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[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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[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.

I know! It's really pretty!

[MORE LIKE EYE-SEARING]

If you say so.

[...shine on, you...crazy, neon diamond.]

What, you don't agree? What's wrong with the color?

Hey, technically I didn't say anything.

[Chill, you.]

Yeah, but you didn't agree with me either!

[Can't stop, won't stop!!]

So what do you like to do when you're like that, anyway? Other than beat up your potato sacks.

[Subject change ahoy.]

[You're very good at this...]

Flying, duh! There's nothing like getting to soar in the sky and go really fast and do backflips and--

[!!!!!]

Hey, Ginti, do you wanna go for a ride?

Depends. Do you offer that a lot?

Only to the people I really like! And people who need to get somewhere in a hurry. But mostly to people I like! Why?

How many people take you up on it more than once, and how many end up saying "never again"?

Um...

[...........................]

That's not important! What's important is that it's super fun!

[.................]

If I fall I'm going to make sure you regret it.

It's not like you can die, so I'm sure you'll be just fine!

[THAT SOUNDS LIKE A YES so she'll crouch on the ground so that he can get on up if he's actually going to go through with this!]

[this is gonna suck this is gonna suck this is really gonna suck

Fortunately(?), though, there are some upsides to being fully back in arbiter mode - regardless of affect displays, arbiters are created emotionless. Sometimes that complicates things, since Ginti does a lot of things he's pretty sure he's not supposed to if he's actually a blank slate; sometimes, though, it's pretty damn useful to be completely lacking in certain responses, and right now not having any concept of fear whatsoever is a godsend.

So. Up we go, then; don't worry, Nowi, he's pretty agile now that his reflexes don't suck anymore.]

[It really is, Nowi almost never gets to bring anyone along for the ride and she's super excited about it!]

Hold on tight! Don't worry about hurting me or anything, I'm pretty tough!

[UP WE GO INDEED! Nowi's not exactly very good at figuring out how much a normal human can take, but she's never killed anyone on any of these flights, so that has to count for something!

That said, she's very fond of going fast and loops. It's sort of like a roller coaster, except there's no safety bar and no track in sight.]

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