Pair talk 6

Arcanine! I challenge you to a race!

You’re really pumped up about racing me, huh? Sure, I can play with ya for a li’l bit!

Yesss! I’ll do my best! So... How do you think I could win?

Hahaha! You’re askin’ ME how to beat me?
I’ll just say this—make sure you warm up well so you don’t hurt yourself.

Sure thing!

Wow, you’re really takin’ this seriously, huh?

YAHHH!

... ... ...

YEEEAAART!

You might wanna stop there... You’re gonna wear yourself out before we even start!

*pant pant* *gasp* I...think I’m done...warming up... ... ... ...
Hey...I’m exhausted. Is it OK if we race another time?

Wow, uh... Maybe next time don’t warm up so much?

Hey Graveler, I’ve got a question. You know if there are any good boulders around here?

Um...a “good” boulder? What makes a boulder...good?

It’s gotta be heavy enough that I can just baaarely lift it...

Ohhh, I see. So about as heavy as me?

Yeah, Graveler, and about your size. And it should also be round...

That sounds kinda like...uh, me.

Whoa! You’re right!
I guess the best boulder around is you, Graveler!

Hee hee. I don’t really get it, but that makes me happy. ♪

I was doing reps a bit ago with a boulder about your size.
But I had to give up at 9,999...
Next time, I wanna see if I can hit 10,000! You in?

Uh... I think I’ll pass.

How d’ya like THIS?!

Dang, bro! Check you out! Your muscles are so huge I can barely see around ’em!

OK! Your turn, bud!

Aw yeah! Whaddaya think of...THIS?!

Niiice! ♪ Lookin’ real cut, bud! Your biceps look like a couple of Geodude!

Whoa, thanks! But I’m not done yet! HAH! YAH!
Gotta say, I love flexin’ with you, Machamp! It gets me even more pumped than usual!

I feel ya on that! It’s like your muscles are more excited to show off if they’ve got an audience!
How ’bout the two of us aim to become the muscliest duo out there?!

Aw yeah, count me in! With our muscles combined, nothing can stop us! HAH! YAH! MUSCLE!

…MUSCLE!!!…

Om nom... *gulp* Oop...one down...

One down?

Umm... My berries. Now I’m down one.

Huh? Your berries? I don’t see any berries...

Well, I’ve got six berries stored in my cheeks right now... *GULP*
Aaack! Now I’m down to five!

Wha—? You’ve still got five whole berries in your cheeks?!

Now I’ve ONLY got five berries left! Gosh, what am I gonna do now?!
Hmmm... Y’know, you’re starting to look awfully berry-like. I wonder if I could fit YOU in my cheeks.

Oh, uh...I-I tell you what—how about I go and find some berries for you?

You’re looking tough and sturdy as always, Golem. One day I’d like to battle to see who has a tougher body.

Awww, that’s so sweet of you to say!
To be honest, though, these days I’m rather jealous of softer bodies—like (your name)’s!

Hm? How come...?

Well, (your name) works so hard to make all sorts of nice things for us, right?
If I accidentally bump into things with this hard body of mine, I’m bound to break something sooner or later!
I’d feel so much more at ease if I were softer.

You’re so mature, Golem...
I still get the urge to just launch myself right into stuff sometimes... What should I do?

Well, whenever that happens, dear, don’t hesitate to crash right into ME as hard as you can!
I’ll stop you right in your tracks!

Th-thank you! I can always rely on you...

And then... And then... Uh...

Wow, sounds like you were up pretty late...

Yeah! I was having so much fun!
Ah...ah...achoo!

Oh, s-sorry to scare you, (your name)... When we’re not feeling well, sometimes we breathe fire by accident.

Hmmm... I think I mighta caught a cold... Achoo! ACHOO!

You should warm up and get a good night’s sleep today.
Gotta get rid of that cold quickly. If you set fire to a house (your name) built, that would be really bad...

I’m already warm all the time...but I’ll be extra careful!

Achoo!

Brr!

Oh, sorry about that... I must’ve given you chills...

I’m t-t-totally fine! Y’know, despite how I look, I actually prefer the cold!

Oh, really? I’m a little surprised...

Anyways, it looks to me like you’ve got a cold, Glaceon! Totally a cold, right?
Hang around with me and you’ll get super nice ’n’ warm and be back on your feet in no time...probably!

Huh...? I just got a little dust up my nose.
Besides, I prefer the cold too...

OHMYGOSH!!!
C-could it be that it’s a total pain to be around me?!

Oh, um... I think I’m feeling a bit too chilly today. Maybe we could talk just a bit more?

YEAHHH! So—what do you wanna talk about?!

Hey, (your name). Great timing.
Let’s have (your name) decide for us.

Yeah, let’s!……
OK, (your name). Between me and Raboot... WHO HAS LONGER EARS?!

Ehehehe! Yesss! I knew it! Just look how tall these bad boys stand up!

Really? Hmmm. Ah well, doesn’t really matter.

Clearly. Heh, good to know you’re paying attention.

Nooo! Ugh, maybe if I massage my ears, it’ll make ’em longer somehow.

Hmm? You wanna know why we’re even talking about this? ’Cause whoever has longer ears is obviously cooler, DUH!

Well, I was playing along since I can kinda see what you mean, but then you started talking about how yours are longer, and wouldn’t listen to reason...

Wha—?! You were saying the exact same thing earlier! I couldn’t help hearing it with these PERFECT EARS!

You mean perfectly short?

Grrr! Your jabs come up short, just like your EARS!

Nuh-uh! We aren’t friends at ALL! Are we, Raboot?!

Yeah, I’m with Flareon on this one.

Huh? We’re not fighting. Flareon and I are friends.

Oh yeah?! Well I think of you as my BEST friend, so how about THAT?!

Hahaaa! Ya snooze, ya lose! Looks like this berry is mine!

Nonsense!
I got to the berry first and you know it!

Not backin’ down, I see...
I wager ya haven’t heard tell of my strength, have ya? I’ll have you know that all Pokémon in the sky fear me!

Oh, do they now? Well, perhaps YOU haven’t heard that I’m feared by all Pokémon on the ground!
Feast yer eyes on my power! GRRRAAAR!

Oh, bless yer heart. Is that what you think passes fer power these days? Check THIS out!
GRRRAHHH!

Well, well! Looks like we’re evenly matched. But what about speed? I’m clearly the faster runner!

Now, why would I ever face you in a footrace when we both know I’m faster flyin’?!
Besides, this berry is—huh?!

Huh?! Where’d it go?

It, uh...got crushed to a pulp.

Whoops. Guess I got a li’l carried away...
I s’pose we’ll jus’ hafta put our li’l competition on hold fer the time bein’.

Heya! Let’s practice together today!

OK!
Let’s decide what we’re gonna practice by counting down and saying our choice at the same time!

Sure! One, two...

Sing!

Thunder Punch!

Whoops, we didn’t match.

I guess that means...

Yup! Forget practicing moves, and PLAY!

YEAH!

Phew! That was so fun! What should we do tomorrow?

Tomorrow we should REALLY get around to practicing.

Definitely! Let’s decide what move we’ll practice tomorrow by saying our choice at the same time!
One, two...

Sing!

Thunder Punch!

We didn’t match again.

Then let’s forget practice tomorrow and PLAY AGAIN!

YEAH!

…BWACHOOO!…

…Aah! I g-g-got z-z-z-zapped...

Oops, I’m so sorry! I guess I let out some electricity when I sneezed...

D-don’t worry about it—I’m fine... But your electricity is pretty powerful, isn’t it? It gave me quite a shock...

Heh... Well, thank you for saying so...
I just have a hard time controlling it... Electricity is so difficult to manage...

I know what you mean... Me, I wish I could shoot out some REALLY powerful bolts, but I still need lots of practice...

Hey... Why don’t you show me what you can do? Maybe I can give you some pointers!

R-really? That’s awfully nice of you, thanks! Watch this, OK? Hyaaaaaa!

……S-s-s-s-s-so...t-t-t-t-t-tingly...

W-well? What d’you think?

I-it’s n-n-not the m-most powerful b-b-blast f-for sure, but it’s m-m-made me g-g-go all n-n-n-numb...
I’ve n-n-n-n-never f-f-f-felt electricity l-l-like th-th-this!

Really? Aw, thank you...
Also, um, sorry—I think I forgot to mention... My electricity might have just a liiittle poison mixed in...

Th-th-th-that’s a b-b-b-big p-p-piece of info t-t-to l-l-l-l-leave out...

Hey, Cleffa. I’ve noticed I often catch you gazing up at the sky at night.

Yup! I just looove the stars!

What about auroras? You ever seen one?

Oh...rorahs?

Yeah, they’re waves of light that sway and dance all over the night sky. They’re really pretty.

Wow! That sounds amaaazing! But I’ve never seen one!

Oh. Well, I guess that makes sense.
Back where I was born, you could see auroras pretty often.

Where WERE you born, Amaura?

In a very cold, very beautiful place.

Oh, I get it! So when winter comes, we might be able to see an oh-roh-rah!

Heh... Yeah, we might.

Bello bellooo bell! ♪

Your dance is as entrancing as ever. Just watching you warms my heart.

Why, thank you! Would you care to join me sometime?

Me? Oh, no, I’m completely incapable of dancing.

Don’t be silly! I’m sure you can do it. Dancing is simply using your body to express the joy in your heart.
Has anything fun happened to you recently? Something that brought you joy?

Hmmm... It was certainly fun to watch you dance just now.

Well then, try and visualize the joy you felt when you watched me dance.
Can you feel your body start to move on its own?

Visualize... ... ... ...

Oh my! You’re right!

That’s it! You’re a natural!
I look forward to sharing a dance with you someday.

Thank you. Now I have more things to look forward to as well.

Um...hi. I need to ask you a favor...

Huh? Oh, um, OK! Just let me know how I can help.

Well, you see, my face is really itchy right now...

Oh, OK... Here, I’ll scratch it for you!

Oh! Um, that’s not— I just...I just need you to stay still...

Uh... What do you mean?

To be honest what I really want to rub my face against is a nice, hard tree, but...
There’s no good trees around here...

Uhhh, so basically... You wanna rub your face against me?

W-well, yes... Is that OK?

Um... Well, maybe just a little.

Thank you! In that case, let me get started...
*scratch scratch* I knew it... *scratch scratch* You’re perfect for this... *scratch scratch* Whew!

... ... ...

Thank you so much... D-do you think you could help me out again if I ever get itchy?

Uhhh... Let me think about it.

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...Well? How was that?
That’s what it should look like... Any questions?

That was AMAZING! You looked JUST like a tree!
I wanna be like you someday, Sudowoodo!

Hee hee... I know you can do it, Bonsly! ♪ Here, why don’t you try practicing now?

Yeah, OK!
... ... ...Eee!

Wh-What happened? You, uh—jumped...?

Well, I mean, it’s just... Your demonstration was SO COOL, Sudowoodo!
I got so excited I couldn’t keep still!

Was I really that cool? Hee hee...hee hee hee...
Wait, uh—that’s not the point! Just try to really focus now.

OK!
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...Hee hee hee hee heeeee!

Uh... What happened this time? You started off so strong...

Well, you know... You were watching me the whole time, Sudowoodo, so...hee hee! I got kinda embarrassed!

Oh, geez. Teaching is harder than I thought...

Ahhh, I’ve got nothing to do today... ...Oli...olitoh... ♪ Olioliolitoooooohhh... ♪

Hold up! What’s that beautiful melody?! Kriii tututu...

Oh, my! ♪ Ribbit... Rrrribbit ribbibbit olitooohhh! ♪

Tuuu... Tutuuune...

Oli oh olitooohhh! ♪

Krrrrrririririii... Tutuuu krikriii...

Rib... Olioliolioli...ribbitoh tooohhh! ♪

Aw yeah, we sure made one sweet song together! You make such interesting melodies!

Oh, I’m so glad you think so! It felt lovely to just go all out singing like that!

That low bass sounded like it was rumbling up from the bottom of your belly—talk about inspiration overload!
Aw yeah, I feel like I could come up with a whole bunch of new songs! You gotta let me hear you sing more!

I’d love nothing more! Here goes! Ohhh olitoh TOOOHHH!!! ♪

Gliiimmm. ♪ Look. My physical body shines and is beautiful, do you not think?

That sure is a shiny body ya got there, I tell ya what!
It’s no match fer my sparkly, shiny, beautiful body, though!

You said what? Who is no match for who?
Well. I am sparkly and shiny and also glimmering! I am the winner!

Oh yeah? Well, I do declare that I am sparkly! And shiny! And glimmerin’ and GLISTENIN’ and, uh...um...
Hey, hold up just a sec...

What? What has happened?

BEHOLD! That there shine o’ yers is reflectin’ offa my body, makin’ me...EVEN SHINIER!

You are correct! And that enhanced shine further reflects off of my body—making me look even more shiny as well!

Y’know...if we become friends, you ’n’ me, I wager the two of us together could become downright bee-yoo-tiful!

Yes! We could be sparkly and shiny and glimmering and glistening and dazzling and—
How beautiful could we become? It is scary to think of.

Bleh! This dirt’s so bitter. Gross!

Now you listen here, Larvitar! You ain’t gonna grow big ’n’ strong bein’ all picky like that!

Whatever! I don’t care—I don’t wanna get bigger anyway!

That right? Are ya SUUURE?
It’d be real easy to eat more o’ them berries ya love if you were bigger, y’know. Guess ya don’t love berries after all...

Huh? Wait...really?

You bet yer britches! Size is power! Why, if you were big, all you’d need is a li’l shake of a tree and BAM! Tons o’ berries would fall right out! You could eat, eat, EAT as much as ya like!

Wh-Whoa, that’s super awesome!
Does that mean you could eat up a whole MOUNTAIN of berries, Tyranitar?!

Hm?! M-me?! A-ain’t no doubt about it! I could eat ALL them berries. Mm-hmm. Yep...

That rules! You’re the coolest, Tyranitar. I’m gonna work hard to get big like you! And I’ll stop being so picky.

Gwahaha! That’s the spirit! I believe in ya!

Oof. I’m STARVING!

What about all this yummy food right here? Dig in!

Right here? Right...where?

Everywhere! The soil! Doesn’t it look tasty?

You know, dirt’s not usually considered “food.”

What?! But it’s so tasty! Even though sometimes rocks get mixed in there, so it kinda hurts when you bite down...

Rocks? I woulda thought you could crunch those to bits, no problem.

Of COURSE I can’t crunch ’em up! I’ll tell you what— next time I find a rock while I’m eating, I’ll give it to you!

No thanks. Rocks, uh, aren’t really my thing.

*sigh*...

Something wrong, Lotad?

I had a berry I was really looking forward to eating, but then I went and dropped it...

Oh no, that’s too bad... Well, try distracting yourself with something else.
How about...some exercise? You could go for a run, feel the breeze on your face...

Uuuh... Nah, I’m OK... I’m not very good at running anyway. My head’s too heavy...

Oh, er, I see... Well, how about taking a nap?
Maybe doing something you usually do will help.

Yeah... Just floating along in the water, relaxing and listening to the sounds... That might help me forget...
Why don’t you join me, Raboot?

Uh, me? Water? I, er...

Don’t worry, you can ride the leaf on my head! That should make it OK, right?

Y-yeah, that’ll be fine... Probably?

Yay! Oh boy, this is going to be SO much fun!
Hey, why don’t we go look for some new berries while we’re at it?

Heh, sure. Nice to see you feeling better.