†002. [backdated to 6/15/11: 9:00AM || video/action for cherrygrove]

[harbringersoul]

[The video clicks on to Ys' smiling face.] I've made it to Cherrygrove. That took longer than expected. [Pause. He's been here two days.]

I noticed that people have been naming their pokemon. [He tilts the camera so a Sneasel can be seen. She doesn't wave so much as glare stubbornly at the camera.] This is Freya. I have a pidgey, too, but I can'

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[lc_whitequeen]

Welcome to Cherrygrove, Ys. I am very glad that you made it...

[ Lacus wanted to welcome him to Cherrygrove, but she didn't want him to see how sad she really was after seeing Yayoi and Sheryl's conditions. She wasn't in the right condition to be cheerful, but... she wanted to at least try. ]

Freya... that is a very lovely name.

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[harbringersoul]

Thanks. I think it suits her. [She sounds sad. He wonders why.] Are you still in Cherrygrove, Lacus?

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[lc_whitequeen]

Yes, I am... but not by choice.

Ys, I must tell you... please be careful. It isn't safe right now...

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[harbringersoul]

Oh. All right. [So that was her concern: safety.] Do you mean all the people collapsing?

[Action]

[crossinggenders]

Umm... You've got yourself a Pidgey, huh? Maybe you could name him Orville?

[Action]

[harbringersoul]

Yes. [Ys looks up at the stranger; the Poke Center has very comfortable chairs.] I don't know. Does that name mean something where you're from?

OH WHOOPS MEANT VIDEO

[crossinggenders]

Hu-huh. It's the last name of a pair of brothers who invented the airplane.

[video TTLY WORKS;]

[harbringersoul]

I see. That makes sense. [Ys doesn't care what he calls it, but he tests the name anyway:] Orville? [Pause.] Freya. Orville and Freya. [Pause.] Freya and Orville; maybe.

video.

[retrusting]

Naming... is really hard... [little niji would know ;;]

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[harbringersoul]

It is. It took me a week to name Freya. [He hadn't though she needed one, at first. But it was necessarily to differentiate her from other sneasel they encountered.] Do yours have names?

[video;]

[retrusting]

[a quick nod! and he pulls the world's grumpiest eevee on-screen. proudly--] His name is Fluffy...!

[video;]

[harbringersoul]

I haven't seen that kind of pokemon before. [Notice: no comment on the originality of that name.]

[video;]

[usedhealingwish]

Ys-kun. I'm glad you're alright... [ Both her traveling partners collapsed. D'oh. ]

[video;]

[harbringersoul]

Were you worried? I'm fine, Madoka. [A smile.] I'm in Cherrygrove. Where are you?

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[usedhealingwish]

That's a relief. I was afraid that you collapsed too! Ah- I'm in Violet City... you're just one town away from me now.

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[harbringersoul]

I got here just in time; those Shedinja weren't out yet. Hm, we're getting closer. I'll stay here, though, the routes are dangerous.