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[bewilding]

[ and today on Judith Cam™, there is a HUGE 14 meter WHALE on camera. it is currently looming in front of a rather terrified looking surskit. his trainer? is looking curiously at them both. she is most likely torn with a deep, deep question. ]

"Rollout" wouldn't work too well here, would it?

[ . . . yeah. the wailord kind of bellows, as the surskit just... shivers and then faints at the sheer possibility of being crushed by all that whale.

oh. well. judith's just. going to throw that pokéball now and catch it. easily. ]

. . . Hm. The size advantage isn't exactly fair.

[ awkward silence, as some wild pokémon crawl onto the view of the feed. judith just stares at her pokéball for a moment. ]

It's kind of unfulfilling, actually.

[ . . . just watch the rest of the wild pokémon back up now, as the feed cuts off. ]

Comments

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[bewilding.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't be impossible. [ she's actually not that serious, but she's very good at pretending she sounds serious. ] Wouldn't that make the journey more interesting?

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[king-of-flames.livejournal.com]

I think you'd have to set up a poll to determine that.

[He gets the feeling that she isn't serious, and so a bit of sarcasm leaks into his voice.]

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[bewilding.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't know. I wouldn't want to make another post so soon. [ she looks at him. ah, so he was good at catching onto these kinds of things. ] Why don't you do it? [ that's more of a gentle suggestion than an actual question. ]

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[king-of-flames.livejournal.com]

I'll pass. I've fallen behind as it is.

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[bewilding.livejournal.com]

Have you? That's a surprise. [ now that's genuine. ]

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[king-of-flames.livejournal.com]

You've heard about the Magnet Train incident, right? I was a part of that. I had been a passenger on the train, and so I helped beat back Team Rocket.

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[bewilding.livejournal.com]

... So you were on that train. [ ... ah. now she's shifting to a slightly more serious mood. ] You're not hurt, are you?

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[king-of-flames.livejournal.com]

I'm fine. No major injuries. See?

[He spreads out his arms in an exaggerated gesture...and unable to keep a smile from forming on his face.]

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[bewilding.livejournal.com]

Yes, I see. [ and now she sounds a little more amused. a bit of a chuckle. ] Of course a little incident like that wouldn't hurt you.

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[king-of-flames.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised. At any rate, coming out of something unscathed isn't necessarily proof of skill. Sometimes the real proof of one's ability is when one takes a wound that would neutralize any normal man and still manages to fight on.

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[bewilding.livejournal.com]

Ah. So you think getting hurt is better? [ she's kind of teasing. ] But I get it.

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[king-of-flames.livejournal.com]

A better test, maybe. But yeah, I've been through both kinds of experiences myself multiple times each.

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[bewilding.livejournal.com]

Getting hurt would mean that opponent has a competitive level of skill. [ just, matter of factly. she places a hand on the side of her wailord. ] So of course it'd be a better test.

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[king-of-flames.livejournal.com]

It sounds to me like I'm not the only one who's had firsthand experience with that sort of test.

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[bewilding.livejournal.com]

It's common sense, isn't it? [ a playful sort of dismissiveness. ]

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[king-of-flames.livejournal.com]

I'd say it requires a little too much thought to be typical common sense.

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[bewilding.livejournal.com]

I don't think you're giving common sense enough credit, Roy.

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[king-of-flames.livejournal.com]

Trust me, after everything I've seen already, I think I'm giving it too much credit.

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[bewilding.livejournal.com]

I think you're hurting common sense's feelings.

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[king-of-flames.livejournal.com]

Then it's a good thing that it's an abstract concept!