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the tomboyish mermaid and the real mermaid at your service!

Who: Misty, Neris, ANYONE
What: Misty and Neris give RELATIONSHIP ADVICE. See OOC note below!
Where: Neris' dorm, TD-21
When: January 9th, Sunday, any time!
Warnings: Depends on who jumps in!

Neris' dorm is especially gorgeous today. The little apartment of sorts is decked out in little heart stickers, pillows, pink plushies, and overall cutesy and lovey merchandise. Along with that, slow dance music can be heard emanating from the radio on one of the desks inside. In the center of the dorm, there are two loveseats sitting across from each other, clearly for a certain service advertised on the front of the dorm room's door. In front, one can see a sign that reads this:

~ MISTY AND NERIS - THE ROMANCE GURUS ~

We help with your relationships, dates, and anything you can think of! As we like to say, we love to help with love! Our services are free, too! ♥ We'll be happy to see you!

Misty and Neris waited inside for any potential 'customers'. What an EXCITING TIME.

((OOC: Okay, this is how this goes! You can post in either log format (i.e. blah blah descriptions "hi I am speaking") or action format (i.e. [words words] talking talking), and we will comply with that! It's all what you're comfy with. :> Just throw in your dudes for relationship advice, relationship chatting, or just whatever you want (even if it's just to bug a mermaid and a gym leader)! If you don't want people to eavesdrop or threadhop, please let us know, too, in an OOC note. Thanks! <3))

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It was embarrassing to admit, but little Marie was developing a little crush on a little spider. He hadn't told his team yet, especially after learning that Sasha and Vinnie were friends with Spinny. He couldn't ask them for advice, considering he had only recently offered his own expert advice to Red, in regards to Misty. Instead, he was attempting to ignore the bitty inkling of a crush.

Marie hadn't heard the boring elevator music over his own. But something had caught his attention. A cutesy sign on the dorm's door, advertising romance advice. Now, clearly this Misty couldn't be the same Misty he was thinking of. So the Squirtle pulled out his headphones and peaked inside.

Dear Arceus, it was Misty. Marie kind of just stood there like a bidoof for a few moments, unsure of what to do...

Edited 2011-01-09 20:59 (UTC)

Misty perked up once she saw the door slowly cracked open. Oh, a customer! Or, well, a possible customer. She was quick to shout to Neris, "Neris! Someone's here!" She was obviously excited to get down to work, and to think a customer got here so soon! That was a good sign.

She rushed over to the door and pulled it open a little more to see who it was. She was extra pleased to see that it was Marie of all people. One of Red's Pokemon AND a Squirtle? Misty had to love him.

"Marie! Hi there! Did you come for any help today?"

"Oh, uh! No, I was just passing by," Marie immediately replied. There was no way Marie was going to tell Misty who he was crushing on. That was definitely too awkward for words. ...But Misty's expression is what kept him from bolting out of the room. She seemed so excited to see him.

"I didn't know you were a love guru," he asked, looking away from Misty.

"Oh! Really? Then I guess you were just curious?" Misty laughed. Darn, and here she thought he was going to be one of their 'customers'. She was so itching to get down to business and everything!

"Well, I've always been into romance and love, so... I thought trying to help people would be a great idea! Not to mention that Neris is really good at this stuff, too!" She looked over to the mermaid in question.

Marie gave the mermaid a passing glance, but focused most of his attention on the totally interesting wall behind the two love gurus. He was listening to everything Misty was saying, but he might have looked like he was zoning out... Once she was finished, though, he replied.

"So, what do you do exactly? Like, you tell people how to tell their crush that they like them ... or is it more like couple's therapy? Or whatever..." he asked, shyly fidgeting as he spoke.

"It can be anything! Resolving couples' issues, what places are good for dates, how to tell crushes that you like them, what a good gift is for your crush... anything!" Misty clapped her hands together. "It just has to be about romance for it to count!"

As Misty clasped her hands, Marie fidgeted with his hands; forming fists, then stretching out his fingers and causing his knuckles to quietly pop.

"Huh. Have you guys gotten any ... customers ... yet?" he asked, starting to mumble a little. He was likely coming off a little awkward, but that wasn't unusual behavior for the Squirtle.

Misty gave an awkward laugh and scratched her cheek with her fingertip. Well, that was... ahahaha. Any customers. Hahaha. Sob.

"Well, actually, you're our first customer! I mean, well, not customer... so I guess our first visitor?" That made a little more sense.

"Oh..." Marie replied, looking a little guilty. "I guess it's kind of early for most people." Gosh, this was kind of awkward...

"Hey, maybe I could ask you something," he offered, wincing. "I mean. Not related to me. To ... a friend."

Smooth.

Real smooth, but Misty was rolling with it. She leaned her cheeks onto her palms, obviously excited. Goodie!

"Sure thing! Ask us anything!"

"Like I said, it's not me. But I know someone who has a crush on a girl. But he pretty much just met her. And he has a hard time reading her emotions," Marie started rambling, mumbling here and there. He also began fidgeting again.

"Do you think he should tell her that he likes her, or should he get to know her better first..." he added, giving Misty a worried glance.

Misty gave a soft hum and thought for a moment. He just met her and has a hard time understanding her? Whoever the guy was, this would only spell out trouble for him. The emotions thing could prove to be a huge barrier.

"I think the best idea would be to wait! If he has a hard time knowing her emotions, he could always say the wrong thing, do the wrong thing, and hurt her when he doesn't mean to hurt her. He'd have to be careful!"

Marie thought about this for a moment. The best idea would be to wait... But wait for what, exactly? Wait for Spinarak to suddenly start expressing her emotions in a way that actually made sense to Marie? That may never happen. In fact, it probably never would.

"But the reason he has a hard time he has a hard time reading her is because she doesn't... show them," he tried to explain, frowning. "Maybe he's just thinking too hard about this and should probably forget about it..."

Hm. Misty thought for a moment again, unsure of how to respond to that. So she doesn't show them? That's... kind of strange. So she seems blank? Seems being the keyword. Everyone has emotions in some way or another.

Misty nodded. "That makes it a lot harder, huh? Well, maybe he should find out what she likes? Maybe he can see what happens if he does more things for her that she likes. That might help!"

Marie listened intently, actually bothering to look at Misty as she spoke. He nodded along and started to calm down a little. Talking to Misty actually wasn't so bad; as long as he pretended he wasn't talking about himself, anyway.

"That makes sense. She seems pretty open about what she does and doesn't like. Just not through the expressions on her face," he explained. Clearly his speech was very mysterious and no one could figure out he was talking about his own crush. Clearly.

Very, very clearly. Hmmm. Marie seems to be talking as if she knows this girl and has observed her. Misty was beginning to wonder about his story, but she wasn't going to open her mouth. That might make the situation turn sour in an instant.

"That's great! As long as he can figure it out, it could work out from there. If you want to share, do you know what she likes? I mean, to help your friend. That might help with ideas. I could help with that!" She paused, tapping her fingers on her knees. "Oh, but if you don't know or don't want to tell me, that's okay, too."

"I know she likes painting," he started, thinking back to the second time he had encountered the itsy bitsy spider. They had met in the common rooms, and Spinarak had taught Marie to paint masks with her. "She paints masks. He made her one with a smiley face on it," he continued, clenching his fists and smiling sheepishly. "And I think she likes other crafts, too. She made him a doll for Christmas, so I guess she's pretty creative."

He paused to think for another second, then added, "I think she also likes comic books. And she doesn't like the cold."

"Well then, he can always make her stuff like that! Maybe he can make her a nice drawing or something with crafts. Or maybe creative baking? He could make a gingerbread house! Those are creative and they taste good!"

Misty thought harder and harder. "Comic books... maybe he could draw her little comics to make her happy? Comics of her favorite characters!"

This was an interesting thought. It would probably be a little more interesting if Marie had an ounce of creativity in his body. A gingerbread house, while a nice idea, would likely end in disaster. Although, Marie had thought his mask was a disaster, yet Spinny seemed to like it... This was all so confusing.

"I don't know. I guess he could try, but he's not very creative. Maybe she'd appreciate the effort, though..." he replied, pursing his lips in concentration. "I guess I could try..."

And then Marie was absolutely mortified by the words that just came out of his mouth.

Marie, you are probably going to regret that, as Misty is the epitome of a romance- for lack of better word- fangirl. She, at first, just stares at him with wide eyes as she realized that her suspicions were just confirmed.

She then grinned very widely and leaned over, eager as Justin Biever.

"You're the one who likes her?!"

Be mortified, Marie. Be very mortified.

If someone were to walk in at that moment and somehow kill Marie, he would likely be okay with it. It was obvious now, he thought. There's no way he could recover from that.

He opened his mouth, and at first, all that came out was a series of vowel sounds. When he tried again, it was a little more successful.

"I never said that," he tried. "What I meant was... Look, just don't tell Red I was here, okay?" He covered his face, now completely red, with his freckled hands. After a second or two, he peaked out from between two of his fingers...

"Her name is Spinny... Spinarak."

SCREAM. This made this feel even more interesting to work with. Marie liked Spinarak! Now that really cleared up some things! Now Misty could see what he meant by her not showing emotions. Spinny seemed nice, but she was pretty blank at times.

"Wow, I know Spinarak! She's a great girl!" For a bug, at least. Well, okay, she's a great girl when she isn't in Pokemon form. "Okay, well... I promise that it'll be a secret between the three of us, okay?" She glanced over to Neris, then back to Marie.

Yes she was totally there. She was a little distracted until then.

"Yes, of course!" Neris added with a smile. "No one likes getting things spoiled, I know I wouldn't like it!"

She clasped her hands together with glee. This was such a cute case!

"I hope things go well for you!"

Misty knowing Spinarak just made it all so much worse. Marie could feel his face heating up, and he reluctantly removed his hands from his face to lift his hood over his head. That helped a little...

He listened to Misty, and then to Neris. At least they were planning on keeping everything confidential.

"Thank you," he mumbled nervously to Neris.

"It's no trouble at all! You can get her if you try! Just try to make her happy! That's always important!"

Misty clapped her hands together. "Do you think you're set to go now, or do you need any more help?"

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the tomboyish mermaid and the real mermaid at your service!

[early morning (8-ish?)]

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[oops, disregard my repeated "he has a hard time" up there.]

[pfff it's okay I didn't even notice |D;;]

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