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[The feed opens up a bit into the bushes, a Buizel chittering away behind the screen and a Litwick wiggling just in the right hand corner, and paws are rolling the gear around. It takes a few minutes for the camera to be righted and pointing a direction that doesn't show leaves and snow, and then it's displaying a yard. A backyard.

Out in that backyard, Vanitas is practicing hand to hand combat with his Riolu and Croagunk; all three are working on their form today, led by "Instructor Zuru" the Scraggy. It seems to be going well enough, some simple arm thrusts and kicks being worked through, before they split into two groups. Riot starts off with a fierce volley of kicks at Zuru, who starts countering and dodging, and Vanitas takes a charge at the Croagunk.. who looks overly nonchalant.

It's a split second movement that the frog fighter makes, and not one Vanitas was particularly ready for; Croagunk used foul play and downright sucker punched his trainer in the gut, doing a fine job of knocking him off his feet and flat on his back. The resulting pained wheeze is enough to make the voyeur Pokemon go running, the Buizel leaving the gear behind in the bushes to time out on its own.]

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Your team needs to learn to play nice.

It's only those two, and this little shit is still learning what not to do. [Yeah, the Croagunk's name is 'little shit' for now.]

[Ven will just keep mentally filtering out all the obscenities/ Perhaps it sounds like BEEEEEP a la Nier RepliCant]

I ought to count myself lucky Valkyrie was upset instead of glad she nicked me. What'll you do about that attitude though?

Beat him at his own game. [Aka, beat him in a fight. He's starting to wheeze less and quits holding his gut, managing to get into sitting up and giving the Pokemon a look.

Croagunk? Just smiles back.]

I think that'd be accomplished easier if you had all your powers just like he does.

He'd be whipped if that was the case. [Still, because the Pokemon looks offguard, Vanitas goes to swat it in the back of the head. Croagunk just squats, ducking, and stands back up straight with that smile growing.]

He's kind of got an unfair advantage.

So long as he doesn't use any poison attacks, I'll beat him down soon enough. [HISSING WITHOUT ACTUALLY MAKING THE SOUND.]

I'd really hope you wouldn't get poisoned.

Nothing an antidote won't fix, but he won't like the repercussions of that.

I do agree there ought to be consequences. Using that kind of force on people isn't okay.

Just needs an ass whipping to put him back in place. It would probably have to be Zuru to do it, which I won't like. I need to be able to do it myself.

As long as he understands you're a team and not punching bags for each other, I don't think the methods matter that much.

[Just quit injuring each other, dudes]

It's about earning his respect in beating him at what he's good at.

Wish you guys could settle it another way.

It's better this way, at least, to me it is.

What makes you say that?

It's how I deal with things. I just prefer tackling it head on, and training is just one of those things.

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[video] there's another eeveelution oh gosh why

[video] its so cuuute but what type is it

[video] perhaps normal or flying? either way, do want

[video] flying would be fab, normal would be super neat