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Green’s smile is gentle, but he is happy to see Red open up a little bit, accept his help. “I’m more than happy to hear that,” He says the words with a sort of sugary softness he rarely gives even when he’s in a good mood. But Red brings out both the best and worst of him, even when he wasn’t trying.
Green relaxes a little, leans into his seat a little more comfortable with himself now that Red is as well. Though he can see the moisture in Red’s eyes, Green smiles.
“In a good way, I hope.“ He’s joking gently, but there’s a very real smile on his face. Making Red overly emotional had not been his goal, but making sure his friend was happy… That was important to him.
Green tilts his head, before reaching out again, this time to pluck Red’s hat off of his head, ruffle his hair, and deposit the hat again on the top. “C’mon now Red. Don’t let the ice cream melt on you.” He’s teasing Red of course, but under the words is a very real concern. Red still didn’t look too good from the exposure to the heat outside, and he didn’t want his friend to have heatstroke.
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“So, why don’t you eat up, and I can catch you up on what happened down here? There’s been some new discoveries I think you’d like.“

   “Mhm, in a good way.” Red assures the other quietly, as if he’s a little embarrassed about it. Snatching his hat away temporarily for the sake of ruffling him up does a good job of getting some more noise out of him, however. “Ah--- Hey---!” The light protests aren’t backed up with any physical resistance but he does shut his eyes to ‘brace himself’.

   Once Red’s hat is back on his head where it belongs, his cheeks puff out, only to be replaced by an amused smile shortly after. The more distractions to keep him from getting too sappy, the better. Plus, it’s true that the ice cream is starting to melt... he wouldn’t want to waste it! The underlying concern goes completely unnoticed.

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   “Hah... Okay, okay. Even if it becomes like an ice cream soup I’ll finish it off, don’t worry.” He’s not exaggerating there. “Oh? What kinda stuff? I bet you have lots of stories.” Just like Red agreed, he’s back to eating the ice cream and it’s cooling down his body a considerable amount. While it tastes great, he’s not even looking at the spoon or tub anymore ( hopefully he won’t miss his mouth and get it all over his face )--- instead, Red’s eyes are lit up and suddenly locked in Green’s direction with no signs of averting elsewhere like before. Without realizing, he’s started to lean forward.

   When they were little, he used to go to Green for all sorts of questions, especially Pokemon related things ( Green’s always been a better reader and academic ). He could listen to him talk for hours. Some things never change.

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   Mt. Pyre is notorious for paranormal activity and often has visitors coming to pay their respects. It’s very much like what Pokemon Tower used to be like, except it takes up an entire mountain. Of course something like that is right up Red’s alley and this isn’t his first time going out of his way to scale it. During his trek, he found a Shuppet crying all alone which brought everything to a halt. 

   That evolution line comes from abandoned toys, right? When the grudge gets big enough, they turn into a Banette. Maybe this one was recently thrown away?

   “Hey, are you lonely...?” Red crouches down. “You came to the right place, you know. There’s lots of Pokemon you could make friends with here. Do you wanna come look with me?” The Shuppet hesitates initially but the joy of receiving attention is enough to convince it. The two continue their way up Mt. Pyre until they notice something that looks like a flower poking out from behind a large stone. Thinking it might be a possible companion for Shuppet, they go to investigate... but it turns out it was actually just a human with flower ornaments in their hair!

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   “Oh--- You’re not a Pokemon. Sorry!” The trainer waves his hands in front of himself before dipping his head, feeling as though he might have interrupted what this stranger was doing. Shuppet looks crestfallen.

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   Red is fond of all the Gym Leaders ( aside from one but he’s no longer holding his position, so there’s no point in lingering on that ) but Erika stands out as being special and is especially easy to approach--- which is a pretty big thing for him. It’s for a few reasons... One being that she’s the daughter of the owner of Silph Co. who Red played a hand in helping during Team Rocket’s prime. Secondly and more sentimentally, Erika reminds Red of his mom. The fondness they have towards keeping tradition alive and the calm atmosphere around them both is similar, even if they are very much distinct people.

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   “Well, you see...” His associations tie in pretty seamlessly into why Red chose to visit today. “It’s my mom’s birthday soon but I don’t know what to get her this time. I know she’d like anything but... I wanna do something really nice. Do you think you could help me, maybe, if it’s okay?”

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