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[blacklodged]

I imagine quite a number of you are taking the gym challenge, but I'm curious as to what reason. Boredom? Some kind of obligation? That it just might lead to a way home?

I'm not sure. Either way I recently earned my second badge and expect to head back to Goldenrod in the near future. [A small pause here and his voice takes on a wistful little

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[dead_black_eyes]

I think that boredom and obsessive completionism neatly sum up my reasons.

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[blacklodged]

Did you play the games?

[audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

Which games...?

[L has played many, but the pokemon games were not among them. For whatever reason, he was not aware of them if they existed in his own world.]

[audio]

[blacklodged]

[Well - "obsessive completionism" suggested maybe knowing about them, hence the question.]

According to several people the world we're in is in several ways identical to a series of video games, where the objective is to catch and train Pokémon and beat the Gym leaders and subsequently the Elite Four.

[audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

Well, suddenly it seems like spending hours of my time wearing out my thumbs on handheld games might not have been such a waste of time, in retrospect. How sad that I made less beneficial decisions.

[audio]

[blacklodged]

What kind of games did you play, then?

[Mildly curious.]

[audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

Puzzle games, mostly. With high stakes and occasionally even skilled opponents.

[audio]

[blacklodged]

Only occasionally?

[audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

I count myself lucky that it was occasionally, rather than never...

[audio]

[blacklodged]

You make do with what you have, as they say.