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Boy, that week was a real blast, huh? I think I'm gonna miss being Kyo-chan for awhile...

[He gives a dreamy sigh as he runs a paw through his own, short hair. Easy come, easy go. At the very least, maybe Kyouko will appreciate what he did to her hair.

But being nostalgic for the body swap event isn't the main reason why Teddie is addressing the scrolls this fine morning, oh no.

This is business.]

Anyway, once upon a time ago, I was like "OH YEAH, I'm totally gonna go to school 'cause that's the mature thing to do" and everyone was all "No Teddie, school's closed for the summer!" so Kyo-chan got me a job instead and it was really, REALLY fun!

But now it sounds like everybody's all going to school, even Nana-chan, and I'm starting to bearcome super jealous. I don't know what the heck I should be doing! My schedule's way too busy to fit in both work and school, I'd have to take out a nap and I don't wanna even think about dropping snack time. I dunno how Yosuke manages both...

So I guess my question is, what would you choose? And how much do turtle babysitters run for?

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Keep working. School'ss a boring and lame bust.

But...but...friends....

Nngh...

[Teddie doesn't seem to care how boring school might be, all his friends are Doing the Thing™]

Then do what you want. I mean if that's the big thing for you for some reason, go for it. Who cares what anyone else thinks about that?

I care!! What if I break Bon-chan's heart, never to return again?! She'd wait by the hillside every sunset, whispering my name on the wind...

I couldn't do that to her!

[A lot of the time Pokey wonders why he bothers to talk to Teddie when he starts conversations with him. Then he remembers it's because of hysterical crap like this.

Pokey's snickering, but he's trying not to just out and out laugh at the moment.]

Okay but in the real world, if you tell her you're quitting to go to school, she'll probably understand.

Or ban you from the store forever! Either or.

B-b-banned?!

[If this doesn't call for screaming, he doesn't know what does. Teddie's paws pull down on his cheeks in horror.]

But she has all the best candy!!

Yeah I know!

You should probably stock up on that candy right now cause you know what?

Maybe she'll ban you for even posting this!

[...Okay. He should probably back off and admit it's a joke after this one but only after this one. This is too funny.]

N-NOOOOOOO!! That's...that's not fair! She wouldn't really do something like that, would she...?

[Then again, she has banned people before. Oh dear lord, it's absolutely possible.]

I-I gotta go!

No, she wouldn't, you big dumb baby.

[Okay, yeah. It's time to possibly put a form in this line before Teddie does something dumb like running off to Bon Bon about this and then Pokey gets banned from like the one decent candy store in this dump.

Of course, that doesn't mean he's done teasing him.]

Maybe you should go to school starting with, oh I don't know....kindergarten? Sounds like a good start to me, even if you're like the oldest person there. How old are you anyway?

[Is this guy really a teen?]

[Oh. OH.

That wasn't very funny at all. Teddie was nearly in tears there, how dare someone make a poor bear cry. Well, ha ha, Mr. Funny Man. He's not gonna fall for it this time.]

I'm forty-three, thank you bear-y much.

[SO THERE.]

[Oh come on now you're making him feel bad about it. Guilt is the worst thing ever, and Pokey wishes he had never managed to learn it.]

Yeah, yeah alright. I wasn't trying to hurt you, idiot.

Sorry. I guess.

[Do you have any idea how hard even saying sorry is, Teddie? Even as half assed as that? Do you?]

....But are you being serious? Because I'm used to everything not being the age they look by now.

[He may not realize it, but he will treasure it forever. This message is recorded.]

Well, I mean, I could be.

I don't...actually know how old I am.

[Oh, well that's....]

Yeah, well join the club on that one.

Depending on how you count it, I could be four years old or I could be fifteen.

It blows.

Edited 2014-11-02 20:18 (UTC)

Wowie, you're the smartest four-year-old I know!

[Not that he knows any four year olds.]

How the heck did you manage two ages?! I can't even get one.

So I'm going to make this as simple to understand as possible.

I'm a clone.

Edited 2014-11-02 22:22 (UTC)

Ah, okay, I gotcha.

...what's a clone?

[Pokey lets out a short, barking laugh of annoyance at that before running a hand over his scaly head.]

Yeah, that's not a surprise.

Okay, listen up. I'm going to give you an explanation in a way even you should understand, and I'm only going to do it once. Here.

[Pokey picks up a coin, holding it in front of the scroll.]

See this coin? It's old, right? It's been around a while. This coin is a real coin, no ifs, ands, or buts. Now.

[And Pokey holds up his hand and makes another coin appear, much like the food he had created the first time they met. The coin is indistinguishable from the first one he showed Teddie.]

Now this coin looks exactly like the first coin. It is the first coin in every way except that it didn't exist until just now. It and the first coin are the same thing, down to the last detail.

That's me. I'm not the first coin, I'm the second one. I'm a copy, not the original.

[And a computer program. And possibly several other lives before that, before the programming for them was wiped away and Pokey's personality was programmed into the virtual identity that it was.

But he thinks that might be a bit much for Teddie to try and grasp at the moment. Baby steps.]

[Ah see, that makes a ton of sense. Teddie's dealt with copies before, he should've just said that from the get-go. Now everything was all coming together, it explained Pokey's negative attitude to a tee. Putting the pieces together, Teddie could only make one logical conclusion.

He proceeds to scream.]

You...you're a Shadow!?!

[Good.]

[Oh come on. Pokey just shakes his head a moment, his hands opening in a confused motion, as if he's trying to physically grasp what Teddie's telling him.]

I don't even know what that is or what you're saying to me. No, you moron, I'm not a Shadow, I'm a copy. What are you even talking about?

How is it this hard explaining something to you? And you think you're going to go to school?

That's what a Shadow does, they look like the people they came from. Oh man, it all makes sense now! You can't help being such a bully, it's just in your nature!

B-But it's okay, we can still be friends! I'm a Shadow, too.

[Where the hell did this conversation go.]

Do you need a hug?

[It's just in his nature.

It wasn't what Teddie intended, but Pokey's face falls at that, and everything else about his demeanor with it. He just shakes his head for a moment before resting his head on the palm of a hand, trying to look away from the scroll.]

I'm not like you, Teddie.

No, it's fine. I've gotten used to it.

[If you think he's a bully now, you should have seen him a few years ago. And even then, he still hasn't come to terms with himself. Not in full, anyway.]

Edited 2014-11-02 22:53 (UTC)

[It's not like Teddie is just going to ignore him just like that. That's clearly a sad friend on the other end of the scroll, regardless of what's going on. Teddie might not understand, but does he really have to?

It doesn't take a genius to figure out something's up.]

I'm gonna hug the heck outta you!

You'll never take me alive.

[That is some seriousness unfitting the situation. No. No hugging never. It is clearly forbidden.]

Just you wait, bub.

[The scroll's rolled up.

Pokey better watch his back.

A bear may be on his way.]

[Oh he'll be waiting. And getting ready.

Just you wait and see.]

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