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

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[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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[...Wow. That's really all Rideaux can think. As ridiculous as his own Klefki is, he's thankful that she hasn't pulled this crap on him yet.]

My keyring collects the keys I give to her, which are all very practical of course. I also give her some heavier keys before a battle.

[To increase damage.

Look, he feels like he actually needs to offer some pity advice here because this is just sad.]

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[Sometimes, Atsuro's life need to get thrown off the loop. Even by something as silly as this.]

Ahaha, that's a good idea! Mutex haven't been in battles against other trainer's Pokemon, just my own and wild ones. But I can convince him to switch over to other keys for those battles.

[Maybe.]

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[evilfrenzy]

Is there a particular reason why you've chosen not to use him in a real battle? If you think the species might not be practical in battle, I can tell you with certainty that they hold up surprisingly well.

[As if on cue, his own Klefki comes floating in from the background, peeking out from behind Rideaux's head. She wants to know what's going on!

Rideaux doesn't pay her much mind, though.]

I recently used mine in a battle against Falkner, the Gym Leader. It was almost pitiful how poorly his Noctowl performed against her, really.

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Mutex doesn't seem like he's into battling as much as the others. He's more into playing around and showing off than fighting. I trained him so he would be strong enough to defend himself, just in case.

[Mutex floats over and peeks, and see another Klefki! He waves hi, via moving one of his keys.]

Falkner, huh? From the sound of it, the steel typing helps out in tanking his Pokemon's attacks.

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[evilfrenzy]

Not into battling...? I don't quite follow.

[Isn't battling what Pokemon are supposed to do? He'd be pretty pissed if he got one who didn't want to battle.]

But yes, she was able to withstand the bulk of its moves. Falkner attempted to be cunning and have the Noctowl use Hypnosis on Locket to gain an advantage, but she has a move that shields her from such moves. That Noctowl was truly bested in every way.

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Like...he can battle, but he have more fun doing other stuff.

[If contests exist, Mutex would be all over it. But right now, Atsuro doesn't mind.]

I can imagine that. There's only so much he can do in a disadvantage like that, but he did put up a good fight like gym leaders do. He might do better if you challenge his stronger team.