>>1850574“I had forgotten about her! Someone should escort her out soon. This happens more often than you would think, people pooling their Pokémon to enter the club with six in total. They simply cannot let them in with the paying public, since every seat is reserved for someone, so they get to watch with the rest of the contestants... so long as they’re female. Thanks to Aria, we could have just claimed all the Pokémon we were using were hers if anything ever questioned us about it, not that such a thing has ever happened to me.”
“So should I just keep waiting for her?”
“After they check her belongings to make sure she is not carrying any extra clothing to share – or sell – to the leaving contestants, she will be out. I will wait here for her, if that is okay with you.”
“Thanks, I kind of don’t want to be left alone right now. And um, would you mind… sharing a bit? It’s really cold out here…” This time I’m telling the truth.
“What would the point of the wager we just did would be, then? No, one must stick to the agreed rules, Melody. There is no fun otherwise. If it was up to me, I would just strip! But that is no fun, I got the worst result and must live with it. Oh, how I envy you.”
That said, she still goes ahead and embraces me to share the heat. I’m not pushing her away; she’s too warm for that.
*
As Joy told me, Aria came out of the building soon after. She’s a bit mad because they took off her underwear. Apparently, that counts as extra clothing as well. Since Aria is wearing nothing but her sundress and Joy refuses to share any of her clothes, I’m stuck naked. I had a pair of panties in my backpack, but they took those, too. Joy insists it’s fine and that they’ll mail those back to us later.
