dunkinchili | FOUR [Action]

[Meanwhile, somewhere in Luceti (maybe in the backyard of the house or somewhere close enough to hear him) Cilan is probably attempting to relax, maybe even enjoying a nice cup of tea, not sparing a thought to the usual worries and concerns he has regarding this place...

And then that peace and quiet is promptly thrown out the window the moment he hears what sounds like his brother yelling about dwarves and ankle-biting from the front of the house.

...Do we really want to know what's happening with you right now, Chili.]

[You might want to, because Chili's making some strange,　slightly muffled and intermittent screaming sounds (is he wrestling something? ~~His clothes, maybe~~).

Go check up on him, will you, Cilan?]

Edited (((ICON. WON'T. CHANGE. xD;))) 2014-04-10 03:09 (UTC)

[...It's probably a good thing that Cilan is a nice person or he would be really tempted to just ignore you right now. But, since Cilan does in fact care about his brother, he is definitely concerned when he hears Chili continuing to make strange muffled yells like that--in fact, for a brief second, he almost starts to consider the possibility of one of the Luceti droids having stopped by to try to take Chili away, which is probably what gets him moving out of his seat and heading for the source of the noise.]

Chili, are you alright? What's--[And then he stops once he gets closer, noticing some of Chili's stray clothes on the ground...

...Once again, we must ask ourselves whether or not we really want to know what's happening here.]

TAKE THAT!! [That's a really high voice, Chili's roughness aside.]

Haha, I got you now!

[Dare to look or just... turn around and go back to your tea, Cilan?]

[Oh, how we wish we could just turn around and go back to our tea...but no, Cilan will in fact dare to come closer and see what's going on.]

Chili?

[Your brother, missing about ten or so years, is lying on the ground attempting to wrestle his own shirt into submission, apparently the too-loose sleeves have managed to migrate off of his arms and around his neck and gotten caught around his shoulders, trapping him.

Rather than reasonably taking them off, it seems he's resorted to violently thrashing like a Purrloin with a snagged claw.]

..... how come they left you the same?

[Cilan can't help but stare for a long, long moment, before he closes his eyes, counts to three, then opens his eyes and looks again.

...Nope, that's still his brother from how he looked ten years ago sitting on the ground.]

Oh no, is it experimenting time again...

[Or whatever you wanna call these strange moments when these shifts occur here in Luceti. He doesn't know why he hasn't changed himself yet, maybe he's having a delayed reaction or no reaction at all to whatever's going on, but nonetheless he's very quickly coming over, leaning over Chili now.]

Are you okay, Chili? Here--[Cilan's reaching down to try to untangle the shirt that Chili's still trapped in. He's spoken to one or two people he knew that had suddenly regressed in appearance or even memory a few years, but seeing it happen to his own brother though...not exactly something he was expecting to see today.]

Edited 2014-04-12 01:40 (UTC)

[Chili sits up, sighing in relief when he's finally freed of the cloth monster.]

... [He looks down at his softly rounded body with a look bordering on embarrassment and disappointment.]

I'm so scrawny! To think that someone as great as me [—at least he sounds like his old self again—] could be shrunk down like this... it's disgraceful! What gives?

[Well that's sort of a relief, that Chili is still acting like his usual self at the moment...]

I can't say that I completely understand the tastes of Luceti...but as strange as it is, this one is a little more familiar to me... [He's dealt with one or two people that had regressed in age before, not himself yet...or at least not that he can remember, but still--] I suppose we'll have to figure out what to do while waiting for this flavor to change back to a more normal one...perhaps looking for some clothes that fit, in the meantime?

Sure, fine, s'long as it isn't too stuffy...

[He crosses his arms.] But y'know, just 'cause I'm small doesn't mean I gotta dress like a kid!

There's gotta be something handsome and befitting my robust personality!

[Chili, you're seven and had just been gallivanting around in your underwear, you've dashed whatever prestige you might've had.]

[ahaha...]

Of course. We'll try to find something that best suits your taste in clothing. [...Which, given what kind of person Cilan is, I hope that means you're willing to put up with "clothes shopping" with someone like your brother if they go to the clothing shop in town, or do you trust him to pick something on his own while you wait here...?]

[Is that a joke? He's seen what comes out of your closet, Cilan. He'd better not risk it!] Can't let you do all the work, Cilan, lemme come with!

[Is there a nervous tremor to his voice? No, you must've imagined it.]

[I could make a joke here about other things coming out of Cilan's closet, but this thread is enough as it is...]

Huh? Are you sure you don't want to just wait for us?

[Are we even trying to maintain some level of seriousness here, because if we were, I was totally unaware.

Chili shook his head vigorously.] We're going together! Told you I wasn't gonna go off on my own, so we're sticking together from here on out! Everywhere and anywhere!

'Scept for the bathroom and maybe one or two other places. But everywhere else, we're brothers, ain't we?

[...Aww that was actually kind of touching, it makes him really happy to hear that. (Even if he doesn't quite suspect that Chili wants to come along because he doesn't trust his brother's taste in clothing...)]

Yes, of course we are, Chili! [Cilan thus claps his hands together.] In that case, it's clothes-shopping time~! [...Okay, maybe not literally having to shop and pay for them because there is no currency here, but SHUSH CILAN'S TOO MUCH IN A GOOD MOOD NOW TO CARE ABOUT THAT.] Let us depart together to look for something more suitable for you to wear! I'm sure that there must be something here that is compatible enough with your natural flavor, even with your current change in appearance.

I don't see too many little kids, so they can't be all out, right?

[Optimistically following after~ up until he tries to stick his feet into his oversized shoes and tripping himself.

This will take time.]

[...Yeah, looks like they're gonna need to find shoes, too.]

Hm... [Chili's likely way too prideful to hold his brother's hand or anything unmanly like that, and walking without shoes would be uncomfortable but...after a moment of thought, he takes out Crustle's pokeball and lets it out.]

Here--[And without much further warning, Cilan's suddenly reaching out to try to pick Chili up--don't you dare flail at him or kick him in the face somehow--but it doesn't last too long as he's now depositing his brother on the top of Crustle's rock.] It may be easier for you if you allow Crustle to carry you, at least until we find some shoes that fit.

[Luckily, Chili was too surprised by being lifted to struggle, so he made the trip onto Crustle peacefully.] ... woah. [This is vastly preferable to being carried around like a baby, so he's okay with this!

~~And yes, no unmanly handholding while shopping for clothes with his brother, ew.~~]

Thanks! This is— this is awesome!

[Totally amazed by the view, everything looks so big when you're small!]

Great! Oh, and thank you for allowing us the use of your shell, Crustle! [Crustle doesn't mind letting Cilan's brother ride on it, at least for now, so it gives a wave of one of its claws in approval.] Now then, let's go!

[And off they go! Riding on Crustle is nowhere near like riding on...say, a Pokemon like Stoutland or even on fliers like Dragonite or Charizard, as its a somewhat slower ride by comparison, but despite the fact that the shell is entirely made of rock, Crustle is able to make this a smooth ride by going at a pace that keeps it from being a bumpy one, so Chili should be fine where he is. Cilan in the meantime will be following along beside his Pokemon as they head towards the plaza in town...]

YEAH~!

[No way, Chili's totally enjoying the gentle sway, he might even enjoy the bumps! It's sort of like what he'd imagine a Camerupt ride might be like!

... actually, Chili's having the time of his life right now, grabbing onto the edges of the stone and leaning forward so much it looks like he might fall (watch your head, Crustle! ... not that he's planning on letting go). He's totally enthralled!

That expression does look unusually innocent, it's easy to mistake him for an actual child right now.]

[Ehehe] Enjoying this taste, are we?

['Cause yeah, Cilan has noticed that Chili looks happy, which he's honestly glad to see. Even with Luceti doing unnecessary weird changes, it's a little less bothersome when you can still have fun with it.]

[Blinking, before sitting back up right. Sliiightly embarrassed, but mostly happy.] Yeah, y'should give it a try sometime!

Maybe you should shrink too, then, I could be your big brother~

...Ahaha, as fun as that would be, I think I'm content with my current stature at the moment. [Because then we're all doubly screwed if Cilan turns into a child too, who's gonna be able to make sure they all don't starve back at the house.] If I do end up shrinking down too, though, then I'll be sure to rely on you as well, okay?

[That answer seems to satisfy Chili who grins.] Great!

... hey, if no one sells stuff, where do they get the clothes? Do people just make 'em for free? Do they get paid in other stuff?

Well, Luceti does have a clothing shop in the plaza that helpfully provides any clothes you might need--some of them belong to other residents from when they first arrived here, though it does also provide other outfits as well. There's also a place of fashionable taste called "All Passions" that has clothing made by some of the residents themselves, if the other shop doesn't have what you're looking for.

[Basically, the Luceti one is where you go if you are missing any clothing items you had from before you arrived, where as All Passions will make its own clothing for you rather than relying just on whatever happens to show up conveniently in the other place.]

.... don't make me we wear people's hand-me-downs, Cilan!

[He doesn't like the sound of wearing other kidnapped peope's missing clothes, that's weird and creepy, but putting it that way sounds less cool.] Let's go to the ritzy place!

[Ahaha] Sure, just follow me.

[Cilan will lead the way to All Passions. Once they arrive, Cilan will offer a hand to help his brother down off of Crustle...well, unless Chili decides he doesn't need the hand and wants to try to jump down off of Crustle himself. ^^;;]

[Man, he is way too old for this, he could totally just hop off, right? One more look down, at the distance between the orck he's sitting on, the ground, and his tiny legs.

Yeah, he'll hold Cilan's hand, looking cool is not worth broken bones.]

[Good, we are glad to see that there are some things that you're not willing to do just for the sake of looking cool.

Besides, Cilan's always happy to help, which he does so with a smile as he helps his brother down off the large hermit crab Pokemon.] There we go! Now that we've reached our destination, let's go inside!

[...Oh, but maybe he'll recall Crustle back into its pokeball first rather than just having it wait outside for them. When odd things start happening in Luceti, he doesn't really want to take any chances of something happening to it while they're busy inside, so after thanking Crustle for helping them get there, he'll recall it back before opening the door for Chili to step inside. The original owner of the place left Luceti quite a while ago, but its run by some of the owners friends, and still has the flair and passion for trying to offer trendy clothing that people will like. Surely there could be something here that will fit Chili's current size while still befitting of his own personal taste?]

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chili do you exist just to embarrass your brother and give him heart attacks in this place

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