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[darkcure]

Um...

[Elize looks a little bashful as she faces the camera... well, sort of. It actually takes her a few seconds to stop looking at the ground and finally look up.]

So... Where I'm from, we don't really have anything like Valentine's. At least... I don't think so. But I think it seems really nice, to have a day for celebrating love. So I wanted to do something anyway! So I, uh... P-Please hold on one moment.

[She walks back a little, further away. Over there, all three members of her team are standing by. She pokes her Slowpoke so he's at attention.] Pssst. Sir Fredric? Come on, just like we practiced!

[And with a brief "Slooooow!", the Slowpoke shoots out a stream of water, into an arc. It seems a little random, until she nods to her Happiny, who uses Mimic to shoot out water as well, from the opposite side. As the two streams intersect, they form a heart together.

And finally, for the finishing touch, her Cherubi cheers and creates a bunch of pink petals that slowly drift down behind the heart. It's a pretty nice sight, actually. Elize smiles at the camera, the Water Gun heart still going.]

Anyway, um... Happy Valentine's Day!

Comments

[darkcure]

That sounds very nice. I mostly travel with my team and they help me out with a lot of stuff. My starter is great at motivating everyone, too!

I don't really like battling much. I know it's how things are here and they enjoy it, so it's not really that it bothers me. But it still feels really weird sending them in to fight instead of taking care of things myself.

[...Says the twelve year old girl.]

sorry about the speed! i'm just getting over the flu and finally lucid enough to tag!

[torsion]

I was that way for a while, but my partner showed up so I'm traveling with him and his team now, too. The starting pokemon partner is pretty enthusiastic, too. Was yours in your video?

Well, plenty of people seem to not battle at all or much. There are breeders and people who seem to run businesses with their pokemon. I understand how you feel to some degree, although I somewhat enjoy the battling. Not as much as my pokemon seem to, though.

[ She's more responsible that that age and astute than some she's met here, so... ]

no worries i'm on the slow side myself anyways

[darkcure]

Oh, that's so nice. I'm glad he showed up. And yes, my starter was there too. She's a Happiny. Maybe she should've evolved by now, but... I kind of like having her small. It reminds me of my first friend.

Hm, I don't really mind being different anyway. Back home it's weird that I fight and here it's a little weird that I don't fight so much. I don't think any of my Pokemon like fighting too much, but I only have a few so far anyway...

then let us be slow together

[torsion]

I see! I was worried about that myself, but I was reassured that sometimes they just don't feel like evolving or want to at all. It doesn't really have to mean anything about you or your relationship with your pokemon. (Mine is an Eevee, by the way! Apparently they can evolve through friendship and stones, too?)

I guess that just means you have to find something else to do, if you want to? I think just traveling with them is well enough, too. But there seem to be a lot of businesses from people like us here, too. Figure it's up to you what you want to do. Maybe try something you'd wanted to back home but didn't have time for or something like that?