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[It's a very attractive look on Jake, and Dirk is still getting it through his head that he caused it. He will probably never get over that.

In the meantime, he's just going to shift closer to Jake. He's allowed to do that now, after all! There are a lot of things he gets to do now, though there's one in particular that he's thinking of.]

Give me a day to set it up. Then I'll escort you there.

[Things Dirk did not expect: this.

Maybe he should have, he realizes, his third time reading it through. Things did start out as his fault, all the way back at the Christmas party. He'd done shit because Bro had been meddling where he wasn't wanted, because he'd been interfering with Dirk's plans.

Except he never did that. And shit only started going down after Dirk started it.

Fuck, he's been a bastard, hasn't he. Bro isn't AR. He should know better.]

Apology accepted.
I misread your motives, and was therefore a real shit myself.
Particularly with the Munchlax. That was a dumbass move on my part.
I assumed that you had your own goals whenever you meddled, and that your goals had to do with negating mine.
Which has been proven wrong, at this point.
I can't say if we'll get along, but I'm fine with calling this competition of shittiness off.

[Jake: Remain An Oblivious Doofus

Sure, he can do that!]

Haha, I'm glad I won't be in suspense for too long, then!

[Dirk will have to train him to respond to obvious cues. For now, he'll just nudge him with an elbow.]

Just don't stay up all night thinking about it.

[Dirk will need all the patience of a couple hundred Saints for this endeavor.]

Nonsense, I'd do nothing of the sort! I mean, if I stayed up all night thinking about it, then I wouldn't have as much energy for it as I should.

[He can be patient. Mostly.]

Since when do you not have more than enough energy for everything?

When I don't get enough sleep.

[Yet he'll still get up at dawn. You know he's sick when he's not up by then.]

[... The innuendo here is just too amusing. Dirk's just going to be over here smiling to himself.]

Noted. I'll just have to keep you up all night after the date.

[And it sails over Jake's head.]

Haha, good luck with that! As you've said, I've got a lot of energy to spare.

[Some day it won't. Dirk will be patient for this.]

Even so, I doubt you can stay awake longer than I can.

That sounds like a challenge.

Maybe it is.

[Challenging each other to stay up as long as possible? Boys, please.]

But it'll have to wait until we take care of this date.

Well, if it is, then I'll accept the challenge, good sir!

[He grins.]

Of course. We have to be in tip top shape for that!

You don't even know what it is, what're you saying tip-top shape for?

Doesn't matter. We should have as much energy as possible for whatever we happen to do together.

[ It's around five minutes later that Valeria gets back to him and she's rather pleased that he opted for voice over text. It's good to actually hear his voice. Tells her a little more than text, in a way. ]

Sorry about that. I've got a few young additions on this end and Cas isn't exactly helping.

[ A semi-innocent piiiiii can be heard rather close. Sounds like someone's perching either on a shoulder or on top of his trainer's head. ]

If that's 'not bad,' I have to wonder how 'good' is for you. I'm glad to hear it, though, and... well, no, nothing in particular really brought this up. It's just been a while is all.

calling to give you an update we have met up with jane
going to stay in town overnight because theres a bad storm on the way then head out when we wake up
if its passed by then
obviously it might not so whereever skies are clear
and apparently its crockeregbert tradition to greet each other with pranks and fake mustaches
what a weird family
[Dave. You were raised by a puppet porn artist, you really don't have room to talk.]

we are in the air and heading out
couple days before were back in pewter
if a storm doesnt bum rush or charge at us
which sounds a little wrong
ok i got to focus on steering snoop or smack into a mountain
what a way to go
he was dumb and texting so he hit that rock and ah that wasnt going anywhere
see ya bro

so radio silence for two days had an answer
mostly busy as hell and making plans and shit
usual stuff
topped with all my eggs hatching at once
it was like this wave of oh hey its time to complicate your life
dragons bite fyi like a lot
then we got back to town and the rest of the little bastards piped up
daves home this means crowd around and cling to his legs
maybe i spoil them a bit too much or something
were in pewter again and im going to go pass the hell out

[Okay, now he's just chuckling.]

Of course.

[It certainly won't tell her anything bad. He sounds pretty amused when he responds, immediately this time.]

What's he up to this time?

I reserve my words for the appropriate time to be used. "Not bad" implies average, which is how things are. Good would be a more specific situation, not a general feeling.

[If anything, the grin just gets wider.]

Hah! I made you laugh without resorting to tickles!

[Dirk has no idea how much of a victory Jake feels about this.]

Messages received.
Good to know.
What eggs have you gotten? Other than bitey dragons, that is.

got another eevee
the rock poke larvitar
vulpix
and one of those charmanders with the sick move pool
debating what to turn this eevee into
might just wait and let him evolve without a stone

You've unlocked the secret. Maybe now you won't have to resort to that every time you want me to smile.

[Please? Maybe?]

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