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Men vs. Women Race to 1000: Version 2.0

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Pokemon: Earth

I hope someone else joins, Malcolm be himself may not make much for a pokemon trainer XD. If worse comes to worse, I can always make another character and put Malcolm on hold for awhile.

Pokemon: Earth

"Tch, everyone wants a goddamn training licenses with every employer they get..." Malcolm sighed. "I've been avoiding it for a long time, but everyday it gets harder not to have one..."
The library was the only time he kept his pokemon in their pokeballs, as they were usually too noisy to be kept out. If Ex was out, he probably would have suggested getting a license, as usual. And Malcolm would give the same response, he wasn't going to let his Dad win.

But this grudge against his father seemed harder and harder to hold as each day passed. Malcolm sighed again, clicking on the construction worker job. It was probably the best he could do per hour, but the labor was always tough.

"Alright, construction it is. Hopefully it's not too far of a walk..."

Pokemon: Earth

@Balthazar007

Yeesh! March was a lot colder than I remembered, haha. Or maybe I just blocked it out of my memory haha.

Pokemon: Earth

Malcolm made his way to the computers and pulled up a site for odd jobs. He began to scour for available options.

Pokemon: Earth

Ah, there it is. Malcolm thought to himself. I thought maybe the nurses around here were all just nice.

"Thanks again, Nurse Alice!" He called out to her as she walked away.

"Zu, zu!" "Buzz!"

Malcolm waited a moment for Split to chime in for her thanks. After hearing nothing, he turned to Split, who was just sitting cross legged floating.

"You gotta at least say thanks, Split."

Split remained silent, and Malcolm sighed.


"One of these days, Split, you'll learn to talk to people. One of these days."

Malcolm said nothing to the older nurse and walked out of the pokécenter. The weather outside had warmed up a bit with the sun being out and the cold wasn't as unbearable as it was before.


"Alright, to the library to use their computer. Hopefully there's something I can pick up quick, there usually isn't a whole lot going on in the winter."

"Buzz?"


"What was that?"

"Electabuzz."


"There's a computer in the pokemon center?"


"Buzz."

"Ah, shit. Shoulda just used that one." Malcolm grumbled. "Well, I think our luck with nice people has run out today, if that old nurse was a sign of anything. Let's just make our way over, it's not that long of a walk."

"Abra."

"So you pipe up when you want to sass me, huh?" Malcolm laughed sardonically. "Anyone else want to ridicule me? How about you Screech?"

"Zu!"

"Yeesh, everyone is a critic..." Malcolm sighed as he walked off towards the library.

Pokemon: Earth

The group took their time with the food, relishing every bite. For free food, the quality was amazing. Mashed potatoes, fresh Pinap berries, and even some filleted magikarp. As Malcolm made way at his potatoes, he looked over to his pokémon, making sure they were enjoying the grub as much as him.

Screech was ravenously devouring the pokéblocks they gave him. Even though he was a small pokémon, he had one hell of an appetite. Maybe it was a sign of him growing. Or maybe it was a sign of how bad the food Malcolm made.

Ex was alternating between eating his food and keeping Screech from spitting scraps all over the table. Ex had grown to have a paternal relationship with Screech, slowly trying to adapt the wild Zubat to civilized life. Malcolm tried his best, but Malcolm had found that it was sometimes best for Ex to teach Screech how to behave instead of himself. He chalked it up to pokémon knowing pokémon better.

And at last, there was Split, quietly levitating her pokéblocks into her mouth and watching the chaos that was Screech. Split had always been curiously quiet since the joining the group. She preferred to sit back and watch, rarely partaking in any of the party's decisions. At first, Malcolm thought Split joined the party merely to spy on him. Probably to report back to the other pokémon in the warehouse he stayed at for awhile on human life, adding to their building pile of information they would use to take over the human world. But, overtime, Split began to speak her mind more, and Malcolm realized she was just a shy pokémon.

After about an hour, Malcolm cleaned up the mess him and his pokémon made, then slowly made his way to the reception desk. He thought about just leaving without saying anything, but the lady who helped him was exceptionally kind to him, so he figured the least he could do was say goodbye to her. He hoped she wouldn't try and convince him to become a licensed trainer, or try and blackmail him in some devious way.

"Feel better?" She asked, less of a question and more out of politeness. She then leaned forward a bit over the counter and lowered her voice. "Would you like a room for a few hours? I hope you don't think I'm being to assuming, but I bet your Pokemon would enjoy a nice warm bath." She winked.

@Balthazar007

Malcolm's brow furrowed. This lady was being very nice to him, something he was not used to at all. Very few people went out of their way to treat a wandering vagrant with such warmth. Was she after something? What could Malcolm have to offer her, other than the few pokédollars he had? He shook his head no in response.

"Uh, thank you so much for what you've done, but I really should get going." Malcolm said, looking over his shoulder. "The meal was very nice and all, but I gotta find a way to make some money for the day, and that's not the easis-"

Malcolm was cut off by a tugging on his jacket. He looked down to see Ex, with a pleading look in his eyes.

"Electa."

"Yeah, it would be nice buddy, but we don't have it in the budget for a vacation today."

"Buzz!"

"You know why!"

"Electabuzz..."

"Yeah the smell is getting bad but all we really need is a sink an-"

Malcolm stopped, realizing the woman was audience to this whole affair. He turned to her and smiled sheepishly.

"Listen, thank you, I really appreciate what you did, but I do have to get going. Pleasure to meet you, miss..." Malcolm paused again. Deja vu. "Uh, you know I never got your name."

Pokemon: Earth

"Thank you so much, miss... uh..." Malcolm coughed, realizing he never introduced himself, nor asked for the woman's name. Before he went to ask for her name, his sentence was cut off.

"Zuuuu!Zuuuu!" Screech screeched from inside his jacket.

Malcolm rubbed his head and chuckled again.

"Sorry, you'll have to excuse me, the boys are hungry." Malcolm motioned for Ex and Split to follow behind him, which they quickly did.

"Thank you again, and I'll find ya afterwards."

Malcolm waited in line for his food, with the process being relatively uneventful. He slid his plate onto a table with Ex, Split, and Zu making themselves comfortable at the table as well. Usually, hot meals indoors were a once at the end of the month thing for Malcolm, but luckily the nice doctor or nurse let them in without much hassle.

"Alright guys, we lucked out this time. Enjoy the food!"

Pokemon: Earth

"Well, hey there traveler. Can I help you?"

Before Malcolm could spoke, he noticed the lady's eyes dart over to his pokemon. At first, Malcolm didn't understand the stink eye she gave them. It was a pokémon center. They surely saw pokemon all the time. But then it dawned on him. Pokéballs.

"Oh, haha, ignore them being out." Malcolm smiled. "We were just streching our legs, I can put them back in their little spherical prisons if it bothers ya."

He made a friendly laugh, which was followed by a bit of awkward silence. Malcolm cleared his throat, and began again.

"Anyway, me and my pokés were just out for a stroll, and got a little hungry, that's all. Was wondering if we could stop by for some food?"

Pokemon: Earth

@Balthazar007

Gotcha! I didn't think there was anyway, just a hope Malcolm had haha.