victory_road | [VIDEO] 'What's in a Name?'

[The boy on camera seems about the age most Kanto-Johto trainers would set out at under 'normal' circumstance. The way he has a Dratini coiled around his shoulders, among the others (specifically there is a very particular luxio aggressively grooming the boy's hat- it's a miracle the back hasn't just frayed off)...says otherwise.

Not to mention the Cubs hat. That said. Grimacing aside-] --ut it out, okay? I'm trying to focus on the camer-

...Ah, it's running...

Uhh. ...Hi? I've never done this kind of call before, and...definitely not to a lot of people at once, but it looks like it's the best way to meet others like me here? Or I guess just...others who were brought here?

I guess if I'm going to 'break the ice', I have to ask a simple question right? ...How does everyone pick names for pokemon then? I uh...I never had pets at home! ...I didn't really think I ever would...but suddenly I have loads of them, and they all need names...

[It's maybe a bit obvious that he doesn't know what to say through this.]

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Usually, I pick names from books, either characters I liked or people who made certain discoveries. I have a few pokemon named after people I know, but I try not to do that too often. [He just worries sometimes that some people might find that odd, to have an animal named after them.] Though admittedly, the last time I needed new names for my Lapras, I just ended up asking people on the network. I needed seven at once, and well, that was a bit too much for me to come up with.

You are new here, aren't you? Or at least, I don't think I've ever seen you before.

You named them after people? I guess if they reminded you of someone enough...

[Hmmmm... ...Nope, he can't do it,]

Oh, I didn't even think of crowdsourcing though. That's a good idea if I ever get stuck!

[He pauses a moment, and nods.]

...Yeah, I just got here. ...Well, I got here a bit more than a day ago...but that's pretty much the same thing it feels like. I haven't even reached the next town...

Just a few of them. It feels strange to do it too often, but there were a few pokemon who just... those names fitted really well.

[Take Athena the Golduck. Every bit as powerful and strong as Miss Athena had been. Also every bit as ??? over getting flirted with. It was just. Really fitting.]

I think it took us something like three days or so to get to the first town when my friend and I first arrived. Then some other friends of ours arrived not too long after us and we had to backtrack all the way back to New Bark Town.

[Armin smiles, a nostalgic sort of smile.]

At the time, it was pretty hectic, but looking back, it gave us plenty of time to get used to this place.

Three days...

...Sparks has been making me ride on his back, so maybe it'll be a bit less? I keep looking at the map check points, and it feels shorter somehow...

[Ah, but not to dwell on what's going on-] You doubled back? I guess that would make it really easy then, [the boy laughs.] It feels like it would be a better trip to make as a group too...but really, I needed to get away from New Bark Town as fast as I could so...

[mom is unnerving]

I started out with a Hoothoot and my friend had a Voltorb, so riding was completely out of the question for us. Plus, I made us stop early in the evenings so I had enough light to still read through the instruction manual we were given.

[Armin blinks a bit at the boy saying he needed to get away from New Bark as soon as he could.]

Did you not like New Bark?

It was...okay? [sort of. mostly.]

It was just weird after I met the lady in that house, that's all... [he adds, gently avoiding any details. It's just a very unpleasant experience when you barely remember your real mother, at the end of things.]

Ah. Right. 'Mom'.

[Armin doesn't physically make the universal quotation marks sign, but you can hear them around the word Mom.]

She's... harmless, at least. I think we can say that much. But I don't blame you for not liking the experience of meeting her.

At least I'm not the only one...

Does she do that for everyone though? Is...she alright?

[Admittedly now he's just a bit worried.]

I wish I could say. She does act that way with everybody, and she never seems to recognise anyone if they try and talk to her afterwards. But I have no idea if she is just amazing at acting or if there is... actually something wrong with her.

Oh...

That's definitely a little worrying? I guess if anything happens we'll find out though...

[Probably. Maybe.

Hm. He'll focus on other things!]

[VIDEO] 'What's in a Name?'

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