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[miniworth]

[ The video is shaky, as whichever Pokémon recording trudges through the sand of the beach. The weather in Cianwood is beautiful today--blue sky, blue ocean, white sand and a slight breeze! You can see an orange pool float bobbing up and down on the waves, with a family of electric mice soaking up the sun.

And there's Miles, sitting on the sand.

He's clearly got no agenda to get in the water with the short sleeved shirt he's wearing, or the book lying open on his lap, but he's enjoying summer in his own way. Jason the Cubone is sitting right next to him, diligently building a sand castle. He needs help often, though, so Miles isn't getting much reading done because he keeps having to hold the bucket for his Pokémon or dig a moat with him...

and the camera-mon finally reaches the pair, setting the gear down on an upturned bucket before a Charmander waddles into the screen, plopping herself down on one of her trainer's knees. Miles rubs her head and turns to the camera, picking it up. He's grown used to it recording without him intending to.. :|a

He's in a pretty good mood today. ]

Ken and I've arrived in Cianwood. I could have done without the ferry ride, but this town is quite beautiful. I've never really been to a beach before, either...

I was told on the way here that there's a place called a Safari Zone nearby--what is it, exactly, does anybody know?

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[superrising.livejournal.com]

Guess the guy who was in charge of that wasn't very good, huh? How long was the trip?

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[miniworth]

From Olivine to Cianwood, it's a three day trip. It wasn't because of him, though.

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[superrising.livejournal.com]

But you said the boat rocked, right? Wouldn't that be normally a sign of bad driving?

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[miniworth]

It wasn't rocking badly, like that.

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[superrising.livejournal.com]

[Oh, that makes sense.] So it's really just the water, huh.

What are you planning to do while you're there? Sightseeing?

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[miniworth]

... It's summer. You're--supposed to go to the beach in the summer with your friends, aren't you? [ HOW DOES YOU FRIENDS HE DOESN'T KNOW ]

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[superrising.livejournal.com]

Hey, I've never been that far, okay? [He doesn't check his map that much, either.] Why not do it in Olivine though? Wasn't there a beach there too?

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[miniworth]

I haven't either. I'm just asking--

There is, but... we heard Cianwood is nice, too.

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[superrising.livejournal.com]

Well, hopefully the trip will be worth it. Is there also a gym in that place?

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[miniworth]

There is. Are you planning on challenging him?

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[superrising.livejournal.com]

Eventually. First I have to beat the other gyms. I don't think I'm ready to fight any right now.

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[miniworth]

[ He laughs a little. ] There might be no reason to go in order. My sister defeated the Blackthorn gym first.

But good luck, when you do.

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[superrising.livejournal.com]

Is that so? [...] I guess I could start with Azalea then. [Or Goldenrod when he gets there.] I just thought it'd be easier going on sequence.

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[miniworth]

It would'be been logical; the Pokémon in Violet are weaker than those in Blackthorn. Somebody training his Pokémon from New Bark would probably start there.

My first gym was Goldenrod.

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[superrising.livejournal.com]

[Huh, interesting.] What kind of pokémon did the gym leader have?

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[miniworth]

Miss Whitney's Pokémon are normal types.

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[superrising.livejournal.com]

Normal, huh? Well, that helps a lot. [Maybe he'll have a chance at winning then.]

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[miniworth]

She cries if you beat her.

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[superrising.livejournal.com]

-- She whats? [...] Are you serious?

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[miniworth]

She cries.


Loudly.

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[superrising.livejournal.com]

... Are you sure she's a gym leader?

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[miniworth]

Quite sure.

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[superrising.livejournal.com]

... Are gym leaders even allowed to do that? I mean, that's just demoralizing.

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[miniworth]

They're skilled enough at what they do to be given approval to run their gym. They're not politicians, though, so I don't think their character has much influence.

Unless, of course, they treat their Pokémon or challengers cruelly, or participate in criminal activities. Miss Whitney is just easy to move to tears, is all.

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[superrising.livejournal.com]

I guess that makes sense, though it's weird if she can't even handle each loss properly. I mean, how many challengers does she get a day, after all?