hoperaider | Voicemail

Exactly!
There are probably a few other variations on his name too.

Adventureologist it is then!
Well be the best there ever was!

and his name functions as a swear word

:) i am glad you are okay jake

Yes i think to some people saying his name in vain constitutes as a swear.

Thank you aradia. I wasnt about to let this get me down!
:)

good!!
in that case i will leave you to tend to your scrapes??
and i will see you in six days

Alrighty!
Have a good trip both of you!

[Even though she was pretty sure it was impossible to actually die here, that didn't really lessen the surge of worry Jade felt when she saw the video on the network. She had to know if he was okay...]

Jake! I saw what happened in Violet... Were you near the tower? Are you okay?

[Jake sounds hoarse and a little tired, but nothing indicates that he's suffering serious injuries.]

I'm alright! I was, uh, in the tower, but I had Anika, my Croconaw, with me and she was able to bust us out lickity split. I've suffered no serious injuries, but I'd like to know who the hell thought that was a good idea.

Yeah. I will.

[Dave goes silent, thinking about it. No death toll yet. His lips press into a thin line as he breathes in.]

Not going to tell you what to do, English. Do what you are going to do, and things will turn out somehow.

Of course it will. Dave....

[He pauses for a moment, unsure if he's stepping over a line. In the end, Jake decides against offering words of encouragement about Bro's situation.]

We'll be fine. If anything major comes up, we'll give you a call as soon as we can.

[[She already knew Jake had survived from all three of her friends. What Rose cares about is his recovery.]]

Jake? How are you and your Pokemon fairing?

He just answered me, says he's fine. [There's some obvious tension leaving his voice and now Dave just sounds tired. At least, they were ok.]

Make sure to let John know you're okay if you haven't yet.

Oh thank god. You really had us worried, man.

[Anika is getting a treat when John sees her. Yes. Good Croconaw.]

Heh...well at least now you can say you lived through your first rocket ploy! Congratulations, trainer achievement unlocked!

[Yes let him just...attempt to lighten the mood here.]

My apologies.

[Yes, good, she'll love him and show this by biting him. Gently.]

First achievement I've received!

[Jake appreciates what he's trying to do, at least.]

Did you recognize the bloke that did it? I saw he made a video about it.

He called me a little before you. Thanks...for checking in on me.

[He really does appreciate it.]

I'm glad your brother's alright, too!

[Rose is a sweetie and Jake's feeling really lucky he's got such great friends.]

Hullo, Rose. I'm alright after taking a shower and having a power nap. Granted I still look like hell, but not much I can do to fix that up. My Pokemon are doing great, though Anika's refusing to get into her ball just yet. I think she's still worried, considering she has yet to detach her jaws from my hand.

[ Roxy's barely awake when she sees the video about the fire, and haphazardly calls Jake's pokegear to make sure he's not on fire. ]

Jake, you better not be on fire. [ beat ] Except the hot kind, wink wink. [ pause for a second, because REALLY ROXY ] No, but really, don't catch on fire!

[Jake sounds like hell, but otherwise okay.]

Then we're both in luck that I'm not literally on fire. Maybe a few light burns, but nothing major. It was definitely startling, though! Rotten time for me to try touring Sprout Tower.

Not bad for a newbie, haha. I mean that had to get you at least 50 trainer points.

[He really needs to stop before he gets carried away with this really not all that funny joke...]

But, unfortunately, no. I don't. Can't say I really know any Rockets, they are typically a group I try to avoid friendly contact with. Or any contact at all, really.

[Jake shall stop it by dropping that line of conversation to gracefully save his ectoson.]

After that ripsnorter of an attack, I can't say as I blame you for it. Really, though, I always thought they were nothing more than petty thieves.

[Jade lets out a quiet gasp when she hears that Jake was indeed in the tower, but when she actually speaks she sounds quite relieved.]

I'm really glad you're okay... It's a good thing your Pokémon was there to help you!

It looked like it was Team Rocket.

I'm certainly starting to see the sense on relying on these creatures.

I thought they were petty thieves?

They do steal Pokémon, but they've also been behind some other big things, like the train hijacking last year.

Well they will try to steal your pokemon if given the chance. That is definitely still their thing. I don't know if you ever played the game back home or anything, but the Rockets here are a different animal. Still up to no good, but more competent. Probably because of all the people from different universes here. Whatever brings us here doesn't seem too picky about who it pulls, so there's nothing to stop bad guys from getting dragged here. Hell, Bowser himself is here.

I watched their movies and some of the cartoon programs. They'd always been comedic relief or trying to get some rare Pokemon.

[He frowns a little.]

Well, Johto has certainly attracted some crazed loonies already, if the attack on Sprout Tower was any indication.

Train hijacking? To what purpose?

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