"Apology accepted, jus' don't do it again. An' you should say sorry ta Jacklyn. Least fer lickin' her face, anyway."
Dennis's face momentarily brightened as Belle accepted his apology. Though the joyful feeling was interlaced with less than happy feelings as the girl demanded his Haunter apologized to the other one.
Still, as he watched the girl casually go back to reading...wait those were his comics. In any case as she read he couldn't bring himself to deny what the girl was asking.
Looking at Jacklyn he winced as she sighed and...said sorry? He didn't expect her to do that. "Um...it's uh....it's fine." He muttered. "A-and, well, it's not....my place. It's just where I live. You know. Like...like yeah." He finished lamely, scratching the side of his nose. There was an awkward silence and the boy nudged his Haunter. The Pokemon gave him a look but Dennis gave a more stern look back.
With a long sigh the Haunter floated in front of Jacklyn. "Haaaun. Haun Haun...ter." He said, his tone apologetic. Though the moment Jacklyn wasn't looking he'd stick his tongue out at her before floating off through the floor.
Dennis stood there awkwardly. Glancing from Belle, who was sitting by his stuff, to Ivan, sleeping on the floor. Deciding to slowly, slowly, inch towards where Belle was the boy grew more stiff the closer he got to her. By the time he was next to her he was as stiff as a board. "U-uuuh, so you...like those...things?" he asked, the word comic briefly leaving his memory.
"We were in the water, remember? You should dry yourself off before you get a cold."
"Water does that to people. Even you should know that. Come on, up. We've got stuff to do."
"Ohhhh." Naomi responded with an overly exaggerated nod. "Why was I in the water?" She said to herself in a loud whisper. Seeing the others on the move she, floaties still attached, made her way after them. "Oh, this is the place I got caught at." Naomi said. She turned to Knight, who was bouncing in mid-air, and said "You should stay lower. There's rogue fishing poles all over the place."
Knight seemed to take the warning seriously and started floating at hip level. Glaring up in challenge at the fishing poles they passed by.
Naomi was shocked to find out that they weren't heading for someplace to rest. "Is this like going to get a quest from the king?" Naomi asked as she looked about the town hall in wonderment. "But there aren't any knights...besides you." She added, awkwardly patting Knight's leaves.
The mayor, as it turned out, looked rather familiar. His stomach was larger, his hair more grey, and there were more wrinkles on his face, but the man resembled the ferryman and the ship captain greatly.
"We figured out why all those Skrelp gather up in a dangerous spot. There's this strange statue under the water that they seem drawn to. I'm not sure what can be done about it, but that's why I wanted to let you know."
"Ohoho, is that so? I had an INKling that there was something going on there, ohoho!" The man said, leaning back in his leather chair. "Sounds very FISHy if you ask me, OHOHO!" A laughing fit soon followed which was cut short by a coughing fit which ended with the mayor being red in the face and teary eyed. "Oho no." He muttered. "Well, in any case, that sounds like a job for the Professor, not me! I have to run this city I don't have time to mess around with some kind of historical thingamagic. That kind of stuff is up to the League and, well, what with the Champion gone missing I suppose it just will have to be put on The List."
Naomi tilted her head when Kanon asked for her input. She ended up tilting her head too far to the side and almost fell over. "Uh...wait, what are we doing here again?" The girl asked.