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[braveloyalhugs]

Hey everybody!

[Scorpia looks happy, at a glance. Those who are good at reading people or know her well might recognize this as her 'push down insecurities and doubts' smile. She's cuddling a pair of Eevees and a Jigglypuff in her lap. All of them look expertly groomed.]

So I had a couple chats with people lately that gave me an idea! So, we all know about spas and salons and things, and that they've got them for Pokemon too! But what if we did one for charity? A Pokemon spa!

The Pokemon have lots of moves and abilities that'd make them good at that kind of thing! There's Scald for keeping a hot tub just right, and my Coalossal can make steam for a sauna! Any number of grass or fairy Pokemon could do all kinds of aromatherapy things for people. And there's massage, and skin treatments and haircuts and styles!

So we and our Pokemon could do one for charity! And that means we can steal from rude and mean rich people at the same time! So they'd put on a fluffy robe for the spa, right? And they'd leave their clothes and wallet and keys behind! We can have someone behind the scenes copy all those credit card numbers and ID stuff and addresses and the keys too. Then when they least expect it, we can use all that to buy things or get more credit cards, or even sneak into their houses and take stuff that they don't deserve! They'd probably never even connect it back to the spa as long as we don't do everybody right away or all at once!

All while the nice and generous people get a relaxing time and donate to a good cause! We could even give Pokemon a grooming session while their owners are at our spa! And the ones that are unhappy, we can rescue later, and some of them might even want to join Rocket!

How's that sound for a heist? Anybody want to do it with me?

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[fingersandteeth]

Exactly! We want to save time. Hm, if there's three of us, one can rip the credit cards, one can copy keys, and the other can groom the Pokemon.

Oh hey, I bet I can use your champion status as part of the promotion this time too, just like I did with Steve for Hugs for Bewears.

[braveloyalhugs]

That sounds great! And we can switch up tasks too, if we want! Would you like to?

[That makes Scorpia blush a little.]

I mean, we could, but it was really my friends that won the matches, not me? I mostly did potions and things.

[fingersandteeth]

I wouldn't mind, no.

[He smiles at her.]

And yes, it was your friends, but you were the one setting the team strategy, right? So you're just as much a champion as they are.

[braveloyalhugs]

[She smiles back, a little awkwardly.]

Even if it's a really simple strategy? I mean, mostly I just went with "poison everything!" and, like, some type matching for attacks beyond that.

[fingersandteeth]

Strategies don't need to be elaborate to be effective. Sometimes trying to be too fancy with your battle strategy can actually harm your chances of winning. When Connie and I both got spanked by Jasmine last year when we first challenged her, it was partly because she was trying to show off an elaborate strategy for Akane and miscalculated.

[braveloyalhugs]

Connie is Akane's girlfriend that went home?

[It's less of an actual question and just making sure. It's kind of a relief to know that other people make mistakes and still get love and friendship!]

If not for the Huggles, Jasmine would have been really hard, though! I had the right team for her gym, I think.

[fingersandteeth]

Yes. She was one of our coworkers and I was very fond of her. She was like a niece to me. And she was Dirk's protege, the way you're mine.

I did terribly with Jasmine my first time. I'd hoped that I could make up for not having any strong Fire Pokemon with a few weaker ones and some Fighting, but it wasn't quite enough. So I had to do some extra training with my fire types and come back after I fought Bugsy for practice.