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[Now that he's not training his Pokemon to exhaustion, Silver's in the market for some new hobbies. A guy's gotta have more to do than waiting for his team to wanna train, after all! So he's walking around town, looking at a list he made: reading, possibly taking art lessons from Jeb, learning to cook (only if absolutely desperate). Yeah, it's pretty small...maybe he should've asked around for some ideas.

Oh, well. Maybe he'll get some from walking around. He's in a fairly good mood today, so if anyone approached they might get actual conversation!]

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From:

mysicksadlife

And anyone can do that? [Because well... if she had to pick a new hobby... something with training animals didn't sound too bad. And if they were going to factor into whatever her brain was doing to her, she might get some ideas.]

From:

tsunsandsteals

Yeah, pretty much! Even if you're allergic to dogs or something there's plenty of Pokemon without fur or feathers.

Edited Date: 2013-01-31 07:37 pm (UTC)

From:

mysicksadlife

And do these pokemon live here near the village?

[Come to think of it, aside from the fact she can apparently understand them 'talking', she hasn't seen weirdness among Luceti's animal population.]

From:

tsunsandsteals

Well, no. The only Pokemon here are the ones belonging to the trainers. No wild ones to catch, battle or befriend.

Which is why I finally decided it's time for a second hobby. [most awkward segue ever, but he might as well admit why he's here]

From:

mysicksadlife

And here I was hoping you'd guide me to my second hobby. [Second? She has a first?]

What did you have in mind?

From:

tsunsandsteals

[He tries not to laugh at that.]

I dunno. Books or something? Regular sports or swordfights? Though sports sound like they'd be kinda boring.

From:

mysicksadlife

Experience suggests books are your better bet.

[Silver does not need to be a jock.]

Although the idea of you crushing pop cans against your skull might be worth selling tickets.

From:

tsunsandsteals

Hey, I'm not something to make money off of. [rude, Daria, really] Especially doing something as dumb as that.

What kind of books? If I were gonna go in on that.

From:

mysicksadlife

[She's not particularly sorry.

Let's see. Books about animals, since he likes pokémon...]

There's a book about a very important sporting event. It's by a guy called Ernest Hemingway.

[She means 'Death in the Afternoon', about bullfighting. She isn't sorry for that, either.]

Edited Date: 2013-02-03 12:05 pm (UTC)

From:

tsunsandsteals

[Yeah, Silver's obviously never heard of the guy, but...]

I guess I could at least try it. Know any books about adventures? Like, mountain climbing? [Or sons putting their stupid dads in their places?]

From:

mysicksadlife

[Silver actually might like the book; it's a fairly positive portrayal of the sport and the history and ritual behind it, much like the rituals and meaning that have grown up around battling. Though he may be disturbed at its inevitable end. Pokémon aren't usually killed. Or battling humans.]

Mountain climbing? Not really my thing. None are coming to mind.

From:

tsunsandsteals

Damn. Hiking, then? Camping? Anything suspenseful, really...or just books about fighting. [He's so one-track minded, aint he?] What other kinds of books did this Hemmingway guy write?

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mysicksadlife

He wrote "The Old Man and the Sea".

[This is a much more sincere recommendation:]

It's about an old fisherman trying to catch a great, huge, fish.

[Might not sound so great in those words, but well, what trainer isn't looking for the best, strongest, and rarest, too?]

From:

tsunsandsteals

Fisherman, huh. [At least he's going after something big, unlike the idiots who keep battling people with a team full of Magikarps.] Guess that doesn't sound too boring.

From:

mysicksadlife

It'll still be there when you're bored enough to try it.

From:

tsunsandsteals

Oh, it's one of those books?

From:

mysicksadlife

Not exactly. It's interesting, and well-written. He's a great author. But underappreciated.

From:

tsunsandsteals

[Silver nods.]

Any other authors you like? I mean, in case I decide to check out other stuff. [Reading sounds like it's going to be a very time-consuming hobby.]

From:

mysicksadlife

That list might take awhile.

If I limit it to authors you might like...

[Let's see, sports and adventure, with a side of animals loyal to their trainer and a dash of survival?]

Jack London.

From:

tsunsandsteals

London, huh. What's he written? [oh man he feels like such a big dork right now you don't even know]

From:

mysicksadlife

[Daria, on the other hand, for once feels right at home.]

He was pretty prolific. But his famous ones were Call of the Wild, and White Fang.

From:

tsunsandsteals

Those titles sound pretty cool. Nice and tough.

From:

mysicksadlife

They're pretty tough, alright. They're both survival stories up in the Yukon. They're about sled dogs, and a part-wild wolf that becomes one.

[They're pretty grim as a result, but Silver might not mind that.]