explosivecombat | 036. [Text/Action for Goldenrod City]

As grateful as I am that it's no longer raining animals down from on high, it's debatable whether this is much better.

[And there's a shot of the interior of a florist shop – one that's normally well-kept, from the look of it, though the "normally" is a bit marred today; it's not quite bull-in-a-china-shop level of disarray, but it's obvious someone's been going through the flowers with reckless abandon today.

Or, well, something, given that the next shot is showing the area behind the counter; that...well, that certainly is a pair of very young-looking and clearly sleepy goats back there, all folded in on themselves and solidly out cold.]

Don't misunderstand me, they're adorable, but they're making it somewhat difficult for me to work.

As for the more important matters, for those who care: I'm in Goldenrod City for the time being – are these things everywhere, or just here? And it's worth noting that, like with the cats and dogs from earlier, they're not anything I recognize, either.

[And Kimblee can be found in that florist shop for the better part of the day today, actually, if anyone wants to speak to him in person; this is apparently just something he's going to do with himself when he's not terrorizing the network. It's mundane work to be sure, but it's surprisingly calming; granted, if you ask him to arrange anything for you, it's likely going to be very passive-aggressive if he doesn't feel you're being creative enough in your requests, so tread lightly lest you hand your beloved something that translates to "SORRY ABOUT YOUR TASTE."]

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...You know, there are certain questions I never thought you would have any cause to ask me, and "are you still having trouble with those goats" is definitely one of them.

[He sounds amused, though; just let him go back to rearranging the...everything. He's going to be rearranging fucking everything, but at least it's something to do wioth his hands and it's better than just standing around waiting for someone to entertain him.]

They're asleep for now, however; hopefully they'll stay that way for a while.

[This seems to be a running theme with people around Kimblee, huh...]

Are they yours or did they just wander in here? Well, I guess if they were yours you would have put them back in their Pokéballs by now. Do you need any help?

Of course they're not mine.

[Again, however, he sounds more amused than anything. Not genuinely scolding, at least.]

Interested in taking one?

...Well, they are kind of cute...

[That expression says it all, doesn't it?]

Well, I'd appreciate you taking one of those in particular, even if the species seems to be everywhere.

I've noticed that swarms have a tendency to find their way into shops like this; it happened in February as well.

At least it's normally a pretty nice place to work, right? Swarms like this aren't all that common either. ...Though I guess they have been for the past couple of days, if you can count "raining cats and dogs" as a swarm.

Well, I wasn't working here then - I was actually in Pallet at the time, it's a bit of a long story. But I suppose I wouldn't still be here if I had no fondness for it whatsoever.

I'm still wondering exactly what's caused all the strangeness lately, admittedly; even when things are strange here it's not normally like this.

Yeah, you're right. Multiple swarms in a row like this definitely isn't normal. No one's seen any of these creatures either, so it raises the question why now?

As well as "where are they coming from" and "why are they doing this at all", and that's just scratching the surface.

Yeah... It's pretty crazy. Do you know if the locals have been acting weird about this?

My employers here don't seem to know what's happening, either. Apparently this is unprecedented.

I don't think that's a good sign, but I guess it'd be pretty weird if they didn't react to it at all...

...Well, that would imply it's happened before...

[...actually.]

...I'm going to check on some things when I return tonight, to see if there's an explanation that we just haven't sought out yet. Otherwise, it's safe to assume that no one knows what's happening.

What are you going to check out?

[...Or is this a thing we don't discuss here?]

So um, what are you going to do with this other goat?

[GODDAMN IT ISAAah, you fixed it, good for you.]

I'm sure someone will offer to look after it eventually, if I can't find anything else to do with it.

[...yes, that may have been the point of the post. "Get this damn goat out of my damn shop."]

[CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!!]

Yeah, I guess that's true. Do you have any idea what type they are?

[...POINTED LOOK AT GOAT

POINTED LOOK AT YOU

REALLY, ISAAC]

W-Well I mean, maybe they're something other than a Grass-type!

[GIVE HIM A BREAK OKAY]

...Ah, dual-typed, you mean? That's a valid point, though Grass is obviously undeniable either way - this place really isn't subtle.

[Hmmm.]

At the very least they don't look poisonous.

Yeah, but Bellsprouts don't look poisonous either. But maybe it's a Normal type or something? It could be practically anything and we have no way of knowing.

...The Bellsprout line most definitely looks poisonous, or at the very least acidic.

[...that is probably not what you wanted his logic to snag on there but welp]

Really? It looks pretty harmless to me.

[...]

Bellsprout, I mean. The other two look poisonous, yeah.

[...someone stop them.]

Perhaps I'm biased, given that I had to spend far too much time around them when I first arrived.

Yeah? Well, I can definitely see how that would suck.

Everything about the first few months I was here was fairly terrible, actually. Perhaps I'll tell you sometime.

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