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Truly
I'd like to talk to Dee'Mang. From what I gather he's pretty young and I want to approach him like... an equal. I want to see if there's anything he really likes to do, anything he can teach me, and then maybe we can do it together while I get to know him. I don't want to pressure him too much about the Stalkers initially. Just talk to him about his friends, family, and maybe if the accident comes up in passing, we can touch on it.
Just want to make a connection here.
Kids see things, you know?
Also if he has anything really cool (an item, or something like that), it'd be pretty cool to see it. Though, I won't take it from him if he doesn't volunteer it.
Friendly friend stuff.
Interview Rapport: POSITIVE
+1 Shared evolution stage
You find Dee'mang hanging around Reuse and Recycle, the large plot of land containing an extensive amount of reused rubbish put together by Sebbit, the drilbur who lives there. You briefly meet him, but he moves aside for you to speak with Dee'mang. The pikipek seems curious at your arrival, and cocks his large, tear-dropped shaped head. He stares at you with one eye.
"What are those for?" he asks, his gaze trained on your pincers. You tell him what you use them for, then turn away from him briefly, angle one pincer into the sky, and fire off a shot of water. The pikipek watches in amazement as the water trails off and eventually drops to the ground many metres away. He flaps his wings in excitement, yelping, "That was awesome! Can you teach me?!"
You maintain a gentle tone with him as you explain that it's something only water-types can do, which he seems a little disheartened by. You then offer to go and shoot some water with him, and he responds excitedly, trying to grab your pincer with his long beak as he leads you to another part of the Reuse and Recycle junkyard. Eventually he collects multiple empty cans, which he lines up on a broken piece of furniture that almost makes a flat surface, and tells you to fire at them. You start doing so, watching as he gets more and more excited as you go. You take the opportunity to ask him about the things he likes to do and, enthralled by your skills with water, begins to tell you.
"Well, Sebbit is my best friend, but Mama doesn't like him very much. One time she said he was dangerous and said to stay away from him but I said no, and then she tried to punish me with her electricity. But I'm faster at flying than her, so I flied away and she couldn't catch me." He begins to use his left foot, which you notice is missing a toe, to scratch at the ground here and there. "She's not my real mummy, you know. She's just my new mummy. My old mummy died when I was just hatched." You can tell that his words carry sadness, but more so than anything, they are matter-of-fact. He points with his wing at the last can remaining excitedly. "Shoot it!"
You turn to the can and angle your pincer, firing off a shot of water. The can spins multiple times before hitting the pile of rubbish behind it, and Dee'mang cheers, flapping over to the cans to reset them while laughing in surprise. The final one is too bent to place, so he finds a replacement, sets it down in place, then returns to you again.
"Thanks for playing with me," he says to you, a smile across his beak. "Everyone at school is mean to me, and that's why I'm bad. Now they don't want me back...but Miss Willow is mean and Pakki is a bad friend. She didn't let me join any of her games..." His face curls into a frown, and you watch him become slightly detached. "Maybe a Stalker will get her." He looks distant for a moment before he looks back at you and smiles. "Shoot it again!"
You're having mixed feelings about this now, but continue to entertain him, hoping to get something more out of him. At one stage you ask him if he has anything for you, and he nods frantically and flutters off, only to return with a circlet of leaves. It doesn't look crudely crafted, so you wonder if it was something he found amongst the rubbish and decided to keep. He gives it to you as a present, and the moment you touch it, you feel something sinister emanating from it. You don't know how you can tell, but this is an item related to a Stalker.
[Leaf Crown] was added to the Team Inventory.
You spend the rest of the afternoon hanging around with Dee'mang, but gather nothing further from him. Eventually he tells you he has to get home, so you say goodbye and the two of you part ways. You're not sure what you can use this leaf crown for, but you decide to hang onto it just in case.
Truly the Clauncher (S: Water)
Health: 8/8| Sanity: 8/8 | Purity: 12/12
Battle Stance: Flee
Perk: Technical
Trait: Charming
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