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[solas_ion]

[early morning; Goldenrod Pokemon Center]

Guys, I got this weird feeling. Kind of like I can sense something behind me, but every time I look there's nothing there. Needless to say, something doesn't feel quite right here.

[If one was to look very carefully, they might see a Smoochum hiding behind the PC in the background.]

[mid-morning; Goldenrod Department Store]

[Lancer turns on the video again, seeming even more suspicious than before.]

Look, if someone wants a fight with me, they can come out and say so. Whoever's following me around, knock that shit off.

[And in the background, half-hidden behind a shelf? An incognito Smoochum in too-large sunglasses and a fedora.]

[afternoon; breeding center]

Okay, seriously! I'm tired of this, whoever the hell's stalking me you've been at it for hours! I swear if it's Whitney again I'm getting the hell out of this city.

[Does anyone else see the Smoochum slooooowly advancing on him like ninja cat? Lancer doesn't, because at that particular moment the egg he's been carrying with him decides to start shaking and cracking.]

[His attention diverted, the stalking Smoochum sees her opportunity. Closer and closer and closer...]

[Only to be intercepted by an Audino dropping down from yonder tree and engaging in an ineffective slapfight with Lancer's mysterious stalker. Meanwhile the clueless trainer himself has gone from holding an egg to holding the cutest damned thing ever.]

I swear this place gets weirder the longer I'm here.

Comments

[video]

[paladinlost]

[Cecil missed the first two parts, but the third...]

Should I congratulate you on your new Pokémon, or should I wonder what exactly is happening?

[video]

[solas_ion]

How the hell should I know what's happening, I've had some idiot stalking me all day and-

[...hang on, do you hear something? Sounds like two Pokemon ineffectually flailing at each other with stubby arms.]

[Lancer would just pause, look over his shoulder, and look back at the camera.]

...I think this is the point where I'm supposed to acknowledge weird shit follows me around like a damned tail.

[video]

[paladinlost]

That's a surprisingly common affliction.

[Even Cecil's had his moments.]

...Are either of them yours?

[video]

[solas_ion]

The smaller one's one of Saber's. I guess the weird looking one with the ears is mine, sort of. She won't really leave me alone.

...In a less creepy way than Saber's, I mean.

[video]

[paladinlost]

That does not sound particularly hard to achieve, if you ask me.

[Seriously.]

[video]

[solas_ion]

...yeah, it's not. She's actually been pretty nice. Saber's thing there is just...yeah.

[video]

[paladinlost]

Perhaps she has not been taught how to express her feelings properly?

[video]

[springoflife]

You're paranoid.

[Clearly.]

[video]

[solas_ion]

Lady, I know paranoid when I see it, and I'm not paranoid.

[video]

[springoflife]

No one's following you.

[Well, except for that Smoochum, but that's not a person, so it doesn't count, right? Right.]

[video]

[solas_ion]

My instinct doesn't lie.

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[ex_cashcow493]

Lancer, the sun has yet to begin it's descent over the horizon and you are already drinking?

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[solas_ion]

What? No, I'm completely sober.

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[ex_cashcow493]

Are you certain?

[ It's questionable, bro.

Also, he might note she looks a little more under the weather than usual. ]

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[solas_ion]

Absolutely sure.

[Beat.]

...What's wrong?

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[ex_cashcow493]

Then perhaps you are a bit touched in the head. Did our last race leave you injured?

[ Nope, not gonna answer this. ]

You are the one imagining things.

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[solas_ion]

I'm not imagining it and you didn't answer me.

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[ex_cashcow493]

The Breeding Centre.. is very lonely right now.

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[solas_ion]

...somebody else, huh?

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[ex_cashcow493]

Lots.. of somebodies.

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[solas_ion]

I'm on my way back now. Give me about five minutes.

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[ex_cashcow493]

Thank you, Lancer.

[Video]

[k9tantei]

You too, eh? 's like most of those eggs are hatchin' into things that just ...weren't here before. [He's got a Pawniard in his lap that looks absolutely THRILLED to be there. In the sense that it may start stabbing things if it's shown off too much.]

[And in the background? That's a Jynx. That is waving and cheering on Lancer's tiny stalker. Heiji might not be able to understand what she's saying, but he's got a good guess, and finds the whole thing funnier than anything.]

An' I've never seen so many Smoochum around... I'd been almost thinkin' Yuki might've been th'only one around here.

[Video]

[solas_ion]

[ITT: Weird Background Events.]

Hm? [Glancing over his shoulder....and staring for a moment. Then deciding he wants none of it and looking back.]

She's Saber's, not mine. Hell if I know why she keeps hanging around me, though.

[action]

[autocratic]

Oh? Popular with the females of any species, are you?

[ Guess who's walking up to you with a Scyther and Beldum floating up to you to stare at you, Lancer. ]