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[toothaches]

<sub>[The interior of a disheveled Violet Poke'Mart as seen through a crack in a heavy door is the backdrop for today's broadcast from Maurice. The building has been evacuated save for himself and an entire pride of colorful lions shoving things off shelves and fighting one another for a bag of Magikarp-shaped sweet rolls Maurice had dropped all over the register.]

[And where is Maurice? Held up in the janitor's closet. When he speaks, his voice is low.]</sub>

I don't think they saw where I went...

_{[The plastic casing of the Poke'gear creaks a little as he fumbles it around so that the camera is pointing at him. His work uniform is sooty, his hair is standing up from crackling static electricity and he is very clearly missing an eyebrow. Tucked under each arm is a sleepy Litleo cub and a Shinx who is trying to eat his name tag.]}

Managed to grab these little guys on my way back here...they're so cute. Guys. They're so cute, I thin I'm gonna cry... _{[He actually sniffs.]} Or maybe it's my allergies. I haven't actually met any cat Pokemon until now.

But since I think we're gonna be in here for a while...anybody got any ideas for names for these little guys? The fire lion who kissed my eyebrow off is a girl and the blue one who just swallowed my name tag is a boy.

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[sunnysidewalkstreet]

Maaaaan, they causing chaos up there as well? They're hella cute, but that doesn't excuse 'em over-running the Center.

...Okay, it does. But I got one of the bigger blue ones - I think she's gonna be named IE. [ yes that is an internet explorer joke with the 404th pokemon ] I dunno what the smaller ones'd be cute named, though.

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[toothaches]

Aw man, nice. I couldn't fit one of the big ones under my work vest. Kinda why I'm rockin' this new 'do right now. What's IE stand for?

_{[He's heard several two-initial names and sadly he isn't tech-savvy enough to get the joke.]}

[sunnysidewalkstreet]

Well, uh... it stands for Internet Explorer. It's an internet browser which crashes a lot? And the number in the Pokedex is the number of one of those errors? It's pretty stupid.

[ But he likes it. Prompto can be a nerd sometimes. He's the guy who makes references. ]

But, yeah! I found mine after the Joys ran off some of the bigger ones - had a bum paw, so I pretended like she was mine and here we are. [ He snorts a little. ] Without getting messed up.

[toothaches]

_{[Maurice is going to pretend he understands that and gives a thumbs-up.]}

I'll just have to remember that trick the next time there's a lionpocylipse!

[laughingstawke]

Looks like my husband's wet dream. [A grimace.] Are you going to be alright? You look as if you're in dire need of a hero, and I just happen to know one.

[toothaches]

_{[Maurice pats at his face. His forehead still smarts.]}

Well I wouldn't say no if somebody knew how to get all these lions outta here...

[rambling_runner]

Oh man, you got two? [ Ash looks impressed! And has pulled Mufusa into his lap for this conversation. LIONS EVERYWHERE MAURICE! ]

Well, I named this little girl Mufusa! You ever seen the Lion King? I thought most people had but apparently there are worlds out there without it. [ Worlds that are missing out. ]

[toothaches]

Sure did!

_{[He hefts his new lion children proudly.]}

My nieces love that movie. You know, I'm not just real sure I've seen the whole thing all the way through but I know Hakuna Matatta by heart. They'd play that part over and over and over.

Think that'd be a good name for her? She seems pretty chill.

[rambling_runner]

Oh wait, hear me out: Name one of them Hakuna, and the other Matatta! Since they're a pair!

[toothaches]

Hmmmmmmm....

_{[He looks between the cubs again.]}

Do you think anybody else will have lions named after the Lion King though? At least one of these little guys has gotta have cool hair when it evolves so I gotta keep that in mind.

[rambling_runner]

Dunno. I went with Mufusa cos I couldn't remember Simba's mum's name. What else were you thinking of naming them?

[toothaches]

Well...I already have Bon Jovi...he's gonna have great hair when he evolves. And I've got Cyndi, who also has good hair. She's basically a striped feather boa. Cher, maybe? But lionesses dont really have manes, do they?

_{[He looks down at the tiny flame flickering atop the brown cub's head.]}

And this blue guy...I mean. He's zapped me so he might have lightning bolts on him. So Bowie's on the list. But...he wasn't really a hair guy. Except in that one movie...

[rambling_runner]

Oh my god, you mean Labyrinth? I loved that movie! [ IT WAS SO COOL. ]

If you wanna name him for the character instead, it's Jareth! Then you can save Bowie for a different 'mon. Unless I use it first cos Bowie's awesome.

What about that guy from the Darkness? He had some rocking hair that'd be like a mane. And I dunno. The adult female Pyroar's I've seen have some sweet mohawks out there.

[toothaches]

Yeah! Yeah, that's it.

_{[He shuffles away from the crack in the door and crouches down so he can finally put his lions down and sit with them.]}

They do...Alice Cooper? _{[He carefully pats the Litleo's head.]} Hey, little lion, do you wanna be Alice? _{[He's answered with a wide yawn.]} I'll take that as a maybe.

[rambling_runner]

Aw, she's so sweet... [ Not that Mufusa wasn't. When she wasn't trying to bap his face for attention. LIKE RIGHT NOW. ]

Hey, what? [ She answers by just staring at him. Cats man. ]

[toothaches]

_{[Maurice has to laugh at that.]}

That's a cat for you.

[rambling_runner]

I love it. [ He grins. Who doesn't love cats for being little gits? It'd be like not loving a dog for jumping up and demanding your attention. ]

Good luck with the pair of em. Hopefully they don't become huge lions really quick and start fighting with each other, that'd suck.

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[meowbel]

Oh, oh! How about Sparky McSparkle?? I think that'll be the perfect name for that cute little cat Pokemon!

[Said the girl who gave her Pokemon some interesting names]

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[toothaches]

Hmmmm. Y'know, Sparky isn't half bad! I'm gonna add that to the pot.

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[meowbel]

And? Anything else? You gotta add something to add more spark in Sparky!

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[toothaches]

_{[Muarice's brows furrow as he looks down at the little blue lion.]}

Hmm...Sparkyyyy...Sparky McTHUNDERCRUNCH!

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[captainash]

[It's time for Ash Is Terrible At Naming, part the first!]

How about Cruncher, for the Shinx? Since they learn Crunch, and he's obviously interested in using his fangs...

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[toothaches]

_{[Maurice is honestly not that much better.]}

Cruncher does sound pretty metal...and he's real little so he needs an intimidating name.

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[captainash]

Little in general, or little for his species? I got mine at a higher level, so I'm not sure how big they're supposed to be at that age.

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[toothaches]

Well I mean he's little right now. He's like a furry little football.

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[captainash]

Without the... kicking that's usually associated without footballs, I hope? Otherwise I'll start to worry.

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[toothaches]

Oh, jeez! I know I've got, like, weird teeth, but I'm not an actual monster, dude.

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[captainash]

Of course you're not. You don't look stupid enough to kick something that could tear your foot off with its fangs, either.

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[thenightsky]

Won't their parents come looking for them or something?

And what the hell happened to your eyebrow?

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[toothaches]

I'm just gonna hope lions aren't very good at counting.

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[thenightsky]

....Fair point. If they can't count, they may not realize it until they're well on their way out of there, I guess.

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[toothaches]

And by then maybe somebody'll have come and shooed 'em off.

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[thenightsky]

[Insert a grin here.]

Here's hoping. Just be careful, yeah?

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[pipers_son]

Sure you'll be alright with the allergies there?

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[toothaches]

_{[A sniffle.]}

I hope so...they've gotta make medicine for that, right? This place is nearly perfect.

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[pipers_son]

Well, if there's ever a time ta find out.... although I'll be amazed if maybe folks just don't have allergies here. That'd sure be somethin'.

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[toothaches]

I don't think I'd be too surprised. This place is...it's just. It's the best thing I've ever seen. It's perfect. Except for the giant bugs.

[pipers_son]

But at least they can be easy enough ta keep away…. So long as ya have a lot of fire. Or birds.

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[garbagechild]

KISSER AND EATER.

That's what you should name them.

_{[You're welcome.]}

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[toothaches]

_{[Maurice opens his mouth...then he shuts it.]}

I think I wanna save KISS for a Pokemon that's black and white.

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[garbagechild]

_{[Wrath tilts his head. The pop culture reference is completely lost on him.]}

Why?

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[toothaches]

_{[Don't you worry, Wrath, Maurice is ALL KINDS OF READY to teach the youth of today about the power of ROCK.]}

There's this group of musicians where I'm from--and they're AWESOME. And when they go on stage, they paint up their faces in black and white. They're called KISS and I wanna name a Pokemon that looks more like 'em after 'em.

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[garbagechild]

_{[He tilts his head the OTHER way.]}

Why do they paint their faces?

Is it war paint?

_{[He understands war paint!]}

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[toothaches]

Kinda, yeah! Only they're fighting with music!

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[garbagechild]

... How do you fight with music?

_{[He likes music a LOT, but he fails to see how it could have any connection whatsoever to fighting.]}