<Cleff> "You really think that there could be someone like him again?"
<Brock> "I guess the best way to put it was... he was an incredible trainer. Compassionate, quick to act, and thorough in everything he did."
<Brock> "Someone a lot like him popped up a few years later and actually beat him in a pokemon battle... but that Ethan guy was a hero, too. I had the pleasure of facing off against him once as well. As for the future..."
<Brock> "Well, yeah!"
<Brock> "There's always going to be heroes. People who take up arms and do the right thing, who don't let anything get in the way of their principals."
 Cleff thinks about that for a second. "Thanks, that's all I really wanted to know I guess."
<Brock> "Sure. Good luck, out there, whatever you're doing."
<Brock> "Someday you might be a hero yourself."
 Cleff gives a bit of a respectful bow. "Thanks for the battle again."
<Cleff> "Yeah... maybe someday."
<Brock> "Hey, sure. Anytime. Stop by anytime you're in the neighborhood."
<Brock> "It's always nice having the presence of three lovely ladies in an empty gym like this."
<Brock> Linda laughs a bit at that.
 Cleff giggles, "In the end you're just a dirty old man aren't you."
<Brock> "H-hey!"
<Brock> "What are you trying to say? I was just being complimentive!"
<Brock> He seems kind of embarassed now.
<Cleff> "See ya later~"
<Brock> Linda: "Kazumi... I better not find out you know anything much about dirty old men or so help me..." she scowls authoritatively.
<Brock> "Uh, well, bye!"
<Brock> He waves to the three of you.
 Cleff shrinks away from her mom a little. "O-Okay mom."
<Cleff> <Geez... I faced a 50 foot tall nidoking... but that face is still the scary as hell.> :<
<Cleff> "Let's get back to the house already, I wanna eat!"
<Brock> Doodles: "Yeah!"
<Brock> Linda: "Alright, sweetie. I'm worried what may be going on between your father and your friend anyway."
<Cleff> "Right, I wanna check up on them too." :<
 Cleff hurries back to the house.
<Brock> The three of you hurry back.
<Brock> And as you enter the house...
<Brock> 1d100
<DiceMaid-9001> Brock, 1d100: 57 [1d100=57]
<Brock> You stumble upon a horrific sight.
<Brock> Josuke... and Mewtwo...
<Cleff> (Oh Mr. Kujo)
<Cleff> (Let's do it.)
<Cleff> "Yes, and I will leave my stand on)
<Cleff> (
<Brock> Wearing your father's ridiculous old cosplay outfits and renacting a famous sword duel from an anime vaguely familiar to you. And they're making a WRECK of the house.
<Brock> Linda: "..."
<Brock> Linda: "...JOSUKE KUJO."
<Brock> They both freeze.
<Cleff> <Scariest thing ever> ; ;
 Cleff cowers behind doodles.
<Brock> Doodles cowers behind Linda.
<Brock> Josuke: "O-oh. Hi, honey. You're um, back awfully early."
<Cleff> "Are you kidding? That shuckle thing took like an hour."
<Brock> Linda: "I go and watch our daughter win her very first gym battle in the region, against Brock's strongest pokemon, and trust you to cook the food and AT LEAST keep the house in order..."
<Brock> She stomps over to her husband and drags him by the ear back into the kitchen.
<Brock> Mewtwo removes his mask after a moment and scratches his head. <Scaaaareee.>
<Brock> Mewtwo: <Oh, by the way, Cleff?>
<Cleff> "Yes?"
<Brock> <Your dad's awesome.>
<Brock> <Just throwing that out there.>
<Cleff> "No u."
<Cleff> :3c
<Brock> He laughs.
<Brock> He goes about cleaning the mess he and Josuke made while dinner is being salvaged.
<Brock> And finally all of you gather around the table and have a nice, peaceful Thanksgiving dinner.
<Brock> Unless you want to roleplay that out more, I think we can call that...
<Brock> </session>
<Cleff> (well quick question)
<Brock> Yeah?
<Cleff> (are they staying over?)
<Cleff> (are we spending the night?)
<Brock> You can if you want.
<Brock> And if you do, they will.
<Cleff> ('cause if we are...)
<Cleff> <Psst. Hey doodles.>
<Brock> <Hmm?>
* Brock is now known as Doodles
<Cleff> <Meet me in my room after everyone's asleep.>
<Doodles> She titters. <Seriously? Here? Hee hee, you're so bad, Cleff.>
<Doodles> <But okay~>
<Cleff> <Umm, well we can do that too but I also wanted to talk.>
<Doodles> <Oh! Well.>
<Doodles> <Er, sorry.> :3c
<Doodles> <I'll be there.>
<Doodles> Want to skip ahead to that now or what?
<Cleff> (yeah sure)
<Doodles> Okay.
<Doodles> It's late in the night. You're STILL full from all that freaking food you ate.
<Doodles> Doodles phases into your room silently. <I'm here~>
 Cleff smiles and sits up. <Come sit on the bed with me.>
<Doodles> She floats over and does so, taking you into her arms.
<Doodles> <What's up?>
<Cleff> <Have you ever wondered... what makes us 'us'?"
<Doodles> <Hm...>
<Doodles> <Whaddya mean?>
<Cleff> <Well when I got my human memories back...>
<Cleff> <I didn't really change much, right?>
<Doodles> <Not very much, no.>
<Cleff> <I mean I like to think I've been acting a little bit more mature.>
<Doodles> <You got a little more responsible I think?>
<Cleff> <And I've stopped eating things out of the trash.>
<Doodles> <Yeah..
<Doodles> >
<Doodles> <I bet you can't see yourself doing that now.>
<Cleff> <Right...>
<Cleff> <Even if they did throw away a damn perfectly good muffin.>
<Cleff> <I mean it had like one bite.>
<Cleff> <And it was on top and still had the wrapper on and everything>
<Cleff> <And it wasn't touching anything gross.>
<Doodles> <But why are you asking?>
<Cleff> <Well...>
<Cleff> <Let's say I got the memories from my alien life back.>
<Cleff> <That's a whole life on a completely different planet. Completely different experiences... completely different person.>
<Doodles> <Are you scared you'll get those memories back, and... stop being you?>
<Cleff> <I am.>
<Cleff> <What if...>
<Cleff> <Let's say... what if it feels more like...>
<Cleff> <Like I'm not Cleff with Kazumi and Cleffinda's memories.>
<Cleff> <And I start thinking of myself as Cleffinda with Kazumi and Cleff's memories.>
<Doodles> :<
<Cleff> <I don't... I don't WANT to get those memories back. I don't want to because I'm scared, doodles.>
<Doodles> <Then don't! Maybe we can try to lock them away somehow, permanently...>
<Cleff> <But... I don't know if that would be right.>
<Cleff> <I guess I don't know what the right thing to do is.>
<Doodles> She squeezes you tight. <I know souls exist now... But is it the soul who makes us what we are? Our memories? A combination of? I don't know.>
<Doodles> <I'm sorry... I don't know what it is either. But I don't want to risk losing you...>
 Cleff squeezes her back. <I don't want to lose you either, Doodles.>
<Cleff> <That's why I haven't been calling you to fight with me...>
<Cleff> <If something happened to you...>
<Doodles> <Cleff...>
<Cleff> <If I lost you again... I don't... think I could continue on.>
<Doodles> <I... I don't want you to risk yourself, by yourself, any more than you have to... I want to live with you the rest of my life, okay? I... I'd even like to have kids someday, you know, adoption or if you can get that power to work...>
<Doodles> <I don't want to even think of a world without you.>
<Doodles> She shivers.
 Cleff holds her tight.
<Doodles> <I need you, Cleff.>
<Cleff> <I need you too, doodles.>
<Doodles> <If you vanished...>
<Doodles> <If something happened...>
<Cleff> <I'll always be there for you.>
 Cleff looks into her eyes.
<Doodles> <If I didn't just kill myself and hope to find you there, I'd probably... just be Deoxys forever. Go into deep space... try to forget everything....>
<Cleff> <I promise.>
<Doodles> She looks back, tears glistening up and borderline panic in her expression.
 Cleff leans in and kisses her.
<Doodles> She kisses you back, hugging tightly. <Oh god, I love you, Cleff... don't ever leave...>
<Cleff> <I'll never leave, Doodles. I'll stay with you forever.>
<Doodles> <And be my wife? When you're old enough, and we're ready.>
<Cleff> <Heh, are you proposing to me, Doodles?>
<Doodles> <I am! Kinda? I dunno, I never really thought it was in question, but.>
<Cleff> <Of course it's not.>
<Cleff> <I'd love to marry you.>
<Doodles> <Good, good...> she calms down a little bit.
<Cleff> <I'll always be with you doodles. I promise.>
<Doodles> <And I'll always be there for you too, Cleff. You don't have to be afraid...>
<Doodles> She settles, content to lay on your bed.
 Cleff lays next to doodles and wraps her arms around her fiancee.
<Cleff> <I love you doodles. I always will.>
<Doodles> <And I'll always love you, Cleff...>
<Cleff> <Let's do it. And I will leave my necklace on.>
<Doodles> Doodles has to grab her mouth from busting out laughing.
<Cleff> (FTB?)
<Doodles> <I'm not really in the mood right now... but I think you can change that.>
<Doodles> FTB.
<Cleff> MEANWHILE IN A 20 MILE RADIUS OF THIS EVENT
<Cleff> MEWTWOS COSPLAYING
<Cleff> GYM GUIDES BEING LONELY
<Cleff> IT WAS GLORIOUS.
<Cleff> THE END.