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[starspangledavenger]

[Steve is sitting against a ledge, a perplexed look on his face, as a Hoppip floats around on a gentle breeze while clinging to a lock of Steve's hair to keep from blowing away (doodle), it happily chirps]

So, this Pokemon caught himself and doesn't want to be released... I guess he caught me, but is there, uh, another way to raise a Pokemon without making them fight? He's really not keen on it. Actually, he just sits there and cries.

[pebbles start getting thrown at the Hoppip by someone off camera, one hits and makes it start to cry, quite loudly. Steve gives a heavy sigh, because this is a regular occurrence since the Hoppip adopted him]

Hey, that's en-

[he turns to address whoever is throwing the pebbles and the pokegear gets closed in the process, ending the feed]

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[starspangledavenger]

It's nice to meet you, Hope, [nods at the Lucario] you as well, Oerba. This is Poppins, [gestures to the now happy Hoppip] and...

[he takes Poppins ball and recalls him before gesturing to Grace who is still off camera]

Come say hello. [finally a slightly disgruntled Riolu comes to his side, clinging to his arm but never looking away from the camera, then a split second later seems to lose all interest and moves to hide behind Steve] And that's my darling Grace.

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[eagletalons]

Unfortunately I cant introduce all of my Pokémon to you, otherwise we would be here all day but-- [starting to get drowned out by Oerba's 'hmph! how rude!' noises at Steve's Riolu and Hope pinches her nose to try and get her to suck in air and quiet down] -- Yes, hello.

It's nice to meet you too.

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[starspangledavenger]

[Grace has no reaction to Oerba's noises, but Steve grimaces in apology]

Sorry about her, she's camera shy. That and... [looks over hits shoulder at her, then back at the camera as if finding words] she's a weird combination of stuck up and shy, so she ends up snubbing everyone.

[sighs as Grace makes an unhappy sound as his comment]

I'm hoping she grows out of it with time and training. She's a real darling with it's just me, so I'm hopeful.

So, you have a lot of Pokemon?

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[eagletalons]

Twenty-one, and not counting the one egg I've just ordered. [Sounds a little embarrassed about that. But just a little.]

Some of them are not allowed in the house with how huge they are.

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[starspangledavenger]

That's... a lot of Pokemon. I've only got the two plus two eggs. I'm still getting used to the whole, uh, catching idea. [aka he hasn't caught any yet because it seems too much like forcing the Pokemon to tag along with him]

I read up on a few, how big they are, it's not surprising they might not be allowed inside.

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[eagletalons]

Ah, well, there's no shortage of trainers finding themselves with too many eggs. Though it's too much trouble if you get too much all at once.

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[starspangledavenger]

Yeah, one of my eggs seems about ready to hatch and the other I'm picking up tomorrow when I reach Violet City, so they won't overlap too much. But I can see how having too many at once can be problem, especially for people who breed.

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[eagletalons]

Usually it's not a problem for breeders, as a lot of them tend to give away the eggs to others, but it's a problem for those who tend to get carried away with buying far too many eggs.

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[starspangledavenger]

That makes sense. I'll make sure not to get too many all at once.

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[eagletalons]

Slow and steady is the best way to go.