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[Somewhere outside of Cherrygrove, Hanna seems to be in the middle of a Pokemon battle. His Inkay seem to be listening fairly well to him today, but if you look closely, he's wearing his "Inkay shirt" which is covered in ink stains from various pranks and retaliation for apparent slights from the little pokemon.] Steven, use Topsy Turvy!

[He calls, which isn't a move he uses all that often, but against a Metapod who's been using harden every chance it gets? Well. It's worth it. Except as soon as Steven Squidberg flips upside down he starts to glow.]

What the fu- [Having never experienced evolution first hand, Hanna isn't sure what to do until he realizes what's happening and pulls out his pokegear frantically, trying to get it to the pokedex setting. He's got a bad feeling about this. The glowing subsides and in Inkay's place is a large, terrifying tentacle monster that looks pure evil. Hanna swallows and lets the pokedex do it's thing.]

Malamar, the Overturning Pokemon. It wields the most compelling hypnotic powers of any Pokémon, and it forces others to do whatever it wants. Luring prey close with hypnotic motions it then wraps its tentacles around it before finishing it off with digestive fluids.

[Hanna's newly evolved Steven turns as his pokedex spouts out the disturbing information, winking at him and then wiggling it's tentacles at him enticingly. To which Hanna might have screamed and immediately called Steven back into his pokeball.]

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[Hanna is wide eyed, afraid, unsure of the monster tucked inside it's little ball on his belt. He whispers, just in case it can hear him plotting against it, just in case it doesn't hypnotize him through the barrier of the pokeball and get him to release it.]

Have pokemon ever killed anyone, like. People. Because I'm pretty sure that i've got one that's pure evil. And I think it wants to eat me. Like legit rip me to pieces with its, uh. tentacles.

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Oh man, really? What level is she? I didn't know you had badges to help with the level thing...What level does he first badge get you for?

Since I was told that you needed to be at least level thirty to get to the first gym...

One hundred.

But you don't need to worry--the deal with me and Steve is, she used to belong to someone else. So me not having enough badges means I don't have the experience to tell her what to do. I know she wouldn't disobey me outta spite.

Jesus...your friend really worked hard with her, didn't they?

[Hanna's best is thirty-two right now and it took him over three months to get there. He figures a full year of training might yield a hundred, but...man. That's a while.] Huh...I guess I have a while to go still. And if I can't use Steven then....well. It'll be even longer.

Yeah, we'd both been here for years.

If you're set on benchin' your squid, you'd better work really hard with what you've got or go back into the tall grass. Hey, you're goin' after the bird guy, right? I'll be heading that way soon enough. Lemme know how it goes.

Well Amelia is plenty strong herself...She's a dragon. [He's so proud of her.] But...yeah. Bird guy. I hope it'll be enough... [Or he can get Steven to cooperate.]

Maybe we can make a deal or something...he'll be less evil if I get him like, premium poke-food or something. I have no idea what it wants...

_{[A thought.]}

Did'ja ask?

He evolved, my pokedex told me it hypnotizes things and devours them while holding them with their tentacles and Steven winked at me and wiggled it's many appendages.

I didn't really have time to ask before he got sent into a time out.

Maybe try again...or have a buddy with you that's got a high level guy to step in if things get ugly.

I don't think I've got any friends nearby that have any higher level than me, but I guess I could ask around.

[Or perhaps...] Didn't you say you were going to be near Violet city? Maybe Steve could help out?

_{[Ralph's brows lift. Now there's an idea!]}

Hey, yeah. It'll be a while still since I'm actually on my way to New Bark for, uh, reasons. But I'll be making my way around the map after that!

Ah...well I think I'm going to Violet next week or so, but. If we meet up, I'd totally be up for that, I mean. If you wouldn't mind.

[Hanna smiles, just a bit.] Thanks by the way. You helped, and I mean, that's really nice of you. I'm Hanna by the way, I don't think I caught your name.

No problem! Nice t'meetcha, Hanna. Name's Ralph.

_{[He looks thoughtful for a moment.]}

Just Ralph.

Hanna Falk Cross, but. Hanna is just fine too.

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