A young woman wanders into the scene, black hair, a light black shirt and a pair of jeans. In short, normal looking would describe her. She'd then walk up to the odd vending machine, a curious look on her face as she turns toward the young girl in a lab coat. "Hi, so what's this thing? I'm guessing you've been looking at it... And uh, what's with the getup anyways? That coat looks giant on you, so I'm guessing it's not something you'd normally wear...?" She then rubs the back of her head, geez way to be smooth right? Taylor shakes her head and smiles a bit. "And um, I'm Taylor Herbert... Nice to meet you."

A Sylveon appears on the scene, spotting the vending machine and smirking. Oh~? What's this? It approaches the vending machine and reads the instructions. What a peculiar thing this was... Anything, it says? The Sylveon uses its ribbons to type into the machine "500 billion yen". Worth a shot, right? While it waited, the Sylveon winks to the girl in the oversized lab coat and the girl who just appeared. Why hello there, girls~ you two come to this part of town often?

The vending machine complies. Cue a bunch of molten metal pouring out of the nozzle. And continuing to pour for a while. This is the equivalent of getting change in pennies at the grocery store, except with liquid coins. "Huh? Oh, um, hi! I was just trying this on when I came here..." The girl's a bit shy, as if she's not used to meeting new people. She perks up upon seeing the fairy doggo. "Aww, a puppy!" She extends her hand to pat Sylveon's head. The sleeve moves back to reveal said hand as she does this. Larger than a normal hand and completely black, with red crystalline claws for fingers. The same blackness is on her neck and part of her face.

Taylor tilts her head toward the... The strange pink dog-like thing that's got ribbons? What the heck kinda being is that? Almost reminds her of the giant bee, in fact, maybe they're related in some sense? Except for the fact this one talks. "I've never come here before in my life, but uh Taylor Herbert nice to meet ya and all." Taylor would then spot that hand... Case 53? Not often you see humans so mutated, even more so ones who aren't insane. "Huh, you a parahuman or something? Uh not that I mean to pry, but that crystal skinis a bit strange..."

Sho enters the area and moves towards the machine, taking a look at his surrounding and perplexed by the strange people around him, shaking his head and focusing on the task at hand. Getting a drink. However when he sees you can get anything he stops. Anything? What.. How is that possible? Gah. I suppose it might have some materia or something.. Let's try this. Still a little skeptical he types into the keypad "Future" and awaits what happens

The Sylveon was surprised to see it actually worked! and it kept coming... No way it would be able to stuff its backpack with this, hide it and come back without someone taking it all... It would remember this location though as it scooped up as much of the metal as it could with its ribbons, stuffing its backpack to a bursting point. It look quite satisfied. It was kinda heavy now, though. The Sylveon looks back at the girls, now loaded af. It was quite surprised, eyes widening when the girls unusual hand pets her. It should be creeped out, but it was kinda like a Haunters hand, plus it felt so good. It as almost drooling as it was petted Siviiii~ mmm... Aren't you an unusual one~? you remind me like something from my world, but more human... Hmhm, I'm not a puppy, but I'll be whatever you want me to be if you keep doing that. The Sylveon went from flirtatious to being practically domesticated in an instant. You couldn't even see its feet anymore with the amount of coins piling up... This may get bad, but it was enjoying this too much to notice. It winks at Taylor. I'm Sylveon. Do you want headpats too? I'm sure our friend has two hands~

Molten coins, but cooling and valuable nonetheless. Sylveon's going to get a lot of money from this~ The nozzle stops its borderline metal-caused seizure and pushes out a new cup, filling it with a rainbow liquid. Its primary color shifts often. The girl is content to keep petting Sylveon, only slowing the pats as he becomes confused at Taylor's question. "Parahuman? I'm just Luna. I'm human, but I just got sick and this happened. That's what Dad says. But don't worry, I'm not contagious now!"

Taylor would just look at the Sylveon and shake her head... Geez, ribbon dog over there may speak, but she does, in fact, act a lot like a pet dog it seems... Or uh, maybe something a bit more, what's the word she's looking for? Feels like more unholy animal flirting to her. "Well, that's not the reaction I would expect at all." She'd then sigh upon being asked about headpats, geez what the heck. She barely even knows this girl, that'd be all kinds of wrong. "I'm good, that would be kindaaaaa weird considering it's someone I've just met and all." She'd then look at the girl with a newfound curiosity, sick? That doesn't look like any sickness Taylor knows of... But considering how weird this place is, she can't exactly write anything off. "Luna huh, nice to meet you. And uh parahumans are humans too, w-... Yeah, we're just people with power is all. I'd normally not mention being one, but eh keeping it secret isn't a big deal in this place from what I've seen. In short, you look kinda like what we'd call a case 53 back home. People with powers that mutate em like crazy. As you can guess, I'm not in that number."

Sho almost burns himself taking the cup from the molten money, taking a look into the cup and gulping, was this a smart idea? No, no it wasn't. But he might as well try it. Hopefully I'll be okay.. Sho then takes the cup and splashes about half of it into his eyes before drinking the rest, the mad man.

Luna-chan and Taylor-chan, hmm? You two seem like a match. I'd ship it. Sylveon winks at the two, tail wagging as it enjoys its headpats. It was currently oblivious to whatever madness was about to happen with Sho. You know, I just got a lot of valuable things to sell... Perhaps once I exchange it at the pawn shop, the three of us can all go have some fun? there's a great club in Shinjuku that has everything a girl can ever want. Drinks are all on me, my treat~

Good job, Sho. The liquid burns his eyes somewhat, although it has the same effect as drinking it but amplified. Once his vision clears from basically pouring a random liquid in his eyes, he can see too many things at once, constantly shifting: the possible future states of everyone at any point in the future. Notably, one of these visions is a massive black beast with crystals growing out of its body where Luna is sitting. "Ship?" This poor innocent child is confused. Probably for the best. She's distracted yet again by Taylor's question. "I don't really have any powers, but... wait, does that mean you're a superhero?" Luna's eyes gleam.

Niko walks over to a scene of a fairy-type pokemon, a strange child, some guy and another person. "...Do I even want to ask?"

A superhero... Heh. "Actually, yes. I'm uh not that important or anything, I don't save the world... But somebody has to look out for the little guys right?" Sure beating down gangs and the odd idiot with powers might not be the biggest thing ever, but she has helped some people out here and there. As for Slyveon's... Shipping. "And really, no powers even though your body is mostly crystal? I'm kinda shocked by that. Are you sure there's nothing, or have you just not figured it out? Oh and as for what a "ship" means in this context, uh ask someone when you're older." She'd then glance at Niko, huh what's with everyone here being part animal or just an animal... Except that guy with spikey hair.

Well, you see, a ship is... The Sylveon pouted as it looked like Taylor and Luna was ignoring her. Its cheeks puffed out, feelings a little hurt. Fine, it would just go have a good time by itself. I-It's not like it wanted company or anything... With Niko entering, however, the Sylveon waves towards him with a ribbon. Hello there~ I was just about to cash in my big cheque right here and head to Shinjuku... Wanna join me? In one of his visions, Sho could see Sylveon walking into Shinjuku with a bag full of yen. It enters a big flashy club, and walks out later at 6am, intoxicated. It stumbles towards one of the districts many seedy looking hotels, books a months stay, and then crashes in its room as soon as it enters. It was now completely broke again, drunk and asleep.

GAH! IT BURNS! Sho rubs his eyes over and over again, eventually clearing them and seeing the future, nothing new to him, but there were alot of them at once, almost too many for him to handle, using his gift he tries to focus on the blast beast and peer further, trying to see how it happens in that timeline, hoping that it's accurate, but it remains to be seen I.. I can see it! Don't let me down gift... Sho also sees another future with the strange ribbon creature getting broke.. Might be good to prevent that one as well.

Another talking Pokemon? Greaaat. Although he might as well take the strange Sylveon up on their offer. "Uh, sure, why not I guess..." Although after that's done he decides to inspect the strange vending machine. "What's with this thing? Doesn't look like any real vending machine I've seen."

A blue haired boy walks up to the vending machine. He sees people typing in things and getting what they want. He types in the word "Honey". He sees the girl and looks at her, his red eye glowing in the sunlight.

There's multiple scenarios as to how that can happen, but Sho manages to follow one of them to this future's conclusion. It's after getting lost within the Nexus one day (being stuck somewhere, in a few branches' case), a gradual, painful process, taking at least two days, as the blackness on her body spreads and causes it to grow to a larger size, until the final form is a mindless monster of black skin and red crystal. Of course, the present Luna is just a very excited girl listening to the "superhero." "Wow, that's cool! I'm not totally crystal, just mostly uh... 'hardened skin' where I'm different, but maybe I do have powers! Although Zero's like me and she has weird abilities..."

Luna waves at Sig as he gets a nice cup of golden honey. The narrator curses the broke edit button

Sig waves back with his normal arm, as he grabs the honey with his claw-like arm. "Huh. It worked." He covers the cup with something and buts it's in his bag

Nngh.. This is gonna hurt, but I need to see... Sho then continues to strain himself, looking through the futures and looking for one in particular, one where she is cured or at least delayed from this fate. His head feeling like splitting in half as he strains himself, he had one chance at this. If he tries again after he might go berzerk.. Not good, especially here with nobody he could reliably trust. While he searches sweat drops from his face as he turns to the ribbon dog and places a hand, or at least tries to reach out. You.. Gah.. Be careful alright? Don't spend that fortune all in one place. You'll regret it.

Niko had his question answered via what Sig did, so that's nice. LEt's test the limits of it... "Hmmm, let's see if it'll do what I'll think it'll do..." He types in "A cup of Joe".

The Sylveon seems to have cheered up. She would definitely show him a good time. It gestures towards the vending machine. Enter anything, get anything. How do you think I got all of this sweet moolah? Sylveon pokes her stuffed backpack with its ribbon. It looked like it was about to burst with how much metal was inside it. Sho's vision seemed tricky. It's unlikely he would be able to convince the Sylveon not to spend money. Even in the timelines where he comes along, it spends far too much on drinks and gambling. The only viable option would be to help the Sylveon rig the tables in Shinjuku and come out on top every time. Of course, this only seemed to be a temporary solution... Further down the timeline, he sees the Sylveon buying a suite and a bunch of useless things until it's all gone. Then the Yakuza take the suite through blackmail. Ouch. The Sylveon turns to see Sho and tilts its head, smiling smugly. Hmmm? are you jealous, big boy? there's plenty of valuables still on the ground for you to take, you know. Besides, as long as this place runs on capitalism, I'll take full advantage~ I don't need financial advice, just a good time.

Taylor looks back at the Sylveon... A club? Geez, she's a bit young for that kinda thing, isn't she? "Um, I'm a bit... Am I really that young though? I guess..." Geez, in part she's thinking of tagging along to try and help out. But really, Skitter has bigger things to deal with than this doesn't she? Yakuza to beat down, loot to be taken, a monster to feed! "Ya know, there's more to life than just having a good time that'll get you hurt in the long run. I'm pretty sure you didn't get that cash because things are going well for you, maybe you should think about why things are always going badly?"

A figure leans against the vending machine and shoves everyone out of the way to type in the keyboard "Isopropyl" Chuckling as he rubs his scar. "This will be a hell of a time! In more ways then one! And bashing some skulls in!" The Manical sounding red haired man laughs proudly having a "Personal Project" it being sounding like from him talking to no one but himself.

Sig is pushed back, but he doesn't really care.

Niko gets some... blood and guts in a cup. Anybody paying attention would hear a distant cry of pain. Poor Joe. The red-haired Sho gets exactly what he needs. Have fun, you weird teenager. As for our local future-seeing psychic, he does pick up a few possibilities. A likely one is the disease's progression being delayed/halted with medicine as it has been for years, while there is another chance of her eventually being cured of its spreading entirely, but less likely. She could be fully cured, but that's only possible with a few select beings. While he's seeing this, Luna tugs his sleeve with a clawed hand. "Mister? Are you okay?"

Bashing skulls in huh? Sounds like someone she should pay attention to, Red-hair would hopefully not notice the gnat that lands on the center of his back as Taylor looks toward Sho. The young woman would walk up to him, whispering in a low tone. Perfectly able to speak even as she listens in on the red-haired boy through her bug. "Hmm, so what kinda Thinker powers have you got? I've seen just enough to know that you've got something like super deduction or maybe outright visions of the future... That look you've got, Thinker headache classic right there. And if it has something to do with the kid, uh I'm willing to help if it's possible."

Sylveons vision was definitely a headache for Sho, it hurt him to see this happen in every timeline.. Looks like he had a long road ahead of him, luckily the nearby woman was helping, nodding to her he continues to speak You should trust this person, your future seems to be filled with misfortune... I don't think you'll have a good time being broke. I don't need money myself really. But I worry about you uh, ribbon thing. Sho then steps away as he excuses himself for a second, his head exploding with pain as he gets the vision he needs. Medicine. Closing the vision now with a deep breath he falls to the floor, getting up slowly as he notices the girl next to him, looking at her. You... You also need to be careful... I'm not sure what you have. But I know it's dangerous... Your father.. Or this Zero person.. They need to take care of you alright? Make sure you keep taking whatever medicine you are taking. It's the only way to stay safe alright? Gah.. You don't have to worry about me.. I'll be alright as long as nothing bad happens to anyone here. Stumbling over to the machine he types in SAN, hopefully whatever crazy thing this is can work just like the energy fabrication machine in the Tower...

Sylveon looked a little annoyed at Taylor. It felt like it was being lectured. It shrugs and smirks, trying not to let its emotions show. Going badly? whatever do you mean? things are going great for me, as you can see. It gestures towards its backpack. All you need out of life is having a good time. I'm a simple type with simple needs. I live by my own whims. Even if I get hurt sometimes, I'm getting the most out of life. I don't need an organized life... Sylveon seemed to be getting a little defensive. Its playful facade was showing cracks, making the Sylveon look a little angry and insecure. Sho could see this conversation going badly and making things worse for the Sylveon in a long run, depending on Taylors words.

OOC: Double post because edit button borked Sylveon looked curiously at Sho, raising a brow in amusement. Hooo? are you using Foresight, like a psychic type? What exactly does my future hold then, Alakazam?

The girl sighs to herself, wonderful it's one of those people. The overly defensive types who refuse to consider they're doing anything wrong. Taylor can relate all too well. "Listen alright, I get it. You do your own thing and you don't care what anybody else thinks? I'm not so different, and sure maybe you don't need an organized life. Can't say I want that myself these days, last time I had one of those I spent it getting beaten down by everyone around me." She pauses for a moment, rubbing the back of her neck... She's unsure where to go with this. "You act like getting hurt's a given, but just because your life isn't "normal" or organized or whatever doesn't mean things have to be like that right?" Taylor pushes her glasses up, lenses gleaming in the light as she shrugs at the Sylveon. "So don't try to be organized, but if you're gonna have fun ya might as well try to make sure nobody else can screw you over. Trust me, I spent way too much time getting pushed around till I figured that one out." With that, the girl's done for now. Simply leaning back against a wall with a curious look on her face... Well, nothing to be done but hope that works out.

The machine decides to be nice for once and, after deducing the possible outputs, despenses a refreshing drink for the body and soul... er, mind. Luna's still worried, but she nods. "I will, don't worry." She then remembers something and knocks on the vending machine. "Right, I gotta get home. Snake guy, can you take me back there?" A staircase appears by the floor of the machine, and she goes down, the ground returning to normal after that. Odd, but she should be home safe in the end.

An infinite vending machine? Of course something like this would exist in the Nexus, and Rosie would be hard-pressed to ignore it. She walks up to it and enters the words "Soma elixir, lemon-lime flavor, 500 mL, 12-count." The machine asks for a reasonable amount of money, and Rosie obliges to pay up. Moments later, the machine dispenses a package of Somas that is surprisingly easy to carry. "I suppose I can come back later to get some more SP healing items and whatnot," she says before returning to her apartment.

Sho downs the drink greedily, desperate to get rid of this pain as he looks to Taylor and thanks her with a nod, hopefully something strikes a cord with the... Thing.. However when the Sylveon asks for their future Sho hesitates at first, but nothing bad has ever happened to telling someone what will happen. Hopefully a fortune could help? I suppose you could say that.. I am a psychic. I have the ability to see the future. From what I saw.. You are going to blow that entire fortune on a club, exit after some time there with barely anything left. Then book a stay at a hotel with what's left. Even if I do intervene your habits will still get the best of you. Getting caught up with Yakuza.. I don't exactly want any of those to come your way. But I'm somewhat powerless unless you decide you want to change. With that said Sho scratches his head and turns to Luna disappear into the vending machine, she's heading home? Hopefully he prevented something horrible from happening to her... Good... This ability is pretty useful...

Sylveon seemed to calm down a little. Perhaps it misunderstood the girl a little... She seemed not so different. It adjusts its ribbon and glances off to the side a little in embarrassment before looking at Taylor again normally. You're correct, I suppose. It's not like I get hurt often... Though, someone mistook me for a demon and I almost ended up shot and stabbed the other day. I take care of myself well enough, and I can defend myself if necessary~ The world is full of sharks. You realize that when you live the type of life I do. As for me... I feel it's worth the risk; for those without hopes and dreams, a hedonistic life is a satisfying one. But perhaps I should look out for danger a little more. Even though nobody would miss a Sylveon in a world like this, I wouldn't wanna miss out on anything that happens in this world. You all seem pretty interesting, after all. The Sylveon winks at Taylor, not flirtatiously, but in a friendly way. It seems like she saw a bit of the Sylveons hidden feelings. The Sylveon looks towards Sho and blinks. It has seen some crazy things, so there's no necessary reason to doubt him. And since it works mostly in Shinjuku, getting wrapped up with yakuza seems not impossible. Hmmm, is that so? perhaps I should take it easy for awhile, atleast as far as poker is concerned. As for yakuza, well, I have my ways of making sure they don't get the best of me. Nightlife is but a game. You just gotta place your chips in the right place~ at any rate, thank you for the heads up. If you do decide to come along, I'll buy you a delightful cocktail~ The Sylveon smiles smugly and happily. Sho's vision changes a bit. Sylveon skips out on the cards after a couple of losses, coming out better in the long run, but still buys the suite. The Yakuza in question in the last vision all seem to suffer a fate worse than death when they try to seize Sylveons suite. Sho probably shouldn't think about exactly what happened too much. At the least, it seems more fortunate, if still a reckless spender. Sho seems to have successfully prevented a series of unfortunate events, atleast for a time. Good job, Marty McFly.

Sho shakes his head at the Sylveon, however there is a smile on his face, slight disapproval on his face, but it looks like he did all he can today. Perhaps another time would prove more effective. Hehe. Well just be careful alright? I wouldn't want you to go bankrupt and lose at life. Don't go all in now you hear? Heh, I don't typically drink. I can't trust myself. This ability comes at a cost. If I don't moderate myself I might do something bad. But I might take you up on that offer. Although I should be going. I have other things to do unfortunately and my head hurts a little. I'll see you around. Sho then steps away and waves goodbye before adjusting his cape on his shoulder and walking away, the vision is definitely much better now. Although he would hate to have the Yakuza die, perhaps he should take a trip to them next.

Niko smiles after seeing the cup of actual Joe. "Aha! I knew it!" He dumps out the cup, seeing as how he had no use for it in the first place Word of advice, Rosie, try not to take control of things in the thread, and make sure to always read the top post, mmkay?

[Engine noises can be heard starting and getting close to the location of the vending machine. After a few seconds, a man in a gray and blue spandex costume arrives on a blue, bird-shaped motorcycle.] "Heard there was something strange going on here. So... It's just a bunch of people and a vending machine, huh?... Eh, might as well investigate." [He stops his motorcycle and hops off of it, taking a few seconds to pose as well. He then walks towards the vending machine, taking himself much more seriously than he should.] "... I see. Well then, let's try this baby out!" [He types "Dinosaur Blood" on the keyboard. It works.] "... I see. I should probably tell the guys at the lab about this before the Gaeans realize this is here. Unless... It's their own trap!... In any case, this is way too suspicious not to report it." [He hops back on his motorcycle, and drives away.]