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"If he's not careful, one of us is gonna have to carry him to bed~" Tails sang, loud enough that Tristen might hear him. It always helped to have a fire under one's butt.

If they were a fire type, anyway.

"I don't know. It was fun, even with you messing with us, but there's no telling how far it'll go. We'll just have to wait and see."

Was Keiko being skeptic or cryptic? Hard to tell. Thank her exes for that. "But I've got bigger problems right now. Have any of the others come back?

"Present!" announced Alex from where she sat criss cross on the couch with her laptop. Although she couldn't remeber the teleport as it happened so quickly, she was here now right? The girl paused her typing to see what the others were talking about some 'Al' person.

"Mm...I haven't slept that good in a long time...normally I get up earlier than this." Sub said with a yawn as he rose up out of bed, looking over at the clock on the wall, noticing he had overslept. He didn't really care much about oversleeping, he needed the rest. As he got out of bed he also scratched his head, like he did every morning, but this morning something felt different. "...my hair feels weird..." He immediately raced out of the room, finding and entering the bathroom, he was beginning to worry, he needed to look in a mirror right away. "I-I...m-my hair..." He stuttered as he looked in the mirror, seeing his new haircut and dye, the color leaving his face as he stared at it in disbelief for a good five minutes, not speaking again. He only stopped staring at himself in the mirror when he passed out, falling over onto the floor out cold.

Keiko nodded, a bit surprised that Odd knew Al, but the older man did say that there were a lot of people that barged in when he met Reno. Perhaps Odd was one of them. Of course, it was entirely possible that the two meet at a different time. "He seems to be getting better about it, yes. Little by little.

When Odd mentioned Narcissa, Keiko seemed a bit confused, until it hit her. "Oh! That pink thing? The one that was following you when we first met? I... no... I don't think I have seen it. Sorry."

"Frillish? Oh! It's a Pokemon?" Keiko asked quite derpishly. Getting over her ditzy spell, Keiko looks away from Odd, toward the entrance. ]"Come to think of it, I'm going to check on something. Be right back. Probably."

With that, Keiko stepped out of HQ to find Al hanging out with Tweety by the waterfall. So as not to surprise the man, she waited until she was standing beside him, about a foot away, before she said anything. "Good afternoon."

The cold-hearted redhead strode into HQ, a bag hanging from one shoulder, and a ragged object held in her left hand. A single golden eye glanced around, barely taking in the people around. Kairi had no intention of talking to anyone right now. Her goal at the moment was to go find Leslie, and toss the bag at the younger girl. It was filled with her stuff anyways. The object in her hand however... Kairi intended to keep that. An old keepsake of hers, something she thought was gone forever. It was tattered, but, it had been one of the few rare gifts Kairi had received from her father growing up, and she wasn't about to let it go.

Where had Kairi been this last little while? She had been back in Goldenrod, stealing away into the house she had lived in before running away from her mother. Her intention had only been to grab a few of Leslie's things and then leave, but, she had stupidly gotten distracted and had gotten caught. She shuddered at the thought of seeing her mother again. She hadn't said anything to her, just staring at the woman, but, she was welcomed with a punch to the face from the older woman. Kairi absent-mindedly rubbed the left side of her face. There was still quite the bruise there, but, it didn't matter. What was one more mark on her face, anyways? It would fade eventually anyways. The red-headed girl clung to the object she was carrying. What was it exactly? Well, the soft and tattered fabric that barely held together, was patched together to look like a Houndour, one of Kairi's favorite pokemon. It was actually a comforting item to the girl, and she wasn't about to let it go ever again.

Kairi continued to wander around HQ until she eventually came across Leslie and Reno. The red-headed girl quickened her pace, catching up to the two. One, her sister, the other her boyfriend. She had missed them while she was gone, both of them. Heck, she even missed her sister's flying rat, err, Spearow. She didn't say anything, though she grabbed one of Reno's arms with her free hand, hoping to get his attention.

Feeling the hand grasping at his arm, Reno turned to face whoever this person was. Upon seeing the shocking red hair, he instantly knew who it was. Wrapping Kairi in a hug, he just held her close to him. He had missed her while she was wherever she had went. Behind him, Leslie had scaled his back and was looking at Kairi, giving a small wave to get her attention.

"So Kairi, where ya been? I missed ya." Reno told the woman in his arms, Leslie adding in with, "I missed you too, Sis." Noticing the bruise on her face and the worn plushie in her hand, he asked, "I assume ya came from yer mother's 'ouse. Glad ta see ya got yer favorite plushie there. Although I may 'ave ta introduce yer mother to the business end a my nightstick. So anythin' else 'appen?"