100.1 - (Voltorb is 100 in the National Pokedex)

[hard_talker]

[sadly, there's no music at the start of tonight's broadcast - just faint city sounds through Mark's open window before he pipes up into the journal]

Okay, y'know what the worst thing about Castelia City is, fellow residents? They've never heard of Leonard Cohen. I've been to four music stores so far, and - okay, sure, I found myself a job working in one of them, so I can pay for stuff while we're stuck here. But I bought a few CDs, and so far, they all suck ass. If you're looking for something to do, I wouldn't suggest hitting up the live music circuit.

Then again, I guess we're all kind of still recovering from being flooded out, rescued by a dragon-thing, and dumped here in this city all at once, so. I'll go easy on the rants. But, hey, if there're any of you actually looking for something to do, or read, we had a nice little poem about the lobsters, if anyone missed the greatest thing since the Tale of Gilgamesh, and Maya was cool enough to give our new kids Ten Tips From A Veteran, complete with a shout-out to yours truly! This'll be particularly useful to our new arrivals: Yuuya, Rick, Quinn, Nina, Noah, Glenn, Ein, and Desmond.  Somebody else showed up, too, some really angry guy, but I didn't get a name.

Murmur mur, mur-mur.

What?!

Murrrrrrrrrr.

[Mark peers down at his newly-acquired Pokemon and realizes it's chewing on a CD case]  Oh.  Um.  Shit.

Anyone know what these things eat--?   Maybe we should make this sort of a  ... impromptu info-sharing broadcast.  Break from the norm a little.   Tell you what.  You all start sharing info, and I'll stop playing this.

[and in goes one of his horrible new CDs.  better make it quick for the sake of your eardrums, folks!]

Comments

[wilder]

Heh. What can I say? The guy was a complacent dude.

[ZERO QUALMS insulting Kratos ever man]

[hard_talker]

That's no fuckin' way to live your life. He'd be so screwed if he ever ended up here.

[wilder]

Really? I thought it was harder to stay non-complacent here.

[hard_talker]

Have you seen how many people just let this place rrrroooooollllllll right over them? Seriously?!

[wilder]

You mean like the older residents? Or just the...ones who give up when they hear how tough it is?

[hard_talker]

Both, really. I mean, some people just lay down and take it right off the bat.

[wilder]

That's...just how most people are. Fighting all the time means a lot of trouble, and people get tired of that. They rather keep whatever head they have left and get used to whatever lets them do that.

It usually takes a real hotheaded person to not be that way.