♕ FIFTH COMMAND | TEXT / ACTION [ILEX FOREST]

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[An anonymous text has been sent out to all of Johto. All replies will be anonymous as well unless he screws up and anonfails which is highly likely.]

How do you deal with the loss of a close friend?

[For those of you in Ilex Forest, Archer is currently busy training his Pokémon. Or at least, that's what he'd like you to think he's doing. Every so often he'll check the Gear to see if there's a response to that anonymous text.]

[Today really isn't a good day. Archer definitely seems more distracted and agitated than usual, and he's been snapping at his Pokémon all day. Why? It's January 28th. Kimbley would have been twenty-eight today.]

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...wow, I actually feel like I should apologize for this one

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Remain valuable to me as a partner and you won't lose me to anyone.

...you're hilarious, okay

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You don't need to worry about that, Kimblee.

shut up

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I should certainly hope not.

fine, then >:|

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Really, Kimblee, you should worry about the opposite; if you don't work on forming a coherent team, I might just have to leave you.

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And what have I told you about my preference for working alone, Archer?

[You can't threaten him that way; sorry, bro.]

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[Oh you bitch.]

...You won't be rid of me anytime soon, Kimblee.

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You almost make that sound like a threat.

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Oh please, Kimblee. That wouldn't be very beneficial, now would it?

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Not really.

So if you're going to go through all this trouble of ensuring that I don't disappoint you any, I sincerely hope you'll make it worth my while.

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Of course I will. As I said, you don't need to worry about that.

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If that's really the case, you could stand to sound a bit less concerned over it.

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I'm not concerned. What gave you that ridiculous idea?

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Are you always this defensive, then?

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I'm not--!

[...oh.]

...Shut up.

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As I thought.

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Anyway, we have more important things to work on. You need to train that pinecone of yours.

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[...Archer, he has never seen a more blatant subject change outside of "LOOK, A DISTRACTION", but fine. He'll just be glancing at zencone down there; given that its level is sufficient for it to know Selfdestruct and yet it didn't blow up on him immediately is making him think that he got some sort of natural-selection reject - is "huge amounts of zen" an evolutionary disadvantage? hell if he knows - but he'll work with it for now.]

I fully intend to; its level is incredibly low for the time being, but it should catch up quickly enough. With any luck it will learn new moves shortly - as much as I'm not one to discourage explosions for explosions' sake, it's not terribly beneficial for training.

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Hopefully. If it turns out to be completely useless you'll be stuck with it for the time being.

[Unless you want to teleport back to Goldenrod. Which he has considered doing several times. At least they're going to be leaving the forest soon. It's about damn time.]

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[...Archer, don't you dare. Azalea Town is, like. Right there.]

Yes, I'm well aware; as fun as it's been out here, personally, I'm just looking forward to returning to something that can pass as civilization.

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Agreed. This has been fun, but I'd like to spend a few nights in a bed.

[Why do you think he hasn't?]

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Tonight, perhaps?

[...no, really, let's do this thing, good fucking god.]

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That would be wonderful.

[Kimblee, you've made him the happiest thing~]

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Somehow I thought you would approve. I assume you have no further business here, then?

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You know me too well. No, let's go.

[Returning helldog, then! We're going back to civilization, fuck yeah!]