[look, he gets meddling kids. even ones that sound as unforgiving and horrible as this one.]
've been thinkin' about what I'd do if Maxie or any of Team Magma showed up... did you know them too? [he snorts.] Imma recruit any of his grunts or admins outta spite!
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A single Pikachu? No, that can't be right. He has to be cheating, somehow.
[it even took may everything she had with her team to calm kyogre.]
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This Pikachu is just that powerful! There isn't another one in the world like it!
[He blows out a breath.]
I've only ever beaten the beastie once in a straightforward battle.
[Well, him and Jessie did, but he rolls the two of them into one person in his mind when it comes to battling.]
Could you order me a dry martini?
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[HIS TEAM LEADER HEART IS BREAKING...]
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I say, old chum, are you all right?
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I'm fine, James. I'll be back in a moment.
[and he will be-- holding the three martinis, then disappears again and comes back with a god damn stein for himself.]
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Here's to...
Uh.
[Long pause.]
I've got nothing, help!
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[it takes him a moment, too, thinking it over.]
To... not... to not... bein' on fire?
[archie shrugs helplessly, then takes a long pull of his drink.]
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[He takes a sip of the martini and settles the glass back down.]
Where did you say you met the Twerp again?
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[he takes another drink, shrugs.]
He's the boucer here, though I guess he's not on shift tonight.
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Wait...
Bouncer? Here?
[James looks around.]
Why would they let him do something like that!?
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He's massive.
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[James boggles.]
You and I have very different definitions of that word.
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[it makes sense, he thinks. archie didn't think of the person james described as a kid.]
My memory's not that bad.
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You don-
Ah
Hm...
[James drums the tabletop and his eyes become unfocused and his brow furrows. The gears are turning...
Turning....]
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[oh, it's dawning on archie, too. he takes another long pull of his drink, more interested in getting twatted than working this stupid mystery out.]
What?
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...We're thinking of two different people, aren't we?
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Maybe so...
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Yours isn't a ten year old, right?
[He takes another sip.]
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No. Unless... a disguise?
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But...
[James also drifts into deep thought.]
...Hmm...
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[archie taps his chin.]
...No, it has to be someone different... there's no way he could know you were here!
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I can barely do that...
[But because he's too pretty, not because he lacks skill... At least in his own not quite humble opinion.]
Has to be a different Ash.
You gave me a fright.
[He takes a casual sip of his martini, not fully realizing he just confessed to being afraid of a ten year old.]
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[look, he gets meddling kids. even ones that sound as unforgiving and horrible as this one.]
've been thinkin' about what I'd do if Maxie or any of Team Magma showed up... did you know them too? [he snorts.] Imma recruit any of his grunts or admins outta spite!
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