tell you nothin'. Yeah? Nothin'... an' there's no way you will ever- ugh, hold on..."

He paused to hiccup. He shuddered, looking genuinely sick.

Lief: "Geez... a-anyways, there'ss... nno way you will, ever, make me. Honestly, even if I d-did-"

His knees buckled mid-sentence, and he again fell right on his face. He near completely went limp.

A louder, muffled hiccup came from him some moments later.

Lief: "Ow..."

sphaeramjourney asked: Gloria stumbled into Lief with a bizarre outfit. It does not bother the Lucario, but the drunkenness what concerns her. She magically summons out a cup of water and attempts to offer it to him. By the Lords, are you okay?! Who gave you that uniform? and you can't be going around looking like that, what if you get yourself hurt?! Here, have some water!

[ @sphaeramjourney ]

Another groan came from the Simbobeon. He now sounded a lot more depressed. With the amount of alcohol he just drank, it was inevitable that it'd hit him full force like this.

For yet more moments of awkward silence, he just lied there. He didn't bother trying to get back up, or even lift his head.

His state of mind and his usual inhibitions all but eroded, he proceeded to speak his mind for the first time since arriving here.

And without yelling at others or belittling them, to boot.

Lief: "I'm not ok... I'm a loser. A wimp. A fraud, a liar."

Event Ask Hints have been updated.

#// man. from spicy to bold to outright self-hating #LoUsleepover #response #ask-the-royal-absol #Destino Absol #Lief Simbobeon #pokeask #pokemon ask #pokemon #pokemon ask blog #ask blog #pokeaskblog #pokeask blog #pokemon askblog

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Rue: Wary, but very much worried, she approached this Pokemon from behind. She feared where this was going, having heard this kind of talk before a number of times, yet she always hoped it would be the last.

"H-hello there. I, um... I can't hope to understand what you're feeling, but if it's at all what I think, I beg you to reconsider. There's always a way out. Even if you cannot see it."

The Riolu would turn around, tears in her eyes.

???: "If there's a method you can name. I've already tried it. Or they're plainly just too expensive for me to try."

She scowled, her eyes turn a blood red, she hopped down and prodded at Rue's chest.

???: "And I'm sick. And tired. Of hearing people like you trying to act all concerned for me. I've heard everything, from 'You have so much to live for' to 'There's always a way out.' I'M TIRED OF HEARING IT!"

She would shove Rue to the ground, her eyes filled with anguish and sorrow. Mixing reds and blues.

???: "Maybe next time you should just mind your own damn business."

She turned around again. Pulling her hood over her head.

#// :D #// she did it! yee #Rue Vuling #suicide #death mention

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@the-sun-rises-in-the-south Vi > Lief T/D

Vi would approach Lief, carrying two barrels full of wine.

Vi: "Hey, Lief, dare you to chug a barrel by the end of this event."

She would place a barrel in front of him, it had a long ass straw that was also a tesla valve straw.

Vi: "And- just to prove its possible."

She tilted the other barrel back and began chugging it, finishing all of the wine in it within 1 minute, barely even buzzed, which made it just seem like it wasn't even actually wine to Lief.

[ @the-sun-rises-in-the-south ]

He blinked at Vi with disbelief, looking between her and the barrels she brought in. Both easily matched him in size.

Lief: "Geez, whoever's keeping an eye on the place really needs to start doing background checks... because if it isn't yet another sight for sore eyes. I am overjoyed at the amount of familiar faces around here."

He grumbled the above as he stepped closer to the barrel she had deemed his to drink. He looked over it and the straw with narrow eyes. His antennae begin to shake repeatedly as he made a real attempt to determine what could be inside.

Lief: "Big mistake telling me to chug and leave out what we're chugging. For all I know, you could be trying to poison me..."

He raised an eyebrow as he got a whiff of the liquid inside. It was familiar to him, not unlike the red wine he just drank. But it was somewhat different as well; he couldn't quite figure it out, even after a while longer of examining the barrel.

Lief: "You're lucky I can recognize the smell... it's a dare."

Determined to show Vi what for, he grasped the straw in both paws and began suckling the drink through it.

As the taste filled his mouth, he was half tempted to stop and spit it out. He only barely held himself back.

But he made himself keep going, sipping harder and harder as he struggled to get much out at first.

He didn't just want to show off to Vi, at this rate.

He wanted to come out on top, before all these Pokemon that he had embarrassed himself prior in front of, out of spite.

Granted, a large part in him being so rash about drinking an unknown liquid from a god Pokemon more than large enough to overpower him was due to him feeling a little loopy from his earlier drinking spree.

Aside that if it really was the same drink as what's in the punch bowl, then Vi should also be as woozy as he was feeling, if not worse due to her drinking a barrel's worth of the stuff.

Even gods could get sick, right?

#// late reblog but #// yeah... yeah :P #// he dun goofed hard #Lief Simbobeon

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Sirius seemed to stare down at the Simbobeon for a long moment, he looked deeply confused and even more concerned. He had originally approached him for another reason entirely, but now he just found himself worried for him.  The reek of wine from the Pokemon was blatantly apparent, it was almost enough to make him cringe and recoil away. Even so, he nervously crouched down beside them, it was clear Lief was dealing with something of his own. As much as it pained him to see the Pokemon after their previous encounter he put his feelings aside for the moment. "Are you alright...?" He softly asked, "I- Um- I know you likely do not wish to speak to me... or see me... you've expressed this already so forgive me. But, I do not think I could in good conscience allow you to lay here... Do you need help?" There was genuine worry in his voice, he certainly wasn't planning on leaving Lief alone anytime soon. That looked to be the last thing the Pokemon needed right now.

Lief quivered a bit at the sound of Sirius' voice. The muscles in his arms lightly flex as he tried to sit up, but he couldn't lift his upper body even a centimeter off the floor.

He gave up soon enough. He continued to lie there, and from the way he went on to respond, he probably only half heard what Sirius had to say.

Alternatively, he heard every word and didn't have the heart to make him leave.

Lief: "Do whatever you want... I probably deserve it. Or don't deserve it, if it's anything nice."

He jerked somewhat as he hiccuped again.

Lief: "This floor smells like foot fungus."

#// against all odds. Sirius is showing mercy ;; #// will Lief accept? #answered #book-of-legends #LoUsleepover #Lief Simbobeon #Sirius Meowstic #pokemon #ask blog #pokeask blog #pokeaskblog #pokemon ask #pokemon ask blog #pokemon askblog #pokeask

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Rue: "Of course I try. I will always keep trying."

Though it stung to hear her faith be directly criticized like this, she held her tongue. Walking up to the woeful Pokemon, she gently bunt her head against her side.

Rue: "Every life has value. But I see there were some Pokemon in your life that took yours for granted..."

Rue: Wary, but very much worried, she approached this Pokemon from behind. She feared where this was going, having heard this kind of talk before a number of times, yet she always hoped it would be the last.

"H-hello there. I, um... I can't hope to understand what you're feeling, but if it's at all what I think, I beg you to reconsider. There's always a way out. Even if you cannot see it."

The Riolu would turn around, tears in her eyes.

???: "If there's a method you can name. I've already tried it. Or they're plainly just too expensive for me to try."

She scowled, her eyes turn a blood red, she hopped down and prodded at Rue's chest.

???: "And I'm sick. And tired. Of hearing people like you trying to act all concerned for me. I've heard everything, from 'You have so much to live for' to 'There's always a way out.' I'M TIRED OF HEARING IT!"

She would shove Rue to the ground, her eyes filled with anguish and sorrow. Mixing reds and blues.

???: "Maybe next time you should just mind your own damn business."

She turned around again. Pulling her hood over her head.

#// it'd be a little goofy for Rue to hug since she's near exclusively on all fours #// so here we have her doing a lil headbutt as her way of hugging :3 #response #ask-luut #Rue Vuling #pokemon #ask blog #pokeask #pokeaskblog #pokeask blog #pokemon ask #pokemon askblog #pokemon ask blog #suicide #death mention

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It'd be the second time this night he screamed. A second time he'd seen... something that wasn't actually there.

It wasn't a lot, but it was certainly unusual it happened twice.

In his drunken daze, he didn't even question it. He turned immediately with the intent to flee on all fours, fumbling over himself and his paws skidding awkwardly along the floor.

Lief: "IT IS YOU YOU'RE BACK FOR MORE AND-"

Only to fall forward. His panic made him trip over his scarf.

Then he just cowered in place. His tail curled up tight against his side.

Lief: "Just my luck... another homicidal Pokemon out for my blood."

Lief @Eric: He said nothing for some moments, staring at Eric with an exaggerated, suspicious glare. His cheeks were somewhat flushed, he smelled of red wine, and he kept scratching at the maid dress he was wearing.

"Do I know you? You smell familiar... like the guy who thought vore made good comedy material."

@ask-team-misfit

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[ in response to this ; @lightofunova ]

Regardless if one could argue he needed to hear it, he certainly wasn't thrilled to actually hear it.

He felt tempted to bark back at first. It sincerely started to feel like she was probing into him, poking about things that never had anything to do with her, and won't.

He also just didn't understand why she was continuing to even allow him to stay, if apparently he was just being rude and causing trouble at this rate.

So why didn't he snap this time, when he had done so at this point not once, but twice?

Perhaps he was still sober enough not to push it further with the Fire-type hostess; the reason he got to be here in the first place. And perhaps, more than that, the part of him that already felt awful about those instances of his behavior knew she was right, and couldn't suffer to open his big mouth a third time over it.

So resulted in him looking borderline angry for one moment, before that faded into remorse.

He wasn't looking at Reshi anymore. Of course he couldn't.

Lief: "I just met you. Why would any of my problems be with you? Look, I..."

His paws moved to cling to his scarf, wringing and wrapping the individual digits in it.

Lief: "Some Pokemon just had a bad day. Alright? And maybe they came by to unwind, to forget about it. And maybe, sometimes..."

He hated this. He already felt like he was telling her too much. She likely had enough on her plate without ever needing to know his side of the coin.

Lief: "You know what, never mind."

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Lief @Noelle: "Refresh my memory. You're part Fire-type, right? I wonder how you are with spicy food. Hold on..."

He dug into his tail fur, rummaging around until he found what he needed. An Enigma berry. He handed it to her with a sly look on his face.

"I dare you to eat this whole berry. Every last bite."

She says with a very timid look at the Enigma Berry held by your average friendly Simbobeon (but drunk and wearing a maid dress against his will).

Fine, I'll try it as long as you won't buggin' me with the berries anymore…

She grabs a berry and eats it vaguely. Upon eating it, her throat starts to burn.

Seems this berry is so spicy that Noelle ignites some flames and accidentally leaving a burn mark on tower's wall. But gladly, no one got hurt.

[ @ask-team-misfit; background by @/lightofunova ]

#// Lief look what you did 😭 #// you have to imagine him scurrying away immediately after the accidental Flamethrower lol #Lief Simbobeon

[ask-team-misfit]

*Destino approached Lief, fully dressed in their sleeping gear. What had happened had been on their mind for a bit and they needed to get to the bottom of it. Pointing a finger into his chest, Destino began to speak in a curt tone.*

Destino: You. Explain what had happened earlier. I don't want a tauros-shit explanation. I know I can be terrifying when I need to be. That's just how amazing I am. But your reaction was something else. Talk.

Lief blinked slowly. He looked down at the finger poking his chest, then back at Destino's face. He raised both paws to slowly push down their claws.

Lief: "B... before you ask, because I kn-kn... know you will. Don't. It'ss nothin'. You hear me? Nothin'... nothin'."

His voice sounded considerably more slurred than just earlier, especially with the way he enunciated "nothing". His stance was so wobbly that it might take the lightest of breezes to completely knock him over.

Lief: "And, a-and... that stuff earlier? That... that other stuff? Also nothin'. I don' gotta tell you nothin'. Yeah? Nothin'... an' there's no way you will ever- ugh, hold on..."

He paused to hiccup. He shuddered, looking genuinely sick.

Lief: "Geez... a-anyways, there'ss... nno way you will, ever, make me. Honestly, even if I d-did-"

His knees buckled mid-sentence, and he again fell right on his face. He near completely went limp.

A louder, muffled hiccup came from him some moments later.

Lief: "Ow..."

sphaeramjourney asked: Gloria stumbled into Lief with a bizarre outfit. It does not bother the Lucario, but the drunkenness what concerns her. She magically summons out a cup of water and attempts to offer it to him. By the Lords, are you okay?! Who gave you that uniform? and you can't be going around looking like that, what if you get yourself hurt?! Here, have some water!

[ @sphaeramjourney ]

Another groan came from the Simbobeon. He now sounded a lot more depressed. With the amount of alcohol he just drank, it was inevitable that it'd hit him full force like this.

For yet more moments of awkward silence, he just lied there. He didn't bother trying to get back up, or even lift his head.

His state of mind and his usual inhibitions all but eroded, he proceeded to speak his mind for the first time since arriving here.

And without yelling at others or belittling them, to boot.

Lief: "I'm not ok... I'm a loser. A wimp. A fraud, a liar."

Event Ask Hints have been updated.

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The sudden heat coming from Reshi made him flinch somewhat; his initial shocked expression remained as he saw her face.

Before long, he looked conflicted. Maybe a little nervous as some part of him realized what he just did. Rather, who he just did this to.

Lief: "Right. Uh... truth."

[ ID: A grayscale drawing of Lief, a hybrid of Sylveon and Ribombee, with a mono-color background. He is shown from the neck up, with his face slightly angled away from the viewer towards the left. The look on his face is on the brink of sadness or concern, even looking away to the right, as if having some troubling thoughts he’s refusing to verbalize. End ID ]

Lief: "What's with you? I mean, earlier was weird enough between us... aside everything else happening lately."

The last part he halfheartedly mumbled was directed to himself, regarding those feelings of guilt and regret he'd been keeping down all this time. Particularly with Pokemon who were openly nice to him before.

Much like Pikavee was.

Just like that, he was thinking about her again. Even though he really didn't want to be.

(@lightofunova)Reshi@Lief: “A dare hm? Alright!” She excitedly started. “I dare you show me something only you can do!” Her eyes shone as she looked at the pokemon. “Show me something only you know.”

[ @lightofunova ]

Lief: "Something that only I can do? Is that a trick question?"

Usually one would use the following question to highlight an obvious answer. But Lief being Lief, he meant it pretty literally.

Having pondered for some moments, he was now looking up at Reshi with a frown.

[ ID: A grayscale drawing of Lief, a hybrid of Sylveon and Ribombee, with a mono-color background. He is shown from the neck up, with his face slightly angled away from the viewer towards the left. He looks puzzled, or curious. His left eyebrow is noticeably raised, while his right eyelid is lowered somewhat. He is frowning visibly. An angular question mark is floating next to his head at the left. End ID ]

Lief: "I mean if you really think about it, something that only I can do doesn't exist. There's gonna be at least one other Pokemon that'll probably be able to do it, too. But, a dare's a dare, so..."

With a shrug, he stuck his paw into his tail fur, and seemingly struggled to find it at first.

Lief: "I have something in mind, but you're not gonna like it. Or maybe you're like me and Pokemon commonly tell you that you have a weird sense of humor."

From his tail, he plucked out a pollen puff. He held it up to Reshi as if he were showing it to her.

Then he unceremoniously smeared it on her face. All over her nose and cheeks.

He now stared at her with such a cheeky grin, barely holding himself back from laughing.

[ ID: A grayscale drawing of Lief similar to the previous image, but with a different expression. He has a really goofy face with an especially wide, smug grin, somewhat resembling the “c:” emoticon. End ID ]

Lief: "It's pollen. Does that answer your question?"

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