明日の光は待っているから

... This has happened before, hasn't it?

[ Sup Route. Joshua is broadcasting from the top of some random building in Goldenrod. Not visible is the fact that he's standing right on the edge of said building, with a multi-story plunge awaiting a slightly-displaced center of gravity... yet for some reason, he's not exactly worried. ]

Has anyone else had their Pokemon change color on them?

[ He turns the camera to show the roof behind him, and sure enough, his Absol has turned shiny and is now white and red instead of his normal white and black.

Actually Joshua's entire team seems to be shiny swapped, but Absol is the one with Joshua at the moment, not to say he can't be found with his others elsewhere around Goldenrod. ]

[ When the video turns on, a blue Gardevoir's face is taking up half of the picture. She looks at the Gear curiously and rotates it a bit, then a voice can be heard from off screen. ]

Is it on now? Point it this way.

[ She looks up and after a moment the camera swings around to show Joshua sitting on a bed, hair and clothes messy as if he just woke up but otherwise cheerful enough. He waves at the camera. ]

Hee hee, hello everyone. Feels like I've been asleep forever. I don't suppose anyone else who caught that plague a while back is still suffering for it? This [ and he reaches up to twist that little curl of now-purple hair ] certainly hasn't gone away yet.

More importantly, it seems I'm still having some trouble handling my PokeGear. For the meantime, Gardevoir will have to be my cameraman. She doesn't quite know what she's doing yet. This is her learning experience. [ There's a soft "Gaaar..." of protest, but Joshua simply giggles, focusing off-camera for a moment. ] Unfortunately, you're the only one I have with hands.

Ah, yes. In the interest of discussion, how about telling me about something or someone that was important to you back home that you don't have here. I'm curious.

... You can turn it off now.

[ There's a sudden flurry of movement as Gardevoir puts the Gear down and leans over it, trying to figure out what to do. After a couple seconds Joshua's hair can be seen peeking into the frame. ]

That one. The one you used to start it.

[ Then the video ends. ]


(( OOC: so Gardevoir is going to be making mistakes here and there all over the replies. If you'd rather not have mistakes in your thread, just let me know. ))

[ The feed turns on to find Joshua outside the Violet City Gym, holding a Zephyr badge with an Eevee perched on his shoulder, a newly-evolved Gardevoir dancing and singing softly behind him. ]

So, these badges. Is there actually a point to them besides collecting them? I'm sure they make lovely conversation pieces, but I'm looking for a bit more than that.

And an unrelated question. Are comas a common occurrence around here? Humor my curiosity.

[ The woman at the Pokemon Center had seemed remarkably unperturbed that he'd been asleep for over a month. ]