[ Good afternoon, Johto! How is that Christmas spirit going on? Going shopping for the perfect gifts, caroling, setting up a tree, these are staples of a Western Christmas. Well, Souji has been here for over a year and he has noticed that most people celebrate the holiday that way, so heck, he might as well try spending it like that too. He has tried it last year in Johto and it has been quite fun. Besides, a certain somebody has been trying to make him put more spirit into it and "fully celebrate" it. So, guess who is putting up Christmas lights on the Breeding Centre and has dragged his partner with it? ]

[ The camera spins from the dirt road to a familiar face, dressed all warmly and holding a line of lights out towards Souji all the way up on a ladder. The Riolu points it up to Souji who takes notice of it. ]

Yosuke, the camera. [ He points down at the gear which then swings down to Yosuke. ]

O-oh, it's on? [ He looks at the Riolu, who shakes the camera as he nods. ] Alright, well-- A little more warning would have been nice, but...

[ Yosuke grins, putting on his best salesman act. Don't worry, he's totally a pro at this. ] Come one, come all to the Breeding Centre's Merry Holiday Christmas Sale! All eggs will be buy one, get one free until Christmas. We'll also do gift wrapping, and same day delivery, just like always!

This special is a limited-time offer, so make sure you get the deal while it's hot! [ He winks at the camera. What a ham. He definitely sounds like Crazy Eddie. Please roll your eyes at him any time now. Once he finishes his spiel, the Riolu makes an affirmative sound, implying that he's done with the video. Spoiler: It's still on. ]

Well, that worked well enough, I guess. Maybe a little over the top, but we did kind of wait a while to actually do somethin-- Hey, are you ready for the next string of lights yet? [ Yosuke's brain-to-mouth filter is currently set to off, just happily blabbering his stream of consciousness. ]

[ Souji gives a small nod and outstretches a single hand, the other gripping the ladder. ] Yeah, pass them up. I should be able to cover this side of the centre with one more line.

[ Yosuke bends down to pick up a new line from the box, putting the whole thing in his arms. However, the problem with having an armful of things and having elbows stick out around a ladder is just asking for disaster, and as expected, there's one as he stands back up, he accidentally bumps the ladder just hard enough to give it a shake. ]

Hey-- whoa, whoa, ack!!

[ And without any surprise, Souji falls right off that ladder. Yosuke, being right in the path of damage lets out a pretty loud: ]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!

[ He drops the lights, making an attempt to either catch Souji or get the hell out of the way... which one it is, Yosuke doesn't know, because there's not exactly much time for him to think. As this happens, the Riolu tries to catch its trainer by dropping the gear, shutting it off. ]

(( ooc: both Souji and Yosuke will be replying to this mess of a post! For action tags, they will be set after the two of them get off of each other and stand. ))

[ It's been a few days since Souji has set up his breeding centre and he has gotten it all under control. Business has been busy nowadays and lots of orders piling up, so Souji has been kinda living in the centre for a while now. Well, actually, he can kinda live there since he has an extra room upstairs with a bed, so he can just crash over there which he is kinda thinking about doing. Saves money too.

Well, besides that, Souji looks a bit tired and he is. Trying to make sure the eggs get to everyone and all that, then making sure his Pokemon are doing alright, filling out more papers, it's just a hassle. Plus, he has that egg from Easter to look after. See that egg wrapped around a scarf on the counter? Yeah, he's been trying to take care of it in the mix of everything. Pretty hard, if anyone asks him.

He gives a small yawn and takes a sip from his coffee. He really does need it nowadays and he gives a small wave to the Pokegear. ]

Hey guys.

I have centre running and business is actually going well. Got an answering machine set up now actually. If you want to order an egg, just give me a call there and leave a message. I got a bunch of eggs around here, so just give me a heads-up and I can send them your way.

If anyone is interested in doing business with me, like selling eggs too, needing a Ditto, helping around, I wouldn't mind that. Just give me a heads-up for this too and I'll be probably fine with it.

[ Honestly, any business pals will be nice. He wouldn't mind advertising other people's eggs too or anything.

He takes another sip from his coffee cup and reaches for the gear. This seems like a good place to end his little advertisement when-- Oh snap! Souji's Easter egg is hatching! Oh oh oh, Souji has to record this, so he puts down his cup of coffee and picks up the gear to record this.

The egg shines brightly for a few seconds before the Pokemon appears into-- ]


Ack--!!

[ Souji just steps back in both a mixture of surprise and horror. O-Oh God, that Pokemon...While its a hell of a lot smaller like the size of a Charmander, it still the same kind of Pokemon from Halloween, right? It's the one that has attacked him and nearly ripped his head off, right? It just has its flesh and skin, but its structure is almost exactly the same, so it is the same, right? Right?

Suddenly, Souji isn't too sure if he feels all that safe anymore and to make it even worse, this new Aerodactly decides that it wants a hug from its "mother". ]

Wait, hold on--!!

[ Between making a choice of either trying to make sure that a 50 pound flying dinosaur doesn't break his ribs with an accidental headbutt by catching it or holding onto his gear and prevent it from a horrible crash, he'll go with the former.

The gear falls to the ground and it turns itself off. ]


Thirty minutes later

[ The gear turns back on and hello....there is now an image of Souji and a very loving baby Aerodactly attached to his arm now like its some kind of monkey. Not really the image you will think of a fearsome looking Pokemon like that and its trainer thinks he kinda agrees, especially after one has nearly killed him.

He doesn't try to get the Pokemon off but rather speak somewhat calmly to the gear. ]

...Does this Pokemon remind anyone of those skeletal ones from Halloween, mainly the one that flew around?

It's looked something like this;

[ Souji picks up a sheet of paper with his free arm and shows it to the gear. ]



[ Hey, he has improved a bit in his drawing skills than last time and don't ask why it's in yellow... That's the only colour marker he could have found with one dinosaur attracted to his arm and preventing it from crushing him... ]


(( OOC: To those who haven't seen, yeah, Souji does have an answering machine so your character can order Pokemon without having to wait for an entry from me. You can order any time at all and there is no limit! Your character can also want to sell their eggs with him so I can update the list with their stuff!

Replies to this can either be before the thirty minutes where Souji has shown the drawing or after! Tags here will be gotten to in the morning and other tags I owe, I will try to get to them asap! ))