[Track 1]: Route 29 || video

[colorpalatable]

--Oh, hey, it records!

[There's a pale, black-haired young woman on the network today, inspecting her new 'Gear. She has a little Noibat chilling in her mass of hair like an adorable bat-shaped barrette. She studies the Pokegear seriously for a moment or two before noticing something else:]

Oh snap, and it broadcasts! Sweet!

Hey! Barkeep guy! You were right, that Mom lady was really weird! She gave me a lot of snacks, though, so that's cool.

But, uh, I kind of. Already ate them all? Look, I got carried away, okay? Does anyone know if there's anything else to eat on, what is it, Route 29? Besides the berries, I mean. My girl here - [she gestures to her new Noibat pal] - really digs them buuuuuut I still think they seem kinda suspect. For me to eat, that is. Thanks, peeps!

[Marceline: Out!]

Comments

[colorpalatable]

Really? That's good to know, thanks! I'll never turn down a free meal.

[She doesn't need to ask; Marceline knows the voice of experience when she hears it.]

Aaaaaaand I don't need or want any help pooping, so thank you for the information about the berries, too.

[lordofthefries]

Me neither! You never know when you'll run out of money or things to trade and then you have no food and start thinking you can eat your Pokemon. [And a pause.] And you can't by the way.

[Sasha nods, but then frowns at Marceline turning down very important help.]

Well, you should also know which leaves are the right ones to wipe with. It'll be bad if you used poison ivy by mistake.

[colorpalatable]

Woah, now, I'd eat my own arm before I tried to nom down on this sweetheart. [And now she pauses.] Though it's good to know I couldn't even if I did want to. Which I don't.

[Okay, you know what, it's really sweet of this girl to offer up the valuable leaf information - so far she's the first person who's dug right in to the more unpleasant aspects of camping.]

Oh, man, I hope you're not speaking from experience. I do know what poison ivy looks like. But! Is there anything else out here I should be looking out for? There's all kinds of cool and interesting critters here I've never seen before. I bet there's a bunch of plants here I don't know, too.

[lordofthefries]

No, I'm not! I was just taught about what plants are good to use and eat by my father back home and I still remember all of it, that's all.

[And thankfully so, as Sasha saved many a butt of her fellow cadets during their woodland survival training.]

A lot of the plants are Pokemon! Like the trees are usually just trees, but you should still give them a poke or two to make sure they aren't a Sudowoodo.

[colorpalatable]

That's good to know. I bet using a Pokemon's leaf to clean up after toilet time is at least as bad as poison ivy.

...Do the Sudowoodos care if you poke 'em?

[lordofthefries]

I'm pretty sure they don't really like it, unless you ask them first and they offer.

Probably, but I think if I was a Sudowoodo, I'd want someone to poke me first before taking an axe to me.

[colorpalatable]

Hmmmmmm, I'll probably stick with the leaves I know. Just in case.

And you're probably super right - I'd prefer a poke first before an axe, too. But I'm not planning on cutting down any trees, just borrowing some leaves.

[lordofthefries]

Or just carry toilet paper! It's really soft and some of them are colored! I keep a bunch in my backpack and you can use them as napkins too.

What's your name? I'm Sasha.

[colorpalatable]

Guess I'll have to pick some up when I get to Cherrygrove.

'Sup, Sasha, I'm Marceline. Nice to meet you!

[lordofthefries]

Or just take some from the Mom lady's bathroom. It's free!

[Sasha... have you been stealing TP?]

Mar-cel-line. That's a pretty name.

[colorpalatable]

Oh, yeah? I'd be down for a good TP heist. Maybe I'll get on that if I do wind up backtracking.

Thanks! You can call me Marcy, too, if that's easier to remember.

[lordofthefries]

Good idea! But if you need anything else, just let me know. I've been here for a very long time and can just use the teleporters to get around instead of a Pokemon. It's way faster!

[colorpalatable]

This place has teleporters? No one mentioned that before! Why the heck am I walking?

[lordofthefries]

Well, you have to walk to them first and then you can use them. I don't know how those things know if you've been there or not, but they do. Also if you take too many of them at once they make your stomach feel funny.

But you can ride Pokemon! If you find a Ponyta or a Mudsdale, you can ride them like horses and mules and go faster.

[colorpalatable]

....Weird. Okay. That doesn't make much sense, but sure.

[It's not Sasha she's doubting, it's the weird teleporter mechanic. But, oh, well.]

Oh, yeah! I met a guy last weekend who had a whole herd of fire unicorns! Is that what you're talking about?

[lordofthefries]

That's a Ponyta! Yeah! Also there's Blitzle but it's made of the electricity thing.

[Blitzle is also a zebra, but Sasha has no idea what a zebra is to begin with.]

[colorpalatable]

Oooooh, that sounds really good, too. I'll definitely check all of these guys out!

Oh! Do you have any of them?

[lordofthefries]

I have a Blitzle. Hold on, please.

[Ever so polite, this one. Sasha tosses out a ball and out pops a zebra-like creature.]

This is Oreo. Say hello, Oreo.

[Yes, ike the cookie, but unlike the cookie, at least the Blitzle cries his name like a greeting.]

[colorpalatable]

Oh my gosh he's cute! Hi, Oreo!

[Marceline gives the Blitzle a little wave over the camera.]

He looks like a zebra!

[lordofthefries]

[Seeing the other trainer waving at him, Oreo lifts one of his front hooves a couple times in a mimicking motion.

Meanwhile, Sasha is looking confused as ever.]

What's a zebra?

[colorpalatable]

Uhhh....well, basically that guy, only less electric. Like, one hundred percent less electric.

[lordofthefries]

Oh. What is he then? Water?

[Assuming these zebra things are just as weird as Pokemon.]

[colorpalatable]

No, just like. Normal? Non-elemental.