A guys' night out

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Who: itsthebutz & usedsuitup
Where: Violet City Café
When: Sometime on the evening of November 8th
Summary: Larry and Barney take some time to chill out at the cosplay café, checking out the girls and talking about life.
Rating: PG/PG-13ish? It's Larry and Barney, who knows what they're going to talk about.
Log:

Larry sighed as he stood at the entrance to the cafe, listening to the chatter and music coming from inside the café while he waited for his bud. It had been a long couple of days, so he was glad to just get together with someone and hopefully push all the bad thoughts to the back of his mind for at least a few hours.

At least, looking at cute girls in costumes had never failed him before...

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Larry couldn't help but grin at the sight of his friend. He could already tell tonight was going to be awesome. He trotted up to Barney's side, already picturing what the inside of the café was going to look like from all the excitement of the festival.

"Ready for a good time?" He finally spoke, opening the door to the café and allowing the aroma of coffee and the sound of music to float out from the inside.

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"You bet I am," Barney grinned, perhaps one of the biggest grins he'd had since he got here. Man it felt good to be doing the stuff he normally did with a Bro. The trainer stuff was starting to get old.

He adjusted his tie, and walked through the open door. The place was certainly hopping with people. Not quite the same as a bar or a club, but it was close enough, and he'd take it. Especially with the costumes. Normally he didn't go for that kind of stuff, but it was starting to grow on him.

"Daddy's home," He said, glancing around.

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Larry followed, scoping out the cafe and its inhabitants. And score, the waitresses were looking particularly lovely tonight. He just knew that today was a good day to come.

He nudged Barney excitedly. "Dude, get a load of this one." he whispered, pointing out a particular one. She was dressed like a Bellossom, complete with leaf mini skirt.

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"Nice choice," Barney grinned, looking her over. He had to commend the manager of the place. He'd done a good job. Barney nodded at a girl dressed as a Flareon and grinned.

"So, what do you want to do first? Get something to eat or chat someone up?"

He was up for either.

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"Why don't we get a bite to eat first? I'm pretty hungry." Larry replied, looking for an open table. It was amazing that he was even hungry from all the junk food he had earlier in the day. Running around with art supplies must take a lot out of a guy. Or maybe just the smell of food in the place was just making him crave something.

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"Sure, sounds like a good idea," Barney replied. He wasn't too hungry, having had his fill of festival food. Nurse Joy had given him the day off to enjoy the festival, after Barney had agreed to a date the next day. He was starting to get the urge to leave Violet and continue on. As unappealing as that option was.

He found them a table near the window, but at the same time close enough to the action that they could still see everything that was going on. Barney took a seat and leaned back in the chair.

"Man, it's been a while since I've done this."

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Plopping down in the chair across from Barney, Larry rested his arms on the table with one hand on his chin.

"Same here," he replied as his gaze wandered to what was going on outside the window, "I've been spending a lot of time training for my gym battle." He sighed a little. He was only training so much because he wanted to get his mind off of things. "I just want to beat the leader before Nick gets back so we can get outta this city."

Was Phoenix even going to want to leave now, though? He wanted to avoid his crazy ex girlfriend, but instead he just allowed himself to be tricked by her again. Larry wasn't even sure what was going to happen when they got back, because he knew Phoenix would be with her.

He suddenly perked up, looking at Barney. "So what are your plans? You've been here a looong time too."

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Barney honestly had to think about that. He didn't really have any plans as it stood right now. Ideally he wanted to go home. It was fun, sort of, being with pokemon and stuff, but New York was where he belonged.

"Haven't really thought about it. I mean, first plan that comes to mind is finding a way home, but I have no clue where to start with that. I guess, I just want to get to Goldenrod City, and then figure things out from there."

Goldenrod seemed to be the closest he'd be getting to home, so he figured that was a good place to aim for.

"What about you? You seem to know what you're doing here."

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Larry brightened up a bit at Barney's response. "Well when we get a move on from Violet, that's the direction we're headed. Toward Goldenrod, I mean."

And really, he couldn't be more excited to move on to Azalea and beyond. He was sick of Violet City, to be honest. The café was nice of course, but he wanted to see new things. He wanted to see what else Johto had to offer for him. And most of all, he wanted to see more new Pokémon.

"My plan? Well..." He wanted to mention what was going on the group, but really, no one would want to deal with it if they knew about it. "My main goal is to get all the badges and challenge the Elite Four. At least I hope there's an Elite Four here."

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"Seriously bro? Hey, when you leave, you mind if I join up with you guys? I'm getting sick of this place to, and well, safety in numbers and all that," Barney asked. He really didn't want to travel alone again, especially if the journey involved woods and a cave. Camping was not his strong suit.

Plus he was a social guy. He liked being around people. And he needed to get away from the Joy here. He was starting to get the feeling that she thought they were in a relationship or something.

"This place is pretty much the game, right? So, if there's gyms, there's probably an 83% chance of there being an Elite Four," Barney nodded sagely.

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"Best idea I've heard all day!" Larry replied happily. No really, he was excited. He really liked Barney (as a bro of course), and the thought of traveling with him sounded amazing. Just think of all the hell they could raise in Goldenrod!

"I bet my group is gonna love you too," he added, thinking of his travel buddies. But then something hit him. "Hey, you haven't really met any of my buds from back home, have you?"

[[OOC: Sorry this is so late, bb! Embarrassingly, the tag totally slipped my mind.]]

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"Awesome! Thanks Larry, that's a load off my mind."

It really was. Now he didn't have to worry about facing the wild outdoors all on his own. Not that he couldn't, after all, he had his pokemon with him. But still.

"No, I don't think I have. I sort of know of them from watching the pokegear, but I've never really talked to any of them."

At least, not that he could recall. "What are they like?"

[ooc: no worries.]