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

[seacub]

[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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[fingersandteeth]

I mean, most people do the Pokemon Journey thing, at least at first. But I kind of... well, I wanted that kind of stable life back. Mine had kind of been yanked out from under me for years at home, so the first thing I did was head into Goldenrod and looked for something I could find a job doing.

My boyfriend has a company that sells Pokemon goods and sometimes he pays people so he can photograph their pokemon. That's how I met him, actually? And we became friends and he knew people who did hiring at the Radio Tower and he helped me get my foot in the door there. I used to be in broadcast media back home [which would explain why he's got a newscaster's diction and lack of accent] so I eventually want to do that here.

[seacub]

That simple...

[It feels like the things he would catch on movies in the rec room when no one was looking...]

I'm glad it worked out that easy at least. You do sound sort of like the kind of people I saw on TV sometimes...

[Only Sometimes, but the news was.... ...Pretty common.]

[fingersandteeth]

I mean, I don't know if it was as simple as it sounds. I'm pretty sure my boyfriend, ah, asked me out because someone he knew from home had been smug about the girl he was seeing... but the joke's on the guy from back home, because if he hadn't been so smug, my boyfriend wouldn't have asked me out and because I assumed he was straight, I wouldn't have asked him out either. And now we're both very happy together.

[seacub]

[This. This sounds like prison politics.

....That's familiar, he kinda likes that. So, he just laughs.] So it worked out for you then! Both of you too- that's really good then!

[fingersandteeth]

Mmhm. Even if that's why he asked me out the first time [we're just going to use this as a euphemism for hooking up because Emporio's just a kid], we really did hit it off well. He's a funny guy and he likes music--we talked a lot about music over drinks that night and he told me some stories from when he first got here. He's one of the people who's been here for a couple years.

[seacub]

[Well at least Someone will look out for Emporio's tiny ears.] He is?

I heard that people who were here for that long weren't allowed to leave the country. Has he been okay with that? I looked at the map again, and it feels like this country is pretty small...though maybe that's just because it's not a map of the USA, [he adds with a small nervous laugh.]

[fingersandteeth]

I mean, it is small compared to the US. You're not wrong about that.

And... I don't know if 'okay' is exactly the right word, but. Well. He's a practical man. He's making the most of what he has here. And he's done really well for himself, honestly. He's got a successful business and a nice house and all that.

[seacub]

I think a lot of things are small compared to the US...

[But, anyway.] I mean...that sounds 'okay' to me.

[fingersandteeth]

Yeah. Me too.