141st moon [video

[paladinlost]

You know, I was under the impression that I'd taught my Pokémon to keep their word whenever possible. Yet it seems I was wrong, and now I've to deal with this thankfully small pile of eggs.


[The pile in question is, by any regular standards, enormous, but the years have long twisted Cecil's sense of scale when it comes to such matters. Still, Rosie the Clefable does look almost worried as she pats each egg in turn, and Cecil himself looks like he's battling a headache.]


If any of the available species catch your eye, feel free to buy an egg or two. Considering the circumstances and our... need to revise our agreement, I cannot promise they'll be available during our usual summer clutch, or even in the foreseeable future.


[Rosie turns away from the pile just long enough to shrug at the camera. Their trainer is a softy, there's no way he won't let them have their regular summer fun!]

Comments

Video

[paladinlost]

Listening to the same complaints over and over is a healthy part of any friendship, you know.

Re: Video

[dreamsofahero]

You think so?

Video

[paladinlost]

Well, of course. Everyone has reasons to complain; someone who never does may well not trust you enough to share their problems, or even believe you are part of those problems in the first place.

[And then people get mind-controlled, and then hidden problems become big problems.]

Re: Video

[dreamsofahero]

I don't know if that really means it's necessary to repeat the same litany of complaints again and again...

*does Sion want to admit this is sounding very similar to something Ryner told him? nope, not at all*

Video

[paladinlost]

Is that not a sign that the initial problem was not fixed, or that it is recurring somehow?

Re: Video

[dreamsofahero]

I'm fairly certain in Ryner's case it's simply that he likes to complain.

Video

[paladinlost]

...Everyone has their hobbies, and the remote chance of fixing any recurring problems makes it almost helpful.

Re: Video

[dreamsofahero]

I think there are far more productive hobbies he could take up, instead.

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[paladinlost]

Ah, but would he enjoy them? That is the most important quality of a hobby, after all.

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[dreamsofahero]

Perhaps he would, if he would stop complaining long enough to give them a try.

Video

[paladinlost]

Has he truly refused to try so many, or does he reject the same repeated suggestions?

Re: Video

[dreamsofahero]

Oh, he's quite consistently refused to try getting involved with anything other than napping and tinkering with spells as long as I've known him, really. I was forced to resort to blackmail just to get him to join my team for a required exercise back at the academy.

*... don't sound so blase about that, Sion*

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[paladinlost]

...Was the exercise in question truly that terrible? Or even important enough to make blackmail an acceptable tactic?

Re: Video

[dreamsofahero]

It wasn't terrible in the least, and it was necessary to have him on the same team in order to establish rapport for the future.

*not... that that worked out the way Sion had originally planned at all, but*

Ryner happens to possess some very unique talents, which I judged would be invaluable in taking control of Roland, after all.