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[loseyoursenses]

[A tennis ball bounces against the ground, one quick bounce before Yukimura catches it easily.]While we've been doing some more normal training, it has made me wonder why these Pokemon are used to battle each other. Doesn't that seem a bit barbaric? I think there are ways to resolve people's differences without injury - at least, without much

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[futariniousama]

[ Niou, lounging nearby, looks on without so much as a thought to joining in. He does, however, deign to look suitably impressed at Gen's surprise. ]

... You just evolved your Pokémon with tennis.

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[loseyoursenses]

Apparently.

[He doesn't look terribly surprised now that he's thought about it. Of course tennis can evolve Pokemon.]

You ought to try it as well, Niou.

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[futariniousama]

[ Niou considers this. ]

I wonder if Sugar would gain levels if I used it as a tennis racket. [ He produces a purple screwdriver from his pocket and a tennis racket from his bag. The screwdriver promptly becomes - you guessed it - a purple tennis racket. ]

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[loseyoursenses]

That seems a bit cruel, but you could try.

[He considers Niou's new racket for a moment, then smiles.]

Would you like to play?

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[futariniousama]

Sure. [ He finally abandons the bench, setting aside his real racket in favour of the impostor. Curiously, he tests the string tension. ]

It's used to bein' a tool, anyway. It once turned itself into a Pikachu and climbed inside Gidget while it was in Wash form.

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[loseyoursenses]

[He picks up his own racket from where he left it, and the tennis ball Gen was trying so hard to serve.]

Really? Then I suppose it shouldn't mind being used like this. I wonder if it'll improve your tennis at all? You haven't practiced in awhile, have you, Niou?

[Not practicing is obviously a cardinal sin.]

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[futariniousama]

[ Niou grins as he spins the faux racket over his wrist, backing further away from Yukimura. He's already sure that the Ditto will help him cheat improve his tennis, but he doesn't bother saying as much. ]

Been busy tryin' to be the best, like no one ever was. Guess I fell a little behind on the training regimen.

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[loseyoursenses]

[He's very interested to see how a Pokemon tennis racket affects Niou's playing. Sure, it's not as if they have a competition to practice for, but still - who knows what could might happen. Maybe there'll be a problem that only tennis can solve.]

That's no good at all. Now that I'm here, I'll have to make sure you stay in shape. We can't have any slackers on our team, you know.

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[futariniousama]

Slackers? Never. [ Niou feigns offense. ] I've been working my hardest, like always~ ♫ Just not at tennis.

[ He'd offer some further quip, but the fact of the matter is that Niou could train forever, and on his peak day, still never beat his captain if the younger boy played drunk with one shoe on. ]

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[loseyoursenses]

At least you've been working hard at something. I suppose no one can complain, really, since this world doesn't run on tennis, but Pokemon battles.

[He sighs, somewhat wistfully.]

Ah, it's only too bad that we didn't find ourselves in a world run on tennis.

[Yukimura readies his racket, and yeah, you're gonna get your ass kicked, Niou. But at least that's nothing new?]

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[futariniousama]

[ Niou laughs a little, readying himself opposite his captain. ]

And I wish we'd found ourselves in a world run on math. We'll have to cope, huh?

[ Nope. And he'd rather lose to Yukimura than almost anyone else, so it's all good. Uh, do we handwave most of the actual match? B-because I... don't know if I can write actual tennis, sob. ]

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[loseyoursenses]

We'll manage somehow, I'm sure.

[And then they play an amazing tennis match that we will totally handwave, because I don't think I can write actual tennis either. D: But I'm sure Niou's Pokemon racket provides a few fun tricks that throw Yukimura off, so... he doesn't win as fast as usual?]

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[futariniousama]

[ Sounds about right. 8Db Balls taking mysterious, inexplicable trajectories, or randomly sticking to the racket, going through the racket and sticking to the back....

Even so, Niou loses pretty spectacularly, and he's left a little embarrassingly out of breath afterward. ]

Jeez, wasn't that gonna be a practice match?

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[loseyoursenses]

That was a practice match. It really has been awhile for you, hasn't it? Well, I'll make sure you don't go that long without practice anymore.

[Yukimura's breathing hard too, but he's not as obviously worn out as Niou. Of course, he's been keeping in shape and practicing on his own, because he would wither and die without tennis.]

Maybe I should make you run laps.

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[futariniousama]

Hey, it's not my fault! The only practice I've had was against Fuji, so. You know. Haven't really been breakin' a sweat.

[ He has now, though. The racket in his hands turns into a towel, but halfway to his face, he stops to look skeptically at it. ] No, I don't think so.

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[loseyoursenses]

I suppose that's a good point. From now on you'll be practicing against me, though. Won't that be fun?

[Your captain might be a little bit of a sadist, Niou. Sorry. He laughs, watching Niou with his Pokemon. This world is so strange.]