Video 4: Did he sign up for this camping trip? [Backdated to May 1]

[justanexpression]

[video meant for Shaun... but let's face it, Jack's hardly a tech wiz, anyone could see it]

[It's late, and Jack knows it, but he'd made a promise, and he was going to keep it. At least, as well as he could without letting Sho wander out of sight, anyway. He's just hoping Shaun is still awake to pick up.]

Hey, Shaun? I said I'd tell you before I left town, right? I'm kinda cutting it close, so I hope you get this soon.


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So... hey. Uh, yeah, so Bunny? Tooth? Or anyone who might be wondering. Hypothetically, right? Might be gone for a while.

Anyone know if there are maps for places off the Routes?


((OOC: follows the events of Sho's Fire Dance))

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[neededlassie]

[Shaun was getting a little sleepy, but when he saw the ID on the 'gear he perked up and picked it up.]

Hi, Jack!

[And then his face falls a little at the message]

Oh...does that mean that I won't get to see you for real before you go?

[justanexpression]

[Oh good. He doesn't like being made a liar, so when Shaun picks up, Jack's smile is pretty bright even if he does keep watching where he's walking instead of the screen.]

Yeah, looks like it. You saw the big bonfire outside, right?

[neededlassie]

...

[Shaun's face turns away from the camera and he looks out the window.]

Noooo... Are you okay? You didn't get hurt, did you?

[His voice wavers. Jack doesn't look or sound like he's hurt, but what if he's just hiding it?

What if he's going away more permanently than just leaving town? The smile isn't that reassuring, because Shaun can tell it's relieved, too.]

[justanexpression]

What?

[He's startled enough by the question to look down at the screen instead of where he's going and immediately almost trip. A glance up at Sho says he's not having much better luck, so Jack slows down to pay attention to the screen and the person on it.]

No, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?

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[colorsofthewind]

Are you all right?

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[justanexpression]

[He looks more amused than worried, but he's got Patch out of her ball and already on his shoulder, just in case.]

So far. The guy I'm with just has an interesting idea of following someone.

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[colorsofthewind]

Are you lost somewhere? It's easy to get turned around sometimes.

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[justanexpression]

We're heading that way.

I'm not used to figuring out where I'm going on the ground, and I don't think he's thinking about that yet.

Hopefully he listens to reason before it gets too hard to just turn around.

[Spoilers: He's not going to.]

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[paladinlost]

By 'places off the routes', do you mean the caves and forests?

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[justanexpression]

[The reply doesn't come immediately, but when it does, the feed clicks on to a large forest as background.]

Forests, yeah.

[His voice drops to a whisper.]

I'm pretty sure he doesn't know where he's going.

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[paladinlost]

I've never seen maps of Ilex or Viridian Forest in any store, but after all this time it's quite possible that someone drew their own. Perhaps they'll be kind enough to share.

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[justanexpression]

Here's hoping.

This is so much easier when you can fly. Why do trees have to have so many roots?

[He's just whining. It's just quiet enough not to reach Sho up ahead, but it might not stay that way for long.]

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[failures]

What kind of places are we talking about? Like, secret tourist traps and stuff?

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[justanexpression]

[Congratulations, Jack has been completely derailed from his original question.]

They have those here?

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[failures]

Oh, you bet. World's largest Spinarak string ball, world's biggest collection of Farfetch'd leeks...there's a lot of 'em around.

[He leans in close to the 'Gear like he's telling some sort of secret.]

I even heard there's a town somewhere dedicated to Wobbuffet, but I haven't found it yet. It sounds so cool!

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[justanexpression]

[Somehow, he doubts they'll run into any of those things, and now he's strangely a little disappointed.]

...How big a ball could that really even be?

Anyway, how do you know all of those? Did you go looking?

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[teablossom]

I'm afraid I don't know of any area-specific maps, though I have considered sketching one or two myself - Or asking an art-savvy friend of mine to help.

What sort of area are you exploring?

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[justanexpression]

A forest?

[Probably the most obvious answer ever, sorry. Especially with all the trees in the background.]

Somewhere west of Violet City. At least, that's where we started. I don't know where we'll end up.

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[teablossom]

Oh- I'm afraid I haven't visited the Violet City area yet.

But... is it possible you have a compass?

[Long shot, but for all she knows this gear has that feature on it.]

[venturesomely]

[ Gon is pinged. This sounds like the sort of stuff he loves to do ]

Are you going exploring?

[justanexpression]

[Jack laughs.]

Sort of. Trying to keep a friend of mine out of trouble, and it looks like that's going to mean some exploring, yep.

[venturesomely]

[ he doesn't even really blink at that. ] Are you looking for a place to stay, then?

[usedvicegrip]

...Wait, you can go off the routes?

[LEARN NEW THINGS ALL THE TIME.]

[justanexpression]

[THIS IS NOT A NEW THING JACK WOULD RECOMMEND.

The response doesn't come immediately, and when the feed does click on, it's to a Jack who looks significantly less amused by the whole situation than he did originally. He's tired and that's just not right.]

You can. Sort of. The farther you go, though, the harder it gets.

[Patch the Pachirisu chitters her agreement from his shoulder.]

[usedvicegrip]

Well, that seems pretty obvious to me! Cause you got all these... trees and stuff, there's bound to be bad things in there!

[maybe if you had listened to him...

or you know asked.]