[Video/Action - Violet City Pokemon Center]

[makesagoodwife]

[There is some amount of commotion when the video feed comes on. Presumably because the gear had been set hastily aside to deal with the source of it. The interior of a pokemon center can be seen, and just out of sight of the camera there's a flailing of purple and pale blue.

If the soundtrack for this scenario had to be described it would sound

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[attrites]

[ he probably saw the tail end of that, having come in to pick up a few of his Pokémon that'd spent the last night resting in the Center. ]

Um... are you alright, Miss?

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[makesagoodwife]

It's been a very long past few days... [she says, looking up from the admission paperwork at the stranger addressing her]

You can go ahead of me if you like.

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[attrites]

Yeah, you look kind of... um, tired. Is something bothering you...?

[ ... ] Thanks.

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[makesagoodwife]

If you were here for the recent Shedinja swarm, I think being tired may go without saying.

[Though she straightens up a bit in her seat, so as not not to make it so readily obvious. She's not quite dead yet!]

Did they take anyone of yours?

[dead_black_eyes]

[L wanders into the pokemon center. Maybe he feels a little bad about the fact that Belphe chose to take a job while he merely continues to make his team stronger on his own time, but she almost seems happier when he's not exerting himself, so he doesn't let it chew him up too much.]

Belphegor? Sorry to bother you during work, but... I was hoping I could talk to you about a dilemma I currently face. While I don't think I'll have any trouble facing Falkner, I believe that an electric type would be beneficial, and I was hoping that you could provide some much-needed insight in this arena...

[Either that, or he just wanted to visit her at work. Who could really tell for sure?]

[makesagoodwife]

[Either way, she doesn't look especially busy, save the clipboard balanced on her knee]

I'm not working here at the moment... [there's not been any TIME, really. She hadn't expected to stop over in Violet in the first place, and after the shedinjas were out of the way, she's had to stay looking sharp in anticipation of Beatrice arriving.]

From what I understand, most electric types are very lively. I only have one, myself.

[dead_black_eyes]

Lively?

[L can't hear anything negative in that description. On the contrary... it's a good thing, right?]

What one, if I may ask? Would you mind if I spent some time with it?

[makesagoodwife]

His name is Gohda...a Rotom I bought from a breeding center in Goldenrod. [she explains, stepping over Shaman as he tries to decide what to make of his new egg and over to the PC, which she enters her storage login into]

He isn't very good around certain electronics, but he hasn't given me too many problems thus far.

[she gives him a brief look, and faint smile before returning her attention to the storage listing and seeking the rotom in question on it]

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[ofmywill]

[ Violet City sure has been eventful in his stay here! Minato was lounging in the awesome comfy chairs in this Pokecentre, close enough to be an audience to every single bit of this. He'd watched quietly until the very end-- but for the very loud snap of a piece of chocolate being broken off.

Oops. Busted. ]

Problems?

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[makesagoodwife]

[It's not every day she's the object of a public spectacle. She peers over at the young man addressing her at his question]

Problem? No. Hopefully not more than it already is, at least.

[Shaman circles the newly-made egg nearby, as if trying to figure out what to make of it, and then gives a musical trill, summoning a small nimbus cloud to nose the egg into and serve as a makeshift nest. He seems pretty proud of himself]

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[ofmywill]

Oh.

[ There's no judgement or disbelief in his eyes, at least- just casual interest and a little willingness to help. In fact! ]

...can I help?

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[makesagoodwife]

I--It's fine. [she says quickly, squirming a bit in her chair. For as much as she's had to acclimate to over the months, she still can't quite wrap her mind around the idea of being offered help.]

I'd heard dittos were incorrigible about breeding, I just hadn't known they'd use it as a weapon.

[dnoteworthy]

[A ditto... He supposes he'll have to keep an eye out for that Pokemon when he does travel to Violet himself, seeing as the Ditto is clearly not hers - Dittos are supposed to be relatively difficult to find, so if he had the opportunity to obtain one out of the wilds, he ought to take it. That's to say if it'll still be there by the time he gets there, of course.]

[Meanwhile, though - the present situation at hand. He clearly recognizes Belphegor as the one who took care of L during his soulless time, and also as a person that has some sort of relation - perhaps a sister? - of Asmodeus, who he had spoken to just a while ago. The question is, though, how should he approach the Stake? No doubt L's attention would be caught if he spoke to her about the matter, and making it a private conversation would make himself suspicious to Belphegor, as well... A casual conversation, perhaps? Nothing wrong with greeting his caretaker, after all.]

It's interesting to actually see how Pokemon breed, for the first time. [whimsically, a tone of

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[makesagoodwife]

[her eyes flicker up from the clipboard, looking for who's addressing her, before they fall on the pokegear in the crook of her arm. Had it been on...? She sighs, setting down her pen to situate the screen properly]

I think I've seen more of it than I care to.

[...and there's not even much to look at. Even when you're watching them directly they have this slight-of-hand way of there being nothing one minute, and an egg the next]

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[dnoteworthy]

[just like some odd kind of censorship, huh. Pokemon wouldn't have been an all ages game otherwise... Heh.]

I take it you've been here for a while, then. [a friendly smile, as usual]

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[makesagoodwife]

A few months. Four, I think. [It's hard to keep steady track what with entire weeks mysteriously vanishing on this world's whim]

Are you a newer piece?

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[stakethruheart]

[... suddenly, there is a little sister sliding her arms around her big sister's waist, dropping her chin on her shoulder as she does so. She's watching the Altaria with a knowing smile on her face, giggling a bit in the back of her throat]

You have more eggs now, don't you?

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[makesagoodwife]

[FFF who the hell--

oh, it's Asmo. She relaxes the muscles that had tensed almost immediately]

It seems that way...when did you get here?

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[stakethruheart]

[Asmo the forever affectionate one]

What are you going to do with them?

[and a giggle]

I came here with Battler and Beatrice-sama!

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[makesagoodwife]

I'm not sure. I hadn't expected this to happen.

[And neither had Shaman, but he's nonetheless full of curiosity and pride. He looks at Asmo, and down to the nest of clouds he's made again, and then back at her with a pleased trill]