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[ladywithnovoice]

Some Pokemon can be really hard to find, can't they? I spent all day yesterday hoping that one in particular would let me find them, but it's harder than it looks.

I guess they can't all be eager.

Since I've been performing to an empty set for so long, maybe I'll let this performance be a bit more public.

Take 53.

[The post suddenly changes to video as Red sets it up against her backpack. Anyone looking past her might be able to recognize the dim layout of Union Cave at one of the many pools about. This one seems to be one of the largest, water disappearing into the darkness ahead past the little camp Red has set up.]

[There's a Chatot perched on her should as she goes to sit by the water's edge. After a few moments, some humming starts to echo throughout the cavern. It's a duet, the Chatot seeming to 'hum' along with.]

[Off in the darkness, something seems to shift it and makes the water ripple towards the shoreline.]

[Red's reply might come a bit late.]

Comments

[ladywithnovoice]

It's a good thing you have Miss Carmen, isn't it?

Where's the place with ice and dragons?

[berkthorn]

YES
BUT IT IS EVEN BETTER
FOR DADDY

ICE PATH
AND
BLACKTHORN CITY !

[ladywithnovoice]

Sounds like it's a ways off from where I am. What are you going to do over there?

[berkthorn]

THAT IS OKAY
IT IS A WAYS OFF
FROM US TOO !
DADDY AND MISS CARMEN
ARE VERY GOOD AT FLYING
THOUGH

IDK !
PROBABLY
RIDE DRAGONS
AND
MAKE FUNNY FACES AT CLAIRE
UNLESS
DADDY DOES NOT THINK
SHE IS PRETTY
ANYMORE

[ladywithnovoice]

Oh? So your daddy has a crush? What kind of person is Claire?

[berkthorn]

HE SAYS
HE DOES NOT
BUT EVERYONE ELSE
SAYS HE DOES
SO
EVE DOES NOT KNOW

CLAIR
IS
. . .





BLUE DRAGON LADY

[ladywithnovoice]

Blue dragon lady?

[berkthorn]

YES
THAT IS CORRECT

[And then, after a short pause:]

EVE THINKS
SHE DOES NOT
REALLY KNOW
ABOUT BLUE DRAGON LADY CLAIR
EXCEPT
SHE IS
A LITTLE SCARY ?

. . .

SHE LIKES DRAGONS

[ladywithnovoice]

Does your daddy like dragons too?

[berkthorn]

YES !
THAT IS WHY HE
LOVES
BIG SIS ADDER
SO MUCH !

[ladywithnovoice]

Has your daddy tried to talk with Clair about dragons? Maybe a shared interest could help them get closer.

[berkthorn]

YES !
BUT THAT WAS
A LONG TIME AGO

EVE THINKS
SHE WILL TELL HIM !

[It isn't long before Red will get a text not only from Eve, but also from a different account -- this one belonging to Hiccup himself.]

DADDY DID NOT LIKE
THE SUGGESTION

OOPS !
HEE HEE

Thanks for the tip, but it's been a long time since I thought about Clair like that. I don't think my girlfriend would approve, either.

[ladywithnovoice]

Oops! Heh.

Well, that's good to hear. Does your girlfriend like dragons too, then?

[berkthorn]

[If he weren't so into dragons, he'd probably be embarrassed that this was the line of questioning.]

She does! She's one of the best dragon riders we've got, back where we come from.

[ladywithnovoice]

So they have dragons back where you're from too? That's amazing. There's nothing like them in Cloudbanks except in movies and things like that.

[berkthorn]

I hear that's a common problem with a lot of other worlds. At least there are dragons here for everyone. They're different, but still good.

[ladywithnovoice]

I've only heard about the ones here. It seems like I've mostly amassed lots of dogs myself.

[berkthorn]

Dogs are pretty good too, though my own is a bad example of their loyalty. He'd rather ignore me, I think.

What types have you gotten since coming here?

[ladywithnovoice]

They can't all be the rescuing loyal types you see on the television, I suppose.

I started out with an Electrike- she's all grown up now. I got a Growlithe for myself, and then my traveling partner got me another one. At least it makes for cozy nights, right?

[berkthorn]

You'll be even more grateful for them come winter. As soft as they are, I don't think I could take that kind of extra heat these days.

[ladywithnovoice]

Are the winters here that bad? I've never actually experienced a real one.

[berkthorn]

I like them just fine, but the weather's pretty harsh back home. As hot as it is here in summer, that's how cold its winters will be.

[ladywithnovoice]

So you don't decide the weather there by vote either, sounds like. Funny the things you take for granted until you're taken somewhere completely new.

[berkthorn]

By vote? Were the gods of your world really so democratic about those things?

[Odin and Thor are cool, don't get him wrong, but no amount of statues would let the people of Berk decide on the weather.]

[ladywithnovoice]

I wouldn't know anything about Gods. This was something people did.