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[awesmazings]

[After traveling for several days to get to Vermillion City, Jimmy hasn't really had a chance to check the Network or his PC much. But upon arriving to town early in the morning, the first thing he'd gone to do was check his PC to switch out some of his team and...

Well. There's only one reason you find a friend's Pokemon in your possession, isn't there? A quick attempt at a call confirms his worst fears. He left to go on a trip, promising he'd be back soon. He didn't even get to say goodbye.

It takes him a little while, but he eventually makes a video from a seat on the couch inside the Pokemon Center (since he hasn't actually left yet). There's a pokeball in his hands, but he hasn't had the heart to release what's inside yet.

For the first time in a long time, Jimmy Two-Shoes looks...genuinely upset.]

Molly's gone home.

[His grip on the ball shifts a little. When he looks back up he forces a smile, strained and maybe a little too wide.]

If you got any of her Pokemon, lemme know, okay? I'm not gonna take 'em, I just...wanna make sure they're alright.

Thanks.

[And that's it.]

Comments

[deaftly]

Where are you now? If you're in Goldenrod we could hang out for awhile, but if not I'm sure you can find something to do to distract yourself from it.

...I mean, I usually don't fucking bother, but I feel better after I've cried for like, a fucking year. So.

[Thanks, Naki. You're so helpful.]

[awesmazings]

I kindof wish I was...I'm in Kanto right now, just got to Vermillion City. I don't think I'll be back in Johto for a while yet, but thank you for offering anyways.

[Hey man, if you don't think he's going to probably go back to his hotel room and cry after all of this is over, then he's got a thing to tell you.]

Maybe I'll go train for a while, or somethin'. That's something to do, anyway.

[deaftly]

[Naki thinks for a moment (it looks like it might hurt) before finally snapping his fingers.]

Okay, Jimmy, I've got a job for you! I want you to find the best-looking restaurant in town! Not like, fanciest or whatever, just someplace that looks like it has good food.

Go in there, order the tastiest-sounding desert, and send me a picture of it, okay? I've got a fuckton of pictures of these things, but I don't have any from Kanto! I'll send you one back - whatever I think would be more delicious than what you've found!

We can keep doing that shit every day, if you'd like. It's not much, but it might help you take your mind off of stuff for awhile.

[awesmazings]

[Jimmy listens to Naki's proposal, and he's actually grinning before he's even finished talking. It's not with his usual exuberance, obviously, but it's more than he was doing earlier.]

That sounds like a really cool idea, actually. But you're gonna have to work pretty hard to find something tastier looking than whatever I find!

[deaftly]

It's fucking on, then! I'll prove the cakes in Goldenrod are the fucking best dessert!

[He's super pumped about this, but it's mostly because Jimmy's feeling better, okay. Not that he'd admit that.

...He's really bad at cheering people up, okay.]

[awesmazings]

[YOU TRIED AND YOU...ACTUALLY SUCCEEDED? That's better than nothing!]

Haha, okay! If Vermillion doesn't give you a run for your money, I bet Celadon will!

[Celadon was the big city in Kanto with its own department store and everything, right? It had to have some places as nice as, if not nicer than, Goldenrod.]

[deaftly]

It's fucking on, then! I won't lose!

[He laughs though, so at least it isn't really all that serious of a competition or anything.]

...And if you wanna talk about more serious shit, I'm always here, alright?

[awesmazings]

Right. Thanks, Naki. You're a real good friend.

[And he really means that, even though he's friends with a lot of people.]