Tentacles, Sweet! (Marin)

[Nene Jukyu]

Nene huffed softly as she strolled down the seafront. She'd gone shopping earlier and was now by the water's edge, looking out for water pokemon. Those nice swimmers always reminded her of home, especially the Tentacool and the ones with tentacles. Unfortunately she hadn't caught one yet so she couldn't enjoy it herself, however she still enjoyed watching them swim by the sea. However despite enjoying it, it still frustrated her that she couldn't catch one and take ti home. From this distance it'd be impossible to grab one without a fishing rod and it just irked the swimming girl to no end.

She wore her school swimsuit as always but she couldn't find a good place to go swimming in the area with all the shops and parks in the way. She puffed out her cheeks and walked with Parsley her Ivysaur and grumbled lightly. "Man! Why can't we find more tentacle pokemon like you and Calamari?" She asked about her Inkay. She loved her team and they made great assistants with cooking but she wished she could find some more of those tentacle pokemon that reminded her of home, though she supposed species-by-species they were comparatively rare, but she couldn't give up hope.

She sighed deeply and sat by the pier, her feet dangling off the side and dipping her toes in the water. On her shopping venture she had purchases a harness that was attached to her waist in the front with a built-in warming belt for her egg. She knew it was getting warmer and moving around, she wasn't sure how close it was to hatching but it had to be getting closer now. She stroked the outside of its shell softly. "Maybe you'll be a tentacle pokemon, though I'll love you no matter what." She chuckled and kissed the top of it.

[Marin Yoshihara]

» TAGGED, Nene
» WORD COUNT, 566

The Moana Seafront had a killer view. Backpacking around the Aina region never ceased to amaze Marin. Everywhere she turned, she basked in the beauty of untouched nature. She stood before the sea, feeling exhilarated by the sight of it stretching out to touch the horizon. It was a perfect time to unwind before she began her conquest of Aina's gyms. Soon, she would take them on, and there would be no going back. Marin knew she needed to step up as a battler and make her mark on the region, but for now she was content with sightseeing. "Lollygagging" is what her mother would have called it... 

The splash of salt water against her knees roused Marin from her dismal daydreams about her mother. Kurage, her Tentacool, seemed to be growing impatient with her trainer. The Pokemon made a gurgling noise as she bobbed in the shallow shore like a buoy.

"Sorry, Kurage," she muttered, blinking slowly as she came back to reality. "Let's keep truckin'."

Marin walked along the sandy shore as Kurage pumped through the ocean with her tentacles. The Tentacool always seemed more refreshed after visiting the water and would obey Marin more readily if treated with some downtime. She watched her Pokemon swim along, keeping her egg held close to her chest. In the warm embrace of her arms, she stroked its warm shell sub-consciously, her mind wandering again. The gift in her arms had been unexpected, but she devoted her time to keeping it safe and warm. Her gray jacket was unzipped, so either side of it hugged the egg while it rubbed against her chest with each step. Marin wondered if it heard her heartbeat.

She had been so distracted by her precious egg, Marin lost track of Kurage. Her red eyes widened in alarm when she could no longer see her red orbs floating just beneath the surface. "Kurage!" she called for her.

Marin's only response was a loud splash coming from up ahead near the pier. The blue-green surface of the water broke, and sure enough Kurage burst from the surface. But it was not the distance of her Pokemon that worried her, it was what she was lunging at. A girl had her feet dangling from the pier, and Kurage's black tentacles constricted around them, binding them together.

"Shit," Marin hissed, breaking into a run towards the pier. By the time she reached the girl, her heart was pounding. "Kurage," she murmured, trying to keep calm although her Pokemon was behaving as if this girl's legs were prey, "go on and release this poor girl. Her legs are not food!" Though the did look good enough to be--Dammit, Marin! Focus.

The Tentacool squeezed the girl's legs defiantly, making a strange purring noise. Marin blushed with embarrassment of her Pokemon's behavior. "I am so sorry," she apologized hurriedly. "If you could just--uhm--maybe if you bring your legs up I can pull my Tentacool off you? She's a stubborn little shit."

This was the worst... Marin could barely even look at the girl. She was too busy glaring at Kurage, watching as the disobedient Pokemon continued to purr and nibble at the girl's knee with its beak. Whether she was being playful or playing with her food did not matter, Marin was ready to skewer the damn thing.

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[Nene Jukyu]

Nene hummed softly, splashing her feet in the water gently like little paddles back and forth. Even if she did want to catch more tentacle pokemon, the sea always had a way of washing her worries away. That was why she almost never took over her swimsuit, so she could always bring a piece of the sea, and her home, with her. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't even noticed the red and blue jellyfish creature creeping up on her from under the water until it was already leaping out of the water and lunging at her.

"Eeek!" She cried out, feeling the tentacles around her legs. Her first reaction was surprise and she squirmed a bit, letting out small groans of surprise, her thighs rubbing together while she tried to adjust her legs from the tendrils wrapped around them. Once she registered the shock however she began to calm down a bit, putting a hand over her racing heart. The tentacles felt nice against the smooth skin of her legs, she always loved that smooth, slick, slightly sticky feeling from when she was a kid swimming with the migrating Tentacool at home. It always gave her goosebumps.

A soft blush coated her cheeks as she began panting gently, her voice wavering slightly with little whimpers coming out with every breath. "Ahhhnnn~ Mmm... Nfu..." She tried to steady her breathing and managed to do enough to at least settle herself enough to form words, staring down at the Tentacool for what seemed like ages. "I-I don't know what you want from me, but please be gentle." She held both her blushing cheeks in her hands and turned away with an innocent look. "I-It's my first time." This of course was a blatant lie but she was caught up in the moment.

She was torn away from her gaze with the pokemon as the trainer approached after what seemed like hours. She suddenly felt even more embarrassed as she found out someone was watching this rather private moment, feeling like she was caught with her pants down or something, not that she ever wore pants. "EEEK! D-Don't look!" She covered her legs and blushed even more, blinking as she realized what was going on and that the woman wanted to get the Tentacool off her legs so she could get her pokemon back. She was reluctant to part with the tentacled pokemon but she supposed if she had to...

"A-Alright..." She nodded quietly to her instructions, bringing up her legs out of the water and laying them flat on the dock, bringing the attached Tentacool with them. At the same time she disengaged the harness/warming belt for her egg and placed it aside, making sure it was wrapped up and a good distance from the water's edge, leaving it in her Ivysaur's capable hands as the grass-type watched the event unfold, part weirded out by what actually transpired and part ashamed of his trainer's crazy tentacle fetish.

[Marin Yoshihara]

» TAGGED, Nene Jukyu
» WORD COUNT, 650

It took Marin awhile to recover from what she had witnessed. Not only was her Tentacool attacked an innocent stranger, but the said stranger had a very... interesting reaction to it. The girl had looked almost aroused by Kurage's invasive appendages, especially as they slid along the inside of her thighs and squeezed. Marin had never thought of her Tentacool as a pervert... Or maybe she was the pervert? And this was just some dream she had concocted in her hormone-ridden head. Either way, Marin had been a blushing, stunned speechless mess when she witnessed her Pokemon blatantly molest the girl, which she seemed to have enjoyed.

"K-Kurage!" Marin bumbled, her face red. "Cut that out before you sting the girl!" She gritted her teeth in frustration. As much as she'd like to hear the girl moan and gasp again (it had been an unexpected delight), she would much rather it be because of her hand... and not her Pokemon's slick tentacles.

Apparently, the girl had thought she was alone with Kurage, for she regarded Marin with embarrassed surprise. Marin only wished she was not responsible for the damned Tentacool. But if she hadn't let it go astray, she wouldn't have witnessed.... whatever the hell that interaction was just now. There was a bright side to every story, it seemed.

"I--I am so sorry!" Marin apologized again, glancing around sheepishly. "I couldn't help it!"

Telling Marin not to stare at a blushing girl in a skin-tight swimsuit was like telling a Spoink to stop bouncing. Impossible. And she continued to stare even after getting yelled at for it. This girl had an amazing body, no wonder Kurage refused to detach from it.

Luckily, they both put their embarrassment aside, so Marin could try and pry Kurage from her legs. Marin slipped off her jacket, tossing it to the side. Her white shirt had gotten wet when she walked along the oceanside, so the jacket hid her exposed skin; but her egg needed the jacket now as a makeshift nest while Marin played tug-of-war with the naughty Tentacool. Setting it down carefully, she looked to the girl now.

"Just...uh... tell me if this hurts, okay?" She glared at her disobedient Pokemon. The Pokemon glared right back. "Time to put an end to this damn love affair." 

Marin reached for her Tentacool's tentacles and began to pull at one of them with her hands. But the slippery black skin of it only made her fingers fumble and trail sloppily against the girl's legs. Marin's face blushed with both the effort and the feel of the girl's soft, wet legs. She ignored her pounding heart.

"Come ooonnnn, Kurage! U-ugh." Marin struggled to no avail. If only she hadn't left her bag at the Pokemon Center for safekeeping, then at least she could just return Kurage to her ball. "Let go!" The Tentacool only slithered its tentacle up along the girl's thigh and clung tighter. Marin's fingers worked at it, but all she did was massage the appendage against her leg even more.

"Thi-this isn't working, ah!" Damn this Tentacool...

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[Nene Jukyu]

Nene blushed softly, still embarrassed at being seen like this by the other girl but attempting to calm her fluttering heart enough to keep from letting out too many more embarrassing sounds. This proved fruitless however as when she felt the smooth tentacles crawling against her skin again she shivered and let out another groan. As the girl took off her jacket to take care of an egg of her own, Nene couldn't help but admire the wet t-shirt she sported, staring at her chest for a moment before shaking it off and instructing Parsley to rock her own egg in a cradle motion in his vines to keep it calm while this struggle was going on.

Nene nodded as the woman told her to let her know if it hurt at any time, oblivious to her wandering eyes and indecent thoughts, though Nene was having a fair amount of each herself. Luckily the girl seemed just as embarrassed as Nene about this awkward situation, though for some reason she seemed just as worked up as the swimmer girl as well. She watched as Marin began to try to pry the tentacles from her legs, the fingers clumsily slipping across her moist skin.

"A-Ahnnn~ C-Careful..." Nene gasped as she felt the woman's fingers press against her legs. "Nnn... fu... ngh..." She grunted and groaned, squirming now from the dual assault of the tentacles and the girl's hands working over her legs. She felt the Tentacool clinging to her legs tighter now and moving up towards her thighs, gasping softly. "N-Nuuu... t-that place is more sensitive..." She shuddered, feeling the tendrils squeezing her tight and crying out, grasping as her own legs and leaning back. Her chest was heaving at this point, her back arched against the dock as she tried to spread her legs a bit to pry herself away from the Tentacool but she feared that only gave it more free rein over her body.

She felt the girl's second attempt pressing the tentacles more into her skin, the soft flesh of her legs giving way as the strong tendrils squeezed the plush, pale supple skin of her thighs. It became clear to both of them that it wouldn't be so easy to separate the two and Nene's mind was becoming more clouded and she was getting less and less sure by the minute that she WANTED to be separated.

"I-I think she likes me... t-though I have to wonder what she wants from me besides making me moan like this..." Nene said breathlessly, trying to compose herself as her legs moved back and forth in vague struggling motions, her thighs twitching from the intense feelings she was receiving at the moment.

[Marin Yoshihara]

» TAGGED,Nene Jukyu
» WORD COUNT, 597

This was going nowhere fast, or rather, it was going somewhere, but what that somewhere entailed would best be left to the imagination. The sight of the girl arching and moaning at the sticky fumblings of Marin and her Pokemon had done more harm than good (when it came to Marin's motivation, at least). The more she pulled, the harder Kurage squeezed, and it only seemed to stimulate her in the most unexpected way.

"I think 'like' is an understatement," Marin grunted and glared at her clingy Tentacool. "She's clinging to you for dear life."

Marin hovered over the girl as she spoke, for it was the best way to keep her grip on Kurage firm. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, Marin got a better look of her body this way. Her soft, pale skin was being squeezed not only by the Pokemon but by her bathing suit, and Marin's keen red eyes did not miss out on devouring an inch. The arch of her body, the swell of her hips, and that heaving chest... At this point, Marin had to lean back, panting softly after struggling with her Tentacool, and take a minute to decide what should be done (and who shouldn't be done). Rubbing her wet hands across her firm abdomen, Marin decided she would try again, before Kurage coaxed something out of the girl that would be more fitting for a bedroom than a pier in broad daylight.

"I'll be more careful this time," Marin assured her. With her eyes half-shut, she could not help but recall what the girl had looked like and sounded like moments before. "Maybe... All Kurage needs is some gentle coaxing?" She smiled at the girl, trying to look confident though she doubted her Tentacool was ready to part so soon.

"Okay... Try not to squirm so much," she suggested gently, carefully stroking her fingers along her thigh and around one of Kurage's tentacles. "Kurage, time to let the girl go now."

The Tentacool shuddered and hugged the girl's twitching thigh with a bubbling coo, her tentacle releasing a bit, though. Marin pulled at the tentacle again softly, her other hand placed reassuringly on the girl's hip, trying to keep her calm as Kurage was slowly moved off her legs and up to her waist. The other tentacle remained, however.

"Kurage, the egg needs some loving too," Marin mentioned, nodding to her egg as it rested in the jacket. "C'mon."

The Tentacool allowed Marin to pull her other tentacle off the girl's thigh, but only after Marin's hand had slipped and slid across the inside of her leg. Blushing again, Marin tried to ignore her soft sigh of pleasure that had escaped when she felt the girl's skin. Soon enough, the Tentacool was perched on her waist, staring intently at the girl it had clung to. It made a soft hissing noise before it slid off and slithered to the egg, which it squeezed now.

Marin shook her head and reached over the girl to grab both her Pokemon and her egg. She settled the two in her lap, looking at the girl now apologetically. "Arceus... This is awkward. Uhm... I'm Marin." She offered her a crooked smile. "And I'm sorry about the shitty first impression--we're harmless, promise." Marin shrugged her shoulders modestly, hugging Kurage and her egg close.

The Tentacool stared intently at the girl still, looking like she was ready to lunge again. Marin kept the Pokemon close, onto her Pokemon's schemes. Don't even think about it, Kurage.

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[Nene Jukyu]

Nene blushed and nodded, hopefully this second attempt would be better than the first, she wasn't sure how much more her and her body could take of this. She was glad the Tentacool seemed to like her so much, and even she knew she was enjoying this, being handled by the pokemon and her trainer, but she wouldn't be able to hold out much longer. She nodded softly, preparing herself for the second attempt, hopefully honey would work better than vinegar and the gentle coaxing would be able to get the Tentacool off of her. She tried to steady herself and stay still as the girl instructed, this seemed to be wearing both of them out given how the other woman was also flushed and panting like her.

The girl shuddered as she felt the hand on her hip and as the pokemon moved up her legs and to her waist, her eyes widening and a sharp squeak escaping her mouth as she bolted up, arching outward again and grunting softly. "O-Ooohhh no..." She was reaching her limit, her breathing heavier than ever and her cheeks as red as a cherry. To her relief she heard the woman coax her pokemon towards the egg and felt the tentacles slowly pull off of her, the section leaving goosebumps on her legs but she was able to take a breath as it was finally over.

To her dismay however she felt the girl's hand slip just as she felt like she could relax and that was it, her strength was shattered. "Ahhhh~!! Oooooh!!!" She cried out, thrashing a bit, her fingers and toes curling, her eyes rolling back in her head and a quaking shudder ran through her before she collapsed against the dock, panting heavily in a gentle afterglow, her mind in a daze.

For a few moments she couldn't pay attention or get her mind to focus on anything until she heard the girl's introduction, looking up at her with distracted bleary eyes, her mind still in a haze of tentacle bliss. "N-Nene... I'm Nene..." She panted softly. "D-Don't worry about it, I was just thinking about how I'd love to catch a pokemon like your tentacool." She smiled weakly, her chest still heaving as she sat up slowly, propping herself up on one shaky hand while looking at Marin, extending her other wobbly hand towards the girl with a soft sigh of relief.

"Nice to meet you Ms. Marin..." She looked towards Parsley, who was looking with disdain and surprise at the display that had just occurred. She stuck her tongue out and took her own egg back from him. "Well I didn't see you trying to help." The Ivysaur shrugged, clearly wanting to be left out of the whole thing. She cradled her egg to her chest, pressing it against her stomach and letting her soft slick skin act as a pillow for it while stroking the shell, noticing the other girl had one as well. "Looks like we're both expecting a new pokemon soon though." She smiled sweetly.

[Marin Yoshihara]

» TAGGED, Nene Jukyu
» WORD COUNT, 596

Even after their civil introductions, Marin could not keep her mouth shut. It had been gaping open, for she was stunned by what had just happened to Nene. Between Kurage and herself, it seemed Nene had been pushed well over her limits. The girl had been consumed in ecstasy, it was obvious. And Marin had no clue women as sensitive as she even existed. There was nothing invasive in the struggle to unhinge the Tentacool, but Nene reacted as if she had been touched for the first time.

Marin's bright red eyes again rolled over Nene, this time with profound interest. At least she made a lasting impression. This was an encounter neither of them would forget in a hurry. And Marin was not keen on ending it any time soon. Once Nene had come to her senses, Marin smiled fondly, her head tilted with curiosity.

"I'm not going to ask what just happened," Marin assured her, glancing at her bare legs. "I already have a wonderfully vague idea." She licked her lips sub-consciously, lifting her chin confidently. "I usually buy a girl dinner after she makes a sound like that, though," Marin joked, though her expression was serious.

Nene offered her hand, which Marin took carefully. She squeezed it softly before letting her go with a nod. "It's nice to meet you--oh, no, aha. The 'Miss' isn't necessary," Marin pointed out sheepishly. "I'd much rather be called Yoshi than 'Miss Marin.'" She laughed at the inside joke. 

Her old nickname brought back a wave of nostalgia. When she was in Virbank, it was the moniker given to her by the neighborhood kids she hung out with at school. Yoshi, a shortened version of her surname, had been long forgotten after her friends began journeys of their own. By the time Marin was thirteen, 'Yoshi' was an object of her childhood.

"I guess I could figure why you'd want a Tentacool," Marin added slyly. Kurage squirmed in her lap, as did her egg. She held them both close. "But I should warn you, their sting hurts like a bitch." Kurage cooed in agreement, looking smug.

Marin noticed the Ivysaur and laughed, watching it interact with Nene in the most condescending fashion. At least she was not the only one with fussy Pokemon. Marin noticed Nene's egg, and her eyes widened. "Wow, that's a coincidence." Marin patted her egg gently. "We both have our own eggs... Gosh, we have so much in common already," she observed, playfully sardonic.

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[Nene Jukyu]

Nene felt Marin's eyes on her and blushed softly, feeling embarrassed about getting so worked up over this. "S-Sorry... I just sort of lose it when it comes to tentacles... my parents owned a takoyaki shop when I was young and there were lots of tentacled sea creatures in the area, so I made friends with lots of them." She rubbed the back of her head. "I guess it's been a while since I've seen any though and I just sort of overreacted." She laughed nervously, trying to play it off as a normal reaction. To her at least it was somewhat commonplace.

She watched as the girl licked her lips and gave Nene a hungry look as if to devour her right then and there. It made her shiver a bit but smile. "Well if you'd like to give me something to eat I certainly wouldn't object." She giggled, oblivious to the less than pure implications of her phrasing. She adjusted the shoulder strap of her swimsuit with a slight snap and sighed, she felt so disheveled after all that struggling, but part of her felt relieved as well. It was an oddly satisfying feeling to go through all of that.

Nene tilted her head, a bit confused by her insistence, misunderstanding her meaning and nodding dutifully. "Alright then, nice to meet you Ms. Yoshi." She smiled, completely missing the point of what she had said. She was a little thick sometimes but tried to do her best to make people comfortable around her, though with this sort of introduction that might have been easier said than done. "I was friends with a school of Tentacool back home, I used to swim with them all the time and they helped me gather ingredients for my parents' restaurant, but I've never caught one of my own." She moved a strand of blue hair behind her ear with a chuckle.

"I know very well how much they can cause pain, but when it comes to me, I just love their little tentacles." She giggled softly, rubbing her legs together with a soft blush. She patted Parsley on the head and stroked her egg's shell gently. "Yeah, I just got this egg recently, but I've been taking it with me everywhere, I think it's close to hatching soon. I can't wait to see what it will become~" She purred, kissing the top of the egg's shell before turning back to Marin with a gentle smile.

[Marin Yoshihara]

» TAGGED, Nene Jukyu
» WORD COUNT, 670

The wry smirk on Marin's face only became more pronounced as Nene tried to justify her reaction to Kurage's attack. There was no fooling her, she knew exactly what was going on, and it was kinky. Whatever Nene had done in her parents' shop had to be more than friendly bonding. More like friendly bondage...

"Didn't your parents ever tell you not to play with your food?" Marin teased. Takoyaki was great and all, but Marin would not go as far as to get close with its primary ingredient. In fact, now that Marin owned a Tentacool of her own, she was obligated to swear off it, or face the stinging wrath of her Pokemon. "Kind of morbid... Playing with your tentacled friends one minute, only to see them served on a silver platter the next."

Marin was only teasing, but she really was curious as to how these friendships Nene had in the shop had ended. It really skewered the meaning of trust. She shrugged, curling her finger in her green hair thoughtfully. Perhaps it was best not to dwell on it. It seemed Kurage was growing uncomfortable in her lap with all this talk of "takoyaki." Maybe it translated to death for a Pokemon? She giggled darkly.

"Gotta say," Marin purred, "I like a girl with a voracious appetite." She flashed a wink, ignoring Kurage's exasperated grumble. If the Pokemon could have her fun with Nene, Marin could too. She gave the Tentacool a gentle but silencing nudge. "Maybe I can teach you some fine dining in the future," she suggested.

It was hardly the time or place for what Nene had implied, and Marin began to doubt whether or not she intentionally implied it. The girl seemed... somewhat dense. Especially considering Marin's opinion on the title 'Miss' had completely blown over Nene's head. She shook her head fondly, deciding to let Nene do what she liked. It was charming.

"They're pretty easy to catch," Marin said. "So long as your Pokemon can tolerate the sting. But I've never met someone that would intentionally swim with a swarm of these guys. Takes guts, girl."

The thought of being surrounded by the poisonous jellyfish Pokemon made Marin feel squeamish, and Nene's trust in the Tentacool served as the foundation for some new respect. Kurage seemed to be aware of her trainer's discomfort, and she bubbled with amusement, poking at her trainer's knee playfully. Marin glanced at the Tentacool and smiled. She could at least be friendly with one of them.

"I don't let my egg leave my side either." Marin patted its shell fondly. "If I lost track of this little guy, I'd be devastated. But still, this kind of responsibility is not one I had been expecting... I still like it though." Marin smiled and held the egg closer, feeling it rustle from within its shell. "The sooner it hatches, the better. I need a full team if I'm going to challenge the league."  

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[Nene Jukyu]

"Oh don't worry, we never ate the ones that were our friends of course." She laughed softly. "We had other supply veins and pokemon know better than anyone that you have to eat other things to stay alive." She rubbed the back of her head. It did seem weird sometimes but she had made peace with it a while ago and now she was mostly alright. Just trust her, it all worked out. She giggled however at Marin's advances, even if she only had an inkling of what she might mean. "Well that sounds nice, let's do that sometime." She nodded firmly with a bright smile.

She was happy that this girl seemed to like her though and didn't think she was weird after her little outburst with the Tentacool, or if she did it didn't stop her from liking her all the same. "I know they're common in most places and it wouldn't be hard to catch one, I just haven't had the fortune to find one around here yet." She pouted and stared at Marin's Tentacool in her lap enviously. "And they're pretty nice to me, I rarely get stung at all, I think I might have built up a resistance to Tentacool poison when I was younger or something." She laughed and rubbed the back of her head, though she couldn't be sure.

"I just wanna catch more tentacle pokemon though! I can't find any around here!" A shiver ran down her spine and she squirmed before huffing and putting her hands on her hips. "Most of the ones I have like my Ivysaur and Inkay I brought from home." She nodded to the Ivysaur and patted her egg with a sigh. "Oh well, patience is key I suppose, I'll find some nice tentacled new additions soon enough~" She purred, stroking the egg.

She never thought of her friendship with Tentacool as anything that took bravery but she supposed a certain amount of courage was needed to be friends with anyone. "Yeah, I can't wait until this little baby hatches~ It's been quite fun taking care of it but I wanna see what it's like. I wonder what it'll be~ It's starting to make sounds inside the shell every now and then so I bet it's close." She chuckled before tilting her head. "You're going to challenge the pokemon league Ms. Yoshi? Seems like a lot of people around here have that sort of goal..."