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Some of my pokemon seem to have laid eggs recently. I do not have enough space to care for all of them.

I believe that it is common for trainers to sell their excess eggs. If that is the case, then I would be willing to part with mine for a reasonable fee.

(OOC: EGG POST. Please go (here) on her journal and/or leave a note for me on plurk to receive an egg. Prices are P1000 across the board. First come, first serve!)

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What kind of businesses?

[talkyourwayout]

Oh! Well, there was Harp-B-Gone! That one took off fast, and it was doing really well! It... wasn't sustainable, though.

[Because he spent all the profits on merchandise that never made it to shelves-]

But my Uncle Scrooge started a lemonade company based on the Harp-B-Gone venture. There's still some things we've been working out, but I'm doing an internship there.

Plus, I wound up gaining control of Scrooge's whole company for a while, plus his biggest business rival's company, so that made me the richest duck in the world, for a day, anyway.

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For a day?

[talkyourwayout]

Yeah, I handed the company back over to my uncle after a monster tried to kill me.

I mean, it was this whole big curse, where the Bombie sought out the richest person in the world and would hunt them down unless they learned humility. Uncle Scrooge got him locked away, but I may have let him out. It was an accident! Anyway, I did learn something about humility from that, and so did Scrooge, so... The Bombie's free to do his own thing now, whatever that is.

Okay, so the whole thing was a mess.

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What is a bombie?

[talkyourwayout]

Big monster, though I couldn't tell you anything more specific than that. Like, I have no idea where he came from or how he ended up with his part of the curse.

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It is a monster locked away inside a vault, much the same as the wealth it once cursed. Is that so?

[talkyourwayout]

Yeah, that's a really good way to put it.

Oh, but he's not locked away inside a vault anymore, and he didn't start out that way. Actually, my uncle kind of put him in there...

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I see.

It is often difficult to avoid the consequences of one's actions.

[talkyourwayout]

Hold up, the Bombie was already going after Uncle Scrooge when he locked it away. And he'd been going after someone else before that!

I mean, sure, my uncle lacked humility, but he got there. And the Bombie's free now! That's thanks to me.

[Although... If Scrooge had been humble in the first place, if Louie himself hadn't been a poor excuse for a billionaire-- These are things he knows matter, but it's easier to admit them to himself than to someone who, he's realizing, he really barely knows anything real about.]

I don't know, Rei, how about we just talk about something else?

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What would you suggest?

[talkyourwayout]

I don't know, why don't you tell me more about you?

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I have fought what you would consider monsters before I arrived here, too. I could tell you about those, if you would like.

[talkyourwayout]

No, not the monsters. You, Rei.

I mean, we're friends. I think. But I don't even really know what your life was like before this.

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I do not know how to describe it.

I had duties to perform, so I performed them. This was the only thing that mattered. I did not know many other people, and they did not know me in turn.

It is very different here.

[talkyourwayout]

Wait, what?

[So much of this information raises questions that he's not sure where to start.]

What kind of duties?

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Defending humanity from hostile beings known as Angels was my purpose. I had other duties if my Commanders required them of me. These were often related to the primary mission.

[talkyourwayout]

Wait. So you were some kind of soldier? But you're a kid. I mean, I'm not even sure you're older than I am.

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Yes. These statements were not considered contradictory.

[talkyourwayout]

That's so messed up.

[Seriously, Louie's mind is only getting started considering the implications of that and it's already not good. It does explain some of their interactions, though, he has to admit.]

I'm sorry. And I'm glad you're here instead of there, to be honest.

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I am also fond of this place.