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[puppet_paladin]

[Most people, when visiting Olivine, go right for the Gym or right for the beach. After all, the city is an important step for all trainers, and the sun is shining beautifully upon the sea. Most people would wish to enjoy it.

But Cecil is not most people at the moment, which is why he can be found walking around Olivine's more residential

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[her_mouse_jesty]

[While she's traveling through town, she notices the little actions Cecil is taking. Curious, she heads for him, right behind him, and taps him on the shoulder.]

Excuse me? Do you need some help?

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[puppet_paladin]

[Even after having his shoulder unexpectedly tapped from behind, Cecil seems perfectly composed. ...Which could be because Osmose jumped in surprise in his stead.]

Ah, I do, actually. Are you familiar with the trainers currently staying in Olivine? I'm looking for one of them.

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[her_mouse_jesty]

I know some of them. What is their name? What do they look like?

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[puppet_paladin]

I'm currently looking for Leon. He's rather tall, with brown hair and blue eyes, and he has a diagonal scar on his face. He has a house in the city, but...

[He gestures around. That is a lot of houses to check.]

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[foolishwren]

[... So... yeah, Heather's sitting on a stoop just off one of the larger roads with one of those cheap Pokemon-shaped ice cream bars you can buy out of the ice cream trucks down by the beach... aaaaand she's seen Cecil pass by like... three times. Enough to pique her interest.]

[Finally, during one of his stop-and-stare-at-a-house pauses, she speaks up.]

If you're planning on burgling someone, I wouldn't recommend that place.

You can't see it behind the fence but they've got one of those big horned devildog things. I've seen 'em walking it.

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[puppet_paladin]

[Still staring at the house, but he does trying to peek over the fence now.]

A Houndoom? It'd be no trouble. Rosie knows Water Pulse and I've no doubt her level is higher.

[A beat. He's starting to realize what that sounds like.]

Not that I'd rob another world's residences. I doubt they have any interesting weapons hidden away.

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[foolishwren]

[Yep. It sounds pretty bad-- which makes Heather smirk and sloooowly raise an eyebrow as he talks, draping the hand with the popsicle stick in it casually over one knee.]

Uh huh.

So if burglary's not on your mind, what're you doing? Are you a real estate agent or something?

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[puppet_paladin]

[If it wasn't for the circumstances, that lack of belief would almost hurt him.]

A volunteer bathroom tiler, actually. A friend of mine asked for help renovating a house, but he sadly forgot to give me its address and none of these-

[He waves a hand towards the rows of houses.]

-look renovated.

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[usedroar]

[ Leon is working, and otherwise preoccupied, so sadly he isn't in any position to help poor Cecil. Leon does have an eye in the sky, not that he's always aware of it. Skarmory likes to spend time outside of her ball, and the complicit trust she's built with her boss means that she gets to roam.

She sees Cecil's bright white hair and instantly recognizes it from the innumerable times Boss has spoken to him over the communicator. She dives easily, curving around Cecil and bringing herself to a stop a few paces away. She caws at him cheerfully, a terrible sawblade sound, before moving forward to demand throat scratches. ]

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[puppet_paladin]

[Cecil must have built up a resistance to Skarmory cries somehow, because it gets a small smile out of him instead of a wince. He walks up to her to offer the desired throat scritches, along with a few berries plucked from his bag.]

My, what a wonderful welcoming committee. Are you well? I don't suppose your trainer is within walking distance, is he?

[He'd better be, because the presence of a Flying-type is making Osmose slightly uneasy.]

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[usedroar]

[ His fingers at her throat make her coo. Cecil is saying an awful lot of words--for Skarmory, who's used to Leon's slow, matter-of-fact tone, it's a little overwhelming. She does definitely recognize 'walk' and 'trainer', and bobs her head. But flying would be so much faster! She turns to present her back, spreading her wings. hop on! ]

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[puppet_paladin]

[...Well.]

If you insist.

[He recalls Rosie and Osmose before carefully climbing on her back, staying far away from the base of her wings. Isn't it nice, having a rider who knows exactly what to do or not do?]