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I keep cruising
Can't stop, won't stop moving
It's like I got this music in my mind

Kara yipped loudly as she felt tiny fingers grab the back of her hair and give an extremely sharp pull. It was hard enough that it brought tears to her eyes despite the culprit's size. Jumping up, she grabbed at the back of her head, doing her best to protect her bob.

"You shouldn't hurt people," she scolded the child before her, who only looked up with several strands of pink and blonde hair in his hands. His look was almost empty until he seemed to spot the tears ready to fall. This? It seemed to please him and the little brat grinned broadly.

"Haha, babysitter's a baby!" he shouted before running off onto the playground, repeating his words over and over again. With a sigh, all she could do was shake her head and wonder just how she had managed to get into this mess...

Getting to Fallabor had been simple enough if she ignored all the wild things that happened between waking up with no memories and here. Kara didn't plan on staying long. A simple pass through and back onto the road. For some reason, she was more comfortable exploring the routes than being in the civilized parts of society, but even she had to admit she needed a shower. Luckily there was several sneaky ways to manage that, and after she had made sure her friends were healed up and she was clean, she was ready to head off.

And then she saw the flyer. It was innocuous enough. A simple piece of paper looking for a babysitter for three kids and the pay was pretty good for a relatively short period of time. Getting ahold of the parents, she had done a quick interview and then they were off. Apparently the couple had been desperate for some alone time, because only an hour had passed since Kara had found the flyer and now she was standing in a park with three kids, all of which seemed intent to make the job extremely difficult.

Peering out, the young woman spotted two of her charges. The third one was...

"Eep! Get down!" Having found her way about fifteen feet up, the youngest of the trio was sitting perched on the branch of a tree, teetering as she giggled. "Or... stay. I'll... I'll get you down. Somehow."

Kara had no idea how.

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POSTED ON Jun 15, 2023 15:12:05 GMT

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As per usual her machamp, Hercules, and Kirlia, Eos, had accompanied her. The Pokémon she frequently had out was those two. Though she would always let Camazotz, her zubat, out whenever she had to go through a cave for one reason or another. So the bat Pokémon actually had been out earlier, but she had returned him to his pokeball. After all usually having two out was enough.
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Recently she had been visiting places that wouldn’t work to well with a wheelchair. But upon coming here she felt that she could actually get away with using a wheelchair. Sure she would have to through tall grass from time to time but that had been a rarity. And the times she did have to go through the tall grass Hercules would help her out.
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With it being a nice day out they had decided to stop at a small park. Usually she would see about striking up a conversation first but she had decided to get a bit of drawing done. Despite being blind she had become a pretty good artist, enough that she begun selling her own work. While she had initially learned by using braille as an outline, Eos would now help her whenever she needed her to.
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She had gotten absorbed in drawing when a commotion caught her attention. Frowning she used the telepathic link between her and Eos to ask what was going on. The fact a young kid was up a tree, especially considering she was pretty high, was definitely worrying.
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She was already wheeling herself over to the other person before she had fully decided to. ”Do you need help?” she inquired Hercules coming to stand beside her while Eos remained in her lap.
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The fact she didn’t know the older teen didn’t even cross her mind. She had just known that someone needed help and had acted. Hopefully she wouldn’t be turned away.[break] Kara Li

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POSTED ON Jun 15, 2023 21:37:01 GMT

I keep cruising
Can't stop, won't stop moving
It's like I got this music in my mind

She hadn't been left alone long to ponder the problem, but by the time Opal arrived to offer help, Kara's eyes already had tears falling down.

Maybe the little boy had a point...

"I don't... I don't know how to get her down," the girl admitted as she constantly swiveled her gaze between the child in the tree, the two on the playground, and now the newcomer and her Pokémon. "And even... even if I do, I'm apparently really bad at this. I didn't even see her climb up there!"

She would have sworn she didn't look away that long, but somehow the girl was so high up that there was no way it took less than a minute.

"So ah... yes. Help would be great. Any ideas?"

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POSTED ON Jun 16, 2023 3:49:11 GMT

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From the way the other teen sounded she had to be around her own age. Though rather or not she was younger or older she didn’t know. It seemed like she had decided to watch after three kids. Which was probably asking a bit much for someone around their age to do by themselves. After all it wasn’t like they were all characters in the babysitters club, a book series she had heard about.
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”Just calm down, I’m sure we can think of something. But we’ll get no where if you don’t stay calm,” she set soothingly, trying to get her to calm down. After all it wouldn’t do anyone any good if the older teen ended up going into a panic attack. Than they would have to things to worry about. It was just better if they didn’t end up causing more problems.
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As the older teen posed the question she would think of what they could do. There was one thing they could try. ”Eos do you think you could use your psychic abilities to levitate her down?” she would ask the Kirlia on her lap. Some might try and convince the kid to come down some way but she was worried about what would happen if she accidentally slipped on the way down, especially considering how high up she was.
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”Eos says she can do it,” she says turning her head towards the older teen. Once Eos had been given the go ahead she would start to use her psychic abilities to get the child back to safe ground while Opal stayed quiet as she waited for Eos to let her know she had succeeded.[break] Kara Li

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POSTED ON Jun 16, 2023 4:16:28 GMT

I keep cruising
Can't stop, won't stop moving
It's like I got this music in my mind

Kara did her best to settle down, even going so far as to reach up and wipe away the small tears from her face with the back of her hand. She just couldn't help it. If something happened to these kids because she was trying to earn a bit of money even though she had no experience, then she wouldn't forgive herself.

At the offer of... Eos? the girl even smiled a bit. The little Pokémon looked a lot like her Rair, but Kara hadn't even considered using any of her friends to help. Which, in hindsight, was pretty stupid. They helped her so much with other things and Rair probably could have teleported the child to the ground with ease.

"Thanks a lot. I didn't... I should have thought of something like that." Grinning sheepishly, the teen was mostly just grateful everything was turning out alright and in short order Eos had delivered the little girl to the ground. "Stay on the playground, please," she pleaded with the girl who only stuck out her tongue and ran to join her brothers.

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POSTED ON Jun 17, 2023 6:47:07 GMT

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Since the older teen had fallen quite she assumed she was taking her advice. If so that was a good thing. In these types of situations it was best to stay calm. After all it panic clouded someone’s mind it was easier for them to make mistakes and make matters worse. Now that it seemed she was calming down she could focus more on the child being in a tree.
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The solution came to her. And Eos would use her psychic abilities to lower the little girl out of the tree until Eos had delivered the little girl safely to the ground. After she had done that Eos would lean back into Opal and let the brunette keep up a conversation between herself and the blonde.
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It was upon the older teens thank her they she would know the little girl was safely on the ground. Hearing the thanks she would wave her off. ”Don’t worry about it, I’m just glad we could help?” she said giving her a warm smile. ”Besides as one of my aid pokemon Eos is use to helping me out. So helping out another person shouldn’t prove to be to much trouble,” she explained hoping she would just accept that she and her Pokémon had wanted to lend a hand.
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All she heard was the older teen ask the little girl to stay on the playground. She would have no way of knowing how the little girl reacted. However she did notice when the little girl ran off. ”I’m assuming that since you’re having so much trouble with them you’re babysitting,” she said turning her head towards the older teen.
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Hopefully she was right about her assumption. Because she would be really embarrassed if the kids ended up being hers. Since it would mean she was telling her she was a bad. So hopefully she was a babysitter. And the kids were acting out because she wasn’t their mom. Kind of like how students would act out with a substitute teacher.[break] Kara Li

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POSTED ON Jun 17, 2023 7:41:20 GMT

I keep cruising
Can't stop, won't stop moving
It's like I got this music in my mind

"Haha, yeah, babysitting. Is it that obvious?" Kara couldn't help but grin awkwardly and scratch at the back of her neck. She had to resist the urge to look at her feet, too worried that if she let her gaze move from the children for even a moment, they would get into a lot worse trouble. "It's my first time. Honestly? I thought it was going to be easy because kids are so cute. Like my Pokémon. But they're not the same at all! They're really, really, reeeeeally mean, huh?"

The blonde couldn't help but laugh. She didn't know if all kids were like that, or if she had been mean as a kid, but she had no intention of babysitting again. There wasn't enough money Poké dollars in the world to justify the stress.

"Their parents should be ready to pick them up in an hour or so, so with any luck I don't get one killed before then." For whatever reason, she was being given a slight reprieve. Maybe it was the big Pokémon that accompanied the other girl? Either way, the children seemed suddenly very content to stay on the playground right now.

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POSTED ON Jun 17, 2023 19:03:07 GMT

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”A bit it but don’t feel bad, kids acting out for someone that isn’t one of their parents isn’t uncommon,” she said sympathetically hoping her words would reassure the older teen. After all she didn’t like it when other people felt bad and she wasn’t really wrong either. This kind of stuff could happen to anyone, so hopefully she would stop beating herself up over had happened.
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Yeah that kind of logic when it came to kids wouldn’t work. Kids could definitely be a lot of work. Not that she would know this herself from experience. But she had heard enough stories from other people to know it to be true. But for those who hadn’t been around a lot of kids or hadn’t heard stories of watching kids they wouldn’t know how much work kids could be.
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”Kids might be cute but they’re a lot of work,” she said with a chuckle. ”The trick is is to grab their attention. If you can hold their attention then they’ll think of you as a friend,” she said giving the older teen a smile. Of course there was a few ways one could do that.
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As she mentioned only having an hour left to watch the kids she nodded. ”At least you only have an hour left for this. If you want I could help you out,” she offered waiting to see if she would agree or not. Just because she had accepted her help with getting the girl out of the tree didn’t mean she would be accepting of anymore help she could give.
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If she was willing to accept her help she would willingly give it. After all maybe it would be easier if both of them babysat the kids. Of course she would give the older teen all the credit if that were to happen.[break] Kara Li

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POSTED ON Jun 17, 2023 19:09:33 GMT

I keep cruising
Can't stop, won't stop moving
It's like I got this music in my mind

Kara's eyes opened wide at the generosity offered and she nodded enthusiastically. "Oh my god, really? That would be awesome. I could definitely use the help! You seem to know so much more than me!" Giving an excited bounce, she suddenly jumped over to try and hug the other girl with a squeal. "I'm Kara! What's your name? Or... or I should just call you Hero!"

Just the offer of help was enough to have the teen feeling so much lighter. Her new friend was clearly far more competent than she was, and between the two she was certain this would be a lot easier.

Plus, the advice the girl had given was good. She just needed a way to get their attention and perhaps she even had an idea.

"How about... we show them some Pokémon? If that doesn't hold their attention, I don't know what will."

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POSTED ON Jun 17, 2023 23:08:16 GMT

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Her enthusiasm was contagious and she felt her smile growing. Before she could say anything the older teen launched herself towards her wrapping her in a hug and since Eos was on her lap she was caught in the hug as well. The dual type wiggled her way out from between them making a sound of displeasure. ”Oh ummm….no you don’t have to do that,” she said her face heating up with embarrassment when the blond mentioned calling her hero.
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”You can just call me by my name, Opal,” she told her the color of her face starting to return to normal as the embarrassment died down. Oof she hadn’t been expecting the older teen to be that grateful. The idea of being called hero was extremely embarrassing. So she hoped she would actually call her by her name and would stop with the hero stuff.
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Hearing her suggestion she nodded. ”Yeah that should work. I have Eos and Hercules,” she paused to gesture first to the Kirlia and then to the machamp before continuing. ”I also have Camazotz, he’s a Zubat, as well. Right now he’s in his pokeball but I’m unsure if the kids would be to interested in him.”
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Kids mostly strayed towards cute or cool Pokémon. ”Though unsure if Eos or Hercules would give the kids their attention. They work as my aid pokemon and they can be weird about their duties when we’re out and about,” she explained hoping the older teen had enough Pokémon to entertain the kids.
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Thought she was curious if she had any other ideas. ”If all else fails we could always tell them a story. Children seem to enjoy that kind of thing.”[break] Kara Li

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POSTED ON Jun 17, 2023 23:25:44 GMT

I keep cruising
Can't stop, won't stop moving
It's like I got this music in my mind

"Opal? That's a lovely name," Kara said with a grin. Putting some space between her and the other, she couldn't help but smile as all the troubles she had seemed to disappear. Despite the enthusiasm she showed, though, she wasn't oblivious and could tell Opal wasn't particularly enthused about being called hero. "So pretty, I'll definitely have to use it, and I'll just keep the fact that you're my hero in my heart." She offered a teasing wink before she looked at the aid Pokémon.

"Well, I definitely wouldn't want to put your friends out when they're on the clock..." She hadn't actually figured out what sort of aid the other girl needed, but figured it wasn't her place to ask. "Luckily, I've got a few of my own friends!" Letting her hands move against her waist, her fingers danced against the Poké balls held there on her belt. With a single practiced motion, she activated all six of the balls and out poured her own personal parade of Pokémon.

"Let's see how they feel about my friends. I don't really know any stories."

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POSTED ON Jun 19, 2023 17:22:35 GMT

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”Thanks, Kara is a pretty name as well,” she said her cheeks heating up a bit with embarrassment. Being complimented always flustered her. Some would say it was because she was a fairly modest person. Though she wouldn’t know rather or not something like that held true.
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At her comment about keeping the fact she was a hero in heart her face heated up again. ”I just did what anyone should do,” she said trying to play it off. If these were different times she would’ve said would instead of should. But she knew with the way the world was now that a lot of people would’ve have bothered. As hard as that was to admit. She still liked to believe there was good in everyone though.
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Yes that was probably for the best. Since neither Eos or Hercules would divide their attention from her. ”Eos tells me what’s going on around me, so out of all my Pokémon she takes her duties the most seriously,” she explained petting the top of the Kirlia’s head. She continued to do so as the older teen spoke once more causing her to nod.
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It was kind of expected really for someone to have pokemon. Her hearing picked up the sound of their release and she used the telepathic link between her and Eos to ask what they were. The dual type had just done so when the older teen spoke up once more.
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”I’m sure they’ll enjoy them. And as for the story I have that covered if one is needed,” she told Kara. Hopefully the Pokémon would be enough to entertain the kids. Since it was hard to know what kids were into. The story she had in mind was about a prince. So it would be considered a fairytale.[break] Kara Li

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POSTED ON Jun 20, 2023 20:31:49 GMT

I keep cruising
Can't stop, won't stop moving
It's like I got this music in my mind

Kara gave a sharp whistle to alert the children. Once their attention was drawn to the pair of teen girls and their plethora of Pokémon, she waved them over. As they ran over to see all the newly arrived monsters, she turned to Opal.

"Eos is adorable. Reminds me of my Rair. But you know... bigger." Now that the little Ralts was out and she could compare, she was certain they were from the same line. Which meant Rair would look like that one day and that was exciting.

Once the kids were over, she had to turn her own attention to the three of them. For the first time, they seemed to look at her with something approaching respect and she really did feel stupid she hadn't pulled out her friends earlier to show them.

"Okay kids, this is Opal," the girl said as she motioned at her new friend. "And these are my Pokémon friends." Another nod towards the six little babies toddling around at her feet. "You can play with them for a bit but you have to be nice to them. If you're not, I'll have to put them back in their Poké balls. Okay?"

The little girl nodded instantly while the boys seemed to weigh their options. From her experience, Kara knew they were bullies, so they probably did want to bother her more. Unfortunately, even they had to realize she really could take the Pokémon away in an instance. With reluctant nods, and quiet, "Yes, Miss Kara"s she stepped back, giving them a chance to run up and start interacting.

With a grin, she glanced over to Opal and offered her another wink.

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