voidtreckernet | POI 1

Alrigh', there's lots 'f bribes goin' around, which 's great....f'r good stuff mostly, since Romeo's pretty great too...but I ain't got a bribe, I got a threat!

[One can practically see the steam of determination blast through his nostrils as he exhales there. Or wait maybe that was smoke??

Don't worry about it.

Katsuya holds up a sheep.]

See Amar here? Amar gets sheared a bunch after a mission. Like, a whole bunch. Gotta get rid'f all tha' wool from usin' cotton guard like a big bowlin' ball shield. Anyone ever see when half th' kitchen sinks were full 'f wool? Tha's why. They get big an' round an' stop fittin' through th' doors.

An' I gotta soak it after trimmin' it off, b'fore it can be used f'r anythin'. Like yarn an' such.

But ehhh... [He grimaces, and shrugs.] ....Bein' real, ev'n if all of us voted, no way we'd get th' pet care carriage tha' fast, so here's a better idea. Vote f'r yer small stuff, sure- but eh...try puttin' one 'r two toward a spot where we can keep all th' animal hair, capisce? It'll mean less for whoever's cleaaaaaaninnnnn..~

[So he says with a grin at the camera, before Amar the wooloo simply bleats.]

Oh an' uh...I mean I ain't one t' gripe abou' sharin' cots with animals 'r anythin', but th' title is 'Groom an' KENNELS' an' all, which 's pro'bly better than lettin' these guys run all over the train whenever righ'? So look, jus' toss a vote 'r two there while yer goin' nuts over everythin' else, I can't handle 600 on my own.

[A pause as he moves to turn the video off, before he shoots back into the screen.] OH AND UH, THANKS T' WHOEVER PUT IN ANOTHER VOTE F'R IT, YER GREAT!

[Okay now he's done.]

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...I'll see what I can do for votes, just in case I say anything that gets wool dumped outside my door.

[ Said in the way of 'I was going to be cheeky but also, Katsuya's got the guns here'. ]

We got any big buckets you could use though? For soaking the wool. My pal Gibbs can give you the water - he can jump right in and fill 'em. Make it easier than dealing with the sinks.

[ Plus, you know.

...leaving wool in the kitchen sinks... ]

Hell yeah! An' don' worry, th' closest I'm gettin' with tha' one is walkin' back 'n forth with th' spindle.

Nyhhh...I dunno about buckets though, kinda a pain t' dump those....'s jus' easier t' drain th' sinks; plus I can get th' wool upstairs an' on those dryin' racks pretty quick...

[....That said.] ..Who's 'Gibbs'?

He's a higgledy - kinda like your pokémon? He's a little water guy who can make it and absorb it - s'long as he wants to. I'd show you him, but- he's over in the new snow car, playing.

[ And falling over a lot. ]

He's about this big. [ He makes a height in his hands - about no bigger than a 2 litre coke bottle. ] If you've seen a lil' guy with a crown and cape, that's him.

Huhhhh...Guess it makes sense, there bein' pokemon that ain't pokemon...so he's a water sort huh? Hey, I still don' know about th' bucket idea, but y' think he'd be down to help dryin'? Y' said he does absorbin' right?

Long as you're not using all the sinks for the wool, y'know?

[ You're making it sound like a wool party with the sinks, pal! But he says it with more of a joking edge than anything. ]

But sure, as long as you can see him. Maybe let him play with your pokémon or get to know them? He just hangs with the other higgledies, mostly. He can do with more friends!

He might not take out all the water, but - he can get cheeky. You're gonna have less time drying, anyway.

Hey, I do my best! 'S only after missions anyway; Amar's 'cotton guard' pulls up a big ol' shield of wool that grows out, but th' trouble is it's all real. An' th' amount 'f wool it takes t' block an' attack is...y'know.

I try gettin' it outta th' way all at once, better f'r everyone tha' way.

But hey, sounds like a plan! Could bring Kaseri too, she'd prob'bly like floatin' 'm around if they wanted.

[ The protest just gets a small laugh, a 'I'm messing, I'm messing' thrown in. He isn't going to worry about it, personally. ]

Kaseri? Your...four legged one? Right, you only have the two? I know I've seen two.

[ Does Tidus regularly forget who has what pokémon? Yes. Because what's keeping track if it isn't a walking apple pie. ]

How's she gonna float around anyone?

...Yeah, they both got four legs too.

[Said with a grin, because frankly, he can and will mess back-]

They're th' only two I got though, anyone else b'longs t' someone else.

An' Kaseri's Psychic type is how! 'S her thing!

[ Pfft. ] That one you just showed's got stubs.

[ Four stubs. Not legs. Totally different. Fight him, Katsuya!! ]

And- alright, I guess I know what a psychic is! [ Now?! ] Animals that float things. Okay!

[ But don't fight him about pokémon types. ]

[To counter this, Katsuya lifts Amar up high. Cups around one of their legs.

Slides up until the wool has bunched to the shoulder-]

Still jus' stubs?

[ Oh, you think facts matter, Katsuya!! ]

Y'know, sometimes it's not about what you have, but what you show.

And that's a living cottonbud with stubs.

[They do when he wants them to!!! They do then!!!]

BAH!

See what y' think come shearin' day!!! Then you'll have nothin' but stubs t' stand on yerself!!

MEEEEEEH!! [Chimes a helpful Amar.]

[ Well, Tidus hopes this is a joking energy! Either way: ]

If you can find me! I've still got the longer legs at the end of the day! Think you can, cottonpal?

[ Since Amar wants to get involved! ]

[Somehow it seems as if Amar's eyes are lit with flame.]

Hey easy there, I ain't shearin' yer coat yet, we probably have a mission in like...two days 'r somethin' with my luck...

[Don't you start egging each other on!!! He doesn't want to fall into ancient dad mode again!!! It makes him uncool!!]

[ Heheh! ] Don't worry! If Cotton gets as bowling ball as you said, you can just keep right behind the little fighter there!

[ We believe in you, walking stubby cottonbud pal! ]

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[Amar's eyes are a roaring furnace. A volcano erupting. A-]

Alrigh' pal, you can go spar w'th Kaseri in th' trainin' room how's that?

[There is a muffled, and soon very distant bleat. Katsuya just grins at the screen.] Heheheeee...an' jus' you wait! F'rget bowlin' ball, we're talkin' one of those giant hamster ball things y' can roll around in!

Then I'll be waiting for 'em to come and try to knock me over!

[ Please stop goading on the sheep, Tidus, they're not even there no more. ]

Which is a first. Never seen an animal look cute enough to wanna get bumped by one.

[ ''bumped'' ]

Heheheee...keep temptin' fate like tha', an' yer gonna get hit hard enough tha' there's a 'heart' by yer name...

[He's kidding. Mostly.

Probably??

Hm.]

POI 1 - VIDEO

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i like to imagine this is similar to the `wet pomerainian effect`

wet or dry, pomeranian are smol

its true but one is infinitely funnier

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