40th moon [video]

[paladinlost]

[A Rising Badge, carefully turned over and over in a man's hand, obviously being inspected from all its angles. This is the image coming from the Cecil-cam, today.]

A year, to the day. That's more than acceptable for the first part of an adventure. Or perhaps I should say that obtaining this last badge is an excellent way to celebrate my first year in this world?

[Cecil's hand finally closes around the badge, and he brings the Pokégear up to look at the sky instead.]

Would anyone know why the professor cal- No, nevermind. It's not important at the moment. Badges and anniversaries should both be celebrated. If anyone in Blackthorn wishes to join me, I'll pay for the meal and drinks.

[At a very nice restaurant, too. Let it not be said that he does not have taste.]

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[video]

[daddydothis.livejournal.com]

[Lottie applauds, while Cordon the Super Swablu cheers from her shoulder]

Congrautlations, Mistah Harvey!

[video]

[paladinlost]

Thank you, Charlotte!

[Beaming so, so much.]

My whole team worked quite hard to earn it. I'll have to buy them all a thank-you gift, I believe.

[video]

[daddydothis.livejournal.com]

[That's got Lottie thinking]

What c'n y'get Pokémon?

[video]

[paladinlost]

All of mine enjoy receiving new TMs.

[How practical.]

But Leviathan also loves to try new make-up and accessories, Rosie always wants to buy more paint... I could certainly find something to match all of their tastes.

[video]

[daddydothis.livejournal.com]

[She eyes Cordon]

I'm scared t'think of what he'd want, annoyin' little thing he is.

[video]

[paladinlost]

Goodness, is he causing you trouble?

[Starting to worry he gave her a bad egg, now.]

[video]

[daddydothis.livejournal.com]

Not too much, he just harasses all th'female critters an' likes t'show off a little too much.

[video]

[paladinlost]

...Oh dear. Should I ask his mother to speak to him?

[video]

[daddydothis.livejournal.com]

If she c'n get him t'behave, it'll be a miracle. None'a mine c'n, an' th'only way I c'n get him t'behave is t'put him in his ball.

[video]

[paladinlost]

We might as well try.

[He turns to the left and shouts to something beyound the Gear' screen.]

Mist, dearest, please come talk to your son!

[...There is now an Altaria head taking up most of the field. Enjoy!]

[video]

[daddydothis.livejournal.com]

[Cordon starts fluttering around, whacking Lottie in the head with his wings while she glares at him]

[video]

[paladinlost]

[Cecil can be heard being shoved away as Mist faces the Pokégear properly.]

Sweetie! My goodness, how you've grown~ You must be breaking hearts left and right!

[video]

[daddydothis.livejournal.com]

[Family trait. Lovely. Before Cordon can pipe up again, Lottie grabs him]

Behave, y'over-sized blue bird. I don' letcha whack othah trainers, an' I ain't gonna letcha whack me. [To the camera] Can' b'lieve I'm doin' this, but c'n y'tell Cordon here t'stop harassin' all th'female critters an' th'trainers?

[video]

[paladinlost]

[Mist nods with grace and dignity.]

Listen to your trainer; she has some common sense. If you push too hard, you might lose any chance you would have had. Think of the missed possibilities! Besides, you'd not want to be rude like your father, would you?

[...Can Altarias sound menacing? Because Mist sounds rather menacing. It gets a sigh out of poor offscreen Cecil.]

[seasalttwilight.livejournal.com]

...

Congratulations.

Re: [video]

[daddydothis.livejournal.com]

[Cordon squeaks and calms down. He shakes his head. Lottie is impressed by the sheer amount of menace in that tone.]



[Lottie looks between the screen and her Swablu]

Huh.

[video]

[paladinlost]

That's my boy! I'm so proud of you~

[Said with such parental pride, too.

Muffled:]

Traumatizing your child is poor parental behavior, Mist.

[She ignores him superbly.]

[paladinlost]

Thank you. You're quite close to it yourself, are you not?

[thunderstomach.livejournal.com]

Ah, you managed to get all of the badges? That's pretty impressive!

[paladinlost]

Thank you. It was quite a lot of work, but knowing that it was finally done was more than worth it.

[thunderstomach.livejournal.com]

I can imagine. I'm still working to get my team strong enough to earn our first badge and I've been here a couple of months already.

[paladinlost]

Any rhythm is fine, as long as you enjoy the journey. In fact, it took me nearly three months before I could win the Zephyr Badge.

[thunderstomach.livejournal.com]

It's been about that long for me, actually. I definitely need to start training harder, though. One of my friends just won their first badge and that's motivated me to start earning my own more than I thought it would.

[paladinlost]

Friendly motivation does help. A friend of mine once won three badges within two days, during a particularly... eventful weekend. It convinced me to try quickly, before he could gain too much of a headstart.

[thunderstomach.livejournal.com]

Three in only two days? That seems like it'd be a lot of travel and work for such a short time period. I can't imagine trying to keep up with someone who was able to manage doing that.