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 Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:30 pm
Asch looked on with nonchalance as Luke decided to back down. It wouldn't be appropriate to get into a fight in a place like this, especially during a holiday. It would likely attract some unwanted attention. Plus if Luke's friends were nearby, he could easily find himself outnumbered. But the demand about Vahy'n did cause his eyes to frown to deepen and he looked away.
"Heh. That is none of your concern, dreck. You might as well forget about it. Neither you or Rosie will see it again. Get use to it."
However, Asch then caught something out of the corner of his eye. He looked and stood there as he watched a shiny Munchlax run by with a bag held over its head, and Natalia chasing it. "..."
He reached out just in time to snatch the thing away from the Pokemon before it had completely passed him.
By this time Emil had looked up and realized that his Munchlax was missing. "Oh no," he moaned and got up from the bench to look around. "Nazdrovie! Where did you go?! Nazdrovie!" The blonde boy then proceeded into the park to search out his missing Pokemon, carrying his other one with him.
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:59 pm
Ivory couldn't help but let out a small giggle at the formalities that this "Guy Cecil" was taking with her. "Oh, you really don't need to call me a 'Miss'... Ivory is just fine! Though, now that begs the question, what do you prefer being called? Guy? Mr. Cecil? Mr. Guy?" That last one sounded absolutely absurd to her, but it was technically an option.
Despite her questions and seeming dissection of his introduction, she smiled towards the Pokemon as it offered the flower in the young man's place. Oki was only slightly smaller than herself, so once she relieved the Pokemon of the present, she knelt down very faintly so she could be at eye level with the dark-type. "Thank you Oki for assisting in the transaction!" Some might have questioned why the Pokemon had to act as the middleman for the flower exchange, but considering how she was practically covered from head-to-toe, Ivory had no plans to question the actions of others.
Straightening up, she then brought the flower up to her nose to give it a delicate sniff. "Mmm... this is quite fragrant... what sort of flower is this?" She glanced to Guy expectantly, even though her eyes were masked behind the dark lenses over her eyes.
The moment the obvious question was asked, Ivory gave a slightly longer-winded response than most might have used. "Well, earlier she was a Pidgey, though I am pretty sure that has changed by now. However, Opal is usually a ditto... I'd tell you what she was right now if I could make out what she possibly changed into by now. I just can't make it out from this distance." Delicately, she touched the edges of the petals on the flower she received with her black gloved fingers.
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:17 pm
-Opal-
When the Pidgey suddenly changed into a Buneary, Melody's mouth fell open slightly in surprise, staring at her for a few seconds as she hopped over to Pop, who had one of her eyes narrowed in a suspicious look that followed her own surprise.
It seemed there was more to this pokemon then she first assumed, Melody couldn't help a grin that showed off her pointed teeth.
"Char charmeleon-"
Pop, did not at all flattered that this pokemon was mimicking her form, and instead frowned, stamped a foot and turned to storm away.
This prompted a light sigh from Melody, who shook her head, only to turn back to Opal when she started looking around, and asked her to help her find something.
Gray eyes blinking in confusion, Melody chirped softly as she pushed herself to her feet, agreeing to help her, but not sure what she though was wrong.
-Izaya-
Most of Rosie's pokemon were occupied one way or the other, Celestia with her sister Luna, and Melody going off to search for something with Opal. Pop was busy being annoyed to notice anyone else.
There was however, one witness, in the form of a quiet, lazy green turtle, who's shell was smoking slightly.
Beady eyes watched the taller man as he knelt down, picked up one of the hearts, and tore it up.
Tank didn't make a noise, but he did give the man a long... painfully slow blink.
It wasn't long before the brown and pink Buneary had suddenly hopped over, bushing past Tank who didn't move, and shooting a glare at Izaya, before she snatched up one of the origami hearts herself, turned sharply and chucked it at Tank.
The paper heart bounced off the Torkoal's face harmlessly, the turtle not even acting like he noticed it.
-Izaya, Seraphine-
Though the hug was brief, it was warm, and welcoming, happily taking her friend's hands when she pulled away.
Elated by the complement, Rosie took a step back to better show the dress.
"Oh thank you! I just got it to~ This is my first excuse to wear it since the weather has been so much nicer recently. You look as beautiful as always~ I really like that bag."
She giggled when Seraphine continued on about a new line of clothing coming out, if she was excited about it, then Rosie could be sure that the clothes were going to look fantastic! "I would love to! You should call me when you go, we'll make a day of it~ With spring coming I am going to need some new clothes, maybe some of that new green I've been seeing in those new catalogs about upcoming spring fashions."
Seraphine was who she got to be girly with, most of the others in the group were guys, and they didn't ever seem at all interested in that kind of thing.
Rosie was so happy to have a friend like Seraphine, and the more she got to know her, the more she liked her, including the the stubborn edges she could sometimes have.
When Seraphine's happy holiday wishes were cut off, Rosie tilted her head, watching her for a few seconds before glanced over her shoulder.
"Oh~ oh oh!" Rosie took a step back, still holding onto Seraphine's hands as she guided her forward. "Come meet someone." She told her friend, then turned.
"Nakura." The blond turned and gestured a hand toward her brunette friend. "This is my best friend, Seraphine. Seraphine, This is Nakura." fishing the gesture as she let her hand drift toward the Japanese man, her eyes bright with excitement.
"He's new~ and he's going to be my Valentine for today."
Seeming to be more concerned with introducing everyone, she didn't take notice of the ripped papers fluttering away, or anything odd of the sort.
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:40 pm
Why was the other Buneary acting so unhappy?! All Opal was trying to do was help and be nice! Her crimson eyes seemed to get watery for a moment as the real Buneary hopped away. "Bun buneary bun..." she seemed to whimper before shaking her head and shaking the sadness away.
How could she make others happy if she couldn't keep being happy herself? Facing the Charmeleon, the false Buneary explained her dilemma. Her eyes weren't very good, and it was just easier to be honest about her horrid eyesight with others. Other Pokemon were usually very understanding. "Buneary bun bun buneary neary. Bun buneary neary bun bun buneary neary bun!"
The white pokemon paused to hop over to the Charmeleon's tail. She gave said tail a pat, as if asking for permission to hitch a ride there. "Buneary?" There was a pause as she unrolled both of her momentarily long ears, letting them stand upright as tall as they could go.
Opal then reassured the fire-type that she'd let her know which direction to go, telling her which direction she heard the sounds she wanted to investigate. "Neary neary bun buneary bun!" With that, she pointed in the direction of where a quiet trainer (Emil) was now searching for his missing Pokemon.
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:54 pm
Elle was almost disappointed. Here she was hoping to get a glimpse of Asch's swordly prowess, and nadda. Not gonna happen. She sighed. Maybe it was better if they didn't fight--this was a V-Day thing after all. No need to spoil the love with violence.
She was mesmerized by the twins, though. She couldn't believe how much alike they looked--but they didn't act like brothers. At all. Not a hint of brotherly love or rivalry--just pure, cold hatred.
Most of the other people hadn't really seemed to notice the sudden tension. But if those two kept carrying on, they would. Elle grinned. Drama was just fabulous, as long as she wasn't in it.
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:46 pm
"Very well, then," Guy said smilingly, "it'll just be 'Ivory.'" Honestly, Guy felt more comfortable when referring to a lady as 'miss,' especially if he wasn't well acquainted with them, but if Ivory did not want him to call her by that, he wouldn't argue. "And just calling me 'Guy' is fine. 'Mr. Guy' would be kind of a strange thing to say, wouldn't you think?" He chuckled at the thought. He hadn't heard that one before.
When Ivory asked about the flower she had been given, Guy shrugged slightly. "I believe it's a geranium, though I could be wrong." He was certainly no botanist, and he had forgotten what the label at the store where he had bought it from had said it was. "It was festive and inexpensive, that's all I know, heh. But I am glad that you like it." He was sincere on this point: Ivory was a kind young lady, and it was nice to see her enjoy the gift.
Guy raised his eyebrows at Ivory's explanation of her Pokemon. "A Ditto, really? That's rather interesting. I don't believe I've ever seen a Ditto before..." Then again, it wasn't exactly easy to tell a transformed Ditto from the real Pokemon, so he wouldn't have known either way if that was the case - Guy didn't voice this to Ivory, of course. He took another glance in the direction of the crowd of Pokemon, and Guy could make out a small white Pokemon conversing with a different Pokemon of the same species. "I think that she's a Buneary right now. It's hard to tell," he told Ivory.
The human girl thanked Oki for helping to give her the flower, and in response, Oki only nodded stiffly. A small shadow of a smile passed across his face, but only for a brief moment. He stepped back to Sir Guy's side as the two humans continued talking. Oki folded his arms as he watched them. The human girl... She was strange, no doubt, with her dark clothes and peculiar mannerisms. She had a kind heart, Oki noted, even if she was rather frail in his eyes. Admirable, and worthy of further observation, he deemed.
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:34 pm
"It does sound strange, but I was honestly just following your pattern of addressing people. Formal title plus the first name. It's not my fault your first name is Guy!" She laughed a bit. "However, an interesting first name is always a good conversation starter, yes?"
As Guy began to explain the name of the flower and his reasoning for purchasing it, the girl began to fiddle with said flower. It was hard to balance holding her umbrella so it would keep her shaded and attempt to put the flower along the pale blue collar of her jacket. However, she wasn't exactly about to ask for assistance as she awkwardly fiddled to get the stem through one of the button holes. To try and get some of the awkwardness off of herself, she jokingly mentioned "So, you were basically looking for a cheap way to make a girl smile?" It was a blunt way to put it, but she didn't mean anything ill by her words.
Somehow, she had managed to get the flower to stay in place along her collar, almost like a boutonniere. Patting it into place, she commented "...well, it worked! I think that dresses up my outfit a bit more!" With a gentle pat along the petals, the girl placed her hand back along the handle of her umbrella, twirling it slightly.
"...a Buneary? I didn't know there were any of those out here... oh well... maybe when she's done playing, she can give a demonstration." There was a pause before she turned to face Oki rather distinctly. "...well, if Oki is willing, that is?"
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:02 pm
The man in white and pink stared and drew back warily as the buneary rushed at him, fixing him with an intense glare before grabbing a heart. At first Izaya thought the pokemon planned to scold him, but before he could open his mouth to explain, the angry thing had flung it at the fire turtle's shell. "Oi! What was that for?" he asked with an amused smile, not having seen what had annoyed the buneary so much. "He didn't do anything to you, did he~?" As far as Izaya had observed, Tank hadn't done a thing to deserve having the paper heart thrown at him.
How could he expect a pokemon to be reasonable or answer him back, though? Shaking his head with an amused grin at his own absurdity, the man turned his attention back to Rosie and her female friend. They seemed busy talking about clothes and a future fashion line they were going to see come out. "Heh." Somehow Izaya couldn't avoid thinking about Aila and how she might have liked to attend such an event. Not like he could find out now.
All of a sudden Rosie was pulling said friend toward him. Izaya could only get up, brush himself off, stand there, and maintain his usual smile. Sure, he'd originally thought meeting the other trainers might be a good thing. Somehow, though, there was more pressure put on him to behave himself; especially with this prim, proper little miss. Oh well; he couldn't complain now.
"Your best friend? What a pleasure! It's so nice to meet you, Seraphine-chan~" he greeted, bowing slightly at the waist and blowing her a kiss. "What about your valentine? Surely a young woman with your taste and obvious fashion sense must have a matching companion around here somewhere..." He made a big show of looking around for someone who could possibly have been considered Seraphine's boyfriend.
"What about that fellow over there?" the informant asked, gesturing towards Guy and Ivory. "Ah, wait; he already seems to be talking to someone. My, looks scandalous. I wonder if it's a secret meeting."
Looking away, he directed their attention toward Luke and Asch instead, both of whom he'd been watching from across the street. "And just look at that! A pair of red-headed twins fighting over that lady sitting in the tree. I bet she's having the Valentine's day of her life. Though, she does look sort of lonely..." He beamed, cupping his hands over his mouth. "Hello over there! Happy Valentine's Day!" he called to Elle. "Must be nice having too handsome boys fighting over you, ne? Good luck with that~"
Laughing, Izaya shook his head. "I love this day. So much drama and excitement. Wouldn't you ladies agree?"
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:13 pm
Opal
Melody shook her head, trying to tell the white Buneary not to worry about Pop, she acted like that to everyone on the team since Rosie caught her, she's had a hard time of it adjusting, but her attitude certainly didn't help anyone out.
Melody certainly didn't mind that Pop had stormed off on her own.
When Opal explained that her eye sight was bad, Melody blinked surprised, and wondering for a moment why that was, but of coerce she let the other pokemon climb onto her tail.
Letting her lead the way though whatever odd feeling she had, while Melody certainly didn't mind being her eyes.
Once Opal was on her tail okay, Melody pulled herself back up onto two feet, glancing over her shoulders as the Buneary listened around.
Going where the bunny told her to, the Charmeleon soon found herself heading in the direction of a truly miserable looking human. The blond boy looked like he was ready to Cry.
"Char char?" Melody huffed, walking up to him with a tilt of her head.
Was this the boy that the Buneary wanted to see?
(Rosie post coming soon)
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:45 pm
The teen's light green eyes brightened at the prospect of a shopping trip with her friend. "Ooh, good! We can go early next week if you'd like, I'm always up for a shopping day." Especially if it involved shoe shopping.
Nakura? ...Seraphine-chan? What was that? Some sort of.. nickname? It sounded kind of... weird though, and she did not want any part of her or her name to be associated with anything strange. Maybe he was just foreign or something, like Dith. "Just Seraphine is fine," she said with some self-importance as she carefully smoothed out her dress with both hands. The mention of a Valentine, while she made no outward indication of it, annoyed her very slightly. She would've liked to have gotten a Valentine first, but Rosie was pretty and she couldn't blame anyone for wanting to be her friend's Valentine. She also had excellent taste, even if her clothes weren't as expensive as Seraphine's. Now if what's her--oh yeah, Izumi. If Izumi had gotten a Valentine before Sera, then there would be problems, but since it was Rosie she really didn't mind too much.
When he gestured to Guy, a more irritated look crossed her face and she huffed, then waved a hand dismissively. "Not him." The last - and only - time she'd tried to flirt with him had ended in embarrassing disaster. She had no desire to try that a second time.
While Seraphine had forgotten all about Nakura's strange paper-ripping episode, Mordecai did not - and he especially didn't want all those pieces floating away! They belonged to Miss Rosie, and even if they were in pieces he assumed she'd want them back, so with quick movements and precise aim he chased after the drifting bits of paper and snatched up each one. It didn't take him too long, really, and once he'd finished he hovered over to the blond and presented them to her with an eager "Metang!" He looked extremely proud of himself.
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:45 pm
Her excitement and joy only seemed to grow when Nakura greeted her friend. He seemed to happy to meet her, not many people were this kind, and eager about meeting other people, let alone perfect strangers.
She clasped her hands together, watching the two of them get acquainted, and Nakura start pointing out potential valentines for the day.
Rosie perked up, glancing around at Nakura started gesturing toward others in the park, wondering if maybe Seraphine could get a Valentine for the holiday, that was a wonderful idea.
Of corse the first to be gestured to was someone that Rosie recognized, her reaction congratsing Seraphine's as the girl lit up at the sight of her blond friend.
"Oh, its Guy-"
And then there was mention of red head twins fighting over a girl in the tree.
At this point it was when she left something bump into her and the Metang announcing his presence.
It was probably a good thing that her attention was pulled to the pokemon instead, since she had no idea that the red heads were Luke and Asch... another one of her dear friends, along with the man who hurt her deeply by taking a pokemon so precious to the pink trainer.
"Huh? oh Mordecai, hello~ what do you have there?" She asked, reaching up to tuck her hair behind her ears and peer down into his claws.
She paused, blinking at the torn pink paper... it looked familiar.
"what-"
"BUNEAR!" another pink heart whizzed through the air and tinkled lightly off of the steel type's armor.
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:40 am
"Heh," Nakura snorted in amusement when Seraphine insisted on just her first name. Either she didn't know what the suffix '-chan' meant and was afraid to be called something unknown, or she wasn't comfortable with the familiarity associated with the use of the suffix. Whichever it was, it seemed humorous that just the mere suffix would unnerve her.
This girl certainly exuberated the air of nobility that Luke and Aila had possessed, but like Mr. Luke fon Fabre, she seemed to lack the tact and common sense that Aila had developed over the years. Seraphine was practically advertising her wealthy lifestyle and begging someone to rob her with an attitude like that.
Taking note of her reaction to Guy, Nakura laughed. "Oh...? You know him?" he asked, guessing the girl couldn't have expressed so much distaste without first having met the fellow. Then again, with the personality she was starting to show, that reasoning might have been debatable. Rosie confirmed the fact that he was familiar to them in any case. What a strange name...'Guy'...huh. No stranger than some of the code names other Rockets have, though, I suppose. I wonder...
The informant couldn't help but catch sight of Seraphine's devoted Metang as Moredecai grabbed the tiny pieces of pink, ripped paper that Nakura had attempted to scatter to the four winds. Distracted from his thoughts, his eyes widened. Was this thing in league with Shizuo's stupid steel-type? Or were all steel-types just out to get him? He cast a brief glare at the proud Metang, mentally adding him to the long list of hated pokemon recorded in his head.
What the - ? Another pink heart soared past. Was this buneary actually trying to protect Nakura or something? He highly doubted it, but with the way it kept throwing valentines at the pokemon who could have potentially uncovered his crime, there were few other conclusions he could come to.
"Ah...does that Buneary belong to you, Rosie-hime?" he asked with a polite smile, tilting his head. "It seems fond of...expressing its feelings through the launching of your paper hearts." If he was lucky, he could distract her from realizing that there had been a name written on the pink scraps. A name written in her handwriting.
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:40 pm
Startled by the valentine suddenly bouncing off of the Metang, and the angry shouting from the Buneary drew Rosie's attention away from the steel type pokemon, and down on her angry little shiny.
Pop was to the point where she was throwing an all out tantrum, her temper only rising more and more as she kicked anything she could find, pink tufted ears popping out in an act of aggression.
Tank had his eyes closed, steam and smoke was shooting from his nose at the immature Buneary as she kicked his shell, he didn't seem hurt by it, but it was clear he wanted her to stop.
The pokemon's trainer paused for a moment as she tried to assess what was making her Buneary so angry, her mouth opening slightly before she stepped forward.
She turned her head to look at Nakura when he spoke, speaking her name that was followed by that 'hime' added onto it.
"Yes, I caught her wild a couple of months ago," She answered Nakura, glancing over at him "I think she's had the hardest time fitting in with the team. Or this life style really... I know what might help calm her down, excuse me for just a second."
Her voice took on a more calm, and serious tone when in this situation, it seemed to trouble to trainer that one of her pokemon was in distress, and like any good trainer, she moved forward to deal with it.
She spoke to the Buneary, gently, and knelt down right by the path of the rabbits rampage.
But instead of trying to talk Pop down from it, Rosie just started singing again, softly, and just for the buneary.
"Every night - we're all alone
Every night - my only hope is a light
that's shining from inside you.
'cause you believe in what we are
you believe in what we'll be
give me strength
so I can stand beside you."
The Buneary was still seething, but as Rosie sang she had at least slowed, ears twitching slight before she finally stopped kicking and throwing things.
The tiny angry rabbit instead stood on the crumpled blanket, her paws curled into fists, her chest rising and falling as she breathed through gritted teeth and furiously narrowed eyes.
But this seemed to be a good thing, since Rosie's encouraging smile returned.
"Thats my Pop~" she told the Buneary, who glanced over at her trainer and with a "Bun" looked sharply away again.
Rosie just responded with a smile, looking pleased, and proud of the pokemon, but she didn't reach out to pet her, or speak to her anymore. For now the Buneary seemed to have calmed down, and Rosie knew how much she hated being overly praised and loved on. So much different from Rosie's other pokemon.
"I'm sorry if she hit you with anything, she gets over stimulated sometimes being in the city, I think the crowds are starting to stress her out. She really is a good pokemon though."
Returning to her feet, and turning to face Nakura and Seraphine, the blond crossed over to the Metang again, reaching out to gently pick up the ripped up valentine from his claws, looking it over with a moment of regret over the paper's fate. "Oh, this one was Shizou's" she said almost under her breath.
But a move grateful look was given to the dark pokemon "Thank you for getting these for me Mordecai." She told him with an affectionate pat.
Well, no reason to dwell on it, She could always just make another one~
placing the torn paper by the trash at the side of the bench, Rosie folded her hands behind her back as she half danced back over to Nakura and Seraphine.
"Nakura, I've been meaning to ask you." she stated, with the return of her usual brightens. "When you address me by my name, you add something to the end of it-" she paused, trying to remember what it was. "Hime?" she smiled a little sheepishly, not sure if she was pronouncing it wrong. "What is that for?"
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:48 pm
Emil was starting to look a bit frantic as he continued his search for his runaway Pokemon. Where had he gone?! What if someone took him? He was a shiny after all. What if Nazdrovie ate all of someone's food? All sorts of terrible scenarios rather through Emil's head as he continued to call out for the Munchlax.
Danish, who was rather peeved about his disappearance, was now hopping around nearby, also looking for the Munchlax. That is until two other Pokemon suddenly came up to Emil.
The boy looked down at blinked at the white Buneary and the very strange looking Charmeleon.
"Um... Hello," Emil said quietly at the two Pokemon, bending over slightly to look at them. "I lost my Munchlax... have you see him?"
"Buff buff!" Danish called out as she hopped over, big bright green eyes focused on the pair of Pokemon. The little balloon waving her stubby arms as she described the Munchlax in question.
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:08 pm
"Ah yes, well..." Guy half-smiled, feeling somewhat embarrassed by his habitual way of speaking. He had to assume that some people would think it odd of him to refer to people like that, but it was just second nature by now. "I suppose you're right about the interesting name thing." He shrugged. Truthfully, it wasn't like he couldn't help the fact that his name was Guy - he could theoretically not use it at all, considering it wasn't really his name. He dare not refer to himself otherwise, even besides the fact that his real name was a lot stranger . Only one other soul knew that name, and unbeknownst to Guy, that person was currently facing off with his lookalike. Sometimes, ignorance truly is bliss.
At Ivory's next words, Guy's eyes widened in surprise as he realized the implications his statement about the flower could have been taken. "Oh, no, no! No, I didn't mean it like that! I'm sorry if it sounded like that..." He trailed off, unsure what else to say. He half-realized that she was joking, but he still tried to make the effort to not appear discourteous. Ivory seemed pleased enough with the small gift, however, so Guy relaxed a little.
"If Oki is willing to do what...?" Guy asked out of confusion. When hearing his own name, Oki looked back to the human girl in surprise. What exactly were her intentions for him? Was he meant to be a demonstration himself?! The nerve! Or... was she requesting a battle between him and her own Pokemon? Oki flexed his claws. A little workout might not be such a bad idea...
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