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[milquetoasthero]

[Who knew training Pokémon was so tough? Besides that, now he had two of them to deal with...

...or so it'd seem. For the last three days, there's been a Sentret trailing him - from New Bark Town, all the way to Violet City. He hadn't exactly caught it - he didn't really want to, considering it seemed pretty young to be out on its own and certainly it must have a family or something - and he's beginning to wonder if feeding the poor thing the first time he saw it was a Bad Idea.

He's sitting inside the Pokécenter for the moment; Doctor's outside with the Sentret, and with this peace and quiet he can finally settle down to talk to others for a while.]

I haven't been here too long [a little over a week, and that was pushing it; he'd only gotten to Violet that morning after trucking it as hard as he could] so I, um, have a question... Is it normal for a wild Pokémon to follow you if you feed it? Like a stray dog?

And if so, is it better to catch it or to hope it'll just go home?

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[commune]

I don't know if it's what could be considered normal, but, uhh, I have a wild Pokemon that follows me for no reason. I didn't exactly feed it, unless just sort of greeting it curiously counts as feeding, but now it won't leave me alone or let me catch it.

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[milquetoasthero]

That sounds really tough. Have you tried asking it to go away? Or maybe battling it...

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[su6tlecoruscate]

Yes and the latter.

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[milquetoasthero]

Are you speaking from experience? [Not that he'll judge if you aren't but.]

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[subtlecoruscate]

[She just nods, not bothering to go into detail. It wasn't a particularly interesting story]

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[milquetoasthero]

[Okay...]

What if it keeps following me?

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[subtlecoruscate]

Catch it. It's less troublesome that way.

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[milquetoasthero]

Doctor seems to like it anyway... Thank you for the advice, miss..?

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[lif]

I dunno about "normal" but I can tell ya that some Pokemon will follow ya around, even if they're wild. [ She laughs. ] Had one tag along all throughout Sprout Tower and I didn't even feed him first!

[ As for the question, well... She'll start with this. ]

I caught 'im, cause at least I knew that he wanted to hang around me. If you like it, what's the harm?

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[milquetoasthero]

[Pokémon are more and more like strays instead of monsters... He's comforted by that fact.]

That's true... And I guess it wouldn't hurt to have more company around permanently, even if it seems to be a little young to be out on its own.

[lif]

I like havin' a big group, though it does get noisy at times. [ She'd be lying if she said she didn't enjoy that part as well, however. ] And it helps if you're plannin' on fighting with 'em.

Or maybe it's young enough that it thinks of ya like a parent.

[milquetoasthero]

[Fighting with them... It's not as if he's been avoiding battles, especially since his Audino insisted on sassing most Pokémon they came across, but he'd be a lot happier to just be at home with his friends instead of in Johto. Although the music isn't too bad and the cute monsters aren't either.]

I guess I don't mind being a parent, but I hope this isn't going to be a regular occurrence. I'm not sure I could handle a whole party of mon-- Pokémon following behind me like an army or something... They'd attract a lot of unwanted attention, don't you think?

[lif]

[ She catches his slip, and it makes her smile slightly. Sometimes she wonders what sorts of worlds other people come from - she'd never been able to think of Pokemon as monsters, not after the wildlife back home. ]

It only happened to me the once, and I haven't heard many stories like it. Might just be the nature of the guy you found - maybe he would've followed anyone that stopped and fed him, rather than your natural charm.

[milquetoasthero]

[Natural charm-- she's teasing him, isn't she. Honestly...]

I certainly hope not. What if it'd been someone bad? They might've hurt him...

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[gochuugoku]

Sometimes wild Pokemon will follow you around in a non aggressive manner, aru. That's what my Gyarados did to me when she was a Magikarp.

I think you should just catch it. I mean, might as well since it seems to have taken a liking to you and it's always better to have more Pokemon on hand.

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[milquetoasthero]

Just in case, right? And Sentrets are good scouts, aren't they....

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[gochuugoku]

Of course, just like my Ling. [Cue a Furret climbing onto China's shoulders. He smiles and strokes her head.]

They're very cute too~

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[milquetoasthero]

[But that wasn't-- wait, right. Evolution. No big deal.]

They are. How long have you had Ling?

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[gochuugoku]

Oh, for about a year now.

And do you know what's funny? When we first met, she did not like me at all. She would always scratch, bite, and pull my hair, then she suddenly stopped after talking to a Vulpix that belonged to one of my friends here.

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[milquetoasthero]

Maybe that Vulpix told her you were a good person, or something like that?

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[combat_butler]

It's not exactly the norm, but I think in that kind of situation it's best to catch it.

... unless it's like... a ghost. Then you might want to find a way to scare it off or it will end up haunting you for the rest of your days.

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[milquetoasthero]

W-Would they really do that?

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[combat_butler]

... it's a distinct possibility?

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[milquetoasthero]

... What do ghosts look like here?

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[combat_butler]

They come in a lot of different shapes and sizes.

The ones you want to be wary of are big purple gaseous balls with big doofy grins.