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[The feed comes up on Blake outside the Violet City gym. He's holding the Gear in one hand and tossing something small in the other. Behind him his Snubbull is sitting on his Mareep, both looking proud of themselves. For his part, Blake doesn't look so thrilled.]

Hell of a loaded word, "badge."

[He catches it on the toss and holds it up to the camera.]

Look at that. Does it looks like much use to you?

[He sighs and slips it in his pocket.]

Zap the crap out of a kid's birds and get a medal that lets you fly.

You know what the worst part is? It's not until right now I realized there's anything wrong with that. I'm getting used to it.

[He starts walking aimlessly down the street, Pokemon trotting after him.]

It's baseball season, not that you'd know it here. Can't remember the last time I missed Opening Day. But hell, now it's been more than a month. Just went right by. How's it even May if you're not arresting drunk idiots on Cinco de Mayo? It's not right.

[Blake looks troubled.]

It's too easy to get caught up in this animal fighting crap and forget about the real world.

[His expression shifts toward its more familiar flinty pugnacity.]

Almost everybody here's been here longer than me. Give me some proof you haven't forgotten. Tell me something about home. Anything, I don't know, something you miss.

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Actually making a difference. [Weird but true. It feels like this world is kinda static.]</small. I mean, for as boring as it got there was a lot accomplished in a short amount of time. Not something that easy to forget.

You know what? Me too. Sure, it's a mountain of shit and you're lucky to ever get anywhere, but there are days when you get something worthwhile done, and somebody has to do it.

Exactly. And it might all seem pointless, but eventually either you die or, it all pays off. Even if it doesn't, what needs done needs done. Here it's kinda...feels like you can't affect much here.

That's all true, but don't act like you know it first hand. What are you, thirteen? The closest you should be getting to a life or death struggle is throwing spitballs at bullies.

[It's almost laughable to even consider that for a few seconds. Dave snorts.] Sixteen. Remember what I said about every universe being different? Still applies.

Dealing with something that simple would be a vast improvement on home. [He knows what it feels like to blow up or get shot full of holes. Among other bullshit things like that.]

Yeah, I remember, and it's still bullshit.

Teenagers. Everything's always the end of the world.

Actually it was. Few people survived the meteors and the Earth gave it up.

That's a movie, kid. One of those with Bruce Willis and...was it Billy Bob Thornton? Yeah, Billy Bob Thornton.

Man, do not quote that piece of shit and compare it to what happened. Whatever, I figured you weren't going to believe what I said. You had a hard enough time believing in critters that spew different powers. [He is literally not bothered at all. He shrugs.]

Point still stands. This world is static and not a different seems to be made here. We literally don't seem to have much of an impact upon it.

Fuck you, that was a great movie.

You show me somebody who'd accept something like that right off the bat, I'll show you somebody soft in the head.

[as much as he hates you admit it] You have a point there. But hell, people back at home always complain about not making any difference too. Whatever you do, the world keeps on turning.

Yeah but you're remembered there. Even if in passing. Here? you up and disappear the people native to this world won't remember jack shit about you.

Getting back on the other part, circling back around to all universes are different. Years, dates, some chick was from the 1800s, etc. You're going to go kid you're nuts again, but stop and really think about it. Actually, what year are you even from.

Are you fucking with me? They just forget?

[That's a whole new level of horror. If there's one thing Blake's accustomed to, it's being remembered. The sons of bitches with vendettas with his name on them can vouch for that.]

I knew there was something wrong with these people, but that's some goddamn 1984 bullshit.

[He read that in high school. Well. He was supposed to read that in high school. He threw it at a nerd.]

[He pauses for a good 5 seconds.]

There, I thought about it. It's still nuts.

It's 2011. When else would it be?

2009 here. Technically 2012, give or take a few months.

[There's a pause as Dave debates showing he DOES read or not. Moment passes because he's so much like his bro in the levels of do not care.]

At least it isn't like fahrenheit 451. But yeah, they seem to just forget. I've been here four times before now, don't remember a thing from those times and neither does this place remember me.

It's either one year or the other, it can't be technically two at the same time.

[That's not too big a difference, though.] Hell, these days somebody claiming to only be a couple years' worth of time traveler is a goddamn relief. That's almost normal.

With all these fire-breathing animals, that's probably next.

[That is unnerving information.]

Four times.

Four fucking times?

Jesus christ, kid, you're getting yanked back and forth like a goddamn yoyo!

[Who says it can't be both? Poor guy would probably start the Gods of the Furthest Ring in the face and claim the horrors were just painted on the black expanse.]

Good thing my string hasn't snapped by now, or we'd have a really big mess on hand when I got yanked again.

There's a whole list of people this place keeps claiming and tossing back. It's like fishing only a lot more annoying. [Not that he's ever fished before.]

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