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[usedslam]

A. [ Ridiculously early in the morning, all of Johto gets a shaky close-up of a Zephyr badge, and this call goes out: ]

HI JOHTO IT'S SHOOTER HOW ARE YOU I'M GOOD GUESS WHAT MY RATTATA IS SO COOL HE'S THE BEST RATTATA AND TODAY WE HAD TO FACE OFF AGAINST A REALLY TOUGH PIDGEY BUT THEN WE WON AND WE GOT A BADGE BYE.

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[usedwindything]

[Oh my god that yelling. Things you don't need to hear when you're recently concussed and already have a headache. But he recognizes that yelling and he's really happy for his buddy Red so...here, have a very dazed-looking, bandaged-head, wincing John.]

Congratulations on your badge, Red.

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[usedslam]

THANKS, BRO!

[ Ohh boy, the shouting's not done yet. ]

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[usedslam]

[ It's a moment before he notes the bandages. ]

Whoa-- did the bugs get you?!

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[usedwindything]

[More cringing...inside voice, Shooter, please.]

You're welcome. It was probably a breeze for you, right? Hehe...But...no it wasn't the bugs that got me. The bugs weren't really too much of a problem. This was... [How to put this?] I kind of...um...got hit in the head. [A pause.] ...with a rock.

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[usedslam]

You-- whoa.

[ He's oblivious to the cringing, but at least this one was quieter. ]

By who? A Pokemon? A villain?!

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[usedwindything]

No, not a pokémon or a villain. Actually, it was a friend of mine. He was my travel buddy and he just...kind of got a little sick. In the head. I'm not sure if it was the cave that got to him or what but...yeah. He's better now though, so it's okay. It was still kind of a pretty lousy birthday present. [He chuckles.]

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[usedslam]

Like... like a BETRAYAL? Or did he just go INSANE? That sounds intense!

And whoaaa, happy birthday, bro! How old're you now?

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[usedwindything]

No I don't think it was either of those things. I don't know what happened, I was unconscious the whole time...so I'm still a little out of the loop.

Thanks. I'm not really sure how old I am to be honest. Before I got here it was my birthday, then when I woke up here it was suddenly January. Crazy time shenanigans. But I think...I'm still thirteen, technically. I'm trying not to over-think it too much.

Anyway, how did your match against Falkner go? Aside from the obvious winning thing.

video; so intensely late but I HAD TO REPLY TO THIS

[usedslam]

That's weird, bro. So you're, like, thirteen and fourteen at the same time? It's like a PARADOX!

[ Aaand then the talking speeds up. ]

It was so so cool, I fought him with Purple but then he knocked Purple out because they have strategy and their strategy is crazy so I was all worried about Purple but I sent out Grey because he's all made of rocks so he has an advantage, rocks have an advantage, but then they did some thing with mud and that got him hurt so I sent out Brown and Brown DID IT!

And then I got a badge.

video; dude it's okay, i will backtag FOREVER.

[usedwindything]

Yeah...tell me about it. [He's not even going to mention the whole "we're two years in the future technically...so I might be 15" thing. Holy crap he's talking fast. What is he even...John can't keep up with that. His brain is just too broken for this. All he really understood was that last line.]

Cool, man! [Just gonna...smile and nod.] So it wasn't much of a challenge then, huh?

video; good to hear because SOB I KEEP LOSING THINGS IN MY INBOX ;;

[usedslam]

It was more hard than I thought! But in a fun way. And a cool way.

So I guess not, but kind of!

[ A true master at making sense. ]

video; it happens. XD

[usedwindything]

Well at least you had fun, right? And that's...that's what really matters.

[It's okay, John is a master of non-sense as well, he understands what you mean, bro.]