>This morning has been one long series of interruptions. We shouldn't expect anything to be resolved peacefully, but we should hope for it. "You done?"
> Marisa chuckles, "Nah, still got a lotta fight in me."
> "You know all's fair in theft," the Nue-winged Kogasa says.
> "Ya're right." Marisa replies. "Exactly why I gotta steal my hakkero back. What kind of thief would I be if I asked for it, ze?"
> You notice Satori speaking up for the first time since Marisa arrived, after having watched you somewhat intensely, with the line "And a good thief goes after the big prizes."
> "Ya, always." Marisa replies.
> Satori shrugs. "It's been a busy morning for my comrades, we don't want a fight, so this one's for free. You see those Galactic guys? They have a lot of good pokemon."
> "Ain't no pokemon as good as my hakkero," Marisa replies.
> "Their pokemon are as good as Yukari AND Sakuya."
> "Nah, no way," Marisa says.
> "The redhead has a Palkia in no condition to fight, and the purple-haired one has a Dialga handcuffed to her wrist. The first makes portals Yukari-style, the latter can manipulate how quickly time flows immediately around it, just like Sakuya," Satori says non-chalantly.
> "Ya, that's a tough pill to swallow," Marisa says.
> "I'm an information broker. I can't afford to lie about these things. Bad for business. Besides, anyone with a telescope can confirm these invading foreigners were using a yukari-mon, and I promise you that it's in the red-head's possession."
> "She isn't lying," Nue adds informally. "Although I'd love for you to stick around. I'm feeling a little," Nue pauses, before cheerily adding, "bloodthirsty."
> Marisa doesn't immediately respond as she glances towards the retreating grunts while all the pokemon descend through their respective battles. Satori adds, "Better hurry, once they get back to base, stealing those pokemon is going to be neigh-impossible."
> "...Dammit!" Marisa says, mounting her broom as she adds, "If you're lying, you can expect your mansion to be rubble by the end of the week."
> "I know, that's why I don't lie, at least when it comes to the business side. You are hardly the first client that would come for my neck."
> "Charizard, Mismagius," Marisa hesitates, before finally sighing, "stop fighting." Then with renewed energy she adds. "We have things to steal!"
> With that, Marisa's Charizard stops trying to bring yours down with about a hundred feet to go, and her ghost stops lobbing attacks at your Myon as she flies up to mount her Charizard.
>_