starpunching

( UNRECORDED INTROSPECTION~! )

[voice]

_{[The audiofeed crackles on and Mac gives a goodhearted chuckle before he begins.]}

Yo, Johto!
Happy New Year!
Just wonderin', anybody got any resolutions? If that's a thing people do here, anyway. For the past year, man, I goofed off real bad and my trainer back home woulda really let me hear it. So this year, I'm gonna concentrate on my trainin' more. And my Pokemons' trainin' too! Startin' today! I'm gonna start takin' this badge thing real serious.

What about you guys? Any resolutions?

[Action]
_{[To start his and his Pokemons' training again, Mac can be found in the areas around Goldenrod jogging, battling wild Pokemon or even sparring with his Hitmonchan. Feel free to run into him!]}

I...I think I'm gonna challenge the gymleader again soon. We didn't do so good last time, but we got a lot of real good trainin' and I worked real hard to learn a lot o' stuff. My Pokemon n' I are just tryin' to get in a little more trainin' before we challenge him, though.

...I'm actually a little nervous, y'know? Heh heh, it kinda feels like a match back home. A kinda mix o' nervous n' excited all at the same time!

Oh, uh...before I forget! It shoulda taken a real long time to get to Violet from Goldenrod, right? 'Cause I was in Goldenrod like, last week or somethin' n' when I woke up the other day, I was a day or so outside of Violet. Does stuff like that just happen here or what? And I thought that uh, a...a buddy o' mine was still here, but...

But when I woke up, I tried callin' him and I still couldn't get hold of him...

Musta been some kinda crazy dream or somethin', right?

_{[His shoulders slump a little.]}



...We're gonna do our best to beat the gymleader. We've got a disadvantage as far as types go, but I think we can do it this time! _{[Mac grins a determined little grin and the feed shuts off.]}

_{[Hello, Johto. You know how it's raining like nutso crazy out? Guess ducked out of the rain by going into Sprout Tower? Chuck the Hoppip has taken to playing with the gear, while Mac and Rocky stare outside, a little bored.]}

Geez. We just got here like, yesterday and we can't even do nothin'. I guess it was nice to find out from that lady at the Pokemon center that you ain't a girl after all. ...Sorry.

Hitmonchan. Chan chan!

We're gonna have to go out into that rain, eventually. No big deal! I mean, it couldn't hurt that much to jog out in the rain a little, could it?

_{[At that moment, there's a loud thunderclap and a flash of lightning, just before the rain starts to come down even harder, if that's even possible.]}

...Or we could, y'know, just wait around n' see if it lets up a little, right?

Chan.

Hey! I bet if we're careful, we could even train a little in here, as long as we don't break nothin'! How 'bout some shadowboxin'?

<sub>[Mac and Rocky begin to do a little shadowboxing, weaving back and forth and throwing punches here and there. There's a quiet Pip pip! against the sound of the rain before the feed cuts out.]

((OOC: Replies will be a little late! Sorry!))</sub>