Two-Stepping Into Fantasy [C]

i used to dream in the dark of palisades park

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Andy Blackadder
Two-Stepping Into Fantasy [C]
POSTED ON Feb 4, 2021 15:01:01 GMT
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The long drive way and white marble splendor of his aunt's estate would be lost on the current visitor due to his lack of sight. Although it would not take much wandering around for him to figure out the impressive scope of the place. Rather he found the knocker or rapped on the door, it would be Reginald the Ribombee who answered.
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''Ribombee!'' It greeted the boy and his hopefully not psychotic seeing eye pokemon in a chipper tone. Gesturing to enter as it held the door, it was a smidge confused when the visitor didn't immediately move. It hovered down to just in front of his face.
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''Ribom?'' The breeze from Reginald's rapidly beating wings likely betrayed his position. Glancing between the trainer and their pokemon the bug quickly pieced things together. Shifting his position down to the other creature instead -
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''Ribombee. Ribom. Ribombee.'' He wasn't communicating properly for other pokemon at first. None the less once inside the ribombee offered to take any heavy garments or coats the boy might have to hang on the rack by the dark double teak doors.



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Two-Stepping Into Fantasy [C]
POSTED ON Feb 4, 2021 17:07:18 GMT
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You...sure we’re at the right place, Pom?

Pom!

Hideo didn’t know how long he’d been walking. The GPS app on his phone said he found the place, but he didn’t expect the driveway to be this long. Pom was guiding him along by hand, but shouldn’t they have found the door by now?

At last, they found some steps. Pom was careful to guide him up the steps, though he still tapped away with his cane to make sure he wouldn’t trip over something unexpected. Pom was the one who knocked on the door when they finally reached it, the two patiently waiting for it to be opened.

Once the door was opened, he recognized those noises immediately. He had a Ribombee of his own, after all.

Nice to meet you too, Mr Ribombee!” Hideo said, waving to the little bug. “This is Andy’s house, right? I just wanna make sure I’m going in the right house.” He stood at the front of the door, waiting for someone he could actually understand to come down - even as he heard the Ribombee get up close to his face (he could even feel the wind off its wings on his face).

To his fortune, the Ribombee caught on to his disability, opting to speak to Pom instead. She nodded, gently pushing Hideo inside the house. He was a little hesitant, but had confidence that Pom wasn’t making a mistake here.

Hideo caught on to what Pom meant when she patted the zipper on his jacket. He took his jacket off, handing it over to Pom - who’d generously hand it over to the Ribombee.

You here, Andy?” Hideo asked aloud - noting the echo to his voice. The long driveway had been a pretty strong hint to the scale of this house, but hearing it still left him in awe.


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Andy Blackadder
Two-Stepping Into Fantasy [C]
POSTED ON Feb 8, 2021 14:41:14 GMT
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The ribombee glanced between the boy and his pokemon. It was typically a poor idea to be shouting through the estate. However it was too late now. The butler bug didn't want to encroach by flying up to try and gently sush his mouth. Instead he focused on Pom again.
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''Ribom. Ribombee. Bee. Bee.'' perhaps the guest's animal assistant could more comfortably aid him. While Reginald wished to remain there to chaperone, he needed to fetch the young master. After his brief explanation, he did a little curtsy and hovered up one of the staircases.
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For a few moments only the ticking of an unseen grandfather clock echoed through the foyer until there was movement at one of the side entrances. A yamask peeked in. After hearing the call he had to see who had come. He was surprised when he saw a child there. It must have been one of his nephew's friends.
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''Yamask,'' he greeted as he fully revealed his presence. Hovering towards the two, he flailed his little spindly arms happily. ''Yamask! Yamask!'' As he approached he did a couple of passes rotating around the boy and his pokemon.
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He was always happy to see new people, especially people that weren't here to see his ex-wife.
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''Yamask.'' He reached an appendage to pat Pom. ''Yamask.'' flirting up to in front of Hideo's face, he reached to smush his cheeks. Kids were great before they grew into little cretins like - ''Uncle.'' Halting his affections, the little pokemon spun to see Andy standing at the top of the duel staircases.
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''Yamask,'' he squealed meekly.



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Two-Stepping Into Fantasy [C]
POSTED ON Feb 9, 2021 2:14:13 GMT
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Hideo patiently waited, smiling. He’d been too amazed by the echo to consider that maybe, he shouldn’t have been shouting in someone’s house. But he’d been caught off-guard by what kind of place Andy lived in. He didn’t expect him to be this loaded.

He was tempted to shout again, just to hear the echo once more. But Pom had heard the Ribombee loud and clear; when Hideo opened his mouth again, a nice big tail-hand covered it up, muffling his words. She hadn’t used much force - he could easily push it away, but he got the message. “Fiiiiine, I’ll be quiet ‘till he gets here.

He could only assume that’s what the Ribombee flew off to do anyways. All that he could do was stand around and listen to that clock tick away.

Until something else made some noise - a Yamask. Another Pokemon that lived in this house? Well, not too surprising - there were a few running around his house too. “Hello there!” he said, waving towards where he heard the Pokemon talk, staying where he was.

Though he didn’t expect it to approach them. Flying, he could more easily perceive, whether it was from the sound of flapping wings or the feeling of wind brushing against his body. But floating? Unless they were babbling along, he wouldn’t know where they were. He could only tell where the Yamask was once it was patting Pom, and when it was right in his face smushing his cheeks until it looked like he was going to kiss someone.

But before it could get too uncomfortable, his savior appeared - referring to the Yamask with an odd term. “Your uncle’s a Pokemon?” Hideo asked aloud, looking up to where he heard Andy. Took him a solid moment to realize it was probably just a nickname. “Didn’t know you were part Pokemon~” he added, that grin on his face attempting to pretend that he was in on it the whole time.

Maybe he was channelling Doug a little there.

So are we gonna be doing it up there? Or down here?” Hopefully down here; with high up Andy sounded, there would be a lot of stairs for him to climb, even with Pom’s help. “Didn’t know you even lived in a place this big. I could only dream of living somewhere like this!

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Andy Blackadder
Two-Stepping Into Fantasy [C]
POSTED ON Feb 11, 2021 12:20:22 GMT
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It seemed his young friend was unfamiliar with yamasks. It was understandable given that the pokemon seemed rather scarce and even so some pokedex entries could a tad ... colorful. With a glance at the ribombee, Reginald floated down the right stair case to approach the ghost pokemon, who recoiled ever so slightly.
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''Y-Yamask...'' The ribombee had dragged him off before at the request of his old wife, and then a few times with Andy. What an afterlife. Slowly, the young master descended the stairs likely betrayed by his footfalls on the polished wood. ''Yamask are the reincarnated spirits of people long dead.''
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The pokemon in question deflated at the accurate description of his predicament.
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''Typically they're ancient souls, but perhaps my uncle's career in archeology assisted in his posthumous transformation.'' Once he reached the bottom of the stairs he joined the little group. ''He was a lonesome sod in real life, so now he's an attention starved nuisance.''
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''Yamask!'' It was an apt summary which flustered the creature. It set its spindly little arms on its similarly thin body. Such impertinence! ''Ribom. Ribombee.'' The butler tried to calm his former master, and Uncle did relent a bit.
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''Reggie, see that Uncle is entertained so that our guest isn't disturbed.'' It was odd how quickly the boy could go from delinquent to debonair. He might be a free spirit, but posh was in his blood. ''Ribombee!'' Reginald placed his own twiggy limbs on the yamask to escort him away.
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''Yamask...'' Sagging in defeat, the two hovered through one of the foyer's entrances. Andy exhaled through his nose. ''There. Now that that's dealt with, uh...'' A glace was shot over his shoulder at the architecture. ''How are you with stairs?''



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Two-Stepping Into Fantasy [C]
POSTED ON Feb 11, 2021 19:59:24 GMT
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Oh.

Some Pokemon had unique origins; ghost-types in particular had a habit of being born outside of the usual “leave a couple Pokemon together until an egg ‘mysteriously’ appears” method. Hideo got what Andy meant the moment he mentioned Yamask were reincarnations; this actually was his uncle, just turned into a Pokemon after something happened.

At least, that’s what Hideo assumed Andy would explain. He was more preoccupied listening to Andy’s footsteps, trying to gauge how many steps it’d take to get all the way up there. But between attempting to look like he was listening (mostly just by nodding periodically) and Andy’s speech, he lost track of the exact number. But it was definitely a lot.

He really hoped Andy wouldn’t ask him to climb those stairs.

Dammit. He did. Hideo’s body tensed up for a moment, but he calmed down quick; didn’t want Andy to feel bad. And not like he couldn’t climb them.

At least Andy wasn’t upset about his little joke.

Hideo offered a little wave to the affectionate Yamask, who was whisked away by the Ribombee butler. “I’m...ok with stairs.” He really didn’t like them. Even the ones in his house. It was why he lived on the first floor when his siblings lived on the second. “I got Pom here to help me if I need it. It shouldn’t take me too long to climb.

Besides, if I can’t climb stairs, I definitely won’t be that good of a dancer, right? It’s just going to be the ones you came down from, right?” He could get up them, but it would take a while; even with Pom’s help, he’d have to go from step to step, one at a time, while holding on to the railing.

Hopefully, Andy was planning to do this somewhere on this floor.


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Andy Blackadder
Two-Stepping Into Fantasy [C]
POSTED ON Feb 16, 2021 0:18:00 GMT
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Part of him could tell that despite what he was saying, Hideo was really not enthused about climbing the stairs. Really, a big part of the idea was to show his friend his epic rich boy room, where the practicing would also take place. Alas, it now occurred to him that showing anything to a blind person was a bit of a moot point...
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''Aye. This house is voluminous, but there's only really two floors and the cellar. And there's no damn good reason to go back down there again.'' Glancing over his shoulder at the fine staircases, he returned his attention the kid. ''You know, we could do just as smashingly at cutting a rug out on the patio, eh? How's that sound?''
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Andy could at least attempt to be accommodating at times.
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''Might get a tad hot out there though, mate.'' But then he remembered that Hideo was only eleven. ''Right. Suppose you don't really have to worry about sweating too much eh?'' That was a burden Andy would have to bear for the most part. While his guest did have his guide animal, he still knew the house better than any of the three standing there.
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''May I?'' Brushing his fingers against Hideo's he offered to guide him through the massive structure.



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POSTED ON Feb 17, 2021 21:08:25 GMT
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"Two floors and a basement ain't too special; my house has that too!". A little jest to relieve his stair anxiety - his house was considerably smaller, and there wasn't nearly as much open space. Which was something he actually liked: made it easier to tell where everything was. "Though I only stick around the first floor if I can help it; everything I need is down there."

The mention of outdoor heat didn’t deter Hideo at all. Maybe Andy was less comfortable with the heat, but to him, this was the norm. And it sure beat having to climb up (what he assumed to be) so many stairs. "I don't mind practicing outside; it's where I gotta go whenever I'm training my Pokemon." His house didn't have much open space on the inside - he had to use the backyard for that kind of stuff, unless he was lucky and could leave the house. "You don't gotta worry about me sweating - even when I got this sweater!"

He wouldn't dare let such an easy pun go to waste.

Once he felt Andy’s hand brush against his own, he didn’t hesitate to grab on - a firm grip, but not too tight; he knew pretty well just how much force was best to hold on without being uncomfortable. “You may~” he said, smiling.

His Ambipom would follow from Hideo’s free side, still keeping an eye out in case he tripped on something.

Of course, Hideo wouldn’t just be silent on the way there. "So you live here for long, Andy? Everyone I know would do just about anything to live in a place like this!" He wasn't going to outright ask if this was Andy's parents' house; he wasn't having the best luck asking people about their parents lately.

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Andy Blackadder
Two-Stepping Into Fantasy [C]
POSTED ON Feb 25, 2021 8:04:27 GMT
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His comment about his house having the same number of floors made Andy wonder if the place was as big as this. Most people who visited him here commented on how lavish the estate was, which made him feel both proud and disappointed simultaneously. Though to be fair, it wasn't as if this was his place. It was just where he was for right now.
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''Pssh.'' The Blackadder boy let off one of those accidental laughs he was actually disgusted with at Hideo's pun. He was too young to be making dad jokes! As he led his guest along, they made small talk. Part of him thought it was so odd that people wanted some massive, gaudy house near a prestigious city.
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The appearance of glamour was rarely glamorous.
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''Just since the start of the summer. And live here is a bit misleading. I stay here sometimes with the blessing of my aunt. It isn't home. To be fair though, my place in Galar was really similar, a little more traditional or some shit I guess, but it never really felt to homey either.'' There was a slight hint of melancholy in his tone, so it was time to change the subject.
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''Guess you've been here your whole life huh?'' Continuing to lead the boy thought the dining room, and then the den, his free hand parted a pair of double doors out onto the veranda. The hardened material of the home's floors gave way to a hardy oak, and their footfalls would betray as much. There was a short staircase down onto the patio.
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''Steps here. Four,'' he warned, guiding Hideo's descent with a perhaps surprising patience. The wood gave way to stone and eventually his gait halted. He released the other boy's hand. ''Well, here we are.'' The surroundings were offered through a gesture, as if it were a gift. ''Wish you could see the view. I assure you it's ravishing.''



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POSTED ON Mar 2, 2021 18:34:58 GMT
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At least it sounded like that pun joke a rise out of Andy.

Seemed like he made the right move with how he worded his question; he was a lot more careful with asking people about their parents lately, after that faux pas with . Not that it outright confirmed anything had happened to Andy’s parents, but not a lot of kids moved regions on their own.

And it wouldn’t be a one-sided conversation. “Yeah. Born and raised in Slateport. Been at the same house my whole life. Not as big as this place, and it feels even smaller when you’re sharing with four siblings.” At least he had the luxury of having his own room. “But I guess that kinda worked for me; easier to know where everything is when it’s all closer together. And a couple of my siblings moved out, so we got more wiggle room. And more space for my Pokemon to run around!” Couldn’t resist grinning at that one. Not like he had all his Pokemon loose in his home, though his room could get cramped some nights.

Getting down the steps was easy enough. A lot easier than however many steps it would’ve taken to go up a floor. Even so, his Ambipom followed him closely, standing at the side opposite of Andy, just in case. Just by the sound of his footsteps, Hideo could tell he wasn’t walking on wood anymore - it was pretty obvious he was on stone now.

I bet it is! Best I got at my house is a backyard, and that’s just fenced in. Not like the streets are the best view anyways.” He never heard anyone say much good about how Slateport looked. Always more about the areas around it. This view probably put them to shame. “It’s nice of your aunt to let you stay here!

Of course, they weren’t here to admire views he couldn’t experience.

His hand free, Hideo took a few steps ahead. “So I...don’t really have much experience with dancing. ‘specially not with another person.” Which was what they were here for, though it didn’t hurt to lay out his (lack of) experience. “I’ve gotten a little bit with that Oricorio I caught last time we went out. But it’s not really the kind of dancing I can do with another person.



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Two-Stepping Into Fantasy [C]
POSTED ON Mar 7, 2021 14:56:58 GMT
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When Hideo mentioned dancing with another person, Andy blinked. Up until that moment, he was going to go all in, full on break dancing, popping and locking... But it seemed the other boy expected something a little more traditional, and a little less garish. Holding his mouth to one side for a quiet moment, it probably would make more sense to start slow.
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''Yeah. Dancing with a partner requires some coordination. Fortunately for you, trust and going by feel is typically what you rely on more than your eyes.'' Perhaps Hideo knew more than he let on, and had looked into types of dancing beforehand, picking what would be easiest for him. Slow dancing was a little intimate, so that would be strange. He had only done it with .
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''Just let me get the maestro.'' Stepping around his guest for a pace or two, he cupped his hands to his mouth. ''Hey shithead! Get down here! Class is in session!'' One of the balconies that overlooked the yard was connected to his room, where he had purposefully left the door ajar. After a moment Epitaph appeared with a little stereo and hovered over the railing to the ground.
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''Gengar...'' The creature looked none to pleased to be made to participate, but Andy had warned that it was mandatory previous to the kid's arrival. ''Pick something slow since that's how were starting. Keep your eyes peeled, mate. Don't let him fall or nothing.'' The gengar looked bored already.
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''Gengar.'' Epitaph rolled his eyes before turning to fiddle with the buttons on the digital stereo. Andy came to the front of the other boy and, not trying to seem to snatchy, took ahold of both of his hands. ''Right. For basic slow dancing, the male leads. So I'll follow your pace this time.'' Keeping Hideo's left in his, he set his right just above his own hip.
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''Normally it's uh, a tad lower on a lass. But I ain't got no hips so...'' This was a little less uncomfortable anyway. Taking an audible breath, he then took hold of Hideo's shoulder with his now free hand. This was right so far as he remembered. ''Here we are,'' he said more for himself than Hideo. ''Feeling alright?''



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Hideo couldn't resist snorting at how quickly Andy went from politely guiding him around and giving him advice, to cussing out whoever it was that would be playing music. "A real maestro?" Hideo exclaimed, barely managing to contain his laughter behind a grin, "Didn't know we were gonna have some live music!"

That was only spoken in half-jest; he wouldn't be too surprised if there really would be live music, considering how loaded his aunt seemed.

But once he heard that Gengar noises, he realized it was just a joke. The brief hope that it was a music-playing Gengar fell through once he heard the clicking of buttons. Still, he offered a wave to the big ghost - never hurt to greet Andy’s main Pokemon (at least, he assumed this was Epitaph).

Hideo didn’t resist as Andy helped guide his hands, but it did lead to a realization; there was a significant height difference between the two of them. The only other time he'd physically gotten this close to Andy was when they first met - when Andy tackled him out of the way of an attacking Pokemon. But now it was hard to miss that eight inches of difference between them, after feeling where Andy's shoulder and hip were.

"Yeah...just...you're tall," was all he could think of to say, slightly blushing as he realized just how weird of a thing that was to say out of nowhere.  "Didn't think you were that much taller than me."

Better do something before he dug himself deeper. 

When the music finally started, Hideo began to move - just going from side-to-side to the rhythm, with no attempt to try any other maneuver. He didn’t really know how to do them right anyways. “So when’d you learn to dance? Is that something that a lot of kids learn how to do in Galar?

His Ambipom, meanwhile, was trying her best to stay close - while mimicking his foot movements. Epitaph wasn’t the only one keeping an eye on Hideo, though Pom was having fun mimicking their movements in the process, that unerring smile on her face.




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Little Bastard
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Two-Stepping Into Fantasy [C]
POSTED ON Mar 14, 2021 14:38:51 GMT
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At the wave, Epitaph almost waved back, before stopping himself. Instead he shot a bird at the boy just to amuse himself. Andy pierced him a disapproving look, but the bird had already left the barrel. His annoyance wasn't long however. After Hideo pointed it out, Andy did note their height difference. He found it odd he had never really paid that much attention before.
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They had always been at least a few paces apart aside from the time where he tackled the kid out of the way of a kamikaze bronzong. Of course Hideo likely hadn't noticed until he got a vague feel of Andy's physical form, as unimpressively short and scrawny as he was. Although much could change in the two years it would take his guest to catch up with him in age.
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''Yeah, you'll probably end up taller than I am eventually.'' There was only a hint of dejection in his tone until he mumbled in addition, ''everyone else does.'' Hideo's curiosity led him further from the present however. While it was up to any individual to put time into learning any talent they wished, everyone began somewhere.
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''My sister got me started when I was just a kid,'' he explained as if he wasn't still a kid. ''I went my own way with what I liked to do eventually, but she hammered the basics into me.'' Thinking back, he wondered if he should write or call or something. Nah, came the thought after only a couple of moments of consideration.
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''Hit it, Taph.'' With his command the gengar tapped a button the radio and a classic melody began to play. ''Okay, just move your feet from side to side. One foot, then follow with the other. Since you're obviously going to be leading whatever girl you're with, I'll follow your lead.'' In the back of mind, Andy wondered just what Hideo might be like in a decade.
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Probably a lady killer, he surmised. With my help, of course.




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Two-Stepping Into Fantasy [C]
POSTED ON Mar 16, 2021 18:22:42 GMT
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Hideo couldn’t take in the glory of Epitaph’s display, but Pom certainly did; she offered back a pair of birds, courtesy of her tails. She was still grinning - at least she was having fun with it. Best he did that with just her around; a lot of Hideo’s other Pokemon (that understood the gesture) would’ve been less amused.

Maybe. We’ll just have to wait and see~” Hideo’s only hope there was that he grew slowly; too big a change would throw off how he felt around for things. “But I’m sure you’re still growing too. You’re not that much older than me, right?” He’d guessed Andy was only a little older than him - until he felt how tall he was. Now he was unsure.

With that out of the way, it was time to actually start dancing. He wasn’t the kind of person to trip over his own feet, and they were starting with a slow song, but he still had to be extra careful here; he didn’t know how even the ground was on this patio, and he had to guess where Andy’s feet were relative to his. Even just going from side-to-side left him a little uneasy.

Not to mention he probably looked like a dweeb, just staring straight (through closed eyes) at Andy’s chest.

At least Pom was staying relatively close, in case anything did happen. Not that he was aware.

"You know, I can relate to you with the whole dancing thing." Yeah, this could distract himself a bit. "My big sister got me into singing. She heard me singing to some music I heard on a tv show when I was little. She's been pushing me to learn more stuff ever since - stuff that she likes to listen to. And to be fair, she listens to some good stuff." Though a lot of it was stuff nobody else seemed to have heard of before. Weird. "That one song I sung at that sushi place? She taught me that one."


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Little Bastard
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Two-Stepping Into Fantasy [C]
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2021 15:37:31 GMT
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Not to be one upped, a mist began to radiate around the glistening white gengar that became filled with smokey middle finger effegies. Andy shot a sideways look at Epitaph promising consequences if he picked a fight while he was trying to impart some kind of knowledge, as imperfect as it was. Andy wasn't so distracted as to not hear the other boy's question. He thought he had mentioned his age at some point, but perhaps he hadn't. Part of him wondered why it mattered.
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''I'm thirteen. Fourteen this summer,'' he admitted plainly. It felt a bit like the older he got the faster the years went by. Hideo started going on about his big sister and his reminiscence made him think back to his estate in Galar. There weren't many happy memories there, but that didn't mean they were completely absent. It certainly wasn't enough to encourage him to return but it did make him reconsider some things. Maybe he should take the time to write a letter..
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''You ever thought about persuing a career in music, Hideo?'' Singing, dancing, and thus far in Andy's opinion the kid was personable enough to be a good pop star. Navigating fame could be an adventure all its own and yet far safer than wandering the wilds of Hoenn. Perhaps in time the boy could even afford some advanced eye surgery. He wasn't sure as to the extent of their blindness. None the less it was a little awkward having a conversation with the top of his head.


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