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Fifteenth Flight. [video/action for Saffron City.]

[Hey, Pokemon World. Did you miss vikings being derpy? Well, never fear! Here's Hiccup, grinning like a fool and looking way too excited as he backs up from where he's set his 'gear.]

Alright. So, everyone? Feel free to start calling me Bastian. [His smile somehow widens even more as he reaches down and lifts his newest team member, draping her over his shoulders and giving her a little scritch behind the fins.] I just got myself my very own luckdratini.

[The Dratini--an unusual purple-tinted pink--studies the 'gear with a twinkle in her eye. Well, really there's a twinkle everywhere else, too. Yep, like so many pokemon showing up on the network, this baby's a shiny.]

I'm going out to show Falkor the city, okay?

[Someone's been reading The Neverending Story lately...]

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[UH-OH. Consider her pinged. Those are intimations that sound suspiciously datelike to her trained ears.]

Oh? Big plans coming up? Because I'll tell you the same thing I always told Hannah — luck has nothing to do with it; it's talent and preparation that make things happen. Whether it's a Haunter or just something you need to be lucky about.

[Listen to him subtly clearing his throat.]

Even if luck has nothing to do with it, it might make me feel better... [About the Haunter, anyway. He'd rather Astrid swoon over his charming personality or dashing looks, but... Well.] But yeah, there...might be something coming up. I should probably get to that, soon...

I'm already working on a plan for Isabelle, rest assured.

How lucky a guesser would I be, if I suspected it involves Astrid?

[There's a...tiny pause.]

Well, that depends. You seem to think a lot of my plans involve Astrid, so it's a pretty standard answer from you. Not much luck in that kind of situation, now is there? [NO, HE'S NOT AVOIDING THE ISSUE.

...dangit he needs her advice, though.]

But, uh, y-yeah. I'm going to be...taking her out to dinner, soon.

[omg.

OMG.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE — okay, yeah, that's quite enough of that, she is a dignified master thief and that is quite enough of that.

Eee.]

That's because I like to rely on talent and preparation, instead. Congratulations, Hiccup, good for you.

[Eee, indeed.]

Talent and preparation is what I need, right about now. [Mom, heeeelp.] See, the problem is that I asked her on the tenth, but since neither of us really know how to...go out to dinner, I don't know how to plan it.

[Like, is he supposed to be calling this a date, he wants to, especially since it should be nice, but what if she really just wants it to be a regular congratulations on her victory, and hnnngh maybe-dating is difficult.]

[HELP IS ON THE WAY.]

The first thing you'll want to do is pick a restaurant. Then you'll want to pick a day for your outing. [SEE, SHE'S NOT EVEN CALLING IT A DATE. This is because she loves you.] You go to the restaurant in advance of that day and tell them you want to make a reservation — that way, they'll make sure to have a table waiting for you when you show up on the night of, and you won't have to worry about getting in amidst the possible crowds.

[Carmen Sandiego is a good mom.]

I didn't know I had to make a reservation... [Never had to for any other restaurant.] And, uh, w-what kind of... What are we supposed to wear?

You don't have to, but it's a good precaution, as part of your preparation.

[...What to wear, on the other hand, is a good question, kiddo. It occasionally stumps her, herself.]

And what you'll wear depends on how much of a production you care to make this outing.

Well, uh, I was thinking of some place more...expensive? Part of the reason I'm taking her is to celebrate her winning against Sabrina. [The other part is because girl of his dreams.] But I also don't know if either of us have anything that...works for an expensive restaurant.

...We might have to get Agent Cooper to teach you how to tie a tie.

[HEEEEEEEEE. Ahem. eeeeeeeeee.]

I'll come meet you in town and we'll go looking, okay? For a restaurant and something to wear both.

[Can you hear his relief, Carmen?]

Great... Thanks, Carmen, really.

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