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[tearsofademon]

[Today's video comes courtesy not of Ryner, but of Rose, his Clefairy, sporting her usual rose earclip and a warm, fluffy scarf, bright pink with some little glittery silver dots of embroidery on there.

She waves at the camera, and... well, usually she'd have signs, but she's got a certain intended audience today (and maybe doesn't want to leave behind physical evidence), so she'll just be talking in Pokespeak.]

Hi! I'm Rose, and I've got a question for all of the other Pokemon out there.

See, Mister Sion - one of my dear partner's best person friends - he's really sad. Really, really sad. And apparently he's scared of a fake that I think lives inside his head the same way my dear partner has one that he said isn't there anymore, even though he shouldn't be afraid of any fakes. If any fakes showed up, they'd have to get past all of us first! The fake wouldn't stand a chance!

[...Rose looks very proud of herself, even though she really has no idea how little she understands the situation.]

But he doesn't get that he has nothing to worry about, and so he's scared and sad, and hitting him to distract him doesn't work the same way that it does with my dear partner, and besides I've been told not to? So I want to know how to make him not sad anymore. Because he shouldn't be sad.

How would you do it? Do you have something you do to help your trainers not be sad anymore when they are?

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[islandshore]

[The first to respond is a Weavile, feeling all classy with a teacup in his claws. He sips the tea, then speaks in a pretentious accent. Seems someone's still too stubborn to use his native tongue.]

Personally, I would recommend looking for someone whose expertise is the psychological. A Psychic type could work, actually, seeing how delving into the depths of the mind falls into their domain. This does seem like a purely mental setback, and-

[He's cut off abruptly by a Charizard, who scoops him up and sets him aside. No weird speech tricks here. Just plain ol' Charizard grunting.]

Some trainers are stubborn. I guess the real question is how long this has been going on. How often does he get all depressed? And are there any times where he isn't down in the dumps?

[tearsofademon]

He told my dear partner about it a couple months ago when they were having an argument. And the way things sounded, it's probably been going on longer than that, I'd guess? Probably at least a couple of years, since that morning Mister Sion ran away for a while and we all had to chase after him.

[oh it's been going on longer than that, Rose]

He acts happy around everyone all the time, though, so if it's been going on for that long, he's been really good at hiding it.

...I guess I could ask Lafra, he's a psychic type, but my dear partner wasn't happy at all after I asked him for help last time.

[islandshore]

[Oh geez. Flare takes a few moments to listen in. This sounds... complicated, but that kinda mentality isn't entirely unfamiliar. Riku's pretty darn stubborn himself and tends to internalize way too much for his own good.]

Have you thought about doing it while he's sleeping? It might raise a few moral red flags, but if he won't accept help, you might have to get sneaky about it.

That, or just be frank about it. Confront the issue head on until he stops bottling it all up.

[tearsofademon]

[from offscreen:] No.

[Rose looks in that direction before thinking for a moment.]

Nnn, if Dusk says no to dreams, then that's that.

Neither of them ever talk about it, though. Not unless it gets really bad.

[islandshore]

[Flare grunts, smoke puffing out his nostrils. It figures.]

And by the time it gets bad, I'm guessing confrontation would just be like popping a balloon...

Ugh. Still. I think this is one of these cases where you have to push through it. I know Riku's had his bullheaded moments. Especially when he was younger.

If he tries to act dumb. You just keep at it. Sooner or later, something has to change...

But I guess you could try to find ways to make him feel appreciated at the same time. Gift maybe? Or something to take his mind off his troubles...

[If nothing else, it's good to have backups. Probably. Different trainers work differently. Just like different Pokemon.]

[tearsofademon]

What kind of gifts are you thinking?

[It seems like a common thread with a bunch of the responses, and it's immediate gratification, so it might be worth pursuing.]

[islandshore]

Well, what does he like? Could start there. Clothes. Cool items, maybe... Books?

Riku likes video games and movies sometimes.

[They can be mildly entertaining, but Flare prefers more active activities.]

[tearsofademon]

Mr. Sion likes books! Not as much as my dear partner does, but they both like to read a lot.

[islandshore]

Well, there you go. Maybe you could look for something new? Something that just came out. At least then, it'll be something he's never seen before.

[He thinks that's how it works. Then again, Flare's not much of a book 'mon. That's more of Slash's area of expertise, the little human wannabe.]

[tearsofademon]

Yeah! That's a really good idea! Maybe I'll go with Elfy next time he goes to get groceries and see if we can find something good at the book store.