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]

Hey Rika. Good to see you again.

[complexrestart]

It's good to see you as well.

You were home for a long time. It's almost March now.

[justicereigns]

That long?

Hn. I guess I should expect it, it was two years in my world.

How is everyone? Are your pokemon doing well?

[complexrestart]

Mii... That's a long time.

I have been all right, and so have my pokémon. [a pause] A lot of people have left, though.

[justicereigns]

So it is.

Really? Sent back home or just temporarily?

[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?

[complexrestart]

I do.

You're still here.

[justicereigns]

[Tsun tsun blushing....]

Yeah, I'll try not to go away next time, okay?

[complexrestart]

[hee, she made Smoker blush. Mission accomplished!]

Alright. If you do, I'll have to ground you.

1/3

[justicereigns]

2/4 -- I can't count

[justicereigns]

You can't actually do that, can you?

3/4

[justicereigns]

[Thinks about it... yeah she could =\ Also he will play along with the rest that she couldn't, because it's Rika and he adores her.]

[justicereigns]

[So he quickly snaps to a gruff salute.]

I'll stay put Ma'am.

[complexrestart]

[She smile approvingly and gives him a nod.]

Good. I don't like having to ground people.

[justicereigns]

[Awww, he just melts and grins.]

I wouldn't want it to come to that either. I've got a clean record after all.

[complexrestart]

You wouldn't want that to get dirty, then! It would be a shame.

[justicereigns]

It would indeed. If Hina ever came back she'd never stop lecturing me. Not that I'm sure she'd stop even if my record was clean, ha.

[complexrestart]

[She giggles.]

Is Hina a good friend of yours?

[justicereigns]

Something like that. She used to bail me out of trouble in the academy a lot so she's always telling me not to talk back to the brass.

[Yeah that "squeaky-clean record" might have been a bit of a stretch.]

[complexrestart]

I wonder what you did to get in trouble.

[justicereigns]

[Glances away.]

Nothing major. They're just picky.

[complexrestart]

Really?