it starts in your feet then it goes to your head

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Who: Kotetsu, Barnaby and Kaede
Where: edge of New Bark Town, near Route 29
When: Tues, Nov. 5th (early evening)
Summary: An old man, a little girl, and a bunny all begin their Pokemon adventure.
Rating: G

Maybe he'd just gotten a little too carried away with his drinking. Excitement tended to do that, what with the holidays and the rush of the winter air in your lungs, the bright daze of Christmas lights and decorations. The adrenaline he'd felt course through his veins as he raced after another criminal, followed by the joy of being next to his old partner once more.

He was happy in a way he hadn't been in a long time, and that was cause for celebration, wasn't it? But then if that made him hallucinate blue and black cats that shot electricity at you, and meeting women that were around your age calling you their mother, then maybe for once, Kotetsu could remember to not get that enthusiastic with alcohol. Okay, so lesson learned. He'd stop at three glasses of wine instead of five. Or ten. And a couple beers. How much did he have again?

Kotetsu stared off toward the rustling grass nearby where that weird little cat was still running around without a care in a world, wondering just how on earth he could have dreamed up something like this. Suddenly though, he could hear the sound of faint voices and footsteps nearby, loud enough that it caught his Pokemon's attention. Shinx's fur sparked as it dashed out of the grass toward whoever was approaching them, and Kotetsu lazily stood up from his seated spot on the ground to go after it and keep the cat out of trouble. "Y'know, you're more like a yappy dog than a cat. Keep it down, maybe someone's just goin' for a walk?"

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Kotetsu had raised an eyebrow at Barnaby, a little confused on what he meant by recently. He actually hadn't seen Kaede in about a month or so, seeing as that had been the last time he had gotten a chance to head over to Oriental Town to visit. He had promised her he'd try to take more of his time to seei her and the rest of his family even as he continued being a hero, so while she had sort of been with him a while ago, Barnaby had been away for almost a year... unless a year counted as 'recently' by his standards.

But they had more important matters to handle for the time being, and so Kotetsu let the whole unasked question fade into nothing as he sighed heavily, turning toward the direction of the large forest-like route stretched out ahead of them. "Let's get going then. Considering how empty that town was where we started, there's got to be another one nearby that's a little bigger. That's just how these places work out."

Someplace to head to for food and such, which was exactly how his own hometown was made. "Maybe they'll give us better directions," Kotetsu continued distractedly, catching sight of his Pokemon still running around in the grass, and he shook his head as he called out to get its attention.

"Hey, you! Get back here! Don't make me leave you behind!"