Video 2: Being Human (Action for Cherrygrove City)

[justanexpression]

[Obviously, someone has been practicing. When the feed kicks on, it's a properly framed picture of one Jack Frost. He's set up camp in the woods fringing Cherrygrove City with a good view of the beach and a frolicking Seel in the background behind him. He also looks more cheerful and less confused than last time.

Oh, and the egg in his lap. That's new, too.]

So, everyone was awesome about answering my questions last time, now I've got more of them.

Cherrygrove is nice. Been here a couple days, now. [He gestures over his shoulder.] You can tell Phil likes it. Kind of got lost on the way here, yeah, yeah, I know it's a straight line, okay, and Phil is about as slow as slow can be, but now that I'm here, I've got this guy. [He pokes at the egg. It's blue and white and people in the know might recognize it as a Pachirisu egg. Jack is not in the know.] Or girl. How do you tell?

For that matter, what do I do with it? Am I supposed to keep it warm? Someone mentioned a deal for new people just showing up, and that's totally me, so I, uh... just kind of hit buttons until I saw something that sounded good, but now I'm thinking that wasn't the best idea?

[He takes a second to glance over his shoulder, probably to make sure his Seel hadn't been eaten by a shark in the last few minutes or anything. If nothing else, this place seems to be teaching him a really strange sense of responsibility. If only Bunny could see him now.

He resettles, placing the gear on the ground in front of him so it can pick up a full body shot, including the sneakers he wasn't wearing before.]

Okay, second question, and... I know how crazy this sounds, but at least some of you weren't human before getting here, right? Pretty sure I've met one already. [Again, unless Thor's parents had some ridiculous delusions of grandeur.] So the question is- how do you stand it? Not the being here, that's turning out pretty cool, but the rest of it. All the getting hungry, and tired, and walking everywhere, not to mention buying stuff. Am I gonna have to get a- [shudder] -job?

Comments

Re: video

[fairycircle]

I can't agree that it was for a good reason, life is precious.. but I will take your word on it. I'm kind of a worrier, hehe.

Well, how has traveling been for you?

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[justanexpression]

[Man, does she remind him of Tooth right now.]

It's been... slow. But not that bad. Phil's getting better at taking on things that attack us, and I'm getting better at not distracting him. [They'll just have to work up to Jack actually being useful. He's still got a way to go with that part.]

Re: video

[fairycircle]

Good! Glad to hear that. If you get the chance, you can always go fishing and find some easy Pokemon to practice against while still being in town.

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[justanexpression]

...Fishing? Like... [He makes a vague casting gesture.] Like... fishing-fishing?

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[fairycircle]

Right! Rods are cheap at the Mart there. You will probably only catch Magikarp, but they are helpful Pokemon that do eventually grow up to be quite strong, if you put time and love into raising them.

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[justanexpression]

[Okay, so he knows pokemon are supposed to be animals, yeah, but Phil seems pretty smart so far, not to mention the couple he's met that belong to other people. That they let themselves be caught by fishing... Well, he's starting to wonder.

But then he thinks of Dennis, and his resolve strengthens.]

I met what they grow up into, yeah. Definitely looks like it's worth it.

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[fairycircle]

Hee, they really are worth it. The only downside is that size and finding them a lake big enough to play in.