victory_road | 41st Recipe [Video, Goldenrod City]

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41st Recipe [Video, Goldenrod City]

[So! It looks like Jane's finally back in town, judging by the video opening up in her house, but she's not the one filming. No, it looks like Dinah, her ever-present Audino, has gotten her hands on the Pokegear, and once it's confirmed on and filming? She giggles and holds a finger to her mouth. Shush, guys, this is gonna be great.

She hands off the 'gear to what you can briefly see is a Plusle and Minun, who hold it and follow while you get to watch Dinah obtain a aluminum pie tin and a container of Poke-Cool Whip. She fills the pie tin diligently with a spoon, even smoothing out the top when she's done, and it looks. Really nice? But a tin full of dense whipped cream can only be good for trouble, and Dinah tiptoes out of the kitchen with her impromptu film crew, and you come along for the ride.

Looks like Jane's not far, though. She's in the living room, back to the camera, looking over some newspapers. Dart the Bisharp and Deva the Indeedee are with her, too, staring at the papers like they also know how to read.]

- could start with some of these smaller requests? As much as I'd like to jump right into looking for lost Pokemon, I do need to build up experience and get to know the city much, much better than I already do. Oh, but what if these are already fulfilled when I go? That'd just be my luck, wouldn't it. "We're sorry, we already found the unmentionables a flock of Pidove stole from my clothesline, but thanks for asking!" Ugh...

Dih!

[Dart and Deva look up a second before Jane turns around, so you can see their eyes widen before Dinah launches the whipped cream pie into Jane's face.]

BWUH-!

[Oh God it's everywhere no, no, this is horrible, it's all over, this is a mess. Dinah is laughing, and her two partners in crime have dropped the 'gear to giggle as they roll around on the floor.]

Aaauugh...really?! Marcus, Penelope, Dinah...! What was that f-

[There's a pause. Thankfully, the 'gear has dropped at such an angle that you can see Jane's expression go from shock to anger to panicked realization, and you can imagine her eyes changing too, even though they are hidden by whipped cream-covered glasses.]

...Oh my God it's April Fool's Day. Oh my God. I forgot.

[Excuse her while she has a small crisis of prankster faith, and Marcus the Minun rolls into the 'gear in his laughter and turns it off.]

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[He'll be honest, he also completely forgot about April Fools day. It kindof makes the events he went through yesterday make a bit more sense, in a cosmic sort of way. Be that as it may, he got out of it startled and with two new Pokemon for his efforts, not covered in whipped cream with a mess to deal with. This, this right here, is why he's glad Mighty does not have opposable thumbs like some Pokemon seem to. Or at least the ability to orchestrate such messy pranks as this...

For what it's worth, Izuku isn't laughing when he responds to the video at least. He wouldn't laugh at the misfortune of someone he's only recently just met. He can just...get that out when the video isn't rolling, it's fine.]

Are you alright, Jane-san?

[No, it's fine, laugh if you need to! She'll respond a little later, thankfully clean of Cool Whip but a little...hm. It's hard to describe? But there's something going on in the Emotions that she's doing her best to keep on the down-low, and it does trickle into her expression. It's just hard to say what it is.]

I'm fine! I'm fine, really, this is the time of year for those sorts of shenanigans...if anything, I'm impressed Dinah went out of her way to prank me. And put it on the network. I cannot believe she put it on the network. Hoo...

[Hm...when Jane does reply, she'll see that Izuku is sitting in a camp with his Pokemon playing around him. He has a Rowlet nestled between his legs looking as pleased as punch, the little guy pecking at an oran berry held in Izuku's hand.]

It seemed harmless, at least...she must have just wanted to have a little fun with you. April Fools is the only day you can really have an excuse for pranks like that anyway.

[Right?]

That's true. It can be fun to do them when no one is expecting them, but at the same time, it's not exactly fun to get in trouble by a poorly-timed jape.

Definitely not. I'm not really the type to try to pull pranks myself...I know some friends who are, though.

[Bakusquad, anyone.]

It's not a calling for everyone. [Which is her way of saying you're valid.] Still...ugh. How could I have forgotten? I never forget April Fool's Day...

[Izuku frowns a little, at that.]

Is something wrong?

Mm...

[Ugh, she doesn't want to like, unload on Izuku, he's new.]

I suppose...I'm just really distracted lately. Found out some things about what happens back where I'm from, and it's not. It's not great? It's actually awful. I'm okay now, but I can't really shake the spectre of it over my head, you know?

[He may be new, but he cares about other people more than himself most days. He has no problem putting whatever he's got on his mind on hold for a minute to hear out someone else.]

I can understand where that would be upsetting. I'm...I've been worried about getting memories of things that I'm not prepared to handle while I'm here. Things were rough before I got here.

[That's where he'll leave it, for now.]

I think talking about it helps, though. If you're comfortable with it.

Oh, geez, that's not good, I'm sorry to hear that. Mm...I suppose I could elaborate a little, then.

[Noooo he's new!!! He doesn't need to know about Homestuck!]

I guess the most delicate way of putting it is...I found out that I reached a point from which there's no turning back, no changing anything. I can't put my mistakes right anymore. Or, well, I could, if the particular parties were here, but they aren't, and they rarely if ever show up for longer than a month. And I suppose a lot of people would then look at their lives here, in this world, and think, "Well this doesn't mean anything anymore", but I can't bring myself to think that at all. It does mean something. My time here has probably been the most normal and happy stretch of years in what feels like forever, and I cherish it so much. So it's like...those two mindsets are sort of clashing in the back of my mind all the time.

[Oh...poor Jane. Even if Izuku's situation is dire, he at least has some notion that it can be fixed. He hasn't been given reason to completely give up, yet.

He's quiet for a time, seriously considering his words before speaking again.]

I can't imagine how hard that has to be to deal with. But...you're right. Even if the life you've been living in this world doesn't effect the one you have in your actual home, that doesn't make this place any less of one. The time you spent here hasn't been wasted.

[Especially if it's been genuinely enjoyable. Normal.]

I can't say I'll ever really understand how time works between this world and the ones we left behind, and it wouldn't be fair for me to tell you to just try not to think about what's going on back home. But...I think having friends who can relate to your experience helps.

...Yeah. Yeah, I...I just. It's hard to really...bring it up in conversation? The particulars about it, at least. There is someone from home who knows as much about it as I do who's here, but...

[But he's on such a different wavelength that Jane doesn't even know how to begin to discuss it with him.]

...It's complicated, to say the least. I guess I just don't want to burden anyone with the hard facts.

[Even if Izuku doesn't feel it's appropriate to say as much here...he knows how she feels. Sometimes you just can't talk to even people who understand what you're going through. It's complicated, that's the best term for it.]

I understand. But I think...if they're really your friends, they won't feel burdened. Sure, it might be hard to hear, but...I don't know. I know I'd want to help if I could, if I were on the opposite end of that situation.

[Oh, he's a sweet boy. Protect him at all costs.]

Shucks, buster, I think I'll have to take that all into account, then. I guess...I'll sit down and take my time figuring out the best way to discuss it.

[There is no easy way to drop "I'm now dead back home" on anyone, but this...is a soft sort of pep talk and...she needed it more than she realized.]

[Definitely not, but if Izuku is good at anything, it's encouraging people. Even if he's far removed from the situation.

He smiles, glad to see that Jane is receptive to his advice.]

I think that's the best place to start. Just don't push yourself, okay?

Heh, I'll do my best.

[In fact, she knows the first person she needs to begin with, after really thinking about it.]

You take it easy too, alright? But, uh, in regards to travel and stuff.

I will! I don't think we have that much farther to go until we get to Goldnerod...and I'm ready to stay in a town for a while, if I'm honest.

[Just in time for Prom, coincidentally enough.]

Oh, that's great! Goldenrod's really lovely, you'll enjoy it here. A lot of folks like us end up living in the area, so I think that says something about the city itself.

That does, for sure. If it's one of the bigger cities, it would make sense. Most of the others we've been through have felt pretty small...

[Not that that's a bad thing, but it can feel isolating to be in one singularly small town surrounded by nothing but wilderness on all sides.]

A lot of them are fairly small. The other region, Kanto, it has some larger cities though! Vermillion is pretty big, and Saffron, and Celadon and Fuchsia...they're all pretty nice, actually.

Maybe we can go to Kanto sometime...I know we're heading through the routes until we get to the end right now, so we'll eventually have no new places to go.

[At least, that's what he figures will happen.]

Though they'd probably just want to fly there. I don't have any Pokemon yet that can fly though...Hawks can, but he's not big enough to carry anything much less a person.

Yeah? What kind of Pokemon is Hawks, out of curiosity? He might evolve to be much bigger, where that's not an issue.

He's a Rowlet, so...he's a tiny owl-like Pokemon.

[He hasn't quite evolved as of this thread, but soon he will be slightly bigger and much more dapper.]

I know an owl isn't a hawk, but he's named after a Hero back home who goes by the name "Hawks".

Oh, I see. I don't have experience with Rowlets, but I am sure he will grow up big and strong. [Also, eh, it sounds like the name makes sense in context.] It's a good name, though! My Crobat is the one who can fly me around, and I named her Bettina...sort of like for Betty Crobat.

[Yes, we have a non-Troll, thematically appropriate version of Betty Crocker in this world. It's fine.]

[Izuku can't help but laugh a little at that, a reference that actually comes through (probably because of all his America exposure through his studies on All Might).]

I like that name too. Having a bat big enough to let you fly on it sounds crazy, though. I-In a good way, of course!

No, it's fine! It is a little crazy. She's like, yey high? [Jane gestures about where a Crobat would come up to, were one standing next to her. It's. It'd be taller than her. Her bat is taller than her by many inches, how does she wrangle this creature.] And she loves cinnamon to an incredible degree, so, you can imagine what it's like when you make cinnamon Pokemon treats and a big purple bat is trying to be the first one to get at them.

[It helps that Jane does not back down from anybody.]

I can imagine! I don't know why I'm so surprised when I've seen giant bugs and things already...

[And both Kirishima and Katsuki will have giant bats of a different species of their own soon, if not already by this point.]

But I guess that's what happens when there are so many Pokemon out there.

Yeah, the amount of species really is incredible. We end up learning about more and more every once in a while, but I don't think there's as many species as there are of animals on Earth just yet.

[Not even close, but then again, no one asks you to catch one of every species on Earth, not unless you're Noah.]

All I can say to that is thank goodness...I think things might be a little too overwhelming if that were true.

[BECAUSE YEAH the common theme here does still be to try to catch everything, or as many as you can...and Izuku can't fathom having 800+ Pokemon much less the thousands and thousands that would have to exist if it were equal to that of earth.]

[Not to mention all the species of plants on Earth, if they were also Pokemon...at least here it's not like you have to go catch the actual grass clippings for battle purposes.]

Yeah, gosh, it definitely would. The number of Pokemon is already so high, I don't think anyone could feasibly catch every single one! We don't need to make something impossible even more impossible.

I guess it's a good thing then that you don't have to catch a Pokemon to get it's pokedex entry. That's like...as good as catching one, right? If you want to try to "collect" everything, that is.

Yeah, exactly. I am fairly certain the point of the Pokedex is to gather the information more than anything, anyway.

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