[video][Action for those on Route 29 near CherryGrove.]

[imthe_shit]

[Snake has decided to take some quiet time and make use of figuring out what's inside his bag. He's left the Pokegear nearby on video, so he can remember what he was doing later... IT'S NOT LIKE HIS MEMORY IS GOING OR ANYTHING. That included reading the handbook on being a Pokemon Trainer. For him, this wasn't too different from what he was used to, except he usually had to call Otacon to learn how to save, how to crawl, punch, use weapons, etc. Looks like the save function was different in this world...

Snake had a lot on his mind recently, due to what he'd experienced before coming to this place... His mother was seriously wounded, and he'd only learned that she was his mother just moments before. Everything was happening too quickly... Everything that she'd told him... It was still swirling in his mind. He could still hear the sounds of Raging Raven screaming for him to fight her. Still see the look of agony on Big Mama's face...

He hadn't had a good night's sleep in the last week. Every time he closed his eyes, he could see her pained expression...

Reading the handbook had now become a way for him to take his mind off of what he'd seen... what he wished he could forget, just for a short while. It was selfish, he knew, but... it was too much.]

Brrri brrrrri!

[Snake blinked, looking over at Sunny, who was hugging his leg as he sat on a tree stump. She looked worried... so he reached a hand over and patted her head.] Hey... Sunny, I'm fine. Just... go play with Chicken and Mk II.

Toki... briiii...

[Sunny shook her head, hugging him tighter. Snake sighed, reaching down and picking her up, gently placing her on his lap.] All right... [He went back to reading the handbook, stroking Sunny's head as he did.]

... Stay out of tall grass... running in tall grass makes Pokemon more liable to attack... Hnn. I wonder if sneaking in tall grass is an option...

Comments

[Video]

[brave-phantom.livejournal.com]

Oh, you have a Togepi too, Snake?

[Ash's head is still bandaged from the last time they spoke.]

[Video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

[Speaks without looking.] Yeah. Why?

[Video]

[brave-phantom.livejournal.com]

I met someone else with one, is why I ask.

[Video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

Huh... Really?

[usedsuitup.livejournal.com]

[yeah, have Barney leaning over you]

Where'd you find that? [indicating the book]

1/2

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

2/2

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

[...feel free to have noticed that.]

Hey... Not so close.

Re: 2/2

[usedsuitup.livejournal.com]

[pause. Was that an...exclamation point?]

Sorry about that. Where'd you get the book?

[foolishwren]

Tall grass is just kind of a bitch in general.

I tend to just let my Pokemon out and let them go hog-wild chasing the wild ones away, but... they're kinda bloodthirsty like that.

_{[... And she's not sure that little...eggy thing that he has would be able to chase ANYTHING. It looked more like it would just get EATEN.]}

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

... [Looks down at Sunny, who's looking lovingly up at him, then over at Mk II and Chicken, who are trying to play totem pole.]

... Yeah, I don't think that's gonna work over here for some reason.

[foolishwren]

... H'yeeaaaah, I wasn't gonna say, but ...

They do sell canisters of some kind of repellent in the town convenience stores. I don't think they work on everything but supposedly they do at least ensure that you won't have hordes of rat monsters leaping out at your face every time you take a step.

[Video]

[savedinapinch.livejournal.com]

So that's Sunny?

She's cute!

[Video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

... Hnn. [Nods slowly.] She is.

[Video]

[savedinapinch.livejournal.com]

She seems to like you lots.

... Errr, let's pretend Shelly was chilling just by the border between the route and Cherrygrove

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

[Oh hey time to stop pretending he wasn't paying attention.]

I can confirm that sneaking works.

okies. :3

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

[Looks over at Shelly.]

Really? Have you tried the snake belly crawl?

I AM TOTALLY GOOD AT PLANNING THINGS sob ;;

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

... Well, no.

Video

[mansionprisoner.livejournal.com]

Oh, was that what came out of the egg?

Video

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Her name's Sunny.

Video

[mansionprisoner.livejournal.com]

Sunny. That is a beautiful name, sir.

[ Video ]

[devilbatshit.livejournal.com]

Kekeke looking good there, fucking Snake!

How're your team doing? Hows the fucking magnet I caught?

[ Video ]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

The magnet's fine. [Grumble.] ... And I caught a Pidgey, too. [NOT GONNA MENTION THAT HE WRESTLED IT INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS.]

[ Video ]

[devilbatshit.livejournal.com]

[ Hiruma would probably laugh :|b ]

Fine?

What level is it, anyway?

My Netting is level 5 and Magnum 6 but soon he'll be level 7.

So, Pidgey was that bird thing back in route 29, right?

[video] what is this sneaking you speak of?

[usedthief.livejournal.com]

[Rikku studies the man on the screen, recognizing him from their conversations before.]

Hey!

[Hopper, who is hovering around her shoulders, recognizes the Togepi, and waves.]

What'cha reading?

[video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

[Looks at the video briefly before looking at the book again. Sunny waves at Hopper from her place on Snake.]

Trainer's Handbook.