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❥ SECOND DRAGONSTONE | ACTION [ANYWHERE] | FOURTH WALL

[Nowi's a pretty easy-going girl. She's also ridiculously curious, and since she's been (presumably) teleported to somewhere other than Cherrygrove, she's got a lot to explore. She'll be up in the trees, searching through the tall grass for Pokémon, or even exploring the city, if she's lucky enough to land in one. The only noticeable difference are Nowi's ears - they're no longer round and human, but instead long and pointy. But her curiosity dies the moment she sees something familiar.

Something very familiar.]

Oh no... What are you doing here!?

[The thing moans, but that's not exactly a helpful response. Nowi narrows her eyes and reaches to her belt for a Pokéball. Instead she comes away holding something she's been missing for awhile.

Her eyes light up immediately and she holds the Dragonstone above her head. Pink petals burst from the ground and surround her and when she emerges she's no longer a tiny girl - she's a dragon. The transformation looks like something from a magical girl series.]

Yeah! This feels soooo good!

[Her voice is a bit distorted, but it still obviously belongs to Nowi. She does a few flips in the air before remembering that the Entombed is still standing there.]

Oh, right! Hey, you! Let's go already!

[She rears back and releases a blast of fiery dragon breath. It slams right into the golden creature, but it doesn't seem fazed at all.]

Uh oh...

[Alternatively, you can run into her after she's beaten up the Entombed and is currently flying around as a dragon. Because that's not going to scare anyone or anything.]

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[Ehhh, he did say he doesn't care if people see him do it; somehow he doubts the loudness is reaching anyone who didn't already see Dragon vs. Zombie, anyway, so it's not like what he's doing is all that bizarre by comparison.

His response to all that enthusiasm is to back up a bit, though, for space's sake, before pulling out a pair of kokeshi dolls he always carries on his person; he's done it here too, because old habits die hard, even if he can't use them for their intended purpose. Opening them is easy, the movement natural; he releases the water inside them in the usual pattern, the streams crossing easily and forming orbs in front of him.

He doesn't shoot, though; he just kind of lets them hover there.]

Most people expect fire for some reason.

[It amuses him, though, kinda.]

I use 'em when people decide it's a good idea to get rough with me. I can shoot them, get some speed behind them; they're not going to kill anyone, but they're pretty good at getting people to lay off.

You're a mage! I didn't expect that. I thought you'd be like... um... maybe a mercenary? A thief? I dunno, something that uses swords or something.

[...She's talking about job classes, don't mind her.]

But wow, that's so cool! I've never seen anyone use water like that! But yeah, I would've expected fire. Maybe it's your hair? It does look pretty fiery.

No point in actual human weapons where I'm from. Everyone's already dead, remember? And arbiters can't die.

[The water dissipates quickly, vanishing off...somewhere; mage indeed, apparently.]

Oh yeah, that's a good point. But that's so cool! Maybe someday I'll get to see you fight with it, huh? I bet that'd be fun to watch!

Maybe, who knows.

I do some other non-combat stuff too - nothing like the dragon thing, though.

Like what? What else can you do?

I can look like other people, if I feel like it. That one I'm not showing you out in the open, but maybe later.

Wow, really?

[She realizes that she's being too loud, so Nowi drops her voice to a whisper. Well, it's a stage whisper at best, but she's trying really hard.]

So could you like, turn into me? Or anyone else you've seen here?

Yeah, if I felt like it. I can alter some minor stuff too - it's our eyes that look off, I don't like doing it but I can hide the marks in them to look more human. Things like that.

Your eyes?

[Nowi stands on her tiptoes to see if she can get a good look at them. She can't, so she immediately pouts.]

Lean down, I can't get a good look!

[...AS LONG AS YOU DON'T MIND IF HE ROLLS SAID EYES FIRST...

Fine, fine. Happy?]

Oh wow...

[She's mesmerized by them for a moment before she clenches her fists and looks very excited.]

They're so cool, Ginti! I've never seen eyes like that before! They've got really awesome shapes and the colors are so pretty together!

[...Right, just...let him straighten up once all the excitement starts, damn.]

Yeah, so...that's what they usually look like.

[God, what the hell does he do with this, he doesn't usually get compliments like that.]

[But now she has to look up like a million miles to see them!!]

That's so neat! I kinda wish they were like that all the time; I could get lost in them all day!

[NOWI]

No, you couldn't!

[DID YOU JUST HIT ON HIM]

Sure I could! You'd just have to sit really, really still!

[DO YOU REALLY WANT AN ANSWER TO THAT OR]

What makes you think I would?!

[KINDA??]

Well now you're just being mean!

[DON'T WORRY IT WAS JUST A JOKE!!!!

OR WAS IT]

So business as usual, then.

[ughhhhhhhhh]

Show me the dragon thing again. I want to see you do it.

[LOOK, A DISTRACTION.]

[Hey, at least she didn't call you "literally the worst" again!]

Oh, yeah! Sure!

[Nowi steps back and pulls her Dragonstone from her belt. She holds it above her head and her transformation follows the same pattern as before. The pink petals wrap around her and when they disappear she's a dragon again.]

[Well, yeah, and he's pretty used to "you're being mean" by now.

...that said, god, what the actual hell.]

...You know, I had no idea what I was expecting when you said you were a dragon, but it wasn't that somehow.

Isn't it great? It's so much fun and everyone thinks it's really cool!

[Probably because there aren't many Manaketes around...]

You were probably expecting a wyvern! You know, big and dark and intimidating and not really cute at all. But I'm big and intimidating and adorable!

[Settle down, Nowi.]

You can say it, wyverns are ugly as hell. I think it's more the color that's throwing me off as you go, though.

Well, I think Cherche would never let me get away with something like that... Her wyvern's her favorite person in the world!

Why's my color throwing you off? It looks like my hair. Were you expecting me to be some other color?

...There's a difference between the hair being that color and everything being that color. It's really bright.

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