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[usedlaserbeam]

There's a saying, I believe, that things both bad and good come in threes. I'm not entirely certain if I subscribe to that belief, but I suppose there is something to be said for things taken in multiples being superior to ones that stand alone. Or perhaps that's simply the perspective of someone with a particular inclination toward doubles.

Though I admit I'm not averse to singles, if there should happen to be two tennis players in the same vicinity of a court. I enjoyed our game, Shiraishi-kun — let's have another again, soon.

But on the subject of doubles, today marks the second birthday I've had the occasion to observe in Johto. By local reckoning, it seems I'm now sixteen. And it also seems a few members of my roster have seen fit to observe the occasion in a manner...uniquely commemorating that. Thank goodness Marui-kun left me Tensai Jr. upon his departure a few months ago; it appears I'll be making good use of his reserves of Sleep Powder again.

And for the sake of indulging what is almost certainly a sense of morbid curiosity, a question: do any of you, reading this, have multiples of the same species of Pokemon in your roster? And if so, what is the most of any one variety you've ended up with?

Comments

[video]

[usedlaserbeam]

Oh? How many have you managed to collect so far?

[video]

[punchandkiss]

Seven.

Well, and a mystery egg.

[video]

[usedlaserbeam]

If I'm not mistaken, one of them is Thalassa's progeny, isn't it? A Dratini, if I recall correctly.

[video]

[punchandkiss]

Yeah, Slither. He's...[Oh, a nice way to put this.] Kind of unmotivated.

[video]

[usedlaserbeam]

He gets that from his parents, I would imagine. They do spend a great deal of time in recreation, rather than being heavily motivated toward battling.

Though if he's anything like his mother, I wouldn't soon threaten his interests, lest he prove to have a temper like hers when properly agitated.

[video]

[punchandkiss]

Luckily I don't have to, Squish spends half her time trying to motivate him.

[video]

[usedlaserbeam]

What creative names you've developed for them.

[video]

[punchandkiss]

[He is the second person to mention her names!]

They're descriptive! She's a Clefairy. Squishything is descriptive.

[video]

[usedlaserbeam]

Descriptive, though perhaps not particularly motivational. Would you prefer "Blonde Girl", for example, over your own name?

[video]

[punchandkiss]

No, but I'm a person. And there are a lot of blonde girls back home so it wouldn't be descriptive.

This is how we name dragons.

[video]

[usedlaserbeam]

Do you often make it a point of owning multiple dragons?

[video]

[punchandkiss]

...No. I just have Stormfly at home.

[Whom she misses terribly. She even sounds sad for a second, though she shakes it away.]

What's your point?

[video]

[usedlaserbeam]

Perhaps I'm simply underestimating just how many dragons you're accustomed to dealing with on a regular basis.

[video]

[punchandkiss]

Well, the village is full of them. Dozens and dozens. Maybe over a hundred? I've never really counted...

But only Stormfly is mine.

[video]

[usedlaserbeam]

I'm surprised you don't get tired of them after awhile. I've only had a dozen Eevees or so for a considerable length of time, and more than once I've found them nothing short of exhausting.

[video]

[punchandkiss]

Well, everyone had their own dragon. And then there were some extras that different people took care of.

It wasn't like taking care of all of them by yourself.

[video]

[usedlaserbeam]

Ah, I see. That would make a certain amount of difference, I agree.

Re: [video]

[punchandkiss]

Yeah. I think it's more like everyone had just their starter pokemon?

If you needed...another example, I mean.

[video]

[usedlaserbeam]

I admit, there are times when I consider that things might be remarkably simpler if we were all confined to just one.

But I likewise admit I wouldn't want it to be my starter.

[video]

[punchandkiss]

You don't like your partner?

[video]

[usedlaserbeam]

My starter? He's competent enough. I wouldn't call him my favorite by any means, though.

[video]

[punchandkiss]

But aren't they supposed to be?

[video]

[usedlaserbeam]

Why should he?

[video]

[punchandkiss]

Well...'cause he's your partner. The first one you had.

[video]

[usedlaserbeam]

He's not my partner. That title belongs to someone else.

And while it's true he was the first I had, I also had no choice in receiving him. Lady, on the other hand, was the first I was able to choose for myself.