explosivecombat | 006. [Text/Action for Goldenrod City/Northern Route 34]

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While I suppose it matters relatively little in the long run, morbid curiosity compels -

Exactly how driven are most of you to complete this 'challenge' that's been set forth, and what drives you to complete it in the first place - what do you have to return to?

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[A short time after that text hits the network, Kimblee can be found just outside of Goldenrod City, on the northern end of Route 34; if the question is at all related to anything he's currently doing, it's not obvious in the least...outside of the part where maybe the Pokémon he's dealing with might be making him not want to live on this planet anymore.

Basically, his Yanma evolved.

Fortunately for him, the hellbug she has become seems to have retained her personality despite the evolution. She's honestly always been more like a dog than an oversized dragonfly; now she's just...well, a sufficiently larger dog. As such, she's bringing Kimblee a decently-sized stick to toss off into the nearby cluster of trees for her to chase; Kimblee is complying with her, albeit warily - he's never had much of a poker face, and while he seems generally calm, it's reasonably plain that he's half-expecting her to do something odd.

Like snap his arm off to get at the stick. Or maybe bring him back a person, or something.

Either way, he's clearly wondering what the hell his life has become. Good afternoon, Johto, it's been a while.]

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That... I'm not entirely sure. It would depend. As I understand it our presence here doesn't equal our absence back home for the people that know us. I don't have a lot waiting back home aside from my job and a few friends. Even though it's true that people come and go from here all the time, at least our Pokemon are constant. I don't think I could stand leaving them behind completely alone after all we've been through.

[Oh, well, that's...

...huh.]

An interesting sentiment, really, though not one I can say I understand - not to pry, but what does this job of yours consist of, back where you're from?

I always tend to get really strongly attached to others, and I'm lucky enough that I have people I care about here also, right now.

Oh, I'm really just a florist in the city. My job is just to sell and sometimes deliver flowers. [ Truth. ]

[...my god

how do you not just

fall over and die of boredom

no really how are you still alive]

And I imagine you're perfectly content with that.

[ PIMP'S GOTTA EAT, KIMBLEE.

PIMP'S.

GOTTA.

EAT. ]

To be truthful I really prefer things here. [ Sheepish smile. ] I don't see myself working there forever, even if I do go back. I've only been there half a year. Eventually I'd like to go to college.

[ LOOK AT HER JUST RAMBLING AWAY ASDLKFJASDF ]

[WELL YES BUT CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING LESS SKULL-CRUSHINGLY BORING TO FEED SAID PIMP]

And what do you plan on studying there?

[please tell him it's something awesome

otherwise you are just so quaint

he cannot handle how quaint you are

oh my god your existence trolls him]

[ . . . Trollollollolol? ]

I think I'd like to major in psychology, to be honest. I'd much rather study people than flowers.

[Seriously, the last person he talked to that was this quaint is at least a martial artist so there's some element of -

...oh, wait, that was actually sufficiently interesting, hang on.]

Oh? Psychology is something of an interest of mine, though I admit my interests lean more toward the philosophical than the study of...say, disorders and abnormalities.

[ None of that here. The only fighting Aya's ever done is battling psychotic bug Pokemon with her bare hands. That was totally out of necessity. ]

Really? Me too. I like to try to understand what makes different people tick, I guess you could say. Have you studied it yourself, then?

I haven't taken any formal classes on it, if that's what you're asking; it's been more independent studies than anything else.

Still, I think it takes interesting people to take an interest in that kind of subject. Not that I mean to call other people boring, it's just that it's not every day you meet people who care about this sort of topic. [ Also truth. ] Do you mind if I ask how you became interested in it?

[ MIGHT AS WELL START LEARNING HOW YOU TICK. ]

I suppose you could say it was a similar reason to yours - I like figuring out how different people work. What makes them tick, as you put it.

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