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Comments

[woofdad]

[The way John trails off is not doing much for Grant's Crab Concerns. It's... also not as much of a distraction as that Quagsire might be hoping, and Grant watches him shuffle over out of the corner of his eye, too curious about what he's trying to accomplish to give away that he absolutely sees what's happening.

--Okay, actually, that's a little bit of a distraction.] The others look less normal?

[cyclonely]

Maybe...I don't know them from memory exactly. I was mostly talking about how this is a standard crab! Like if you asked someone what a crab was they would say, "This pokemon, only way less huge!"

[John digs his Gear out of his pocket and starts going through Probably Just Still Bulbapedia before showing Grant a picture of Dwebble. In the meantime, Preacher continues his slow approach, making his way to just behind Grant.]

See? It is definitely a crab but I wouldn't call it a normal crab.

[He goes back to scrolling and comes up with a picture of Crabrawler. Preacher is just standing there. Waiting.]

I think crabs can be blue but this one turns into some sort of abominable snowman spider when it evolves, which is pretty weird.

[Preacher finally strikes! With one moist hand, he leans forward and taps Grant slimily on the opposite wrist to the side he's standing on.]

[woofdad]

[Grant leans over to see the picture on the screen, nodding slightly.] Ah, right... I think I get what you mean. About the, uh... hermit crab one, less the-- what do you mean abominable snowman spider?

[Just as he is inevitably walking right into another conversation about how damn weird these animals are, having been effectively distracted from the Quagsire sneaking up on him, Grant feels a light, damp little bap on his wrist and twists around to see where it's coming from.] Wh-- oh! [He turns the other way to see the big weird salamander's doofy face, and lets out a quiet snort of laughter.] Hey, there.

[cyclonely]

[Preacher kinda makes a soft breathy noise like quaaahaha as he laughs and t-poses, and John looks up from his crab research to see Grant on the receiving end of one of Preacher's very few pranks that he rotates through. And...awww, it looks like it actually worked! John isn't sure whether Grant pretended to make it work or not, but the outcome is the same and he feels pretty warm towards Grant as a result.]

Sorry.

[It's a quick mumble as he puts his Gear back in his pocket and turns to face Preacher as well.]

Nice prank, buddy! Way to go! Your gambit is through the roof!

[Stepping forward, John grabs Preacher under his armpits and hoists him triumphantly into the air as Preacher excitedly yells "quaaaaaaaaaaaa! Then he sets him back down, straightens up, and turns back to Grant.]

Uh...right, yeah, I think it's called Crabominable.

[woofdad]

[Honestly, it kind of did work. Crab research was very distracting. But... he probably would have reacted much the same, either way. Calling the little guy out just would have been a dick move!

He shrugs, still smiling, as John lifts Preacher up.] It's no problem. Finding ways to keep himself entertained, huh?

...Crabominable. Interesting. [There is no hiding the amusement in his voice. These animals sure are named like That, huh.]

[cyclonely]

[John shrugs, still smiling.] I know, right? Some of them have really complicated names, or names that seem pretty normal, and some of them are like that.

Anyway, yeah, Preacher is a prankster, aren't you, dude?

[The Quagsire sort of extends his body mass upwards somewhat, stretching up tall before he squorshes back down again, smiling blankly. John lifts up one of Preacher's hands so he can give him a high five before letting it go again.]

He is actually the reason I'm here...there are a lot of local Quagsire here and they seem to have a weird secret thing they share? Or maybe they're just pals. But it seemed like a good idea to take him here for a playdate.

[There's a pause, as John thinks about what he just said.]

I actually don't know if it's a play date, they mostly just seem to stand in the water and yell at each other but I think he enjoys it? We are taking a beach break.

[woofdad]

[Those names are gonna take some getting used to, that's for sure. Just something else on the list.]

He's doing great. [And it's cute as hell.

John's description of why he's here definitely gets his attention, because that sounds kind of fascinating.] Maybe that is play for them. It definitely does sound like some kind of... community or bonding thing. I guess I'll find out whether, uh... [A moment to remember his Reality-Assigned Buddy's species' name.] ...Swinub do anything odd like that.