Kouji could only guess as to why he’d suddenly gotten so many orders in one go, but if it was all for the business, then he most certainly didn’t mind! There was a bit of a tutoring chain involved, too, so he’d decided to get that part done first as he punched in the series of codes before stepping back and waiting for the borrowed ‘mons to start appearing.

Several minutes later, several loud, clattering noises dropped into the tray and he then proceeded to get to work. Knowing that his first boss had left one of those special “candies” around for him to use should the need arise, he then realized that the time for that was now, and went to the store room to grab it, slipping it into his pocket before going outside.

The first thing he did was look for Araki, his female Smeargle, because there was a lot of chaining to do at this point. As he’d found the Painter ‘mon hanging out with its male counterpart, he then gently shooed Raphael away, with many apologies; before sending out the lent Gastly. “Alright, Drachne… hit Araki with Spite, please? And try not to mean it too much,” he said sheepishly, before the Ghost-type flew into action.

As the Smeargle Sketched the Spite to memory, he then quickly recalled it, before sending out the Mudkip, which he recognized on sight. “Seriously? All this time, you’re still that size? I thought you were a Swampert by now,” he chuckled upon seeing Shuyin, the Mudkip. “Alright, Shuyin… hit Araki with your Counter, and make it quick,” he said.

While the paintbrush-tail of the Smeargle flew into action, Sketching the Counter to memory, he then recalled the Water-type and then sent out the “true” partner of the Smeargle in this instance—the overly friendly Houndoom, Buddy, who’d immediately gone for a tackle, sending Kouji flat on the grass! “Oof, Josh was right, you’re overly friendly. Good boy, Buddy. Be a good boy now,” he chuckled, giving the overly-affectionate Houndoom an ear scratch, before pulling himself up and off the grass and leaving the first pair alone.

Now that the first pair was set, he then looked for another quiet area, and this time found a clearing that didn’t look like it had been occupied in a while. Here, he sent out a Salandit, along with Shuyin—and quickly held up his hands. “Okay, Shuyin. Don’t get too carried away, okay? Just do your best,” he said, feeding the Mudkip the weird candy a few moments later, and eventually leaving them to their own devices.

Seeing that he already had the Gastly with him, he decided to head back into the Ranch proper and punched in a certain code for someone’s storage system, and whistled as the ‘mon he was borrowing clattered into the receiving dish a few moments later. “Wow, I got lucky,” he said, a bit of a grin on his face as he then went back outside and looked for another quiet place, sending out the Gastly and the creepy-candle Litwick.

“Okay, whoa, don’t burn my life away,” he remarked once the Litwick appeared from the flash of red light. “I’m sure you remember her? Or maybe not? Well, just… don’t try to cause too much of a racket, okay?” he ended, before leaving the third pair alone for some private time…

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Breeding Requests!

Josh's male Houndoom and my female Smeargle (EM if Houndour: Counter & Spite)

Izumi's male Mudkip and Damian's female Salandit (EM if Mudkip: Counter & Mirror Coat; EM if Salandit: Belch) (using 1 Restorer on the Mudkip)

Rachel's male Litwick and Izumi's female Gastly (HA available if Litwick)

Preparations! O mighty rng, accept these chickens, give me a roll of three for ALL of these!

Kouji could only roll his eyes as he heard the outcry of shock coming from his Chansey—that normally meant something didn’t go too well. While he was a bit surprised to see that two out of the three breeding requests had produced eggs (but he was still disappointed that the Mudkip one had only popped out one egg as opposed to two, which he was looking for—and that meant waiting another two weeks) the one he was hoping that would succeed had instead flopped terribly.

“Geez, I think I can guess who’s at fault here…” he said with a sheepish grin as the Chansey made an appearance around the corridor, and he shuffled off to the store room to retrieve the paper bag that held the magical reconciliatory mushrooms. “Honestly, why…” he continued, sighing once again as he pulled out a particularly fat-looking one, before heading out to where he’d left the Houndoom and the Smeargle.

Upon approaching the overly-friendly Houndoom, he was immediately decked be the canine ‘mon; never mind if Houndooms were normally heralds of fire, brimstone and death. “Whoa there, Buddy… what happened? Did you chicken out?” he joked with a cheesy grin, feeding the canine ‘mon the ‘shroom before pulling himself up and off the ground.

“Let’s try that again, shall we? And don’t screw up, now!” he ended with a smirk on his face as he left the two alone once again…

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Rescue Breeding Attempt!

Josh's male Houndoom and my female Smeargle (EM if Houndour: Counter & Spite)

rng y, rng plith