[ACTION]

[kaidont]

[If you are currently near the outskirts of Union, you might hear a bit of a racket.

Or you might outright just find Kaido, Flabébé and Sraggy.

They've set up a set of twin practice dummies (a big one for Kaido, a smaller one for Scraggy) and are practicing kicks and punches with synchromised timing, with Flabébé alternating between checking on the egg they have nearby and pushing a large ball around with Fairy Wind.

They've been at this for a week. Someone stop them.

Or alternatively, complain about the noise]

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[at_too_low]

[... Yep, business as usual.

No matter how much you try to avoid this nerd, he always seems to know where you're training. And he's there today, too, with his two eggs. That is to say, Egg the egg and Togepi the "little shit fairy egg". He watches you for a while and then decides to call out]

Kaido!

[kaidont]

[Scraggy is the first to notice you, even before you call out. He falls out of synch, attracting Kaido's attention, and they've slowed down by the time you call out.

Kaido's torn between cheerful at seeing you (the workout helps his mood beautifully) and "crap" at the coming nagging]

Hey.

[at_too_low]

[And he doesn't disappoint]

Still at it? Hasn't it been a week already? I thought you'd decided on that long.

[kaidont]

That was before. Now there's next week to think of.

[Kaido even you can see the flaw in that logic]

[at_too_low]

You can't do that, Kaido. You need to take breaks, otherwise you'll just tire yourself out too much. I appreciate your intent in this, but you have to plan your training, too. I'll ask miss Mari if she can help you come up with a schedule.

[kaidont]

[His urge to go "I'm fiiiiiiiine" is so strong.

Thankfully he's interupted by Flabébé, who comes to fly in your face. Hi Atsuro 8D]

[at_too_low]

[He laughs and catches her on his hand.]

Hi there! I know Kaido won't say yes, but care to take a break? I've brought you guys some water and food.

[True enough, his usual bag is looking a little heavier than usual.]

[maright]

[Mari is with just her Zubat and egg today, looking for some spots to train herself and start bridging the level gap that came with their newest team member. At least, that's one reason. The other is concern for a certain spiky haired boy who hasn't been around the house for days.]

Hello, Tadashi. Is this where you've been all this time?

[kaidont]

Hey Mari. [He smiles]

I was further in the forest earlier. [But then Atsuro started following, and he has only one pokemon with him, so Kaido decided to train closer. He's so thankful you didn't do the same... though now with Nidoking to help the forest would be a walk in the park for you]

[maright]

Well then, I'm glad I caught you. [She's still smiling nicely enough, but there's a critical look in her eye as she glances him over.] You haven't exacerbated any of your injuries, have you? You've been out for some time.

[kaidont]

I'm fine. It was just scratches.

[And strain in his ankle, but he was actually mature enough to go easy on it the first couple of days]

What about you? How're you two doing with it?

[maright]

[He seems to be telling the truth... she supposes she can let it go. For now.]

We're making progress, though it seems like it'll still be a while until Nidoking can come with us more regularly. [It got frustrated at having low-leveled opponents, and frustrated when it's the only one facing more difficult ones- no way around it right now. Her Zubat lets out an irritated cry and tries to puff up it's chest. Mari chuckles a bit.] Don't worry, you'll catch up soon enough.

[kaidont]

He getting bored?

[He chuckles at your Zubat]

Hah, that's the spirit.

[moemoetentacles]

Oho! Is this how humans train their bodies?

[Have a nosy Inkay Shifter kid butting into your training session there, Kaido.]

[kaidont]

[Scraggy almost trips over himself, but catches himself and stares at you instead!

Kaido turns to face you]

What else d'you wanna do, aside from beating up people or pokemon? [And he's been told doing that is uncivilised]

[moemoetentacles]

[That question was undoubtedly rhetorical, but she will answer it anyway.]

...Eating, mostly.

[kaidont]

Don't worry, I do plenty of that.

[moemoetentacles]

What's your favorite food?

[This is apparently pretty important, judging from the look on her face.]

I actually searched for the canon info and couldn't find it oh my god

[kaidont]

What do you care?

[eh, whatever]

I kind of like hot pot.

[And meat in general, but he doesn't get to eat it nearly often enough in his opinion]

[merameranomi]

[Just walking by, wondering if there could be a good place to train with all the new friends he's made when he sees you and Scraggy, and just whistles]

You're lookin' a bit tired there, why don't you and your Pokemon take a little break??

[now he's just thinking about food, and his pokemon are just sitting there like "yup, we knew this would happen"]

[kaidont]

[Oh it's the fire-obsessed kid]

"A bit tired" is the best time to train.

[merameranomi]

what? not it's not

[he walks closer to you and inspect you and your pokemon]

You should take a break, really, you're sweating like crazy

[kaidont]

You loosen up, you stop overthinking everything, you work more on instinct and your movements are more efficient to save energy. Best time.

[He looks down at his pokemon... Yeah Scraggy could use a break]

But I guess we can stop for a drink. [Headpat to Sraggy] So anyway, sup?

[merameranomi]

Yeah but you get tired faster and it's not like you're gonna be always tired when fighting right? [Or so he hopes, because being tired at the start of a battle sucks, and then what if you get hungry halfway? that's not good, you need to finish up and clean up before eating]

That'd be awesome, there's a good place with cheap drinks back in the city [Then he points to small Slugma that's standing behind him, hiding] I just wanted this girl to come out and get some air, she's been at home since the day we met.

[kaidont]

[Oh you sweet summer child

... he'd never seen a slugma from this close before. He kind of twists his head around you to look at her]