[text/action] forward dating to super early thurs morning + mid afternoon [video]

[healium]

Dear Poppop,
After what happened the other night, I feel I need a little self reflection time.
If you could please keep an eye on Jake, Dirk and Aradia,
I would be incredibly grateful.
- Jane



To Dirk,
Please don't worry about me, Mr. Strider!
I felt like taking a short trip on my own,
and on a spur of the moment feeling, decided to leave early.
I will keep in touch!
- Jane



To Aradia,
I do hope it won't be much trouble to ask that you to keep Jake and Dirk out of trouble.
Jake with his sense of direction,
and Dirk with his sassy, cool attitude.
I will keep in touch,
so please don't worry!
- Jane



Jake,
I sincerely apologize for the way I behaved at the party,
it was absolutely terrible of me to let myself get so drunk.
I thought about my actions, and decided to take a small trip.
I will keep in touch, so don't worry about me.
- Jane
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(action)
[Now that she was packed up and those notes were promptly placed on their respective doors, Jane made quick work of slipping on her boots and jacket. Very quietly, she slipped out the door and shut it even quieter, and led her small group of Pokemon towards the south end of town. On reaching the very edge, Jane moved and saddled up on her Deerling, two Growlithe moving in to flank her, and both strapped with two eggs each; Jane carried the last that had been on James' back.

Over the river and through the woods,
to nowhere in particular she goes..]
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(video)
[It's much later in the day when the video feed gets bumped on, where Calli the Chikorita is wiggling the gear with her vines, holding it out of reach of a whining Shinx. In the background, there's sounds of ... a battle? Lou and James are in the middle of a tag team battle, taking on some wild Pokemon with Jane and judging from the sounds that continue, are doing quite well; Calli and Geoff continue playing tag with the gear for another good ten minutes, before there is some displeased barking.

Both little ones drop the gear and scurry away, where a Growlithe shows up on the feed and yaps at the screen some more. It's not much longer before Jane finally appears, looking.. well, all sorts of weary and tired. Giving the dog Pokemon a dubious look, she reaches down to get the gear.]

Comet, shush! No one is there!

[Rubbing one eye and looking at the screen again, Jane almost jumps out of her skin on seeing that red recording light. Smacking her hand over the camera, she fumbles a few minutes before it turns off.]

Comments

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[timelymaid]

well of course it isnt
although you know im going to ecruteak for a little while right???
and also why is this a thing that needs doing
i mean
jane where did you go o_o
and why

text;private

[healium]

I'm sure they will want to go with you!
I have been thinking about what happened at the party
and I really think I should just..
back off for a little while.

I'm just going south to Azalea town,
nowhere all that far.
I don't even know how to face Jake right now.

text;private PRETEND IT WAS ALWAYS SO

[timelymaid]

jakes heading back to catch the gym he missed still i think!
i dont know about dirk
i plan to be back before january is done though
and of course they can come with!
im heading there with sollux to check out the towers though

and of course you should do what you think is best
although
perhaps you should try to talk to jake?

[ She just got him to agree to maybe talk about his feelings to you guys, Jane. Seriously! ]

text;private NO IT'S OKAY HAHAHA

[healium]

Catch the gym he missed?
Wait, is he going to Azalea too?
Shit, no, he can't come here!

Please, please convince him to go with you.

I don't know,
all I would end up doing is apologizing
over and over and over.

[ruining plans, it's what i do 8Db]

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[blackestheart]

[Gamzee hadn't slept the night before, he spends most of his days sleeping if he's not working anyway and hadn't felt the need even after all the bullshit that went down. So when Jane sneaked off the way she did, he couldn't help but be curious. He had an idea of why, she'd done a lot of stupid shit and it was actually pretty hilarious.

He had nothing better to do, so slipping a duffle bag with two eggs and some other miscellaneous shit in it over his shoulder he followed behind. If there's one thing he's good at, it's going unknown for as long as possible. He keeps on her trail, and it isn't until the video post hours later that someone decides to blow his cover for him.

He'd never kept his pokemon in balls much at all before, so of course they'd start to get restless.

From a tree not too far from Jane Liepard comes out of her pokeball and lands at the foot of the tree, curiously taking in her surroundings before spotting Jane and her pokemon.]

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[healium]

[On repacking her bags after letting Lou and James move about, it's Comet again who hears some new footsteps and turns, running off and barking loudly at the Liepard.]

Comet, no, you really need to stop running off after every little sound!

[With a quick instruction for Lou to take care of the little group, Jane is taking off after the Growlithe. What's a Liepard doing way out here?]

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[blackestheart]

[The Liepard looks less than impressed at the Growlithe coming her way, and all it takes is a meow before there's suddenly a very confused Sawsbuck standing over her. He's supposed to protect her cause she's weaker than him right? But it's Jane and he knows Jane and Comet can't be that bad because he's with Jane and Miracle is so confused.

Gamzee's just up in the tree, facepalming. He has no one to blame for this but himself, it's what he gets for never enforcing the whole pokeball rule.]

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[healium]

[It takes a few moments of looking between the Sawsbuck and Liepard before she finally recognizes them, and gently shushes Comet again; he's so very pointedly staring up into that tree, so when Jane looks, she jerks in surprise before ending up laughing.]

O-oh my gosh. Comet, enough, they're friends! [There's a little bit of awkward, and a whole lot of beginning to turn pink, before she's sending the Growlithe to go get her other Pokemon across the way. Miracle is getting some nice pets now, and Jane is offering the big kitty her other hand to sniff.]

[text]

[wontturntostone]

Jane
Did You Leave Already

[text]

[healium]

Yes, I didn't want to bother anyone so early in the morning.

[text]

[wontturntostone]

I Hadnt Realized
I Was Probably Awake
My Old Habit Of Rising With The Sun Seems To Be Returning
Even In This Weather

I Hope You Have A Safe Trip

[text]

[healium]

Hoohoo, I would count that as a nice thing to wake with, at least!

Thank you, I plan on it going well,
but the unexpected happens when least expected and all.
Are you going to stay in Goldenrod,
or do you have plans to move on?

[Text | Private]

[hoperaider]

[Yes, good, he's finally figured out the private function! He's...not really had a need to use it until now.]

Um jane?
I dont know if you want to talk to me just yet but well.
I dont blame you or anything for it!
Seriously who was going to expect ms lalonde to do something like that??
But um.
Are we planning to get back together in goldenrod city?
Ive spoken with aradia and im going to ecruteak. Dirk is probably coming along with us.
I was wondering if you would mind if we sent you photos of the towers?

[Text | Private]

[healium]

[Hold up, she's trying not to awkwardly outright ignore the text; he didn't do anything wrong, HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.]

No, no
Talking... well, texting is fine.
If you would like to meet there again, that would be fine.
Photos would be just fine as well!

[Did she use fine enough? No? Let's throw in some more words about how everything is FINE!!!]

[Text | Private]

[hoperaider]

Ok then.
Um.
Tweety will find you so thats not a problem.
And. Well. Well miss you.
Again i apologize if i did anything wrong.

[Text | Private]

[healium]

Alright.
No, no
Nothing is wrong.
I just wanted to take a trip is all!
Please, have fun on your own trip.

[Text then video, private to Jane]

[shippingmath]

Sure thing.
Be careful, though.
Let us know if you need help.
Not that I'm in the best position to give it, considering my miniscule team.
We'll let you know if we leave Goldenrod.

[That's Dirk's response to the message, and aside from a bit of worry about Jane, he hadn't expected much to come of it. When he sees the video, though, he responds. He's a bit worried.]

You okay?

[text, private]

[healium]

[She doesn't have it in her to verbally communicate, and hell no she isn't turning the feed on again, but texting! It is the best ever. Right now.]

I had a miniscule team when I first arrived too,
don't worry about a thing.
Soon enough, you'll have little Pokemon climbing your legs
stealing your glasses
all those shenanigans.

Yes, I am quite fine!
It figures as soon as I try to get somewhere
I get tired, when I couldn't get a wink of sleep earlier.

[text, private]

[shippingmath]

You didn't have to take off so early.
Hangovers are a bitch, according to Roxy.

[Guess who still doesn't know that Jane knows that he and Jake kissed last night.]

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[ghostytrainer]

[John may have not been drinking the night before, but given what happened at the party and how late he ended up staying up dealing with a drunk Rose, it's not until much later in the day that John gets Jane's note.]

[And of course the first thing he does is send her a text, why bother checking the network?]

jane, what's this note about?
where are you?
is this about you mistaking me for jake last night?
it was an honest mistake, it's really not a big deal!
i'm sure you won't be the last person to make it!

...though hopefully you will be the last one to make it in a way that involves mistletoe.

text; private;

[healium]

I'm just going on a little trip out to Azalea town.
It's ...
Well.

Yes and no.
That was rather embarrassing,
but after bumping into a few other people,
I found Jake.

I did a prompt job of making a fool of myself.

text; private;

[ghostytrainer]

well...be careful, okay? :(
ilex forest can be a maze, i don't think it's possible to get out of there in less than a week.
did you take enough supplies with you? i can send liv with some things if you need.

i'm sorry to hear that, jane. :(
do you want to talk about it?

[Action]

[plushaeusrumpified]

[So guess who hasn't been to bed yet? This guy. When everyone else went to bed, Bro took that as his opportunity to get wasted and make a fool of himself on the network with Roxanne. He quit after a while, though, and managed to sober up for the most part before laying down. He didn't quite manage to fall asleep before hearing the sounds of Jane leaving. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have cared. But considering their talk the night before, he can't help but wonder just what the hell is going on.

So he hastily throws on his winter clothes and, despite the temperature, follows behind her outside. He's going to tail her a while, not letting her know she's being followed. It's when she gets to the outskirts of town and he realizes she's actually attempting to leave that he finally steps out of hiding and reveals his presence to her.]

Yo! Where the fux you goin'?

[Action]

[healium]

[Jane very nearly fell right off her Deerling when the voice spoke up, startled. Turning slowly, where as Comet starts yipping excitedly, OH, THERE'S A FRIEND? HI FRIEND!!!, Jane looked a little relieved to see Bro standing there, not Dirk.]

Oh! Um, I was just.. gong to head towards Azalea town, that's all! I mean, the forest is between so it will take a bit but I'm certain I will be just fine! [HA. HA HA... HA..ha.. yeah she's pretty sure she would have to get James to RUN before she'd be out of this pan.] Uh, what are you doing up so early?

[Action]

[plushaeusrumpified]

[Even if she'd have fallen, he would've been there in less than a second to catch her, so never fear. He just gives the Deerling a raised eyebrow, before turning his attention to Jane, who he can tell feels kinda awkward and surprised to see him.]

Isn't that a few days' trip? [And he shrugs.] Haven't been to bed yet.