@vindictes asked: hands him his own little rocket shirt because it's what he deserves after all this time even if the mission outcomes have been– varying 👏 😤
This moment is one he’s been waiting for for years now. His obvious lack of a uniform is something that’s annoyed him ever since he first noticed it, though he’d learned to settle with the knowledge that this must just be a Pokemon Thing™️. Not many places were in the habit of employing the local fauna (and human-fluent creatures were notoriously difficult to find), so he’d assumed it was just too much hassle to get something specially made.
Was it annoying? Yes. Was it something that, if thought about for too long, started to feel less like a simple oversight and more like a personal attack? Yes. He hadn’t forgotten that he was in an organisation were pokemon were frequently considered mere tools to be exploited for others’ benefit, and had had more than one sleepless night wondering on what side of the equation he fell.
But, just like every other issue he’d faced, Meowth had learned to deal with it.
But regardless of his (poorly hidden) wishes and not-so-secret yearning for a uniform, finally having this request granted comes as quite a shock. No amount of waiting could have prepared him to actually be faced with the thing he’d been chasing after, and he accepts the shirt slowly, careful not to let his claws pierce through anywhere.
He holds it up between his paws, his pupils widening as that shock was overcome by pure, elated excitement, and then-
Then comes the confusion.
And the bitter-tasting embarrassment at the back of his throat, like he’s the target of a joke he’s not been made aware of.
❝ ...I don’t get it, I haven’t done anything. ❞
If there’s one thing he learned from his time as an alley cat, it’s that people don’t just give you things. There always has to be some... some trick or ulterior motive behind it, especially in an environment like this. At the very least, it should be a reward. But nothing has been achieved this week (this month, even) - the winter season and people’s tendency to shelter inside their homes always makes thieving more difficult. So why now? Why such a highly coveted item, of all things?
He turns the shirt over, staring at it as though the answers he’s looking for will have been delicately embroidered into the back. It doesn’t help.
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