ghostpepper | 1 Crushed Tomato

[The video kicks on first to show a partially-rolled up and dirty white shirt. (Are those blood stains?!) The stomach below it has faint scarring in the shape of what could be a large circle, or maybe a semi-circle. At any rate, the video pans up after a few seconds over the shirt, hitting a wall of bright red hair at the shoulders. Dried blood long-since turned brown stained her chin and mouth. Then the full, filthy face of a very alive and pissed off Kushina Uzumaki.]

Is this some kind of a joke?! I woke up in a room that isn't mine with some woman claiming to be my mother who looks about my age shoving a bag of stuff in my hands. My husband is missing, my baby is missing, my chakra is missing. But that's not the best part, ya know! Some guy shoved this thing on me!

[She turns the video down toward a Vulpix that's staring up at her with innocent brown eyes. It lets out a happy cry and attempts to nuzzle up against Kushina's leg. But the video-- and Kushina-- move away from it quickly. When the video comes back up, her hair is flowing out at every angle around her quickly reddening face.]

If I ever find the guy who gave this to me again, I'm gonna kill him, y'know!! What a sick joke! So someone tell me how to get rid of this thing!

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[Anyone else who might have been wandering around New Bark Town probably had the ~~honor~~ ~~misfortune~~ pleasure of spotting a particular redhead fuming over her starting partner. Or perhaps browsing one of the manuals Minato had forwarded to her over the Pokegear, occasionally nudging the Vulpix away with her foot, while she waited for him to arrive. Do you dare approach?]

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You shouldn't get rid of her, or him. [How do you tell female Vulpix apart from males again?] Since they'll be your main form of defense here, you should try to get along with them.

I don't care what it is. I'd rather have anything else but this.

[Yes, it is unusually cold for her, but she has reasons she's not really willing to give up to just anyone.]

[Wow, harsh. Looks like one of the cases of people hating their starter.]

Until you get another Pokemon, you're stuck with her. [He'll work with "her" for now.] And if you really don't want to keep her after that, you can give her to a trainer or a breeder.

I'll ask around until my husband comes to get me. Someone's bound to want this thing.

[At least she doesn't have to look at it since she got it in its ball again...]

There's bound to be one around. They're good fire types with their own tricks, plus someone would probably enjoy having them around.

[Vulpix are so cute and fluffy. And Ninetales are so beautiful.]

[S-sob don't even tell her about Ninetails...]

Good to know... thanks for the tip.

[No matter how tempting it is, he won't. Judging from how she reacts to the Vulpix, he guess she must've been reminded of something. Something fox-related?

Whatever the exact details are, telling her about Ninetales is probably a bad idea. (They're still good fire type choices, tho)]

No problem, miss. I'm always glad to help out new people.

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