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[complexrestart]

[The video feed turns on and is focused on a Drifblim before the Gear is turned towards Rika, who grins. In the background is the entrance to Azalea.] Guardian evolved! He's now a Drifblim! [She sounds excited as she turns the video back onto the pokémon.] He's the first one on my team to evolve. [She takes a breath to say something else, but before she has the chance to, a bright light from somewhere offscreen begins to flood the video feed.]

[Rika hands off the Gear to her Mime Jr as she goes to inspect the light, which is emanating from the location her Magikarp was at only a few seconds ago. Once the light dies down, the Magikarp is now replaced with a Gyarados, and a surprised Rika looking up at it.] You evolved too? [The Gyarados lets out a roar in confirmation before it lunges forward to tackle Rika.]

[The video feed promptly shuts off as the Mime Jr discards the Gear, rushing to its trainer's side.]

Comments

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[combat_butler]

--eh?! Th-that's... The kind of training I do really isn't suited for a girl, Rika-san!

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Why not?

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[combat_butler]

... more to the point, most people wouldn't be able to do it at all.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

What do you do?

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[combat_butler]

Um, well... A lot of push-ups and sit-ups. I do them every night before I turn in.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Do you do other things to train too?

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[combat_butler]

Erm... Not really... Most of the jobs I did back home just built up my endurance naturally.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

What sort of jobs did you do?

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[combat_butler]

Everything and anything. If I could get paid to do it, I would.

[action]

[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Anything?

[action]

[combat_butler]

Yup, anything! No matter how dangerous or risky the job, I would do it if the pay was decent!

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Did you have trouble with money?

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[combat_butler]

... *he is letting out a deep, heavy sigh in response to that.* Haaaa... My parents did, yeah...

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Mii. I'm sorry to hear that. You were able to get along fine, though, right?

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[combat_butler]

More or less!

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

You seem fine now!

[action]

[combat_butler]

Ah, well... There are a lot of different reasons for that. Most of those reasons are thanks to ojou-sama though...

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Did she give you the job of being a butler?

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[combat_butler]

Mm! She saved me in my time of need.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Good.

Were you having a lot of money problems at that time?

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[combat_butler]

No, no... Just... one very large one.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

What was it?

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[combat_butler]

A 156 million yen debt that I got from my parents as a Christmas present.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

How did that happen?

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[combat_butler]

Oh, they um... They sold me to the Yakuza.