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[blacklodged]

Concluded getting lost in a cave to be an all around interesting but undesirable experience. Believe I could use some coffee and a good night's sleep.

Are there always trainers in this Union Cave? Those I've encountered never appeared to want to leave.

[Guess who made it to Azalea? Action if you feel like running into him on the streets or at the inn

Comments

[video]

[usedlogic]

Hmm....Maybe they like camping there?

[video]

[blacklodged]

It's a possibility, but not one of them had anything resembling camping gear.

[Very to the point, as per usual, he also gives her a nod by means of greeting.]

[video]

[usedlogic]

How strange. And you don't think they ever leave...?

[video]

[blacklodged]

It seems unlikely, but it wouldn't surprise me.

[audio]

[usedpursuit]

You were lost in a cave?

[audio]

[blacklodged]

Not for too long.

[Small pause before he elaborates on this.] You have to pass through this cave in order to get to Azalea from the route preceding it.

Re: [audio]

[usedpursuit]

Ah-- oh. Oh, I see. I'll have to make sure that I don't go through there alone... [Subaru is absolutely hopeless with directions in caves. He grew up in Japan; there's signs and buildings!]

[audio]

[blacklodged]

Having someone with you sounds like a good idea. I'm confident there won't be much trouble. It isn't too difficult to navigate as long as you keep your eyes open.

[He just had a mishap with walking in a circle, but that's okay, because he found his way back soon enough.]

[Video]

[used_defog]

[Oh hey, Coop! You couldn't have forgotten Dash, have you? The girl is sitting atop a countertop in what looks like a Pokemon Center, shifting mechanically through files. She doesn't even look at the files at all as she flips through them.]

Uuuuh, what's Union Cave?

[Video]

[blacklodged]

[Oh no, of course not. It's kinda hard to forget a teenager with rainbow hair and an attitude to match.]

It's a cave on Route 32 you have to pass through in order to advance to Azalea Town.

[Video]

[used_defog]

... Oh yeah! That thing! I saw it when I was training... [She would have explored it too, but managed to miraculously make a mature decision and not leave her traveling partner behind.]

Azalea... Isn't that where the gym after Violet is?

[Video]

[blacklodged]

It is. You're taking the gym challenge?

[Video]

[of_france]

[France is offering Cooper a truly sympathetic expression.]

Coffee and sleep do sound like just the things you need. I can't imagine why anyone would want to live in a cave voluntarily. They're probably crazy.

[Video]

[blacklodged]

[Cooper gives France a small smile, but it does look tired.]

If that's the definition of crazy, more than half the locals must be.

[Video]

[of_france]

[France shrugs leisurely.]

They probably are crazy. This place is crazy, after all.

[He grins, obviously in a good mood.]

How is Azalea?

[Video]

[blacklodged]

[He's not going to argue. He's seen far crazier things, but it's nothing he feels like getting into at the moment.]

It looks pleasant. At the moment I'm more interested in the condition of the inn.

[Meditation only cuts you so many hours of sleeping.]

You seem happy today.

[video]

[cheapblusuits]

...Union Cave?

[No, he's never actually, y'know. Been in there. Herp derp glithces.]

Good to hear that you got out all right, Mr. Cooper.

[video]

[blacklodged]

The cave before Azalea. I guess you didn't take that precise route.

[Well, glitches are practical from time to time. Not that Coop likes them, which you might hear just a trace of in that last statement.]

[You get a sort of crooked half-smile in answer to that.]

Thanks, Phoenix.

[video]

[cheapblusuits]

N-Not exactly, no. [Don't remind him. That fall hurt.]

...what's it like in Azalea?

[video]

[blacklodged]

[He looks away from the screen to take in his surroundings properly, looking a bit distant when doing so, but focuses back on it with a rather happy expression.]

Quiet.