Entry #A-1: "A"

[dead_black_eyes]

[TEXT PUBLIC]it has CoMe tO my attention that I am not in the kanto region of japan. this is inDEEd Troubling. WhaT an Odd welcome They had in stoRe for me... this floating Creature is to be my new companion. i am told that i am expected to breeD MonSters called PoKemon and colleCt InforMation about the RegioN cAlled Johto. it's a mYsterY to me,

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[foolishwren]

Is your capslock key sticking or something?

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[dead_black_eyes]

[He has to squint to read that; his Gastly is hovering at just the right height for him to just make out the text.]

I suppose it must have been. Who is messaging me?

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[foolishwren]

[... There's a brief pause before the screen flickers to life. Texting too much made Heather's thumbs sore, and she had no reason to hide her face. Have a scruffy blond thing raising a brow at you, L.]

Name's Heather. And that sucks if you just got here and your keys are sticking already.

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[dead_black_eyes]

[Oh, he would prefer so much not to have to show his face on the networks, but the way things currently are, his only other choice is to run and hide in the grass just outside of New Bark Town. Not the best option, when his only defense is floating serenely three or four feet beyond his reach with his pokegear in its mouth.]

I know, it's very inconvenient.

[His eyes are wide and earnest as they peer up at the screen. He looks young for his age, even though he looks several nights short of sleep and several meals short of a healthy weight.]

Mine must be malfunctioning. I should see about getting it fixed as soon as possible.

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[foolishwren]

[Weird-lookin' fella... But not the weirdest she's seen around here. A good ten months in Pokemon-land could be a little desensitizing. So she just offers a crooked grin of greeting. This weekly influx of new faces is something she's gotten used to as the seasons passed.]

You could probably ask that professor guy in the lab back there to look at it for you.

I mean, he's a professor, so I'm guessin' if you can get him to stop crapping his mom-jeans with joy over the very concept of brightly-colored animals with superpowers for a few minutes, he'd help you out.

[Professor Elm gets no respect from Heather. He is far too nerdy.]

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[dead_black_eyes]

[Conversely, nerds might just be the only people who get respect, or something like it, from L. At any rate, he finds Heather's method of speaking interesting. Crapping. Mom-jeans. superpowers. Words and phrases he's not sure if he's ever had occasion to use.]

Professor Elm? Perhaps I will, but I think my top priority should probably be retrieving my device from my own "brightly colored animal with superpowers."

[L even mimics the cadence and tempo Heather had spoken with when she'd originally uttered the words. Whether or not he's actively committing it to memory, he clearly is a fan of the way the words sounded.

Meanwhile, his Gastly floats back and forth, making the screen sway queasily from Heather's perspective.]

"Gaaastly!"

[Video] Sorry for slow, school just started back up for me so I'm reelin' to catch up with work.

[foolishwren]

[Heather's no Shakespeare, that's for sure, but she's pretty good at coming up with these... er... colorful descriptions.]

... Yeeeaaah, I guess that does come first.

[She tilts her head a little, as though the new vantage would somehow let her see what was holding the PokeGear on the other end of the line better.]

What'd they give you, anywa-- ... oh. One of those.

[Hooboy. She's not exactly a fan of ghost Pokemon.]

You should... probably, uh, get used to that. Those things are pretty much collectively an enormous pain in the ass.

No worries there. I hear you. So loud. >.>

[dead_black_eyes]

It's good to know that mine isn't defective, at least. I seem to always get the broken ones.

Have you had experience, with pokemon of this nature?

[foolishwren]

Yeah. More than I'd like, to be honest.

Keep an eye on that thing, it'll probably try to screw around with your head if it gets the chance.

[Guess what kind of Pokemon flooded Violet City with nightmare-inducing fog last fall? If you guessed 'ghost', you're right.]

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[dead_black_eyes]

A lot of people have tried that. Screwing around with my head. I flatter myself by thinking that it's more difficult than they give me credit for.

But since we're on the topic, what would you recommend looking out for, Heather?

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[foolishwren]

[She raises a slight brow.]

... Looking out for?

Depends on what you mean by that.

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[dead_black_eyes]

I mean what you implied. You said that if I don't "keep an eye" on the Gastly, it'll try to "screw" with my head.

[He emphasizes the words in quotations, still getting used to the Heather-isms.]

I want to know how it will try, and how I can be best prepared for it.

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[foolishwren]

OH. Right. Well.

[... So how did you say 'If you put your pants on your head and start speaking gibberish and doing Michael Jackson impressions while hovering five feet above the floor, it means you're possessed' without sounding crazy?]

[......]

If you put your pants on your head and start speaking gibberish and doing Michael Jackson impressions while hovering five feet above the floor, it means you're possessed.

... And before you ask, yes, this happened to a friend, and yes, it was recorded.

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[dead_black_eyes]

Evidence, or it never happened.

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[foolishwren]

Hmmm...

[She pauses to rub her chin.]

Well, he's been pretty nice to me lately.

But if he ever gives me a reason to be mad? That video's goin' up on the network.

So stay tuned.

[Because Liquid Snake gave Heather reasons to be mad on a pretty regular basis.]

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[dead_black_eyes]

He's been nice to you lately, so you don't feel inclined to prove that you're not fabricating this claim?