⊕ 001 & action option

[unabates]

[ he's not into showing his face off. once he verifies there's a public network and an audio option, he begins to opt for that. but then he looks at all the videos of people and their pokemon, and decides o a different option.

the video opens on the sandy beaches of cherrygrove. his rockruff, bandit, is in the surf, chasing what looks like a stick. he brings it back to jack, who pets his head and then throws it again. his location will also ping as cherrygrove. ]

The name's Jack.

[ his voice is distinctly older, and very rough. it sounds like he may have damaged his throat at some point in his life. his hand, when he throws the stick or pets bandit, is gloved. ]

I've been looking around this place and it looks like the consensus is that people can't go home on their own. I'm not here to ask how to get home, since it seems like that's been covered pretty well.

I wanna talk to those of you that have gone home, or know people that did. And... for those that don't, how you're dealing with not being able to.

[ he ends the video on that note, throwing the stick again for bandit. ]

( cherrygrove )

[ for those actually in his vicinity, they can likely hear jack make the post. other than that, he's spending some time on the beach, playing with bandit and getting his energy out. he's just as open to a battle if you two have similarly leveled pokemon.

or maybe bandit, with all his energy, comes running up to your pokemon and headbutts them. at which point jack follows. ]

Bandit. Come back here.

[ the wagging of his tail doesn't amuse jack. ]

Sorry about him.

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tai fix that

[schachmeister]

Even about something like skin colour?

[Hey, that is one thing Armin has never experienced, in that there were no people of other skin colours where he comes from. He hadn't seen a black person until they got there, and boy had that been a weird restaurant visit.]

Though I can't say I'm entirely surprised anymore.

I GOTTA REMEMBER

[unabates]

Especially about things like skin color.

[ even reyes still got it, and he'd been team leader. ]

So, if they're willing to be a dick - and I'd use choicer words than that for that kind of person - to someone about that, I doubt androids or cyborgs or Omnics are that much harder to discriminate against.

[schachmeister]

[For a moment, Armin wants to ask why. Why would something as superficial as skin colour matter? But he decides to leave it at that. If there is anything he's learned it is that when humans want to divide themselves, they will always find something small to base it all on.]

I suppose you are right. Though it is a pity. It seems like the world is big enough for us all to live there, even if we don't always agree.

[unabates]

That's something you and I can agree on.

[ he belatedly realizes he's had this conversation without knowing armin's name, so - ]

What's your name, son?

[schachmeister]

[Jeez, has he been chatting again without giving out his name?]

My apologies, it's Armin. Armin Arlert.

[unabates]

[ it's fiiiine, it's fine. ]

Armin - it's nice to meet you. I know I said it earlier, but mine's Jack.

Thanks. For taking time to talk to an old man.

[schachmeister]

It's nothing, really. People helped me out when I first arrived here, so I feel it is only natural to pay that forward.

[Armin is super good at talking to old people.]