Kinda. I’ve been spending a lot of time on Mt. Silver recently.

Searching inward, I guess.

Huh? Oh, hey!

[ Waving back! ]

Lance. . good t’ see ya.

I’ve been alright, I guess. You know how it is.

Ha. . things feel different. I have been gone a while, huh. .

With the turn of the season comes changing weather.

Winter had been exceptionally cold. Temperatures were low, especially around Mt. Silver - dropping to single digits the closer you got to the peak.

The risk of frostbite and hypothermia were real dangers.

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Now, as he treks down the mountain, he can only wonder what he’s missed out there in the world. .

There’s still time for a few more adventures.

It’s spring now.

It’s getting warmer, though the snow still falls on Mt. Silver. Red has become accustomed to it.

It had been months since he came here. Months spent in isolation, training, battling any who dared to scale the peak of Mt. Silver.

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Trainers seeking to scale the peak were warned to bring Fire-types, plenty of supplies and warm clothes.

The few who did make it recall that someone was waiting for them at the peak. Someone strong. Strong enough to send them packing back down the mountain.

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With the turn of the season comes changing weather.

Winter had been exceptionally cold. Temperatures were low, especially around Mt. Silver - dropping to single digits the closer you got to the peak.

The risk of frostbite and hypothermia were real dangers.

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// makes sense. New games came out and all that. haven’t played much Pokémon recently myself, but to be fair i’ve been kinda busy

glad to see the verse still going strong though. I gotta get reacquainted me thinks

// basically LMAO

// contemplating if I should return….

// 👁️

KANTO

AGAIN

Oh, hey! It’s my birthday! :]

[ Trembling at her touch. Ough. . ]

R. . riled up, huh? Heh. .

[ He wraps an arm around her. ]

O - of course I want to!

. . I just. . wasn’t expecting that, heh.

!!!?!!?!?

W - wuh - huh?!

. . Hm?

. . .

[ Looks left. Looks right. ]

Well done. This is the first step to the path of. . Uh. Enlightenment.

. . I’m fucking around. Welcome to the club, buddy. I ate dirt when I was 4.

A fellow connoisseur, I see.

Uh. Not that I’m one.

. . . Ha. Haha.

[ Looks left. Looks right. ]

. . I don’t eat dirt. I promise, man.

[ Liar. He ate dirt when he was 4. ]

It can be an acquired taste.

. . . . Not that I would know!

It’s a matter of perspective. A true mystery..

Some people have never known the taste of dirt before.

[ He stops shaking him.

Then, he smiles wide. ???? ]

Dude.

. . . This is fuckin’ COOL!

Guh. .

Back from Mt. Silver again. Heya.

[ Hands on his shoulder. Shit, he IS real.

. . .

Shaking him!! ]

Flying wasn’t really in the cards for him. Can’t teach an old Charizard new tricks, after all. .

“I think I’ll walk, if that’s alright.”

Ah. . of course. It was a force of habit for him, really. Too used to just duking it out right then and there whenever someone locked eyes with him.

Red’s stance relaxes.

“. . That’s fine by me.”

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