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[tinytactician]

[Action]

[Oh look, it's everyone's favorite earnest, well-meaning, kind-to-all-living-creatures blond kiddo, just chilling in the park with his Pokemon buddies...

...including the absolutely enormous Steelix who's dozing and giving out gravelly snores. In fact, Armin and his little Pokemon friends -- including Nim the Mareep baby and the just-recently-hatched Espurr baby who insists on being held at all moments -- are sitting on top of Gertrude-the-Steelix's head. So anyone trying to approach...best tread lightly.

Armin is clearly in a mood.]

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[Not so much that he doesn't turn on his Warp Band and ask, shortly, with one of the most grim expressions he's ever worn:] Is anyone signing up for this Tournament?

[...the creepycute baby Espurr sort of ruins his brooding aura, tbh.]

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[makeitquick]

[ Whoa. she shifts her gaze so she can see the book better, which results in the camera going shakey cam for a bit before settling on... one of her knees. Oops ]

Really?

[ She sounds surprised. Surprised, but sort of excited too ]

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[tinytactician]

[Have a reproachful look, Jean.]

Don't tell her that! You're all she has!

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[tinytactician]

Oh, right, of course. You can take them with you, though, of course...right?

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[tinytactician]

[Armin looks so excited, and he's polite enough to not even mention the shakycam business.]

Really! Long long ago, when a trainer was first starting out, they would be given one of three Pokemon to be their very first, and that one -- the fire lizard -- was one of them! It's called a "Charmander".

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[makeitquick]

Oh no... way! I found something as important as that?! A Charmander?!

[ That even sounds like a cool name. Her usual businesslike or at lease stoic-y persona fades a little as she giggles excitedly, caught up in the moment ]

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[sturzflug]

She's got my mom, too! Besides, if anything, I'm like... her surrogate dad. She's gotta know we're not blood-related early on, or else shit'll get confusing!

[ He pets Milly... who honestly doesn't seem to have understood any of that, anyway. She bleats happily at the attention. ]

See? She doesn't mind.

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[ladyofluminosity]

[She's definitely noticed, but now isn't the time to bring it up.]

Not a Steelix, but I bonded with an Onix when I was in the caves.

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[heartstorage]

I think so! I've never heard of any no-Pokemon rules.

Simba and I are team anyway! We go together, no matter what!

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[tinytactician]

You did! It evolves into a Dragon Type too!

[Armin is totally delighted by this -- both the cute little fire lizard and seeing Melaka's usual nature change into one of excitement.]

Oh, but be really really careful and make sure that little flame never goes out, otherwise it'll die.

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[tinytactician]

Oh. Oh, right. [Lol parents. Most of Armin's friends don't have those, so he doesn't really take them for granted.]

I guess that's true. You don't want her trying to fly or anything.

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[makeitquick]

A dragon? Oh, that's awesome. [ She looks at the thing with a newfound admiration. Because a dragon type to be is in her apartment. Not as cool as fighting, of course, but more than she expected of it ]

-- That's a good tip though. [ A bit more soberly, but still excited ]

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[tinytactician]

[Oh, here we go, happy Armin lighting up like a little sunbeam.]

You did? Really? Why didn't you tell me?

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[tinytactician]

You're stronger together anyways. [Read: Sora's safer with Simba.]

How's your egg? Or, your brother's egg, I guess?

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[ladyofluminosity]

I hadn't had the chance! Her name is Martha.

[And she almost ate all of them.]

She had a steel spike stuck between a few of her boulders that I pulled out.

[And nearly smashed her friend into a wall when she did.]

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[goingsouth]

I won't be participating. My friends are... pretty low leveled. I'd worry about them getting hurt.

Besides that, I have a new project I'm working on.

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[heartstorage]

Mm! I think so too. [SCREW THAT HE DON"T NEED SAFETY]

The eggs? Oh they hatched! One's a Sandile and the one we got from the breeding center is a Poliwhirl!

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[sturzflug]

[ Jean is that weirdo with the nagging mom and the dad who just does along with everything... ]

Right. And she keeps shocking me-- which I don't think she gets isn't fun for me cause of the whole flying-type thing. I'm gonna have to teach her to cut that out...

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[tinytactician]

Does she really? Perhaps she's amused by how your feathers conduct static electricity! Do they fluff out when shocked?

[He's...really 100% doing this for science, Jean. Not to make fun of you.

...maybe 99% for science.]

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[tinytactician]

[CUE DELIGHTED FACE.]

Are they? That's wonderful!

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[tinytactician]

Ah, yes, same with most of mine. [Sleeping Steelix excluded, but Gertrude does what she wants and what she wants is to nap, not tournament.]

A project? Really? Is it classified?

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[tinytactician]

[Totally genuinely:] She sounds amazing!

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[tinytactician]

An enormous fire-breathing flying dragon! Isn't that awesome? [Not dangerous or potentially havoc-wreaking or anything. Just awesome.]

But yes, you have to be extra cautious when they're small, like any baby. Where did you say you found it?

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[heartstorage]

Yeah! It's pretty cool, alright! I named them Louis and Naveen!

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[tinytactician]

...oh. Those are...I've never heard those names before.

[Like Armin's one to talk, he named his Mareep Cumulonimbus.]

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[heartstorage]

Heh...you know, I hadn't either! I just took a look at 'em, and those names popped in my head! So I named them that!