He was focused in, his breathing was steady, and then he pulled the trigger. One after the other the targets fell down, but he didn't realize that he was going to have competition today. Guns were not his weapon of choice, they lacked tact, and elegance, but when push came to shove, he knew how to wield them just as well as any other weapon. So it came as a slight shock when he looked at the scoreboard to see his score wasn't in first, but instead was second. Furrowing his brow, he looked around for the culprit, and upon seeing a familiar halo of dark hair, he just sighed.

Of course it would be her....

Shaking his head amused he walked up to her as she was picking out her prize, putting the toy gun back on the counter as he did so.

"If I would have known I'd be competing against you, I might have tried harder...."

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Lose a Carnival Game stamp earned!

Izumi Yamamura

At the mention of her kids, and how they had been looking for him, Amor shook his head, and he looked a little uncomfortable. He had hung out with Zack, and Josh Dragomir not to long ago at the fair. Though Amor had kept his distance from him since his appointment in Rocket, as a Head Scientist. Because if someone like Elisabeth Fiorelli tried to exploit those children, or Izumi Yamamura, and Josh Dragomir to get back at him, or try to hurt him....Amor didn't like how he felt he might react to it. There were very few things that he felt protective over, their family was one of them.

"I'm not in a good place to go visit the little ones....When I'm not so morose I'll make sure to swing by, and not be a stranger...." Seeing a little stand not to far away, Amor walked over to it, and he bought several balloons, and candies. It was easy, while it wasn't a proper substitute for his presence, it would at least let the little ones know that he was thinking about them. "These will be for them, when you get home....How long until their old enough to become trainers? They seem to be growing up so fast...." Children were such incredible things....

The thought of them growing up so fast only dragged his thoughts to Eris Halla, he hoped that maybe one day, she could be a kid again like Zack, and Lyra.

Izumi Yamamura

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Buy a Balloon Pokemon stamp earned!

Walter would probably do as she asked if he thought it was good for Amor, but after having survived an entirely different life, and having kids of his own finally....Only to lose them....Amor just felt the ache in the center of his chest. Grabbing a Swirlix shaped cotton candy alongside Izumi, he just laughed a little as he took a bite of it.

"It's been a long few months to say the least....A few years huh? Any idea what kind of Pokemon you're going to give them to start with?" Of course now that he knew the time table he knew when he would have to breed their Dratini eggs. Of course he wasn't going to ask Josh, or Izumi for permission to give their children powerful dragon pokemon. Amor had no children of his own, and so he would pass on the rite to his Godchildren at the very least.

"Time sure does fly....It seems like only yesterday, I met with Josh Dragomir, and gave him an absurd amount of money to fund his branch of RaiCorp. Now here you both are married, and with kids." It felt like a few moments in time to him, but it had been years....So many years.

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Eat a carnival treat stamp earned!

Izumi Yamamura

"Pichu for sure then....I vote for Ralts personally, but I think they would know what they want better than I do." He chuckled a little. It would seem that the children would have quite the starting teams. Amor wondered what their futures would look like? Chances are they'd go take on the gym challenge, maybe even become Champions. He could see that, which only further incentivized him to go get a Champion Rank for himself. After all he did want to set a good example for them if nothing else. That was when a look of confusion crossed his face, a picture? "Eh...? Yeah that's fine...." he said easily, and leaned in so that she could catch him in the frame.

Of course he was just as tall as Josh so he had to scootch down a bit.

"Will this work?" He asked with a tilt of his head, and when she went to take their photo, he would put on his most charming smile for the kids. He'd rather they see him happy, than worry about him looking sad. "The rugrats are something aren't they?" He chuckled again....Maybe one day he would reunite with his own, or start a family here in Hoenn. Though that was a ways off.

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Izumi Yamamura

At this point he was just being lead around the nose by where Izumi Yamamura took them, but that was fine as he didn't have much experience with places like this. Hearing her speak about if the place wasn't so far away she'd bring her kids more often, Amor just chuckled.

"I think you'd go into debt if you brought them to often....All the snacks, and cakes they'd want you to buy them would bankrupt even Josh." It was a jest of course, but Amor had learned a lot about children, and he figured while Izumi wouldn't spoil them. Josh certainly would, and if they left Amor alone with the kids, with no supervision....Well he'd probably buy them their own island if they asked. Seeing the souvenier stand he looked at the Pichu one, and saw a Dratini one as well.

"Hmmmm I wouldn't mind those...." he mused examining the pieces carefully before simply buying them. "Do you want anything while we're here?" Even though Adontis had evolved, he still retained that baby like charm that signified how young he still was. This would be a nice reminder of that for Amor, and the Dratini was to remind him of when he first got Draco....

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Visit the Joyland Pop-Up souvenir booth stamp earned!

Izumi Yamamura

"Rufflet it is...." He got her one, and then he grabbed the Raichu as well, since he didn't want to leave Josh out. After a few moments everything was neatly wrapped up, and he handed it off to her. He trusted her to make sure that Josh got his gift as well. A quirk of his brow ould be seen though when she mentioned him watching her kids for a day, and he just smiled.

"Currently that might not be a great idea....With me still being on the Leagues bad side, I don't want something to happen at my manor while they are there, and expose them to any form of danger." Especially if the League sent one of their legendary psychos to his doorstep. "Though when things calm down, I'm more than happy to babysit them as much as they want. The dragons at the manor will enjoy the extra company as well...." It wasn't entirely a lie, this was just his way of protecting the last shred of family he had left.

"Make sure Josh doesn't lose that Raichu...." he chuckled easily.

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Give a prize away to a thread partner stamp earned!

Izumi Yamamura

Ah that was good, she hadn't written the hit piece that HNN had put out on him where it had deliberately lied about what had happened between him, and Melody Miro. Regardless of that he thought of the best way to just say 'I may have assaulted an E4 member....For making me mad....' there wasn't really a clean cut way of going about it.

"I had an incident with a member of the Elite Four a while ago, and ever since the League hasn't been a big fan of me, and the feeling is mutual. Honestly I'm glad the dome is gone so I can import the goods I require to keep my business going without having to worry about the League Sanctions." There were always work arounds to such things, and considering the League hadn't pursured any further action against him proved that they knew they had no grounds against him.

"Which that incident is the reason I took my nodes back from them. They didn't seem to care when my tech was stolen despite it being a joint affair. Constantly roadblocked me....They were just bad business partners is all, but that's the same for most governments." He said with a wry smile, and he perked up when she gave him the little Charmander. Amor couldn't remember himself if Ogun was related to Fawkes or not, but he was sure he had the paperwork, he could check.

"I don't remember myself....But I can find out, and let you know. Thank you regardless...." He said with a smile as they wandered around, and he watched someone get thrown off the Taurus Rodeo Game, and he couldn't help, but chuckle a little bit at the sight. "Poor guy...."

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Reference the Taurus Rodeo Game stamp earned!

Izumi Yamamura