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[The feed clicks on, and there's Snake. He's at the beginning of Route 35, looks like he's heading out.]

Hey... I'm heading to Violet. I'm going to take the shortcut... With the squirt bottle I got, I should be able to get past the weird tree I've heard is blocking the path through Route 36 or 37... Anyway, I've also received one of Jack Atlus' Pokemon; his Snubbull, Juliette.

If anyone's seen Jack, let him know and I'll return Juliette to him, otherwise I'll train her. I still look forward to battling you someday.

[ Snake pauses, thinking a moment. At least there's no blowing snow right now, that would have been annoying. He's still thinking about his parting with Otacon, and feeling a little bad, but he had to leave Goldenrod. Just sticking around was annoying him, all he wanted to do was slug Liquid in the face. He didn't bother asking Heather if she wanted to come along; her friends were all here, she had a job, he didn't need to just rip her away from that. Besides, why leave your comforts for just one old man? ]

I guess that's it. Snake out.

[ooc: To set the mood-- A VIDEO I MADE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRkheXz8AI0&fmt=18 you all will recognize this song if you watched Pokemon back in the day.]

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... Yeah. [And to blow off some steam, but... It's better to say he has an actual mission to do rather than just throwing a fit.]

_{[Heather swallows. Even if he didn't say anything, she already has an idea of what would be making him mad. It had already occurred to her what implications Liquid's stupid transmission might have to Snake.]}

When d'you think you'll be coming back?

In a while. [ It's quiet, other than his tromping through the snow. He can see some wild Pokemon digging around, looking for food. ] I'm taking the shortcut there.

That north road... right.

_{[Heather still needed to beat Whitney to begin with...]}

... You, uh... you gonna be okay out there?

... I'll be okay. I've got a strong team with me. [ Pause. ] It's Otacon's turn now to make sure you don't accidentally kill yourself or something. [ Gives a bit of a smile. ]

_{[Heather rolls her eyes a little at that, mouth tugging into a smirk that's nonetheless rather halfhearted.]}

Aw, c'mon... you have so little faith in me.

Yeah, maybe. [ Looking at a Pidgey looking at him. ... ] You can always call me if you need me. I'll be using my Onix some, too, but the snow might slow him down a little.

I'll be f-- ... I'll call if I need you.

... Just s'long as you promise to do the same.

... [ Promises. Snake couldn't keep them. No matter what they were, as soon as he committed, somehow it'd be broken. Instead, he just nods a little. ]

You been to the National Park yet? I've heard they have Bug Catching Contests here... At least, when there's grass.

_{[If a nod was the best she was gonna get, she might as well take it.]}

Nuh uh. Never been north of Goldenrod.

I heard about it, though... maybe once the weather warms up, I'll take a trip.

_{[... The weather is part of the reason she hasn't wanted to move on from Goldenrod yet... well. That and the fact that everybody was here. ... Almost everybody was here.]}

I went to it once before... So there's trainers on Route 35 that are keeping away from me... I guess they remember battling. [smirk smirk.]

It's only January right now... Could be a while before it warms up.

Sounds like you got a rep!

And yeah, I know... still, don't really like the idea of slogging through the snow.

I don't have any rideable Pokemon, so...

_{[Well you would if you used your stupid Firestone on your Growlithe, Heather. Jeez.]}

Gonna hang around in Goldenrod until it warms up? Sounds like a good idea, I guess. [Snake personally wasn't big on cities... At least because he preferred relative peace and quiet... Also a lot of people made it hard to sneak around, or at least more risky.]

Yeah.

I've never really been one for hiking and if I'm gonna roam the country roads, I'd rather do it when the weather's nice, y'know?

_{[Heather was very much a city person. She liked the hustle and bustle and it was always reassuring to know that there was a whole world of people around her, doing their own thing. The wild was too lonely. It freaked her out.]}

All right.

[Thinks a moment.] Well, I'll let you know how traveling goes. I have some friends in Violet, I think... I'll be okay.

... All right.

_{[She knows repeating her 'Call if you need anything' won't do much good, so she doesn't.]}

... I, uh.

_{[She pauses, wondering if she should say anything at all about how she chewed Liquid out. ... Maybe best if she shouldn't. He knows her well enough that he probably already knows she did.]}

... I'll see you soon.

_{[... Probably not.]}

[Nods to her.]

Take care of yourself, Heather. [Feed clicks out.]

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