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[if there's one thing Sora here is really good at, it's comfort-- whether it be an enthusiastic pep talk, or telling a silly joke or making a silly face to get a laugh out of whoever needs it, Sora can and does deliver! he's usually pretty successful at getting a smile, at least, though he's better at comforting when he has an experience of his own that he can relate to whatever's happening with a friend.]

[and... he's been trying his best with his friends this week. today, however, Sora will be marching into completely uncharted territory experience-wise when he turns on the feed-- it's so unfamiliar, in fact, that he doesn't even recognize it.]

... There's something wrong with Puddles.

[at least, he wouldn't be able to recognize it on a Pokémon. the feed turns to show the edge of Cherrygrove and Route 30, where the aforementioned Girafarig is standing. just standing there. and staring off down Route 30 longingly. maybe he missed a patch of grass on the way down here?]

I tried taking him to the Pokécenter, and they looked at him... Then Nurse Joy just kinda laughed and told me he's fine. But he's not! Ever since we got here, he's just been standing right there in the same spot like a zombie. Puddles! C'mere!

[Puddles bleats in acknowledgment, but does not move, nor does he refrain from staring off down Route 30 like there's a special Girafarigs-only treasure down that road or something. Sora sighs.]

I don't get it.

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... [ohdear]

Did he see one of Whitney's Pokemon use Attract?

Right! What he said.

[... blinks.]

I guess so. What's that have to do with anything?

And then maybe we can find someone to teach you how to court a girl Girafarig! It can't be that difficult, right?

... geez.

I hate that move.

Love's love, at the heart of it.

... Wait. Are you saying Puddles is in love with one of Whitney's Pokémon now?

That's a really good way to look at it.

[he pats Puddles on the head affectionately. looks like his pokémon will be getting girlfriends before he does!]

[That's going to get him hurt very badly some day.]

It's...difficult to explain. It's very different from this place.

[ not if Rise's got a say in it, little bro. ]

I've just never tried it for a Pokémon, though. It can't be too hard.

[most likely.]

I can understand that. None of the other worlds I've visited have been anything like Johto.

Arthur Pendragon.

[a vulpix head and a curious pidgey's face appear on the screen beside his own]

... and these are my pokémon, Ygraine and Pellinore.

[planning dates already, big sis?]

I bet it's not! Can I help out somehow?

[Least he has plenty of friends to bail him out of trouble.]

Hmm. This place is...a world of its own, in more ways than one.

[ oh, you know she is. Gotta have a hand in bro's love life, because leaving that to Ven would just end horribly. ]

Sure! We can work together when you get back to Violet, but for now... hmm. [ she's entering Thinking Mode. You know, the one Naoto wishes Rise would use when it came to midterms. ]

Sounds like it. It happened to Biz, too.

Nice to meet you, Arthur! And Ygraine, and Pellinore!

[and Sora pulls a notebook out of his backpack, flips it open and starts writing. like a kid journalist, really.]

So what's your home like, Arthur?

Is it permanent?

[this is true! or at least they'd be there to stop him before he does something stupid.]

Seems that way. Johto probably has its own heart, too.

[yeah, Sora gave up on the "keep other worlds and how they work a secret" rule when he came to Johto. not that he was very good at obeying the rule in the first place.]

If it's Attract, it'll wear off eventually.

[either that or Ven would choose to enlist the aid of Terra. for now, both Sora and Puddles are watching Rise with wide eyes, like they're waiting for her to tell them if Santa Claus is real.]

[... glances offscreen momentarily to look at Puddles.]

We got here yesterday... but the feed we watched was from at least a week ago.

[Not that it would work so well. Stubborn boy is stubborn.]

Heart?

[His own world is a two for one, but...he's never heard that term.]

[ because Terra is so skilled with dem wimmenz. Rise glances up to two pairs of huge eyes, blinking after a loooong moment. And then laughing. ]

Okay, here's what we'll do. I'll ask around about Whitney's Girafarig, see what I can learn. In the meantime, get him to spend less time munching and more time training. He's going to want to come off as strong.

... [ohboy]

He might be a lost cause.

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