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[fingersandteeth]

This is Steven. Leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

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[fingersandteeth]

You would, and yet there's alcohol. And yet we can (and do) have sex. There's obviously some sort of upper limit to how kid friendly this place really is.

[epitaffio]

[...]

You're having sex?

[fingersandteeth]

Well. Not at the present moment. But most nights, yes. I *do* have a new boyfriend these days.

And Doppio? It's mostly not vanilla.

[epitaffio]

OKAY OKAY you don't have to tell me the details!!
That's your personal life we're talking about!

[fingersandteeth]

I'm just making the point that kid-friendly only goes so far.

I mean honestly, there's a burlesque joint in Ecruteak. The innocence of the region has an upper limit.

[epitaffio]

That's so weird.
Why allow that kind of thing and then not even let people swing a weapon?

[fingersandteeth]

I suppose the space llama god has less problems with sex than he does violence.

But no, seriously, Doppio, there are *hook-up* apps for your pokegear. You just need to know the right places to look.

[epitaffio]

The what god now?

[Just when he thought this conversation couldn't spin any further out of control...]

Oh and I don't want to hook up with anybody either, thanks

[fingersandteeth]

The space llama god that rules over this world?

His name is Arceus, I think. I just call him 'the space llama god' because it's the way I first heard about him and I find it an amusingly surreal descriptor.

[epitaffio]

Is that supposed to be common knowledge?

[fingersandteeth]

More or less, I think?

[epitaffio]

Okay because this is the first I'm hearing of it.

[fingersandteeth]

I mean, I haven't noticed anyone venerating him either? But I've heard people mention Arceus before and that he's in control of this world and it didn't *seem* like it was supposed to be a secret.

[epitaffio]

So it's not like it's a religion or anything?
It's just part of this world?

[fingersandteeth]

From what I can tell, yeah.

[epitaffio]

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So God is real in this world??

[fingersandteeth]

*A* god is. I don't know about *God* God. I haven't seen any indication outside of Christmas and it's not like there's been any nativities going up or anything like that.

[epitaffio]

But it IS pretty much *God* God for them right?
Unless there's more of them
More gods here, I mean

[fingersandteeth]

I haven't studied comparative Pokeworld religions. Maybe?

[epitaffio]

[... Man, he is NOT sure how to unpack this.]

Okay...
Thanks for the help

[HE THINKS??]

[fingersandteeth]

You're welcome. Let me know when you want to go hand out everstones to Paras again?

[epitaffio]

Oh yeah!
That's totally slipped my mind with everything else going on...

[fingersandteeth]

Well, it *is* a particular busy Christmas season.

[epitaffio]

I'm guessing it doesn't usually get this big?

[You know... the Christmas "Activities".]

[fingersandteeth]

I mean, I didn't show up until early February, but from everything I've heard, this year is... special.

Oh, I should let you know if they haven't told you that the head office is going to want you in Goldenrod for tomorrow night, even though you've been scoping out Azalea. We're trying to go particularly big and loud there to distract from everywhere else and that means they want the best and brightest to play distraction. And that includes us.