victory_road | video: guess whos back

[The video flicks on to an image of John's smiling, buck-toothed face, right next to a sign for Goldenrod City. If possible, his hair looks like even more of a mess than it usually does. Obviously, this is a sign that he's been on the road for a while.]

Hey guys! I feel like it's been a while since I checked in, huh? Well, I just had a big training retreat to make all of my Pokémons gym ready, and now I'm back in town for a little bit before I head up to Ecruteak. Who wants to hang out? Or have a Pokémon battle? I bet my Pokémons could kick the butts of any other Pokémons out there.

Also, does anybody know if my room is still safe? I haven't been to the house in a while, and I want to make sure that Dave and Jane and them didn't booby trap it. Trusted sources only, please.

Oh! And one more thing.

[John pulls out a Pokéball and releases his Haunter, Gozer, who gleefully floats around him with her tongue lolling out of her mouth.]

Does anybody know how to make Haunter evolve? I remember that it was supposed to turn into a really cool ghost with spikes and legs, but I don't know how to make that happen. She hit level 100 and everything! Did I do something wrong?

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It shall be our best battle yet!

Oh, and by the way, exactly how far from home are you at the moment? I'm just curious.

maybe fifteen minutes?
i'm not headed directly back, though.
.....why do you ask?

Just want to know how much time I have to pick up some things in the living room. I know you live here, but it's a bit cluttered at the moment. Admittedly, all this sitting around in the winter has me a touch stir-crazy.

[Nailed it.]

that's very thoughtful, jane, but you don't need to worry about cleaning things up!
we are all messy teenagers, and i understand that.
it would almost be weirder if everything was super clean when i got back.

Well it's not like I'm going to be bleaching the kitchen floors clean. I just want to make sure you're not tripping over random crud when you walk in, I promise that's all it is.

well, i don't really care about that either!
but i guess that the thought is appreciated.
it is not like i can use wind powers to catch myself when i trip anymore, after all.

Exactly.
We don't need anybody falling flat on their faces because of a misstep over an errant shoe or something.

or falling flat because of a sneaky tripwire that is hidden among all of the mess by a brilliant prankster-ess.
i mean, you know, hypothetically.

[Okay, John may be a liiiiiittle suspicious.]

Oh no, of course not!
Hypothetically. :B

[Boy who said she'd use a trip wire]

[Shhh, it's all hypothetical remember.]

yeah, duh, hypothetically.
also, you know that if anything is amiss in my room, like maybe because of a brilliant prankster-ess, i will not hesitate to retaliate with all of the pranking prowess i can muster.
like, hypothetically.

My, my!
Well, hypothetically, a pransteress would have to combat a prankster's grand attempts with ones much grander for the sake of her gambit.
Do you think, in pure hypothetical considerations, that such a prankster would be prepared to put his cards on the table like that?

well, it is pretty hard to know what a hypothetical prankster would do.
i mean, since this is a hypothetical person we are speaking of and not an actual real person.
but i would be willing to bet that the prankster's grand attempts are even grander than the prankster-ess's, so things will go in his favor, and maybe she should not test him.

Oh, maybe.
But maybe the prankster should hypothetically keep in mind that counting his chickens before they hatch is a poor way of conducting his hypothetical pranks.

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