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[ossifragant]

So here's a question for all of you. What's the furthest you've been from home? Before coming here, I mean. This place doesn't count. I want to know how far people have traveled before coming here.

The name of the place you're from, the name of the place you like going. What your favorite city is called. Things like that.

I've always liked traveling. But I used to spend years in one place, even so. Always found myself drawn back to where I was born. It's one of those interesting things about people. I don't exactly miss the place, but I do find myself thinking about it sometimes. What it would be like if we could go back with memories of this place instead of forgetting everything.

So there's a second part of my question, I guess.

Say you go home, but you remember everything from here. What would you do with that information?

What if you arrived home at a time before the last thing you remember?

Comments

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[ossifragant]

None of the holidays are familiar to me. Guess you're lucky.

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[captainash]

Some of the bigger ones in my world aren't celebrated, but I'm sure no one would complain about those. You guys don't even have Christmas?

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[ossifragant]

Can't say we do.

It sounds familiar, but only in the sense I may have read about it at some point.

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[captainash]

That's too bad. I bet whatever you might have read doesn't mention the joys of fighting thirty people to get the last toaster, half an hour before the big family party.

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[ossifragant]

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What's a toaster?

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[captainash]

[...Wait, what, how can that possibly be a question.]

It's a kitchen appliance that toasts bread.

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[ossifragant]

Oh.

That seems useful. The hotel rooms I've been in don't have one.

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[captainash]

Buy your own! Incorrectly-toasted bread will soon be a distant memory.

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[ossifragant]

Good idea. I'll buy one once I'm done camping for the summer.

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[captainash]

Good idea. If you bought it now it would just waste space in your bag, and it's not as if you could plug it in a cave anyway.

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[ossifragant]

I don't know. Sometimes I think my bag doesn't have as limited space as it looks. But I don't exactly have anywhere to put appliances right now even if I wanted to so that's a shipping trip that's going to wait.

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[captainash]

It does have limits, though.
You can put hundreds of pokéballs in there, but it can't hold a single angry Purugly.
And it's too bad the locals don't sell trailers or vehicles in general. Appliance space would never be an issue again.

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[ossifragant]

You know, I've never tried putting a Pokemon in the bag before. That's good to know.

I suppose the locals are too used to walking from place to place. There are bikes, but those don't have a place to store anything really.

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[captainash]

You'd think the elderly trainers would complain about that, especially those who have back problems and can't use the bags. It's like this world only cares about the young and healthy.

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[ossifragant]

You'd think, but I've had battles with a few old timers before and they seem to enjoy it as much as the kids.

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[captainash]

Maybe battling with fresh new trainers keeps their hearts young enough to withstand the pain of arthritis. Or something like that.

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[ossifragant]

Maybe so.

They don't seem inclined to stop.

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[captainash]

Why would they? It's great exercise, great fun, AND great money!

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[ossifragant]

You have a point there. Plus, they all clearly enjoy what they do.

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[captainash]

Good thing, too, considering that Pokémon battles are omnipresent around here.

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[ossifragant]

It must keep them young.

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[captainash]

If it turns out that the secret to live a long, healthy and happy life is to ask your dog to set other dogs on fire once in a while, they can sign me up any time.

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[ossifragant]

Hell, yeah. That's something we can both agree on.

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[captainash]

Who wouldn't? It's cheap, it's fun and it's easy.

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[ossifragant]

That it is.