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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.]

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[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.]

[scizor_sister]

[Old-you sounds a lot more fun than current-you, as far as Nui's concerned.]

Oh? So what's your plan, then?

[theotherother]

Get the hell out of this forest. Get to whatever the next city is. Stay there. Forever.

[scizor_sister]

Wow, that's a good plan. Very intricate and well thought-out.

[She is just so impressed.]

Hard to see how you got lost to begin with, really!

[theotherother]

Yeah, well, I wouldn't have gotten lost is this place wasn't complete bullshit.

[scizor_sister]

I don't know. This place is pretty weird, but the actual geography seems normal enough.

[Says the woman who's barely left Goldenrod.]

Maybe you're just really bad at navigating.

[theotherother]

I can navigate just fine! Just not big on wandering through forests or things like that.

[scizor_sister]

Uh-huh.

[She believes you. Really.]

Well if you're not going to take the advice you asked for, you're probably just stuck wandering in one direction until you find something.

[Good luck with that.]

[theotherother]

Yeah well, it beats going to prison for arson.

Probably.