001. [Video/Action for Cherrygrove City]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Heather didn't make any video posts during the long, long slog from the rocky slopes of Route 46 to the pleasant, nostalgic beaches of Cherrygrove.]

[That reason is because she and everybody else on the hike look like absolute shit.]

[Even after a VERY LONG shower (thank god for Pokemon Centers that virtually never run out of hot water), there's still grime on her skin. SHE CAN FEEL IT. But oh well, she's gotta make a video anyway. So here network, please accept for your consideration one (1) exhausted, disheveled Heather Mason in what is very obviously a generic T-shirt on loan from the Center itself.]

[Behind her is what everyone will no doubt recognize as a Center lobby-- a place she hasn't had to crash in in years.]</sub>

Well, that sucked.

Hey, everybody.

This is Heather, checkin' in along with Henry-- _{[She shifts the 'Gear to the right so that it will show a man lying facedown and completely still across multiple lobby chairs, still streaked in mud and being tentatively nosed at by a very small Phanpy.]}-- and Envy-- _{[She starts to shift the 'Gear to the left but is cut off with an indignant bark of "DON'T FILM ME."]}

--well, point is, we're alive.

Uh, Lust? We're gonna stay here-- or in the hotel if we can scrounge the money-- for the night, and then fly home in the morning.

And Tobias? I did wind up gettin' a couple of Blake's Pokemon-- uh, a Kingler and a Gallade. Didn't check their names, but they're there. So, I'll be takin' care of those unless he comes back, I guess.

_{[She lifts a hand to cover up a barely-stifled yawn-- there's still dirt under her nails.]}

So yeah I'm gonna go sleep forever now. Peace.

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[exeggutorhead]

[Envy is likewise not sure he'll ever be clean again. Because a shower may have washed most of the grime off, but it sure didn't fix his hair. He looks halfway to Wrath Levels of rat's nest. Not even his attempts to pull it back had saved it (he's pretty sure that Heather's armband she'd given him as a makeshift tie may never be recovered).]

[When she moves the camera away, he goes right back to exhaustedly trying to pick a nasty tangle out of the ends, with limited success, and mutters angrily to himself:]

I'm not cutting my hair off.

[YOU HEAR HIM, HAIR? HE'S GOING TO BEAT THIS.]

[Video]

[usedgravity]

Oh no, what happened to you three?

[Cue one very obviously new person in very obviously New Bark Town, but more importantly]

You can fly?

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[wing_attack]

[Tobias looks... slightly singed? The ends of his hair look terrible, at least.]

Oh, that's good. At least those are accounted for.

... But you look like you really need some sleep.

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[a_sin_for_him]

I can wire you the funds for a hotel.

Everything's fine at the house, it's not even damaged.

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[quickattackjack]

Oh good, you made it! And in one piece it looks like!

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[armoredsoul]

[Alphonse is waiting outside the Pokemon Center for the trio, his attention switching between a game on his Gear and keeping an eye out down the road for them. He got into town a few days ago, and he's been staying in the Center since then while he helps with crisis calls.]

[But finally when he looks up there's something worth taking note of, and he pockets the Gear to go jogging up to meet them.] Hey, there you--holy crap, you all look like hell.