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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 3:22 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:56 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:39 pm
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Brian barely had time to react as the young man called out his Charmander and ordered an Ember attack on him. Fine, if that's the way it has to be, he thought, but before he could call her out, Lu was standing in front of him, an angry look on her face at the thought of someone purposely harming her trainer. "Quick Attack, Lu!" he said, his voice calm. The Riolu didn't even respond, shooting forward in a white stream of light and hoping that she might hit her opponent.
While this was happening, Brian's mind was racing. Was there someone posing as him? What would be the reasoning behind that? He was a simple guy, who wanted to be the best he could and help both people and Pokemon. This guy had definitely mistaken him for someone else, but he couldn't worry about that now; right now he had to worry about the battle taking place.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 3:45 pm
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Brian didn't react when Lu slammed into the Charmander and sent it flying. In the short moment the Fire-type was off the ground, Brian caught sight of a familiar face beyond the young man. He was stunned to see his own face staring back at him, especially from just how much this doppleganger looked like him. Why was this person impersonating him? There wasn't much time to act when the double scurried off after locking eyes with Brian.
He heard the trainer's order to use Fire Fang, but even though he wanted to continue the battle, he needed to track down his double. "Lu, leave it for now," he said, making the Riolu look at him in surprise. "We've got a doppleganger to track down." Hearing this, Lu remembered the face she'd seen when she'd sent the Charmander flying, and a low growl formed in her throat. Nobody posed as her trainer without facing the consequences. Forgoing the urge to battle, the two took off after the double, hoping to catch him and find out just what he was up to.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 4:02 pm
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"Hey! Wait! Where do you think you're going!? Come back here!" The trainer demanded as he and his Charmander, who had just rushed past the fleeing Riolu and stumbled after missing his mark, watched Brian and his Pokemon take off. This was a first one for both of them, a trainer actually running from a battle. Neither really knew what to do other than verbally protest.
Since the young man didn't really stop Brian he was free to chase off after the impostor, taking a sharp turn at the bow of the ship and startling some Wingull that were perched on the railing there. When he arrived on the other side of the deck he found the impostor hunched over with his back facing Brian, apparently catching his breath, a Dodrio standing in front of the imposter, two of the faces looking down at the impostor with concern and the other screeching at the real Brian to alert its apparent trainer.
"...!?" The impostor said nothing as he jumped around and looked at the true Brian with a shocked expression, mustering up what little energy they had left to feebly run off, leaving the Dodrio behind to use Growl at Brian and Riolu to try and intimidate them while its trainer fled. The fake Brian wasn't making it very far very fast so there was still time to stop him, just had to get around the Dodrio.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:25 pm
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Brian ignored the trainer yelling after him to come back. "Ye want yer bag back, right?" he called over his shoulder. "That's what I'm doing." Knowing the young man wouldn't stop him out of shock of him running from the battle, he kept going, Lu running beside him. He ignored the Wingull he startled, trying to keep the impostor in sight. It wasn't hard to find him, hunched over and trying to catch his breath with a Dodrio standing next to him.
Brian could see the impostor wasn't very fit, unlike Brian, who had spent his time as a child playing with Pokemon. Their sudden appearance startled the Dodrio, and the impostor took off again, but Brian was ready for it this time. "Lu, Quick Attack his legs, stop him from getting away!" he ordered. Though he would normally never order an attack on another trainer, this one was a thief, and Brian was determined to make sure he didn't get away. Lu nodded and shot forward again, passing through the legs of the Dodrio and hoping she hit her target.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:34 pm
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"It was all an accident, I promise." Fake Brian said, 'his' voice turning softer and more feminine as 'he' spoke. Something even weirder was going on. "Here, let me show you...if I can just get up." The impostor said, waiting for Lu to get off of 'his' chest. When the Riolu complied, or was ordered to, the impostor would get up and turned around to face away from them. For a moment it looked like they would flee but alas they did not. When Fake Brian turned back around Real Brian would no longer be looking at his own face but rather the face of a young girl.
"I'm so sorry." She said, almost fighting back tears. "They call me The Copycat. As you can see I'm really good at changing my appearance, learned from my Ditto." As if on cue her 'hair'. which was identical to Brian's. turned pink and goo and fell off her head, plopping to the floor.
"Ditto!" The former head of hair declared as a thin smile and beady eyes appeared on it.
"You see, I'm heading to Galar to participate in the World Champion Cup as part of Team Kanto and I was so super nervous that I missed the ship for our team and had to take this one. To calm myself down I thought I would practice my mimicry and on my way here I saw you on the docks and decided to try copying you. I didn't think you would actually be boarding the same ship as me." She said, laughing nervously.
"As for that kid...who is understandably really mad at me, that was also an accident. When we got on board I released Dodrio here who helps me get the voice right of who I mimic, he can mimic voices very well. Well that Charmander came by and its tail flame singed Dodrio's foot while it wasn't looking and startled him causing him to kick the Charmander nearly off board and run off, knocking over the kid and his backpack getting stuck on its foot. I managed to calm Dodrio down but by that time the kid caught up and saw me with his bag and started yelling at me. I didn't know what to do and got nervous so I kind of...ran...here." She explained, then presenting Brian with the other kid's bag.
"Could you give this to him and tell him I'm sorry? I...have anxiety problems, it's why I like to mimic people and put on disguises, it helps." The Copycat said as she lowered her eyes in shame.
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