Lost souls and Boxes.

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Arriving back at the foot of Pricklemist was easy. Getting out of the forest while bringing an igglybuff back from practical non-civil Ferals was not. Yooka was staring at the location the abandoned house was at on the hill... Hopefully the box didn't get opened. That lock looked rather complex. However, I wasn't able to look at it well enough, but... "meh..."

Another problem occured. They probably moved. It's only been half a month but non-civil peeps tend to not stay in one place... but again the abandoned house was practically their home and they were territorial but tolerant. She growled to herself. They are not going to be happy seeing me again. Being under pressure will make this easier than she thinks. Perhaps they wont recognize her now that she's a Purple Kecleon due to some intensity she's went through during that time.

She placed her bag on the ground to check its contents to make sure she's prepaired. Instead of putting it back on she decided to rest for a bit. the journey was rushed. She got back in a half the time without the igglybuff. No real rest till now. She didn't fall asleep but she laid down to think of what to do when she encounters them again or finds the box without attracting them.
"Not like they'll be a problem to handle... Alone this time, with no one to actually hinder me."

The pressure of the room was too much for Yooka. She found herself sitting down. She also thought her heart stopped as she found it hard to breath. It was just a sensation, she was breathing normally. However she gripped her chest and leaned her head against the wall. What Yigo said took her way off guard. He wanted her to be quiet. Why her? What did she do? Talk about what later?

She remained silent as she forced herself into just listening to what was occuring. This was too much for her. She said too much. Her mind shut off yet she could understand the words being spoken. What was going on? What was everyone saying again..? Why was she the target? The box... why was it so important? It's just an object. What's so special about it anyways...? She doesn't care anymore.

Yooka felt a hand grab hers and a voice spoke up that drowned the others. I-I won't give up...-- that's all she needed to hear to look down on Yigo. Did he really trust her still? Her eyes were watering but a third tear did not form. She stared at him even when the Zangoose demanded them to leave. She found herself outside in the next couple of seconds or what felt like seconds. However she also remembers taking her bag and giving it to the Zangoose so it can get the box but did he ask for it or did she? Yooka had spaced out.

She also noticed her scarf was missing. no, she faintly remembers tieing it to the backpack like a belt. She doesn't know why she did that. How much time had passed? She ignored that question as she looked back at Yigo. She smiled faintly before frowning and sitting down. "What did I do...? um, I mean, what did I do to diserve this? What am I even? I'm a guildmember who doesn't do things the right way. Do I diserve to be punished? I... don't know... anymore." Yooka layed down. she stared at the sky. The clouds never departed, it still looks like it's still going to rain but it won't. The sky has been like this for years. She remembers when the sky had a moon. She closed her eyes as she felt Yigo's presence.

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Traversing through the building´s corridors delivered a feeling of unrest. Yigo and Yooka got kicked out by the Zangoose, they had failed to help the group. At least, they would get what they wanted without that much effort, right?

Yigo could only catch a glimpse of the pack´s eyes, all looking rather disappointed at the explorer and the Sandshrew. The Kricketot started crying as they got past them and the Zangoose asked it to hand the box over. The Furfrou let out a low growl in response, disliking the idea but allowing it nonetheless. Yooka dropped her backpack to the floor, not before tying her scarf around it just before the Haunter furiously opened the house´s door and demanded that they left the place immediately. Just as they got past it, the gas slammed it against the frame, effectively closing it before a concert of loud barks and roars began to take form.

Outside, the fog had dissipated, but the cloudy sky blocked the sun´s beautiful silhouette. The freezing winds made the Sandshrew shiver and shrug. The dirt was still muddy due to the storm and just taking a single step felt really uncomfortable. The feeling of walking on something that was half liquid, that crawled on his feet and stained his precious sand was disgusting. On the bright side, it seemed unlikely that it was going to rain again. Sloshing around the muddy terrain, he found Yooka sat down, not minding the terrain conditions at all. Her visage was still the one of a soul without rest, murmuring something Yigo wasn´t able to understand with a faint smile. There was something... wrong. In those conditions, Yigo was not sure how to approach the questions he had as he didn´t know how she would answer, so he let the lady be. Still, he wondered how she was bearing the cold and moisture... he certainly wasn´t comfortable with it. But taking into account that she had shed tears before, maybe she just needed some time to herself.

"D-Do... do you want me to leave? You want to be left alone?" he advanced towards the patch of land the purple lady was standing on to see if he could catch an answer "I know that sometimes you just need time to think..."

Contradicting what he had just said, the Sandshrew laid down by Yooka´s side, trying to comfort her and to get her to share some body heat. He stared at the Kecleon with a concerned and sad gaze, waiting for her to get ready to fulfil his part of the deal. Even if they got the box and even if he gets the card, he would still have to pay for what he did at Festivity Forest. "When you are ready... I... I´ll... we need to talk"

The patch of land Yooka chose was surprisingly dry, with grass that looked like it had been cut, producing a calming scent. They were below a solitary tree of great crown made of tiny leaves and supported by a sturdy trunk. The atmosphere was perfect for Yigo to close his eyes and rest a bit more until he was needed again, yet his conscience wouldn´t allow it. When the mission was over, even if Yooka gave him the card, he had a lot to explain to her, to the guild, to the police. Even if Yooka hadn´t reported his actions from back at Festivity Forest, what he had done to Clovis was surely out. He had to tell it to someone, he had to get it out of his system. A water drop fell from the tree to Yigo´s snout, making him jump from his position alarmed, quickly trying to dry out his nose with the help of his hands before trying to find a new spot to lay down near the explorer.

The sandshrew rubbed against Yooka, transfering more heat than the humid air was already giving. She was reptilian, literally cold-blooded, but the cold itself didn't bother her for she was use to it. She would brave even the icylands, wherever they were, if she wanted. However, despite being fine with the cold, she gave the shrew a petting as she sat up. It was mostly instinctive as she had no clue of what to do as of now. She knew she had to wait, but for how long? Should she go back inside after awhile or will the Zangoose come out?

She was sitting facing away from the building. She turned sideways towards the building so as to see it when she turned her head a little further. She stared back at the building expecting something. The place was interesting if not terrifying. A place where civil-ish ferals lived. The place was marked as abandoned along time ago. Seeing them was quite a surprise. Well, after all this, they maybe would be able to... No, they would definitely be leaving after this... When she brings back the mission report, this place would be marked for investigation. It wouldn't be safe for ferals. Yooka noticed slithering noises from the side of the building behind her vision but ignored it. She just sat there looking at the building from her practical peripheral vision.

She snapped to when she found herself being wrapped by a rather long purple body. She near instantly got up to jump but the body took its grip as she stood. Squeezing her in place, she managed to get one arm free and went to grab an item from her... bag... Yooka instinctively slapped the wrapper in frustration. A moment later a head went infront of Yooka's. Its glare made Yooka blink as her body decided to stop working correctly. "Well isn't this a surprise. I thought I heard tresspasers inside but to see and hear from my friends that there was one. You want me to teach you what I do to trespassing theives?"

If she wasn't so focused on recovering she would have said something, well she did... she moaned. The squeeze was a bit much and the seviper eased up a bit as it noticed her strain. Yooka coughed a few times. She had nearly passed out from the sevipers wrap alone. This wont be easy... Yooka started to whine to herself but she took a deep breath as she took in her situation. The seviper's glare continued as it asked another question. "Well, do ya? huh, do ya?" The face got closer with every pause, till Yooka felt the tongue flick her nose. She wasn't feeling very well and she wanted the snake to just go away.

Seviper stats... be afraid, very afraid.:

The fog´s clouds brought with their humid air a bit of warmth after the adventuring duo settled below the tree. Yigo was finally enjoying a bit of comfort as the heat got in his system, little by little drying up the Sandshrew´s skin. His eyes finally fell and a brief sensation of calm took over him. Even if he had to deal with the consequences of his actions, at least now he had the explorer Yooka by his side. At best, he could get him out of that mess; at worst... team Friendship Alliance, Alki´s, Darcy´s and Morty´s team, wouldn´t have to do it. It wasn´t on him now. With the tranquillity of having fulfilled his part of the mission the only thing for him to do was wait to get the box and the card. At least that was done, he really needed to rest for what was coming and the purple lady definitely needed it as well.

She gave him no words, no objections. She just patted him on the back lightly as she waited for the Zangoose to return. The Sandshrew was still a bit ill, having a runny nose unable to track threats while his ears were trying to unhear the shouts and roars from inside the building that made his head ache. However, they were not the dwellers of the manor who made the sounds from the discussion fade. It was a push, too harsh and forced to be coming from Yooka, that woke him up completely as it made him roll sideways, away from the explorer. A bit unsettled and confused, the Sandshrew´s gaze focused on a horrific vision. They had found Viper or, better said, Viper found them. A dark serpent with golden scales, bladed tail and fangs long enough to impale any of the two was wrapping around the purple lady. Yigo´s only focus was Yooka´s expression, trying to endure the hold and directing with her eyes to one of her hands that she managed to get free. The sign was clear.

Knowing full well that, he should not damage the serpent and that, even if Yigo could pierce the scales of the Seviper he wouldn´t do enough damage to free Yooka, he reached for the explorer´s hand and tried to pull from it. The words of Viper were filled with prejudice, claiming that Yooka was nothing more than a thief. She was cursed by the action that preceded her, by her past. Was that going to happen to him as well? Yooka stood up for him, she offered him forgiveness but... who was standing up for Yooka?

"S-Stop it! S-She´s... S-She´s getting hurt! She´s n-no trespasser! We were inv-" The Seviper´s tail was swung against the Sandshrew as he was about to yell an argument to stop the serpent from harming Yooka any further. The strike was fortunately blunt, as it hit with the side of the tail´s blade rather than the edge, breaking nothing more than the grip between the duo´s hands. It was obvious that Viper didn´t want to hear what he had to say. With the strike worsening the headache and having landed on the wet soil the Sandshrew felt incapable of dealing with Viper. It was seeing in fear how, little by little, the serpent gulped down the Kecleon.

The Sandshrew had already tried to approach the issue without violence but, even if violence was the answer, he´d risk getting the box from the Zangoose. What did Yooka say about this situations? If he couldn´t help by his own means, he had to look for the explorer´s bag. However, he remembered how the Yooka-shaped bag was being handed to the group of Pokemon inside. Still a bit dizzy from the hit and lack of rest, he noticed that something got tossed behind him, right before a loud slam echoed through the scene. Looking back, Yigo found the thrown item. It was... Yooka´s bag? Just like before he met her for the second time, the bag´s presence seemed to be either a miracle or a joke. But more importantly, he recognised the one that tossed the bag. It was the white-furred Zangoose, now rushing towards Yooka and Viper, clenching fists and tongue out, claws unsheathed and hasty feet. It was wasting no time while showing the Sandshrew what to do. It was time to take the explorer out of the predator´s belly.

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ooc ¦ um... Getting right into it. xD:

The Seviper's question ate at her mind and the sqeezing did not make it easy to think quickly. She gave off a growl of annoyance and panic, mostly towards wanting to be left alone and not wanting to actually answer. She continued to stare into the glaring eyes of the Seviper. The paralysis somewhat prevented her from looking away towards the sandshrew as it tried to say something. Yigo also grabbed at Yooka's freed hand in an obviously futile attempt at getting her out of the tense grip of the Seviper. The said Seviper paid Yigo no heed and pushed him away and continued to glare at Yooka.

The squeeze of the Seviper tightened around Yooka again but not as severely as the first one. Yooka even continued to not answer except with an intense stare outside of her strained grunts from watching Yigo take a blow. After a second the Seviper tightened even more causing Yooka to say a few words in the most sarcastic way with a raspy voice, "Fine, do it."

The reaction she got was the most unexpected turn of events, or to be precise, to her. She completely spaced out about these pokemon being feral and not actually civil. The civil rules don't apply here and it was this knowledge that Yooka spaced out on. The building and speech confused her thoughts on how they lived. Yet again, getting into trouble without realizing it.

Just before her head was engulfed she opened her mouth as her eyes tripled in size to utter, "no-wait-" but it was waaay to late. Once the thought occured to actually struggle, her shoulders had already passed by the unhinged jaw of the Seviper. Yooka's panic spiked even more. However, instead of actually struggling she just closed her eyes and gave up. Her arms were pinned down and her legs aren't as useful. Yooka felt those legs slip in as she was attempting to calm down... to an extent. This could be considered the worst situation she has ever gotten into.

Mere moments have passed when she felt her legs slip through that her tail went in completely aswell. Other than the lack of oxygen and the suddenly tight feeling, she also started to feel the pings of pain surrounding her. She knew what was happening but couldn't quite get it through her head.

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ooc ¦ one post or I'm definitely retconning her out:

Freed from the burden that was Yooka´s bag, the Zangoose change his run for a charge on his fours, shouting like a battle cry "Spit her out!". The white furred Pokemon tackled the Seviper from the middle section of her body and pinned it down on the muddy soil. Yigo was confused but, nevertheless, he tried to do something to stop Viper. His instincts reacted before his chain of thought, having him pursue the Zangoose rather than formulating a plan to get Yooka out of the Seviper. Once he focused on the task at hand, the Sandshrew took advantage of the momentum he had gained to place himself in front of the serpent´s maw in an unorganised way

"Whaa.. aaagh... agh..." Was the only thing the Seviper could let out after the Zangoose´s trap. He was squeezing Viper´s body so harshly that made the dreaded feral open her jaws in pain. A contrast between the dark dull pink and the vivid purple made the explorer in need easy to spot for the desperate Sandshrew but the vision was terrifying. The Seviper caught Yooka with her wrap but it was her tongue the one that was pulling her inwards while several fluids dropped from the serpent´s inners to the Kecleon´s body. The sight left him paralysed. The resolution to save his friend banished when he noticed that she wasn´t moving. With his body´s withdrawal, he made it sound that he gave up as well. Was it... too late for him and Yooka? A scream that rapidly turned into repeated low squeaks was the only action he committed upon gazing the horrors of Viper´s plan.


"Viper... Yooka is too deep... You!" The Zangoose shouted desperately trying to catch Yigo´s attention and resisting the force with which Viper was trying to free herself "Get Yooka out NOW!" Something was wrong with his voice. The Zangoose was not showing the determination he showed in front of Yigo just mere seconds ago. His voice was going more void and sad. "What ´yer doin´, dumbass! Move!" the Zangoose cried, raising his head trying to set his eyes on the Sandshrew. Yigo could feel the pressure of the situation but what was asked of him was too much. The Sandshrew extended his arm with hesitation until he noticed something odd about how the Seviper tried to free from the Zangoose´s squeeze. The attempts grew weaker each time and she started exhaling less air. Was she... choking? No... the Zangoose was making her choke just to save Yooka. With another nasty surprise discovered, Yigo´s thoughts cleared after a brief jump. Carefully avoiding the deadly-sharp fangs, Yigo extended both of his hands trying to reach for something to tug Yooka out of the asphyxiating serpent. He managed to get half his body in while his head was forced to support Viper´s drop-shaped muscle. He had to get something but, for him not to fall in the very situation that Yooka was, he had to do it with just one of his hands. What a day to be born fingerless.


"Curse you all, strangers! She´s gonna... die!"  Even being inside the feral, it was obvious that the Zangoose didn´t care about hearing like he was crying. A bit rushed by the Zangoose´s words, he decided to stick his claw on Yooka´s tail´s end and wrap it around his arm so he could push her out of that mess. His back legs did their best to try and pull her out while the free hand prevented him from stumbling inside the Seviper in that crucial moment.

"Yooka... Yooka! C-Can you hear me?" the Sandshrew pulled and pulled, slowly making Yooka´s body slide with the body fluids as Viper´s tongue´s wrap loosened up. He just hoped that he wasn´t late. "I got her!"

Just as she finally thought her luck was up. Nah, something cold grabbed her tail. It was pretty sudden and sent a jolt to her head. Nearly passing out from lack of oxygen, Yooka felt the sensation of her tail being pulled aswell as adrenaline from the pain of her said tail being yanked on. The walls suddenly loosened, and the repulsion that is probably regurgitation took place. What was happening outside of this?

She decided to hang on and find out. She concentrated on thought and feeling rather than anything else. It was pretty hard to feel with her entire body in pain but that cold feeling from her tail made it slightly easier. Who was saving her anyway? Yigo? How is he this brave? How would he even do it? Someone else probably... The Zangoose, or perhaps... no..? the Haunter?

Just as sudden as the feeling of the pain from her tail, a voice came soon after. What was said sounded distant and unintelligible, mostly because she wasn't able to really listen as she wasn't really trying to listen. But she did hear the second bit as the adrenaline rush from the painful and rather cold grip continued to send her into an awkward panic. The voice was Yigo's but it was really muffled. Her tail instinctively forced itself to unwrap itself from Yigo's hand but rebound itself tighter in an opposite spiral around his forearm. She would rather have the grip anyway but it was for a different reason. She was in no condition to speak but she was still conscious enough to move. Was Yigo asking to join her? All she had to do was yank. It was that simple. ...but she didn't.

The Zangoose´s will wavered each second that Yigo spent trying to get Yooka out. The Seviper topped moving completely and Yooka wasn´t responding. Even though he was finally able to pull the explorer back by a few steps, he was still far from taking her out. however, as much as he had tried waking her up, she wasn´t responding. The Zangoose sobbed quietly as he didn´t need to press upon his pet Viper any longer, loosening the grip and lying on top of the serpent. Yigo, on the other hand, had troubles keeping himself from slipping on the slimy inside of the Seviper. Just as he was about to give up hope and left her where she stood, the signal he had been waiting finally came. The Kecleon´s tail freed itself from Yigo´s grip and attached itself to his shoulder instead. The sudden rearrangement made him flinch and consider what he was about to let go. Now that he knew that she was still alive and having a better point from which he could pull her out, he just had to finish the job.

Yigo advanced one of his feet to make him grab the Kecleon by her legs with stability. He took a second to breathe deeply and yanked Yooka from her legs in a last final push. Fortuitously, he wasn´t the only one trying to get her out. The Seviper, even though she looked like she had passed away, spent the little energy she could gather to regurgitate Yooka out her as soon as she noticed that the Zangoose stopped choking her. With the efforts of the two Pokemon, making the way out with Yooka proved to be achievable.

Yigo lost balance in the last push and was forced to fall backwards, making Yooka follow him as the explorer´s tail was still attached to his shoulder. His whole body was in pain and the unsettling feeling of having inner fluids on his skin made him roll until he got cleaned; however, his body forced him to rest, laying down on the dry soil watching how the great tree filtered the light that the clouds let pass. For a second, before remembering what had just happened, he felt at peace with himself. He had cause harm to one but made good to another one. His tired heavy breath was not the only one that could be heard. Yigo needed nothing more than a slight head turn to see the other pair of hero and damsel in distress. The Zangoose was resting atop the Viper, smiling discreetly with his humid face. His arms were hanging from the side of the serpent while the tail swung from side to side slowly. On contrast, the serpent was actively trying to get him off her body but, considering that she was weak after the whole incident. She also needed to catch her breath, but instead of using each mouthful of fresh air to recover, she used it to continue projecting hatred towards the explorer.

"Get off... me *pant* you... idiot *pant* I had caught *pant* the tresss- *cough* -passser" She managed to let out between the greatly needed breaths of fresh air. The Zangoose only huffed at Viper´s commentary and continued pinning down the Seviper with only the weight of his body.

No one else decided to talk for a couple of minutes until Yigo decided to break the silence just to utter a simple thought.

"I´m glad you are... alive" Yigo got his hands on the tail that was still wrapped around his shoulder. Unwrapping it carefully, he sat down in front of Yooka, trying to get a smile. Unfortunately, his attempt was foiled by his facial expression not being able to change from the terrified and worried status he was carrying. His effort to maintain a smile broke down and turned into a cry, making him stand up and rushing to get to the explorer´s arms.

While Yooka was concentrating purely on staying awake, her body became completely numb. The only things she could feel were calm and a massive headache. The only thing she could concentrate on was the thought that someone had grabbed her. After a few seconds of being pulled she lost all feeling in her body, except she somehow knows she has a grip on something. She does still have a grip... yes? She tried multiple times whenever she felt the need to tighten the grip, but it seemed pointless.

She would of just given up if it wasn't for the pain suddenly spreading and her headache doubled over. Also the feeling of being very cold. Feeling? She felt cold..? She was also feeling more pain. She must be getting better as the pain increased in intensity!

The pain, it is unbearable. especially with the ringing of the ears. Why was this happening to her? Did she finally die? She couldn't move and even though it felt like she opened her eyes it was dark out. Oddly the ringing dulled down to warbled patterns. Seems angry or irritatingly sad. No, wait... happy? Yooka couldn't exactly concentrate with the mind numbing pain.

Although it was dying down, Yooka could breathe again. As with every breath came a wave of nausea. Once that died down. Yooka finally opened an eye. Just to see a very blurry Yigo getting up from infront of her. It was Yigo... right? She closed her eyes and tried to speak up. I'm fine. I just-- She found herself immobile and mute. The only sound she managed to make was a very quiet click when her mouth loosened. She couldn't break the- whatever the sticky stiff is that currently covers her. She was just too weak at the moment.

Anyways, the Pain died down to a rather bearable level. She Quickly concentrated on the more important parts of herself. Recovering is one of her specialities or so she thinks... Besides her shadow, Recover seems to be her most powerful move. maybe. That punch seems to be a close contender but she needs to actually be skilled for that. Recover is more luck based so it seems. meh. Now the instant she felt something she tried to speak up once again, however it was pretty pained and raspy.

"Yigo...- I'm fine. I can recover -...just...leave me...- with my bag. also, do you think you can -...handle yourself...alone...- for a few minutes? -...heh...eh...- Unless it's still -...unsafe..." Yooka managed to move into a more comfortable position, on her side.

Yooka´s body covered in the slimy saliva of the Seviper seemed to be affecting more than he expected. Yigo could notice how she tried to speak but nothing understandable came out of her mouth, not even some primal sound he could try decipher. She was just mute. With his hands, he tried to clean her mouth of that annoying liquid when he finally heard her say something understandable.

"Yigo... ... just... leave me... ...handle yourself... alone..." a faint laughter followed her words "...unsafe..."

Yigo felt like if something sharp went through his chest, grabbed his heart and sliced it in front of him. She wanted him to leave her, to know nothing more about him. Yigo wasn´t helping her, he was being used. "So... t-that´s... that´s all you wanted from me? Now that... that I´m not useful to you... you want to get rid of me" Yigo´s claw was shaking nervously in front of Yooka´s cheek. What was Yigo´s purpose now that he realises that he had been used? It seemed like she was not going to hold her end of the deal, she was not going to help him go back to Grassveil, she was not going to help him get to see Alki again. "Is this... what you did to Alki as well?" Yigo slowly stood on his feet, still tired and barely supporting the rest of his body after the previous investment of energy. He tottered away from the explorer, tears dropping from the closed eyes of the Sandshrew "Do what you want from now on... lie to people... steal boxes... I don´t care anymore" Those words were enough for him to stop shedding tears altogether. With his left arm, he cleared his face off of tears but sticking at it some of the salivate remnants he had been carrying since he entered the mouth of the serpent.

Each step he travelled was filled with regret. Each step away he made him remember how he felt: cheated, filthy and unwanted. Without wanting it, he stumbled upon the water of puddle of water in the wet soil, right where Yooka´s bag was. The Zangoose had tossed it before. He recalled hearing a metal noise when he had tossed it. The box was probably there. What if he took it for himself before Yooka could react? It was obvious that she was not helping him get out the outlaw-ish ways so he might as well continue with them. Paying no attention to his instinct and usual dislike of water, the Sansdhrew picked up her Yooka-shaped bag and pondered what to do with it for a few seconds. The bag´s weight suggested that it contained many items, perhaps even the card he needed to go back to Grassveil without. Yigo opened the bag and, among some seeds and a metal ring, he discovered a box of blue metal. "So this is what she wanted..." he muttered to himself. It was as easy as taking the box for himself or even to bury it below a batch of dirt but... what that would say about him? Did he really wanted to continue with actions like that? Wasn´t his goal to returning to Grassveil as a lawful Pokemon?

Yigo pondered it for a second. This was one of those choices that could bury him down further in the situation he just was or a way out of what he did. The choice was an obvious one yet the solution was witty. Yigo decided to keep the box, but he would bring it to Grassveil himself. Should Yooka want to see the mission completed, she only had to agree on his decision and let him carry the package. He outfitted himself with the Yooka-themed backpack and got in front of her one more time, his expression filled with resolution and his words going straight to the point. "Let´s go"

With that bit said, Yooka didn't want Yigo to worry about her current state. It wasn't hard to move but she was definitely not fit to move. If one had to describe her actual status it would be stated as disoriented and unfocused. Like her senses have been jammed, locked, and then turned a bit off course. Yooka's sense for feeling was nulled by a constant prickling. Her sense of sight was pretty much spinning and/or shaking. Hearing was either a ringing or deafness by blood rush, however this was the first to get fixed if for just a temporary amount of time. Her thoughts came quickly but mostly focused on herself, especially after saying what she did to show she was fine... but... the response she received, was not what she expected.

Her eyes shot open upon hearing Yigo saying that she didn't need him apparently, but her body refused to respond. When she tried to speak up her mind got caught within itself and she ended up uttering a confused, 'a'(wha-?)... then he asked if this was what she did to Alki. Yooka relaxed to this, she felt like chuckling but staved it off as this seemed serious. The answer she doesn't recall, but she would have said 'yes, except I never got rid of Alki.' except... Yigo then continued saying a few things that shifted her thoughts and made her tense up with anger. This ended up hurting her. Sending her shadow at him seemed like something she may have to do, to keep him close till she recovered so she can explain things. She didn't look forward to doing that

Except she couldn't do it... from what he said to what she was currently thinking... It made sense. Was that really her? Yooka reclosed her eyes and went back to recovering. He had every right to leave her there.

But... Yigo didn't stop there. After a few seconds of silence Yooka was able to hear his footsteps returning. Instead of the sound of her bag, she heard his voice. That came unexpectedly. Her eyes reopened and she was able to shift herself to look at him. "You... ngh." However, she found it difficult to stand when she tried. Ended up sitting down when she spoke up. "Did you even hear me? mmm...no, I probably sounded bad." Yooka took a second and tried standing again, and succeeded, just to point at Yigo accusingly before continuing. "Think about a person's condition before you a--..." She stopped herself from saying 'assume' and even broke eye contact by looking away while closing her eyes and growling to herself, she didn't look back and her voice softened. "Yea, I may have done that before, I don't know and I don't really want to know wh-- She froze again as this time her mind focused on the previous attempt here which involved Alki. Her voice grew firm and she instinctively grabbed her arm. erm, I did not do that to Alki, I... hope... and I certainly do not approve of you saying I don't need you." She thought about stepping towards him but instead turned sideways and failed to take a step forward. She ended up with a weak foot and fell a bit before catching herself by just sitting. Yooka ignored what happened to herself and kept talking. "At first, yea, 'I used you'... but after I realized you knew Alki. I started to question some stuff but I didn't know what to really question. I never had the feeling I felt during that time. It... sort of... scared me and I instantly assumed it was evil. I ended up still doing what I questioned and... I really screwed up, ok... mmmmrrr! I'm going to need you for a little longer if you don't mind. There's just a few more things I have left to do, but I need to clear my head somewhere first."

One being the promise and another being the reward of the mission... She doesn't deserve it and Yigo should have better acquaintances that understand others. Better to fail the mission for a friend than to succeed it using mischievous methods. She went back to laying down yet again but this time she faced away from Yigo. Her headache returned aswell as the body pain from before. Too much activity after a rough recovery, for a little speach that more likely made things worse. "I'm still going to need my bag back. If there's something you want from me, just take it while I'm probably still conscious enough to accept it. I can't feel anything right now, I shouldn't have moved as much as I did. If you want to take your anger out now for what I've done, do so now aswell. Not like I haven't been through this before. Imagine doing everything great or you had the best day ever but by the end of the day there's always something you did that pulls the rug while your heading down a flight of stairs or some previous event comes back to slap you in the face even if what hapened was you giving away something for free for no reason. That's my life... or how I'm seeing it. I try to help... only to find out, I'm the cause and most of the time I don't even know what it really is I did. I either have forgotten or it just purely didn't occur to me. This one I was told and reminded and I see what they are saying but I just don't understand it." Yooka went quiet as she realized she went on for to long. She refrained herself from continuing.

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The Sandshrew looked down at the explorer, her scarfs and badges meaning nothing to him when she expressed the relevance that Yigo had in her plans. Upon seeing him he noticed some gears turning on the purple lady. Knowing that he had her bag, Yigo expected some sort of excuse for her to retrieve it back but an attempt of apology wasn´t out of his mind either. He found enough body strength to remain somewhat stable and in a position to show superiority in front of Yooka. However, against all that he had expected, she was blaming him for not hearing correctly and for not taking into consideration in which state the one he was talking to was. That did nothing to soften him, rather making him more wary about what Yooka could say next. He kept silent, still expecting for something committing to come out of her mouth like a threat to him if he didn´t return the bag or some excuse for him to explain himself.

Even though it might have been late, Yooka tried again with an apology that made his lips twitch. She found enough strength to stand up and she showed some remorse about her actions yet Yigo wasn´t trusting her after knowing that many Pokemon had lied to him that day, he couldn´t afford to trust her. Still, seeing her fall was painful. For once, he wanted to help her to get up as she might not be ready to stand up on her own and she was doing it for him but, on the other side, he had to stay strong and show to Yooka that she couldn´t manipulate him any further into doing what she wanted to do. She had expressed her need of him for a future task, something that made the Sandshrew show a fang in disagreement. She hadn´t earned his availability with the performance in the mission. He´d just finish it himself and let her do whatever he was needed for instead.

Yigo was about to leave as the explorer needed to clear her head somewhere first with an I´ll see you at the guild, then sent with disdain until she said something similar to what he´d heard from her in their first encounter: She offered herself to be the target of his anger, just like she offered at Festivity Forest. On that situation, she was apparently in top shape with two friends or acquaintances to cover her up or to judge Yigo´s actions but now, she was defenceless with two other Pokemon that didn´t seem to like her very much so, what was stopping him from telling or showing her what he felt about all the harm she alone had inflicted upon him. The explorer kept talking, trying to say that it was her everyday routine: trying to do good, do her best and see everything ruin your life in a moment. Those were some things he couldn´t just keep quiet about

"That´s my life..."
"...that´s my life" he muttered not to interrupt the explorer. When he was certain that she was done he added "Do you remember the day we met? Don´t... assume that you are the only one. You are not alone... we are... not alone... I know what you feel..."

A bit of the anger that Yigo had repressed inside was released with those words but, more than a direct and unproductive release, he used them to find relief and to give Yooka a way out of that conversation. He was ready to forgive the explorer.

PrimordialPrim carried out 2 launched of one Pricklemist Hill :

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ooc, nope, you gave me an idea, thanks. :3:

Hearing those words slammed into Yooka harder than Yigo intended. Yooka's body started to take a faint shine. She was done taking her time, now she was going full force recover. "Well If you know, then why does it sound like you don't trust me, like you have some alter motive to keeping my bag? Was I mumbling my words? 'I can recover quickly or instantly. just leave me alone for a few minutes... protect yourself if it's still dangerous.' Now I see it is not and now I am using more energy to actually recover." Yooka got up easily, her face was serious, and her body still faintly glowing. "I don't like it when someone tries to steal my stuff, let alone hold onto it without my permission. I always hold out on my end of the deal, it's what my previous job taught me. I am now questioning if your black mailing me. I don't want to hurt you."

Her body stopped gowing and she suddenly flinched and her body felt like it jumped. what did Yigo say? 'When they last met...?' Easter. Ah, right. Yooka's voice suddenly softened aswell as she spoke moments after the sudden perk from what she did. "Oh, I don't usually get so angry... Anyways, what happened when I left the last time we met? I didn't exactly finish that conflict between you and the Piplup. I hope that Piplup didn't give you anymore trouble when I left. He can be a bit... much. If he did, I hope you didn't take it aggressively." Yooka avoided eye contact and took a step back. then turned around before tensing up about getting angry. If she was able to change color she'd have turned a light blue.

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Yooka wasn´t an easy Pokemon to convince, she had probably predicted what Yigo´s motives were by the way he was trying to explain himself. The explorer´s words rose some questions: Did Yigo trust her? Was that what she was trying to say all along? Yigo´s eyes twitched when Yooka mentioned that he might have another reason to keep the bag. He looked away while he had his mouth open and stuttering something that might sound convincing "I-I... I just... you were on the floor and you were weak... no, weakened! I was just trying to help you carry it to the guild!" he said changing the pace between the sentence. Not even himself thought that Yooka could believe that. Honestly, Yigo said the truth. However, he failed to tell  Yooka that he wanted to carry the bag so she didn´t leave him behind, like the seeds of a berry after consuming the fruit "I... I had to open the bag to help you... just like you told me to! I didn´t steal anything, I swear!"

The explorer was getting angry and ahead of herself. Unlike before, she was now in a better state and she was probably able to seize the bag by force or, at least, Yooka´s following words suggested so. He was now afraid of her, backing off and extending hands so to show her that he meant no harm. It only went worse when she decided to remind him that he had something to explain. At least... she seemed to have calmed down a little as she stepped back and stop focusing on him with her sight.

"W-When you left... Clovis... he tried to cheer me up" Yigo started from the beginning with no intention to lie "but... that was just the first few moments... I... I just wanted to go home but he started asking questions..." He looked back at Yooka to ensure that she was hearing what he had to say but it felt impossible to look at her for long, his eyes lowering until they were focused on his hands, grabbing each other "The Piplup started to say that I was not like him... not civilised... and... and..." Yigo started feeling some anxiety just from remembering what happened, both of his hands on his head "I-I was scared... he hit me... but he thought it was normal! And I tried to defend! But he wanted me to submit! And... and..." Yigo shrank into himself with his hands now covering his sight "the last thing I remember was waking up at night..." he continued with it a more quiet, soft voice "M-My claws... they were red... I was wet and all my body ached..."

"Yooka... I didn´t want that to happen" he said with regret, getting his hands out of his head and looking back at Yooka "I have to go back... I have to fix this... I... I-I don´t want to be a criminal!" Yigo stepped closer to Yooka, not afraid anymore and ready to know what she had to say "but you already knew that, right?"

((ooc: wow... uh, that idea actually worked. ))

Yooka blinked and looked straight ahead at whatever direction she was currently looking. Her mind just stopped working as it focused on the vibe Yigo was giving off. His sudden change caused a secondary sequence of thoughts that conflicted with her original thoughts. She seriously didn't want to continue this conflict and just technically stopped thinking about it.

She stared off into the distance as Yigo explained some rather disturbing scenarios that she would have been afraid to admit were bad. Instead of answering back, she grabbed the wrist that held the bag and twisted it just a tadbit. She didn't want to exactly injure Yigo, but she definitely wanted her bag back. She grabbed the bag from the other side with her tail, curling around it twice. She then let go of Yigo's wrist and stared at him for a few seconds before walking off. "I understand and I now know you don't understand what I go through all the time like you said. No, I shouldn't say that. I did it again, twice." Yooka shook her head and changed the subject. From what you said now, what you did was an assault, that coupled with attempted murder. What he did was misgive information alongside assault aswell, or I could say he told you what he thought was correct, and that's exactly what I am doing now. What you did is far worse, but he didn't take into considerations of what a non-civil pokemon would take of his actions. You probably won't understand... and I don't think Grassveil's laws even works the way I think they do as I too get in trouble without realizing it till after it's been explained, but this one... and Clovis... Hmm, Anyways, What you did with my bag, that was fine. I understand that, but this IS my bag. When I say to give it back, just give it back, I don't want that to be interpreted as me not trusting you, but that's just how I am I can't exactly control that or even explain it outside my stuff is the only thing I can consider mine as everything else was taken away in one form or another. Your just hard to understand similar to myself, but most of the stuff I do, I am aware of it, but without knowledge that it was wrong. You just plainly don't know what it is that is wrong.

What you did to that Piplup... what he... it's questionable to decide the outcome really, that was not a good idea on both of your sides. Just, come with me and listen to what I say, I'll take care of that when we get back, but I really need to think this over as your current situation is not one to take lightly. We are NOT heading to the Guild just yet. That would be a very bad idea right now." Yooka slipped the bag on. She paused and blinked upon seeing the box inside the bag, she completely forgot about the box, was that why Yigo wanted to hold the bag? She then took out something. "However, despite all that, here... I did say I'd give this to you." Her headache returned tenfold, causing her to grip her frill but she didn't complain in anyway about it. After handing Yigo the little card with her Guild information, her mind wandered off of the heavy subject and on to what she should do for now and the mission she was currently on.

(( ooc: ok, I'm done, but will the idea be allowed to finish. If you want to submit the mission as finish go ahead, there's no way I'm letting the box get touched again at anytime anyway. So it's a guaranteed safe trip back. :3 ))