JULY - AUGUST TEST DRIVE MEME

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Comments

[guynapple]

Nah, man, it's just--

[Kai kind of rubs the back of his neck and shakes his head.]

Nevermind.

Raising a team's part of the whole point, right?

[It's not weird to want to raise a team like Marlin suggested, right? Even if Marlin's totally got dumb reasons behind it. But more than that-]

And with all the things they can do, maybe there's a pokemon out there that can help you feel better.

[dyinggreaser]

...

[Marlin's nervous chuckling stops, a sad silence taking its place.]

I've been...looking into that...

[How couldn't he, there's so many weird pokemon out there, one is bound to be a walking miracle cure...right?]

Aubergine... I want Aubergine to get stronger... She could...

[He keeps cutting himself off, it was only a matter of time before words starting failing him again. At least he's getting better.]

[guynapple]

Yeah?

[Kai can't help but be interested in something that might keep his buddy's health up! He squats down to give Summer a pat on the head and at the same time reaches over to pay more attention to Aubergine.

Maybe if he focuses on the pokemon instead of Marlin, his words'll come back to him.]

Got some sorta special move?

[dyinggreaser]

.....................

[Marlin can totally see what Kai's trying to do, and he just doesn't get it. Why is he putting in so much effort just to make him comfortable? It's not like he hasn't noticed, they've only been traveling together since New Bark, Kai's managed to learn all of Marlin's quirks and how to defuse them so easily.

And that's what drives him crazy! That means Kai's been paying attention to him, and that is simply something he isn't used to.]

...The eggs! [He finally blurts out after awkwardly watching Kai play with his baby pokemon in silence.] That rock I got her...they carry it around to imitate the adults, I guess they carry eggs...and those eggs...they're supposed to be chock full of nutrients.

[guynapple]

Is that right?

[Giving Aubergine a pat on the head, Kai doesn't actually seem all that bothered. It's not even forced, it just makes sense. All of these things lay eggs, right? Even stuff that's not supposed to.]

That's pretty wild. I guess it's kind of got that fat little fluffball vibe like a chicken. A superpowered egg-laying chicken...

[dyinggreaser]

[...Now Marlin can't stop imagining Aubergine with a little beak and wings. C-Cute...]

I.... I guess...

[Nope, can't shake that mental image, Marlin starts to scratch his cheek in hopes it'd stop him from blushing. Can't have people thinking he's SOFT. He still doesn't understand why HE got the monster that doesn't look like...anything, but beakless chicken almost makes sense.]

But I'm not gonna get those eggs if she doesn't win any fights.

[guynapple]

Iiii guess it wouldn't hurt for the both of us to get some more training in, actually.

[Summer is uh. Also pretty weak for all the traveling they've been doing.]

Maybe if we put 'em all up against each other, they can boost each other up a little bit.