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[miniworth]

[ Today's is a rare intentional post! Though he doesn't talk immediately. He frowns at the camera for a few seconds, then sighs. ]

Challenging the Goldenrod gym was a bit of a nightmare when it happened. The gym leader in Violet was less...unique... and I guess I'm glad he didn't to put me in a dress, but I take back my words from when I said to someone that a gym leader qualifies if they do their job right.

[ He reaches for something placed next to the gear, and--voila! Guess who won the Zephyr badge just a short while ago? He looks at it, then looks even more disgruntled. Forced into a dress, fake bottomless pits, self-confidence issues and the threat of being Earthquake'd.

And then there had been Falkner.

... Siiiigh. ]

It would be hypocritical of me to say that all he talked about was his father, I suppose.

[ beat. ]

On a different note, in less than a month I'd have been in this world for a year. I've been to a lot of cities, but the only school I've seen teaches only on topics related to Pokémon. How do the people here learn anything else?

[ ooc: the Zephyr Badge is mod-approved! and as it is 2a.m. before school, replies will come tomorrow, uh, afternoon. ]

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[miniworth]

... [ He looks unsure for a moment, but he sets his jaw and nods. ]

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[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Y'know what? I think I'd rather work for you.

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[miniworth]

I'm his student. We won't be that different from each other.

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[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

I know you better.

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[miniworth]

You know me just as much as I know myself.

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[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Actually, no. I don't know that much about you.

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[miniworth]

Exactly.

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[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

...Maybe I'll get professors who've got that much experience under their belts.

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[miniworth]

I don't think that would be too difficult, actually.

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[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

On one hand, I'd love to learn from someone who's been into what he's been doing for a long time. But I just hope he doesn't end up bein' a bore.

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[miniworth]

I think someone who's been in a field for that long would have plenty of interesting things to teach you.

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[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but...I hope I don't get a boring professor who won't even show us how things explode.

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[miniworth]

You can easily do that by filling a room with flour and lighting a spark.

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[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

...I've always wanted to try that.

Well, I can't, obviously.

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[miniworth]

Please don't.

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[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

'Course not!

Not unless I take all the safety precautions and I get a room that they're gonna let me blow up.

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[miniworth]

If they'll let you do that, I think they'll teach you other explosive methods as well.

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[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

And that's gonna be fun! [ALL THE JOY. DO NOT LET THIS GIRL NEAR A CHEM LAB WITHOUT PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISION.]

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[miniworth]

...

Do you like explosives?

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[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Well, they're interesting. You study what's in 'em and figure out how they all come together to make something really huge!

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[miniworth]

... [ He raises his arms a little. ] Kaboom?

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[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

And you never know when learning what's in a bomb could come in handy!

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[miniworth]

I guess so.

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[4leafcleaver.livejournal.com]

C'mon, let's say a bomb went off somewhere, killing or injuring a bunch of people. And there are traces of the stuff that went into making that bomb.

You could use that to track your culprit down! Or at least, figure out where the bomb came from, how they made it, and how they managed to get it past security.

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[miniworth]

Ah, yes. I've been taught that before.