27. Horror Lickitung's story

"Look, there it goes again!" A man pointed out to his companions.

It was a Lickitung. Nothing more stanger than that.

"Another one, huh?" One of the companions said, letting out a sigh. "Why do we even bother with the warnings anymore?" He said with a monotone voice.

"I wonder." The man said, sighing as well. He took out a cigarette from his pocket, lighting it. They all watched the Lickitung walk, until it suddenly stopped. It looked over to the group and walked to them. They began to dig their pockets, everyone throwing a piece of food on the ground, which the Lickitung ate without haste. After eating, it went along it's merry way.

"What was that?" One of them asked, the others giving him a gentle smile.

"That's right, it's your first time seeing it, huh?" The man spoke as he took the cigarette out of his mouth. "As sad as it may be, that Lickitung is what our town is famous for."

"Really? What it do?"

"You moved in here and you don't even know?" One of the men laughed, making the newbie growl a little.

"Well, sorry!"

"It's an awful pokemon. While most of them may be easygoing and harmless, this one doesn't fuck around." The man coughed, taking an inhale of his cigarette.

"What do you mean?"

"Lickitungs love tastes. They lick everything to track food tastes and anything that tastes good." He looked down in sorrow. "But this one... This one comes to people, demanding for food. We give it food so we can survive."

"Survive...? What...?"

"This Lickitung loves the taste of blood. Any blood. Human blood, pokemon blood... Anything goes. If we don't feed it, it kills us."

"A... Ha ha, surely you must be joking...?"

"Surely." The man smiled as he stomped his cigarette out, watching the nervous newcomer with a sweet smile. "Then go ahead and try it sometimes. Just like my son."

"You have a son?"

"Yes. I used to." The man nodded as he kept on smiling and walked away from the group, watching after the Lickitung that was still roaming around the town. The man growled to himself and whispered "I'll get you yet... I'll get you..."