Fourth Flake [video/action for Goldenrod]

[defyingfrigidity]

[For once, when the 'gear flickers on, it doesn't show a hopelessly confused or concerned Elsa. This is good!! Very good.

Instead, there's a great look of excitement on the former queen's face. On her shoulder, a Kirlia clings to her shirt, eyes wide in the slats between its little helmet, mirroring its trainer's expression perfectly. Behind them, the massive buildings and skyscrapers of Goldenrod City can be seen, windows glinting in the afternoon sun.]

This is amazing! Don't you think so, Frigga?

[For someone who normally tries to stay as reserved as she possibly can while communicating over these devices, the sound of such unbridled wonder in her voice may be a bit of a change to hear.]

I didn't know buildings could get this tall... I've read about great castles and palaces in books and such, but I've never heard of anything as tall as this. [She smiles, turning to Frigga.] It sure is something, isn't it?

[Frigga smiles and nods, making a happy noise. Elsa then turns back to the gear.]

Are a lot of cities in this land this... big? Violet and Azalea were both decent enough, but they're nowhere near as extravagant as this city!

[There's a pause, then Elsa looks somewhat sheepish as she realizes just how excited she was just acting. O-Oh dear, and so many people saw...]

I'm sorry if I sound rather.... eager. But things like this... buildings and architecture and such... I've always had a fascination with them. And structures like this never got this big in Arendelle...

Are there more cities like this? Ones with interesting or unique architecture? [Boy, she sure does seem pretty darn eager...] Even if they're not anything like this... I'd like to know what cities to look forward to visiting!

[Oh Elsa, your inner nerd is shining through so beautifully...]

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[defyingfrigidity]

Oh yes, that will be our next stop, I think. Anna's on a mission to collect all the badges you obtain from the gyms in this land, so we'll be heading there eventually. I'm just not sure when.

[defyingfrigidity]

Oh yes, that's very good. But I love it best when it's used as filling for krumkake. That I just can't get enough of.

[defyingfrigidity]

[She is still helplessly confused, but at the same time, that's... weirdly comforting?]

... A-Alright. Thank you, I suppose...

[defyingfrigidity]

... Oh...

[She's not exactly sure what all that means, but still. He has nothing to go back to. That... Elsa can't even imagine how horrible that must be...]

I'm so sorry... I didn't.... didn't mean to pry into something like that...

[loveisanopendoor]

Oh, please! Next thing you know, I'm gonna be in shining armor gallivanting on a white horse...but I mean, really, you're my sister. I'd be a little remiss if I didn't go after you when you were in trouble, no matter how reckless it was!

[Just like her hero Joan..]

...Of course, we have to find the place first, though, don't we?

[defyingfrigidity]

... Well. Your horse is white, isn't he? All you're missing is the armor.

[Hm...]

Do you think it would be a good idea to split up?

[loveisanopendoor]

That's true! I even have a cape now and everything!

[She turns around, showing off the snazzy cape that she managed to snag from Lance's closet...]

That doesn't sound like too bad of an idea, though. We could definitely cover a lot of ground that way, and we could always call each other if we get lost...

I have an idea. We'll split up and look around, and I'll call you if I find it. And if neither of us manage to come across it after an hour, we'll hook back up again and bother someone to tell us. Sound good?

[defyingfrigidity]

... You better hope the person who owned that house doesn't find out you took that. They might not be happy with you.

[Oh Anna....]

Okay, that sounds good to me. Where do you want to meet up again if we don't find it?

[loveisanopendoor]

Oh, it's not like he'll miss one. There were so many in that closet I couldn't keep track of them! What could possibly happen?

[Try as Elsa might, there's no stopping Anna when she's set on something.]

Hm...oh, I know!

[She points to the Radio Tower; naturally, the biggest building would make for the best landmark, after all.]

That huge black building over there looks like a pretty good place to meet up in front of!

[defyingfrigidity]

Oh, I don't know.... a collection like that means he must really love those kinds of clothes. Meaning he might be really mad if he finds one missing, even if they are completely identical. And then you might get in trouble.

[And she really doesn't want that...!]

... Hm. It certainly seems like a building that's impossible to miss. Good idea, Anna.

[me_first]

[... He blinks in confusion.]

There's no need to apologize. It's not... as if you did anything ot contribute to it, not at all. And it's in the past, so it can't be changed... can't be changed at all.

[red_roses]

What's a krumkake? Is it a special kind of sweet?

[artificialrose]

Oh really? I hope you'll manage to stay here long enough to be invited to the next event at Tojo Falls, then. Their library is amazing, and has quite the selection on legends and archaeology!

[a_sin_for_him]

No, there doesn't seem to be. Groups, pairs, single individuals...there's no rhyme or reason to it.

Yes, I could tell. Is there much of an age difference between you?

[loveisanopendoor]

Well, what are the chances of me bumping into him? Besides, I mean, borrowing his cape was necessary to save the world! Did you see how close we were to beating that jerk? We totally would've won if it weren't for that legendary whale Pokemon! And this cape made us look that much more awesome while we beat him!

[Anna.......]

I honestly just picked the biggest one.

[stitchedupbodyguard]

Well, it's in the country I come from! So, that's why I mentioned it!

[She spends most of her life there, you see.]

It's nice. But, I think it looks really nice at night.

[defyingfrigidity]

With all the lights, I'm guessing?

That sounds nice, but... wouldn't so much light from such a large city dim the sight of the stars?

[That's one of the reasons she doesn't really like it here.... the stars are a bit harder to see in the cities compared to out on the roads.]

[defyingfrigidity]

That's horrible.... everyone deserves to have a familiar face in a strange land like this, I think...

Oh no, not much at all. There are only three years between us; she's eighteen, and I'm twenty-one.

[Though wait. If it's November here, then would that make Anna nineteen....?]

[defyingfrigidity]

[Oh right not everyone knows what that is....]

It's... sort of like an ice cream cone. A sort of waffle cookie made on an iron and shaped into a cone, filled with either fruit or different kinds of creams.

[defyingfrigidity]

[.... Anna.]

I'm pretty sure our skill and the strength of our pokemon are what did it. Not.... how we were dressed.

[defyingfrigidity]

Still... I feel bad.

[Sorry Royce she just guilt-trips herself a lot, it'll pass.]

... Right. ["The past is in the past", yeah?] If there's no going back, then... at least you have here. This seems like a decent place where one could try to start over.

[defyingfrigidity]

Tojo.... isn't that the place where that large battle happened a few weeks ago? I would be interested in seeing what it's like without stressing over a war between two completely absurd factions of villains...

[majorcrotchgrab]

I can't even begin to imagine how jarring it was at first for you two. Anna said it was in the 1800s in your world if I remember correctly.

And I know how that is. It's nice to just be able to live your life... semi-normal.

[a_sin_for_him]

Everyone? What about terrible people?

[There are some that Lust would be perfectly happen to abandon alone in a strange world.]

But I understand what you mean. I was lucky enough that my...brother was already here. We're not biologically related.

[But in a literal sense, they had been raised by the same woman.]

He's much older. I'm your age.

[defyingfrigidity]

Correct. It was.... startling, to say the least.

[She's just... not going to mention how long it took to get her pokegear working that first time....]

It's.... thrilling, in a way. I still miss home, and would do anything to go back, but... I'm also immensely enjoying myself. So it's really not all that bad, ehre.