16. [video/action for Ecruteak City/text]

[used_beatup]

[Beat's life lately: A quick and easy victory at Morty's gym, followed by some part-time work and times of training up the baby Tropius, now called "Day-Oh", and the traded Jynx, "Voodoo Doll", to be acceptable levels for traveling and not fainting. Now, Beat has returned to Ecruteak city to get ready to head down to Goldenrod! And also to buy a

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[10yen_idol]

[Thankfully, Yayoi isn't close enough to be caught in the effect's radius.]

[So she's just staring.] A-A streetside performance!?

[Action]

[used_beatup]

[Overhearing this, Beat waves]

Yo, guess it turned out that way...

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[10yen_idol]

That's amazing! How long do you think they've been practicing?

[Action]

[used_beatup]

Uhhh....

Well, Voodoo always danced like that, yo! She musta taught everyone else herself. Psychically!

[Action]

[10yen_idol]

Psychically...?

... um, is she controlling them?

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[used_beatup]

Naw, man! Pokemon can't do mind control.

[somehow that hadn't occurred to him. But just to be sure, he stares at the dancers, who are pretty much just chatting obliviously while they do it.]

See, they ain't bothered by it or nothin'...

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[10yen_idol]

That's true, but... [she stares again, having caught onto that fact, too.] ... they don't notice!?