8th Song [Video] A new addition to the family! [Backdated to the 4th]

[otherpumpkin]

[Everyday, the Other Father took his spare time from working to take care of the kids and the Pokémon. With his home empty of children to care for, instead he spends his time taking his friends out into the surrounding routes of Goldenrod. Today was no different, and they all had the added bonus of the snow.

Down in Route 34- as filmed by the

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[eliciadaddy]

[ Maes often wanders onto Route 34 to train. He stays close to the city, to make sure he can always get back to a Pokemon Centre should anything happen. After all, both his Pokemon are still horribly low in level.

This time, he's made his way a bit further out onto the route, his little Eevee walking by his side, out of her Pokeball as always. He sees a Pokemon knocking a man over in the distance, and rushes over as fast as he could, mistakening the Pokemon to be wild. ]

Are you alright?

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[otherpumpkin]

[Quite quickly had the Other Father encountered the Ditto afterwards, the small thing sitting on his head.

He nods to the new man.]

Su~re am. Just found this little guy, here.

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[eliciadaddy]

Er... found...?

[ His experience with wild Pokemon consisted mostly of them attacking him... ]

Ah, so all of these are yours?

[otherpumpkin]

[It was probably defending itself in a very... passive way.

The Ditto rears its pink, curious head from behind his bangs. The four other Pokémon chirping up with joy to answer his question. The Other Father chuckles.]

Think they already answered? Yep. [He opens his arms in a grand gesture towards his Pokémon, one at a time.]

Meet Garlic, [The Oddish.] Calypso, [The Psyduck.] Snapdragon [The Dratini. And then he looks behind him, his grin widening at the Wartortle that's shying behind a bunch of grass.] A~nd Bobby.

[eliciadaddy]

[ His little Eevee is already bounding towards the other Pokemon to say hello. ]

That one there's Elsie.

[ He's got a Magikarp, too. But um... it's not a very social Pokemon. ]

[otherpumpkin]

[All of them say hello back, the Wartortle running forward from behind the grass to join in (now that he knows he's in the clear).]

I'd say they'll get along ju~st fine. [With a smile, he turns his gaze back to Maes, from the Pokémon, and puts his hand out in front of him.]

Would give you a name, 'cept I don't have one; but kids call me their Other Father?

[eliciadaddy]

[ Maes raises an eyebrow at that, but moves to give the other man's hand an enthusiastic shake nonetheless. ]

It's nice to meet you, er... Other Father. [ That sounds... incredibly odd to say. ] I'm Maes.

[otherpumpkin]

Pleasure!

[The Ditto on his shoulder comes out of hiding now and stares at Maes, as intensely as a Ditto can stare. It's judging you, Maes, judging whether you're trustworthy.]

[eliciadaddy]

[ He notices the stare, and gives the little pink blob a friendly wave. ]

I've never seen a Pokemon just approach someone like that, before. You must be a pretty gifted trainer!

[otherpumpkin]

[The Ditto becomes startled and quickly transforms into whatever it can see- and that's your glasses this time, Hughes.]

Well, I don't think this lil' guy wants to fight. Not all wild Pokémon are... well, wild! [Or at least, in his experience.]

[eliciadaddy]

[ Ffff... tell that to the angry Rattata that attacked him a little while back...

He stares in awe as the little Ditto transforms into his glasses. And for a moment, he takes his own off to compare. ]

My, what a talented little Pokemon you've got there.