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[wing_attack]

"Uh. It's Tobias. Leave a message."

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[wing_attack]

... That's... that's good of you.

[He does dig in, trying to keep from eating too fast but... he can't really help it. He's hungry, and even if he knows he should pace himself he's not convinced that he's going to actually get seconds. He gets served last, doesn't he?]

You should go ahead and have it if you want more. You're the one who cooked it.

[ratherbelocky]

And ruin my figure?

[Okay, no, York is a big muscley soldier dude, he obviously eats a ton.]

Don't worry about me. I've still got food at home if I'm hungry later. Think there's still leftovers from what North cooked last night...

[wing_attack]

You live with friends? That must be nice...

[Because how do friends, we don't even know at this point.]

[ratherbelocky]

["Friends." He smiles a little.]

Yeah, it is.

[He takes another bite, then twirls his fork a little.]

Especially since North's a much better cook than me or Carolina. He spoils us, I'm telling you.

[wing_attack]

[Look he's only dimly aware of The Gay at this point, let's not go too fast.]

That sounds nice. It must be nice to have friends... like that...

[His books are friends, that's about it.]

[ratherbelocky]

You could come over sometime, if you want.

[He offers it lightly, carefully.]

North would be happy to cook for you, he's great with kids. And Carolina, she'd love someone to show off to.

[wing_attack]

Th... that seems... I don't know.

[It's bad enough he's in a stranger's house right now.]

[ratherbelocky]

Eh, just think about it. It's an open invitation, just let me know if you do decide to take us up on it. You know how to use these phones?

[He pats the pocket where his 'Gear is.]

[wing_attack]

They don't seem too hard to use... like the ones on Star Trek. They look like you just push a button and it goes. Except when they - oh.

[He went Full Nerd again, didn't he?]

A-anyway, I can probably figure it out.

[ratherbelocky]

Great. Okay, let me make sure you have my number. Uh, you seen a pen around?

[Tobias should already have his number in his 'Gear, but, y'know. Gotta keep up appearances and all, minimize freaking out the kid as much as possible.]

[wing_attack]

I think there's some in the bag in the other room. I know there's sketchbooks around...

[charcoalfeather]

Well, they lost.

[And she won't give names, but the whole thing looked like it sucked from her end of it.]

I've never seen anyone get all their pokemon knocked out before.

[wing_attack]

Oh. That guy. I don't think he really understood that fainting sometimes is okay and understandable...

[Yeah.]

It's not so hard if you go in being prepared. Bring along some electricity and he's not really all that scary.

[charcoalfeather]

Electricity, o-okay.

[...uh.]

So, you just... pass out when you lose?

[wing_attack]

No. Your Pokemon do, though.

[charcoalfeather]

O-oh. [He's going to hear a little sigh of relief!]

Still, [gulp] that doesn't sound good, especially if you're out in a field.

[wing_attack]

No, it's not... that's why I usually have at least one high-level Pokemon on my team just in case.

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[charcoalfeather]

[Oh boy, here comes Rakka, making good on her trend of sudden phone calls. It was another day of traveling, so she could afford the time at least.]

Hello? Tobias, are you there?

[wing_attack]

[It's not like he minds.]

Yeah, I'm here. What's up, Rakka?

[charcoalfeather]

Not much! Just, uh... [What. What did she want to say. Err.]

I just wanted to see how you're doing?

[wing_attack]

[... Aw. She was checking on him...]

I'm doing pretty good. I got the Mineral Badge, so I'm gearing up to head towards Mahogany. That... might be an issue with all of my flying types...

[charcoalfeather]

[That she was.]

You did? [Her curiosity reaches through the pokegear, turning to excitement.] Congratulations, Tobias!

[...] Uh, Mahogany town?

[wing_attack]

Thanks! And... uh. It's an ice gym. That's bad for flying types...

[charcoalfeather]

[A quiet "aaah" reaches through the Pokegear's speakers.]

Well, that's not going to be a problem for you, right? All you need is a firey kind of Pokemon, and you, uh, have one of those right?

[wing_attack]

I... well I've got Ben, but I need to train him more. Otherwise, all my other fire types are flying as well. I think they're also weak to fighting, so maybe if I let Marco pound away at them I should be good? I guess I can just bring things that aren't weak to ice and hit them hard enough, but that's not the 'smart' tactic...