Party HQ

-Shahinne puffs her plumage at Frightful thinking of teaching her; Silent knows well enough to just sit and enjoy the show when he recognizes the 'wink'.-

"I think that it's good that you want to teach her and I think you can be very careful..."

-Meanwhile in the background…-

Harriet -concernedly: <…that we also spent a lot of time over Faith's rooftop?>

Copahue: <We had to share the rooftop with other mons all the time.> >.<

Harriet: <Well what did you want?> -- bats a wing exasperated.

Copahue: <…Uhm...>

-Silent and Shahinne listen to the part about the Starly not wanting to learn-

"…but I guess I can understand if Shahinne is too busy to learn."

Shahinne: <What? No...!> o.o -- to Frightful -- <B-b-but it's my present! ...Do you have to gooooo?>

-The Starly stands up in front of Frightful and chirps in a high-pitched tone trying to keep the Talonflame focused on her-

Shahinne: <B-b-b-but I can get nuts from it! Pleaaaaaase?> -- hops around -- <Mom! Dad! I want my present!>

"Well Shahinne if you want your present you have to say something to Frightful, isn't it right Frightful?" -- winks.

-Harriet and Copahue are too busy arguing about offscreen nuzzles to pay her much attention though-

Party HQ

Shahinne -tilts head: <If I want to learn...?>

Sol -shrugs: <Well, this will probably your only chance Shahinne. You know that power helps against the cold, right? Cold is very bad for birds... and cats.>

-Shahinne thinks for a moment about what could happen if she was in a place very very VERY cold...-

Shahinne's Scenario

-It's a dark and stormy night of winter. The coldest winter ever remembered in PEFE HQ. The internal thermoregulation systems were stuck on "Polar North" as if the cold outside was not enough to deal with, so there was a windy snowstorm both outside of the facility and inside-

-Pretty much the only Pokémon happy with the situation was Icicle, the Glaceon associated to the Morendo family. The rest of the Pokémon were either trying to survive as they could, or part of an all-white memory...-

-Shahinne managed to dig up from her personal pile of snow, coughing and freezing. She felt very cold and needed to look out for food and warmth, so bracing against the gelid winds she headed to Silent's room where his bag was stored. It was a painfully slow walk that required all of the Starly's concentration.-

-She looked around the room. Several computers were turned on, and it was so cold inside that the machines were running at peak efficiency. Still, the cold was a threat to each and every lifeform, so even the PEFEgons working in the facility were hidden behind seven proxies to escape the harsh winter.-

Shahinne: <Here they are!>

-Shahinne manages to climb to a desk where the bag is, and peeks inside looking for food. But all she finds is...-

-frozen nuts.-

Shahinne: <Oh noes... Oh noes...> -- shakes head.

-She has to think fast, not expose herself to the cold very much. She didn't get nuts, and that's terrible! But also there was the cold.-

-She needed to react fast if she wanted to get back home and survive...-

Shahinne: <I wasted too much energy... It's too cold... I need a nap!>

-And there she goes again, outside this time, headed to her family's nest. Step after step she endures against the white wind that doesn't let her see much beyond her beak, as if she would be able to see anything that wasn't piles of white everywhere, marking the spots where various Pokémon had succumbed to eternal sleep of the cold; fortunately she knows the road there from memory.-

-Just a couple of steps from the nest, Shahinne sees two bird-like figures towering above herself, she knows them well and she knows they will provide safety, warmth and care-

Shahinne: <Mommy! Daddy!> -- trills with difficulty.

-She inches closer to the figures, barely able to see... and when she finally reaches them for a hug...-

-she is met with an icy, solid, uncaring touch.-

Shahinne: <...Mom? Dad?>

-Shahinne looks in front of her and up...-

-…and meets Copahue and Harriet, long frozen solid into statues shaped like themselves.-

-Like everything else.-

Shahinne -shrieks to the skies: <NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!>

Party HQ

-Shahinne has her eyes wide open and hops in front of Frightful-

Shahinne: <I don't want the cold! I want my nuts and a hug! You are going to teach me, pleaaaaase?>

-She hops a lot and punctuates her intention by leaping up to Frightful's chest and clinging to it-

Shahinne: <Teach me and you can be Unofficial Aunt Two!> ^.^

-Her new burst of energy doesn't go unnoticed-

Sunny Day!Ichtacya -still running circles: <I like that attitude atta go you are doing very fine Shahinne can I get some food or what? Sol are you done with the cookie jar? Because I want a cookie and then I want some meat. Who doesn't want meat?>

"Hmmm... I guess that worked well enough. Frightful, do you mind?"

Party HQ

-Silent looks up-

"Isn't that convenient?"

-Ichtacya stops on her tracks and lies on the ground to rest-

Calm!Ichtacya: <Ufff... thanks Celebi, I was starting to grow annoyed of the hyperactivity...> -- yawns.

"Okay, remember Shahinne, you have to be a good host and entertain your guests. That means being well-behaved."

-Shahinne nods, dutifully sits in front of Frightful for a class on Sunny Day-

Party HQ some time ago

Shahinne hops around for a while and starts FOCUSING. As in, she stays in place staring at the sky.

Shahinne♀: <....Um...?> -- tilts head.

Since after a while nothing happens, she starts FOCUSING HARDER.

It takes a little while for a small orange-ish orb to form in the sky, and it gives a bit of warmth.

Sol♀: <Oh dear what have we done...> -- shakes herself -- <I mean yay, go Shahinne!>

Shahinne: <Look, mom! No hands!> ^.^

Harriet looks somewhat impressed that she managed to do it. Considering that, you know, she trains very little.

"Well, you still have to improve it," Silent observes as the heat ball starts to dissipate already. "You'll have time and [nuts] for that."

-to Frightful-

"Thanks for everything."

Sol: <Hey do you know if Ren is hiring for any [jobs]?>

Party HQ, the past

Sol -waves a paw: <Nothing particular, I just know that Ren pays for jobs pretty well.>

Ichtacya: <Yeah, like with bags of nuts~>

PEFE Goldenrod, the Present

-The receptionist looks Ren up and down, then checks the staff manifests-

Receptionist: "It says here that Mr. Silent left the building ten minutes ago headed to the storagehouse across the street, so he should be there right now. You could cross the street and-" -- he points out in the given direction, notices something, -- "-well, actually you could just follow [that] Pokémon."

"That Pokémon" being Algira the Masquerain who is fluttering around outside while doing small talk with a Mawile.

PEFE Goldenrod Storagehouse

In fact Silent is up there at the rooftop coop, cleaning stuff with with one or two interns. A given [Nidoran♂] that has not seen screentime in a while is sprawled on his head, and Pokéteco, Silent's old Noctowl, is napping outside.

PEFE Goldenrod, the Present

-Algira turns around when Ren talks to her and spins clockcounterwise for a moment-

Algira♀: <Oooh yes! I recall you from when it was very cold.> -- straightens up and hovers for a while -- <I'm Algira and that's Lemures.>

Lemures the Mawile -blinks: <Uhm... h-hey?> -- waves, turns to Algira -- <Uh, d-does this human understand our language?>

Algira♀: <Yeah, don't worry...> -- floats around Ren for a moment -- <You are looking for Silent? He's up there! Let's go! I'll guide you~>

-Algira temporarily attaches herself to Ren's team-

-The Mawile just looks at Ren dumbfounded while Algira guides him to the ladders outside the storage building-

Storage House, rooftop

Algira♀ -nervously as she materializes: <Watch out!> ^.^

-A certain Nidoran♂'s ears pick up the new presences and he looks around, noticing the new people and the big Ninetales.

Maekrite: <...Hey! What are you doing up here?> -- leers.

-Silent turns around, as do the other Pokémon around-

Algira♀: <We have visitors~> :3

Pokéteco the Noctowl♂: <Hmmm? Algira you are not supposed to bri-oh?> -- tilts head -- <Where did you come from?>

"Oh, visitors...? Heh, if isn't it Ren...?" -- goes greet him -- "What are you doing here?"

-Pokéteco follows behind Silent, leaving the interns to keep cleaning the coop-

"Okay, Pokéteco this is Renard, he's a trainer-also-coordinator and has been travelling around Kalos recently. Those are his Pokémon. Guys, this is Pokéteco, one of my retired partners."

Pokéteco♂: <Uhm, hi.> -- waves a wing to Rio.

"And up here's Maekrite, my Nidorino-slash-Nidoking-slash-Nidoran. Say hi, kit."

-Maekrite merely grumbles and shakes his ears at Ren and his group, sniffs at them with mild curiosity-

"Don't mind the colored marks. So, what are you doing here? Could have called, wouldn't have had to watch all this mess..."

-And points to the coop around, which is being disassembled and cleaned by Silent's group of interns and other Goldenrod personnel.

-Algira ignores Keys for the time being and flutters around, doing companion fairy work-

Maekrite -to Kitsune: <I've heard the name, Sol mentioned it. But I consider myself unique. I'm Maekrite.> -- waves a paw.

-to Kitsune-

"Kit got branded as an EX-mon some time ago. We try to not make noise about it, though." -- he listens as Ren explains the situation -- "Well if you desire distractions, I think I can provide a few. We're relatively pretty 'normal' like that"

-Maekrite slaps Silent's head with a paw-

"Sans the kit here, of course."

Pokéteco -to Rio: <Hey back, big pup.>

-The three peoplemons listen to the Monese translator part, with Maekrite and Silent sharing a couple of implied glances-

Maekrite: <Uhm... monese translator. I heard about some silly guys in Hoenn trying to make one?>

Maekrite -leerily: <That was old school. So this is some new kind of machinery?>

-Silent ponders for a moment-

"Well... a Monese translation proposal would surely raise a lot of associated research. By all means I'll consider it. What exactly are we talking about here?"

-Silent and Pokéteco immediately put all their attention on the project. Maekrite doesn't seem too interested and contents himself with basking on Silent's head and giving periodic glances at Rio and Kitsune-

Pokéteco: <So, if I understand correctly, the machine thing runs via Gamma? That's impressive.>

"We tend to do that around here." -- to Ren -- "You have seen our PEFEgons?"

-Silent and Pokéteco run some basic questions through Ren for the demonstration-

Pokéteco: <So this can hear a lot? How will it know not to translate private conversations?>

"Shouldn't it be possile to make trasnslation easier and less clunky by using a camera to read body language as well?"

-As they hear more about the language replication features, Silent and Pokéteco share a knowing glance-

Pokéteco: <Oooh... sarcasm?>

"Yeah, sarcasm... Can we try it?" :3

Maekrite♂: <Bah, nothing beats a good growl.>

"I see. I'm guessing any Pokémon that can interact with the device with enough a degree of instantaneousness would help, though I'm guessing that would limit the help mostly to Psychic-types. Anyway, Pokéteco... we are going to test the sarcasm detection, do the [honors] please?"

-Silent lowers the tablet closer to Pokéteco, who puffs his chest and waits for a moment before letting out a phrase-

Pokéteco: <Ooooh, a device that translates Monese to human! Totally impressive and novel!>

Pokéteco: <Oooh... well, it seems to be well-informed.>

"Hmmm, I'd say that component is working perfectly, Gamma, thank you very much." -- to Ren -- "And yes it is well-informed."

-Silent looks around as his staffers are still working-

"Would you rather we move somewhere else if you want to speak more privately, Ren? Or are you okay with us staying here? What else would you like to ask?"