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[ Private Text Sent to Ventus in the early Morning }

I must speak with you. Attend to me when you are available.

[ The feed clicks on to briefly show a Shinx's face before he grabs at the Gear, carrying the device in his mouth and turning it around to face his trainer. Said trainer's currently standing at what looks to be a dock, stretching quite languidly, and... in swimwear.

Unaware of the shenanigans her little Pokemon is up to, Nero pumps up her fist once she's done stretching. ]

Mmm! Such a beautiful day! I believe Spring has finally arrived. A good time for an exercise...

Right, Praetor?

[ There doesn't seem to be an answer to whoever Nero's just addressed... until a distant roar is heard. There's a slight rumble as whatever it is is coming closer, then a very loud splash occurs in front of Nero's face as a Gyarados rises from the depths of the oceans, peering down at her trainer. She merely laughs while her Gyarados lowers her head so that Nero can climb and sit on top of her crown. ]

Now... let us dance!

[ Her response from her sea serpent is a loud roar, before Praetor crashes back into the ocean, with Nero still on top. Lux the Shinx lets out a yelp and ambles closer to the edge of the dock, where Nero and Praetor the Gyarados pop out of the surface of the ocean ahead, and you can still hear the Emperor's jubilant cries.

Yup. Someone's bouncing with her recently evolved Gyarados. In Goldenrod waters. ]

[ Actual Video, a few hours afterward ]

[ The feed snaps back on after a moment, now showing Nero actually addressing the Gear herself. Still in her swim wear, but with a red towel draped around her shoulders and currently sipping on a can of lemonade, she takes a moment to swallow before speaking: ]

Good afternoon. Due to... recent events, I feel I must ask whether or not Johto holds an annual... festival, of sorts? Truly, there are times to be serious, but keeping that a constant in one's life is just as unhealthy as being too lax!

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Ah... *giving a quick glance to her proper, before immediately looking back away from the gear.*

If nothing else, it certainly seems like you're making the most of the life here! In... many different ways!

Haha! Indeed, I am! This world certainly has given many new opportunities to try. If nothing else, if, by some miracle, my Master arrives in this realm, I will have much to tell her!

Um, then... I hope you can find many more opportunities! Both in Johto and even Kanto if you go that far...

*... wait* Wait, Master? Are... um... Are you a servant as well? *ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TYPE OF MASTER, HAYATE.*

It is not an "if," but when.

[ You're getting a bit of a hard stare, Hayate, almost as if she's sizing you up. ] That depends on what sort of Servant you and I are discussing. If you are mistaking me for a simple retainer, I would take great offense to that!

W-Well... It took me well over a year to get this far myself! ... though it hasn't been open that long, all things considered...

*Oh great he's flustering a little as he notices the stare, since he's trying to look her in the eye somewhat.* I-- I am? Or-- rather-- You would? Um... I-I meant as just... someone who serves... Not specifically a retainer or anything that fancy... I'm a butler, after all... I might fight from time to time, but it's not my main role!

Everyone goes at their own paces. [ She will leave it at that. ]

Hm? I see; your form of servitude is slightly opposite from mine. To battle is expected of me! And speak up, boy. All your stuttering makes you sound unsure about your station as a butler!

--eh?! W-Well... Um... I kind of... haven't done my job for almost two years now... It kind of goes without saying I would be a little unsure about my position after that...

Then are you not satisfied with your freedom? Unless, of course, you became a butler voluntarily.

N-No! That's not-- I mean... I owe Ojou-sama everything... It was out of the necessity for a job at first, then it was out of the debt I had to pay, but...

I... I could never be satisfied about not serving her...

Oho? The matter became something more?

Kind of...? There were so many people I never would have met-- or met again-- if not for becoming her butler... She kind of just... Gave me a new life, I guess...? So calling not serving her "freedom" would just feel like the biggest insult I could ever give...

Such an interesting tale! To find freedom within servitude. It sounds like it would make an engrossing love story.

*SPUTTERS* L-Love--?! D-Don't be ridiculous...! Ojou-sama is just a kid... And it would be a shounen style romantic comedy, if anything...

A "child"? You should have said so in the first place!

--eh? T-That didn't seem important... I mean... She's thirteen, so she's three years younger than me, you know?

... well! How about when you're both older?

*Nero no don't plant these kind of things into his head*

--eh?! S-She would still be... Ojou-sama... She's like a little sister, you know? Could you look at boy you thought of as a brother in that light if you watched him grow up...?

[ why not ]

So you would always consider her the younger sibling, even when she will grow to develop adult needs and worries?

*IT WILL END IN HAREM COMEDY TRAGEDY...*

... eh? EH?! I-- Um-- Y-Yes! Of course! I-- I'm her butler, so... I-I'll help her however I can, but-- t-those kind of things aren't...

They are not... what?

Th... Those are the kind of needs her suitors should be responsible for, not her butler!

I have seen plenty of occurrences where one's butler is also their suitor.

[ Oh, Romans. ]

--T-THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE!

*Not on his side of things anyway, ha ha ha.*

[ She lets out a hearty laugh and her smile and eyes glimmer with a deviant light. ]

For now.

I-- You-- C-Can we please stop talking abou this kind of thing?!

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