[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

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

I don't really care about that, but it'd be useful... At least if Mk II or Chicken ever get really weak. Hnn... They look pretty tired already, actually...

[foolishwren]

Well, it's not like anything on Route 29 is hard to drive off, honestly, but it does get a little annoying when it just keeps happening ...

Be happy you came here after the big Sweet Scent Incident. That was pretty epic and full of fail.

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

... Sweet Scent? [That sounds kind of familiar... what does he know that has "sweet" in it...]

[foolishwren]

It's a Pokemon move, apparently... I think it does the opposite of Repel and actually attracts Pokemon.

A few weeks ago just after I got here, a certain someone _{[Yes, she means you, Rise.]} used it like... five times in a row.

You can probably guess what happened.

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

... [this face.]

I bet everyone was shitting their pants.

[foolishwren]

Basically.

It's when I caught my raccoon thing, though, so I guess it wasn't all bad.

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

... Sweet Kiss.

[foolishwren]

_{[Train of thought: derailed. Heather blinks a couple of times at the screen.]}

.... Uhhh... sorry, y'lost me.

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

... When you said Sweet Scent, I was trying to remember where I'd read "sweet" recently... now I remember. It's one of Sunny's attacks...

... She, uh... can kiss things. And confuse them.



... [OTL]

[foolishwren]

_{[There's a loooong silence as Heather slowly looks from Snake to the little Togepi. And then back at Snake.]}

..... Yeah, I guess that would be... y'know. Confusing.

_{[.... Kissing? As an attack? ... Admittedly, she's seen... fairly deadly smooch-monsters BEFORE but Togepi has no ultra-creepy-toothy death lips as far as Heather can see.]}

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

[pls kill me nao]

Uh, yeah. [CLEARS THROAT. COUGHS.]

[foolishwren]

_{[..... ANYWAY!]}

So, uh!

Y'been here long?

_{[AWKWARD CHANGE OF SUBJECT GO. But the judgment remains. Feel her teenage girl judgment radiating through the screen, Snake. Feel it.]}

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

[... OH GOD MY PSYCHE GAUGE IS DROPPING FROM THIS FEELING.]

About two weeks, I think.