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Where: Ilex Forest
When: 8/20 through 8/26
Summary: WOO HOO CAMPING-TRIP-DINO-HUNT-VACATION-DATE-EXTRAVAGANZA!
Rating: uhh...PG for possible language?
Log:
[To say that John was "looking forward" to his second date with Rose would be a gross understatement. He had barely been able to sleep the night before they left and ended up knocking on Rose's door at five in the morning because he'd finally given up on the notion of sleep entirely. Plus, weren't you supposed to leave early for camping trips?]

[Unsurprisingly, Rose hadn't expected him that early. She'd given him a very bleary look, stepped back into her room to give her clock a bleary look and then asked "...are we leaving 'lready?"]

[Even less surprisingly...she'd fallen right back asleep the minute they had both clambered inside Elliot and gone on their way. But that was okay. Because she had fallen asleep on John's shoulder and he had absolutely no qualms with that at all.]

[And then a few hours later, his excitement wore off and he too fell asleep. Wow, their trip was off to a great start already!]

[Elliot wasn't the fastest pokemon but fortunately, being a ghost, he didn't really need a lot of sleep. So their four day trip ended up taking only two. Once inside the forest, Elliot went back inside his ball for some much needed rest while the two kids shouldered their packs and began walking through the forest, hand-in-hand.]

[Surely this was going to be the best camping-trip-dino-hunt-vacation-date-extravaganza ever! ~~Also possibly the first ever, because seriously, who besides John would come up with something as crazy as this?~~]

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[[She shakes her head.

Wait for it.

...wait for it...]]

...an empty house.

[Okay, Rose, if you were expecting him to jump at that, you'll be sorely disappointed. Instead he's just staring at you blankly. How is that 'gruesome'?]

[Sorry. That revelation was just not as creepy as the buildup to it. John's a little disappointed.]

[[Oh she knows. This is all part of the buildup! Part of the suspense! She continues without commenting on his look.]]

As expected, again, nothing worked, and so our hero headed for the door to the south. However, instead of it leading outside, he merely walked through it.

This lead him into a black area, where the outline of his sprite turned white. He continued walking further and further and further south, until eventually he came upon a white area. As with the black area, his sprite outline changed color appropriately, becoming black now.

He moved south further still, not daring go anywhere save for on a linear path. He would stop eventually, right?

Well, eventually did come, though it was not accompanied by a stop. No, what eventually brought with it was Gold's regular sprite.

It stood there, and he stood there, before finally moving to approach it. He pressed A, figuring it would not interact.

It did.

It spoke.

"Goodbye, forever, ..."

[Is it normal for ghost stories to get less creepy the longer they go on? Or perhaps John's nerves stretched too thin and finally snapped, leaving him unable to feel anxious about this. In any case, he's still just sitting there staring vacantly.]

[[Perhaps. This part likely isn't nearly as suspenseful as the rest. We are, after all, nearing the 'moral of the story' part.

Or something like that.]]

And then, he vanished. Before the player could do anything, however, another set of words appeared on the screen.

"??? used Nightmare". Again, the sprite began spinning, sinking slowly downward, and the player once again found himself within that small confined room from before.

Only this time, there was no sprite. No matter how much he tried to move, nothing moved. So he decided to check his trainer.

That sprite, too, had vanished. It read that he had no badges, and the pictures of all the Johto gym leaders? They'd all been replaced by skulls.

Checking his party next, he was left with six new Unknown. Their messages for him this time was "I'm dead".

Upon exiting to the overworld, his small room was filled with the same brick blocks as the walls were. He came to realize exactly what this room was when the final word played across the screen.

"R.I.P..."

He was in a grave.

[[Her tone was becoming more matter-of-fact than creepy story teller.]]

[...okay. He's starting to feel really stupid for ever being the tiniest bit anxious over this story.]

...is that it?

For the most part.

[[And she will just give you a pleasant smile.]]

As it turns out, Gold had been dead throughout the entire ordeal. Presumably having died a few years after defeating Red.

[Shh, only staring now.]

[Yup. Still more staring. And feeling even more ashamed of himself by the minute.]

[Finally: speech!]

...They ripped that ending off of The Sixth Sense. And yet, just like The Sixth Sense, I never saw it coming.

And I wouldn't know. I have never watched The Sixth Sense.

[[Chuckling, she pulls her knees to her chest so she can rest her cheek against them.]]

See, and if I hadn't just ruined the ending I could have told it to you in story form. Or better yet, if they actually had Earth movies here we could have watched it when we got back to Goldenrod. What a shame.

[He resumes brushing Casey once more.]

Though I will admit, you did have me going there for a while. But about halfway through it just lost its creepy edge. Even with your amazing story telling techniques.

Of course it did. You don't really think I would tell you the kind of story that would give you nightmares now you do you?

[[Laying down, she hums a little.]]

What kind of girlfriend would I be if I did that? And I would still enjoy watching it with you, I'm sure.

[Aww, Rose, that's so sweet.]

You would still be the most amazing girlfriend ever, don't worry. But I assure you, even if you did tell a story that had me completely terrified, I wouldn't have nightmares.

Oh really? [[Rolling onto her side to face him, she flashes him a grin.]]

Yes really. I rarely remember my dreams so I'd be pretty safe I think. [Kind of a carry-over from having such a dead-set on sleeping dreamself.]

Hm. Perhaps tomorrow I will share one of my more...disturbing stories then. [[And a yawn.]]

If you want to! [Bring it, Rose, bring it.] SO are you going to sleep now, then?

We'll see, and I just might. Finding that I am a bit tired now that I'm laying down, warm and cozy.

Sounds like a plan to me. I am beginning to feel a little drowsy myself. Once I finish with Miss Casey here I will probably fall asleep pretty quick.

[He's hurrying a little more with the brushing than he normally would...but normally we would be done by now! So he has to make up for all that lost time, as Casey seems to be getting pretty tired herself.]

Mmm, do you do this every night? And tomorrow, shall we continue our hunt, or did you want to explore the forest a little?

Yup, every night since...okay well not the first not because I didn't have a brush then. Every night since the first night after I finally got over that cold back in Violet. And we'll probably do a little of both don't you think? Since we have to do a little exploring to try and find where the little monsters might be hiding.

Casey seems to love being brushed. And true enough.

Oh, she does. Trust me. You saw what she does if it seems like I might forget to do it.

...you two are adorable.

[[Speaking of Pokemon, guess who is slipping out of Rose's bag finally? Guile had been sleeping in there most of the day. Even through being picked up and carried around - she's used to that. But now she's making an appearance, giving John and Casey a sleepy look before moving to...well. Sit on Rose's head pretty much.]]

Oh well goodmorning you.

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