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[deadfreesia]

[The feed opens showing Mamoru a few feet away, the Gear held by another. Youji's voice pipes up from behind the camera.]

And now, reporting from the bug-infested gym of Azalea, where no exterminator dare tread, Mamoru has received his second badge!

[Mamoru looks a bit awkward about Youji's reporter angle at first, but puts on a smile and waves

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[Video (... Action more like it.)] 1/? - I apologize for wangst.

[junebugfuji]

[ She's just holding the gear for the moment, sitting at the gate at the main entrance of the city. The gear? Not actually ON yet. She's trying to work up the courage to contact him and remain casual and not get emotional. Crap. And it's not working very well. ]

2/?

[junebugfuji]

[ It seemed like a good idea at the time, it probably still was, but to what end? If she'd gone maybe she could have changed his mind about things, instead of running away from the situation. That wasn't very like her.

Still, it was the best way to respect his wishes except for how it totally wasn't. WTG acting like a coward instead. ]

3/? -- KEYWORDS.

[junebugfuji]

[ And she hasn't really called... What kind of friend is she?

Okay. We've been over this literally a dozen times already. ICON KEYWORDS. ]

4/4

[junebugfuji]

[ Go time, while we're having a "BE STRONG" moment. She turns the gear on and offers a smile. ]

Congratulations, Mamoru-kun. [ Because she can't get herself to stop calling you that, so hopefully that's alright. ] I'm sure you'll do great when you challenge the gym here.