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He could see what the other male was talking about. For someone who didn’t stay fit he was sure it would be hard on them. He walked everywhere he went though not to mention he practiced his dance routines pretty frequently. That had left him with a pretty good physique, and because of that his body was use to being put through the wringer since some of his dance routines were pretty rough.
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”I can see what you mean and I thought my dance routine were a challenge. If you’re not to careful you can tear a muscle if you don’t take proper care of your body before dancing,” he explained. So one had to keep themself pretty fit to not harm themselves if they wanted to make a living with dancing.
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”Can’t blame them there I suppose everyone has that one thing they just want to show off. May it be talent or something else,” he said with a small shrug. He supposed idols or fellow artist were the ones who would be able to relate the most to that. Since they based their careers on showing off. Though he didn’t like to think of it that way.
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Okay so he didn’t want to do to much at once so he wouldn’t be going the fastest speed. ”Right I’ll refrain from that then. At least for now. I like being out over the water though I usually have to stick to the ferry. Ace doesn’t care for the ferry would’ve jumped off when it started moving if I hadn’t put him back in his pokeball,” he said shaking his head expression amused.[break] Josh Devlin

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He wasn’t expecting the girl he had been observing to approach. Before he could so much as greet her she was already talking. This was the first time he had met someone that talked this much. It caught him a bit of guard if he was being honest with himself.
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Before he could respond to her introduction or her inquiry she was talking again. And he could see people looking towards them, probably due to how much she was talking. The few people who noticed him gawked at him though there were a few people who whispered among themselves. The reason he had kept to himself was to avoid attracting attention.
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Not wanting to have to deal with a crowd of people he shifted so his back was towards them. To an outsiders point of view it would seem like he was giving Eleanor his full attention. There was a hidden message there though. To leave them alone.
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Knowing she could go on and on he raised a hand to forestall her gesturing for her to stop talking. Once she did so he started speaking. ”I’ve heard a bit about you, your a rising coordinator right?” he inquired. Once he had gotten a response he continued on.
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”I’m not here to perform. Well not in the way you’re thinking anyway. I’m an idol I’m here to open up for the contest. Apparently they have some coordinators just starting out and they were hoping a performance from an idol might make them stick around for the newer coordinators after the other coordinators go,” he explained.
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Talking this much wasn’t something he was use to but it would be impolite not to reply to everything that had been said. And he still needed to introduce himself as well. ”Anyway my name’s Jade Rivers, but you can call me Jade or Rivers I answer to both,” he explained with a shrug showing no preference for either.
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”It’s a shame they closed down your last contest. It’s not really fair to the contestants or their Pokémon, who put in all that hard work only to have it shut down.” He didn’t understand how people could do that. They might as well just throw money out the window if they were going to do stuff like that.
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”I’m sure you did great. You seem like you would know what you’re doing. And you seem friendlier than a lot of the others,” he told her showing that he had witnessed some of the others blowing her off. ”That does make me curious though. Are you not performing?”[break] eleanor blair teska

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”It’s what you’re use to, it’s hard to deviate from what one is use too. Especially if they’ve spent their who lives doing it. It’ll probably endear you to some people,” he told her smiling. Everyone was free to be whoever they wanted. And it showed a lot about the kind of person she was that she was willing to change but wasn’t about to change completely.
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Listening to what she had to say he nodded. He didn’t have that. It would probably do him some good to add more Pokémon to his team. He knew that his team especially Nebula would be able to handle it. The would probably enjoy the chance to battle a bit.
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It did make him wonder though. Why she had decided to work at the gym and learn to ride. It didn’t seem like something most royals would take interest in. ”If you don’t mind me asking what made you decide to work at the gym and want to ride Pokémon?”[break] Elise Calcifet

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Yes it was like riding a bike since bikes would start to turn with a gentle pull of a handle. Riding Pokémon seemed more freeing though and less work. It was real easy to wear yourself out with all the peddling when it came to riding a bike, well unless it was a dirt bike or a motorcycle since those had motors.
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”Yes riding a Pokémon is freeing, I usually walk everywhere which is good exercise but can take awhile,” he admitted. Perhaps he would look more into riding Pokémon though. Though he didn’t have any current Pokémon that could fly him places or get him where he needed to go through water.
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With Josh helping Aslan went from a jog to a light run. The bounciness increased though he knew it would be a lot worse if they were riding bareback. The saddle probably decreased the bouncing to make it more bearable. But he was still enjoying himself.
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The older male asked him how he was doing. ”I’m good, I’m more use to it since you had him at a full sprint earlier,” he admitted. He found it a lot better than riding a bike. To him the seats on a bike hurt. Which was why he didn’t often ride one.[break] Josh Devlin

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Usually he didn’t stay in Mossdeep despite having his residence there but today he had decided to get in some practice. Now one would wonder why he wouldn’t practice in his home but he wanted to be outside. It wasn’t often he wanted to be inside, preferring to be outside.
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Moving to a part of the island that didn’t get much foot traffic he took out his iPod put in his headphones and turned it on before slipping it into his pocket. Once that was done he went through a little warm up. He always did a warm up for not wanting to risk straining or pulling a muscle.
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Warming up didn’t take long and he started to go over the dance steps singing along as to the song on his iPod as he did so. Of course when this was all done he would sing his own song along with the dance moves instead but since this was only practice he would do it with another person’s song.
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Like when he usually practiced he got really into it and wasn’t real aware of his surroundings. However Nebula, his Absol, wouldn’t allow anything to happen too. He was currently standing guard over his owner looking out for a possible threats. And if there was one or if someone came over he would alert his owner.[break] Evette Moreau

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The young man nodded. He was use to it. Use to people reading to much into something. As sad as that was. When he had still lived with his father he had just assumed it was his father’s money they were after. It hadn’t occurred to him until later that his looks was a huge factor.
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When he mentioned to sticking to what he was good at he nodded. ”Yes I think I’ll do that,” he agreed. He would worry about the possibility of relearning piano or picking up another instrument when he had gotten started. And like he said not until he had had a few years.
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”Do you have a song in mind?” he inquired. He wondered if it would be one of his songs or a song from someone else. He was a fan of most music but figured he would fit pop music better maybe rock as well. Though he didn’t think the other music styles would suit him very well.
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If he had an idea of the song they would be doing it would be easier to figure out dance moves. Not that he thought the older male would leave him in the dark. He wondered if he was suppose to pick a song as well since he hadn’t said anything when he had first mentioned it. It didn’t really matter to him either way.
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As he mentioned taking inspiration and looking around he nodded. ”Yes I think that’ll be a good start to getting some ideas,” he agreed as he began to look around.[break] Niky Racz

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The young man made sure to pay attention to what the older male had to say. He didn’t want him to have to repeat him. He gently pulled the reins to the right and was rewards the Pokémon turning right, he experimented with him changing directions a bit more before allowing him to run straight. Once he was done he glanced at Josh and nodded letting him know he was ready for the next step.
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”Right pulling reins hard causes a hard stop and flicking the reins causes the Pokémon to leap, makes sense,” he said repeating it so he wouldn’t forget. Though it wasn’t hard stuff. He had actually been expecting this to be harder than it was. But it was actually pretty simple.
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Listening to what he had to say he nodded. ”I might have to watch that one of these days,” he said and was about to nudge Aslan to go faster when he noticed movement from his peripheral vision. Turning his head he spotted a Horsea and a Samurott had appeared.
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Taking one hand off the reins he sent out Ace. His Riolu immediate attacked Horsea with force palm paralyzing it but failed to paralyze Samurott when it attacked him after dodging its move. Using sword dance Ace followed up with using rock smash on Horsea. Horsea couldn’t move due to being paralyzed but Samurott landed a hit with razor shell. After Riolu used metal claw he figured Horsea’s hp was low enough so he threw a pokeball at it.
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Once that was done he recalled Ace and returned his attention to the lesson. Remembering what he was told he squeezed his legs a bit into Aslan’s side for him to go a bit faster. He didn’t want him to go to fast though until he got use to increasing his speed so he didn’t put to much pressure on the Pyroar’s sides.[break] Josh Devlin

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Well it was a relief they didn’t think it was to deep. Though he wasn’t sure if he just wanted to encourage performers, not that they others were dismissing him as being able to be an idol. Besides a lot of people took encouragement or nice words from him the wrong way. Not in a bad way but in the sense that they thought he was into them when he was just trying to be nice.
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”Encouraging people or complimenting people often leads to me having to hurt them. With some people they think that means I’m into them when I was just trying to be nice,” he explained. Sometimes he wished he was ugly or maybe not such a pretty face. He definitely took after his mother appearance wise or so he assumed since he didn’t have many similarities with his father. Skin tone and height the main things he got from his father.
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”It’s still nice to hear that you think I would be good at encouraging people though,” he commented. It meant his past hadn’t beaten him down. If he come out of that and could still have a kind word to give someone. His father while strict had also been fairly distant so he didn’t know much affection or how to positively interact with people after first.
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Luckily the conversation moved on and he listened with rapt attention to what was said. ”Thank you, it means a lot for you just to take a chance on me. I won’t squander it,” he told them. He would make sure to show them that they were right in taking a chance on him, he wouldn’t let them down. He had come too far to backdown now.
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After that the conversation lightened and the spoke about a lot different things. Soon enough though it was time to head out. The guy who had set everything up, Borje, paid for everything. He did his goodbyes, after getting told he would be contacted, before heading home.
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A few days later with Nebula, his Absol, at his heels he made his way towards Nicky’s retail store. The Absol had been finicky the past few days so he had left him behind, usually he didn’t show his emotions but he had been in a mood the past few days. He had seemed over it this morning though so he had allowed Nebula to accompany him.
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Finding the retail store wasn’t hard and he headed inside telling Nebula to wait outside. He didn’t think he would be to long and he knew he would feel better out in the sun. As he approached the former idol he took in their surroundings. Seeing the Lucario working made him think of Ace, his Riolu.
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”My strongest points are my singing and dancing, I do know piano but I haven’t kept up with it in recent years,” he explained hoping that it wouldn’t be considered to similar to the other performer. ”I’m fine starting when you can, I have nothing going on.”[break] Niky Racz

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Listening to what she had to save he nodded. Yes mistakes were essential for learning. And if everyone really was this perfect robot then things would be boring. There was a reason why there were so many different people. Though there were definitely certain types of people he could without.
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Unbidden his father came to mind thought he quick to push away thoughts of his father. ”Yes getting in some character development is always nice, especially if you improve for the better,” he said at last. He was relieved she wasn’t one of those people big on formalities. If it had been his father he was sure he would’ve been yelled at or at least grounded for a month.
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”You can do it, I’m sure the rough and tumble rangers will have you loosening your speech before you know it,” he said with a with a wink. If it weren’t for his travels he was sure his own way of speaking would be formal. While not royalty his father had been on the wealthy side and had ingrained manners into him since he was young. He had even taken calligraphy to give him neater handwriting but no one had to know that.
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It looked like she was doing a card trick. Her volunteer, though he wasn’t sure it could be called that when it was a pokemon, was a Floragato. It took a bit for them to notice him with the Floragato noticing him first. The yo-yo didn’t hurt only loosely wrapping around his arm before falling off.
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As the girl turned towards him his sharp gaze could detect something in her hand though he couldn’t really make it what it was. But from the way her hand was perhaps a weapon. It was almost amusing to see the girl lose her composure when seeing him, almost considering he seemed a good bit older than her.
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He was use to people reacting this way to him so he waited for her to regain her senses. To her credit it actually didn’t take her long to recover from seeing him and he pretended not to notice her smoothing out her hair. These were all things he was use to and he had people gawk at him for a longer time or try to cling to him. So compared to others she was pretty tame. Maybe because she hadn’t hit adulthood yet.
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As she announced him a volunteer he noticed that there was another Pokémon. The fact they were in an alley made him curious. However it was best to focus on the whole magic thing and worry about the other stuff later.
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Deciding to humor her he picked a card making sure she wouldn’t be able to see which one he chose. ”I’ve picked a card now what?” he inquired, a small smile gracing his lips.[break] Harper Mann

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He couldn’t help but chuckle as he imagined the Larvesta on a pedestal. It made him think of the figurative meaning of putting someone on a pedestal but this time it was literal. ”Yeah I treat my Pokémon like the children I don’t have. We look out for each other,” he agreed. His Pokémon and his dream to be an idol meant everything to him, but his Pokémon would always take first place in his heart.
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’So he hadn’t been as discreet as he thought he had been.’ The thought crossed his mind when Niky spoke. He didn’t really care who knew as long as people didn’t pity him for it. Besides it would probably show how resolute he was when it came to his dreams.
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”Just my father actually, my mother was never in the picture. I didn’t at first I just fell into line with what my father wanted, I was bitter though and started to resent him. I got tired of trying to be someone I wasn’t so I left. I spent time traveling to clear my head and I guess to find myself. The traveling helped I ran into people who showed me kindness throughout my travels and I saw what it was like for people to support each other in times of need. To lend a helping hand. It gave me hope and I strived to be apart of it even if it was just my words that stirred up that feeling in people.”
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Well that was deep. He hadn’t meant to be that deep. Seriously one would almost think he was sentimental or something. He wasn’t that old.[break] Niky Racz

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To some extent the older male was lucky. He had wanted to start when he was a kid or maybe a bit older but his father would never how allowed him. Though he supposed it was better late than never. And without his father breathing down his neck he could finally start the process of achieving his dream. A dream he’d had since he was a child.
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”Thanks,” he said glancing at the other males pokemon before raising a brow when he mentioned the pokemon setting people on fire. ”I bet they’ll think twice before doing something like that again. Nebula, he’s my Absol, will claw at anyone he thinks is a threat to me,” he explained not mentioning his often his Pokémon had to do that.
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His appearance drew attention though both negative and positive. He had a pretty face and that often landed him in trouble. He couldn’t count he many times he had gotten in trouble because someone’s boyfriend or girlfriend flirted with him. They were the ones that started it and yet he was the bad guy.
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Upon entering it hadn’t taken them long to locate the group. Looking over the menu he decide to get a chicken salad. Between sips of unsweetened tea and his salad he answered the questions that were asked of him. Most of them were pretty simple like his age, and where he came from.
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The question Niky asked was a bit harder. But since he had been expecting a question like this it was easier to prepare an answer than it would’ve been. ”I’ve always enjoyed singing and dancing. It’s been a passion of mine since I was a kid. Certain obstacles kept me from following after my dream until now.”[break] Niky Racz

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Being last had given him the opportunity to see how the others did and take notes of they had done. It would give him an edge when it was his turn. That was why he didn’t mind going last. He knew most people didn’t want to go first or last but he didn’t matter either way for him.
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He was confident but not overly confident in his abilities. And after having to live with the kind of person his father was he had to learn patience or at least learn how to keep a level head so yeah he didn’t really care when he went. It also wasn’t like it was an overly long wait either so before he knew it it was his turn.
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The former idol had him repeat his performance not once but twice but he wasn’t worried. If he didn’t like he wouldn’t have asked him to do the routine again. Having watched everyone else he had been able to get a read on Niky. He only had people repeat themselves if he liked what he saw. So he knew getting asked to repeat himself wasn’t a bad thing.
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When he had been asked to repeat the routine a second time he had sensed the surprised looks thrown his way, but he was sure he felt a few glares thrown in. He didn’t bother looking to see though preoccupied with what the older male was telling him. Undoing over twenty years of conditioning wasn’t easy, before coming to Hoenn he had maintained a blank expression, his father not wanting any of his business rivals to pick up on any weakness and exploit it but he had gotten better about being open with his emotions.
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”I’ll work on that,” he promised, hopefully it wouldn’t be to hard. He was trying to work on that already so hopefully that would make it easier. He listened with rapt attention as he mentioned which ones were to move up and watched the ones not chosen leave before returning his attention to Niky, the other judges, and the guy that had set all this stuff up.
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Well that worked any time worked for him his schedule was currently wide open. As long as he didn’t have errands crop up. The banter between the two older men surprised him. It spoke of two people that were pretty close. But doubted asking about it would gain him any answers not that he cared enough to ask. It was still a relief when the were dismissed though so he could go home and see to his Pokémon.
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A few days later he was leaving his house to meet at the chosen restaurant. Upon reaching his destination he saw that Niky was just arriving as well. ”A bit, would be weird if I wasn’t. Arrogance isn’t really my scene either,” he explained with a small shake of his head.[break] Niky Racz

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