VIDEO;

[greatrage]

[what is this??? A network post?? FROM EREN?? who is this kid. He's been here for months and this is his first time making his own post...

Look, he's not the most social boy.]

[the video feed seems to be... bobbing, slightly. As if the pokégear is floating]

Zappy, godsdamnit, hold it still...!

[an electronic voice with a bit of feedback follows -- because it's coming from the speaker on the Pokégear and being picked back up by the speaker]

Bzzzaaat! I'm tryin', dummy!! It's not easy!

[the boy grumbles, but this was probably as good as it was going to get] Ok, you can start recording.

ZzztZzztZzzzt!! I started recording 30 seconds ago! What do you think of that?

Zappy! [djlsakjdjd. Eren rubs his temples and then takes a breath, composing himself] Whatever.

Uh... Hi. My name is Eren. I don't... really use this thing very much. But I have a question that my friend Armin hasn't been able to answer.

[he digs in his bag and pulls out a badge that probably looks familiar to plenty of people]

I've had this thing for like... months, now. And when I got it, I was told it meant I could use a "hidden machine" called "Fly", which can in turn be used to ride Pokémon around in the air. Great. Now, I know it's called a "Hidden" machine, but how freakin' hidden is it?! We're almost all the way to Olivine City and we STILL haven't found it. It would be really useful to have.

....

So uh...

That's all I guess. Thanks.

Comments

[Video]

[tearsofademon]

Cianwood. Or Saffron. If you beat Chuck or Sabrina, they'll give it to you as one of the prizes. It's kind of a pain, and it doesn't make much sense, but that's how they arranged it, for some reason.

Or you can ask to borrow it from somebody who's got it. Since you've got that badge, you'll be able to use it.

[video]

[greatrage]

Cianwood?! That's... all the way across the sea!! You're right. That doesn't make any sense at all.

... I wonder if I can find someone around here that has it so I can borrow it. I have plenty of big flying type pokémon.

[video]

[tearsofademon]

I mean, if you ask around, there's probably somebody living in Olivine who's got it and who'd lend it to you. Hell, next time you're in Ecruteak, you could borrow it from Sion or me.

[video]

[greatrage]

... I think Armin would get all pissy about that, honestly. Because we didn't earn it ourselves. And I guess he has a point about that.

Still... pretty annoying.

[video]

[tearsofademon]

A matter of pride, huh. That's fair.

Well, if you're almost to Olivine, it won't be all that much further, right?