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[A video feed turns on and shows a tired looking middle aged man with brown hair. It's taken him awhile but apparently you can use this thing for messages? It meant ...well talking to people and right now he'd rather just close his eyes and try to figure out why he was breathing. But well, you can't put everything off.

He sighs and trying to ignore the strange creature jumping up and down on his bag behind him, speaks up]

Well so far this has been the better of the two towns I’ve woken up in. Things don’t seem to be trying to kill me as much as they did in Silent Hill anyway. Less fog and snow too....

I don’t suppose anyone would know a way for me to get home would they? My daughters still out there and I need to find her before... Well , I need to find her. Or find out what happened to her even if I can’t go back.

[He sighs, knowing he’ll regret it if he doesn’t ask.]

Also, was anyone dead before they woke up here? Because I’m really sure I was.

...Quite sure actually.

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Right.

What happens in a few months?

[Harry will miss that as well. He's already trying to figure out if he can find a pipe around here somewhere.]

_{[Don't you go getting any ideas!]}

Well, it's gonna get stronger the more you let it run around.

Mine did.

_{[Heather was (and still is) pretty much... exactly the same way. There are ALWAYS weapons available for the resourceful... you just gotta make sure not to get caught by the cops holding anything that looks like you might use it for violence.]}

Edited 2011-04-17 22:45 (UTC)

[Short term goals. Find daughter, figure out surroundings. Long term goals. Find office and things to write on.]

You just have to let it run around?

[Resourceful is something he's good at.]

_{[Well, he can at least carry notebooks around with him-- where there's a pen, there's a way.]}

Well... more specifically, you have to let it fight. Which is... um... well, kinda unavoidable.

You'll see what I mean when you leave New Bark. The wildlife around here is pretty...

_{[Insert clawy gestures here meant to symbolize aggression. She's not talking Silent-Hill-monster level here-- at least not YET, fortunately Route 29 is as tame as it gets-- but still not pleasant.]}

The whole reason we're given those things is for protection. ... Well, and because society here kinda revolves around 'em, but... there you go.

[He can write while.]

....the wildlife is going to attack.

Does the weather randomly change to foggy snow as well?

[Please tell him this isn't some strange version of Silent Hill.]

And ....it's going to fight.

[Heather it is an egg. A happy smiling egg....yup, going to find a tree branch.]

_{[Yikes that did sound bad.]}

... Well, when you put it that way...

_{[She holds up her hands.]}

Look, it's not what it sounds like! I promise! Weird stuff happens here and-- .... and there was one time where the fog-- _{[Nope. NOT gonna talk about that. Not yet. Despite the fact that months had passed? It was still too soon. And it was not the kind of thing she wanted to color her father's impression of this place right after he got here.]}-- but the monsters here are just-- animals, dad. They're not like the stuff from that town-- ... well, MOST of them aren't. _{[THERE WERE A FEW CREEPERS, she wouldn't lie.]}

And--

... Yes.

... Don't look at me like that, it's tougher than it looks! A friend of mine started with one of those too and she's like-- ... she kicks butt! _{[Sunny the Togetic kicked ass. ... Especially because she was such a hilarious contrast to her grizzled, grouchy old trainer.]

[... And don't you dare comment on the fact that Heather had earlier stated that Togepi was not "cool" and is now contradicting herself.]}

Edited 2011-04-17 23:07 (UTC)

....some are though.

Are they as hard to kill as the stuff from that town?

....
[Just...tiny and ....]

I'll take your word for it.

[He doesn't want to put Lisa in any danger though....]

I--

_{[She hesitates there. Because... despite the intensity of the fights, she's never actually... seen one of them die.]}

... I'm not sure th-- ... they're really hardy. The wild ones usually give up and run or play possum before it ever comes to that.

Anyway... if you don't wanna make your starter fight, you can always uh... try and catch another one.

The more, the merrier and all that.

Oh.

[He's going to get in trouble for trying to stamp on a pokemon isn't he.]

...

So what I'm supposed to do here, is to capture monsters and have them fight other monsters so they can get strong....so I can fight more monsters?

[Heather.....why, what is this.]

_{[Only if he does it in front of a cop! THE TRICK IS TO BE SNEAKY.]}

... Uh...

Well.

... Yeah. Sorta.

I mean-- this place's entire culture kinda revolves around... _{glorified dog-fighting.}

[He can do that.]

This place is .....just....

[Face in hands...]

....are you sure I can't just... write?

_{[Aw dad. Heather grins sympathetically.]}

Well, nobody's gonna force you to take part in the recreational battles or anything... but it does pay to let them get stronger.

This place... I mean, like I said, it's got nothing on the places we've seen, but... it's... not completely safe, either.

... Mine have really saved my a-- ... skin on more than one occasion.

[He nods looking up from his hands.]

No....you're probably right.

It's...just going to take a while to get used to I suppose.

Yeah, it... took me awhile, too. _{[She had always been used to depending on herself to fight off things that meant her harm, whether it was with fists, blunt objects, or creative use of household chemicals. It was MORE than bizarre to train an animal to do that instead.]}

The thing is, everyone here has these things, and... not everybody here is nice.

If you don't learn how to train a few of your own, you'll be outmatched pretty quick.

_{[She'd learned that the hard way, though thankfully not as hard as it could have been. Taking on closers and double-heads with a steel pipe was all fine and good, but even a shotgun probably wouldn't have protected her from, say, a snake made of boulders that was the size of a truck.]}

I'll explain more later, but it's a good idea to... y'know. Take precautions.

Right.

I'll do that then....

However ...you do that.

[He's not really sure about the specifics of training...but he thinks he'll be able to figure it out.]

_{[Don't worry, Harry, it's less complicated than it sounds. The Pokemon have pretty much got it covered.]}

Don't worry about it for the moment. Just focus on getting to Cherrygrove.

I'll-- ... I'm gonna start heading back. It'll be quicker if we meet... you know. Meet halfway.

Alright.

I'll have to relearn how to camp. It shouldn't be too hard.

It's-- .... _{[She wasn't gonna say 'fun'. Heather was a CITY GAL and as much as the whole traveling aspect of this place had grown on her, she STILL didn't like sleeping out in the sticks.]} ... it's somethin' else.

I'm warnin' you now: the owls here are really loud.

And sound like dying old women.

_{[And they would perch RIGHT OVER YOUR HEAD AND SCREAM salhg;;ldsg;sg]}

Something to look forward to then.

[Wonderful.]

...I suppose I'd better set off then.

[Which involves turning off the com...which means losing the connection with his daughter...]

_{[.... Yeah. It suddenly strikes Heather that she's not really a fan of that idea. ... But the sooner he left, the sooner she'd be able to see him in person... If this was real, of course.]

[That part of her brain that was still just a tad convinced that this was some kind of wonderful dream was screaming at her to prolong the conversation-- anything to stay asleep a little longer and keep talking. She didn't want to let go of this just yet...]

[... But...]}

... I'll-- ... will you call me when you stop to rest?

Of course.

[He smiles sadly.]

I'll call you the moment I can.

...and call me whenever you want, alright? Even if you just want to make sure I'm still here.

_{["Even if you just want to make sure I'm still here."]

[Those words made Heather's heart catch in her throat.]}

.... I- I will.

_{[After losing him for the second time back there in December, after messing up so badly... yeah. Yes, yes she'd be wanting to make sure he was still there and hadn't disappeared like so many others often did.]}

Hey, Dad?

Yes Heather?

I love you.

_{[... And then, because the words had been building up for two whole years...]}

And-- and I'm sorry I was such a crappy kid, doing all that-- ... that dumb teen rebel stuff, and not appreciating everything I had and everything you'd done, and-- ...

....Heather.

[He tries to keep his voice steady.]

....you weren't a....

[Okay maybe a few tears in his eyes.]

Heather....you were the best thing that ever happened to me. I love you so much...