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usedtherapy
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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You'll see!

[And with that, he unzips the tent and pulls her outside. Like the good girls they are, Casey and Guile are outside...doing Casey and Guile things. Whatever those are. Undoubtedly something silly and adorable. For once though, John seems to be paying them no attention, instead scanning the area with a concentrated look. He knows he saw one...now where did it go?]

[[Giving both the Pokemon a few pets, she takes John's hand and glances around as well, leaning against him a little.]]

What are we looking for?

You'll see, hold on. Ah! There!

[What did he see? That's a good question as there doesn't seem to be anything in the direction that he's determinedly leading them.]

[At least, not for a few seconds.]

[What was that little yellow flash of light there? Oh wait, there's another one! And another! And about ten feet later, there's a small clearing with a whole bunch of little dancing yellow lights.]

[So how do you feel about fireflies, Rose?]

[[At first, she doesn't see them, but when one and then two and then five start coming into view....well, she's a little enchanted. She's seen fireflies before, sure. She lives out in the woods after all.

But there's something about seeing them with a friend - your boyfriend, no less - that just...makes them that much more magical.]]

...I didn't think Johto had these....

Well then...surprise! I don't think there are a lot here. I saw a few some nights on our way back from Violet but...I think this is the most I have seen at once.

[Let's see if he can get one to land on his finger...nope, apparently not.]

Man, it's too bad we don't have a jar.

I always assumed they would be Pokemon.

[[She thinks a moment, then squeezes his hand and turns back for the tent.]]

I'll be right back!

[[She's going to jog off before you can say anything, sorry. Once she reaches the tent, she'll be slipping off her shoes, crawling inside, and opening her knitting bag.

Because guess what she has in there.

A jar of needles.]]

[Rose why do you have a whole jar of needles...........]

Well there are fish that aren't pokémon and there's meat in the restaurants that I'm assuming isn't from a wait what? [ROSE WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! ;A;] O...kay. [Too bad he's speaking to nobody at the point since Rose is likely already back at the tent. Alright then. He'll just...cup his hands and try and catch a few fireflies then.]

[[Different sizes, of course. But she carefully dumps them out and tucks them away before grabbing the lid and joining him once more.

Barefoot this time. She was just too excited.]]

Is this what you were looking for?

[fdlkjalsf ROSE YOU ARE GOING TO STEP ON A ROCK AND DIE. GO PUT YOUR SHOES ON YOU CRAZY GIRL.]

Hmm? [Sorry, he didn't notice you come back, Rose. He was too busy trying to keep his three fireflies captive in his hands. Is what what he was oh look a jar! 8D]

Yes! Here take the lid off for a sec.

[[It's just a rock she will be fine.

But she obliges, holding the jar out to him.]]

[No she will cut open her foot and bleed to death and John will be sad.]

[And in go the three captive fireflies! John trusts that you know the proper firefly catching protocol, Rose? Lid goes back on...fuck they need to poke holes in it, don't they? OOPS.]

[[She will be fine. She will be fine John.

But yes, she knows how to catch fireflies. And they can put holes in it later.]]

[No she will diiiiiieeeeee.]

[Oh good, because he's going to go catch a few more for the jar now. Though not without first gesturing for Rose to 'come here.' Want to help him catch some? He wants a whole jar of fireflies and he can't possibly catch that many on his own! Or...he doesn't want to at least. Where's the fun in that?]

[[You bet she does. Setting the jar down carefully near by, she happily starts catching some fireflies with him. Or trying.

She's not very good at it.]]

[It's okay, Rose. John will give you some of his fireflies! Here look, see? Just hold out your hands for a second.]

[[How sweet. She quite happily holds them out, ready and waiting to catch the little buggers from him!]]

[When is he ever anything but sweet? And Rose, you now have two little lightning bugs crawling around on your palms. Look how cute they are!]

[[This is a good question! Never is the correct answer.

And she is indeed looking. Just...staring at them, tilting her head and her hands as they crawl around.]]

...they're so cute. And so little.

[[Bringing her hands close to her face, she squeaks as they start to flutter off, trying to catch them before they do. Silly fireflies, they need you! Into the jar they go once she has them again, and just...she is all smiles tonight John.

Look at all these smiles you're getting.]]

[He's very glad that she is all smiles. Because she looks her best when she's smiling, in his opinion. If he had his way, she would always be smiling.]

[In fact...guess what he just made his new goal?]

[And while he's lost in thought trying to come up with ways to accomplish that goal, a firefly decides that he is a little firefly helicopter and that the tip of John's nose is the perfect landing pad.]

Oh? [And going cross-eyed now to try and look at the little visitor.] Haha! Hey, look Rose! I got another one! [And he didn't even have to try. That's skill right there.]

[[John? You have successfully earned more smiles. And another round of giggles. Very gently, she reaches out to cup that firefly in her hands and put it in the jar with the rest of them.]]

Well done, John. You are so good at this. You must have done this before.

Heheh, not for a while. But dad and I always...used to do it when I was a kid. [No, his enthusiasm did not die out midsentence right there. That sentence did not start trailing into nothingness after the word 'always'. And no, he isn't missing Dad right now. If you thought any of these were was the case, Rose, you'd be wrong.]

[[...she doesn't say anything for a few moments to that, instead working on collecting a few more fireflies. Or trying to, at least. Once she feels they have a sufficient supply, she picks the jar up and holds it out to him.]]

...you miss your father. Don't you?

[He takes the jar gladly, staring at it. Apparently he's not crazy about eye contact right now.]

Mmm..yeah, a little bit. [Actually it's more like "quite a bit" but like he's going to admit that.]

...I miss my mother.

[[She'd like eye contact, but it's okay. She understands why he'd want to avoid it.]]

Do you want to go sit down? That is quite the collection of fireflies we have there. I bet even Dave would be impressed and you know he's hard to impress.

Mm, yeah if you want to, we can sit down. But first... [He pulls a pokéball off his belt and tosses it, releasing a Persian. Kneeling down, John holds the jar out to the cat.] Hey deLeon, think you could poke some holes in the lid of this? Just little ones, alright? With the tips of your claws...that way the fireflies can't crawl out.

[deLeon obliges with a content purr, poking several tiny airholes in the lid with one paw. This earns him a few head pats and scratches behind the ears before John stands up.] Thanks, boy. [Another long purr as the Persian rubs against John's legs.] Did you...want to go back to the tent and sit down or...out here?

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