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[homeofthebraviary]

[The video opens on America's legs. He's rolled up his pant legs and is sitting at the edge of the lake on Route 30, dangling his feet in the water. A sleeping hoppip rests on his knees.]

I'm kind of worried about Pinky you guys. [He turns the 'gear around to focus on his face, with Liberty on his shoulder as usual.] She's level 5 already and she still can't do any attacks. D'you think it's cause it's so hot maybe? Like, is she wilting or something? I keep givin' her berries and makin' sure she has enough water an' all. She seems happy and everything, I mean... but she just sorta flops around. Like a magikarp.

...Maybe she'll evolve into something really cool? But man, she's so cute. [He turns the camera to show the hoppip again, reaching down to skritch the base of her leaves.] I kinda don't want her ending up some freaky monster thing.

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[homeofthebraviary]

[... That doesn't sound like fun at all.]

But... you said America's still around... right?

[easy_as_cake]

[Oh, she... she shouldn't have brought this up. Oh dear.]

Well, the... the continent's still there, and some of the cities. And people still live there, at least mostly...

[homeofthebraviary]

Oh... oh...

[easy_as_cake]

Well... [This was so much easier when she still had her powers...]

Things've been bad for everybody since the Fall. But before, Earth was one of the most powerful planets in the entire galaxy, and maybe even the Commonwealth. And humans have spread all over the known worlds, so... it's kind of like America really got bigger, right?

[homeofthebraviary]

So like... what kinda time frame are we talking about here anyhow?

[easy_as_cake]

Um. [She bites her lip, doing the conversion in her head.] In Earth years, it's something like 5,000 AD, I think.

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[homeofthebraviary]

--Oh! That's a long time from now. [Even for him!]

[homeofthebraviary]

[Suddenly he brightens up again] Haha, man, even England isn't that old.

[easy_as_cake]

[Better! So does Trance, then.]

Mmhm. And like I said, Earth was really important up until only about three hundred years ago after the Fall.

Is England here, too?

[homeofthebraviary]

Nah, he's not here. Haha, I don't even how he'd handle the pokemon thing. He still has trouble with computers sometimes. France is here though.

[easy_as_cake]

Like the guy who invented French Fries?

[homeofthebraviary]

He gets so mad when you say that!

[easy_as_cake]

He does? [She blinks, startled.] But why? They're really tasty!

[homeofthebraviary]

[America adopts a very exaggerated French accent.] Amerique mon cher, I 'ave ze very best of cuisine and still you can only speak of ze 'French fries.' Mon dieu! I weep.


Plus they were really invented in Belgium anyhow. Ain't that funny?

[easy_as_cake]

[She giggles, obviously appreciating the impression.]

Does he really sound like that?

[homeofthebraviary]

Yeah, only even Frencher.

[easy_as_cake]

I'll have to meet him sometime, then. He sounds funny.

[homeofthebraviary]

I'll hafta introduce you sometime. I bet he'd like you too.