((HEY GUYS, LET'S PRETEND THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. Because I am a derp and neglected to actually post it... you know... last night. ;;))
[Hmm, whoever is holding the Pokégear right now must be... floating or something, judging from the way the image is slowly bobbing up and down. But never mind that right now - Shelly, his Sneasel and his Spinarak are sitting around a small fire in some secluded corner of route 31. Yes, he needed his privacy, and this was the only place he could find it in.]
Well, the books were useful to some extent, I suppose... but they told me little more than what I had already read in the guidebook, in the end. Having knowledge of type advantages is handy, yes, but I doubt I will ever learn how to spit fire or produce electricity from my fingers, so...
[He gets a "Snee" and a "-raaak" in response, and smiles. Oh, well, it's not as if he would be attacking any Pokémon with his bare hands. His companions would take care of that, and rather efficiently, he hoped. But he still wanted to know, really. He finds himself briefly wondering what his mentor would think ("Always the over-achiever, aren't you? Ah, but that's what I like about you, boy.")... and stops himself with a short chuckle.]
My, where is all this sentimentality coming from? It must be from all the, ah, harmless socialisation--
Floon~!
[And finally, Shelly looks directly at the video source, his monocle slipping until he quickly readjusts it.] ... Moe, are you broadcasting this?