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[The first thing you should notice is that he is wearing something gold, tacky and very, very frilly. If you tilt your head and squint sideways, you might be able to make out the tell-tale black stripes across the back of jacket. In all honesty, it looks like a very, very artistic and frilly rendition of a pikachu sans tail. In fact, that might explain the two red circles on his cheeks, painted on delicately. There is a Misdreavus threading through his hair carefully, picking her way across his brown strands and two yellow and black hair clips that stand up in a manner reminiscent of a pikachu's ears and a trapinch that's more or less consuming his boot right off of his foot. He pays them no mind, as per usual.

He appears to be collapsed on the bed, gear propped up between his hands as he huffs into the screen, poking at something with a finger. From the vantage point of the camera, it appears to be small, hand-held calendar.]

It looks like my birthday won't be coming this year either.

[Somewhat wry. He isn't disappointed, but he's in one of those pensive moods. Tilting his head so that it rests on an arm, he blinks, slowly.]

I have an hour to kill before the great reveal, at any rate. Anyone up for a rousing game of word association?

I'll start -- 'month'.

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No. [Pause.] Well, in part. He never plays with me like that.

Sometimes you've got to take a gentle approach. You have to let him come to you, instead of the other way around. That way, he knows that you're not scary.

[ she laughs and shakes her head. ] My grandma's cat was kind of the same way when I first moved to Inaba.

No wonder they like you. The pokemon, I mean.

I'll take your word for it.

It'd be nice if some of them didn't like me too much. [ and she gives her chin a jerk. ] But you might as well try getting him to trust you now, right?

Mm, I'll give a shot.

[Which, in the grand scheme of things, is probably just conversation filler. He turns to his other pokemon with consideration.

A trapinch, a gastly, a misdreavus and a quilava sitting on a ditto.]

Your verdict?

... Your Quilava's got another evolution that'll make him a lot bigger, Smoky'll be a Haunter eventually, and something much heavier if you ever trade him, and I've got no idea about your others.

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So, how does 'Cat', 'Dog' and 'Fish' sound for names?

... Ohhhh no, mister, I'm not going through this with someone else!

Fluffy, then.

[A beat.] For all of them.

...

Try again. Or you're never getting this. [ tapping the bag with her foot. ]

And I would hate to make you waste a trip after you spent all that effort lugging it here. [He looks thoughtful. The Trapinch has lodged her head between the bedpost and the bed and now is scrabbling furiously with her little stubby legs.

He reaches forward to free her. Conversationally--]

I think she looks like an 'Osaka'.

She looks like a place?

[ that little thing looks incredibly bulky in the head and awkward, but Rise can't help a smile. ] She kinda does look like she'd have that kind of accent, though.

Don't you ever get the feeling that places could have personalities? Cities in particular, I guess, but maybe even entire countries.

[He picks her up, and she chirrups in a very bird-like manner. A laugh.] Osaka it is.

... Yeah, kinda. [ this from the person who dealt with Izanami herself hngh. ] That's one down!

Does that mean I get to see one fifth of what's in that luggage?

Sorry, Fuji, it's all or nothing.

Slave driver. Naming is a delicate art-form -- you can't just rush the process.

[But he's amiable. A hum--] Have you ever been to Marseille?

Been-- where?

[ yeah, she's gonna ignore that slave driver comment. ]

Neither have I. [Chortling.] But it has a better sound to it than, say, 'Misdreavus'.

Is it French? It's cute!

Second largest city in France, if I remember my geography. I've always wanted to go.

Well, you've got time. I've never left the country yet, but I bet France would be fun.

Italy, too. Syracuse should be nice, this time of the year. [Meaningful look over at the Quilava, who flicks an ear in his direction.]

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[ Rise catches that look, raising an eyebrow. ]

You're going to name them after cities?

Ever heard of the cliche 'Smokey London'? [Congratulations, gastly, your name is now 'Smoky' London. Case in point.]

I think it's an interesting pattern -- at the very least, it'll remind me of all the places I want to visit when I get back.

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