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[This feed opens with ... trees. And lots of them. You get a nice view of the tree trunks and the snow covered ground, before the video tilts upwards, giving you a mostly clear sky and a cold-shining sun, the tree tops (the firs, the spruces, and all the barren ones) framing the moment nicely as a few bird pokémon fly across the sky.]

[Honestly? It does look beautiful, which Cooper brings to attention a few moments later, his voice all wistful behind the gear:]

Man ... look at those trees.

[Enjoy the trees and the snow and the sun for another few moments, network, before the feed is cut. Cooper is just giving you guys a view of little-things-to-be-happy-about.]

[Action if anyone is out in Ilex Forest! If you come across him, you’ll find him whittling. :D]

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Yep. Alfred F. Jones. England gave him that name after he found him in the wild, aru.

[Yao nods and feels around his pants pocket before holding up the charm. (http://www.martialartsgear.com/dec/images/13900.jpg) There was a little mirror in the very center of it and it looked as though the charm had been very well cared for all these years.]

I've kept it all these years, aru. Plus it was from Lien-Hua, so that makes it even more special. [He smiles at the charm before pulling it close to his heart.]

"The wild"? _{[Just. Wait what.]}

_{[But he looks very interested in the charm, and touches the ring he's wearing on his left hand briefly when regarding it.]}

And it works? ...Are there still spirits around you?

Yes, the American wilderness of course, aru. England found America as a young child in the New World and raised him until the American Revolution.

[He keeps the charm close to his heart.] After she gave this to me, the spirits could no longer come near me, aru. I remember they used to stand outside my door, but that's as close as they could get. If they were to get any closer the charm would repel them, aru.

Still, I guess Johto made this charm lose its special abilities as well, aru. This charm was not made to be a weapon, but I guess that doesn't matter here, aru.

It sounds like such a different perspective for you.

_{[You nations. It is really an amazing ... concept. Reality? What should he even call it?]}

No. I guess it just had to adapt to the laws of this world. Only the pokémon can be magical here, it seems.

_{[But ... yes. All very interesting information, which has his mind working at full speed. He looks away for a second, deep in thought, before focusing again on Yao's face and decides that this isn't the time, really.]}

Considering that charm doesn't work here, I'm thankful your pokémon are as well trained as they are. They put on quite a fight.

Well, I wasn't there with the Europeans to discover America, aru. I had my own country and siblings to take care of, but one thing I can understand is how heartbroken England was after the American Revolution. I felt the same pain when Japan left, aru. [His grip on the charm tightens.]

I guess so. We've all lost our weapons and powers. Although, the ony special abilities I had was my immortality and my healing powers, aru. I still have my martial arts, so I don't feel completely defenseless. [A Nation, defenseless? That's blasphemy!]

[He tilts his head slightly when Cooper studies his face, but he doesn't question it. He smiles when Copper mentions his pokemon.]

Thank you, aru. I put so much effort into raising not just those two, but the others as well. It's almost like I'm raising my siblings again. [He chuckles to himself.]

I can only imagine.

_{[He knows about people leaving - but he doesn't think it would stand to compare with things like embodied wars.]

[He nods.]_{That is something. I can say that I honestly missed my duty weapon on arriving here, but I'm glad to see that even if I did have it, it would come to little use.

_{[He smiles back, a bit.]} You've mentioned that. It shows - you can be proud.}}

It's not easy when it happens, but we always recover in the end, aru. [There' a gentle, not sad, smile on China's face as he says this.]

Exactly. I grew up with a sword in my hand [Along with many kung fu weapons developed in his country.]. Yet, it's as you said, even if I did have a weapon on me, there would be no need to use it, aru.

[He nods his head, still smiling.] I'm just glad to see that I'm not a bad example after all. I'm also glad to see that my child-caring skills haven't rusted over time, aru. [He chuckles at the bit of humor he attempts to put at the end.]

_{[He grins a little at all that, in a friendly manner.]}

Some things just don't.

I'll get to Goldenrod soon. Assuming you're still there, we should meet.

_{[For several reasons, one of them being that Coop prefers face to face conversations, another that he'd like to see for himself that Yao is okay.]}

Oh, really? In that case, we'll definitely meet up somewhere, aru. Goldenrod is a big city, so there's many places to go.

[It would be nice to see Cooper in person again. They hadn't spoken in the flesh since Violet City.]

I expect there to be. It'll be quite a change after all these small towns.

_{[Cooper's sharing those sentiments - it's been a while, indeed.]}

It certainly is, aru. Violet was nice, but I just needed a change of scenery, aru. Although, I've never seen Azalea. Since I had Hong Kong with me at the time, we just took the Sudowoodo crossing, aru.

[But now that China's been here for awhile, he'd be able to take that Sudowoodo crossing himself.]

Azalea is a nice town. It reminded me a lot of where I was before coming here.

_{[And that had been a wonderful town, really. Despite everything that went down.]}

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[video] Phew! My performance night is over and no longer restraining me!

[video] yay! how did that go? sounds fancy xD

[video] I was so nervous, but it went splendidly!

[video] awesome! congrats :D

[video] thank you! <3

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