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[foolishwren]

_{[It's dark, and the sound of boots on gravel are all that can be heard at first. It's not an out-of-control run like the last transmission, though. After a couple of seconds, the screen turns to show Heather's face, fairly faint but slightly illuminated by the glow of the screen as she walks.]}

So uh... yeah. Looks like I finally got to Cherrygrove. Better stylishly late than pathetically never, right?

_{[Though she looks far from stylish-- still covered in mud and scrapes from the Great Sentret Chase, and though it's sort of hard to tell with the crappy light the screen provides, she looks pretty darn tired too-- rubbing those eyes with a grimy fist. Still wearing an exhausted grin though.]}

Seems like a pretty nice little place. More happenin' than that first one... though not by much ...

Anyway... those of you who've been here, are we allowed to crash at those Center places, or are there hotels...? Or what? ... Oh yeah, and if there's not a laundromat, I think I may in fact have myself a pretty epic freakout session because I'm a walking mud pie and it's damaging my calm.

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[foolishwren]

Sweet. I'm so sick of sleeping on the ground. Even a rickety cot's better than rolling around on tree roots all night long...

And uh... oh. Hah. Right. I keep forgetting there's people from all kinds of places... _{[Though she hasn't yet worked out that they're all from different worlds.]} A laundromat's basically like... uh, a place where there's a bunch of washing machines. You can wash your clothes and shit if you don't have a washing machine of your own... which I guess is kinda the way it is automatically here.

Oh, sorry. I didn't catch your name. I'm Heather.

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[foolishwren]

_{[Man, this poor chick must be from a third-world country or something. .... Or. You know. Feudal Japan.]}

Yeah, uh... it's like... this hollow box? With a bunch of ... uh, mechanical shit in it, and you put soap and water in with your clothes, and it tosses it around together 'till it's clean. Or something.

Anyway, uh, nice to meet ya, Sango. Did you get here within the last few days too?

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[restardom.livejournal.com]

Hey, you made it!

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[foolishwren]

Haha, yeah, about time, huh? I feel like I've been out there for weeks!

Still looking for a burger joint though. My quest has thus far been unsuccessful.

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[restardom.livejournal.com]

They've got a few meat places here, but they're pretty expensive.

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[foolishwren]

Ugh, really? I haven't spent anything but I noticed none of us have been given that much... I wonder if maybe I should just stock up on cheap junk food so I don't starve on the trip to the next city...

[destinyfruit.livejournal.com]

I bunked at the center for a little while. It's not too bad.

[foolishwren]

Yeah, I'm gonna hit that place up as soon as I've found something better to eat than stale trail mix... did the center have working showers, by any chance? If I go any longer without a bath, I'm pretty sure I'll wind up transforming into some kind of hideous monster and rampage through Tokyo.

... Or. Well. I guess Tokyo isn't anywhere near here, but... yeah.

[destinyfruit.livejournal.com]

They do. I probably would have gone crazy without one.

What world is Tokyo in?

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[foolishwren]

Oh my god, it's about time I heard SOMETHING reassuring! I was on the verge of just jumping headfirst into a pond.

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[foolishwren]

... Wait, huh?

_{[Yeah. Leave it to an Otherworld survivor to have not worked out the fact that not everybody here is from Earth until now. You can practically see the cogs in her head working.]}

Um... you know... the real one?

_{[It occurs to her immediately that was a sort of stupid thing to say-- no way a kid as sweet and open as Kairi or any of that group she's roaming around with could possibly be talking about the various shades of twisted reality that are what occurs to Heather whenever she thinks about multiple worlds. DURRRR, HEATHER. Not everybody's as fucked-up as you are.]}

Uh-- I mean. Y'know. _{[somewhat lamely]} Earth?

_{[She pauses for a moment, and then speaks up again, visibly baffled.]} Where are you from??

_{[Forgive her, Kairi. She's not as interdimensional-travel-savvy as some!]}

[seasalttwilight.livejournal.com]

I'm staying there. They're open to all trainers.

[foolishwren]

Yeah, so I've gathered. Glad to see I'm not the only person who isn't like, way past this place already.

I'll probably go there as soon as I've found something decent to eat. Trail mix just hasn't been cuttin' it.

[seasalttwilight.livejournal.com]

I decided to stick around for a bit and explore.

Food's expensive though.

[stealinghats.livejournal.com]

A laundro-what?

[foolishwren]

_{[Oh great, this guy again? Heather found him amusing but she's a bit too tired to fully enjoy being a brat right now.]}

A magical thing that cleans clothes for you. You're not cool enough to go to one, though, so don't worry.

[stealinghats.livejournal.com]

[bitch are you aksing for a CHALLEEEEEEEEEEENGE?]

Is that all? Ha! I use real magic, girl! Why, I could clean myself with just a wave of my hand!

[not that he can anymore, so yeah he's about as filthy as she is]

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[hintcoinplz.livejournal.com]

Ah! You made it! How was the rest of your trip?

Um, the woman who runs the Pokemon Center lets me sleep there, she's very nice about it!

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[foolishwren]

A little aggravating, actually. I think I'm done with nature for awhile. It'll be nice to sleep in an actual bed. Or, you know, anywhere that's not the ground.

Yeah, so I've heard! I'll probably be going there once I find something to eat.

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[hintcoinplz.livejournal.com]

I like nature but this is a little much. I don't think I'm going to like leaving Cherrygrove so soon.

The food here is pretty great too! At least, it beats surviving off plants, that's for sure!

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[usedbravebird.livejournal.com]

You're outta luck, muddy, there's no laundromats that I can see.

But you can sleep at the Centers, yeah. The couches suck, though.

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[foolishwren]

Yeah, I figured that out... guess it's smellin' like swamp for the rest of this little venture for me, woooo.

Anything's better than rolling around in the dirt trying to get comfortable every night, so I won't complain about the couches. Beggars can't be choosers.

Oh yeah... I don't think we've met? I'm Heather.

[Video] Get used to the insults orz.

[usedbravebird.livejournal.com]

[There's a snicker as she rolls her eyes.]

Ground, backpack, Smoker's back, whatever. I'm pretty used to it.

Name's Kazooie, swamp-butt.