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[namesaquestion]

...I've a question for you all.

[He really does not like asking. Not when it feels weak, like some personal failure on his end. At least he's trying to be civil, even if he is an incredibly frustrated teenager.]

... What do you do when directionless? When all the aims and goals you want aren't obtainable in this world and there's only so much you can do here before it gets old. What then?

Hmph. Do I just give up wanting to go home? Hope my powers change? Hope I go home but am yanked back to this stupid world again? Move to the artic and hope the world doesn't end? Become a berry farmer?

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[112ounces]

( Well, this hits hard. )

I just go through the motions. School's out for summer, so I just go to work. Wake up, go to work, go home.

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[namesaquestion]

suks 2 b u then

but i no what you mean.

nothing to do here but wait.

its cool!

[112ounces]

Yeah I know that I'm waiting to see anyone else from my world would show up.

But I don't think that's likely. I know of a guy who I hadn't met before back home, and he's gone now. So. That's that thing.

[namesaquestion]

u nver kno.

but hope u get lucky n its n1 u have a beef with or somthing. but were imPorts so even if u die...

Porter likes us. :|

[112ounces]

technically I think the person I mentioned was someone I did had a beef with, in the future

( Big enough beef that the future Carl tried to kill, so there's that. )

I heard the Porter is an actual person, and not like a machine. is that true?

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[h2no]

Learn to adapt your goals. Reach them in non-conventional ways.

[accept it'll never be good enough is something he doesn't say, but certainly thinks.]

[namesaquestion]

What, are you stupid or something?

What I want can't be had here. Not unless you suddenly morph into a League rep or something like that. But even then-

[Would he get it? Or would they take one look at him and judge him not his own merit but on what his father did? Tch. Just one more stupid question that'll likely never get answered here.]

Hmph. Even then we don't have the population to support it, so even if I could, it wouldn't be worth it.

[Yea. Niko. Accepting mediocre when he wants greatness. Right...]

[h2no]

Neither can what I want. I want to go home so I can deal with the mess I created with Kyogre. Can't do that here, can I?

[he rolls his eyes.]

Figures you don't have the creativity to adapt like this.

[namesaquestion]

Hmph. At least it was just one stupid legendary in Hoenn, not three. So not much mess with that, right-

What are you saying? That I can't adapt to this world? Can't come with new goals and become the very best at them?

[...did you just imply he can't do something? That he's not good at something?]

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[am_i_a_monster]

But there's so much we can do here.

Make some new goals. Pick a career other than the one they gave you. Have a life.

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[namesaquestion]

Hmph. What? I have a life, but it's not one I can do here. Even if it could happen, there's-

[Still so, so many things that could go wrong that could halt him in his tracks. But he won't - refuses to stop and think about it.]

So, then what do I do here? The career's ok and it's not like I want to change that right now.

[am_i_a_monster]

You're here.   You have to find a way to have a life here.

If it's not you career, then what is it that you want to change?   What goals aren't you reaching?

[namesaquestion]

To be the greatest pokemon trainer ever. Maybe become a Gymleader, but - Tch. That's more complicated.

[For more than a few reasons.]

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[eloquentness]

[ well, doesn't this sound familiar. ]

Hm... maybe it's time to find a new goals. There's gotta be something about this world you like. Just chase those threads and see where they lead.

Let's say you could've accomplished what you wanted to back home. What would you have done next?

[namesaquestion]

This world is stupid and boring. What's there to like about that?

[It's the question though, that trips him up, even if refuses to let it be known.] Hmph. I'd continue to get stronger so I could hold onto my title as Champion and the world's greatest Pokemon trainer!

[Gymleader too, but he's not sure that would ever happen.]

[eloquentness]

[ Pokemon.. so this guy's from Archie's world, or a world like Archie's. Iris pauses, immediately making some mental adjustments, ]

Well, to point out the obvious, this world has animal trainers. [ she laughs, ] But I guess you wouldn't be able to catch 'em all if you went that route.

[namesaquestion]

Hmph. Like a bunch of weak animals are of any use and like I want to catch them all. That stupid girl, or Red, or anyone else can go do that. I only want strong ones that can win. I don't need weak pokemon. The ones I have no that. It's why they're the best!

Tch, I could show you if you wanted.

[...Also known as he's never not going to get a kick out of showing off his crobat.]

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[numberthree]

[ Allison really didn't expect to find this post at the top of the network, and maybe if he wasn't a kid, and he wasn't that kid, she would say something, because every one of his questions about how or why to move on here is one she has herself, still, at nearly two full months in.

But he is a kid, and he is that kid, and every person who has responded has the same response they always do. Like somehow Stockholm Syndrome is the answer to being kidnapped and locked on another planet. ]

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[by_candlelight]

I think a good option is probably to just start by finding something that looks difficult without being pointless, and then go for that. It's a short-term goal, but if you're the sort who has a hard time functioning without something to do, it'll give you something to work towards while you try to figure everything out.

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[namesaquestion]

yea i figurd that out by now but thks i gues.

still dont hav 2 lik it. but it's better than sitting hre bored.

not tat berry farmrs any good but it's a goal.

1 that;; b ovr in 1 mth tho. my wrlds berrys dont grow like the 1s here.

Text (Worry not! I'm giggling a lot.)

[by_candlelight]

[ Ruby stared at the screen for a few minutes, trying to make sure she read everything right before she replied, still not completely sure she had. ]

Yeah. And if nothing else, you can start trying to make hybrids or something here if you haven't found a better goal in the mean time.

How do the berries differ?

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[namesaquestion]

1s frm my world grow faster. i thk the longest takes a week to grow. the 1s hre take mnths.

not sure if I can do hybrids though.

[But it's added to the 'things to try' list at any rate.]

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[stlg13bomber]

I joined the army, but that was just kinda what everyone was doing those days. Maybe pick up a hobby?

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[namesaquestion]

Hmph. I need a diversion from my main hobby, which is pokemon training. Can't exactly do that here...

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[stlg13bomber]

What's a pokemon?