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[tapestodiane]

I imagine quite a number of you are taking the gym challenge, but I'm curious as to what reason. Boredom? Some kind of obligation? That it just might lead to a way home?

I'm not sure. Either way I recently earned my second badge and expect to head back to Goldenrod in the near future. [A small pause here and his voice takes on a wistful little note.] Am quite excited to return to Ilex Forest. I believe it will be a beautiful sight and an invigorating hike.

[Click! Both badges are obviously mod-approved. And action for anyone in Azalea - if you find him, he's hanging from a tree by his knees, kid-style, browsing his pokégear while doing so and ... looking quite comfortable. Any gear-replies will be done in this fashion, too. Have fun with that!]

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[tapestodiane]

_{[Well - "obsessive completionism" suggested maybe knowing about them, hence the question.]}

According to several people the world we're in is in several ways identical to a series of video games, where the objective is to catch and train Pokémon and beat the Gym leaders and subsequently the Elite Four.

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[dead-black-eyes.livejournal.com]

Well, suddenly it seems like spending hours of my time wearing out my thumbs on handheld games might not have been such a waste of time, in retrospect. How sad that I made less beneficial decisions.

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[tapestodiane]

What kind of games did you play, then?

_{[Mildly curious.]}

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[dead-black-eyes.livejournal.com]

Puzzle games, mostly. With high stakes and occasionally even skilled opponents.

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[tapestodiane]

Only occasionally?

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[dead-black-eyes.livejournal.com]

I count myself lucky that it was occasionally, rather than never...

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[tapestodiane]

You make do with what you have, as they say.