usedgalacticpunt | Bout 010 (Video/Action): Badges upon badges. (backdated to Tue. 6/14)

[The video opens in medias res, with a casual conversation going on in the Olivine Pokémon Center. It's not quite loud enough to hear any of the words, though. After a second or two, Chie orients the video on herself.]

Oh, hey, has anybody else noticed how the gym leaders are a little... weird? Me and my friends all challenged Jasmine today, so we could get the Surf TM and cross Route... 42, I think it was? And Jasmine gave us all the same lines from beginning to end. She was all like, "Properly tempered steel won't be made rusty by things like this!" And "You are a better trainer than me, in both skill and kindness." Like she was reading off a script or something!

But anyway, we all made it! I got Ecruteak's badge too, when we stopped there on Friday, so I'm up to four! [Chie shows off two badges to the camera.]

For anybody who's following our quest to rescue Souji-kun, we're leaving first thing tomorrow morning on the way back to Ecruteak. And from there, it's through Mahogany and on to the Ice Path! Just hold on, Souji-kun, we won't make you wait too much longer!

[OOC: You may have already won the chance to be tagged by others in Chie's traveling group! This is a limited-time offer, so comment today! ~~Or any time, really.~~]

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Did you want to come?

... You must be exhausted, then.

Sometimes, I feel really stupid around you.

-- eh? To dinner?

I dunno. It would depend on the girl.

I suppose that would be one way to do it.

Ah, but what else is there to do on the road other than make conversation?

That you weren't around for the worst of it.

Should I even ask?

Yep!

If you're inviting me, how can I say no?

No, it's really exactly like I said.

[short pause-- that was not the expected reaction.]

Mmm. You get used to it.

[ Rise tends to not do the expected when she isn't following a direction. As such, she only offers him a quiet smile. ]

Or you burn out... but you're probably not the type.

[chuckles, though it's perhaps a tad darker than usual] No, no I'm not.

Good answer. We might as well make the most of it, right?

[ the thoughtfulness in which she studies him goes hidden under Rise's usual layer of cheer and harmless curiosity. Not the time to pry. ]

No, I'd say you're more the romantic type. Tall, dark, and mysterious? Then there's the glasses--

[he shuffles his feet here, pushing pebbles aside] Mm, you shouldn't.

Optimism makes the greatest argument.

What's another way to do it?

Breathing, for starters. And figuring out creative ways to avoid falling from the back of a purple, flaming horse.

Care to enlighten me, then?

[ with anyone else, she'd nudge, move closer-- Fuji takes both persistence and distance, she's realized, and Rise is still learning how to go about it. ]

You're smarter. [ and she admits this readily. ] Or at least, you think ten steps ahead in a different direction. You're a little like Naoto.

You could've been turned to crystal, or been stuck reliving your nightmares...

It has its advantages. [a bit wryly] There's nothing quite like the joy of outwitting oneself.

Yeah, it sounds like a ball.

Both green and fuzzy.

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