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Who: Barney Stinson, Larry Butz, and Heather Mason
Where: Violet City
When: Forward dated to Thursday
Summary: An epic meeting. Barney and Larry encounter an exhausted Heather. Hilarity ensues.
Rating: PG (?) will change if necessary.
Log: ( Things are probably going to end badly, so you're going to want to read this. )
Where: Violet City
When: Forward dated to Thursday
Summary: An epic meeting. Barney and Larry encounter an exhausted Heather. Hilarity ensues.
Rating: PG (?) will change if necessary.
Log: ( Things are probably going to end badly, so you're going to want to read this. )
So you'd think the success would relieve all her tensions and bring her back up to snuff, right?
.... Wrong.
Not because she was at all upset about the outcome of the rescue mission, but rather because... well. Her duties weren't over and after a whole year of more or less being a bit of a shut-in, she was now discovering that having real friends? Could be exhausting.
So a very bedraggled, very tired Heather is dragging herself back through town, pack slung over her shoulder.
There's shit that needs to be done, namely a nerd who needs some serious hugging and an egotistical clone who needs a kick in the pants, but first and foremost, Heather needs coffee.
So that is what she's looking for as she stumps down the street with her eyes half-shut and her usually-white vest turned rusty-red from all the clay-like dirt around the ruins. Violet City might not be huge, but there's gotta be at least one place where she can get a friggin' espresso...
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Needless to say, a good looking guy like Barney would certainly notice a bedraggled figure like Heather slouching her way up the street. He could only wonder what sort of adventure this poor traveler had been through, and stifle a laugh at their expense, before continuing down the street.
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So, coming out from a totally different angle than Barney, Larry approached the exhausted-looking girl, putting on his best "I'm totally awesome, you should totally think so too" face. "Hey, you look tired. Want a little help with that ba--" He began, but he was cut off in a sudden realization, "Hey, I know you! You're the one who... had an issue with my name or somethin'."
He was already regretting coming up to this girl. He just hoped he wouldn't get punched or something.
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But then something set off her personal-bubble alarm and she looked up as Larry approached, a little warily. Yeeeeaaah she'd seen that whole nice-guy thing before. Nuh uh. Not gonna work. ... Wait huh?
When he recognized her, she paused and lifted a slow brow, waiting for recognition to kick in. She was exhausted and therefore it was a bit slower than usu-- ... ohhhh.
".... Oh yeah. Butt, right?"
Heh. Butt.
... But she was too tired to even feel like engaging in some immature digs at the unfortunate name. So instead she just sort of stared up at him wearily with lidded eyes, hoping to dear god that this encounter would not end in something that would prevent her from getting her damn coffee.
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He opened his mouth to say something, but realization once again caught up with him, and now he knew where he knew both of them from. The pokegear.
"So, you made it out of there alive?" He said, looking at Heather with a smug look on his face, fully aware he was interrupting a budding conversation. He waved casually at Larry.
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"Y-Yeah. But just call me Larry from now on, okay?" He finally choked out a response.
He was about to say something else when he got interrupted by Barney. He blinked at the other man, then awkwardly waved back. He already knew what this guy was trying to pull, but his voice sounded really familiar. Maybe it was the guy who scored with that nurse back in Cherrygrove?
But again, his thoughts were shattered by what Barney said. Memory jog, go!
"Oh right, you were looking for Kay too!" He suddenly blurted out, looking excited, "D-Did you manage to find her?!"
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"All right. Larry then. So Larry, d'you know where I can find a decent cup of something caffeinat--"
A WILD BARNEY APPROACHED!
Heather didn't even try to prevent a groan, although she straightened up an pushed her hair out of her eyes, smirking a mirthless smirk.
"Yeah. Took some voodoo and one or two unholy resurrections, but I'm alive, yeah." Turning her head a little to look at Larry, she raised a brow. Hadn't the news gone out yet? ... Oh. Well, she supposed not. "Yeah, we found her. She's... safe."
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And Barney was being sincere when he said that. He wasn't completely heartless.
"Was she taken by those letter pokemon things?"
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"Well that's good to know. I thought I was gonna die of stress for a while there, and Larry doesn't do well livin' like that."
He turned and nodded at Barney. "Yeah! That's her." He rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, I bet it would. She's not to beat up, is she?"
That last question was more focused at Heather, since she was in the actual group that found her.
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IT DID NOT INVOLVE COFFEE AND THEREFORE HAD NO REASON TO-- oh wait they were concerned about Kay. Well okay then. That was understandable. Rubbing her face distractedly, Heather made a vague hand gesture.
"Not... by the Unown, it was-- ... someone from Team Rocket. We think. I'm pretty sure, anyway. And uh... she's... she's doin' okay. She's at the Pokemon Center."
She had NOT been in good shape when they'd found her, but... then, she HAD been in a cave for like... a week.
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"You don't look like you're doing so well yourself," He added. Heather was a wreck. Barney was torn between actually wanting to help her, and continuing to make fun of her appearance. Unfortunately, as it stood, the latter was winning.
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