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[ratherbelocky]

Goooood evening, residents of Johto. It's a lovely, drizzly January day, and I've got a question you folks might be able to answer for me. Consider it an informal poll.

[York looks comfortable and cozy as he lounges around his house, still wearing his ugly Christmas sweater.]

Now, I understand that this place just isn't equipped to support a Grifball League, but there's got to be more to life than just hockey and baseball. Are there Pokémon Olympics or something I should tune into? And, hey, what kind of sports did you guys have back in your worlds? Were they fun? Would you recreate 'em here if you could?

[He rubs his chin for a moment, then adds:]

If anyone around Goldenrod's interested in forming some kind of low-key community sports team--y'know, something for people, not Pokémon--let me know. I might be able to help us get something set up before baseball season starts.

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[ratherbelocky]

...Also fair enough.

[If something is really sad and he doesn't acknowledge it, is it still fucking awful?]

Aren't there a bunch of teenagers running around this place?

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[veggie_vamp]

That'll be so cool! I bet everyone's going to love it! ... Does this game have roller stakes?

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[grapeeater]

What's 'the Project'? Or can you not tell me?

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[wing_attack]

Yeah, true, though I seem to be making friends with people who are already past that stage.

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[ratherbelocky]

Project Freelancer. It's the program I was part of, in the military.

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[ratherbelocky]

Uh. I don't see why not, but I guess I didn't ask about it. They have bikes, so why wouldn't they?

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[grapeeater]

Sounds pretty complicated.

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[veggie_vamp]

Okay, cool! I just wanted to be sure... this game is designed pretty weird in some places.

[Video]

[ratherbelocky]

Nothing wrong with that. Guess it just means you're mature for your age. Still, you might learn things from hanging out with people around your time of life.

[Video]

[wing_attack]

... I... guess. I did kind of lose three years of being a teenager.

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[ratherbelocky]

Yeah, it ended up not living up to what I thought it'd be. But I've been out of the service for a while now, so I don't have to worry about it anymore.

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[ratherbelocky]

Yeah, you can say that again. I guess I can ask Carolina to check the Department Store for skates next time she's doing a supply run.

[Video]

[ratherbelocky]

Don't get me wrong--there are people out there who'll tell you that high school's the best time of your life, but those people are lying out of their asses. But figuring that all out with other kids is important sometimes.

Who knows. You might find a lot of 'em are in the same boat as you.

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[grapeeater]

That's good. Fighting can be... rough. And even if you think you're fighting for the right side, you may not be.

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[wing_attack]

[He just laughs a little bit.]

I never even made it into high school.

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[ratherbelocky]

[York takes a long pause before he answers.]

Yeah.

Turned out I wasn't.

You live and learn, right?

[Video]

[ratherbelocky]

Well, now you get to have that experience, except without teachers breathing down your neck about homework or being forced to participate in humiliating social milestones, yeah? That's one thing this world's good for.

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[veggie_vamp]

I'm working at the Goldenrod Department Store, so I'll keep an eye out too!

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[wing_attack]

That's true. Homework always sucked. Now I can just give myself assignments, but it's in getting the next badge or something rather than doing five pages of division.

private text;

[grapeeater]

[Well now isn't this interesting...]

I can understand that entirely.

You can't go back, but... well. You can try to clean up the mess, right?

private text;

[ratherbelocky]

Uh, yeah, not so much anymore.

Though I guess I did have a pretty big hand in the first phase of stopping it, so I can take some credit for how things turned out in the end.

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[ratherbelocky]

In the meantime, let's come back to this when it's a little warmer out. Might be easier to find skate-friendly race venues outdoors, and we could probably get more trainer interest when travel's happening, too.

[Video]

[ratherbelocky]

Not a big math fan, huh?

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[veggie_vamp]

I'll try to be patient... but, wow, I'm sooo excited!

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[ratherbelocky]

Yeah! It should be a blast. Maybe we can get that Jimmy kid in on it, too. He did good work with that haunted house in October.