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[Shikamaru was on the mission until a few days ago and it rattled him, he could tell. Green's relative showed up recently, but before that they'd been doing a bunch of training... which pushed back his normal training, personal fitness, and ninja stuff with Shikamaru. Gold was gone. He was still trying as he could to avoid Sakura, probably because he still wasn't entirely sure where he stood with her or with ... other parties.

Life was complicated, basically, and he found himself again longing to return to the comparative simplicity of Ikeburkuro. Or maybe just his own ignorance at the time. He thought then that he'd experienced the darkness, and while he didn't want to make light of what happened to Saki or how much the betrayal from Izaya still stung... when it came down to it, he had no idea how dark things could get. None at all. Or so he thought now.

Also, his zappyness had faded from the kidnapping, but Linda's electricity still isn't back up to par. Actually, it's still floundering around... well, frankly, lower than it was when she was born. She was born with a lot of potential, and while she can now pull off the careful stuff they've trained with (Magnet Rise, Flash, etc) she can't even pull off a proper thundershock. He knows she's been looking at the thunderstone in his room more and more, but he can't help but think that would compound the problem. A problem he's been trying until now to keep under wraps as much as possible, for her pride and because of his fear Green'll take her from him over it.

So what was he doing?

Well, him and his Pikachu are getting some exercise. It's not particularly icy today, so they do it outside, running around town and leaping up trashcans and walls to roofs, swinging off lamp posts, and in Linda's case floating some. Basically, parkour/free running as much as is possible in an almost-rural town like this. It's making him miss the urban environment even more, but it does feel nice to show off a little with the stamina and strength which now backs up the balance he's always had. Sure, the both of them mess up now and again, but more often than not (sometimes with some chakra help) they pull off some crazy leaping stunts. What's more, as the day drags on of them doing this, he and his mouse get progressively more in sync as the joy of showing off and doing crazy stuff overrides both of their degrees of shame.

So run into them doing that all over, but mostly centered around the plaza.

That night, he settles in for a meal at Seventh Heaven. He should go home or hang out at the Convenience Store, but he decides he'd rather eat out right now. So him and Linda go in to eat there. He also pulls out his journal and considers something...]

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So, is anyone planning things for White Day? [Not that he's expecting it, but. There, he's reaching out more]

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Right. After all, keeping a positive outlook can make things go a lot smoother.

[Or at least that's what he's been trying to do in the amount of time he's been here--allowing oneself to be affected by negative feelings would just make the situation worse, he thinks.]

For sure. Positiveness, love, and Mt. Dew are all big parts of that!

[Pfft okay, now there's a delay on his end for a few seconds from his own laughter.]

That last one might be considered debatable, depending on who you ask.

Yeah, from people with no soul, diabetes, or on a diet.

My, how harsh of you to say, Masaomi. [Though he might be laughing again, hard to tell with a written message.] You must be really fond of that beverage.

I've gotten pretty fond of it in Luceti.

[Hmm] I haven't taken quite a shine to it as you have, but I suppose it might be considered something of an acquired taste for someone like me.

[Cilan's more of a tea or coffee person, with the occasional juice or such. After all, making tea was way more accessible for him whenever they had to camp out in the woods rather than holding out your luck for a vending machine.]

Well it isn't for everyone. [And then he taps his pen on his table before cackling and penning in:] You're pretty old, after all?

[Masaomi......]

I haven't grown that old to the point of not liking soda. I'm just more used to drinking other types of beverages since soda was not so easily abundant when we were traveling around in some areas of Unova. [Although orange soda is pretty okay...]

[If this were voice there would be an "eeeeeh" here, but instead there's just a little pause before he pens on in]

So what sort of stuff do you drink?

Well, I personally like tea. [Are you even surprised.] There are many different ways to prepare and enjoy it, as well as having a beneficial taste in regards to improving one's health, in some cases.

[There's a slight pause, before he adds--] Of course, I can't expect some of the friends I used to travel with to share the same opinion, as they might prefer things with a sweeter flavor to them, so I sometimes prepared juices for us to drink as well. [They seemed to like orange juice, as well a few other kinds that could possibly be made with some berries they had in their world.]

Is tea really any easier to have on the road?

[Penned in after he notices the words stopped coming, he leans back in his chair to snort. Yeah, he saw that coming]

[He's a classy guy who likes tea okay...but also travels with two kids so he has to make sure they're kept happy too. ^^;;]

There are a few teas that can be brewed while traveling, even though they tend to have a very simple taste to them in comparison to having access to stronger ingredients. Otherwise, juice is a suitable substitute, and then once we've reached the next town, then it's easier to indulge in sodas and the like.

Wow, you guys can really rough it, can't you?

Of course. It's often necessary to have some camping knowledge for trainers that wish to go on journeys with their Pokemon, as it can sometimes take several days by foot to reach a Pokemon Center to stay at. [If you had a Pokemon you could fly with or other means of transportation, then you'd probably be able to reach places much quicker, naturally.]

Admittedly, I suppose I'm more used to living in the city, but since having left home to travel back in Unova, occasionally staying outdoors wasn't that unmanageable; it can even be kind of nice provided the weather has an pleasant fragrance to it.

[Though they have been rained on before and forced to seek shelter somewhere once or twice, and one of those times the shelter turned out to be a worse place to be in than out in the bad weather... ^^;;]

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Being a city guy it's surprising that you adapted so much.

[Particularly given you write that much]

[Ahaha] Agreed. It was quite a change at first, but after a while you start to grow used to it...to be honest, I think I was a little more well-prepared for it than some of my companions were.

[Unlike him, neither of them had the foresight to remember whether they packed any food to eat...]

Despite being a city man. Wow.

[Yyyep. It's kind of strange to think that he'll have to go back to potentially sleeping outside again whenever Luceti feels free to send him back.]

And how about you? Would you consider yourself a "man of the city" as well?

No doubt. I've been living in Tokyo for years now.

Oh? What is Tokyo like? [Tell us more about it!]

A big city.

[Writing is lame, he's only half paying attention now]

[...You can always switch to voice or something, you know. (Or even just say that you're bored of writing now, he'd mostly understand. ^^;;)]

I see. [...] Though I was kind of hoping for something a little more descriptive.

[He taps the pen for the voice button, and explains this next thing as he is mixing up some yogurt]

It's the biggest city in Tokyo! Millions of people, tons of shops, lots of apartments and hotels and markets and aaall those things you'd expect for a city on the coast. But Ikebukuro, the neighborhood I'm from's, a bit rough and tumble, and it's got more foreigners than the rest of the place.

[Cilan blinks in surprise at the switch, but then he goes right along with it as he speaks up now too, more or less musing out loud.]

Ah, I see! It certainly sounds like a fascinating place, Ikebukuro included...by comparison, I suppose it may be a little similar to Nimbasa or Castelia City in Unova. [Which...isn't really too far off the mark since Castelia probably is the most well-known largest city in Unova. (But it's more similar to New York, not that Cilan would be aware of that)]

"Rough and tumble" though...hm, that's an interesting way of describing it. [But otherwise he doesn't directly ask what Masaomi meant by that--] And being known for it's population of foreigners sounds like it has quite a diverse taste in comparison to other neighborhoods, perhaps...

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