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POSTED ON Dec 22, 2022 11:11:31 GMT

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while an otherwise well behaved pokemon, derek's maractus finds itself being dropped off at the lilycove daycare before it's trainer can tend to business within the city. the man working behind the counter had quite the outfit, sporting santa's iconic suit and an all natural beard that would make anyone jealous. but they weren't here for the santa.
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after finding success during the pokejob involving primape, they had hoped to see if it could work well with baby pokemon in particular.
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the only issue was that many of them were curious to a fault. when trying to greet the cactus pokemon, many found themselves getting pricked by it's indiscriminate spines.
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the only one who seemed to demonstrate caution was a bear-like thing that some girl had just dropped off. "what kind of pokemon is that?" one of the new paldean species, surely, but what more could she tell?
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the surge of paldean pokémon had boosted excitement in the spotting of them. people were on the hunt. maisy’s pawmi had been here as long as she had, though recent events had made her mouse pokémon much more popular in public.[break][break]

maisy looked over with a smile, happy to provide the explanation, ”he’s a pawmi.”

the pawmi eyed the maractus carefully, waddling a couple of steps closer and lingering there. quietly observant, it had watched all of the baby pokémon suffer at the cactus’ needly glochidia. caution was to be exercised, but so was ever-present curiosity.[break][break]

”from paldea, originally. there’s a lot more like him running around here, now.”[break][break]

a second, and her eyes shifted from the mouse to its interest. ”your maractus is beautiful! not making many friends, though, huh?”

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POSTED ON Dec 27, 2022 6:14:37 GMT

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a pawmi, huh?"
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a cute name for a cute pokemon.
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thankfully it wasn't cute and dumb. seems as though it might be able to make friends with his maractus.
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"unfortunately not." derek offers at her remark. "she did such a good job helping those primeape, though. I figured babies couldn't be much harder than that."
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but he forgot babies were little chaos theories that fucked around with their environment. like little scientists who would definitely find something out in no time. like the fact that the spines on a maractus were prickly and sharp.
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the cacti pokemon waves gently towards the pawmi, hoping that it wasn't frightened by it's spiny exterior.
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"what typing is a pawmi, exactly?"
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”aw. babies are just too curious.” to refrain from touching a cactus, that is.[break][break]
the pawmi seemed to know it was being talked about, turning its head to look curiously up at derek. however, its attention soon returned to the maractus, which it deemed much more dangerous—and intriguing.[break][break]
pawmi got closer, until it was within reach of the cactus pokémon. an offer of trust, maybe. a greeting was finally squeaked out.[break][break]
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”pawmi are electric-types, but they gain a secondary fighting typing when they evolve into pawmo.” she paused, wishful thinking. ”this guy’s been stubborn, though. part of me thinks it might not ever happen.”

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POSTED ON Jan 31, 2023 9:57:36 GMT

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ah, you too?"
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her remark reminded him about jonesy.
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"my sobble is the same way." although that left out the part where derek also wished they wouldn't evolve. at least a little. but his reasoning was selfish considering why he inherited jonesy in the first place.
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"that's interesting, though." electric and fighting type? he couldn't think of any. but maybe there was one that wasn't coming to mind. he couldn't say.
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the squeak of the pawmi prompted the maractus to give them her attention. a gentle appendage reached out, spines peeling back as to avoid sticking it's new friend. or soon to be friend, assuming things went well with their little handshake.
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"you're not from paldea, are you?" if he had to guess, probably not. there would be an accent, wouldn't there?
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POSTED ON Jul 12, 2023 6:28:35 GMT

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eventually, the day to day schedule forces departures from the daycare's drop-off area. it is a persistent trickle. trainers come and arrive in sporadic intervals, pokemon received warmly by open arms of their temporary caretakers.[break][break]

the pokemon are in good hands. well, as much as they can be considering their spikes, the unfamiliarity of their species. [break][break]

but at the end of the day, everyone returns at the same time. the sun hangs low; the grasses of lilycove yawn and bow their necks.[break][break]

noah comes to the lilycove daycare too and there, he sees derek. a hand shoots out and waves. [break][break]

"oh man. that you derek?" a machop returns to noah, its needy hands clinging to his pant leg. "why're you in lilycove?"

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POSTED ON Jul 12, 2023 8:21:48 GMT

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oh, hey noah!"
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the familiar sight and sound of an old colleague is a pleasant surprise, contrary to the incessant wails of a pokemon that'd tried to hug derek's maractus. "well, i..." he's torn between answering noah, and seeing to the poor baby pokemon.
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the situation made him nervous, as derek felt incompetent being caught like this. though at least his pokemon demonstrated good manners, even going so far as to assisst the daycare worker with relieving the crybaby of it's spines...
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"my maractus did so good at the last pokejob i thought they'd do well here at the daycare." but his way of thinking was a little too optimistic. after all, he wasn't used to dealing with kids of any kind. and the grass type was not much more than an adloescent herself.
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"seems i may have miscalculated a bit." a hand rubs at the back of his head as derek takes notice of the machop at noah's leg. "i see you've got some business here as well."
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ever since news of cobra's murder, derek had wondered if he would ever see noah training another world class machampion. it was nice to see the gym leader wasn't phased by the loss of his close(est) friend.
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"also, i was uh... considering adoption." there were always pokemon being abandoned in these places. whether it was because they couldn't care for them properly, or couldn't afford the bill—derek felt obligated to take on the responsibility. to give one of them the opportunity to live a mostly free life.

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