babel_hacker | DAY 50 - [Video] | [Action] Celadon Department Store

[Sometime today in Celadon Department Store...

Going into the toy section with his Klefki was, while not the worst, probably among the Top 10 bad decisions Atsuro Kihara have ever made in his life. Maybe the Top 15, at most.

So anyway, he's looking into the toys area because December is next month, which means Christmas! While it's early for Christmas shopping, Atsuro does like looking at toys. Some things are the same, or familiar but very much Pokemon-fied and others he didn't know was a thing. Plus, some of his Pokemon like the toys. It's a nice way to destress from shopping for other things in the store.

While he's distracted, his Klefki spy a shelf full of toy keys and floated over towards it. He started looking through them eagerly until...he accidentally made things fall from this shelf during his rummaging. Oops.]

Eh? [That caught Atsuro's attention easily, and he turned around to see...his Klefki continuing to search through the pile of toys, boxed or not, on the ground.] What the--Mutex!?

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[A while after that, the PokeGear's screen shows a Klefki looking rather pleased with himself and jingles his new keys so happily.]

...Guys, just keep a close eye on your Klefki while you're out shopping, or else you'll have to deal and possibly pay for the damages. [All of these keys come from different toys why.] Otherwise, you're basically stuck with them like this.

And please tell me yours have... [Not-toy keys? Real keys?] ...other type of keys beside these ones they get attached to.

[He feels like he jinxed himself with this back in September during a discussion.]

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You know, here I thought those things couldn't get more ridiculous.

[And then the world proved otherwise.]

Guess I was wrong about that one.

Generally speaking, if you think it won't get any weirder...they will find a way. Either because of this world, the culture or just the Pokemon themselves.

[Just roll with things, man. Until they show something so...simple yet silly like this.]

Yeah, I've noticed that, but that keyring you've got there is uh...something else. I mean I've got one but it hasn't managed to put together a collection like that.

[Probably because he hasn't taken it out of its ball since he got it.]

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Yours probably just need an opportunity to go out and find their own collection.

...Just as long you keep an eye on them. So you won't get a situation like mine.

Yeah, don't think mine's going to be getting a collection like that any time soon, so there's nothing worry about. It just has the ones it had when I found it, and that's it.

[He thinks for a moment, before deciding to share his trainer tips here.]

You know if you keep it in the ball most of the time, stuff like that doesn't happen, right?

Yeah, I know. I usually have one of my smaller Pokemon out with me for shopping, just to spend time getting to know them.

Well, Mutex's not that playful during training.

[He should've expected this. He should've.]

[Last time he checked stealing all the keys isn't playful so much as..some sort of key kleptomania. Kleftomania, maybe?]

Yeah, maybe don't take it shopping next time. Or near a hardware store. Or anywhere that has keys.

Okay, so that leaves...food shopping?

[On the other hand, he have other Pokemon that might help more.]

But right, being careful of where I take Mutex to next time, got it... Toy keys was still a little weird.

...unless they sell keys at the grocery store. Or food...shaped like keys.

[He's not even sure if that's a thing.]

Which sounds pretty stupid, everything here is stupid, so that could probably be a thing. Hell, it probably is a thing. Keybread or something.

Keybread sounds like something people makes for the novelty of it. Or as fun food for the kids to eat in a party.

[In case there's a kid who really love keys.]

So grocery shopping is probably a safer bet.

[...Kaine has no idea what kind of kids would consider that fun, but then again, he didn't have a childhood of any sort, so he can't really talk here.]

Yeah, probably.

[Hey, kids can like all sorts of stuff.]

And if it's not, well, you guys will know.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure if a key runs around stealing all the keys in a grocery store, people'll hear about it somehow.

Yeah. If it's not from me, theeeen probably one of the locals. Or whoever's there to watch.