Day 34 - [Video] | [Action] at Celadon Gym [Backdated to 19th]

[babel_hacker]

[He’s going to challenge Erika.

He have his team picked out, a general strategy for each of them to take advantage of their strengths and abilities and have absolute confidence in them to win. Too bad he doesn’t have his usual camera crew out, but bringing Fortran and Asterisk along would cut down his battling party.

So he walks through the gym’s entrance, ready to declare his intent to challenge Erika.]

Hey! I’m here to challenge the gym leader, Erika!

"Oh, look at him!" [Hm?]
"Oh my gosh, what a hottie!" […UM?

Whoa, wait, why are the girls coming for him, that’s more than he expected--]
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[After the gym battle...]

Soooo...

[There is Atsuro, standing outside of Celadon Gym and looking rather baffled by what just happened. He’s holding up his PokeGear with one hand. In his other hand is...a handful of small paper slips?]

Please tell me that, after winning the badge, other guys got shoved with a lot of girls’ numbers from that gym into their hands.

[He’d feel better if there’s others before him. Atsuro just doesn’t think he’s that appealing to girls, looks-wise. Sure, he’s nineteen, twenty in a few months, but nope. He just doesn’t see it.

That and he’s not interested at the moment.]

I really can't be the only one, right?

(OOC: Badge is mod-approved!)

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[voice]

[fervour]

Congratulations, Kihara-san! [ but wait ] Why did girls give you their numbers?

[voice]

[babel_hacker]

Thanks, Christia! [But um.] Well, they want me to contact them and hang out later.

[No, they just want to date him?]

[voice]

[fervour]

Whoa!! [ so many friends...! ] How many? You looked like you were carrying a lot, a lot of papers!

Re: [voice]

[babel_hacker]

I haven't counted them yet! [He was too surprised by what happened to really count.] But it's quite a lot.

[voice]

[fervour]

You should count! Then you'll know how many people want to be your friend!

Ah, how many badges does that make now?

[voice]

[babel_hacker]

Maybe once I'm inside! Probably at my hotel room later on.

Eleven of them now! All eight Johto badges and three Kanto badges so far.

[voice]

[fervour]

There are eight in each region, right? I'm going for my first one too...!

[video]

[riastrad_ridire]

WHAAAAAT?!

[video]

[babel_hacker]

[Loud reaction much, man?]

...Right. That never happens to you.

[action]

[paladinlost]

I left the Gym completely number-free. Would being the only one truly be that bad?

[How strange, that reply came from a few metres over instead of the Pokégear. It also came with barely restrained laughter.]

[action]

[babel_hacker]

[How strange, indeed. Hearing that the voice's not coming from his PokéGear, Atsuro glance over and see Cecil.]

I just find it kinda weird if it's just me.

[He's flattered, really, but it's weird to him.]

[action]

[paladinlost]

The strangest part would be the fact that they all have the same tastes, if you ask me.

[He approaches cheerfully, a bag of groceries in his arms and a Meganium trailing after him.]

Then again, it might be that they give them to everyone within a certain age range.

[action]

[babel_hacker]

If it's the just age range, that's still a very broad category.

[Atsuro turn off his PokeGear and put it away, freeing up one of his hands to sort out the numbers. Hey, he can't really throw them away.

A Ledian fly down, back from her brief exploration in the area.]

Since I know there's others around my age in this world.

[action]

[paladinlost]

[Of course not, that'd just be rude. Lydia calls out a lazy greeting to the Ledian, but stays by Cecil's side.]

Once I would have said that few of them might have won the badge, but that's more and more common these days. They might have simply not advertised their offerings.

[action]

[babel_hacker]

[Lady greets Lydia back, before landing on the ground next to Atsuro.]

Probably. [He can safely assume they don't shove numbers at the female challengers, judging from their actions. Although, he wonders if anyone else get the numbers but didn't broadcast it...] Now that I feel a little more embarrassed for my broadcast, but hey. It's done and I was curious.

[video]

[will_to_burn]

You sure are making a lot of friends, Atsuro-san! You must be really popular!

[video]

[babel_hacker]

Ahaha, I guess so? I'm just not used to being popular!

[video]

[will_to_burn]

It's okay, though, right? Making friends is great and you get to meet all kinds of new and people. That's exciting, isn't it?

[video]

[babel_hacker]

It is, and you can never have enough of them. [It does remind him of who else is missing from his life right now.] But this is the first time I meet a lot of girls like that.

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[saxsongs]

... I guess I'll need to visit Celadon city.

[Video]

[babel_hacker]

[He's now sitting down on a bench, putting away the paper slips into his bag's pockets. No texting yet, but Atsuro can read and talk.]

As long you're prepared for the gym. [Ahahah...] But otherwise, Celadon's a beautiful city to see.

[Text]

[saxsongs]

Well, I would be prepared for the Gym challenge and the ladies well enough.

I've heard. It's one of the biggest cities in Kanto, right?

[Text]

[babel_hacker]

You sound like a confident guy.

Yep, it is! There's a Department Store here and everything! The atmosphere is a little different from Goldenrod's, but that's what make it interesting to explore.

[Text]

[saxsongs]

I have good reasons to be.

It might be worth seeing it. Goldenrod gets a bit boring if you're there for too long, after all.

[He spend six months in Goldenrod.]

[Text]

[babel_hacker]

Yeah. Goldenrod's a good place, but so are the other cities.

It's why I stayed behind in Kanto instead of returning to Johto after the tournament. The opportunity's there, so why not take it?