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[ the sound of all-too-familiar crocodile tears fills the feed, almost piercingly loud until the volume evens out. soon it's eclipsed by the owner of the Pokegear's voice, sounding pretty unsure (as he usually does), but also... well, exasperated. ]

Really, can you not do that crying thing for a minute, because this is an occasion for celebrating!

I can't believe you actually did it. Nice one loser!

[Vriska's laughing, and claps Tavros hard on the back.]

[ there's an audible "oof!" at that, and then a little awkward laughter of his own on Tavros' end. ]

Hehe, yeah, I guess I did...

You even made her cry! How great is that!? Don't you just love that feeling of them being so utterly defeated and helpless that all they can do is sit there and soooooooob like a little wiggler with no Lusus.

[She's grinning from ear to ear, a little, maybe just a little proud of him.]

Well, uhh... I mean, no, it sucks a little it that she started crying like that, but I think that is just because she's a sore loser, maybe.

[ more awkward laughter... and he is definitely beaming, too. ]

Who cares! All that matters is we are winners and she is a losery loser who lost!

[She holds up her badge that matches his.]

Hehe, yeah.

[ holding them up side-by-side, Tavros looks happier than he has... probably ever. ]

I actually did it.

All because of me of course! You wouldn't have gotten anywhere without me.

You were pretty reasonably inspiring, in this situation, I guess.

[ somehow he feels like it's a bad idea to admit that. ]

Of course I was! I am the most inspiring, it is me!

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You can do pretty much anything if you put your mind to it, dude.

Yes, or, uhh, even in my case, it's a thing that's possible to make happen.

Uhh... [He looks a little confused at that...unsure of exactly what Tavros is trying to say.] Yes, exactly!

[When in doubt...go with it!]

So what are you planning to do now then? This is your first badge, right?

[ that's probably for the best, John. ]

Oh, well, I don't know, I didn't, uhh, really think about what to do after this event that I just got finished with. It is my first one, though, yes, and there's more of them that are out there for getting, right?

Mmmhm. Seven more in these region and then eight more on top of that over in Kanto. You don't have to get all of them, but some of them make travel a lot easier. Like the one from Violet allows you to fly once you get the proper HM from the Cianwood gym leader. Also provided you have a flying type to ride on.

[ hold the fucking phone ]

Wait, uhh, hold on, did you say that it's possible to fly?

Yeah, if you have those three things: Violet badge, a flying type, and HM02. I mean you won't be physically able to fly but whatever, technicalities.

Yes, definitely technicalities that are vastly unimportant! [ mO_Om ] I need to go and get these things, uhh, as soon as it can be reasonably done.

Well Violet isn't very far if you take the shortcut. Now that you have the watering can from Whitney, you can make the wiggling tree move and just hope over there in a few days time. And flying types can be found lots of places. Cianwood is...pretty far away though. Across the sea, according to the map.

Hmm...

[ give him a moment to consider all these things. the gears in his head are shrieking in protest, being put to such strenuous use after being left alone to rust for so long. he might have a breakdown if he doesn't make this happen somehow.

seriously. ]

Okay, well, that doesn't sound too difficult. First I can, uhh, do that thing with the tree and things like you said, and thoroughly decimate my opponent in Violet, since that seems like the first step I should take. Figuratively, since I can't really do actual stepping of any kind.

If you bested Whitney, Falkner won't even make you sweat. Especially if you have an electric, ice, or rock type handy. Even without them, he's really not too difficult. But yeah, if you start working towards it now, you will be flying in no time!

I do have one of those types! So, yes, okay, uhh, hehe, this definitely sounds like a plan that I can follow through with.

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