realityshifted | ♚ eleventh step ♚

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♚ eleventh step ♚

[ In the library, there is a sleeping boy. This boy has an egg! It is an odd, yellow egg with one pink dot on each side of it and black lightning bolt patterns along the crown. How curious.

Unbeknownst to Sefton, the egg begins to stir, rocking back and forth from its cradle of his curled up legs and arms. It's making sounds! It's about to hatch!

Crack...

Crack... crackcrack—

Congratulations! Your egg has hatched into a Pichu! And boy, is the little tyke just SO HAPPY to be alive. In fact, it's so excited, it discharges some electricity on accident. Zzzap. ]

O—ow! What—... uh. Hi.

Pi pichu!

[ ~~WELL YOU GUYS SAID IT COULD BE A POKéMON~~ I mean, standard Sefton disclaimer, yadda yadda. ]

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[Kyouya simply gives Sefton a well-cultivated smile of polite blandness.] It seems he finds it so.

Sh-shut up.

[ It seems Pichu didn't find what it was looking for, and crawls out of the cabinet to run across to the fridge. Moments later... ]

Chuuuu...!

[ Sefton pokes his head in, then his hand, and pulls out a box of strawberries - with complimentary Pichu clinging to the side of it. He sets it on the counter, only for Pichu to begin its struggle in getting it open once again. ]

[Kyouya watches the Pichu in its attempt with mild curiosity] I wonder if it will be able to open that on its own.

[ Sefton also watches. Just as he's about to step in and do it himself, the Pichu steps back, prepares itself... and lets loose a small bolt of electricity at the package. It sizzles, melts, and pops partway open. ]

Pi! [ Happily, it pushes the lid all the way up and reaches inside for its delicious reward. Om nom nom.

Sefton, in the meanwhile, stares. ] Uh...

[Even Kyouya is startled by that.]

He's... very creative.

That's... one word for it. [ Another being "violent". Or "overkill"! ]

Are you certain you won't be training him?

[ SIIIGH. ] How'm I supposed to train that?

Probably how you would raise a small child or loud teenager. Withdraw presents from them when they misbehave and reward them with treats when they act appropriately.

... so, what? You saying I should take its food away?

[ Finished with its first strawberry, Pichu rubs at the little red sacks on its cheeks in bliss, then quickly reaches for another one. ]

That would seem to require a certain amount of heartlessness.

[So Kyouya could do it pretty easily. He isn't sure Sefton could.]

[ Sefton leans his upper body against the side of the fridge. Hmph. ] Yeah, guess it would.

[Kyouya is quiet for a moment, thinking to himself.]

[The results of his contemplation:]

If we brought creatures like this to the club, designation rates would increase dramatically.

... What?

Our customers are attracted to things that are 'moe,' as Renge-kun describes it. Something like this would qualify. It could compensate for the upcoming potential losses, and if there is no loss, then it would be added revenue. We could do a photo album or doujinshi to compliment the event.

[In his way, he just called the Pichu 'cute.']

[ Surprisingly, he picks up on that, so he's actually kind of amused at the whole spiel. ] So... you do want it?

[ Its immediate hunger satisfied, Pichu begins walking around on only its hind legs, carrying a strawberry to nibble on, while it tries peeking into smaller cabinets and drawers along the countertop. ]

I have my own egg. Regardless, I'd have to request extra eggs from the Twins. Host events must be done as a group. ['as a family']

[And in a swift gesture, he adjusts his glasses and puts away the feelings he has been trying hard not to have. He smiles in that pleasant-yet-somehow-secretly-smug way.] Besides, it's attached to you. The term is 'imprinting,' I believe.

You think they'll let you have more? [ That actually makes Sefton wonder if Chivy got an egg... he'd probably want one, in any case. He makes a mental note to see about that. ]

... What, like a duck?

Yes, precisely. You hatched it, so you are its parent.

[ He clunks his head lightly against the fridge. ] Not everything works like that, though. Right?

I think that it should be the judge of that.

[ He scoffs, watching Pichu find its way to the sink. It seems torn, for a moment, between dropping its snack and climbing in, or continuing around. Curiosity wins out. It sets the strawberry down and carefully tries to climb down. The drop is just a little too long and it falls with a light thunk. ]

—chu!

[ Sefton just watches, not entirely sure what to do with this thing. It's all a little overwhelming. Not even counting the whole... can't-take-it-home aspect of its existence. ]

[Kyouya observes the fall curiously, but as there is no profit in it, he doesn't go to rescue the thing.]

I hope that's not one of those sinks with a blade in the drain.

[ Just had to say that, didn't you? Sefton waits a moment, then sighs and goes to the sink to check that the stopped is in place. Pichu takes this opportunity to climb up Sefton's arm, onto his shoulder, around his neck, then down his other arm and onto the counter. ]

Pichu! Pi pichu pipi?

I don't— [ Sefton grimaces. He's pretty sure it wants something, but he has no idea what. He glances to Kyouya to see if there's any insight to be had there. ]

[Kyouya isn't good with animals, but he has been having fun watching.] Perhaps it wants to be picked up?

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