A Very Merry Hobo Birthday... To You!

[tsunbird]

Who: A whole lot of losers (this can mean you). Specifically, Ankh, Eiji, probably all of the Senshi, Martin, Elly and Fei. Nozomi? Possibly more Love Lives?? A WHOLE LOT OF LOSERS... I tagged everybody I knew would be here that I knew the canons for. :<
What: Hino Eiji's birthday!!
When: October 22! All day, all night, as long as y'all wanna celebrate this hobo.
Where: Hikawa Shrine.

He was pretty sure Rei had said something about it being Eiji's birthday. He didn't actually care overmuch, since she had come to him with the request that he take Eiji and distract him until a specific time, and given him the idea of making him buy ice cream. Ankh liked ice cream. In fact, it was about his favorite thing. So when it had been suggested that he could force Eiji into buying him some, whilst still fulfilling some kind of request from Rei, it meant he was getting ice cream and having the grumpy Shrine Maiden indebted to him (at least, in his own mind). So while there was the vaguest of concepts in his head that this was a distraction for some kind of celebration in honor of Eiji, he was mostly interested in the fact that he was making the vagrant buy him something.

And so here they were, Ankh dragging Eiji by the sleeve, heading into town.

"You walk too slow, how do you walk this slow? You're taller than I am."

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[faithfulflame]

Rei listens to Ami's rather excited explanation in full, letting her get it out of her system before responding. Because Savior knows she doesn't want to interrupt the normally quiet girl, no. Getting Ami to be this chatty was something rare.

"Alright, Ami-chan. I don't mind helping you at all. But, how would we go about it? What's the experiment?"

[allergictoloveletters]

When Ami finishes, she smiles and she grabs Rei's hand, incredibly pleased that she would help.

"Meet me in the flower grove, we'll go from there. And who knows, it may attract some pokemon in the process. But the experiment will be mild psychic actions on your part and my attempts to work through what you are doing with my own mental capacities."

[faithfulflame]

Rei laughs gently, nodding along.

"Alright, we can do that. I'll bring Deimos to make sure you stay healthy. Her healing powers will help."

[allergictoloveletters]

"And I will bring a picnic to maintain energy levels. It will be like when we first met."

[faithfulflame]

"Except hopefully Isidis will be a little more awake. He's gotten a bit fat and lazy since he evolved..."

[allergictoloveletters]

"Perhaps my little Horsea and Aurora could get him active. They're the most active. I have a whole team of snugglers," she laughed, not realizing that that reflected more on her than on the pokemon themselves.

[faithfulflame]

"Maybe. We'll have to see. It...may honestly be because it's just getting on towards winter, but he's been so out of it lately." So very, very out of it.

[allergictoloveletters]

"Hmm... is it his diet? Knowing you, I suspect that socialization isn't the issue." Ami's mind was turning.

"I could meet with him, if you like. Even lazy pokemon like Snorlax have their moments of activity or something that they focus on when not lying around..."

[faithfulflame]

"Oh, he does have his moments...but he's always been kind of lazy. I've always attributed it to his reptilian nature. And it's probably nothing to worry about. But...if you want to help me work with him, I don't mind. He likes you, you know."

Despite accidentally kicking him down a hill.

[allergictoloveletters]

"He likes me?" she asked, eyes widening and she blinked in surprise. She would think he had very little affection for her, considering their first meeting. She smiled though as she thought about the pokemon, glad he was alright and seemingly able to forgive accidents.

"Well, I like him too. I think that would be a perfect idea."

[faithfulflame]

"Then, let's get together next week sometime and work with him."

In truth? He probably doesn't remember the incident. Lazy little thing.

[allergictoloveletters]

"I will open up my schedule for you to ensure that we can really try out your abilities and my theory. I must thank you for allowing yourself to be involved in this experiment, Rei-chan. If there is a way I can repay you, please let me know."