A. [ Ridiculously early in the morning, all of Johto gets a shaky close-up of a Zephyr badge, and this call goes out: ]

HI JOHTO IT'S SHOOTER HOW ARE YOU I'M GOOD GUESS WHAT MY RATTATA IS SO COOL HE'S THE BEST RATTATA AND TODAY WE HAD TO FACE OFF AGAINST A REALLY TOUGH PIDGEY BUT THEN WE WON AND WE GOT A BADGE BYE.

[ Click.

... yes, that just happened. ]

B. [ A few minutes later, the feed starts back up, and something else is happening! Something quieter, thank god, and now there's a Lopunny standing behind the boy. Shooter's got no idea how to filter this away from Claire, so he'll just keep his voice down and then maybe she won't notice. Brilliant. ]

Hey, is 'Playboy' a cool name, or is it too girly? A girl suggested it and I think it's kinda weird, but then Playboy could be his name-name and Tan could be his codename, and I could use his codename just for battles, and that would be sweet! And, like, secret.

What do you think?