Hmmm, what a curious place.

The Gastly floated idly a good distance away from the congregating pokemon. His trainer said something about… playing? Is that what they were doing?

The ghost-type watched curiously as a Chimchar continue playing with a pile of blocks. It seemed quite content. The small monkey-like pokemon had a smile on its face. Smoke thought it was quite strange how the fire-type could find such joy in meaningless, inanimate objects. Perhaps it was just a trait more childish pokemon possessed. In fact, the little Chimchar did resemble a human infant.

Chimchar’s joy turned to terror when the block suspended itself in mid air. Curiously, the Chimchar examined it before it smacked him in the head with significant force. The action illicit water to leak from the pokemon’s eyes. How odd. Did the Chimchar cry when struck during battle as well? That wouldn’t make for a very suitable pokemon, would it?

Smoke decided this was an incident worth investigating. He was curious about this odd behavior. The Gastly floated slowly towards the leaking Chimchar. Someone really ought to clean him up. A soft snicker caught his attention that peaked his interested more than the Chimchar did. His gaseous form turned slowly to see another of his kind. But… it wasn’t exactly like him. Hm…

The ghost pokemon’s form fizzled into nothing, only to reappear between the shiny Gastly and its gaze towards the building. His eyes had a curious gleam to them. He floated around the blue pokemon, inspecting her carefully. Had she been the source of the floating block? If so, he applauded her mischievous nature and spirit for haunting.

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The female Gastly seemed confused by his interest. Smoke couldn’t fathom why, though. Wasn’t it obvious she was . . . interesting?

Much to his dismay, she disappeared just as he was coming to the conclusion that she was indeed a Gastly, just the wrong color. Needless to say, Smoke was intrigued. And he found himself a bit frustrated when he couldn’t find her. But another sweet scream caught his attention. His gaseous form spun around, fixating on the floating book and the terrified human. To his delight, the other Gastly was the source of the mayhem.

“Gaassstly,” he called out happily in approval, very obviously delighted by the display.

Smoke had an urge to participate and a sudden, unknown desire to impress the other pokemon. The Gastly’s haunting eyes fixated on a pair of Skitty playing together on a jungle gym. Before Smoke vanished, he smiled wickedly at the female, making sure she was watching.

He reappeared behind the unsuspecting victim. He shivered in delight, his large pink tongue curling out of his mouth. The Gastly leaned forward, landing a long, slow Lick on the back of the kitten, immediately disappearing afterwards. The pokemon cried out in surprise, shivering as the Paralysis from the Lick kicked in, causing the pokemon to promptly fall over, stiff as a wood board.

Smoke reappeared beside the Shiny Gastlty, humming delightfully and seeking approval from his new comrade.

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Smoke was over the moon to see the amusement of the female Gastly. He didn’t know he’d have this much fun coming to pokemon daycare! He definitely was dreading Lex leaving him here. Maybe she had some good ideas after all . . .

The voice made the Gastly flinch. Not out of fear, just out of surprise. He was so enthralled with the other that he didn’t see the human approach them. He swerved around to face the human, eyes narrow in annoyance. The Gastly bared his teeth, hissing quietly at the rude interjection. The daycare assistant paused a moment, stepping back in surprise and the soemwaht violent reaction of the male. He was having a good time with his new friend and this human came a ruined it.

Fortunately, the female seemed just as upset. And how dare that human try to put hands on her! The look she gave him made his phantom core skip a beat. A wide mischievous grin grew across his spherical face as he slowly nodded.

Where she went, he would follow <3

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Smoke spins in delight at the result of her MEAN LOOK at the unsuspecting caretaker. His shriek was like music to his ears and the Gastly was the beautiful maestro conducting it all. He wheezes and admirable gaassstly reappears, but is cut short the advance of the daycare’s administrator – pokeballs in hand.

Not today satan.

He hisses, blocking the path between the female and the facility’s manager. He raises the pokeballs to suck them back in, but Smoke stops him in his tracks by firing a CONFUSE RAY. The sparkling lights twinkle and dance towards him with enough of an effect to make him miss. Can’t catch them when you see several of them.

Smoke turns to her and smiles, time to run away.

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Well, this trip to the daycare turned out quite different than he expected. With a gentle smile, probably the gentlest smile he’s ever mustered, he blindly follows his partner away from the noise of the daycare to a more secluded, private place from them to bond. She doesn’t need to impress him; he has been smitten since the start. Of course he’ll stay with her, and he does for as long as it takes and more.

Finally, the end of the day has come The sun’s fading in the distance and their time together is cut short by the call of the other Gastly’s master. There’s a noticeable sorrow in her eyes as she prepares to drift away. He returns the snuggle with affection, smiling at the Lick. It sends shivers through his core that last long after she disappears.

“What the fuck is this, Smoke?” Lex growls, waving a piece of paper at the Gastly. He didn’t even notice his trainer creep up on him. Apparently, he wasn’t allowed at daycare anymore for some reason. Oops. With a heavy sigh, she returns the ghost, glancing towards the dark-haired woman leaving as she shot her a wink. Lex’s brows furrowed questionably but ultimately returned the gesture with a small smile and nod, leaving promptly with her pokemon in tow.

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