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[The only sound for a moment is the knock of the gear being tapped against something semi-hard, and similarly the only thing in focus is a white eggshell with the corners of red and blue shapes.

Also the sound of the 'Gear being chewed on. Omnomnomnom.]

Are you getting into trouble already, you little scamp?

[The voice is deep, warm, and affectionate.]

That's not food, here, let me trade you-

[The feed is a little smeared on one corner, and the camera unknowingly focuses on a large, pale hand offering one of the donuts rice balls that Mom packs standard in her bento to a very small Togepi, who takes it in its little hands and shoves the whole thing into its mouth at once. The voice laughs offscreen, and the camera gets a closeup of his green overalls as he untucks his purple t-shirt to wipe the drool off the corner.

It's then that he notices that the camera's on, and finally brings his face into focus.]

...Sorry about that, I hope he didn't bother anybody.

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[North looks at the hand gesture, and then at Carolina, and then back at York with an eyebrow raised like "really". York he is side-eyeing you so hard rn.

Clearly if she didn't punch you that means she's open to negotiation.]

No place I'd rather be. Any idea where the first one of these Gyms is?

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[secondplacing]

Actually, yes. A boy named Roxas was rather helpful about it.

He said the first gym is run by a man named Falkner in Violet city. That's right after Cherrygrove.

[COME ON BOYS YOU'RE TOO SLOW.]

We'll have time to train for it on the way.

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[ratherbelocky]

[A snort, and he claps North's arm once (again, gently: baby on board). Because of course Carolina's going to go ahead and make that decision for them. It's fine. They can figure out what they actually want to do later. For now, they've got marching orders.]

Man. You think we could pick up a car in Cherrygrove? I could go for a car right about now. Dibs on driver.

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[usedlightscreen]

[North for one is happy to be taking orders again. It keeps his thoughts away from the darker paths it would undoubtedly be on if he was left to his own devices.]

Somehow I doubt this place has a real market for cars. You might be able to find one of these guys that's about the same size of one.

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[secondplacing]

Don't worry. We'll do a bit of collecting on the way.

Besides, York, looks like you haven't been keeping up drills for the past few years.

[Just gonna whack him gently in the arm.]

It'll do you both some good. Let's figure out what our plans are for the night.

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[ratherbelocky]

[Excuse you, Carolina, he was penniless and starving on the streets, he can't help it if he lost some muscle tone. Have a mock hurt look.]

You know, for that, North rides shotgun in my future PokéCar. Or steed. But there's nowhere to stay here, right? I guess it's the old "sleeping bag on the side of the road" song and dance again.