>>18419190"Quick pop quiz, Alice. Just to make sure you're paying attention, tell poppy what our alias is again."
"Uuuuuuummmmmm,~" Alice pauses to fiddle with her kickass shades, then tightens her grip around your neck, "'M a Phlare grunt, a-and you are 'too! We're both grunts, yup yup!~ Except, you're-a mutey-mute brawny, a-and 'm a puppeteer, 'm the brains of this boat!"
This way's the only way of taking care of two dorks with one pair of shades. Sure, it's an outdated trope just like in u're silly annie mays, but your entire life is a fucking animu in a nutshell so it's not like it matters.
The loli tugs at your hair, "Poppy! Ya gotta act stoopid, like a zombie, a super strong zombie!"
"All I can do is murmur and gargle, is that good enough?"
"No, no, no!~"
Serena and Klefki choose this point in the conversation to step ahead of you and u're loli, "Are you two quite finished yet? We still have hostages to rescue and we haven't a clue where in this facility they might be at. This really isn't a time for horsing around."
Tensing up at the sound of her voice, you get your shit straight, "HURRRRRGH DUUURURRRRGGH!" you salute, /in-character/.
"Aye-aye, mum-mum!~"
Klefki's map of convenience has led you to a break room in the complex. Originally intended by employees, it's now being invaded by a tirade of Flare grunts who are way too lazy to steal pokeballs, keep hostages under siege, or get any kind of work done in this invasion.
Embarrassing, to be sure. But a little brown nosing in their mojo jojo might get you some intel on where to find all these hostages.
>What does Calem do to win the favor of these lackadaisical grunts? 