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i got hooked on pokemon showdown and its like drugs
the tab is open right now and it calls for me TT-TT
japan has amazing (weird) ice cream
621. efficacy: the power to produce the desired effect
The beautiful sunrise and silvery clouds did not make up for the chilling breeze of the early morning - Green's fingers were quickly becoming numb, and he was having trouble getting out Pidgeot. Even on Mt. Silver his case of numb hands usually wasn't that bad, since he usually dressed up a little more to prepare for it. He set aside the pokeball and rubbed his hands for a moment to warm them, although the efficacy of the rubbing was dubious.
Latias eventually became impatient with Green's fidgeting and failure to get in the air, so she poked his head. "I'll carrry you, ohkie?"
622. misapprehension: a misunderstanding
Green looked up in surprise, and then agreed and waited for her to lower a wing so he could climb on. However, it appeared he was under some misapprehension that he would be riding on her back - she wrapped him in a translucent pink bubble of psychic energy, flexed her wings, and then rocketed off west to Pewter.
623. benign: kindly; creating a favorable influence; (in medicine) not dangerous to one's health
Green would have screamed. In fact, he did scream, but apparently the bubble was soundproof, as Latias didn't seem to notice. In just a minute, they were already close to Mt. Moon, and then Green began to realize how fast and comfortable the flying was if one could ignore the fact that the bubble was almost transparent and Latias was several hundred feet off the ground.
Latias' face was happy and confident and benign, which also helped him slowly overcome the terror of zipping along through the clouds and passing startled pidgeys. She flew marvelously, and although it was certainly jet-speed, her speed hardly fluctuated, making the ride incredibly smooth. It was a whole different ball-game compared to flying on Pidgeot - although there was a certain warmth and comfort on flying on a huge, breathing bird, being transported in a clear bubble at hundreds of miles per hour was definitely exhilarating in its own way.
624. baleful: harmful or threatening harm or evil
They made a wide turn around Mt. Moon, and soon enough, Pewter drew into view. Latias smoothly decelerated, dropping in altitude until she was just above the treetops. A spearow gave him a baleful (and very confused) glare as Green's bubble bulldozed through the top of a particularly tall tree - he winced as the branches broke off to splinters around him. There was hardly any impact despite the fairly high speed collision, and Latias just giggled when he looked up accusingly.
Latias dropped down in the alleys of the buildings further from the main roads running through the city. Once Latias landed, Green's bubble popped, and his legs were shaky - he had a hard time standing up. By the time he got his legs to cooperate, Latias was pulling at his sleeve and eager to go - she had transformed back into her human form to avoid stares or suspicious glances.
625. credit: to believe; to trust
The main roads were still fairly empty, as it was only five thirty in the morning. No buildings were open yet - and of course, the museum was still closed for another three and a half hours. Latias stared at the museum, apparently sizing up the barrier, before dragging him up the staircase and peering in the shaded glass doors. A janitor was working inside, but other than that, the place was deserted.
Green was tempted to just fly on back home, brush his teeth and get himself cleaned up, and then come back later. However, Latias had other ideas, and after staring, disappointed with the locked doors, dragged him downtown to the bakeries, which were surprisingly already open.
Latias had weird tastes - even weirder than Leaf's. Green had been able to stand Leaf giving him buko pie from Hoenn (a kind of coconut cream pie) and bundevara (studel-like pumpkin pastry) from some distant region near Kalos. But Latias was picking up coulibiac (some kind of fish pie) and other obscure pastries from the baker, who looked ecstatic that someone was willing to try his odd inventions. Green was suspicious of the low price on the tag and was unwilling to credit the baker's promises of them being the most delicious things in the store, but went ahead and bought them anyway.
626. fluster: to make nervous or upset
They went from store to store buying more and more sweets and pastries, and Green lamented the onset of diabetes and the fate of the meat pie in his refrigerator. He ended up running around with both hands full of bags and boxes emanating redolent, rich smells.
Three whole hours of crazy food shopping later, Green collapsed onto a bench, and Latias sat beside him, happily eating a cone of octillery ice cream while he half-heartedly ate his cactus flavored ice cream. And when Latias offered to trade, he was not so much flustered by the potential romantic meaning (well, Mewtwo probably told Latias that he was gay or Latias figured it out herself) as he was flustered by the horror of eating octillery flavored ice cream.
627. stymie: to obstruct; to stump
He tentatively bit off a tiny piece of her ice cream, grimaced and immediately traded back. She tilted her head, as if confused how anybody could possibly dislike octillery ice cream. Cactus was perfectly fine, thank you very much.
His attempts to stand up again were stymied by his sore arms refusing to hold the bags. The bags, combined with a backpack full of magazines and a rolled up sleeping bag, were a bit too much. Latias looked at him curiously (she hardly spoke, but giggled and purred and bubbled and made funny noises all the time) before realizing what was going on. She closed her eyes and put her hands together, and a dull pink light shone before it rapidly expanded into a bubble encasing the two of them.
She opened her eyes to grab the plastic bags of food, and seeing Green's confusion, she explained. "I am teleporrting these to your living place, don't want people to see! So I make bahrrrier and outside it looks like we arre frrozen, so I must be quick!"
628. supersede: to replace
She then closed her eyes again and another pink bubble appeared from her hands and expanded and encased the bags, which began to levitate. Then, the whole thing flashed and was superseded by air. Latias kept her eyes closed for another second, before opening them and smiling sheepishly.
"Grreeen, I think I brroke your window, sorrry..."
629. quell: to ease; to calm down
Curiously, Green felt no anger he needed to quell - instead, he started laughing. Latias looked up and furrowed her eyebrows.
"It's ok, I'll get it replaced when I get back. I just- it reminded me of this one time Red tried tossing me a pokeball. He was outside and I was inside studying, and then he tried to toss me a pokeball he'd found while playing outside - it was supposed to something to bribe me to sneak out and play. Well, I was on the second floor, and I told him to buzz off 'cause I had a placement exam the next day, but he got mad and threw it at my window. It cracked, and the next day Daisy found out and we both got yelled at so bad! I don't even know why she was so pissed at me! But your face just now, it...it reminded me of Red."
630. ambivalence: simultaneous existence of opposing feelings; uncertainty as to what to do
Latias stared at him. She dispelled the barrier and spoke softly. "Don't you misss him?" A series of unspoken questions followed. Don't you feel lost, ambivalent, left behind? Don't you find yourself wanting somebody, anybody? How can you just...
Green rubbed his head. "Yeah. I do. But we won't forget each other with a little bit of distance or time. I think we're better than that."
Latias blinked. Then she smiled fondly and ruffled Green's hair.