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[footprints_on_your_face]

So, uh...

[A quick bolt of electricity whizzes by in the background before Chie even gets started.]

...Does anybody have any experience with getting Pokemon to stop being afraid of things?

[And again, in the other direction.]

I mean, afraid of, like, everything.

[There's a low buzzing sound and Chie turns around to briefly reveal a Rotom hiding behind her shoulder.  Once it sees the Warp Band is on, it dives back behind her.  She sighs, shaking her head.]

Usually I'm the one who's afraid of Ghost types, but this is just ridiculous.

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[footprints_on_your_face]

And I guess starting with fighting training is probably a little too much... that's the only thing I'm really good at, though.

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[umiiroshoujo]

I would assume so. There has to be something else you're good at.

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[footprints_on_your_face]

Uhhhh... eating beef bowl?

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[umiiroshoujo]

[Sighhhhh. Alright, back to the drawing board. Something has to be able to help the poor Rotom. Hm...]

...don't Rotoms usually possess things? Maybe you should find something for him to possess.

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[footprints_on_your_face]

I'm gonna have something in a few weeks, but I dunno if it's something he'll like. I'm kinda trying to get him used to the idea first.

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[umiiroshoujo]

Has he interacted with others of his kind?

[She's running out of ideas, but at least she's trying to remain helpful.]

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[footprints_on_your_face]

[Chie looks back at Sparky for this. He buzzes nervously.]

...He was too afraid to talk to them.

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[umiiroshoujo]

That's the only other thing I can think of, unfortunately.

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[footprints_on_your_face]

I guess I'll have to take him back down there sometime. At least we're both afraid of the other ghosts down there. Maybe that'll help.

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[umiiroshoujo]

See, you have some common ground. That should help, even if it's only a little.

[Or it could just get them bullied. Who knows?]

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[footprints_on_your_face]

I guess nobody ever said training Pokemon would be easy.

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[umiiroshoujo]

You can say that again.

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[footprints_on_your_face]

It's worth it, though. You can always count on them to be there for you.

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[umiiroshoujo]

True enough.

[She pauses for a moment, before glancing out at the water.]

Well, mostly true.

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[footprints_on_your_face]

Well... they try their best, anyway.

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[umiiroshoujo]

Most of them, at least.

[She has one Pokémon that's just utterly lazy, and another that's apparently a con artist. And of course, her personal hecklers. Where does she even get these things?]

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[footprints_on_your_face]

Most of the time.

[Yeah, that's a little awkward.]

Well... sorry for wasting you guys' time. I guess I just need to try harder with this guy.

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[umiiroshoujo]

It's alright. I didn't have anything planned for today, and I don't mind trying to help.

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[footprints_on_your_face]

Thanks. I think talking it out a little bit really helped a lot.

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[umiiroshoujo]

You're welcome, although I really didn't help much.

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[footprints_on_your_face]

Still, I have more ideas now than I did before.

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[umiiroshoujo]

Hopefully some of them prove useful, then.