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<sub>(Unhackable unless you are pro)


[Stitch appears to for once have checked in at an inn. The room is dark, only illuminated by the stars and street lights coming from outside, but you can clearly see that it is in fact the Ecruteak inn.]</sub>


A-Aloha, Iris.

_{[He stutters, waving awkwardly before he holds out an item he was clutching in his hands. It's a piece of string with some seashells attached to it.]}

Stitch made a necklace. I hope it's okay. Easier to carry like this, and remember.

And, uhm.. I wanted to show you something.

_{[He turns the Gear to show a big fluffy Arcanine sleeping soundly on the floor.]}

It's Ronald. Stitch made him big and strong for you.

I hope you are well in your world.

_{[He turns the camera back to himself]}

Stitch is fine in Johto. Goodnight, Iris.



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Aloha! Stitch is in Ecruteak! Small town, but nice!

_{[He turns the gear to give everyone a glaring view of the sun.]}

Haai~! _{[The view goes down again to show a fluffy Arcanine joyously rolling in the grass, tongue hanging out.]}

Stitch evolved Ronald with stone that I won! Fairly! At paintball game in Goldenrod. Stitch loves shooting.

Any place Stitch could get a gun? To keep around, like... at all times? Anyone know?

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[tapestodiane]

<sub>[OH WOW]

[ALL THAT FIRE, MAN]

[Tricia stares at it with WONDER for a moment, and then decides that sure, she doesn't have FIRE, but she sure as hell has her own swag - and sparks lightly, letting the little sparks run through her fur, before she releases a big bolt into the air where it dissolves. HA. LOOK.]

[Meanwhile, Cooper will sort of ... size Stitch up. He's waiting for Stitch to make the first move, really.]</sub>

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<sub>[Ronald watches the lightning as it goes up and barks gleefully. AWESOME! NONE OF TRAINER'S OTHER POKEMON CAN DO THAT]

[Stitch stands aside, looking at the Pokémon, then glancing at Cooper, then looking at the Pokémon again. He looks terribly conflicted.]</sub>

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[tapestodiane]

<sub>[Aaand Cooper notices. That's improvement, he supposes, and it doesn't look like Stitch is going to ATTACK this time, but that definitely doesn't keep him from being a little anti. And if it's a waiting game, he can play it.]

[He could just call for Tricia and leave, but ... he's also a little curious. WELL STITCH. What you gonna do?]


[Tricia will just strike a bit of a pose, all, YEAH, FEW CAN DO WHAT I CAN.]</sub>

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<sub>[THAT'S AWESOME! I BET YOU ARE REALLY STRONG TOO.]

[Impressed Arcanine is impressed.]

[Okay well, Stitch is just gonna... awkwardly look at him until eye contact is established and then...]</sub>

Haai... _{[Complete with very uncertain smile and faltering not-really-a-wave but more like a close-hand gesture]}

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[tapestodiane]

<sub>[YEA as you should be, Arcanine fella. She trots around him a little, looking cocky. Not that strong, maybe, but SUPER FAST. Beat that!]

[And Cooper will just raise an eyebrow a little. Hands in his pockets, his stance remain mostly neutral, but a little distance-taking.]</sub>

Stitch.

_{[What a greeting, that.]}

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<sub>[Ronald's been hearing that he's pretty fast too, and you know, being an Arcanine, he is. OH I KNOW. LET'S HAVE A RACE.

[LJAWNIM (this is your fault Linda |: ) Stitch just stands and awkwardly rubs his hands together, eyes nervously wandering back and forth]</sub>

Yes. Uh.

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[tapestodiane]

<sub>[But Tricia is ELECTRIC pokémon, so she's very confident. And she's ALL for a race and just. Takes a stance without even asking or caring what the course is.]


[And hey, again, that's a pretty good sign. Cooper tilts his head a little as he regards the boy - because he really is just a boy right now, a nervous little kid.]

[... Cooper was never all that sure how to deal with kids though, and he sighs. It's almost like defeat.]</sub>

Wrecked any more property?

_{[>:C WELL? No but he wants to see how Stich will react, and what he'll say to that.]}

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<sub>[Be glad Ronald hasn't learned extremespeed yet. He barks excitedly and follows suit with the stancing, eyes set on a tree not too far away.]

[Stitch remains as fidgety as ever, avoiding Cooper's gaze, but he noticeably winces as he speaks]</sub>

Uhm, well. No, but I... _{[He has assaulted people instead |: ]}

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[tapestodiane]

<sub>[Tricia is smaller and thus has to work harder to keep up, but she's doing an admirable job and is probably in the lead a few times. And having a LOT of fun.]

[...Cooper, meanwhile (ljaawnim), totally picks up on the implication and his gaze sharpens.]</sub>

No more assaults?

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<sub>[Ronald sets off with a whoosh and is left panting when they finish by the tree. THAT WAS AWESOME. WHO WON?]

[Stitch jerks a bit as if to stop Ronald when the two Pokémon bounds off, but stays put when they stop by the tree.]</sub>

... Uh, maybe... Maybe once.

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[tapestodiane]

<sub>[NO IDEA. I DIDN'T LOOK. DID YOU LOOK??]

[Cooper isn't even looking at the two. They can do whatever they like. He trusts Tricia not to run away again.]

[So he'll look at Stitch in silence for another moment...]</sub>

What did you do?

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<sub>[NO I THOUGHT YOU WOULD.]

[IT'S A DRAW THEN!?]</sub>

Nothing... Nothing too bad. _{[His eyes are practically glued to the ground by now]}

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[tapestodiane]

<sub>[HELL NO]

[THIS JUST MEANS WE GOTTA RACE AGAIN! aaand off she goes.]</sub>

What counts as "not too bad" for you, Stitch?

_{[Still stern. He wants him to fess up.]}

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<sub>[Even though he wasn't ready for that, Ronald is hot on her tail. He ain't losing this.]

[Stitch stops fidgeting with his hands, instead opting to fold his arms over his chest. Suddenly defensive.]</sub>

Stitch won't tell.

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[tapestodiane]

_{[Neither is Tricia, man! And she swoops past their trainers without giving a damn. There's probably a light wind from them. Especially Ronald.]}

Come on, Stitch. You can at least tell me whether you bit them or not.

_[>:|]

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<sub>[Most likely. Being really huge and all.]

[And by mentioning that that you get a not even subtle frown.]</sub>

Naga! Stitch not hurt him.

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[tapestodiane]

_{[Hit a nerve, did he? Narrowing his eyes a little, he tilts his head up. JUDGING YOU STITCH. JUDGING YOU.]}

You hurt a lot of people, Stitch. Why not this guy?

_{[Yeah so if you couldn't tell he's in full-blown cop mode.]}

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_{[Stitch's morality's gone up a bit since they last met, and he's made some friends. That said, he's still capable of doing some bad stuff.]}

I didn't have to!

_{[Snappish, and a very defensive posture now, he's still not looking Cooper in the eye.]}

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[tapestodiane]

No? And why is that?

_{[Speaks sort of with precision, like every statement is a jab, a poke.]}

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Why should Stitch tell you? You'll just tell police!

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[tapestodiane]

_{[HAHAHA oh Stitch Coop is the police. And he's like, far better than the police here. So he'll answer that with a crooked smile.]}

If you didn't hurt him, why are you worried I will?

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Stitch didn't hurt him!

_{[His Pokémon did |:]}

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[tapestodiane]

_{[Observant agent will raise an eyebrow.]}

Then who did?

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[usedsuperpower.livejournal.com]

_{[A moment of silence in which Stitch visibly battles a lot of frustration, and then he perk up just a tiny, near unnoticeable bit, as if he realized something]}

No one did! His Pokémon hurt Stitch!

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[tapestodiane]

_{[Ohh so we're playing that game, are we, Stitch?]}

And your pokémon hurt him back, did they?