((I obviously have not yet gotten back into the "every night" habit. I remembered as I lay in bed at one o'clock last night, and my roommate was trying to sleep so I couldn't post anyway. My Mew, I'm bad at this. Another "pretend this was yesterday" I guess....))

~Maxie~

Well, I tried getting in touch with Archie about the Tirtouga today, but to no avail. I tried his cell and his home, but got voicemails for both, so I decided to do something I immediately regretted: call Team Aqua base. Who picks up but Shelly, of course, so now I'm being yelled at over the phone by some pink-haired NUTJOB and I had no idea what to do. Somehow I got the message that Archie wasn't able to talk to me, but I didn't know why, and Shelly just KEPT. YELLING. Eventually I just handed the phone off to Tabitha and told him to deal with it. He didn't look too scarred for life afterwards, so I think I made the right decision.

Courtney and Tabitha have gotten a hold of the Tirtouga and have started calling him Herbert. I keep telling them it sounds too much like Hektor, the name of Mars's Archen, but I'm being ignored, as usual. I guess Herbert it is. I'm sure that if Archie doesn't want him those two will jump right on it, but I think they're missing the point that he's not going to do all that well in a volcano. I've been keeping him in my room and putting him in the bathtub every couple of hours to keep him cool. I don't think I can keep doing this forever though...I guess I'll try Archie again tomorrow, assuming the admins can let go of this turtle.

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