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[In a rather panicked tone!]

Allura! Princess! Did you know that pumpkin spice lattes are quintessence draining horrors?

Hey It's Shiro. Really, actually Shiro. I'm I'm sorry about Blue.

ooooooooooooooooooooomygosh

congratulationsss!

[This missive is delivered to Allura not electronically but instead bound to the paw of a Murkrow. Unfortunately, this means she now will have to read Riz's awful, scratchy handwriting with her own two eyes.]

Allura,

I wanted to thank you for what you said to me the other day. It really opened my eyes to some things I was overlooking that I should've been taking into consideration. I've immediately resigned from Miss Jane's detective agency and I'm travelling right now. I thought I should let you know in case you need to get a hold of me.

Regards,
Riz Gukgak
(Private Investigator)

PS. Please burn this letter when you are done reading it, lest it falls into the wrong hands. You can never be too careful.

PPS. This is my new Murkrow Zrak. He's currently on probation for stealing my necklace, so you should probably frisk him to make sure he didn't steal anything from you before sending him back.

[Oh, hey... look at that. There's a cute little Espurr with that thousand yard stare standing at the door. It nyah's at her and then uses its telekinesis to hold out a nice (and also, like the one she sent him, not heart-shaped) box of chocolates and a pretty bouquet of pink flowers. Not juniberries, but the closest that could be found.

Attached to the bouquet is a note.]

Allura -

Thanks for the gift. Red is picking up on the move really fast. You're a great friend and teammate. Thanks for traveling with me.

- Keith.

Edited (HTML fonts are hard) 2022-02-24 17:46 (UTC)

so i heard actual congratulations are in order :)

Hey Do you have a minute? Nothing's wrong - I swear.

[Riz didn't, for the record, mean to call Allura. It's just that... after finding out Boober was gone, his first instinct was to check up on all his friends (stupid, cause shouldn't he be happy if one of them wasn't here anymore, if they had gone back home?)

Allura's name was still in his contacts list, at least (unlike Boober's) which... probably meant she was fine. But ought he check anyway? How long did it take for someone to disappear and for their gear to go inactive? What if her gear was still active, but she wasn't? What if--

No. This was stupid. And anyway, if he did call, Riz doesn't know how he'd be able to make it sound smooth and normal, and not just... paranoid weird.

So yeah. He definitely hadn't meant to call Allura.

But something must have glitched in his device, because suddenly, it's calling all on its own

(it's actually Emet's Rotom that has snuck into Riz's device to torment him)

and Riz tries to scramble and disconnect the call before it--]

Crap.

[-- connects!]

[There's a medium-sized, colorful package left for Allura. There's a simple message attached to it: "Happy Holidays! - Mirabel". Inside, there's a very colorful sweater with different winter-themed Pokemon. It may be a little big - Mirabel isn't exactly sure of Allura's size, but it's very cozy!]

What happened to your eye?

[Some people would start off with a 'Hi Allura' or a 'so, I just saw that video on the network', but not Riz! Riz immediately gets to the, uh... eye of the matter.]

Hey, Allura. I don't know that I'm going to do the contest, but I have a bunch of decorations from the bit I was going to do.

Maybe you'd like some? They might be nice reminders of home.

[He's coming back from working at a local Sevii restaurant. He does odd restaurant jobs now to keep up on local recipes. So there are all the background tourist area type noises as he's returning.]

[Just how Min-Gi navigated to Allura's inbox is anyone's guess. The recording part is intentional, but sending it out? Not so much.

A tiny Flittle hovers just slightly above the cushions of a couch, excitedly peeping at all the attention she's getting. The camera is wobbly, but it's on her enough to make it clear she's supposed to be the focus of this.]

Okay. Now sit.

[It takes a little effort, but she manages to force herself down to rest on the cushions for a few moments before she's back to hovering.]

Wow. Good job. That means you can have one treat.

[A small hand appears in frame, handing her a berry she takes excitedly.]

03:11 Someone tell this Pikachu to stop handling things at the crime scene. 03:11 He's getting his fingerprints all over the murder weapon, fantasy Jesus fuck 03:12 Do pokemon have fingerprints? Koalas have fingerprints. 03:14 STOP THAT 03:15 I don't think this Pikachu has any forensic training at all. *Detective* Pikachu my ass

[Special delivery! Through the Pidgey post comes a blue envelope, addressed to Allura. The return address is a small little inn located in Blackthorn City, and comes from Mr. and Mrs. Arlert. Inside is a very festive postcard. On the back is a short by very delicately penned note, thanks to Armin!]

Allura,

Thank you so much for attending our wedding, and for being such a delightful friend these past few years. Knowing you is an honor, and we cannot wait for our continued adventures together.

-Angel and Armin Arlert

[Also included is a little Polaroid picture of Angel and Armin laying in the snow, clearly having just made a pair of snow angels. Their cheeks are flushed from the cold, and their breath is obvious in the camera! Both of them are grinning hard enough for their eyes to crinkle!! How cute!]

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Delivery! Late in the day, early evening, Feb 14

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