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[Well, that was an. Exciting weekend that he has a somewhat vivid, dream-like recollection of. Luca's spent the last two or so days trying to sort through the blanks in his memories and why he saw people he definitely knew -- didn't he--?

Well, whatever. This night finds him a little north of Goldenrod, training Spada -- on the Buneary's insistence, of course. Said Buneary is landing more than a few hits on some poor tree Scout's sitting in, while Luca takes his five minute break not too far away. Better time than never to see if any night owls want to talk, right?]

Do any of you try to find constellations that are the same in your world, here? It feels a little sad knowing that I'm really not under the same sky as my friends back home are. [He's still coming to terms with it despite being here a few months, okay.] I mean, I --

[He pauses, listening -- getting a little paler, because he definitely just heard a twig crack.]

...Are there a lot of nocturnal Pokémon? I know Sentrets are kind of that way - at least, Scout is - and Hoothoots are too, but is there anything by Goldenrod that would be --

[He yelps as a huge Scolipede charges into view -- right for his little Sentret, actually, who shrieks and climbs higher in the tree. She won't last too long up there --

but no worries, citizens of Johto and/or Kanto! Spada - our brave Buneary hero - is here! He's a little outmatched in terms of power, but he's fast... and he's got someone to protect. Luca's shaking - the feed's left on, forgotten in his fright, but giving quite a nice view of the battle taking place between a huge bug and a little bunny.

Or... well, Lopunnies still pale in size to Scolipedes, but he's not as small as he used to be, and evidently the Scolipede thinks battling for food is Too Hard, since it leaves after an intimidating glare thrown at the would-be prey and her protector.

Luca sighs, thankful, then bites back a smile; finally, one of his Pokémon've evolved.

And, upon remembering the feed, frowns.]

Well, um... That Pokémon's not native to Johto, right? I really hope we don't see anymore of those...

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No, no, I get you! Some of them are really cute like! [ She sends a photo of her and her Yamna frolicking in a field. The photo seems like it was taken sometime around a late-winter, with various patches of snow still visible. ]

And some of them are ugly but not off putting like [ she tosses up a pokeball and shouts Mayuri's name. She focuses the feed on Yanmega who just starts to swat Rangiku with his tail. ] Argh! Okay! I'm sorry!

[ And now she focuses the feed back on her with a positive smile. ] But, that bug wasn't anything I've seen before - even when Johto was being overrun with bugs! That bug was just ugh.

[Yanmas are pretty cute-- their evolutions, not so much, but hey. Everything changes... or something like that.

That smile sure makes him warm n fuzzy, though.]

I'm sure someone would find it cute... Different strokes for different folks, as they say.

[ Rangiku continues to smile as she interacts with Luca. She loves talking to kids! They're so easy to understand! ]

Eh, I'm sure other people could like it based on appearances but maybe not for its cuteness! It does look pretty tough!

[Wow rude he isn't a kid!! -- sort of!! He's a protag, dammit!]

I guess it would be a valuable asset to my team... but I'm pretty sure Spada'd have a grudge against it if I actually captured it.

[ IF YOU AREN'T 25+ YOU'RE STILL A KID....

To Rangiku and her weird home's aging system, at least. ]

Hm. I'm sure when you catch a pokemon they become more subservient. It might take sometime, but I'm sure it'll be fine. I caught a bug pokemon that poisoned one of my pokemon. At first there were some bitter feelings but then they took steps towards becoming a team and then everything got better!

[SOB]

Are they good friends now?

They're decent friends! They enjoy spending time together and sometimes play games. There's no longer any animosity, and, they frequently team up on me so I guess that's a bond! [ Rangiku giggles. If she had a dollar for every time Yanmega gave her a headache followed by Vulpix escaping to light stuff on fire she'd be a very very very filthy rich woman! ]

Oh, it sounds like a bond all right. [And one he's pretty familiar with -- it makes him giggle though.] Are you the only one they pick on-- er, team up on?

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Sometimes they team up against others, but, generally everyone tries to make their owner's life slightly more difficult! [ She beams with a positive energy despite the fact that her pokemon take turns using her as an emotional punching bag. ]

[Rangiku is his hero --] Shinn's pokémon do that, too, but I'm pretty sure it's because they don't like him. It feels like you have a good relationship with your pokémon though.

Yeah! I'm sort of like their mom, you know? [ why did I type that... ] I mean, I let them goof off and play fun and games and tricks and everything but, at the end of the day, I truly love them and they love me back. [ beat. ] I hope.

[mama rangiku heehee] I can't see why they wouldn't.

I think they may not like my drinking too much because I usually just fall asleep. And I think I wasn't their most favorite person when I had the police after me for a month~! [ SHE CAN EXPLAIN. No, really, she can!! ]

[HOW CAN YOU BE SUCH A SWEET LADY AND STILL HAVE THE POLICE AFTER YOU ALL THE TIME --]

...I can see that... But those two things don't happen that often, right?

No? [ She's confused and concerned by his implications. ] They only went after me because I skipped work to visit a friend in the hospital in another town even though I told them I'd be working in that hospital as soon as I got there. Then they sent police officers after me and renewed my bounty.

At the same time, some man tried killing another person and he only got two weeks of police chasing after him! [ IT'S A SUCKY WORLD... ]

That really is unfair, and I'm sorry you had to go through it.

[But that just says that he shouldn't piss off the Jennys ahahaha --]

It's all right! I can't control what Johto does. It was very annoying at the time, but, it did give me insight and bonding time with my pokemon, and demonstrated just how short the memories are here, ehe~! [ she uses that to her advantage with the bartenders, ehehe. ]

[that's. a very productive way to use that information --] It's always good when good things come out of bad situations, I suppose.

[ I wouldn't say productive but it is financially conservative! ]

There are always clouds with silver linings if you know where to look!

[That's one way of looking at it.]

...In the sky?

[ oh poor bb ): ]

Uh, no. Luca, that silver lining thing is a figure of speech... [ She's not sure how to go about this anymore!! ]

[O H figure of-- yes-- they have those where he's from but they usually aren't so strange-- usually they're about how the early bunwiggle gets the farmer's carrot--

At least he has the decency to blush in embarrassment.]

Oh, um... I see. [AWK]

[ Rangiku notices the blushing and lightly giggles. Her laugh's texture is more sweet and understanding than mocking. ]

Don't blush, please! It's not bad! I can't expect you to know metaphors for things that may be foreign in your world~! I personally heard that one myself [ ~~from a dubbing company~~ ] after a month or two here~!

They're probably a lot more commonplace than I realize, but I... never did a lot of socializing back home. I guess I'm not totally hopeless when it comes to social situations [~~much~~] but, um... Anyway, I'll keep it in mind.

You never did any socializing?! But you seem like such a nice kid to talk to!

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You never did <i>any</i> socializing?! But you seem like such a nice kid to talk to! <small[ HOW CAN THIS BE?!?!? ]</small> What happened?

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