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hey guys! john here.
man i guess it's been a while since i last checked in on the pokegear all publicly like this.
i guess i have just been really busy being an awesome trainer and winning gym badges.
anyways does anyone know if there's a store that specializes in pokemon-proof clothes?
like, fireproof stuff to help with angry fire types.
or something that can save me from being impaled by toxic nidorino spikes. that specifically.
if there is no such business, does anybody who knows how to make clothes want to go into business with me?
i bet we could make a lot of money that way.
i would get 50% profits for the idea obviously.

[A few minutes later, there's an addition:]

oh and if anybody has tips for the cianwood gym let me know!
im training up my awesome team of super cool pokemon to fight it next.
i want to know what im going to be up against.

[About thirty minutes after that, there's one last thing:]

also, has anybody else been getting pies sent to them?
is that a thing in the pokemon world?
because i definitely did not order these.

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Oh, that's definitely understandable, but you'd think it'd be helpful when just traveling normally. Pokemon seem more patient than I'd expect wild animals to be, but running afoul of some wild poison thing in the wrong mood seems like it could end badly.

And yes, I've gotten the general gist. I think there's a lot I'm not really used to yet, but I suppose I've just got to actually do things to learn.

thats true!
i think thats why they make sure that everybody gets their own pokemon before they are sent out into the wilderness.
now my pokemon are so strong that i'm not worried about them taking on wild pokemons but....
it is kind of terrible to think that you would have to use them as a meat shield before!
that's no way for a friend-trainer-leader to act.

anyways i think that it is easier to learn pokemon by doing stuff.
but if you are ever unsure, then the trainers manual is pretty good at answering basic questions too!
if not the people on the network are all pretty nice and helpful, too.

I suppose you'd just have to keep them in good health, because really, why wouldn't you. My Poliwag actually seems to be doing reasonably well against rodents and birds, but I can't help but worry about the poor thing the whole time.

Speaking of which, though... any recommendations for things to catch early on? You can have six, right?

i think so??
i haven't seen anybody else carry around more than that. at least not that i can remember.

anyways i would love to help you, but i sort of got teleported to goldenrod as soon as i got here, so i never got to explore the early routes like everyone else.
you will want a bird eventually though, so you can fly around.
oh, and if you can find an electric type or a rock type, that will help a lot with the first gym!

Well, it certainly does pay to have friends in high places, I suppose. Or, at the very least, more urbanized places.

And I'll definitely consider picking those up, then. It... does seem like there's a lot of things to consider when capturing Pokemon.

well, more like friends with really strong psychic type pokemons.
i think he probably could have teleported me anywhere, he just happened to be in goldenrod.
though apparently ever since after the moon prom teleport doesnt work the same way anymore?
things are kind of weird around here sometimes.

The... moon prom? Do I want to ask? Either way, it seems really convenient regardless.

...and I think "kind of" and "sometimes" are understatements in that last sentence, my friend.

its all relative really.
where i come from my dead nannas ashes got combined with a jester so now she is a clown ghost.
and a version of one of my friends from a different timeline became a bird ghost.
he also become an asshole.
also, i died and got super powerful wind powers.
compared to that, pokemon land seems kind of normal?

Oh.

Oh, yes, I... see how it would.

yeah!
where are you from then? is it somewhere super normal?
do you do taxes and business papers all day?

Well, that's not too far off from what I do, although it's more politics than business. It's definitely different from this world, though I think some people have found it a bit strange when I've said that it's more likely for people to have the sorts of abilities Pokemon tend to have than your average animal.

woah that sounds awesome!
so people just had super powers? could you breathe fire or something?

Well, no, but that's only because I'm not a Firebender. See, not everyone can bend in the first place, and if you can, you can only bend one of the four elements --- water, earth, fire, or air. I happen to be a Waterbender, so if I were to have any source of water whatsoever on hand, I'd be able to manipulate it to do various things --- freezing it, immediately drying things by removing the water out of it, using it as a sort of rope or whip... those sorts of things.

Of course, there are various subspecialties in bending, as well, so it isn't really that limiting that you can only use one element.

woah! that sounds really cool!
i had powers kind of like that back in my world too, but they weren't very common.
it sounds like i would have been an air bender, though my actual title was heir of breath.
my other friends had powers too, but none of them really sound like water benders or anything like that.
maybe like... a time bender? a space bender?
did you have people like that?

I'd... say we don't, actually. Airbenders are actually extremely rare, but... we have absolutely nothing that could control time or space.

that's too bad!
though maybe it is for the best.
space powers are pretty powerful and i guess not everybody who had them would be as nice as jade.
she is my sister btw.

what are the airbenders like? other than rare, i mean.

Yes, I... imagine. Well, I'm actually having a bit of a difficult time imagining what that would entail, but I'm almost entirely certain it's something you wouldn't want in the wrong hands.

...well. They're a little bit flighty, I have to say.

...I'd feel worse about making that vast a generalization, but in my defense, there are only four at the moment.