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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Please. All's fair in love and war! ...And lockpicking, probably.

It does take all kinds of skills in love and war. So lockpicking might fit in.

I can confirm it has its uses. And luckily for all the Klefkis in the world, electronic locks don't seem very popular around here.

Luckily, indeed. On the other hand, maybe the rest of society will pick up on using electronic locks.

...Of course, that means Porygons and Rotoms can just jump inside.

...Wow, when you put it that way it's a miracle theft is so uncommon around here. Traditional locks aren't safe, electronic locks aren't safe...

...Yeah, now that I really think about it, it's mainly Team Rocket who commit crimes more than "normal" people.

And they get paid to do it, so they have more incentives to try it in the first place. That doesn't really count.

Yeah, there's that.

But without that, people normally commit crimes if they have a motive. I don't really people here having a lot of major problems in their life that they're resorted to stealing.

The apparent lack of poverty probably helps. Unless they're hiding their bad neighborhoods somewhere else.

Yeah. I'm pretty surprised the economy's doing pretty well and there doesn't seem to be any homeless people around.

...Maybe they just give Meowths with Pay Day to everyone below the poverty line. That would help a lot.

Would they take the Meowths away once they're financially secured enough, or let them keep them?

I don't they force them apart once a bond has been created, unless either party abuses the other.

Yeah. I doubt they're that much of a jerk to separate them. I guess they can always get another Meowth from eggs or catching a wild one to make up for it.

They just need to walk around Goldenrod with a fish in their pocket. A steady supply of cats would never be a problem again.

That would also bring in the other cats, like Skitty. So they will have both a Meowth for cash and Skitty for extra companionship.

And if they happen to get lucky and have a Meowth and Skitty of opposite genders, there's the possibility of more Meowths with Pay Day in their future. That works out well enough.

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