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[theotherother]

How long does it take to get through this stupid forest?

[...oh wait, it'd probably help if the people watching could actually see the forest. So Kaine'll just turn on the video and there's well, a bunch of trees. It's the Viridian Forest, so yeah, not much to see here besides a forest. And bugs. There's a bunch of bug Pokemon crawling around on the trees.]

It took two days to get here, I've been in here for three, and I pretty much never want to see a forest again for the rest of my life.

[He's only even in here because his Pokemon stole his pack and dragged it out of town. Because if he had things his way, he would've stayed in Viridian City forever. But noooo, his Natu just had to get tired of staying there and drag him in here.]

So that's been what? Five days since I left town? And I've spent most of them walking, so the next town has to be coming up soon...right?

[He doesn't sound confident about that at all. And why should he? For all he knows, the map's lying and this forest just goes on and on forever. Because that...doesn't exactly sound like something that could happen here, but at the same time he wouldn't really be surprised if it actually did somehow happen to him.]

Comments

[video]

[loveisanopendoor]

Three days in a forest...that seems kind of rough! But the routes here do tend to go on for a while. That's why a lot of people tend to not want to go them alone...

Most routes do tend to take around three or four days or so to get through, though, I think! But if it's a really big forest, you might be walking around for a little longer than that...

[Yikes, poor guy...]

I can talk you through walking it, if you want some company! I'm still kinda trudging my way over to Goldenrod, myself. That hurricane not too long ago set me back a bit...

[video]

[theotherother]

How much longer is a little longer?

[Because he has absolutely no idea how long these things take. The ferry to Kanto was three days, the route between Pallet and Viridian took two, and then this decided to become the neverending journey through the bug infested forest.]

[loveisanopendoor]

I want to say at least five tops...but since I'm in Johto, I wouldn't be able to tell you for sure. I'm sorry. I wish I could be a little more helpful...

[theotherother]

You can't say? Why am I not surprised by that?

[...oh wait, that was rude. Uh, he'll try and fix that.]

My fault for taking the ferry I guess. Didn't think this was uncharted wilderness, but from the people I've talked to before, it seems like nobody goes this way.

[loveisanopendoor]

Well, I can't say I blame you for wanting to take the road less traveled. It sounds like it'd be fun! And Kanto has a lot of cute Pokemon, so I'd love to go there at some point. I guess you just have to get through the forest first. Take the good and the bad, really.

[theotherother]

[Road less traveled, hah. He just thought the ferry would get him somewhere better than New Bark Town without having to walk.

Which it didn't.]

Hasn't really been fun so far. Just annoying.

[He thinks for a moment.]

And expensive.

[Still mad about the ferry fee, yep.]

[loveisanopendoor]

Well, you only just started, right..? Maybe it's one of those things that starts off a little slow but gets really good the further you go into it! I can understand why you'd be annoyed, though. No one wants to be in the same place for way too long, take it from me.

[pipers_son]

...That's Viridian, innit?

Heh. Hope ya like trees, mate.

[theotherother]

Yeah it is, and I thought it was clear that I don't. Didn't used to care, but that was before the three day trek through trees infested with what appear to be every single bug in existence ever.

[pipers_son]

Forests are like that. Who knew?

Anyway, from what I've heard, s'worst than Ilex... and that takes 5 days on a good week. Hope ya packed enough.

[theotherother]

No idea. My bird has my pack.

[He's not even sure why he said that out loud. He wasn't planning on telling anyone about that.]

I swear to god if I starve to death...

[He's not actually sure what he'd do then. Haunt his Pokemon maybe. Or respawn in the Pokemon Center and have to come back to this forest.]

[pipers_son]

Yer bird packed yer bag? [At the very least, Joker doesn't say it like it's anything out of the ordinary. His Pokemon are probably more responsible than him half the time anyway.] Might wanna see if they'll let ya check it then.

[theotherother]

I don't know. Probably.

[He's still not really doing the whole...Pokemon thing, so stuff like that usually isn't on his to do list.]

And I'd have to find her first to check. Stupid thing mostly hops around. No idea how it got that far ahead of me.

[Especially given that Natu is tiny and it can't be moving very fast while it's dragging a backpack around.]

[scizor_sister]

[Did you want some absolutely terrible advice, Kaine? Of course you did.]

If you're THAT badly lost, you could always burn the forest down.

[Pay no attention to the fact that you're still IN the forest.]

Once it was done, one way or the other you wouldn't be lost anymore.

[theotherother]

[He'd be lying if he said he hadn't thought about it. Which is why he's not going to admit to thinking about it. After all, he's not trying to be that person anymore.]

I'm not burning the forest down. I definitely don't want to be here, but that's completely ridiculous. Also pretty damn stupid.

[And with his luck, even if he did, he'd still be lost. Also on fire.]

[scizor_sister]

More ridiculous than getting lost for a week?

[Come on, it'd be funny. To her.]

[theotherother]

It hasn't been a week!

[...]

Yet. Look, even if it was, I'm not burning it down.

[scizor_sister]

[Well you're no fun at all.]

Fine. It's not my fault if you're too scared to follow good advice.

Enjoy your stay in the forest.

[What she doesn't actually add but seems to be thinking: "foreveeeeeeeeeer".]

[theotherother]

No. I'm not going to enjoy this. And it's not good advice either. It's the kind of shit I would've done a few years ago, and trust me, it's nowhere near as good an idea as it sounds.

[Because there was a time where he totally would've set a forest on fire if certain people were in it because he had clone issues.]

[heartdive]

Five days isn't much. Then again I had a partner that I could ride on so it never took that long to get anywhere.

[theotherother]

Yeah, well, I don't have anything like that. And if five days isn't bad what is? And where is it so I can avoid the hell out of it?

[heartdive]

Forests and caves. They take a lot of time and you can get lost. The Ice Path is pretty long and cold.

[theotherother]

So stay away from caves, forests, and some ice covered hellhole. Got it.

[heartdive]

Easier said than done. You pretty much have to go through 'em at some point.

[theotherother]

Well, what if I just decide to stay in the next city I get to? Problem solved.

[Unless his Pokemon makes him head out again...huh, maybe this isn't as good a plan as he thinks.]