Every time I went to pick it up again, I had the equivalent of “oh, but I haven’t done anything with my hair I can’t see my friends like this!!” with seeing Cheren up ahead.

And then my phone died on a bus ride, so I dug it out and got “hey this grass is weird it does double battles SEE YA.”

It was nice seeing you, too, Cheren....

I only played a little before I got home, but I’m travelling an even longer distance now and the train’s wifi won’t connect anymore (I wonder if they kicked me off it deliberately for using too much data? I was reading manga scans), so time to dig back out the world of Pokémon!

I might have had some running commentary on the cute trainers I fought if my phone wasn’t dead, but now you’ll get all of my rambling!

...oh hey, internet’s back, but Pokémon is cute. This just means I don’t have to be so careful about data.

It was summer when I loaded the game, but turned to autumn when I left the building. How long was I in the kindergarten??

I ran back to town to get the Blitzle I caught last time, Bliss. I was going to wait until the next town, but it’d be good to get her some training along the way.

I ran back and....well. I sure wasn’t very far from the last town. I haven’t gone very far since my first badge.....

(She’s Serious and a bit of a clown, which is a fun combination of traits.)

Bliss won her first battle! ...Only because the trainer went with Gust twice after it was shown that a second Quick Attack would have destroyed me!!

Thanks. You’re a bro, Edgar.

Roggenrola is perhaps the best Pokémon name I’ve ever seen.

Ah, Audino is Audorable.

I didn’t even notice the shaking grass until I had already stepped into it. I was just training Bliss.

Fuwafuwa the Audino is Bold and proud of her power. Okay, I guess I have to use her now.

I love Audino!! They have such a cute design.

Yeah, I already knew there was a danger of one taking up a party slot, but having one that cute have a bold power personality raised the danger level.

...there’s a blooping hole in the water. What the f

(I assume it’s the surf equivalent of Audino grass. I guess I will find out one day.)

Wait. Is this.......MUSICAL TOWN okay journey probably over.

The person outside asking my preferences thinks I am quite relaxed, but of course I did every combination of the quiz to check.

CHILDHOOD FRIEND ALERT CHILDHOOD FRIEND ALERT WOOP WOOP

I’ll go anywhere you want, Cheren!! (Boy do I sound like I have a crush on him, but no, friendship forever all day e’rryday!!)

Wait no don’t go let’s do another double battle!

Audinos being both considered friendly and sacks of EXP seems wrong somehow.

The real life uses of Pokémon moves always seem somewhat suspect.... (Today was Quiver Dance.)

Are there...railway tracks? They perhaps should be more clearly marked...

You can lie about your starter for a different held item, huh? Interesting.

Thank you for the mystic water! I’m curious what happens when you lie, but I don’t wanna lie!

And I see the tracks have a fence through them, so I begin to doubt this train is running. (Give me that item over there!)

A door I can’t open, huh? I’m curiou - AN AFFECTATION TRACKER TELL ME ALL ABOUT MY POKÉMON!

Ah, and a Full Heal from my puppy. Good dog, good dog.

The décor shop is some cramped - WHAT IS WITH THESE WAREHOUSES THAT I CAN’T EXPLORE RUDE!!!

All right. One more stop until my stop. I’ll take another break.