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[It's been a while since Korra was beaming onto the network. There's a lot less to be excited for and happy about these days, between loved ones going home and friendships...going weird. But there's at least one thing to be thrilled about today.]

So has anyone else been just exploding in evolutions? I gotta get the right rock, Iqniq's about the only one who hasn't hit his next stage! Look at these guys! Or...uh....where is everybody?

[Korra turns to look for her team, but only Iqniq the Growlithe and her Geo-dude turned Graveler are visible. But sounds of friendly battling can be heard off in the distance.]

Training, I guess! I was going to show off everybody and make everybody feel special, but I guess just WhumpWhump gets it. And he deserves it, he's the best looking boulder around!

And for anyone wondering about the Pokemon Games, I still want to do them, I just figure that can wait until the world's been put back how it ought to be. Hey, we'll need something to celebrate with!

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[As a new trainer still learning the ropes, she's got a lot of questions about evolution, but Ochako's more interested in the other thing first!]

What are the Pokemon Games? I just got here a couple weeks ago so... I probably missed that discussion!

Well, right now they're just an idea. I'm trying to find people to help me get it all together.

But the idea is that not everybody battles, but they still teach their Pokemon cool stuff. And Pokemon abilities are good for so much more than battling. Why not have something to show off everything else? Games and contests that creatively use and show off all different abilities and moves!

Oh, wow, that sounds like a great idea! I'm still not entirely all that steady with the battling thing either yet so... something like that for fun would be pretty great!

Thanks! I came up with it with a friend that went home. Unfortunately, she was doing most of the actual organizing....

That's it exactly! Lots of people don't like to battle or just have other things to do. But that doesn't mean their Pokemon can't do really cool things!

Ohh, I guess that could make it pretty hard. People just kind of... disappear, huh?

[Like, that should be a good thing but it also sounds kind of sad?]

Yeah, like - they seem pretty smart, and with all the different abilities, I bet there's all sorts of things they could do or other ways to compete!

Yeah...there's no warning or anything, it just happens. People get sent back home.

But yeah! Why should it be limited to just battles? There's so much more!

[A small nod - either way, it's gotta be hard for those left behind]

Right, like - performances, or racing - oh gosh, we could have sky races, couldn't we? With all the flying ones!

Exactly! And mazes and tug of war and things like that! There's so much we could do!

That rock is alive!

_{[Yes, thank you, Maurice, for your valuable input.]}

Pokemon can look like anything, huh?

Sure is! Cool, huh? He evolved from a Geodude.

There's one that's a sword. So yeah. They can pretty much look like anything.

_{[Maurice just keeps beaming. GeoDUDE is about the best Pokemon name he's heard so far.]}

Awesome! Hah...sorry, I don't have a whole lot else to say. Your team is cool!

This isn't even all of them! I've got a giant water dragon.

_{[His face says it all. Show him.]}

Ha, you really like Pokemon, huh? They're pretty awesome. The tiger dog back there? He was my starter. He's the one I need to get a rock to evolve. Then I can ride him!

Sentra went off with my pair of Pikas, checking out the road ahead. Hold on a minute....

[Korra sets her 'gear down, giving an angled view as she steps up onto a rock, cups her hands around her mouth, and bellows her Gyrados' name.]

Haha, yeah. They're like...nothin' I've ever seen before! I just got here a few days ago. I've had to'v seen at least two dozen different ones already.

They remind me a little bit of spirits, back where I come from. There's hundreds of different kinds! Wait until the roads are cleared, and you can get around easy. You're gonna see some really cool Pokemon!

[Speaking of...a thick, muscular Gyrados comes speeding along in the background, towards Korra. A pair of pudgy pikachus are perched on her head.]

Spirits...what's your, uh, world like?

_{[It's exciting enough meeting people from other states or countries. Talking about whole other WORLDS is going to take some getting used to.]

[BUT HERE COMES THE DRAGON and Maurice's attention very obviously swaps and his jaw drops. That Pokemon is way bigger than Meatloaf. Even bigger than Riku's Charizard!]}

Woah...

A lot different than this one. I don't even know where to start. But spirits are just the people who live in the Spirit World. They aren't like...ghosts. I mean, not all of them....

[Korra just beams as she shows off Sentra.]

Isn't she amazing? She was just a little orange fish, when she was a baby. Invest in a Magikarp, trust me.

You don't gotta tell me twice!

_{[Maurice, no. You do not need a blues rage bus that eats people.]}

She's amazing!

If we want ta get those games up and about, we better clean up everythin' quicker, huh?

There's just so much! We'll get it all done, though. I know everybody's working hard.

Even people who've just got here are pitching in already!

Well, they better work hard especially! If the road outta Cherrygrove is blocked, no one’s goin’ anywhere, ahaha.

Ever figure out where ya wanted ta host it?

There'll be new trainers bottlenecked along the road! At least they can battle with each other...

Mahogany!

Oh ho, Mahogany! Very nice place. Not too bad. Need any help settin’ up over there?

That's what I've heard! I'm on my way there now.

And I'm sure I will. I....kind of don't know what I'm doing.

Good news- I’m an expert at startin’ up new businesses.

[Or, rather, he bullshitted and busybody’d his own into success, so he’s sure that’s basically how you do it.]

Let me know when ya got some free time, and I’ll see if I can’t make some of my own ta pop up and help out.

Oooh, Pokemon Games? That sounds really neat!

Yeah! Since not everybody's into the battling, but everybody trains their Pokemon and teaches them things, we thought it'd be cool to have a twice yearly event, where trainers can just show off their Pokemon. There'd be events, like mazes and demonstrating abilities creatively and races and things like that!

Gosh, I love stuff like this…. People here are always making such interesting things since there’s no one else doing it. It sounds fun! Anyway I can help?

I need all the help.

Do you like organizing things?

I think I could do a little bit of organizing, sure! For what in particular?

Uh...whatever needs organizing for this kind of thing?

I really wish I had my old partner's notes. She was super organized.

Sounds like I got a big job ahead of me, then. But I guess we’d start first with all the people who’ve agreed to help out so far, right?

[ Yang sounds less physically exhausted by now, but gone is her previous enthusiasm. ] I could still help out. Just... less heavy lifting them I may have promised before. [ She is having trouble remembering the pans they had made; heck, she has trouble remember what happened on the moon, but it was fun from what she does recall. ]

Hey, don't worry about it! I think we all need some time to recover.

Even I'm getting sick of heavy lifting...

We all...? [ Yang takes a second too long to process that. ]

Oh. No. I didn't help out with the road-clearing at all. I've been... Well, I've been indoors a lot. [ That could turn potentially awkward so she quickly followed up. ] We got a house. My team, I mean.

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