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[A very shaky video feed from a cell phone camera pops up showing one incredibly excited young woman]

Ciao! How is everyone today? I hope the winter break has been treating you well?

[It takes a moment for Mona to realize that the crowd of people listening in on the network are likely not her usual fair. Habit of popping up randomly to address her fellow employees seems to have gotten the better of her.]

Oh! How silly of me, you're probably wondering why the heck a strange lady is babbling on, and on. Well, maybe I'm not so much of a stranger to most, perhaps there might be a few at the academy who might recognize my face? I mean, you never know, I might have delivered pizza to your door in the past, or maybe you know me from that huge video game company? It is a small world after all.

[Mona makes a sharp waving motion with her hand]

Anyhow, before I go flying off on a completely unrelated tangent, the name's Mona! I'm what you could consider to be the 'newbie' at school. Though mind you, back home in Diamond City I'm a senior student, so not incredibly new to the whole school thing. As of now, I'll be attending classes at Smash Academy as a transfer student. Sounds fun, huh?

[Only then does she realize how long she's been on the road and how late it's suddenly gotten. Time sure flies when you're having fun.]

If I keep standing out here talking I'm never going to get unpacked at this rate ha ha! Until next time, can't wait to meet you all in class!

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Oh yeah, Nancy's cooking is great! You'll really like it, I bet! And hey, nothing wrong with being a plain old human. My trainer's a plain old human, and he's the best! You should totally meet him.

[She gets the feeling that the academy is entirely filled with these transforming Pokemon creatures.]

Yeah, if you get the chance to I'd totally be up for meeting your trainer sometime. I'd also be interested in learning more of the place you guys come from and all. Monsters...er sorry, Pokemon and humans working and living together sounds like a bizarre concept from one of those science fiction novels. A totally rad novel at that!

Hey, truth is stranger than fiction sometimes!

[He opened the door to the cafeteria and looked around.]

Looks like Nancy's not here right now, so we've got the place to ourselves! Long as we don't make a mess of the place, we're good.

I promise to keep the place looking as clean as I keep my own kitchen. The cafeteria will be so spotless Nancy won't even know we set a foot in this place.

[Mona took off through the door and made a beeline for the pantry, throwing doors and cabinets open and plucking the supplies she needed with quick speed.]

What would you like on your pizza Jolt? Perhaps something traditional like pepperoni? Are you a pepper type of guy? What about hot peppers, do you like those? Flour, salt...

[Never missing a beat to even turn around, she continued on with ransacking the fridge for cheese. While it appeared she was absorbed greatly in her endeavor, Mona kept her hearing attuned for Jolt's replies.]

Not hard to do. Jock and I do it all the time when we cook in here. And believe me, we go nuts in the kitchen.

[He was practically salivating at the thought.]

Pepperoni, I'll go for some peppers, and meat. You put bacon on this thing, and I'll love you till the day I die.

Pepperoni, meat, peppers and bacon? Got it! One Jolt Special coming right up! In the meantime, get to prepping up these toppings while I focus all my energies on the most important factor.

[Mona lays out on the counter a knife and grater for Jolt to use, along with the peppers and a wedge of cheese to be used. She busies herself with preparing the dough for the pizza, taking great care to make the entire thing from scratch.]

You can make or break the success of a pizza by the crust alone. If the dough isn't perfect you'll fail to bring in the, well, dough!

[Mona pauses momentarily to play the terrible pun back in her head. She places a floury palm immediately to her face as she chuckles. The place might be spotless but Mona is surely going to be the one covered head to toe in flour by the end of it.]

Okay, okay, my bad! Sounded better off in my head. Really, love, care, and dedication are practically the secret ingredients to success.

I'm on it!

[Jolt was a pro at prepping meats. And it showed, as he laid out those bacon strips ~~and bacon strips and bacon strips~~.]

Hey, I'm with you on that! You've gotta love your craft whatever it is you do. Making pizzas, fighting Pokemon battles, it all counts.

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Speaking of which, you ought to show me what a Pokemon battle is like seeing how I'm so new to this whole Pokemon shebang. Smash Academy is a fighting school after all right? Mainly the whole reason for transferring here was to learn how to fight.

[Unlike her fellow co-workers back home, Mona didn't possess any unique abilities or skills to defend herself when it came to battle. Martial arts, spells, bazookas, even hand to hand combat was prominent in the company roster. But Mona? Her battle plan consisted of driving as fast as she could on the Mona Cycle while her animal friends did all the defending for her. Aside from biting, tossing together a delicious pizza, and twirling a baton, Mona didn't have a clue to the basics of battles.]

Certainly tossing a pizza in the middle of a battle isn't going to get me far you think?

[To demonstrate she flipped the dough upwards above her head, continuously keeping it spinning till it flattened in a circular shape. The very skill was the soul reason why she had been her cheerleading team's lone baton expert.]

Sure, no problem! I can do that! I'll show you the stadium later.

You've sure come to the right place if you wanna learn to fight. Pizza may not be the best weapon, but hey, if your opponent's hungry, it might be a distraction!

[He laughed, watching her spin that dough, nodding in approval.]

Wow. You're definitely a pro at that!

Using pizza as a distraction would be fine and dandy if you're opponent wasn't a huge bottomless pit. Otherwise I could see your valid point in it being a useful strategy.

[She could think of one person back home which fit the bill perfectly. A single pizza alone wouldn't be enough to defeat him in a fight. In fact, five pizzas would never even make a dent, let alone be a good enough distraction.]

Uh, thanks! [She grows a bit bashful. Not everyday does someone compliment her pizza tossing as being pro rank.] Honestly when I first started out in the pizza business I messed up the dough tossing all the time. I grew so frustrated! People were counting on their orders arriving on time and there I was flubbing the entire thing up. I kept persisting at it and eventually finally got the hang of it. Been a useful skill too as far as cheerleading goes.

Better not try it on Sonny then.

That's the way to do it! Just gotta keep practicing! Nobody ever got better sitting on their asses and fretting every time things got tough.

Agreed! No shame in being a little bull headed or persistent when difficulties strike, am I right? And I for one can't stand sitting idly around doing nothing. I'm a girl of action!

[A little too fired up for her own good Mona playfully slams her fists to the table and jolts the bag of flour in the process, spilling the white powder over the counter and herself in the process.]

Ack! Oh man, there goes my promise of keeping the place spotless out the window...

[Glancing down at her now flour covered attire she laughs.]

Keeping myself spotless wasn't part of the deal however!

[Jolt tried hard to suppress a laugh, but to no avail. He covered his mouth, snickering.]

No biggie. I'll wipe the counter down on the way out. But nobody ever made a great meal without making a bit of a mess! Besides, you room's got a shower in it, and now you just get to try it out!

And what do you think you're doing? You can't go getting off scot-free by being clean!

[Snicker at her will he? Mona reaches her hand into the bag, grabs a handful of flour and playfully tosses it in Jolt's direction.]

C'mon, you have the toppings all cut up by now you slowpoke? This isn't going to be a legit pizza if I have nothing to place on it.

[Jolt caught the flour in the face, sputtering and wiping it out of his eyes.]

Oh, so you like playing with fire, huh?

[He flicked some of the flour on his fingers back at her, smirking.]

Don't worry about that, everything's diced up and ready to top.

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