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[bloodyroses]

[ There's a pale, delicately built girl in the video, sitting in a park somewhere in Violet City with her bag at her side on a bench. There's two eggs that look like they're a couple of days from hatching, and an exasperated look on the girl's face as she holds one of the strings on a Drifloon.

On the other string is held aloft a cardboard sign that simply reads "I'M A MENACE TO SOCIETY" ]

Alright, two questions.

One: What do I even name this guy?

Two:

[ and she takes a deep sigh here ]

How do I get him to stop trying to drag toddlers into Hell?! I was trying to have a nice day out with my Pokemon and I've had to apologize to five parents already.

[ She's burying her face in her hands as she says this. She is deeply ashamed that this balloon does not play well with other children, okay. But as she's burying, the Drifloon looses himself from her grip, eyeing a nearby baby.

She manages to yank him fast enough, but holy fuck. ]

What the- NO!

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[psionicmolotov]

Better discipline. What else is there? [ So helpful. He's only commenting on this because he thinks it's funny...... ]

[bloodyroses]

No, no... You got a point.

[ much as she hates to admit it. ]

[psionicmolotov]

If you cannot do something like disciplining it, give it something else to do. Or something to distract itself with.

[ There's the cheerful burbling of a pokemon that has found itself just that. There is a rustling that Kimmuriel steadfastly ignores. ]

If it reverts to instinct instead of bothering you, then it is likely bored.

[bloodyroses]

To be honest I also just caught him, so like...he's probably nervous? Stressed?

[crystalmaster]

[Radley is definitely thinking what the Hell as he stares at this recounting.]

Wow, I've never even seen this kind of Pokemon. So it grabs kids and tries to fly off with them?!

[He hopes it won't try that on other Pokemon too, like his.]

[bloodyroses]

This guy is the worst. I'm fine with him trying to drag people into hell as long as it's not the kids, damn it.

[ she probably wouldn't be fine, but it would be less terrifying. ]

[crystalmaster]

... It really is taking them to Hell?!

[There's a Pokemon that dark in nature? He had hoped she was exaggerating.]

video. @wild.flower

[hasitsthorns]

Oh, jeez. I thought Flipflap was bad for attacking everything nearby. Never had to deal with child soul theft though so, uh- Good luck?

[bloodyroses]

If this thing demands one more toddler sacrifice, I am gonna fucking scream.

Not that I haven't been doing that already.

[hasitsthorns]

And how's that been working out for ya'?

[ Sorry, the opportunity was there. She had to. ]

[bloodyroses]

I'm pretty sure my agony is sustaining this thing?

[ If she's being honest. ]

[hasitsthorns]

Ha! You know, honestly, knowing these things-? I wouldn't be surprised.

Flipflap seems to almost enjoy pissing me off.

[bloodyroses]

I'm being serious, heard some Pokemon straight up just feed on emotions. I think my own world had creatures that did the same, so it's not too surprising.

[hasitsthorns]

I mean, yeah, my world did too but... I don't think there's anything malicious about it, y'know? We don't get mad at lions eating gazelle or anything. That's just how it is.

[ It's how she tries to rationalize what her kind do even if she doesn't agree with it. Some of them literally need to feed on people, so... ]

[bloodyroses]

I'm not mad either, I'm just...annoyed, I guess.

[ It's a LOT to deal with. ]

[hasitsthorns]

[ Ah. Oof. Maybe she's projecting a little, again? It's... surprisingly difficult not to here. ]

Sorry, yeah- It sounds frustrating as hell. But, hopefully, your little guy will get in line.

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[seacub]

[Ah, memories. He's 14 now so probably out of range of Drifloon targeting, but. Well.] I...if it helps they're probably not actually trying to go to hell...when I got picked up by a bunch of them before, they just wanted to play somewhere...

Which still isn't great, but at least it's not as bad...

I think the best you can do though is try to give them something to do. ...Maybe even a doll?

[bloodyroses]

Okay, that's actually like... A huge relief? Still probably going to piss off the parents, but whatever.

[ She sighs somewhat over-dramatically. ]

Time to check out a toy store or something, I guess.

[seacub]

It's definitely not something good either way... [Kidnapping is still kidnapping, even if it isn't to hell.]

...I think if you have another pokemon it might work better...they probably want someone to play with more than 'something', right..?

[bloodyroses]

I guess? I've only known this little guy for a couple of hours so if he doesn't get along with the rest of my Pokemon, I can just...let him go?

[seacub]

Oh-

[...The look on this kid's face is...pretty much exactly the look of someone who didn't actually remember that was an option.

...

And probably has a full few boxes for it.] Y...yeah, I guess that also works...You've only had them for a few hours though, really? Did you just catch them on the nearest route?

[bloodyroses]

Pretty much. I probably shouldn't be indiscriminately catching everything I see, but there's too many that look interesting, yanno?

it was a great time with the dice, a bad time for the pokemon list update after, oops

[seacub]

I definitely understand that...

There's a place called the Safari Zone where you can catch foreign pokemon through the day for a fee, and I didn't really think about things until it was too late...

[Half of these aren't even named.

What has he done...]

[bloodyroses]

Dude, it's fine. It's this world's fault for making everything so cool, damn it.

[seacub]

[That earns a laugh- an honest one at that.] A-hah..! I guess that's true, yeah..! I'm wondering if I should maybe release some of them now though, instead of leaving them in the PC like I was...

[bloodyroses]

I tend to switch most of mine around, have you tried that?

[seacub]

A little... [Though the tone makes it pretty clear that a 'little' is...well. A Little.]

I don't think it's enough to really give everyone time though...

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[singlespacedad]

[It's trying to steal children? Someone is horrified.]

Put it back in its Pokeball.

Then decide how valuable it is to you.

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[bloodyroses]

Alright, got it.

[ She rushes to out it back in its ball, then exhales sharply. ]

I think I'm just... Gonna sleep on this decision for a bit, try to train it out of this habit.

And if that doesn't work... Eh. We've only known each other a couple of days.

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[singlespacedad]

[All right, Mando feels a little better with that menace back in a ball.]

Are all ghost types so aggressive?

[bloodyroses]

Most of them seem to have pretty freakin' weird feeding habits, so it's not like they're doing this for funsies.

Trust me, I know that feel.

[ Vampire shit and all. ]

[singlespacedad]

[Duly noted: ghost types sometimes try and eat children.]

Have you tried feeding it berries?

[Maybe it's just hungry? And needs an alternative?]

[bloodyroses]

Yeah, and he ate the berries and went straight back to messing with kids. It's like a weird compulsion.

[singlespacedad]

Very strange. I hope you can train that behaviour out of him.

Video: @rose_of_gloucester

[silky_bearing]

[Lorenz is smiling sympathetically and he withdraws a pokeball to side eye as he speaks, clearly determined to keep his in it's ball.]

I've found Pippin tends to drift towards those it most wants to play with... so I've essentially partnered him with my togepi, a naturally cheerful little thing that, honestly, always wants to be holding someone's hand anyway.

They've been good for keeping one another out of trouble.

[bloodyroses]

I've got a couple of eggs that should be due to hatch any day now, you think baby Pokemon would due the trick?

[silky_bearing]

It may well keep them occupied enough when you're not training to keep the silly thing out of trouble.

[bloodyroses]

Honestly? At this moment, maybe that's all I need.

[ She's not expecting this guy to be a model citizen, it's just that apologizing to dozens of parents a day doesn't look too appealing to her. ]