Jack stared back at Irvine for a few moments before slowly standing up. â€œOh, you want to keep staring at me through periods of intense eerie silence. Well gee, thatâ€™s a new one, we could totally do that. Great idea.â€ he muttered. He really hoped heâ€™d be able to break the awkwardness between them eventually; there was at least hope, anyway. Jack didnâ€™t usually end up bleeding everywhere when he let Irvine out anymore.<br/><br/>Usually.<br/><br/>Still, Jack listened to the others talk about their preferences and felt his own absolutely gushing adoration of dark types welling up within him. â€œWell like I said, I prefer to research dark-types, and theyâ€™re definitely my favorite type to work with for battling too. Jhotoâ€™s pretty limited in them, but the variety out in Unova grants a particularly vibrant team with which one can beat the ever-loving hell out of snobby psychic type fanboys that so often stream out of Kanto.â€ he explained. â€œThough in Unova weâ€™ve got our share of misguided youths who cling to their psychic types, unable to stand on their own two feet without trying to cheat their way through life with their PokÃ©monâ€™s abilitiesâ€¦â€ Jack trailed off, fists clenched.<br/><br/>He snapped out of it a moment later. â€œSorry, rambling; had a research rival who cheated his way through most tests and tried to steal my paper ideas. Bit him in the ass when the academic board did our evaluations and had a damn strong Alakazam in there to read our minds. Heâ€™s lucky he didnâ€™t get expelled.â€ Jack explained with perhaps too much righteous glee. â€œIn any case, dark types are probably the type we know least about, with ghost types right behind. Itâ€™s a field ripe for some serious research.â€<br/><br/>Jack flicked his thumb to point over at Irvine. â€œPlus theyâ€™re cool as hell. Donâ€™t even get me started on my Murkrow, Othello. The little bastard pretty much oozes swag. Irvine here beats the hell out of whateverâ€™s gotten in his way since we met, which has unfortunately included me more times than Iâ€™d like to admit. He beat on Shades pretty bad once too, but Kicks set him straight after that, even if the poor guyâ€™s still nervous around Irvine.â€<br/><br/>â€œSo dâ€™yall want to try and make it through Mt. Moon together? Thereâ€™s plenty to see, and I figure someoneâ€™ll toss a fossil our way.â€ Jack explained. â€œEven though I donâ€™t care much for the types, Iâ€™d at least like to snag a Kabuto at some point and send it home. Theyâ€™re really rare back there, yeah? Plus, Omastar is terrifying.â€ Jack explained. With any luck theyâ€™d get to see a Clefairy or two, even if it was just for a picture or something. Why anyone would want to catch one was beyond him.<br/><br/>â€œPlus I hear Rockets like to start trouble in there; weâ€™d be better off givinâ€™ them the boot together, even if they are idiots usually.â€ he continued. He thought back to the grunt that heâ€™d â€˜liberatedâ€™ Irvine from. Itâ€™d probably do to give some Rocket Grunts a thrashing even if it was just to get to the bottom of where the hell Irvine really came from.<br/><br/>â€œJust a suggestion, anyway. Otherwise weâ€™ll probably see each other in Cerulean.â€