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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.]

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[quickattackjack]

_{[Oh, Jack remembers Union Cave. He remembers it very well. He's flipped on his own video, prepared to say something, and it takes him a moment to pull himself out of the WAR FLASHBACKS.]}

You have a lovely sound. What Pokemon are you looking for?

[text always over here]

[ladywithnovoice]

[Sorry, Jack, it's just text from here on out.]

I've heard it's called Lapras. There's been a lot of bats and rocks and fish, but nothing on that end so far.

[quickattackjack]

_{[Jack is happy to match! It's easier to not freak out about Union Cave that way.]}

My friend and I didn't encounter one in the cave either. I would be very careful in there if I were you. It's easy to get lost.

[ladywithnovoice]

I've noticed. Is it because it's so dark around here?

[quickattackjack]

That's certainly part of it. Several of the paths look the same and the rocks are very slippery.

[ladywithnovoice]

I've been trying to stay on my Arcanine for a lot of it. She helps light things up.

As long as we don't get lost for too long...

[quickattackjack]

That's great! You keep doing that. I know I don't need to tell you if you've already made it into the caves but be careful around those ledges--especially near the water.

[ladywithnovoice]

Don't worry. I haven't bought a swimsuit yet, so I'd like to avoid a swim.

...I should probably keep an eye on the person I'm traveling with though.

[quickattackjack]

I wouldn't recommend it. The water is freezing.
And yes, I agree. Keep an eye on anyone you're traveling with. You can never be too careful in a cave.

[ladywithnovoice]

Are there a lot of them you have to travel through in Johto?

[quickattackjack]

No, thank goodness!

[ladywithnovoice]

Glad to hear it.

It just seems like a lot of rock type Pokemon in here.

[quickattackjack]

That's it, mostly. Don't let any Onix sneak up on you.

[ladywithnovoice]

Seems like they'd be pretty easy to spot but I might be wrong.

[quickattackjack]

You'd be surprised!

[ladywithnovoice]

Gotten surprised a lot before?

[quickattackjack]

In the caves. Any boulder could be a Pokemon.

[ladywithnovoice]

I guess when it's all so dim, you don't notice one way or another.

I think I preferred the birds honestly.

[quickattackjack]

I love dark gloomy places as much as the next skeleton but I think I could live the rest of my days here without wandering into another cave.

[ladywithnovoice]

You're a skeleton?

[quickattackjack]

On the inside!

_{[Jack, that joke has never been funny. Not in four years has it been funny.]}

[ladywithnovoice]

You don't say. So that makes me a skeleton too.

[quickattackjack]

There! Now we have something in common.

[ladywithnovoice]

Guess we do. I'm not sure how I'd start a conversation with that, however. "Drink a lot of calcium today"?

[She might actually be sorta-laughing on the other end of the line now.]

[quickattackjack]

Or "How about that knee of yours? I heard you couldn't find it last week!"