video(?)/text

[eyeforaneye]

[ The video transmission begins innocuously, with the camera pointed at grass. In the distance, birds chirp. Insects buzz. But otherwise the unavoidable silence reigns supreme, with the climax of the video occurring a good five seconds in when the person holding the communicator aloft takes a single step forward. Then, another three seconds later, it goes dark.

Who has two one thumbs and sucks with technology? This guy. But he does get his act together long enough for a text instead a good half an hour later. ]

I committed myself to exploring my world at my own expense, to learn and grow. I thought I could carry on here and apply new lessons learned to my home.

Since then, I've discovered Bwitter and "super"marts, which have changed my mind. What about this place inspires people and motivates them?

video - remember ground force?

[h2no]

[viewers of the network, today, have been blessed. a video pops up, showing archie's crobat tending to its little garden patch in his backyard. it involves using air cutter on the soil to chop it up before sweeping it away with the smaller set of wings lower on its body, then carefully dropping what look like blueberries into the mini trench, before sweeping the soil back over it. pretty cute, right? the camera shifts to bring a bush into frame. a... bright pink bush, with those blueberries hanging off it.]

So, ah... [oh hey, it's archie.] I never really paid much attention before, but I guess the berry bushes from berries native to our world are pretty weird compared to some of the ones here, huh?

[the camera shifts, showing another bush that's bright blue, with pink and red berries hanging off it.]

Not to mention they grow in half a day... it's fun to watch them, sometimes. I guess anyone that knows anything about vegetation might be worried about it being a massively invasive species, but it hasn't been. Uh, so far? I mean, the berries are really good for our Pokémon so we're not gonna stop growin' em, but they're easier to keep contained when there's two grass types tending to them. That's basically earth elementals for those of you that know what those are.

...If you don't know what either grass types or earth types are, then use your imagination.

Anyway! [he grins.] There was a point to this. I was just wonderin'-- what's the native fauna and flora of your world like? Or any worlds you might've visited in your lifetime. Would you bring any of it here if you could? For better or worse.

[he's about to turn the camera off but stops, remembering something.]

One more thing-- I have a new Pokémon I got when I was briefly Ported out a month or so ago. She's a Wailmer, the equivalent of this world's whale. Still a baby though, and she needs to get as much socialization with as many different people as possible so if you wanna hang out with her and can stand me being around to keep her calm, gimme a shout. [...] She's called Alberta, for the record. Not just Wailer. Hange named her.

text.

[oddbod]

I'm selling an old hatchback. $200, which is about how much I got it for. It smells like dog and has what might be a bullethole on one seat, but it runs without too much noise.

["Hatchback". That's what the salesman called it, right? The American word for an estate car? Come on fam, help her keep the lights on this month, she really doesn't want to move back into government housing.]