Victory Road!

[Armin had hoped to be able to make this post a little sooner, but then Angel had come back and some things needed taking care of and well, now it was now. Not that it was exactly time-sensitive; he just thought it was a really great thing and had hoped to be able to share it with more people sooner.]

Hello.

[Armin had mostly gotten over his nerves about making entries on the network, but this time, he feels them knot his stomach a bit again. He just hopes he's able to accurately impart the importance of this on other people. Not that it will stop him from doing what he will be doing, but it will be great to have more voices.]

Uhm, as most of you probably already know, this world is much bigger than just Kanto, Johto and the Sevii Islands. There is a lot more out there, but unfortunately, we --by which I mean, the people who have come from different worlds-- are not allowed to travel there. [A small frown.] I'm not sure exactly how they prevent us, but as far as I know, nobody has ever been able to get anywhere beyond the regions we know.

Last month when I was in Kanto, I asked Lance about why they won't let us travel to these other regions, and he said that the people in charge of these regions don't trust us. That we all come from such strange and different worlds that they aren't sure if we won't make any trouble.

I understand that they, most likely, only want to protect the people living there, but-- maybe this is selfish of me, but I want to see this world. Travelling here has already been amazing, but if there is more out there to see, then I want to see and experience it.

So, I was thinking -- If they won't let us travel there because they are afraid of what we might do to them, then we have to take that fear away. If we can show them who we are, then I'm sure we will be able to find some common ground. And it is much harder to fear people you have common ground with. We've already been able to do it here. The people of Kanto and Johto and the islands all accept us. They aren't afraid of us anymore. So there is no reason why we shouldn't be able to prove our intentions to the rest of this world.

[The longer he goes on, the more his nerves peter out and are replaced by passion in his voice. He just... really cares so much about travelling, ok you guys.]

Of course, it is difficult showing them who we are when they won't even let us visit, but there are other means of communication. Ones that can be carried out over long distance. I talked it over with Lance, and he talked to the other Elite Four members in the other regions, and he found one region that was willing to let us send letters there. I know it might not sound like much, but it is a start. If we can start showing them who we are and find common ground, even if it is just via a letter, who knows what might be possible in the future.

I'm going to do it, of course. But if anyone else wanted to help out, they can. Lance said he would take care of forwarding our letters to the other region --it's name is Sinnoh, by the way-- so all anyone would have to do is send their letters to him and it will be taken care of. You can send as many or as few letters as you want, though obviously, I feel whoever takes part should be committed to answering any letters they might receive in return, else we can't make a good impression.

Of course, there is no guarantee of privacy. Even if I trust Lance not to read our letters, I cannot be sure about whoever will take care of spreading the letters in Sinnoh. But. [And he looks firm here.] I think that can even be a good thing. Let them read our letters if they want. All that means is that more people will be reading them and seeing we are just regular people.

I know it might not lead to anything. We can only do so much via a letter, but... if we don't try, we'll never succeed, right? And even if it means writing a lot of possibly meaningless letters, I want to try.

[ooc: see this ooc post for more information.]