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[imthe_shit]

[ Right square in the middle of Cherrygrove City, Snake is staring down his Torkoal, Boss, who appears to have... something... in his mouth. It looks square-shaped, and it's glimmering somewhat in the sunlight. The old soldier takes a hesitant step forward. ]

C'mon, Boss... Don't do this.

[ Boss clamps his mouth tighter around the object, causing Snake to freeze up. ] No, don't! [ Aaand... gulp. The mysterious box is gone forever, swallowed by the large fire-tortoise. ]

....

[ Snake pulls out his Pokégear, creating a video post. ]

[ VIDEO ]

[ He looks a bit... nervous. ] Hey, uh... Say, hypothetically, that a Pokémon swallowed a ... hypothetical pack of cigarettes. Would that... hypothetical Pokémon be harmed in any way?

... Hypothetically.

Comments

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[majorcrotchgrab]

Are they American cigarettes?

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[imthe_shit]

... Probably not, I bought them here in Johto.

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[majorcrotchgrab]

I was going to say if they were, you'd have nothing to worry about because American cigarettes are so weak.

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[imthe_shit]

... Hey now... There are some okay brands.

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[majorcrotchgrab]

[How cute of you, Snake. Trying to defend your ciggies.]

Have you tried any Soviet brands? If you're a heavy smoker, you may want to look into them.

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[imthe_shit]

Have you tried any American brands, or are you just dissing them because you're Russian?

I mean, I know American rations stink, but come on...

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[majorcrotchgrab]

I have tried them. I had to smoke about four of them before I was finally satisfied.

If I had a pack, I'd let you try one... but they weren't on me when I came here.

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[imthe_shit]

Yeah... Mine weren't with me, either. [ Of course, at the time, Otacon was forbidding any smoking after Snake had received those nasty burns. ]

That's why I picked some up here.

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[majorcrotchgrab]

How are they? I might need to pick up a pack for myself.

[Katya doesn't look too pleased about that as she chillaxes on his shoulder]

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[imthe_shit]

They're fine.

Bitter, hell on my lungs. But they feel good after a long walk, or early in the morning.

Which is just what I want.

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[majorcrotchgrab]

Sounds good to me then.

And I'm sure people have already told you what to do with your hypothetical pokemon situation so there's no point in me adding my two cents aside from good luck.

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[imthe_shit]

Hnn.

[ Snake isn't used to this guy being friendly to him. ]

Thanks.

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[majorcrotchgrab]

[He's got no reason to be unfriendly. Snake hasn't been a jerk to him. And the less enemies he has, the better.]

Mmhmm.

[He flashes a small smirk and nods his head, then ends the feed.]