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1st Match // [video | action] New Bark Town

[The video feed starts off with an eye.

Just one, surrounded by what looks like a mask. After a moment, the eye pulls away and the rest of the mask, which completely covers the owner's face minus the one eye, is revealed.

The voice underneath the mask is guttural and growling, but perfectly audible despite the barrier.]

Mother said to have fun and be careful.

[He rolls his eye and grumbles a bit, quietly at first but quickly growing louder. As he speaks he changes from his indoor voice to his outdoor voice, barking out the words louder and louder as he brings the camera close to his face again:]

How can I HAVE FUN WITHOUT MY AXE!??

[Somebody mad.]

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[But Krieg wants to do the kicking!!]

What exceptions?

[Is this gonna be info overload again? Maybe. No way to know without asking, though!]

Certain species, such as Magikarp, Beldum and Tynamo, have very limited movesets until they evolve, leaving them unable to deal with most opponents. And then you have species such as Ditto, with talents better suited for non-combat purposes.

[In a moment of great mercy, he decides not to say what, exactly, Ditto is best suited for.]

[There's that "Magikarp" one, again, huh.]

Mngg....I think I'll just stick with the chicken.

[And anyway, he's still not into this whole cockfighting thing. If that's something other people wanna do, fine. He'll just keep his little chicken friend, since it's obviously attached to him, and not worry about the rest.]

There's no need for you to capture or buy any other Pokémon if you prefer to keep your team small, yes. Though I must warn you that eggs tend to magically appear in our rooms whether we want them or not, especially near Christmas.

[Or even mere days ago.]

[...Oh, for the love of--!]

Eggs?

[That's got him to look away from his device and over to his Torchic.

...Okay yeah he can see that. At some future time. His little buddy is some kind of weird mutant chicken, after all. But for now surely Murder Chicken is far too young and small to lay eggs.

~~Also, Murder Chicken is male but Krieg is unaware of that currently, so w/e.~~

Also, another important question, since Cecil brought it up:]

When is Christmas?

[The kind thing to do would be to warn the unsuspecting newcomer about the eggs. The kinder thing to do would be to not brake his mind on his very first day.

Cecil feels merely kind today.]

Eggs, yes. All Pokémon come from eggs, even the ones you'd expect to be mammal or inanimate. Plenty can be bought from the Breeding Center or breeders, but there's also... well, the Christmas eggs. That's still four months away, though.

[In Cecil's defense, Krieg's mind is already broken...whether or not he'll retain any of this information is up in the air regardless of whatever weirdness Cecil decides to throw at him.

Although, this is Krieg. The weirder some random bit of trivia is, the more likely he is to remember it.]

Christmas eggs like Christmas presents?

[He's kind of stuck on "Christmas" now. Which, to be fair, is probably a good side-track at this point.]

[So Krieg would be more likely to remember it if Cecil mentioned all that sweet lion-on-snake egg-making?

...Yeah, no. Let's not.]

Exactly. Sometimes we receive practical items instead, some years we are invaded by Pokémon swarms or freak snowstorms... There was also one apocalypse, but that one technically ended a little before the day itself.

[His tone is slightly too upbeat to fit a conversation about a Christmas apocalypse.]

[Krieg is all about apocalypses, though, Christmas ones or otherwise!]

Mnahahaha! Sounds like Mercenary Day! Explosions make great presents!

[Among other things. New guns, new grenades, and new shields are always nice, too!]

...They make such terrible messes, though.

[He does not want to know what is Mercenary Day, or why explosions are considered a present for it. In ignorance lies happiness?]

Well, perhaps you'll someday receive the Explosion TM as a gift. I doubt the Torchic line can learn it, however.

The mess is part of the fun!

[Cecil is a very good person to tolerate all of Krieg's oddness so patiently.

Especially considering what Krieg's about to say next, his one visible eye lit up like that of a small child on Christmas Day.]

The monsters can explode?

[Knowing that a large part of the oddness cannot be acted upon due to the world's rules helps a lot with that.

This discussion is now reaching alarming levels, though.]

Some, yes. But it is an unpleasant experience that leaves them unable to battle until they've been treated at a Pokémon Center, and it tends to sour their opinion of their trainer besides.

[Think of the innocent exploding creatures.]

[He is thinking of the innocent exploding creatures. He's thinking they sound incredible.

....But. Cecil may just have a point.]

If they hate it then why do it?

...Becaus they love us, and will obey our orders even if they'd rather not.

[Except those wild Geodudes. They're just stupid.]

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