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[little_anchor]

[Luffy looks like he just won a million beri, with a smile stretched from ear to ear. His Chimchar, a perky little thing, is grinning along with him, perched on his shoulder and snacking on a berry.

Sure, it's snowy and cold, and Luffy's got to balance one hand on his hat to keep it there, but boy does he look happy.]

GUYS, LOOK!

[And he holds

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[fauxearl]

[OH WOW WHAT'S THAT SHINY THING ON THE SCREEN--]

[And now putting away his immediate reaction for something entirely different.]

And a gym badge would be...?

[little_anchor]

You go to the gym leaders and you get a badge if you beat them!

[fauxearl]

Oh? And what do these badges do?

[little_anchor]

I dunno yet.

[fauxearl]

Then why bother?

[little_anchor]

They look cool! And they might be good for something.

[video] l-let's pretend it was like this all along OTL

[fauxearl]

[They did look interesting. And expensive. Maybe they could be sold for high prices... Or he could keep them for himself, that seemed a much better idea.]

And all you have to do is defeat a "gym leader"?

[video] works for me! :D

[little_anchor]

Yep! And when you beat them, they give you cool stuff and a badge!

I think they all fight with different types. This one has birds. And Roxas says the next one has bugs.

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[fauxearl]

Types? You mean those little monsters have more than one?

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[little_anchor]

Uh-huh! There are fire ones and monkey ones and bug ones and birds and stuff!