03 | when it comes [ video ]

[icanhelpthem]

[ Today Claire's laid on the bed in the room of the hotel that she's been staying in. It's not bad, and the work's been pretty decent. She's slowly starting to get used to the place although she still doesn't have much of an idea of what to do ]

So I think I've seen pretty much all I can about this place, this city anyway. I've even started learning some of the history as... there's really not much else.

Working here isn't bad, at least I'm doing something and that something feels pretty useful. That and [ There's a small 'oof' as Claire's Vulpix jumps up on the the bed and ends up landing on her ]

Meredith! [ She sort of half turns around to try and pick it up, or at least try and push it to the side so that it's sat next to her instead of on her ]

That and feeling useful is good. It's better than being stuck here and there being absolutely nothing.

I'm getting used to the Pokemon, too, and seeing them everywhere. It was weird at first but now... it's not as shocking, anyway. I ended up catching that Psyduck, mostly just to stop it from following me everywhere. [ And she picks up the Gear, pointing it towards the floor ] Lyle, come and say hello.

Psy? [ But it does waddle over, its face ending up being pressed against the Gear ]

I've now just got to figure out what else to do. [ As she talks she turns the Gear back around and puts it back on the bed ] Quiet cities are nice but this is a little too quiet. I don't want to travel, at least not constantly and training and battling? Only if I have to. Something tells me that its not going to be as easy to travel after this city. [ Because that would just be too simple ] So that mostly rules out collecting the gym badges, unless I'm missing something about them.

And for anything else... Goldenrod City's on my list, maybe even to stay. It's big, which means there has to be something more there. Who knows?

[ Feel free to chip in with ideas, listeners ]

Comments

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[skillspanner]

So you have a Psyduck that did that too, huh. I wonder if they're all like that or something...

[onemoreattribute]

Did yours happen to follow you around until you caught it?

[skillspanner]

That's exactly what happened. She wouldn't leave the Centre, it was kind of weird...

[onemoreattribute]

That is weird. I wonder what it'll do now I've caught it.

[skillspanner]

Probably keep following you around and holding its head. Well, if it's anything like mine, at least.

[onemoreattribute]

That'll make me wonder why I've caught it. I thought catching it would stop that.

[skillspanner]

Well, if it helps, once it evolves, it gets a lot better.

[onemoreattribute]

What do you mean?

[skillspanner]

Uh, when it evolves, it turns into a Golduck. Which is waaaaay less annoying. At least, it is from what I know.

[onemoreattribute]

A Golduck, huh? Let me guess, it doesn't hold its head?

[skillspanner]

Yeah, and it's waaaaay less noisy, too.

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[reaccepts.livejournal.com]

That's what I heard about Goldenrod, too... so that's where my group's heading. You're in Cherrygrove too?

[onemoreattribute]

Yeah. I got here about a week ago or something... to Cherrygrove.

[reaccepts.livejournal.com]

Cherrygrove is a nice city, but... I'm definitely looking forward to getting away from it. It's a little too small.

[onemoreattribute]

I know what you mean. I've never been in a small town before and now I guess I know why people prefer cities.

[reaccepts.livejournal.com]

It's not so bad for a little while, but after a few weeks, it does tend to get old.

[onemoreattribute]

I guess if there was something to do it might not be so bad.

[reaccepts.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's not very much to do in general if you're not very into Pokémon training.

[onemoreattribute]

I wasn't planning on it but part of me thinks I'll need to, to get to Goldenrod. At least it's something to do while I'm not doing anything, even if it's not for the gyms.

[reaccepts.livejournal.com]

It is pretty inconvenient if you can't deal with the wild Pokémon very efficiently, so yeah, that's true. I was thinking perhaps I should try training mine more, too.

[onemoreattribute]

I hope it works for you.

[Video] Katara missed the memo! (IE: Her mundane somehowmissedClaire.)

[usedwaterpulse]

[Katara is surprised, she didn't expect to hear that voice on the network a third time, not after Claire returned home twice. Last time she greeted her in such surprise, though, it turned out she didn't remember her first visit, so... caution this time, despite that surprise.]

I think you'll like Goldenrod. There's a lot to do there, and plenty of trainers to battle or trade with if not.

[onemoreattribute]

What about if you're not really battling or trading?

[usedwaterpulse]

Well, if you're into scenery there's the National Park. Other than that, we were in a hurry when I was there last so I didn't really sight see much besides shopping. If you keep heading North and head West you'll eventually come across places called Ecruteak City and Olivine. Olivine is a big city on the coast. You might like it there more.

[onemoreattribute]

Oh. The coast doesn't sound too bad, at least there's a view.