Fourth Splinter ♡ Text|Video|Action for Travel Group ♡

[heartsplintered]

What's the general average of Pokémon caught versus time spent here, guys? I feel like I'm way fuckin' behind since I haven't got many. I guess maybe I'm just picky.
Oh.

[He switches to Video, hoisting his Riolu into the field of vision. He-- smiles, moreso than he grins, which is probably an odd sight to most.] This is Roxy. And, uh-- Sawtooth, stop chopping up tree branches y'fuckin' nerd, get over here. [The gear moves around in a dizzying motion as Dirk sets Roxy down and carries the gear to a nearby tree, in which his Skarmory is perched and, as mentioned, chopping away at tree branches with his wings. Dirk sighs.] Smile for the camera, dummy.

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[usedswift]

I can respect that. Having a smaller team you can spend more time with.

[It's just not her style.

She beams at the mention of the two Pokémon, though, bringing her 'gear closer as if that might make it easier to see them both.]

Those're the two you got from me, right?

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[heartsplintered]

I'm pretty keen on small teams, really. Up until landing here I had all of three friends, and that suited me just fine.

[He grins.]

Yeah. Thanks, again.

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[usedswift]

Only three...?

[She frowns. She's already familiar with most of John's friends (they're John's friends, clearly, because John is the first one she befriended), and Dirk's not the only one who's said something like that.]

Is stuff like that common where you're from? You weren't on an island by yourself too, were you?

[Jeez what is your world, oceans and one-man islands??]

video; I am the worst at tagging.

[heartsplintered]

Being from a post-apocalyptic future will do that to you. They're the best friends a guy could ever ask for, so it never bothered me much. Island was Jake, but I guess I kinda lived on an island by myself? Except that island was my apartment because shit was flooded like Waterworld.

[Something like.]

video; naah don't even worry!!

[usedswift]

[She looks absolutely horrified.]

How did you survive if all that was left was your apartment?

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[heartsplintered]

The easy answer is "very carefully".

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[usedswift]

And what's the hard answer?

[A pause, then a bit of a guilty look crosses her face.]

I mean, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to, I won't mind. That's kinda rude for me to just ask, forget about it.

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[heartsplintered]

[He laughs, shaking his head and looking away from the feed for a minute.]

...the hard answer is, with a lot of long-distance support and a really good poker face.

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[usedswift]

I gotcha... Sorry. But at least most of your friends are here now, right?

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[heartsplintered]

[A shrug of one shoulder.]

This place has been pretty cool so far, I can't really complain.

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[usedswift]

Yeah... sorry for prying. It's just really weird for me to think about, being all by yourself like that. My village has always been really tight-knit, even with the difference between ninja and civilians, so...

Thanks for answering, you didn't have to.