Great, he can hear us

[whydoyoushine]

[The voice on the network is not a familiar one, unless you've heard one of the rare times Mr. Sparkles speaks actual words and not batlike chittering noises...or unless you've heard Joe Pesci on helium.]

Hey, hey, hey, what's this? Why the hell am I hearing you lot up in my head, huh?

Never did this before, why's it starting now?

[There's a pause.]

And so...do you guys talk about anything important, or is it all a lot of bellyachin'?

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[ninjayeehaw]

[wow it has been a while since he heard that accent.]

...Mister Sparkles?!

[whydoyoushine]

The one and only!

How've ya been, kid?

[ninjayeehaw]

Uh-- doin' well, I s'pose...

...didn't realise Zed had the kinda skills t'be puttin' y'all on the Network too...

[whydoyoushine]

Neither did I.

[Oops.]

[ninjayeehaw]

Hey, least we got another way t'keep from losin' either a' y'all. [because seriously that is a legitimate concern] Ain't like y'all can't take it off a' him again anyhow, right?

[whydoyoushine]

I dunno, maybe if I need to ground him.

[This seems to irritate Mr. Sparkles.]

I'd like to see you try!

[ninjayeehaw]

[sorry Mr. Sparkles]

Send him over my way some time, I could get Rodeo t'keep tabs on him!

[awitchdidit]

Bellyaching, party planning, quantum theory...typical human things.

Welcome to the network, Mr. Sparkles.

[whydoyoushine]

Thank you, thank you, it's good to be here.

Let me in on that party planning, I'm a great punch tester.

[awitchdidit]

Ahaha, excellent! I've been meaning to work on my right hook.

[whydoyoushine]

Not that kinda punch! The fun kinda punch!

[awitchdidit]

That is the fun kind of punch. I've never landed one on a bat before, it'll be an interesting challenge!

[whydoyoushine]

Fun for you, maybe!

And I'll have you know, I bite when threatened!

[dino_zarf]

It's the best way to talk.

People yell a lot though.

[whydoyoushine]

Eh, yelling don't bother me none. There's worse ways of communicatin'.

[dino_zarf]

Sometimes I actually want to sleep.

[whydoyoushine]

That's when you gotta use a little revenge to get what you want.

Wait until they're trying to sleep, then don't stop making noise.

[dino_zarf]

[There is a distinctive giggle over the network]

Daddy says I'm really good at noise.

[whydoyoushine]

That's good, kid, that's real good. You use that noise when you have to!

[mytearsaremine]

I almost can't believe I'm asking this, but... how did you do that? How are you talking on here?

[Because she's picked up now who this is, from the other conversations. She's not sure whether she's asking to try and keep her own pogemon friend off the network, or to allow him to get on it.]

[whydoyoushine]

Heck if I know.

Maybe Zed did something? He messes around with the psychic talky crap a lot.

[mytearsaremine]

Well, obviously he's listening, so.... Hey, Zed! How did you get Mr. Sparkles on the network?

[whydoyoushine]

Man, I don't know. I think it was an accident. I was trying to read his mind.

[mytearsaremine]

How did you do that, exactly? Just listen really hard?

[Because there's obviously a skill involved here, or her pogemon would have been on the network way before now.]

[whydoyoushine]

Maybe? Listening really hard to him while trying to pay attention to the network at the same time, maybe.