Bout 010 (Video/Action): Badges upon badges. (backdated to Tue. 6/14)

[usegalacticpunt]

[The video opens in medias res, with a casual conversation going on in the Olivine Pokémon Center. It's not quite loud enough to hear any of the words, though. After a second or two, Chie orients the video on herself.]

Oh, hey, has anybody else noticed how the gym leaders are a little... weird? Me and my friends all challenged Jasmine today, so we

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[tiercelet]

Okay, I'll admit... [He glances back at Jasmine and lowers his voice so only his companions can hear.] That was sort of strange. The other Gym Leaders didn't seem so... repetitive.

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[isthisourchance]

Yeah, but I've been thinking... What if we only noticed this time because we all fought her in a row? Every other time I've done a badge challenge, I was on my own.

[Action] /threadhops this mother

[restardom]

I don't know, Hayate got her number out of her...

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[tiercelet]

...now that I think about it, I've been on my own most times, too. [Then he frowns.] Wait--but Whitney's responded to everyone differently every time.

[He blinks, looking at Rise.] Her Gear number? Why would he want that?

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[thebelsareinert]

I'm starting to think they're all trained.

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[isthisourchance]

By whoever brought us all here, do you suppose?

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[thebelsareinert]

Probably.

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[isthisourchance]

Kind of a creepy thought. And I doubt they'd tell us anything if we asked.

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[cynicizing]

That's... pretty fuckin' weird, yeah. Guess it goes with the whole video games thing they've got going on though, you know?

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[isthisourchance]

Yeah, good point. I kinda forget about that stuff, 'cause the people here usually don't seem like they're on tracks, y'know? And my Pokémon have all got real personalities, definitely.

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[cynicizing]

No kiddin'. Sometimes I forget about that goddamn music that's always going on too...

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[isthisourchance]

Yeah, I mostly manage to tune it out these days. Still gets annoying sometimes, though...

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[bakaitoukid]

I dunno, I thought Jasmine was kinda cute.

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[isthisourchance]

Cute? Eh, I guess. I'm not really a good judge of that sorta thing.

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[bakaitoukid]

Whitney was kinda cute, too.

She cried for everyone else, but she didn't cry at the end of our battle.

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[isthisourchance]

-- Wait, seriously? What the heck did you do different?

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[sfaccendato]

Well, they are game NPCs. I doubt they know very many other lines.

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[isthisourchance]

Yeah, maybe. But they seem real most of the time! And then you get something like this, and start remembering how freaky Johto really is.

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[sfaccendato]

You should try talking to the townspeople sometime. It's even worse.

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[isthisourchance]

When you put it like that, I don't think I want to.