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[crouching_sin]

[Normally Naoya wouldn't bother with a post like this, but he's at his wit's end. He's done his best to try to solve it himself, but it's not working... so it's a rather frazzled-looking Naoya who appears on the screen, barely holding on to a very frightened-looking Ralts.]

[The Ralts in question is making tiny squeaking noises and looks like she wants to cry and hide rather than be anywhere in the area. Any Pokémon watching can probably hear her squeaking 'he is a bad and scary man'.]

Most of my Pokémon are rather well behaved. This one, however... doesn't seem to want to be anywhere near me. I haven't done anything to scare her. She just hatched a few days ago.

Has anyone else had problems with a Ralts that... doesn't seem to like them?

[He just... turns the video off. He'll put her back in her Pokeball now because... he doesn't know what else to do.]

Comments

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[armoredsoul]

[It's not just Al that appears on-screen when the feed flicks on, but also a Gallade with a Very Unhappy Look. Al himself looks more distressed than anything.]

I know that Ralts pick up very easily on their trainer's emotions, and get scared of pretty much any negative feeling...is there anything you've been dwelling on a lot lately?

[video]

[crouching_sin]

[... Oh dear. That... must be one of her parents. He tries to choose his words carefully.]

... No more than usual. Though I admit that I'm not always the most positive of people.

[video]

[armoredsoul]

[Yes, yes it is, and he is supremely unimpressed with you, sir.]

Mmm. You might need to give her some time to--huh? Romeo, what...

[There's a moment of silence while Romeo speaks into Al's mind, and his frown deepens for a moment before he looks back to the screen.]

Would you be okay letting Romeo talk with her over the Gear? He says he might be able to help calm her.

[Well, and that he's worried that Naoya's idea of 'not scaring her' might be off from his trainer's, but Al's not going to voice that.]

[video]

[crouching_sin]

... All right.

[He sets the gear down in front of Alice, who looks down at the camera, shaking a bit.]

[video]

[armoredsoul]

[Al hands his Gear over to Romeo, who gives Alice a kind, sympathetic smile.]

Hello, little one. My name is Romeo. May I ask yours?

[video]

[crouching_sin]

Um... um. My name is Alice...

[She sniffles and shakes her head to brush the tears away.]

[video]

[armoredsoul]

It's very nice to meet you, Alice. Could you tell me what is wrong? I heard you over my Trainer's Gear, and you sounded very upset.

[video]

[crouching_sin]

... My trainer is a scary man! His emotions are... are weird. And I keep getting flashes of scary things from his mind!

[video]

[armoredsoul]

[Ah...so it's like that, then.]

...my trainer is the same way, sometimes. Something happened to him a long time ago, and he still has not healed from that. How has he been treating you?

[video]

[crouching_sin]

... He's... I guess he's been nice... but he's still scary!