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It was supposed to just be a calm afternoon, a first step into the new world for Tatsuo who seemed to be rather uninterested thus far in most things... Kiyoshi was worried by this, wanted to get his son out and about so that he could stretched his legs, so that he could see and meet other people, and perhaps he could get a feel for what the boy might be interested in. He was so painfully shy though that he spent most of the walk underfoot, hiding against Kiyoshi's side, and otherwise doing his best to keep from having to get close to anyone other then Kiyoshi.

"Its going to be alright, I promise. I know its a little colder today then I would like but we will get to the clothing store and find you something more your size to wear." Because his son had appeared minus clothing, something that Kiyoshi had conveniently forgotten about when he'd been born himself since it was an embarrassing memory, he had to dress the boy in his own over sized clothing. Currently he was wearing a much to long, Asian style robe. Kiyoshi had gathered the extra cloth up best that he could at the boy's waist before tying it in place, "At least you look cute?"

Tatsuo looked up at his father for a long moment, one hand scratching a little at some of the scales he had on his cheek before he looked around. He wasn't so sure about how cute he looked... but at least his father thought as much, if he thought so then many others would as well? He paused mid-step when he realized that the ground... felt almost as though it were shaking? He gave a little gasp, stepping in that much closer to Kiyoshi, his small hands clinging to him... and a moment later a rush of people came out of the building that they were walking passed, all in costume, all talking quite loudly, and both of the Pocky Boys found themselves being swept along in the crowd as though they were caught in a flood.

"Ahh... what... what is going on?" Kiyoshi murmured to himself, sweeping up his son into his arms so that he wouldn't risk losing track of him in the crowd, "Hold onto me, Tatsuo. We will find out way out of this..." Maybe.

Kiyoshi looked around at all that was going on, all of it far to loud for the man who was far more used to the calm atmosphere of the archery range that he spent more of his time at. He hugged Tatsuo closer to him before he found himself getting pushed along with the crowd once more, shoved along, and nearly knocked over at one point when someone saw something at a booth they wanted and seemed to think that Kiyoshi was going to get it first.

Tatsuo was watching with wide eyes before he looked up at his father, lifting a hand to pat him on the cheek to get his attention, "W-What... is a Pokemon...?" He asked in a hushed tone that was barely above a whisper.

Kiyoshi shrugged, "I... am not exactly sure... Fenrir is one but aside from that... I can't say." He looked from side to side before he spotted something, "Ahh... look!" There was a stuffed animal that looked exactly like an animal version of his sister! He stepped closer to the booth to look it over, "Ah, yes. See? Eevee. That's what your Auntie Fenrir is... well... at least was. She told me that she was planning to 'evolve' soon though I have no idea what that means..." Perhaps he should ask someone? They seemed to know a lot about Pokemon at this place so perhaps they would understand what such terms meant?

Kiyoshi handed over some coin to the one that ran the booth to purchase the plushie Eevee giving it to Tatsuo before starting forward, trying to cut through the crowd. If he could wade through he he could find a way out of the crowded area, out of the place that had been taken over by this gathering, and to the relative quiet of the outside. He just had to figure out which direction to go in.

As he was struggling with that Tatsuo snuggled the soft, fluffy Eevee to his chest, "I like it." He murmured, even if he had no idea what Pokemon was he liked the one he was hugging.

Kiyoshi gave a little jump when a hand was suddenly held out to him and a woman was introducing herself to him. He shifted Tatsuo's small form into one arm so that he could take her hand, "Its nice to meet you Andy, I'm Kiyoshi and this is my son Tatsuo." It made him so happy to be able to introduce Tatsuo as that. He was just... happy in general to have a son. He smiled down at the boy who was shyly hugging the plushy, hiding his face behind it.

"Hes a little shy." He explained to the woman before he released her hand and then found himself a bit curious if she were one of the people here selling something, it would explain why she was introducing herself to him after all, "I am... a little lost, if you know your way around a little better then me could you poke me in the direction of an escape route, Andy?" The sooner he got out of the loud din the happier he would be.

Tatsuo remained quiet, hugging his Eevee while watching the woman who was talking with his Daddy, having little to really say at the moment even if he wanted to... though he was pretty sure all the talking around him would cause anything he said to anyone but his Daddy who was so close to him to be lost.

Kiyoshi looked a little worried when the woman seemed to be upset over her missing models. He found himself looking around as they walked along, "Missing? That's terrible... did they get lost in the crowd too?" The crowd was rather large and had been doing fairly well at pushing Kiyoshi around so there was nothing to keep it from doing the same with more people.

He looked around for a moment before he looked back at her when she mentioned him throwing rocks or shooting something, he nodded, "Yes, I do archery every day." He answered, giving a smile. It was his find peace, that she was able to see by looking at him? It was quite amazing to the white haired man. His eyes got a little wide at mention of her show being about the Eevee Evolutions, something he'd just been thinking about, "There are seven others other then the Eevee?" he asked of Andy, "Wow... Fenrir much be having such a time trying to decide which she wants to be..." He mused to himself.

He looked at the door that they were led to, looking at it, then back, then at the door again... and he sighed. He felt... unable to go when he found someone so in need of help. He turned around to face the woman, "Can you tell me about them? If I offer to help you can you tell me about the different Eevees?" He was curious what his sister was trying to pick between and as such wanted to learn about them. Not to mention he wanted to help Andy just as he helped anyone when they were in need of it.

Tatsuo looked at the woman when she mentioned the Eevees, the very thing he was holding, then found his father volunteering to help her. He looked to the door that they were were able to escape through before sighing a little. Darn... and here he thought they would be getting away from the crowd he thought himself. He didn't mind though, so long as he was with his Daddy. The boy cuddled up against the man's chest, hiding his face shyly once more behind his toy.

Kiyoshi found himself rushed along with his son in his arms, opening his mouth to try to explain to the woman that he and Tatsuo didn't need an Eevee of their own but he decided for the moment to give up on trying to talk and let him get pulled along by the excitable woman. He found himself wondering if he should accept the Eevee, it would be nice for Tatsuo to have a pet... but at the same time it felt very odd to have something as a pet that was like his sister.

The milk pocky boy lowered his son down to stand on his own to feet before he turned turned to the one that was speaking to him, giving a smile, "Ahh... it would appear so, yes." He told her, "My name is Kiyoshi and this is my son Tatsuo."

Tatsuo looked up at the woman from behind his stuffed Eevee before he gave her a shy little wave. His attention turned to the two kids that were standing there. He tilted his head to one side before he slowly lifted a hand up to give the two a wave, "Ahh... F-Fierce..." He murmured in agreement, trying to figure out what the pair were talking about but really he had no idea... he was quite young yet and new to the world so he was still learning. The two seemed pretty eager to encourage him though... which was nice.

"Its nice to meet you Paulette." He murmured before he found himself being measured by the woman. He blinked a couple times before he stood there still, allowing her to do as she needed to do to help him to get ready, "Yes, I assume so as Andy said she was in need of the both of us." He said, looking over at his boy who was talking with the other kids and he couldn't help but to feel rather proud of him. That he was able to make friends despite his shyness made the milk pocky boy smile happily.

Tatsuo tilted his head to one side, "Huh? 'Whip our hair back and'... what?" He asked, wondering what the other boy was going to say next before he'd gotten himself distracted by what was said next. He looked down at the Eevee plushy, hugging it, "My Daddy says that... that my Auntie Fenrir is an Eevee so he got this for me." He hadn't been able to meet her yet but then again he hadn't met his Grand Parents yet either since he was newly born, he couldn't wait to get to meet the rest of his family.

"Model... I... think? The nice lady seemed to... to want me and Daddy for a show." He explained to the two children before giving a smile, he felt... oddly comfortable about them, probably because they were his size, they weren't yelling, and the one in the orange had a nice smell around him. It kind of reminded him of how his Daddy gave off a nice smell and the way that Tatsuo himself did as well. He took a step closer to Kal in a curious manner before his feet got tangled in his to long robe, stumbled, and fell into his new friends, "Omph... Ahh... S-Sorry..." He gasped out.

Tatsuo was silent throughout the whole of the ordeal, allowing himself to be measured so that he could be a part of the show and become 'fierce' like the other kids were able to be... not that he exactly knew how he should go about learning to be such a thing. Maybe it would be come more clear to him if he follow the example set by the two children his age that he had been talking to. When the woman was done and gave him a pat on the head Tatsuo relaxed a bit, giving a slight smile, hugged his plushie and moved closer to where the others were standing. He was curious what he would be wearing, wanted to ask but figured he would find out soon enough...

Kiyoshi on the other hand, after learning what he would be wearing, was standing there stock still, face red, eyes wide, "W-Wait... what? B-Boxers...? That means that I would be... be..." In nothing but those? He felt his face turn an even darker red in embarrassment, Andy had never mentioned anything about that... He had never been in such a state of undress before and it was a little worrisome to think about, not wanting to end up in just that in front of a bunch of people! He couldn't protest though, could he? He'd said he would help... right? How embarrassing... he just... just had to make it through all of this, he could dress in his own clothing again, then hide...

He looked over at where his son stood before forcing himself to relax. If he got upset he knew that Tatsuo would notice and he did he would likely react badly thinking something was wrong... last thing he wanted was to cause his son any distress. He had to take this in stride, he would only be doing this once after all and then he would move on, back to his calm and relaxed life.

Tatsuo gave a bit of a jump at the excited cry from the pair before he put on a little smile, nodding his head, "Yes..." He murmured in agreement. His first fitting, did that mean that he was a model now? He couldn't say that he knew the answer and instead found himself looking to Kal and Alice for help in that department the girl spoke of Kal and his age, something that had him glancing over toward his father and then back again, "My Daddy... he's two I think..." He murmured, finding that interesting, that he was so much bigger then Kal but only a year older in time.

"Pocky boy." He murmured, looking at Kal in a curious manner, watching him more closely before he nodded his head, "Yes, so is my Daddy." He told them. that the boy with the orange hair was the same as him had Tatsuo drifting just a bit closer to him, starring up at him with wide green eyes before he gave a little smile, "I... am happy to meet another Pocky boy my age... your the first I have seen." Perhaps he was getting a bit to close, forgetting about the whole 'personal space' thing that his Daddy mentioned but since he was so used to being carried around most of the time he forgot that not everyone wanted him to get so close to them. This close he could smell the scent around Kal and it made him smile, he smelled nice, didn't he?

He could only hope that he wasn't being bothersome he thought to himself as he got so close, one hand lifting to rub it against one of his own scaly cheeks. That seemed to be a thing that he had that other Pocky didn't, those scales he thought to himself as he looked Kal over and saw he was lacking them.