Body movin', body movin'~

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Who: Sheena Fujibayashi (summonerbanshee ) and Doctor Franken Stein (donteatmyliver )
Where:  Violet City's Pokemon Center
When: Right after this.
Summary: Substituting a Vulpix for a drying machine/fireplace/open fire source. Lulz may ensue.
Rating: PG for shirtlessness? Heck, I have no clue.
Log:

Rain, rain, and yet MORE RAIN.

Now, Sheena liked thunderstorms and a good downpour just as much as the next person, but even she knew when enough was enough. Just the briefest exposure to the elements had soaked her through to the skin, and it took ages to dry off afterwards. Corrine hadn't been happy when she bundled him up in her spare clothing like a cocoon in preparation for a short sprint across the road to the Pokemon Center.

"This would've been easier if I could still invoke Undine's pact." Sheena muttered to herself, tucking a fuming Corrine in her arms and close to her chest in order to shield him from the rain. "I would've just banished all this stupid... water somewhere else. Like on Zelos' mansion." Because as everyone was aware of, there was nothing the redhead despised more than having his luxurious red hair and designer outfit wet on. Boo-freaking-hoo.
Besides, watching him being drenched by a localized hurricane would've, frankly, been hilarious.

One, two, three steps and she launched herself into the world of dreary grey and blue colour, hurtling like a purple warhorse over the pavement and grass. Unfortunately she neglected to notice a slight incline during the last few feet and ended up diving the last meter or so. Lucky for her the Center's doors were automatic, and smoothly hissed open before the ninja could smack facefirst into the glass.

As it were, she was still rather unhappy to be a big pile of wet clothing sprawled on her side with a positively furious Vulpix making angry squeals while he wriggled in a rapidly loosening bundle of her extra gear.

Oh, the things she did to be a good guy. Sometimes it honestly just wasn't worth all the trouble.

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Her shoulders bobbed briefly while she turned the turtleneck in place to allow it to dry more evenly, noting the Magnemite lump attached to his head bolt with a hint of a smile. "He's actually quite friendly once you get past his high-horse stage." Which took a while. On top of being overly protective of his trainer, Corrine seemed to have issues with making friends with other Pokemon. Hopefully she could fix that problem in time.

Wobbling a bit from side to side (Hyperventilating tended to do that to a body), the Vulpix exhaled one final time before flopping on his side in a pathetic fashion, shooting Sheena the saddest pair of amber eyes ever. He wanted more pets for his services, if she could hazard a guess.

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"I doubt this'll," he gestured at his Magnemite with his shoulder, "ever get past that stage." Granted, said Pokemon was friendly, and pretty much the opposite of its owner when it came to interacting with others, so its pride was hurt a bit when Corrine didn't immediately want to become friends. "They don't seem to get along very well. Must be instinct because of yours having an advantage over mine. It's interesting to witness."

Stein reached out for his sweater and shrugged his labcoat back off. He stretched out the neck almost comically to accommodate his bolt and the Magnemite attached to it. "Thanks again for the help. Have a place to ride out the storm or are you going from awning to awning?"

HAVE A SUPER LATE TAG. 8D

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Sheena gave a snort of laughter at that, but didn't argue the point. She knew her Pokemon was an arrogant little snot sometimes (Or, y'know. Most of the time), and that subject didn't really need to be expanded on. Simply chucking the two squabbling animals in a room and hoping they'd get along eventually probably wouldn't be a good plan either...

Promptly snagging the labcoat from Stein's hand, Sheena briskly shook it out and nudged the prone Corrine's rump insistantly with a boot until he got up again. The look the Vulpix shot her was nothing short of venomous before he returned to his blowdrying duties.

"I'm just as stuck as you are." She responded wryly, turning the labcoat in place to allow it to dry evenly. "I was going to see if I could find a group to travel with, but chances of that are pretty slim in this weather."

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"And now you're stuck with me as my personal launderer," he said with a smirk. Though he knew well enough to not push it; the last thing he needed was for her to get pissed at him and make the Vulpix stop drying his clothes. Stein vaguely wondered if it would be willing to do hair, too.

"Why were you looking for a group, anyway? You seem to be doing just fine on your own." The scientist was certainly enjoying the solitude - or relative solitude, considering he did technically have a traveling companion. It seemed to him that he hadn't been able to be alone in quite some time and he sort of missed it.

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Sheena raised an eyebrow, but otherwise said nothing about the quip. She'd have to make a mental note to kick his butt in another battle sometime soon for that comment. "I've just got used to travelling with people. The conversation tends to make the journey seem shorter, if nothing else." After judging the coat to be as warm and dry as it was going to get, Sheena set about folding it in a neat square...

Apparently the laundry comment wasn't going to go unpunished after all, if her suddenly tossing the labcoat over Stein's head was any indication. With a satisfied smirk of her own, Fujibayashi knelt down to help Corrine wobble somewhat unsteadily over to her prior to settling him over her shoulders in his usual position.

"Normally I'd charge for drying duty, but I'll let this one slide."

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Stein picked the coat up off the floor with a slight roll of his eyes before shaking it a bit to get any dirt off. Women. "I appreciate that, considering I just spent most of my money stocking up on a few things." Mostly Pokeballs; considering he was starting to learn his Magnemite's weaknesses, he didn't want to be caught off guard again.

He could understand Sheena's need for conversation more than he cared to admit. After getting used to Spirit's near-constant talking, he liked a little bit of background noise when wandering around, usually. "And I've gotten used to being alone. To each his own," Stein commented with a wry smirk.