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[ There's a little sheep going around campus... okay no, not really. Sort of. There's a Mareep turned human going around, with a basket carried in both hands. It's filled with what looks like tissue paper, tied and wrapped around a thing. ... Like circular balls. Oh, how mysterious! Sometimes, her basket might look nearly empty. But no worries, 'cause she'll soon have more in there.

And she's looking for people. Anyone. Everyone. You. Or maybe you. She's especially looking for faces she recognises, even if those faces don't recognise her.

Or maybe she's never seen you before, but hey, if you're around and don't look terribly busy (or maybe you are), maybe this girl with too much light blonde hair will come over to you. What's up?

And people whose rooms she knows of or of their classrooms, hey, you're getting a visit. Library goers, too. Greenhouses. The stadium. The gym.

Everyone, you are going to meet this girl.

Spoilers, for those with good noses: it smells like chocolate. ]

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[ Oh, they did smell great, but if they were still hot, they'd be sure to have Shadow melting. He had to wonder, were they just plain chocolates or were they filled with something? He was just going to take it as a little surprise. However they were made, he believed they would be just delicious. ]

I would like that.

[ No, that was a huge understatement, but he wasn't the type to be excessive in his expressions, let alone vibrant at all. Maisy had enough of that vigor to compensate for both of them, after all.

He reached a hand inside of the basket and delicately plucked a single chocolate, wrapped and contained with an amateur's touch. It just made it all the more sweet, no pun intended. With that in mind, he quickly unfurled the wrapping and sank his teeth into the confection inside.

Oh.

... Oh.

If Maisy didn't know hedgehogs could purr, now she'd learn. The noise resonated from him, his tail wagging like a loyal dog in the park with a frisbee. ]

Mm... delicious.

[ Could Maisy move her own tail like that? Though she hadn't paid too much attention to it before, his behind was hard not to take attention to as she heard it moving back and forth in such delight there. His reactions, and that purr-- no, she didn't know hedgehogs could purr -- made her want to reach inside the basket (that by then had been lowered down to her lap) and to hand out a couple more to him. And so she did! ]

Do you want moooore? Me and 'lorah, we made theeemm togeetherr, but they're so good 'cause of 'loraaah. She's amaaaaziiing. We've got looots more in our roooom.

[ The chocolates were plain- plain, in that they were nothing but chocolate. And while a girl like Maisy might appear too childish to cook serious and properly, she was just as careful in making the treats as the Jumpluff Alorah. Well, Alorah was much much more careful, and she could understand the book with the recipe better than the Mareep, but Maisy knew how to be a good girl! ]

[ (Oh, yes, of course she would take attention to his behind. No one can resist these lovely hedgie humps.)

She really didn't have to give him more. Really, she didn't. Shadow found it nearly impossible to say no, despite that, so he accepted them graciously, pulling the chocolatey mounds into his palms. Whoever this 'lorah person was, she was an excellent chef. Maybe he could pay her for some more different kinds of chocolate. Perhaps she could make his favorite, dark chocolate with caramel and sea salt. Mmm...

Oh, right, Maisy. ]

If you still have enough to distribute, I'll take as many as you will give me.

[ Did it sound a little selfish? Maybe, but Shadow didn't care. He was simply blinded by the haze of sweetness. He was already popping another one of those suckers into his mouth. Mmmm... It's a good thing his teeth could grow back, or else he'd wind up toothless within the next thirty years from all of the sugar he ate.]

Mmmmprrrr-rrrr mmm... [ He swallowed the amount in his mouth, looking as if he was about to pass out from how tasty it was. It was soooo good. ]

Who is this... 'lorah? [ In went that last chocolate. That was fast. ]

[ Stop daydreaming about lorah's mounds, buddy. She's Maisy's.

With the way she could delight in watching Shadow take satisfaction in the chocolate goodies, Maisy would have been happy to give the whole basket over to him. Though the thought was tempting, they didn't have quite that many to give away carelessly and to have enough left over. Maybe if Maisy could count properly how many friends she actually had, but to her, everyone could be considered a friend. It wasn't easily for the girl to do.

But before she could go shoving the basket into Shadow's hands, questions saved the rest from the hedgehoggy one! ]

'loraaah's my frieeend. We're friends with Goold, and he's our... trrraaiiner. [ That's what they say, right? ] She's a Juuumpluuuuff. She's so niiice and kiiind, aanndd prettyyy, and she can make a room smell soooooo gooood.

[ Maisy loves her, ok. ]

[ Oh, please, he has his own fine mounds to marvel at, thanks.

Maisy was saved from a fate of giving unto him all of her chocolate, to be certain. At the mention of Gold being their trainer, Shadow's ears perked sky-high. Yes, Gold! He was acquainted with him. They, uh... kissed a lot. That sounded awkward out of context, but it was true. (First that kissing booth, then mistletoe? Sheesh.)

Somehow, some way, that made him feel at ease, as if Maisy could be trusted further than before, as well as this... Jumpluff. What did a Jumpluff even look like? He'd have to find out. At any rate, Pokemon belonging to an innocent boy like Gold surely were finely-raised, good friends.

It just made him want more to do with them, yet it made him want less to do with them. His very presence, the representation of a lack of innocence, lost to the brutality of the world... It was something he didn't want to expose to them. He wanted the innocent to live fine and happy lives, the kind of life he and Maria never got to experience.

Thankfully, her peppy behavior made it impossible for him to actually brood on these things now. He'd be fine for now, but he couldn't let these three get corrupted. That'd just be a horror story waiting to happen. Instead, he'd keep his distance, let them live happily, and... eat their chocolate, apparently? ]

Mm. I actually know your trainer already. We're... well-acquainted, I suppose.

[ Their lips were, at least. Yech. It was to be expected from a youth, giving kisses to anyone he cared about, but... still! ]

[ If the way to the hedgehog's heart was through kissing, then all Shadow had to do was pucker them up. But to know that Shadow knew Gold, that perked her up as well. It wasn't unusual to find out that people already knew it- it had happened before in the past once she mentioned his name.

It was great, really, to have her friends be friends with her friends. Friends everywhere. ]

Gooold's my best frieeend, just like 'loraaah. [ Oh! ] I sleep with Gooold, we're in the same rooom. You can visit us whenever you waaant. 'loraaah's shy, but she likes meeting people tooo. We can plaaay together...!

Mm. Does she live with you? Would she... mind being paid to make chocolates?

[ On the subject of playing, he kind of doubted he'd enjoy that. Playing cute games with friends? That was all so child-like, and Shadow the Hedgehog was no child. Then again, he did do that for Maria, just as he read to her on occasion, because he cared about her so much, so maybe...

No. Nooo, absolutely not. That would be just silly. Eradicating the idea from his mind starting NOW. ]

[ Best idea ever, Shadow. You want you waaant tooo. ]

Paaaiid? [ Oh, that makes Maisy think; would Alorah want to be paid to do something? Maisy only really knew about the process of paying by the shopping she had seen Gold do... would Alorah want to be paid for being Alorah? ]

'loraah lives in another room nooow, but she likes making stuff for people. She likes making everyone haaaapppy. [ a nod! ]

If you ask her, I bet she'd loove to make you lots of chockolates. Do you want her rooom nuuumber? I know it, I visit all the tiiime.

[ Ooooh, she'd even be willing to make the chocolates for free? Well, he wasn't going to outright ask for free food, but he knew how to sweet-talk people into giving him what he wanted. Maybe with this Alorah, however, he'd be just a little less conniving. Maybe.

Shadow began to sniffle again, the scent of chocolate still hanging in the air. It wasn't enough for a human nose to detect, but a sensitive hedgehog nose had no problem here. ]

I would like that. I do consume a lot of chocolate. [ Er, when it's available to him, at least. Not that he goes out of his way for it or anything, oh, noooo... ]

[ ~~Please be nice to the sweet little Jumpluff you butthog.~~ ]

Iiiit's... B. W. 10. [ She said each of the letters and the word carefully, so not to let her voice drawl them out. ] B. W. She lives with a lady called Fuuuuwwiiaee. Fuwiaye.

[ .. .and, it wasn't quite the return of Shadow's twitching nose that made her offer, but when he said about chocolate, and how Maisy still had quite a lot of it down below... she thought about it for a moment, but ultimately, the girl stuck her hand inside the basket again and lifted out a handful of chocolate balls to Shadow. ]

You can have more of theese if you reeally like theem. But I need to save the reeest, so juust theese, okaay.

[ But she was probably telling herself that more than Shadow. ]

[ ~~SHAKES BUTT~~

BW10. Fuw... Fuwiae? Fu... riae? Furiae? Furiae. Yes, that made more sense. Shadow, however, didn't care about this Furiae person. All he cared about was the chocolate generator here. Er, Alorah, right. Alorah.

She really didn't have to give him more, though. The selfish part of his brain made him prepare to lunge, yet with Maisy, this sweet girl, his conscience began to fight. He reached out, yet he paused, drawing his hand back and looking at her questionably.

He hoped Alorah wasn't like Maisy. That was going to make it just a little more tough to think for himself instead of for her.

Hmph. ]

You really do not... have to give me more. I can purchase my own. [ Really! It was fine. There had to be a chocolatier around here that made this stuff for a living. He could just pay them. ]

Maaa?

[ She looked at him, her face twisted into something of a confused expression. It was true, he could go and purchase them... but wouldn't he want the ones right there and then in her hand?

But she still had a bit of sense over the chocolates too- they were supposed to be for everyone. And while she maybe had more than she needed to cover everyone she had met, Maisy couldn't know that for sure. And she was holding quite a few right there...

Maisy lowered her hand back down, and watched the chocolates drop back in - all but two. These two, she moved back up and offered to Shadow, her palm open and making them free to take. ]

Take these, okaaay? I know I don't have tooo, but I want you to. You like them a lot, and that makes me haaappy. If I have any after Vareeentine's, you can have them tooo.

That's-...

[ Shadow trailed off, staring down at the chocolates as he sifted through the consequences. If she ran out of chocolate because of just these two pieces (totally possible), what would happen? Maybe he'd have to buy some to make up for it. His wallet would pay a small price, but if he decliend this, he'd go buy some for himself anyway.

All-in-all, his money was still at risk. Did he care? Not really. He hardly spent any apart from food, cleaner, and bike maintenance, anyway. Therefore, what else did he really have to lose?

Absolutely. Nothing.

The smallest smile flitted onto his muzzle, hands reaching out to finally take the two chocolates she handed to him. His tail twitched gratefully behind him, a gentle sign of thanks, yet he voiced the gratitude otherwise. ]

Thank you.

[ He then unwrapped and started to devour those sons'a bitches. ]

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