[1st Scene] [Accidental Video/In Person for New Bark Town]

[silver_lucifer]

[The feed is very obviously accidental - and from the angle, the pokegear's clipped to the belt of someone who's pacing around the south edge of New Bark Town, quite agitated and apparently looking for something.]

[Audible, and visible here and there, is an exceptionally pathetic Feebas flopping along behind, trying to keep up as best it can as a

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[unzodiacal]

[Looks like someone needs help.]

That's an ugly fish. But, it's your starter. Congratulations.

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[silver_lucifer]

...My starter. [No, he's not sure what that means but he does grasp the implication that he's supposed to have a connection to this fish.]

Is it normal for these to not suffocate on land? [The fish is ... still on the ground at his feet.]

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[unzodiacal]

When you come here, you get a Pokémon companion. There's a guide in your bag that you'll probably want to look into.

If you can call it normal. But here, I guess so. They like to be in the water, but they don't suffocate when they're out of it.

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[silver_lucifer]

.......

[That's a look at the fish. Seriously, world? Seriously?]

Is there someone who decides the "companion" or is that some sort of mystical bond of unknown origin? [That may have been sarcasm if it had more energy to it.]

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[unzodiacal]

I don't know. Sometimes they're like their trainers or people you know. They're usually a good match or a bad one.

Hey, maybe yours will evolve into something better. I had a fish that was pretty ugly and useless and turned into a giant sea dragon.

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[silver_lucifer]

............

Right then. [That, however, does get a mildly long-suffering sour look.]

"Karma" it is.

I imagine that's my only hope, then.

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[unzodiacal]

It might end up better than my fish, move-wise. Mine didn't have any attacks until it almost evolved.