10. Must Obtain Every One!

[pompous_today]

Who: Simon Tam and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Bloodsport
When: July 21st

[Simon had been about to make one of his rare appearances on the network, when his face scrunched up in confusion... and suddenly he seemed to trip and fall, lucky face-first into a convenient sponsor-provided crate of Flootemon stuffed toys and other assorted merchandise.

And let out a snore. Oops.

Once someone extracted Simon from the mess, he made another broadcast.]

... I have absolutely zero use for any of these stuffed toys, so they are free for the taking if anybody else is enjoying that monster-catching game. [He then squints at some of the name tags attached to them, holding up a black and gray-furred dog that's totally not a Mightyena.] ... Bigby? Really? ... Pikablu? And why is this frog called Sableye?

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[video]

[pompous_today]

Let's see... that's the fire dog, right? Here... [Simon emerges with a plush toy. Except the poor thing's eyes are just off-center enough to make it look, for lack of a better word, "derpy".]

[summerschild]

That's him!

[Clearly, Bran doesn't even notice the slight defect.]

He can absorb fire attacks.

[pompous_today]

Which is quite useful if you can deflect it back onto a bug or grass element foe. ... not that I know that from battling in this game, of course. [This is said with a big wink.]

[summerschild]

I've been playing it all month. We don't have "video games" back home.

[pompous_today]

Ah, is that so? We have plenty of technology like this where I come from, but I am usually not given to spending a lot of time playing games. This one has been surprisingly engaging, though.

[summerschild]

I used to play games with Arya and Sansa. My favorite was Monsters and Maidens, but Arya always made me be a Maiden.

[pompous_today]

[Simon had to smile at that, reminded of all the pretend games he and River would play as children.]

Did you at least enjoy being a Maiden, or did you have to be "rescued"?

[summerschild]

It just meant she got to chase me everywhere. I didn't mind it, though. I could climb better than her.

[pompous_today]

My sister and I would play games when we were younger, too- though ours tended to involve space ships. ... and dinosaurs, every now and then. Not much in the way of climbing, since I was bogged down with schoolwork much of the time.

[summerschild]

Schoolwork? What were you learning?

[pompous_today]

I am a doctor. My father placed a lot of importance on schoolwork, so I was doing all I could to study to be one from a young age.

[summerschild]

Like Doctor Crusher! [He doesn't wait for an answer.] I don't think I would want to learn all of that. It must take ages.

[pompous_today]

Yes- she's brilliant, isn't she? [He then laughed.] It wasn't easy, either, but in the end, I have found it is more than worth it. I greatly enjoy my work.