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[notvitiligo.livejournal.com]

[Now that the automaton invasion has been mostly taken care of at the fortress, Jessica's out to catch up with people. She's been around, Bulbasaur in tow, and has settled down for lunch near the ferris wheel. The bulbasaur is occasionally tugging her toward the ride, occasionally walking toward it and looking back at her expectantly. Jessica doesn't move from her seat on a rock.]

I assure you, there is no chance whatsoever that I'm getting on that with anyone, ever. Well, other than physical threats. Sorry.

[She finishes her meal and turns on the vine.]

Hey, is it just me, or has our population kind of... dropped recently?

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[belleoftheballs.livejournal.com]

We grew up together, she's one of my best friends... [Huffs and puffs her cheeks out, looking annoyed.] That's too bad, I wanted to give her something...

[notvitiligo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it sucks. Though I have known one person who left and then got brought back. (And then disappeared again...) So... I guess you might get to see her?

[belleoftheballs.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! I wouldn't want to keep Touko back- I can give her the HM later! It'd be nice to see her and Cheren, but I can wait...

[notvitiligo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know that feeling... [Jessica has mixed feelings about people she knew and liked disappearing.]

Don't think I've noticed anyone named Cheren.

What's an HM?

[belleoftheballs.livejournal.com]

Cheren's a boy, so I don't think he's allowed here. He'd probably be really mad if the Queen made him come here, he's not patient at all! He'd get all grumpy. [Giggles a bit at that.]

Oh, a HM is a Hidden Machine. [Opens her satchel to bring out a tiny disk thing.] This is HM02, it has the move Fly on it! My papa gave it to me, so I- Well, he gave it to me. You can use it to teach your Pokemon a special move called Fly, it lets them carry you places.

[notvitiligo.livejournal.com]

Well, he could turn into a girl. That's apparently a thing.

Wait, so I could teach Bulbasaur to fly? How does that work?!

[belleoftheballs.livejournal.com]

... Cheren could be a girl?

Um- no, no, I didn't mean that! Sorry! Only flying types can learn Fly! I don't have any of mine with me, or I'd show you, but yeah...

[notvitiligo.livejournal.com]

Hypothetically, yeah.

So is it like a training manual on CD-ROM?

[belleoftheballs.livejournal.com]

... I could see it.

Kind of, but it's way faster than that. There's a few types of HMs other than Fly. Like Surf and Strength! There's TMs too, they have different moves and there's way more of them but you can't use them outside of battle.

[notvitiligo.livejournal.com]

Surf? [Jessica is getting a mental image of a bulbasaur on a surfboard. Sunglasses and swim trunks may be involved. Too cute for words.]