[Video]

[psychic_supremecy]

[Have a very confused looking Pokemon staring at the camera, with two crates of berries visible in the background, a scarf set with one of the crates.]

...I do not understand. If whoever left these berries here are expecting a favor in return for this, they will find themselves sorely mistaken. I will not turn them done, considering the weather, but I do not acknowledge any debts this may have been meant to put me in.

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[Video]

[lookprofessor]

They're probably a gift. It's Christmas!

[Video]

[psychic_supremecy]

And just what use would I have for a human holiday?

You left him out. You monster.

[youfool]

Dear God, but you're a Scrooge, with the one mercy that you've no Cratchit to lord over.

*laugh* Honestly, you're like a madman, seeking methodical purpose behind every innocent action. Still, if it's practicality you're after, then now's a great time to be less miserly.

Yes. He's a monster. A pocket monster to be precise.

[psychic_supremecy]

Humanity claims Christmas is about togetherness, yet I see no reason an arbitrarily picked day is more important than any other. It is simply an excuse to ease the human conscience by telling themselves that they really were better than they more than likely were in reality.

It's a holiday of hypocrites.

Re: Yes. He's a monster. A pocket monster to be precise.

[youfool]

[Good luck, Luke. Ted would be more methodical and prodding, but perhaps Luke's earnestness and childishness would go farther.]

Really were better than they more than likely...gah, there's a tongue twister for you.

Curious, to which humanity are you referring? There are so many kinds here. Mine, at least, claims it's about something else.

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[banishment]

From what I've been told, Christmas is about giving, not giving and expecting something in return. I don't think whoever sent those is going to hold you indebted to them.

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[psychic_supremecy]

You'll excuse me if I am not exactly eager to think in that way. When every aspect of your being, down to what food you can and cannot ingest, are engineered as a method of controlling you and making you dependent on another, trust is hard to come by.

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[banishment]

[ he got the trust part; zuko had his own set of trust issues, but he wasn't about to bring them up or compare them to mewtwo's own. ]

All I'm saying is that whoever sent you that probably did so with the best of intentions. Don't look a gift ostrich-horse in the mouth.

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[psychic_supremecy]

...Ostrich-horse? ...What in the world is an ostrich-horse? And for that matter, what is an ostrich?

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[banishment]

[ he ought to be used to people here being utterly baffled by the sort of animals that exist in his world, but he wasn't. ]

Uh, it's a sort of mounted steed? I don't know what an ostrich that's just an ostrich should look like...

[video]

[soundmind]

Huh...?

[She looks honestly confused because--]

You didn't like them? I wasn't sure what color you'd like for the scarf, but I figured maybe it doesn't matter since you looked like you needed one anyway.

[video]

[psychic_supremecy]

Oh, it was you. [Payment for the lesson he could accept.]

If it was you, that changes things. I can accept it as payment for services rendered, however even then I have to be careful to not become reliant on such transactions.

As for the scarf, I will find some use for it. I have little use for clothing in the way humans do. I am more than equipped to regulate my body temperature.

[video]

[soundmind]

Um...[transaction...] I guess if that's how you want to look at it, that's okay, but...I wanted to thank you for helping us out more than anything. I can't do much for you at the moment, but I'll do what I can.

[video]

[psychic_supremecy]

At one point you mentioned this "resonance" and how it could strengthen your soul. I was curious if such a phenomena could be replicated with Aura...

[SUDDENLY, ACTION! GDI KOISHI!!!]

[koishi_komeiji]

Mewtwo's only warning would be a sudden chill run up his spine.

"Purple Psychic Thing! Hello! You look chilly..." It was koishi, bundled up against the cold in a heavier version of her usual outfit, the yellow replaced with white with an added caplet. She was also sporting a pair of matching green gloves. She had in one hand what looked to be a frosted white glass ball with a ring of red metal around the bottom as well as a basket looped around the other the contents hidden by a blanket.

"You didn't want to come visit me in Chireiden so I'm gonna come visit you!"

She sort of... let herself in, making her way deeper into Mewtwo's home, setting the globe down on the floor. Before he could object she removed her glove and placed her palm against it, the object flickering to life, radiating both light and heat.

lol

[psychic_supremecy]

Mewtwo made a rather annoyed sound as he sighed, casually pulling his communicator closer so as to use it in conversation.

"In most cultures, it would be considered rude to simply make oneself at home in another's abode without being given consent first."

He made a low grumbling noise before blowing some smoke out of his nostrils. "I am more than capable of regulating my own body heat, Koishi."

You should just visit her so she stops bugging you.

[koishi_komeiji]

"Maaayyybe." She stepped back away from the sphere. Already the cave was significantly warmer. "This just means you can enjoy something that's warm instead of doing it yourself. I thought of you in the cave and was worried because you didn't ever come to Chireiden." A frown. "Please come sometime. It's more comfortable than here..."

She paused for a moment, eyes slowly drifting down to the basket. "Oh... OH! Sis made something for you too!" She reached inside and pulled out something wrapped in paper and string. She quickly untied it showing... a stack of reddish flat blocks? No... were those berries? Yes indeed they were. Berries that had been carefully made into candy-like bars. All things considered it couldn't have been easy...

"Sis used the nectar of flowers to sweeten the berries a lot and used some other things to change the flavor to something really delicious. I dunno what she used but we have lots of pets with sensitive stomachs and she was careful to only use things that don't upset any of them."

If it ever happens, it'll just be out of self defence.

[psychic_supremecy]

Mewtwo just sighs for a moment before floating one of the blocks over toward him for inspection. They would need to be broken into smaller bits for consumption, but otherwise he detected nothing that might make him sick.

"That was unnecessary," he says casually while sniffing at one of the bars and motioning toward the crates he just received with his tail. "I have plenty of food to last the season."

[ifbymyhands]

Probably someone was just being nice.

[psychic_supremecy]

People are rarely ever "just nice" and least of all to me.

[ifbymyhands]

We might be dealing with someone trying to slam all the Guardians and stuff, but I don't think everyone's going to start hating on everyone else.

[psychic_supremecy]

Yes, how awful that must be. You'll excuse me if I do not sympathize with the position they are in.

[Video]

[frostheartedrose]

[Night again over Fayren and Bridget's having fun out over the waves. Or rather, she's looking for something in particular.]

It's a human festival involving a lot of giving presents of one's own free will without expecting anything in return. Which reminds me, I left you a pile of good dirt by the library for when the weather turns good again.

[Video]

[psychic_supremecy]

A festival I have no use for. I can find my own dirt.

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[frostheartedrose]

[She'll just smile openly at that, teeth and all.]

I always thought dirt was dirt until about twenty years ago. The bags are some sort of blend which encourages plants to grow faster and yield more flowers and berries over a longer period of time. I'm not interested enough to actually research what exactly is in it but St-... someone told me it works rather well.