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Cass smiles at Thea's affectionate wink, and blows a little kiss towards her friend as she finishes up preparations for the pokémon. She grins at Gominha's approach and chatter, returning it with "Ahh, mh-hm, yeah, yeah," and other nonsensical, agreeing phrases. She is glad, however, at Thea's translation because as much as she adores Gominha, she is not quite fluent in understanding her proper. "Good, the usual it is!" Cass smiles, inviting the balloon into the tub to start with all the shampooing and conditioning. "I've got your favourite from last time again, so you will also smell amazing."

(It's weird of Cass is a connaisseur of scents and also can go days without realising she smells like garbage left out on a summer day.)

"Hey, Gominha, is that true?" Cass stops her gentle movements with feigned shock at Thea's words, before laughing. "You've got so much love to give, huh, it's just impossible to rank, isn't that right?" she decides to help out the affection- and attention-seeking pokémon a bit with this accusation.

She also smiles as Thea reassures the Pawmo once more, hoping that the little one will let her take care of him later, too.

Pic is, for once, not focused on the shower of compliments at all, even if at times, it seems like he needs those more than he needs literal air. Instead, he focuses on Zeus, then on himself, and he feels it ... Cross Chop, just like how Zeus did it! He's happy as he manages, but also very, very careful- did Zeus hate it?! He literally falls down onto the floor, dramatically, as Zeus gave his approval, before laughing and standing up again, joyous and very satisfied with himself. He repeats Cross Chop another time, just because, really happy. It's been the first time he actually sketched a move, and he's glad it has worked without any problems.

Thea Naito

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Cass grins at Thea's shower of compliments while she's massaging the shampoo into Gominha's fur, before washing it off and switching to get another furcare product. "Must be sign that she's got the best trainer in the world," Cass diverts the stream of affection towards her good friend with a laugh. Upon meeting eyes with Hammy, she has a hard time not cooing - gotta stay focus on the princess for now !!

After another shorter while, since she doesn't do any cuts this time, she deems Gominha as finished as well, fondly drying the Wigglytuff with a soft towel. "Alright, we should be done with you in a moment ... " Maybe she also buries her hand in soft fur for a bit longer than strictly necessary. Who's to tell! "Pic should be back any moment now, too ... they're taking quite some time, huh?" she laughs. With Zeus at his side, she isn't particularly worried about her Smeargle.

Who is, in fact, kind of having the time of his life. Pic is quite relieved to see his move being recognised by the one and only Zeus, and then quickly afterwards also by all the other Dojo pokémon. He stands there, being vaguely embarrassed but also clearly not minding the compliments - even seeking them! - as he shows off his new move a couple more times. But he can't help but think like he's forgetting something in all that commotion ...

Thea Naito

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As much as Cass adores Gominha, there's always a struggle to keep a straight face when Gominha makes a deflating balloon noise, which is to say, that happens quite a lot of time due to her, well, balloon-ey nature. She does manage to not let it transfer into her hands, however, with her lower lip instead trembling like crazy as she's holding back, her entire face twitching here and there. "We do make a formidable duo, hm?" she grins then, sounding a bit like a deflating balloon herself as she finally is able to speak Words again.

But it is strange how long Pic is taking, given his drawing speed and enthusiasm. It's a marvel how sometimes, he's truly just quantity over quality, and sometimes, it's simply ... still speed drawing. She's not sure if she's ever seen him draw calmly. "Belle, thank you dear!" she calls after the Minccino, before giving Gominha a last rub with the towel. "Alright, this is you finished up Gominha ... anything you're still unhappy with?" Cass fixes up some of the fur with her hands and fingers, but it might also be an excuse to keep her hands buried in soft fur for a moment longer. And also, of course, to look for anything she might have missed. Yep.

Pic is almost reaching a point where he's dizzy from all the praise, drowning in it but also happily so. He's ecstatic so many like his art so much! But the arrival of Belle does lead him to focus his attention on her a bit, waving his sketchpad and taking his tail to-

OH MAMMA MIA!

He looks at her in shock as the memory hits him like truck-kun, hastily waving thanks and goodbye at the dojo pokémon, motioning that a matter of great importance has come up! He then grabs Zeus and Belle- he moves to grab Belle, but remembers how Cass told him not to just touch everyone, so his arm will make an akward curve if she'd flinch away. Then, he rushes over to the dojo entrance. ... and then stops, pensive.

He has no idea where he has to go, actually.

Thea Naito

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Cass grins at Gominha's extensive display that everything's right with her hair tuft, and takes the squishy hug and returns it manifold. Soft fur is just the best ...!! (She really needs to figure out feathers for her Fletchinder Effie's sake, even if she's of the opposite opinion.) "I'm happy when you're happy~" she singsongs, then also takes out her phone if Gominha would allow to take a quick selfie of the two of them.

"I think personally, you can't love me ever enough," she replies to Thea's words with a grin and a wink as she goes to prepare the bath again for the next pokémon. Before it could be fully decided who's next, Belle and Zeus reappear with Pic quickly following behind them. Pic raises a hand dramatically, as if asking for a timeout while he's recovering from the fullsprint.

Zeus in the meanwhile recounts something and. So, Cass is fairly new to battling, but she does recognise the mimicked Cross Chop. The shampoo bar she's been holding falls to the ground. Leaping over, she grabs Pic, shaking him a little. "Did you- did you sketch an attack and I wasn't there for it?!" she pouts, but Pic is blissfully unaware of her inner turmoil and just happily nods, gesturing with his tail at Zeus. "Pic........" Cass shakes him a little bit more, but he really has no idea what she's on about.

Eventually, Cass would let go of him, however, leaving him room finally to see Gominha's beauty in full. He seems struck by the lightning of muse, gesturing for Gominha to take a seat somewhere in a good location (on the sink) before he'd start drawing.

Thea Naito

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Cass seems quite content with the reply and grins satisfied - if she were a cat pokémon, she'd probably start purring now. However, that's quickly turned upside down as Pic sketched for the first time and she hasn't been around. She notices Thea's discomfort with her shaking Pic and stops, but still pouts, "Yeah, I suppose. That's very cool, Pic, you did great." Her voice is a flatlining monotone, but she sighs exasperatedly and fondly quickly after. "Don't worry, Pic's very resilient - I've barely stopped him from climbing into the washing machine once." Despite his most frequent shapes being angular with really straight lines, he seems to favour circles and roundness generally.

She also cheers up at the prospect of more soft fur and cooes and beckons Belle to come over as Thea says it's her turn now. "That sounds good to me! Belle darling, come up here please." She'd get the water and shampoo starting gently again, and seems to have mostly gotten over Pic's missed moment now.

Pic, also, is now fully focusing on Gominha now, being in awe of her beauty and cuteness! Even if it's a ... choice to have Gominha settle in-between the vanity care products and teeth brushes on the sink, there's probably some eccentric thought behind it. Pic also is gesturing to Martin then, asking if he could use the flower garland as a swing ... Martin seems a bit uncertain at first, but eventually nods and lets Pic get onto it, before lifting him up so he could get a better view of Gominha. Actually, since he's floating now, he could even! Consider so many angles! But Martin's warning look reminds him of the fairy type's possible wrath, and he simply nods, getting to work the most carefully he's been today.

Thea Naito

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Pic welcomes the congratulations with a content expression on his face, and then also joins in the compliments for Zeus, nodding vehemently in agreement. He wouldn't let Zeus downtalk himself like that, he has been a major inspiration after all !!

Cass smiles at Belle inviting the Pawmo to watch how she'd be taken care of, and laughs fondly while shampooing her, "They really get along quite well, hmm? I wonder if Hammy might even be more shy than Belle at the beginning~" She then turns her focus more onto Belle, since she could not be distracted while taking care of such a precious pokémon!

Pic also is fully focused now, almost entirely unmoving except for his hand and the tail within it. He decided to only do one colour for this, and carefully is assembling differents kind of strokes - first, he fills in a bit of the environment, before placing Gominha. But oh! Ah! She's moving! She's posing! Suddenly hit by a vision, he seems to become even more focused on the drawing and Gominha, composing this absolute master piece ... !!!!!

Martin takes a peak, but honestly seems rather unimpressed. However, he's ... he's just not an art guy, so he doesn't say anything and simply keeps the Smeargle afloat in his drawing position. (He really hopes he finishes soon ... but he'd stay like that for as long as needed.)

Thea Naito

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Cass nods and hums at Thea's explanation while burying her hands in Belle's soft fur. "Hehe, I sometimes wish I could find pokémon like that," she jokes with a bit of a very real sigh. All of her pokémon are maybe a bit too comfortable, but she also values them for it. If she isn't busy losing her mind over it. "Hammy's quite the precious one, heh," she grins, looking forward to how he might develop further.

Belle's open appreciation for the hair treatment doesn't only affect Hammy - Cass also feels herself filled with affection for the little creature, putting some extra effort in it as well. However, even this passes eventually and maybe even more quickly thanks to her fervent efforts. "And now's for toweling you dry." She glances over at Hammy, wondering how he's doing, and Zeus, who'd also hasn't gotten his treatment yet ...

... speaking of which, as he's posed next to Martin and Pic. Martin notices him and gives him the vaguest nod, so he wouldn't disturb Pic - even if it's almost impossible to disturb him, seeing as he's already disturbing himself plenty. Martin actually starts struggling with keeping him afloat for a bit, and tries to motion to Zeus to hold Pic in place for one moment.

Pic would not mind anything of it, as he's in the last stretches of his master piece - and oh, it is quite the piece! As he finished, he attempts to leap from Martin's flower garland to the sink, only to face plant onto the ground, but holding his sketchbook safe and high up for Gominha to look. In the middle of it, a collection of thick-lined shapes seem to be Gominha, while there's also the same shapes, just thinner, in the background - the other poses Gominha's done! It's ... genuinely well-made, with some mirror and sink?? imagery involved, too.

Thea Naito