What addiction can do to you

[battlestandby]

[Paul's near the beach today, leaning against a palm tree as he's been there for hours obsessively playing Tetris, which his loving not!mother gave him for his birthday. He hates this game so much and yet he can't put it down. It's gotten to the point where he can't be bothered to actively train his Pokemon; just telling them to train as they

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[notinmtsilver]

Paul! [Iiiit's not!mom]

You alright there?

[battlestandby]

I'm fine--[mom], Ash. It's just water.

[notinmtsilver]

Yeah, but it's salt water, you should probably wash it out first.

[battlestandby]

It's not that big a deal.

[notinmtsilver]

Still- [he'll pick up the electronic and get completely distracted]

You were playing Tetris?

[battlestandby]

[Erk--!]

N-n... of course not.

[notinmtsilver]

Yes you were! [he'll tap to the high scores]

And you're doing pretty good too.

[battlestandby]

That's... nonsense.

[notinmtsilver]

It's not like it's a bad thing, Paul.

[battlestandby]

Oh, shut up.

[notinmtsilver]

It's nothing to be ashamed of. [head pat]

[battlestandby]

Well... look. Something more productive just happened.

[He'll gesture to his Seadra out there in the water.]

[notinmtsilver]

[he'll wave at the Seadra and then ruffle your hair]

Congratulations, Paul!

[battlestandby]

[Good thing he's gotten used to to headpats and hair ruffles. He still doesn't look all that enthusiastic, though.]

Mmm... yeah. Took him long enough.

[notinmtsilver]

You were also training a lot of other pokemon at the same time.

At least smile a little.

[battlestandby]

Why do you always want me to do that?