✓ Memoir 1 // video

[hawkethat]

[Behold the exhausted but freshly-scrubbed face of one Garrett Hawke, come to introduce himself to the network with a very important question (to him).]

Has anyone heard of a village named Rhododendron? No one at the Medical Center has heard of it, but they suggested I try asking on the network.

It's where I'm from, and I'd like to go back, but I'm not sure where it is from here. So any information at all would be great.

[He hesitates very briefly, then flashes a charming smile.]

Thanks.



[OOC: This guy's hometown is so far off the map no one will have heard of it, and it's also been completely destroyed, but he doesn't know that yet so he's still asking around. Feel free to yank his chain or crush his dreams or just be brutally honest, it's all good! o/]

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[hawkethat]

Y...es? And Pokemon, of course.

[Your confusion is confusing, Miss.]

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[makeitquick]

[ Wow... How little of the word did this actually know? She sighs out of her nose and pinches it lightly ]

Wow. ... No, never heard of it, but wow.

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[hawkethat]

"Wow"?

[Please elaborate, Miss Stranger!]

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[makeitquick]

A few months ago I didn't know any humans outside of Union were around. Now I've hard've a city and two towns. It's surprising.

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[hawkethat]

Oh. Fair enough, I guess. I had no idea this place was here, either.

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[makeitquick]

D'ya know about any other places?

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[hawkethat]

Not for sure. There was always the idea that there were probably other villages out there, but no real reason or interest in going out to look for them.

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[makeitquick]

You guys have walls? How did you do for defense?

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[hawkethat]

No walls. There's nothing to defend against.

Well, except bad weather, but walls aren't really going to help much against a few feet of snow or heavy wind and rain.

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[makeitquick]

So... [ Wait ] -- So I'm being rude to ask all kinds of questions like that.

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[hawkethat]

[...wait, what?]

You were? I don't mind.

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[makeitquick]

Well I'm quizzin' you about your home without even giving my name.

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[hawkethat]

Well, that is a point, I guess.

So are you going to give it?

[This is his usual brand of gentle teasing; he's obviously not offended or upset.]

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[makeitquick]

Melaka. Sorry 'bout that.

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[hawkethat]

I'm Garrett. Don't worry about it.

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[makeitquick]

... Either way, never heard of it. Dunno how much I can help for getting you back there. 'Less you got some big landmarks around there.

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[hawkethat]

Nothing that significant. It's a small village surrounded by farms and woods.

[If he sounds disappointed because that's all that he can offer, well. It's because he is.]

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[makeitquick]

'N apparently not a lotta strong pokémon.

[ No walls... maybe they had strong defenders. That could be too ]

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[hawkethat]

Not a lot of hostile ones, anyway. We've always had a good relationship with the majority of the pokémon living in and around the village.

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[makeitquick]

Wow, that's some luck.

[ And Team Evolution said their forest was sleepy by comparison. Could where this guy be from be even softer...? Or is Gigas simply that harsh? ]

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[hawkethat]

Luck? Is it different here, then?

[Those sure were some tall walls he had to pass through on his way to the Medical Center, after all...]

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[makeitquick]

'Cording to some other people who showed up, we've got it good. But if you're not a trainer, it can still be plenty dangerous in the forest and the Old City.

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[hawkethat]

[The forest, he knows. But what's...]

The Old City? Where's that?

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[makeitquick]

Under the current city. Union's built on top of one of those ancient ones from before the big war and Savior.

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[hawkethat]

Seriously? What's stopping it from falling right in on top of the old one?

[That seems like a really weird way to build a city...]