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[explosivecombat]

[TEXT; LOCKED TO doitrockapella]

The offer for conversation is always open, should you desire to take me up on it; I can't guarantee that I'll respond immediately, nor will it necessarily be the response you want, but I'll always respond in some way.

In the name of enlightened discourse.

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[doitrockapella]

To be fair, there's likewise a saying: everything in moderation — including moderation.

You know that's just begging me to ask about your vices, don't you?

[explosivecombat]

Fortunate that I'm not opposed to discussing them, then. What, exactly, are you wanting to ask?

[doitrockapella]

Do you have any relatively mundane ones?

I specify only because I'm not particularly in the market for a resurrection of discussions of war casualties and unpleasant ways to die.

[explosivecombat]

Well, since coming here I seem to have picked up quite the gambling habit, though I don't know how much that counts as a vice because apparently my luck is nigh-on godly when it comes to slots. If anything, the casino floor is one of the few places where my luck isn't awful; otherwise, it ranges from "fairly bad" to "oh, that's just unfortunate, isn't it."

When I was younger, I tended to drink quite a bit; during that period of time after my recruitment into the military but before I actually saw combat, I tended to go out to bars quite a bit. I don't drink at all at this point, however; I'm aware that I don't have any restraint, and I prefer to have my wits about me nowadays.

I can't live without caffeine, and require at least two cups of black coffee before anyone can even talk to me in the morning. I'm incredibly vain and have certain things I have to do regarding my appearance before seeing anyone. Apparently I overspend when I'm stressed; if I'm not overspending, I'm overworking myself.

There are others, really, though they fall more under the category of bad habits than vices.

[doitrockapella]

Rich, hardworking, well-groomed, and a teetotaler-slash-coffee addict. If I didn't know better, I'd think you were trying to provoke me into setting off our rhetorical audience again.

[explosivecombat]

If that's how you'd like to see all of that, then believe me, I certainly won't stop you.

Anything else you're curious about?

[doitrockapella]

For the record, it's the vanity I find the most refreshing.

You were going to tell me your favorite Pokemon at some point, weren't you?

[explosivecombat]

I don't have a favorite as far as species themselves go, really; if I had to choose one, however, I'd say Ninetales - I'm rather partial to one I raised.

[doitrockapella]

Was it your starter?

[explosivecombat]

No, but I had him for so long that he might as well have been; he was one I purchased shortly after I arrived here the first time.

He was horribly spoiled; he had a tendency to steal things like chocolate from me, and he whined incessantly for quite some time after he evolved because I refused to pick him up due to the change in size. But he was also loyal to no one but me, he was strong in battle and generally a decent source of protection and companionship, even if he would complain about being expected to offer said protection if it meant waking him up.

[doitrockapella]

I think you should've picked him up anyway.

Did you lose him, the way you and your best friend lost your cats?

[explosivecombat]

After a while, he seemed to content himself with the knowledge that he was more or less the only one of mine that was allowed on the bed.

And no, I don't seem to have - he managed to find his way to that foster home in Goldenrod, along with another of my Pokémon that I purchased at the same time.

[doitrockapella]

What a smart boy. I'm glad to hear he's all right.

Legitimately glad, for the record, lest that come off as an empty bit of courtesy.

[explosivecombat]

If I had to take a guess, I'd say you don't seem the sort to offer empty courtesy in the first place.

[doitrockapella]

Directing the conversation back onto me isn't going to get you out of talking about yourself, you know.

[explosivecombat]

Oh, is that what we're doing now? I wasn't aware that that was what this had become from here on out.

But if you'd like to know more, I imagine I've asked you more than my share of questions in the past - it would be rude to deny you the right to do the same. Go on, then.

[doitrockapella]

I like Pokemon stories better than I like wartime ones. And it's an interesting reprieve from homework.

How do you name them? I don't want to know what they are, necessarily, but most trainers I've met have a theme to it — or if not a theme, then at least a method to their madness.

[explosivecombat]

Unfortunately, there isn't much of a theme to mine - a large amount of them are just names from my own country that I've heard and happened to like, others are from different languages that I've picked up, but I don't have any particular reason for naming them as I do.

[doitrockapella]

You're not going to name one after me, are you?

[explosivecombat]

Would you want me to avoid doing so, or are you hoping that I will?

[doitrockapella]

No comment. My opinion shouldn't have any bearing on something like that.

[explosivecombat]

Well, for reference, I hadn't planned on it - but given that I don't know your real name, there's a chance I already have.

[doitrockapella]

My name is Locke. At least as far as we're concerned.

If ever that's going to change, you should already know you're going to be the one tasked with making a very compelling case for it.

[explosivecombat]

Relax, it was just a statement. If I'm ever going to ask for your name, I'll be far more direct; at this point, I have no interest in hearing it.

[doitrockapella]

Mm, good. We do better when we have clear boundary lines, don't we?