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Time spent in his garden was usually a relaxing affair, one marked by sipping quietly at his tea with a book held loosely in his hand.

Today, however, has been anything but.

Upon stepping from his home, book in one hand and his teacup in the other, Tianyu is immediately greeted with the sight of burnt and wilted peonies, the work of his Ninetales Daji no doubt. He heaves a soft sigh as he pauses to observe the damage. They would have to be pulled up later, the roots themselves scorched in the Ninetales fit of pique.

The next unwelcome discovery when he finally settles onto a chair is his tea has been vacated from the cup by a certain Sinistea, the once black tea now replaced with the menacing sloshing of the pokemon and the occasional impish giggle. Pinching at the bridge of his nose for a moment, Tianyu heaves a measured sigh before opening his book only to discover where, exactly, his tea has gotten off to. He blinks once, the now ruined words damp, bleeding, and wholly unreadable. The book is snapped shut with a peevish air, and movement in the nearby garden snags his attention.

Beneath a growing cherry blossom tree idles a Morelull, its roots plunging deep into the earth to extract nutrients directly from the tree. Eyes narrowing, lips thinning in displeasure, the appearance of Tianyu's Sawsbuck is fortuitous.

"Ushi, Solar Beam," he directs a touch bitterly. As the sparkling sunlight gathers around the deer pokemon and then strikes the poor Morelull, sending the little mushroom flying, Tianyu abandons the area momentarily to fetch a pokeball and then toss it at the dazed Morelull.

Someone would be attending a class on etiquette in his garden.

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