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[tearsofademon]

[Well, here's a rare sight these days: a certain lazy mage is actually showing his face on the network. He's sitting in a chair, a tired expression on his features, his arms crossed over his chest...

...and a Clefairy popping up every few seconds, poking him with what appear to be an assortment of evolution stones. Moon is not among them.

He lets this run for about thirty seconds before speaking up.]

All right. Who gave her this idea, and why? Hell, I'd take an answer for what she thinks she's doing.

I'm not even going to ask where she got them - I'm sure that's where Gail and Julia were the other day, taking a trip to Goldenrod on their own. Just... what?

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[ladywithnovoice]

Has she talked to you about it?

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[paladinlost]

For you well-being, at the very least. I've no doubt she means well, but testing potentially dangerous items so directly is asking for trouble.

[Or for painful and permanent mutations. Yay.]

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[ossifragant]

Looks pretty cute.

I wonder what kind of game she's playing.

[dreamsofahero]

I'd certainly hope she's not expecting something bad to happen.

[tearsofademon]

Knowing her? I don't know what she thinks is a bad thing, sometimes.

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[tearsofademon]

Right?

[He finally grabs the Clefairy by whatever passes as the scruff of the neck for pink fluff balls and picks her up, stopping her little experiment. She starts pouting a little.]

Rose, wouldn't it be better to look them over to make sure they're not cracked?

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[tearsofademon]

In her own special way, I guess.

Doesn't make it less of a pain, though.

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[tearsofademon]

The explanation I've gotten out of her at this point is something between wanting to see what happens and wanting to make sure nothing happens.

[dreamsofahero]

She still hasn't learned after so many years with you?

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[tearsofademon]

I wish I knew. Best explanation I've got so far is somewhere between her wanting to see what happens and wanting to make sure nothing happens, but still not sure what sparked it in the first place.

[tearsofademon]

What can I say? She's stubborn. No matter what I do, she always thinks Pounding me to get what she wants is good for me.

[...sigh] This, however, is new.

[dreamsofahero]

Any idea where she could have gotten it from...?

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[hashtagafreakingghost]

Hmm. Well... Rose? That's your name, right, honey? Maybe...I think your findings are very conclusive right now, at least for [she does not know his name uh] your partner here. Don't you think you should find something else to test, then?

[tearsofademon]

My best guess is the network. Hell if I bother to check it every day...

[dreamsofahero]

Perhaps you should pay it more attention, Ryner.

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[tearsofademon]

[...Well, Rose will drop what she's doing to grab her white board, anyway. Did you know Pokemon can learn to write? Because she's self-taught and has been at it for years.]

There's no one else who can handle it if something goes wrong!

[She has the most angelic expression.]

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[hashtagafreakingghost]

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Oh. Uh.

[this precious little angel terrifies her tbh]

[tearsofademon]

Because checking gossip on the network is more important than chores around the house.

[and sleep]

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[tearsofademon]

[That's a legit reaction.

Ryner, meanwhile, seems unimpressed.]

See what I live with?

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[hashtagafreakingghost]

I'm so very sorry.

[Ashley's Litwick pokes her face into view. She looks impressed.]

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[tearsofademon]

Eh, it's not like I'm not used to it by now...

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[ossifragant]

Has she seen other stone evolutions before? Maybe she's trying to do that.

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[paladinlost]

As you could look at multiple stones at once, it'd be more efficient. Safer, also, for the two of you.

[Surely she is susceptible to logical arguments?]

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[tearsofademon]

She has, is the thing. And it's not like she doesn't know humans don't evolve, we've been together more than five years now...

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[tearsofademon]

See, Rose? He's got a point.

[...Rose is still a little pouty, because a part of her still wants to see what happens, but it looks like she is considering.]