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Carmine tipped his temple, staring onward. After seconds of thinking, he crossed his arms.

"So." He took a deep breath. "How about Frank?"

Clefairy shook his head. Carmine passed a hand on his hair, sighing. "You are being a tough costumer, you know?"

Aqua rolled her eyes. "Just give up. He doesn't want a nickname."

"I dunno, calling him just Clefairy feels wrong." Carmine scratched his head. "How did you choose Sparky's name?"

"It sounded right, plain and simple." Aqua shrugged. "Try to go with the first thing on your mind."

Carmine looked up. "First thing on my mind..."

About half a dozen 'first things' passed through his mind. Then he smirked.

"I know!" He pointed to Clefairy, whom tilted his head. "I have the best name ever now!"

He paused, closing his eyes. "From now and forever, your name will be..." Carmine opened them again, smiling. "Rogue Planet!"

Everyone froze. Carmine thought at first it was due to how awesome his name was, but as he saw everyone's weirded out faces, he started to doubt it.

"Wow, Carmine used Horrible Naming Skills. It's super effective!" Aqua said.

"Oh, come on! It wasn't so bad!" Carmine pouted. "He's a Pokémon from space, and a Rogue Planet is a planet wandering in space without orbiting a star, so it kinda fits! Right, Rogue Planet?"

Nobody replied. And as Carmine turned left and right, he saw no trace left of 'Rogue Planet'.

"Rogue Planet?"

Aqua chuckled. "Guess he decided to make true of that name."

Carmine groaned. Maybe it was time to reconsider nicknaming anything ever again.