Nineteen [Video/Action for Goldenrod]

[trouser_chimp]

[You can see the ocean from Goldenrod, you just can't travel it. But Ritsu, dressed as a woman as per the norm, is letting his little Lapras swim there, and he watches it with quiet contemplation. After a while, he turns on the video

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[forhishappiness]

[After running without stopping, and with the help of her pokemons, Ur finally manages to arrive to Goldenrod again. And of course, the first thing she does it's to meet up with Ritsu and Kisa. After seeing that video, it was easy to know where he was, so she moved there with a calm smile.]

Hey, Ritsu.

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[trouser_chimp]

[He whips around, surprised but very happy.]

Ur!

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[forhishappiness]

[Oh, come here. You're getting a hug and a smile.]

I missed you all.

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[trouser_chimp]

[Still not used to girl!hugs, but after some hesitance, he slowly returns it.]

...We have missed you as well.

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[dead_black_eyes]

An adult is someone who pays taxes, knows pain and fear, and shoulders responsibilities of their own accord. They are part of society. They accept that they are are at their physical and mental peak, and understand that decline and death are a part of life.

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[trouser_chimp]

[There's a long pause as he contemplates this.]

... So since there are no taxes in Johto, no one is an adult?

[... yes, that's what he's focusing on.]

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

I think you're partly right.

What really makes this true, though, is the fact that there is no death.

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[trouser_chimp]

No death?

voice;

[lionedace]

Responsibility and taking it into your own hands.

voice;

[trouser_chimp]

Yes... burdening it all, I suppose...

voice;

[lionedace]

Responsibility is only a burden if you put yourself in that burden.

voice;

[trouser_chimp]

You mean it doesn't have to be?

[Video]

[lonestarweeaboo]

Huh... That's a good question ya got. I'd say havin' tons of responsibilities and followin' your own path in life!

[Video]

[trouser_chimp]

That seems to be the consensus, the responsibility...

[not touching the 'own path.]

[Video]

[lonestarweeaboo]

What bought up this question for ya?

[Video]

[trouser_chimp]

[He clearly hesitates.]

... I was wondering... if I was an adult. I need to be one, if I'm not already. For the sake of my family here.

[Video]

[piccolo_tomate]

[He gives the question some thought before blurting out a response.]

...War.

[Video]

[trouser_chimp]

War?

[Video]

[piccolo_tomate]

Adults make the decision to go to war. And once the war is over, sometimes a nation is made stronger.

But, I suppose other things can make an adult. Arrogance and experience.

[Video]

[trouser_chimp]

I should hope there are other things, war doesn't happen all the time. There's no war here.