Back from canon update & hiatus [video]

[smokinghunter]

Geez, I've got such a headache. Anyone know how long it's been? Or where the hell the chibi brat in a straw hat is now?

[Smoker's outside of the pokecenter to get a smoke, and all his pokemon are practically clinging on him. It has been since about Christmas after all. Even his gyarados is practically on top of him, though he seems pretty nonplussed about it.]

What month is it anyway? Hey. Anyone who's returned home, what's the longest anyone's gone and come back?

Tsk... I need a drink

[It should also be noted he has sunglasses, a cool new scar over his eye, and his hair isn't spiky anymore! How sad. And <user name="justicereigns" is still my icon and comment account! Sorry for the delay, all.]

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[justicereigns]

Something about the berries... [Confused stare, why is the chibi so happy with his tongue all fucked up from berries? Oh Luffy...]

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[justicereigns]

[And he snaps his fingers in their gloves.]

At the berries?

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[uuing]

Really, so Maria's liver has to grow big and healthy first? [ she's starting to get ideas here.. ]

How does Maria make her liver grow, uu-?!

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[justicereigns]

Unfortunately, that just takes time.

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[little_anchor]

[He shakes his head but ends up laughing. Sounds kind of like gargling air.]

Nah! Haaat!

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[justicereigns]

[Shakes his head, though he's all packed up now and jogging lightly into the forest before putting hunter skills to test to look for him.]

What about your hat?

Oi chibi, do you have enough water there? I'm not sure I'd trust the water in the forest. [But he brought... a bunch of water bottles. And his gyarados.]

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[uuing]

How much longer would Maria have to wait..? Maybe Maria might be too old already by the time she's old enough..

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[justicereigns]

You can't be too old. The biggest alcoholic in my world was 72 and still drinking strong.

Of course he's also twenty feet tall his liver's ridiculously big.

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[uuing]

Seventy-two?! But that's so old, uu-..! Maybe it's even older than Maria's grandfather, although Maria heard Rudolf oji-san talk about how Grandfather is still drinking too!

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[justicereigns]

Right. If you tried drinking now you'd probably hate it. It's an acquired taste.

[complexrestart]

... Sent back home.

[justicereigns]

I'm sorry Rika. That's never easy. Maybe some will come back like I did?

[complexrestart]

Maybe. It's been a while but... You never know, right?

[justicereigns]

Yeah. You never know. You still have other friends here, right?

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[uuing]

Then Maria will learn to like it over time for sure, uu-! Then Maria will be a real adult, just like Mama and all the others!

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[justicereigns]

Drinking alcohol doesn't make you a real adult.

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[uuing]

Uu-, it doesn't..? Then what would make Maria a real adult?

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[justicereigns]

Depends on what your idea of being an adult is. Why do you want to be an adult?

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[uuing]

Because everyone has to become an adult one day, right? Uu-, Mama told Maria to act less like a little kid and more like an adult, so Maria wanted to try and make Mama happy..

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[justicereigns]

[Quiet grin.]

Are you protecting your pokemon and taking good care of them?

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[uuing]

Of course..! Uu-, Maria's Pokémon are her friends, of course Maria would take good care of them!

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[justicereigns]

Then that's a very adult thing of you.

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[uuing]

[ ... curious headtilt.. ]

Looking after your Pokémon.. that's an adult thing to do, uu-?

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[justicereigns]

Right. Being an adult is being responsible. Taking care of your pokemon is a very responsible thing to do. So is being able to help take care of yourself in some way or another.

Some "adults" never succeed in that, but then people don't consider them adults until they do.

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[uuing]

... Uu-, Maria thinks she gets it a little.. As long as Maria takes care of her Pokémon friends re-ally well, Mama will be proud of Maria for sure if she'd come here and see, right?