first star redux [ video | action for new bark ]
[ hello, hello johto! a good morrow to you, fellows. let's all relax a bit with a shot of one very unhappy purple-haired girl. how calming! ]
Apparently, I'm back here again, even though I thought I was done with this. Man, I'm even back at the start since pokemon can de-evolve now, I guess. I seriously don't remember pokemon being able to de-evolve in the game.
[ looking down at a bummed out charmander ]
I mean, really. How did you even manage to become a Charmander again? That's not supposed to be possible. [ and one exasperated sigh later ] Ugh, I guess I should figure out how long I've been gone... Um, does someone mind telling me what month it is?
v-v-v-v-video; sup tsun
End of January. It's been a while.
v-v-v-v-video; go away :|
... End of January? I've been done for like three months?! No way! I was only back home for like two minutes!
v-v-v-v-video; tsun tsun dere tsun dere tsun tsun
Yeah, that's apparently what people have been saying when they return home. They also say that they don't remember anything of Johto when they return home either.
v-v-v-v-video; i will punch you in the throat
Huh, since I was only back for a few minute, I guess I didn't really notice that much... But yeah, I don't think I did remember Johto when I was back there. Weird. And I remembered stuff that I've completely forgotten now, like a full dance routine.
v-v-v-v-video; aw, ilu2
A full dance routine, by just being home for that short amount of period?
v-v-v-v-video; PUNCH IN THE THROAT!!!
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[ Smiling a friendly smile. ]
It is January.
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Last December ... Hayate and Yayoi held a Christmas Party but ...
...what exactly do you want to know?
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Kagami-san? [Man, Souji's gonna be happy about this. Yes, good.] It's January, but I'm sure someone else clued you in on that by now
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Maybe your game got reset, and your last save point was when your pokemon was still a starter. [pause.] Maaaan, you gotta save more often, that's like, an important gamer's rule or something.
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It's not like I'm deciding when things are saved! ... Not like saving is actually possible or anything. But if it was, there's no way I would have only saved in the beginning, who even does that?
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Newbies? [shrug.] It's an easy mistake to make. Unless your save file was corrupt, then you'd have to play all over again... Then again, how does that even work here...
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Now that you mention it, I could probably actually see my sister doing something like that... [ sigh ] Well, there was a glitch on Halloween like two years ago.
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Some people weren't born to be gamers, I guess.
Two years ago? Just how long have you been stuck here? [pause] Not counting when you disappeared and came back, or whatever.
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That's how it is for most things, isn't it? There's not really something everyone can do it.
[ pause. give her a second here. ] I got here in October two years ago so... A year and a couple of months?
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Well, yeah, I guess. And I guess it isn't really your fault if the game's buggy. You think you could exploit this glitch?
... wow, that's pretty long. Even considering you left and came back, that's still something.
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Probably not. There's not really any advantages to having your pokemon deevolve.
[ shrug ] It sounds longer than it actually felt. I guess I kinda just got used to being here.