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[the feed flickers on to show a very... unhappy-looking child gazing down at the gear. by contrast, his rather excited!! looking poochyena seems to be watching the screen with great interest.]Uhm. Okay. I have a lot of questions. And I think I've been kidnapped, but I can't find the number for 911 on this

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[video] You get both of my characters. I apologize.

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You haven't been kidnapped. You've been abducted by aliens!

pfff i totally don't mind at all <3

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--Aliens?

yaaay :D

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[Firm nod.] They seem harmless and they actually go out of their way to protect us, but I have reason to believe they are monitoring us! [He yanks his startled Ralts into view of the screen.] I've yet to come up with a better possibility for what it-- she is!

Re: yaaay :D

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[the ralts's appearance gets the poochyena's attention, who starts sniffing the screen enthusiastically. sergio just sort of ... pulls the gear away when it figures it can't smell the ralts from across the network. uh.]

... If it's one of the aliens that supposedly abducted us, shouldn't you be nicer to it?

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[Dib's Ralts waves and smiles, just a bit, at the Poochyena. New friend, maybe?]

Actually, that's part of why I'm suspicious! She clings to me persistently no matter what!

[This is because she likes you, Dib. New concept, I know.]

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[well, that definitely gets its tail wagging. friend!!]

Is it ... a bad kind of clinging?

[as opposed to the good kind. yes.]

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[The Ralts smiles a little bit more and mutters a soft "hello". It doesn't sound like anything to the humans, though...]

No, actually, she's very helpful to have around. I just have no idea why she's protecting me.

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[poochyena offers an enthusiastic bark back!! hello hello we should play!!

sergio is momentarily taken aback by the bark but tries not to look bothered by it. is that a normal alien-animal thing to do . . .]

... Um. Does she... like you, maybe?

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[Ralts giggles softly and shakes her head. We can't, not in the same place...]

I can't see why she would... [Oh god the insecurity level in this conversation...]

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[poochyena is undeterred! then we'll have to become in the same place!

sergio pauses while he ... yeah okay he's the last person you would ask for reassurance, uh.]

Maybe you've been nice to her before.

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[Ralts smiles and nods. She could go for that.]

[Suddenly Dib pauses.] Or... Maybe she's used to being treated really badly and I'm an improvement? [DIB RELATES.]

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[!! poochyena looks jubilant! it's a promise then!]

That's kind of depressing... [not that he can talk.]

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[Giggle. She's amused by the cheerfulness!]

I suppose, but it does raise further questions about where these creatures come from...

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[well, someone has to be cheerful in this trainer-pokemon team.]

Don't they live in the wild here?