In which Ricketts plays a minigame

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YEEEE-HAAAW![The Pokegear has fallen out of a pocket and landed in the snow. Beyond the white flakes, those interested in finding out what the loud cry was about will see an older man on the back of a bucking, whinnying Ponyta

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[combat_butler]

A... A cowboy? Is he a cowboy?!

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[Man, if the hat and mustache didn't tip this guy off...]

[Ricketts hears the voice and looks over, quickly locating the missing device.]

Must have dropped it. Something like that, sir.

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[combat_butler]

W-wow! It's like he walked right out of a Western into Johto...

I... I've never seen a real cowboy before... *blink blink* Er-- S-sorry, Mister. I-I didn't mean to stare or anything.

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I've found there aren't many from my time here.

[His lips twitch into a smirk] It's no trouble; I don't mind an audience.

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[philanthrotaku]

Ocel--?!

..o-oh wait. I'm sorry, I thought you might have been someone else.

[Gone completely crazy, no less.]

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[Having recovered his Pokegear by now, Ricketts tips his hat to the fellow on the screen.]

I seem to get that a lot in these parts.

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[rodeopony]

[ just watching. CONSTERNATED PONY IS CONSTERNATED ]

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[DON'T YOU MEAN IMPRESSED?]

[For what it's worth, the Ponyta doesn't seem too upset about being tamed to ride. Ricketts find his Gear quickly and tips his hat to the young girl.]

Morning, Miss Pony.

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[rodeopony]

[ It's not the act itself that bothers her; it's the relative size of the Ponyta vs Ricketts. ]

Ain'tcha a bit big for playin' bucking games?

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[She's larger than average, if that helps.]

It's best to teach a horse to take a rider while she's still young.

[foolishwren]

[... WHOA. That's not something you see every day, even here in Johto. Heather doesn't have any snarky commentary for the moment, SO she just watches, goggle-eyed.]

[At some point during the show, a curious dark-eyed Ponyta head pokes into the frame, ears pricked at the telltale sounds of another of its kind. ... Another of its kind that was awful worked-up, no less.]

[She and her trainer are sort of just sharing the same 'whoa' reaction.]

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[Once Ricketts finds his gear, he tips his hat politely at the unfamiliar girl.]

Ma'am.

[foolishwren]

Er-- ... uh, hi.

[FANCY COWBOY TRICKS WHAT.]

Where'd you learn all that?

[... PLEASE SAY THE WILD WEST. Heather was never much into westerns but still. COOL.]

[Her Ponyta whickers.]

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Plenty of gunslingers learn to break horses out West. It's a talent one just picks up.

[Really Heather, with that outfit and mustache, you had to ask?]

[Ricketts's still-unnamed Ponyta snorts back and tries to get a closer look at the screen.]

[fauxearl]

[It's still too cold by his standards, but in the face of entertainment the cold could be endured. Alois watches Ricketts and his pokémon interact from a safe distance. It's about as entertaining as listening to Rickett's stories--which were very fun indeed.

However.]

A sharp gunslinger who can ride a flaming horse? You're a jack of all traders, Landon.

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[The older man smirks at the kid as he retrieves his Pokegear from the snowbank it had fallen in.]

All the best ones are, boy.

[fauxearl]

[He shifts his weight from one foot to the other.]

Really. But you're too old to be a cowboy.

[ooc: ...jack of all trades.]

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[He pets the Ponyta's warm neck again, eying the young man's actions.]

Too old, huh? And I suppose someone your age would make a better one?

[If the kid wanted a ride, he could have asked...]