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firstnothingThe afternoon before had been ... enlightening. And with the egg he'd acquired hatching just after dark, bringing his team to three (two and a half he supposed; a newborn pokemon wasn't terribly strong), things seemed to be going well. The dusky little fox was more than content to curl up with Sorrow and Regret and sleep there the entire night through, and he'd had no reason to disturb them. Come the morning, all three would be put to work.
That had been the plan anyway. Something seemed off as he set up breakfast; he's almost completely certain there had not been four pokemon sleeping there last night. And now there were. Regret's obvious black-and-white, Sorrow's vivid green, the little zorua's dusky gray, and ... orange, cream and black, all curled up.
Frown.
Ousting the doglike pokemon proved to be more troublesome than it was worth, and Xemnas quickly settled on simply ignoring it in favor of straightening out his own, handing out breakfast, checking for lingering injury from the day before, and heading on his way. Honestly he had intended to catch a growlithe sooner or later, preferably sooner, but this one was ... overaffectionate. And far too exuberant for his tastes, with the way it bounced in happy, barking circles around himself and his bewildered team.
Thus went the day. The constant energetic presence of the growlithe didn't really interrupt the hunting any, as wild pokemon seemed to ignore the noise and darting about for the most part, including one sleeping abra at the base of a tree. Abras, according to his pokedex after a quick scan, wouldn't ordinarily counterattack. And the little zorua was more than happy to test its small claws and sharp teeth on the sleeping psychic-type.
Repeatedly, given the thing kept teleporting. It was annoying enough to all of them (except the growlithe, who seemed impossible to annoy) that actual effective teamwork seemed to be rapidly forged between his three pokemon out of sheer determination to corner and catch the abra. It kept teleporting. How often could it do that?
Quite a bit it turned out. But eventually, with a lot of effort and a well-timed Grass Whistle, Xemnas had the little psychic-fox neatly trapped in one of those red-and-white pokeballs. The first one he'd ever bothered to catch, and that probably due to the frustration levels of chasing it around all day.
As sunset approached and he set out for the distant city again, the growlithe followed.
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[From the sound of sharp little hooves on road, he's managed to find a proper route to follow.]
Is it ordinary that a pokemon might decide to join you, whether or not you wish it to be there?
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Date: 2013-08-20 12:01 am (UTC)[video]
Date: 2013-08-21 04:59 am (UTC)They're useless, clingy marshmallows. [Not entirely true, Envy secretly has to admit to himself; his Clefairy has proven himself pretty useful.]
A Growlithe doesn't sound so bad, what's there to complain about?
[...really he hopes to hear what's so bad about this Growlithe so he can laugh. This sort of situation is much funnier when it's happening to somebody else.]
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Date: 2013-08-21 05:03 am (UTC)[Xemnas had a mental category for pokemon. Possibly useful, very useful, pet, and completely useless. Clefairies are now in the final category.]
Finances. I cannot currently feed four pokemon. There are a limited amount of trainers to battle for income, and I have not yet found a 'job' that suits my skillset. I prefer not to take on more than I can currently tend.
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Date: 2013-09-03 01:15 am (UTC)There's always robbery!
[He says this so cheerfully that it seems more like he's joking than actually serious. Key words: seems like. Envy has refused to get a job in three years and decided to be a professional pickpocket and con man instead.]
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Date: 2013-09-03 02:31 am (UTC)[He is not washing someone else's dishes.]
I've found a very small but reliable income source in beating up children and taking their money.
[There's a sharp SNORT from the nearby zebra pokemon and with a sigh, Xemnas amends.]
My apologies. My pokemon do the beating up of the pets of children.
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Date: 2013-09-03 02:40 am (UTC)It's funny, you'd think grown men destroying ten year olds in glorified dogfights and then making off with their lunch money would be discouraged in any world, instead of perfectly legal and normal.
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Date: 2013-09-03 02:46 am (UTC)[video]
Date: 2013-09-03 02:49 am (UTC)Just how long have you been here, anyway?
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Date: 2013-09-03 02:50 am (UTC)