009 Things Acquired - [text;]

[ossifragant]

You know, there's something to be said about this place.

I get here in April and things are strange as a newcomer. It takes some getting used to, but it's not all bad. Then there's May and that's when things get screwy. The weird hail during an otherwise sunny week, and then that weekend when everything went to hell with the crystals and people popping up who aren't normally here. I only wish I could remember more of it clearly.

Then, in June, it snowed that one day. Actually snowed! In the middle of summer! What the hell are the chances of that? It melted the next day naturally so whatever caused it fixed itself.

July gave us a hurricane with sharks flying through the air and then August was suspiciously normal when it comes to weather.

Now, here we are, three days into September, and we've already had dogs and cats falling from the sky like someone up there is taking a metaphor a little too literally.

I'm disappointed we didn't get snakes raining from the sky today. Or porcupines.

I've been here just about five months now and I must admit this place has its ways of keeping a person entertained.

Comments

[glaciates]

Well, they'd probably die, but wake up in the Pokémon Center in a day, so I guess there's that.

I doubt the weather's going to stay normal. Something weird will happen again at some point and there will be a flood of posts to the network from the new people wondering if the weather's always like this.

[ossifragant]

I should start handing out fliers to let people know that yes, it's always like this.

[glaciates]

It would be pretty smart to have a welcoming committee set up in New Bark Town. People would probably appreciate that. I wonder why no one's done it before?

[ossifragant]

I don't know. That's a good question, isn't it? Especially since new arrivals show up fairly consistently on specific weekends. It'd be harder to put something together if people were arriving whenever, but they're not.

It probably wouldn't be too hard to explain some things, though most of the technology is lost on me.

[glaciates]

Yeah, I couldn't explain it either, but at least the Gear's easy enough to use. It would probably be nice to have a guide on this place, at least. A lot of people show up, make their way to Violet City, and then get stuck there training for the first Gym Badge. If they don't have any friends who can pick them up, they can't do much other than stay there or go through Union Cave.

[ossifragant]

At the very least, someone or a group of people could put something together even if they can't be in the town in person.

Especially some warning about packing enough food to get to Cherrygrove.

[Guess who didn't do that.]

[glaciates]

Yeah, something like that would be really beneficial. It's been awhile since I showed up here, so I don't remember everything I was worried about at the time, but getting something together like that would be really useful.

[ossifragant]

I suppose things like the fact that the "mom" lady is harmless would be one of them, tips on how to camp and how to use the Gear would all be the most helpful.

[glaciates]

I didn't even think about that but yeah, a lot of people might not be familiar with camping. Basics on that would definitely be helpful.

[ossifragant]

I think most people settle down after a time, but putting that information out there would certainly be helpful!