punchtheflowers | 7th bloom; prom

I don't really give a fuck if You-know-who-you-are is reading this or not, but I know at least Team Rocket's not stupid to pull anything during grad or prom. You know why? Because in about the last month or so, the school's fended off an infestation of demon birds, and an invasion force. What do you think think would happen if they trash a party with this entire fighting school in one room? Especially a party everyone's been looking forward to for weeks?

Yeah, they'd get their sorry asses handed t'them by the entire faculty and a lotta pissed off students.

And now that we don't have classes and finals anymore? Yeah, damn straight Team Rocket better watch their shit if they feel like making a comeback. They're the ones oughta be afraid of us.

So anyway. Congrats to everyone who's graduatin' and shit. How many've you are there, anyway? Is anyone sticking around t'take college credits, or are you all goin' off and getting jobs?

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So. You guys have any grad plans? I think I'm gonna go and check it out. Seems like your kinda thing, Sis - I mean, you like dancing an' all.

Red, Sonny, Kojiro, are you guys coming? Apparently you don't need a date t'go.

Elis? I know you haven't been here long, but... I dunno, maybe you'll meet some new people. Or something.

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Hey. Haven't seen you in a while. I wasn't planning on goin' to prom with a date or anything, but... I figure, since I screwed up Valentine's for you so royally, I should at least make it up t'you with a dance, right?

You'll have t'teach me how though, cuz whenever Sis tries she just trips over her own tail.

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I think if that chair can fit Max, it can fit a Venusaur. He's kind of... big.

I guess that's the advantage of wings, too. Anyway, it doesn't matter who gets their or how, as long as Team Rocket gets stopped before they slip away again. Man... it's too bad we couldn't just... pick a place for them to show up or something. That'd make it so much easier.

Nah, Max loves his tank more than anything else. If anything he'd be riding in one of those.

If we had a way of predicting where they'd hit next, that'd... be too complicated for us to figure out, though. I don't think a single Psychic Type would be powerful enough to sense it, and the god types probably aren't allowed to tell anyone either.

I guess picking between a tank and a helicopter is like picking between a cupcake and a donut, huh?

Yeah. My Xatu won't tell me anything he sees in the future either. Maybe if there was, like... a really obvious target? Like a rare Pokemon, or a bunch of diamonds, or a rare Pokemon made of diamonds.

I wouldn't know, I don't eat either of'em.

There's tons of legendaries at the school though. A rare diamond Pokemon...

[DANA...???]

I think... she's tough enough to handle Team Rocket. But I'll keep an eye on her.

Huh? An eye on who?

Dana Dialga? Uh, if you've ever seen her Pokemon form, she's this Steel Dragon with a huge gemstone on her chest.

We're... friends. I'll tell her t'watch out for Team Rocket when I see her at the dance.

Whoa, really?! Wow, Vinnie, you've got some cool friends! Anyway, I guess it can't hurt for all the Pokemon to be careful, not just the ones with gems on them.

...I guess all the Pokemon are kind of already watching out, though, huh? That stuff sort of goes without saying.

I think some've her relatives have gems on them too... rubies? But yeah.

It's pretty big news for Pokemon. But I don't blame'em for just wanting to enjoy prom right now. They deserve it. Having everyone scared is exactly what Team Rocket wants.

I think maybe... they've just gotten so tired from being scared that they just don't wanna do it anymore? I mean... I'm not a Pokemon, so I bet I don't know it as well as you would, but before I was old enough to be a trainer... it was a scary time to be a Pokemon! Trainers had theirs stolen away, wild ones got killed or hurt for money...

And, I mean, even after you come here. It's supposed to be a big place of opportunity, right? You guys can turn into humans and get an education and jobs and stuff. But then after what happened in December, and now with this...

I can't say for sure, but that's possible too. There's always gonna be things t'be afraid of. Some things more than others. Everyone got through December together, and a lot've folk stepped up to help each other. It was scary, yeah, but we can either stay scared all our lives, or we can get stronger from it.

The way I figure... once you've already gone through something terrifying and come out okay, everything else just doesn't seem as scary anymore. At least, that's how I'm working through it.

...That's pretty brave of you, Vinnie.

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