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ATTENTION, ALL~!

[Goooooooooooood early morning, Jhoto. Did you want to sleep? Too bad. Because Shadowmaru has an announcement. A sunrise announcement. Poised on the roof of a building -- it's a hotel in Olivine, because apparently, the Staryutube business is good enough to keep him afloat.]

It is with great honor, that I would direct your attention to the newest member of our little band of creatures.

[He bows to the screen, rolling his wrist to direct the camera... over to his Froakie and Growlithe. Both of them bow too, and gesture upward... to...!]

[A Yamask!]

A perfect, shadowy partner for a ninja such as myself, don't you think?

[Yeah, it would be perfect. If... you know. The mask it's holding looked normal. Instead it's a little odd. Both Growlithe and Froakie appear to notice this, and throw each other confused glances.]

Please, expect it to make appearances our channel in the future. I do believe it's the perfect specimen for palette testing.

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Quite fascinating, isn't it? Supposedly, they bear the mask of a dead human being.

[Yamask is busy pressing its mask to its face. And floating upside down.]

[He's perfect.]

He kind of acts like a clown! Maybe he was a clown in his past life--oh oh! Or a mime!

[Behind her, Little Dipper the Minior floats into view and bobs about curiously, thrumming at the Yamask in amusement.]

I should hope he's prepared for a rapid career change!

[No clowning around on his channel, buddy.]

Aw, maybe he wants to be the first clown ninja though!!!

Ah?

And how exactly would that work, would you think?

[Insert a giggle-snort here.]

Who would expect the silly clown in the room to actually be the expert ninja?? What better way to to take people by surprise than hiding in plain sight!!

How fascinating. What an unusual proposition. Perhaps we can use this to our advantage somehow in the future.

The ultimate clown ninja!!!! I bet you'll make an amazing one too!

[Why yes, she is talking to the Yamask.]

You guys will be a great team!

[The Yamask wobbles a bit, before floating upside down.]

... I may be assuming here, but it would seem he agrees with you.

[That just makes her smile brighter.]

That just means he's ready to do his best for you! You guys are going to have the best adventures!!!

I should hope so.

For now, I believe, he'll assist me in my employment.

Wait. Are you a professional ninja or something?

Alas, I've been discovered!

Or have I merely failed to properly introduce myself? As the Ninja Detective, Shadowmaru~?

[HEY WAIT A SECOND!]

We danced at prom!!! You had the super amazing purple suit!!!

Aha! So we did!

A pleasure to see you again.

Same!!! I went home for a little while but now I'm back! I'm glad you're still here!!

Did you now?

How did you accomplish such a thing?

No idea! Apparently I just poofed! And then I came back!

I see.

Do you recall anything of events leading up to your disappearance?

Mmmmnope!

[Mabel shakes her head.]

I remember being at prom and all those weird tentacle monsters came out of the holes in the sky-- [Excuse her while she wiggles her fingers ominously.] --and then I was waking up again at 'Mom's' house and I had new memories from home!

Like punching a unicorn!

How troubling. To think we may never fully understand what could cause such a thing... It makes our time in this world even more fragile, doesn't it?

[Wow, thanks, Shadowmaru.]

A... unicorn?

I mean, I guess so...but that doesn't mean you can't have tons of fun while you're here! You shouldn't think about it like that! Just think about it like a vacation with a 'to be decided' ending date! That's all!

[COME ON, MAN.]

Yep! She was a real jerk so I punched her and beat her friends up after she tricked my friends and I because I needed some of her hair.

A... vacation. No one has ever suggested a vacation to a member of the Brave Police before. I -- don't believe we're even allowed such a thing.

[Blink.]

[Blink... blink.]

That's -- certainly a different variation on the unicorn. Congratulations, I suppose, are in order?

Uh, sounds to me like you definitely need a vacation then.

[Seriously dude.]

You don't have a boss here so you get to make the rules!

[And now she strikes a pose, flashing a victory sign like Mari had shown her.]

Thanks!!!

You have a point. Neither Miniboss, nor the Commissioner are here... and to the untrained eye, even I, Shadowmaru resemble a human being.

No one would be the wiser.

[Dude you ARE a human here.]

A victory pose. Well done.

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