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"Metal?" Meg would stop dead in his tracks and turn his attention towards Crystal, befuddled over the idea of using metal instead of wood. "Metal corrodes so quickly compared to wood, why would you use metal for something that's suppose to stand for decades, even centuries? A metal structure would last at most a decade, if that, the air itself eats away at it. It's like how Steel types are weak to Poison types but Grass resists Poison. Shoot, it would be nice if we could use metal for long term buildings, then maybe the Old Woods would still be standing south of the city." The man said, insinuating that Ilex Forest no longer exists in this world, cut down for construction more than likely.

Meg would turn his attention back to the tower and chuckle at Monique's comment over who was leading who. Without another word he would enter, the others following behind. Inside would look almost identical to the Radio Tower in their world, at least the lay out. The posters on the wall, advertising their shows, were much different. Instead of the 'Pokeflute' channel they advertised the Pokehorn, an image of a screaming Jigglypuff next to a french horn. Was that suppose to be soothing!? Did Jigglypuff scream in this world to put their victim's to sleep? Too many questions to answer.

"Bye stupid!" Meg said as he approached the receptionist, flipping off the man on the other side of the counter, the gesture no doubt being shocking to the prime universe Snagems but it looked like a standard greeting here. "We're here to take a tour of the tower. When is your next one?" The man inquired, the smile of the receptionist fading as Meg asked about a tour.

"Oh, erm...no tours today, sorry." The receptionist replied, a nervous look on his face.

"No tours? Why? I thought the Radio Tower provided daily tours. Something happen?" Meg inquired.

"N-no...I mean, yes. Construction going on, you know, too dangerous for visitors. My most insincere apologies." The man said, giving Meg two middle fingers.

Meg would say no more, instead he would nod and look around, spotting a vending machine in the corner of the room and then turned back to the receptionist. "Mind if we buy a drink?" The receptionist shook his head yes...which meant no? Did he mind? Who knows, this place was confusing. Either way Meg knew what he meant and walked over to the machine, instructing the other two to follow. Once they were at the machine he would huddle them up, backs turned to the receptionist so he wouldn't hear them.

"He's telling the truth- er...lying. Did you see any kind of sign of construction going on outside? And they certainly would have made an announcement in advance and BLK keeps an ear on the radio. You heard nothing of the sort, have you, BLK?" He asked his SNAG, taking it out in whispering into it.

"No ma'am, there has been no announcements of construction and for good measure I checked the city's database and see no record of permits for such construction." BLK responded on the lowest volume.

"See? Something is fragrant around here and I don't think there are any gross Bellossom nearby nor is it Mitsuki." Meg commented, poking fun at his teammate. "Plus he seemed nervous to top it off. Now the question is...what? What's going on? Why don't they want anyone on the higher levels?" He pondered. Why indeed? A sense of knowing would overcome Crystal as she gave it the slightest of thought.

A shrill, high-pitched sound could be heard in the Radio Tower lobby, which the people would likely quickly identify as laughter. If any looked to the source, they'd find a young girl in a flamboyantly feminine outfit who looked like her sides were going to hurt any second now. After taking a moment to calm down, she walked over to the gathered group of mostly Prime Snagems, gracing the receptionist with a quick middle finger as she passed on her way to Monica's side.

"Wow, that was a chill mood. Did'ja work on that one all morning, or what?" she asked, giggling a bit more before punching her mildly on the shoulder. "Name's Abigail. First time in the big city?"

Mitsuki took up the group's rear and observed Meg's interaction with the Radio Tower's receptionist. Yeah, it was out of the ordinary, she felt. She leaned against the machine and said "Yeah, no Kadabras to do any of the heavy lifting they usually do..." She looked around and wondered if now would be a good idea for her to put her Electric channeling to use- the tower was made of wood and the Grass type was weak to Electric moves. "Want me to make a distraction? It could give you a moment to sneak past security and grab an ID badge." She offered, the Elekid on her shoulder rubbing his hands together coyly. She hadn't had an opportunity to put her new abilities to use quite yet since coming back from Negative One Island.

Meg sighed at Monique's outburst, the receptionist nodding their head in response to Monique, saying nothing as Monique was pulled over to the corner. The Snagem leader then listened to the others speak, taking in all their options before coming to his own conclusion. "We'll sneak in. Well...not our walking sun of a friend here." He grinned at Sundaria. "I like Mitsuki's idea, so go for it. Get Monique here an ID badge but zap into unconsciousness who you take it from and get a picture of them. She can then transform and with the badge no one will be none the wiser...provided your illusion skills are up to par but they seem to be." Meg said.

"Monique can then sneak in, get access to the main antenna and rig our SNAG to it and BLK can scan the entire region for your sister. Shouldn't take but a few minutes to complete a scan so even if you get caught all you have to do is hold them off long enough." He went on, explaining the rest of the plan. "The rest of us can stay ready in case things go south. So, what do you think?" He asked Monique.

A grin would find its way back to Meg, chuckling. "I'm good for that. We're confident you two got this." The grin would be redirected to Monique and Mitsuki before the hybrid created herself a small floating platform, sitting down on it and pulling out her journal. She'd then open it up and begin jotting a few more things down in it, like how the society acted and how everything, even typing, was flipped upon its head here. Thank the Light she didn't have to stay here permanently.

Mitsuki would get a huge rush of electrical current surging into her and if not for her partner Elekid she would have no doubt be part of the 'formerly alive' club right, though speaking of the Elekid just got a nice meal itself so it likely wouldn't complain. As the lights went out the receptionist jumped up, the emergency lights flicker on as he rose to his feet, just in time to get a good look at Mitsuki falling to the ground. Oh no, this was a lawsuit waiting to happen! The receptionist would run right over to Mitsuki and crouch down at her side, it was difficult to see in this low poorly lit emergency lighting from the desk.

"Are you bad!? I'm so glad! What can I do?" He carried on, trying to check up on Mitsuki, putting a hand on her shoulder. This was Mitsuki's chance.

Monique looked at the electrocuted attendant. She didn't think clothes like this would actually look good on men—heck, she'd been adjusting to having more men around than she did in her homeworld—but it was a cute little purple number.

She looked for a moment, trying to copy as many details as possible. The Snagems would notice her Illusion shift to match. Pointing up, Monique looked back at her teammates, impatient. She wanted this over with. She wanted Kasumi safe. She wanted herself safe.

Figuring that this was an appropriate task for someone who forced her way into someone else's affairs, Abigail wordlessly left the building and leaned against the door. If anyone she didn't recognize showed up, she'd explain that the lobby was undergoing a serious interior redesign and that it was too dangerous for even employees to come in. If anyone she recognized showed up, she'd laugh and say the guy at the front desk is paying her to keep people out so his bosses can focus on this big project they're working on. She didn't know any Radio Tower employees, so nobody in the know would hear this lie. As a bonus, anyone who tried to push past her would feel the wrath of her squad of small, cute, and very potent Poison and Dark Pokemon.