[Video/Action in Goldenrod - Backdated to Worry Seed Weekend!]

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[Video - 7/15 Friday Night, Midnight or later]


[Ochako's usually an early to bed, early to rise kind of gal, but for some reason, she's not only awake - she's also broadcasting in the middle of the night! She should really go to bed - in fact, she looks like she wants to, yawning and blinking even as she talks to the pokegear]

Sorry to bother everyone so late but... is anyone else having trouble getting to sleep? Usually, I'm just out like a light - like, immediately! I just can't settle down tonight though so...

What kind of teams do people have? I was looking at the three I've caught- [She glances back at where her three are drifting lazily behind her] -and I kind of realized: they're all weak to rock- and ice-types! So I was thinking... does anyone know where to get some good fighting-type pokemon?

[Even tired, she manages a bright smile as she flexes an arm for the camera]

[Action, Goldenrod City - 7/16, Saturday all day, from the wee hours of the morning to late at night]


[That shambling... the low groaning... the shuffling gait... is it a zombie invasion!?

No, it's just Ochako, stumbling here and there - in and out of the pokecenter, down the streets, dazedly riding up and down the department store escalators, or maybe practicing sparring in some quieter area with wooden yet skilled movements, her pokemon swooping and practicing moves along with her. She can be found all over Goldenrod really, and even if you aren't looking for her, well - she's not looking for you either, and might stumble right into you!]

[Video/Action just South of Goldenrod - 7/17, Sunday Late Morning]


[The midmorning sun streams in, bathing her in a golden glow - her movements slow as she works through the forms, Ochako moves with a fluid grace that yet seems as solid as a mountain in her deliberateness. You can almost see the steam coming off her breath as she exhales, eyes seeming distant as she stares off. It's clear she's been at this for quite a while, judging by how the grass around her has been carefully and thoroughly flattened by her steps as she goes through the martial arts forms she learned, and by the three tired pokemon tuckered out on the ground behind her.]

This all has actually been very... fruitful. [There's a steady, determined tone to her voice that is almost nothing like her normal cheerful tone] It's amazing how much time we spend asleep each day; you don't really realize how many other things you could get done instead, right? I feel like I've really leveled up...

[It looks like her pokemon have too - in fact, Jumpy, who was a hoppip earlier this weekend, is now a skiploom! Which is exciting, but just how hard did they work? Ochako looks like she's gone beyond tiredness into some other realm of enlightenment entirely...]

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video; 7/15

[armoredsoul]

[Al doesn't seem quite so tired, but he's also much more used to not being able to get to sleep. SO while he is tired, his smile is still very chipper when he replies.]

You like flying types, huh? I don't know where a lot of fighting types are, but I do know you can find Riolu out at the Safari Zone. When they evolve they become fighting and steel type, so their defenses are pretty good. I'm pretty sure Torchic's evolutions also become fighting type, but I don't know exactly where to find them.

[Alphonse does still have all his notes from the last time he was in Johto, but they're much more geared towards breeding than battling. He's going to have to start up a new set of notes, soon...]

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Eheh, well, they were just the cutest and friendliest ones I ran into and before I knew it... [Yeah, she hadn't exactly planned on all fliers]

The Safari Zone? Hmm, isn't that over in Kanto though?

[She's still getting familiar with the geography but she'd heard of it once]

[armoredsoul]

Heh, it happens like that, sometimes! Last time I was here, I wound up with a whole bunch of cats all at once and I had no idea what to do with them all.

[Or to be more accurate, Edward wasn't about to allow him to keep something like twenty Espurr.]

No, it's over near Cianwood! So it's a bit of a trip, but it's really worth it. There's a lot of rare Pokemon there, actually, and it's a fun trip even if you're not looking to catch some new team members!

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Last time? So, like, you've ended up here twice? Or more?

[She'd heard people sometimes just... go home, but she hadn't heard about returnees before!]

Oh, there's one there? Wow, I might have to go visit! Though I guess that's still pretty far... [As someone without fly OR surf, getting there might be a doozy] I'll definitely plan on it in the future though!

[armoredsoul]

Just once before that I can remember. I was here for a pretty long time, too. [Al shrugs with a little grin.] From what I understand, it's not hugely uncommon for people to leave and come back.

[He nods with sympathy--it's a heck of a road trip, to say the least!] You should! It's a long trip, but a good one. And the gym leader out there hands out the Fly HM if you win--it's a fighting-type gym, so you shouldn't have any trouble there!

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Huh... I mean, it'd kind of be neat if we could go back and forth on purpose. That must feel pretty weird though, huh?

Ah, you only get Fly after you've gone all the way out there? Guess there's no shortcuts, huh? [She seems pretty pumped though]

[armoredsoul]

It is, yeah. I don't know how it felt for other people, but I'd thought it was just a weird dream when I got home.

Not unless you know someone that could give you a ride out there, yeah. The ferry was a fun ride, though!

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A dream... yeah, I guess if no time passes, it'd be hard to believe it really happened...

Hmm, well, I guess I'll have to talk to people I meet then! Though a ferry does sound fun.

[armoredsoul]

It is! And if you're feeling adventurous you can always use Surf to get out there as well...I think that way is shorter than the ferry, but it's probably a rougher trip.

[usedgravity]

Hmmm, I'd have to get the badge and HM for that one too though, right? But riding on your pokemon does sound pretty fun.

[armoredsoul]

Mmm, but you get the Surf HM in Olivine, which is where you would be leaving from, anyway. I know one of the badges you can get before then lets you use it, I just forget which one it is...

[usedgravity]

Oh, I guess that's convenient! Maybe I'll head there next... ah, though I'd have to beat the gym, huh? I haven't challenged one successfully yet...