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[It's been a while since Larry last made a network post. With so much going on—disappearances, conventions, and lots of battling at the Training Center—the thought of making a post completely slipped his mind. But he's got a good reason to post today.

The feed opens up to, well...not Larry, that's for sure. It's a mass of blue and purple with extremely happy expressions. They excitedly crowd the screen, chattering away.]

Wobba Wob! Wy? Wobba Wobba! Wy? Woooobbuffet! Wy! Wynaut!

[Eventually Larry worms his way between the two of them, laughing.]

Okay guys, I think they get the point.

[The Wobbuffet and Wynaut playfully try to shove him back out but he holds them tight.]

Did you guys catch the EV News the other day? There's gonna be a Wynaut swarm! I actually didn't know Wobbuffet had a baby form until I got this little guy for Christmas.

[He affectionately pats Wynaut's head, who cries happily in response.]

But it got me thinking. I haven't seen a lot of people with a Wynaut or Wobbuffet! I almost wonder if I'm the only one aside from Gym Leader Sabrina in Saffron. And y'know what? I wanna fix that, 'cause you guys have no clue what you're missing out on.

[He backs up from the 'Gear with his Pokemon, revealing that they're in one of the Training Center's battle locations. Two other Pokemon are nearby: a Stunfisk and a Poliwrath. Wynaut and Wobbuffet line up across from them.]

See, the thing with Wynaut and Wobbuffet is they like to wait and go second during battle. Wobbuffet is my starter so it was pretty hard to get used to that kind of style at first. But it's really really worth it, especially with the moves they have. It's even better if your opponents have no idea what these guys are capable of.

[He turns to face his Pokemon. Time to call out some attacks!]

Poliwrath and Stunfisk, DynamicPunch and Thunderbolt!

[As if prepared for these commands, the Pokemon set off their respective moves. Poliwrath races toward Wobbuffet to deliver a powerful punch and Stunfisk sends a stream of electricity toward Wynaut.]

Wobbuffet and Wynaut, Counter and Mirror Coat!

[Crying enthusiastically, the two Pokemon begin to glow, Wobbuffet orange and Wynaut shiny white. When Poliwrath connects with Wobbuffet's body, he is sent flying backward, and lands on his feet while skidding to a halt. Stunfisk's Thunderbolt bounces off Wynaut and flies right back at him. Luckily the electric attack has no effect in this case so he just absorbs it.

Larry grins back at the camera, obviously quite proud of what just unfolded.]

You can send any Pokemon's move right back at them as long as you wait to go second! They've got a couple more tricks up their sleeves, but we'll just keep that a mystery for now. You'll figure it out if you go catch a Wynaut or Wobbuffet yourself. [With an obvious winking motion,] Hint hint!

[Wynaut and Wobbuffet are already back to crowd the camera. Larry laughs again, petting them both.] Plus they're great Pokemon all-around. You guys should totally go catch one by the Dark Cave! And if you want help training them, I'm at the Celadon Training Center, so feel free to stop by!

[Wow, nice shameless advertising, Larry.

All three give a salute for the closing bit.]

Catch you guys later!

Wobba Wobba! Wyyyynaut!

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[Did she just throw her Pokemon? Yeah, she sure did just throw her Pokemon. Wow.

Larry keeps his eyes on the woman rather than the creepy-ass frog. Not that that's very hard to do; she isn't exactly hard on the eyes.]

Is he good at battling at least?

[If you think that's bad, you should see how she treats her Magikarp. Toughening that thing up is hard, man.]

He packs a pretty big punch for a creepy ass frog. Not exactly my ideal partner, but he suits me just fine.

[Magikarps have it hard, yeah.]

Have you gone up against Falkner yet? I'm kinda curious to see how he'd hold up since I think they're part Fighting, right?

[Gyarados makes it totally worth it, though.]

Not yet. I don't think this team of mine is ready to take on a Gym Leader yet. It's better to play it safe than to rush in there guns blazing. That just makes you look like an ass.

...though I am curious. How tough is this Falkner guy?

[Larry mulls that question over.]

He's not that bad? Like, you can still take him out by going with type matchups but he's definitely prepared to be at a type disadvantage. A lot of people have trouble with his Noctowl 'cause of Hypnosis.

Hypnosis, huh?

[If she remembers correctly, that puts Pokémon to sleep. What a dickwad, using status moves.]

How about his levels?

Yup. I got lucky 'cause Wobbuffet came with Safeguard. That prevents opponents from using status moves on any Pokemon I use until it wears off. Maybe one of your Pokemon has something like that too?

As for levels...they're like low to mid thirties I think.

Nope.

And unfortunately, none of my guys are even close to level thirty. My two highest are both at level twenty, which means there's going to be a lot of level grinding happening in my future.

Well that sucks. About both points, I mean. On the bright side, maybe your guys will get some useful moves before they hit thirty?

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Maybe. And if not, it's cool. At least training will give me something to do.

Anyway, thanks for the info. I'll keep it in mind.

No prob. Let me know how you do when you finally do battle him!

[Oh Larry...

That gets her to crack a smirk.]

What's this? Someone cares about little ole' me? I'm touched.

[... WELL THAT REACTION WAS NOT EXPECTED. At all. He's actually a little flustered by it.]

W-Well I wanna know if my advice actually pays off, y'know? I'm sure you'll beat him no matter what anyway!

[Well if she gets a rise out of him that easily, let's see what other buttons she can press.]

You're sure, huh? Any reason why you think I won't lose?

I dunno. You seem the type who won't take defeat as an answer.

[He gathered that mostly by her demeanor. HE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THE LADIES OKAY.]

Well you'd be right about that. Losing just isn't my thing.

[Folding her arms, she looks at him with a raised eyebrow. That smirk from before hasn't faded yet, by the way. In fact it might have grown a bit bigger.]

Still, you must have a good eye to notice that. Bit of a Casanova, are we?

[Getting a little more courage from being right (he's extremely shocked by that), Larry will return with a smirk of his own.]

Something like that. I've got my ways.

That so? For someone who's got their ways, you certainly seem bad at introducing yourself.

[Like she's any better, but shhhhh.]

... Oops.

[He was totally getting to that!]

I'm Larry, and I work at the Celadon training center. Nice to meetcha and stuff.

I'm Jeane. Nice to meet you too.

[She certainly doesn't sound too enthusiastic, but that's just the way she is. Probably.

...wait, did he just say training center?]

You work at a Training Center?

Jeane! That's a nice name.

[And thankfully isn't the name of a past girlfriend. He has a thing about that...]

Yeah, I mentioned it in this post. It's over in Celadon City. Riku runs it, and I help out by battling the customers. It's basically here to help trainers level up their Pokemon faster.

I guess it is. Never thought about it too much.

[Gosh, wouldn't that be awful...]

Did you now? I tend to tune out certain things, so I must've missed it. Ah well, either way maybe I'll go pay this place a visit some time.

Oh. [Well, at least she didn't tune out the most important parts of the post...!] But yeah, you should totally visit! It's really nice here. We've got a bunch of training rooms and even places for trainers to chill!

I'll definitely consider it. Though I'm not exactly sure how to get to Celadon from Johto, besides taking that ship. Would you mind helping a girl out?

You can take the magnet train to Saffron and then travel to Celadon on foot! It's one city over from Saffron so it's not too bad.

I could always meet you in Saffron too; I've got huge Pokemon to ride on.

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