85th moon [video]

[paladinlost]

[Cecil sits at a table, smiling pleasantly while holding a cup of coffee. His team is nowhere to be seen.]

Have you ever regretted teaching an attack to a Pokémon?

[For a few seconds, the feed suddenly shakes wildly, before stopping just as quickly. Outwardly, Cecil does not react to this incident.]

...Any attack.

Comments

[video]

[paladinlost]

You are the one with the power to keep him in his ball and hide him in the PC for the next few months. Perhaps he's hoping to avoid that particular outcome? I know it's not supposed to be too unpleasant for Pokémon, but it would surely be boring to a natural trickster.

[video]

[eagletalons]

You say that like he doesn't prank me. He never uses Swagger on me definitely, but he doesn't hold back on other things.

[video]

[paladinlost]

Would those other things include moves with different effects? His restraint in this case could come from the raise in attack power or the confusion.

[video]

[eagletalons]

Those "other things" include pranks in general. He once collaborated with my Unfezant to clutter up my room with little rubber balls that squeak when squeezed.

[video]

[paladinlost]

...That must have been an annoyance, but it also sounds relatively harmless. Unless they did so while you were asleep, with the intention of having you trip on them in the morning.

voice;

[eagletalons]

Oh, no that's barely scratching the surface. An example, but not a description of everything.

voice;

[paladinlost]

An appetizer before the prank buffet, then. Have you ever tried to turn the tables on him?