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whateveryoueatliveitspart[The feed comes on to show a forest, mostly clear of snow save for some stubborn drifts that have taken shelter beneath the evergreens. Exactly where this is isn't clear, though the music is that of the Lake of Rage, so that at least gives a general area. Apollo's voice comes from off-camera.]
It's almost spring now. I think that spring is my favorite season. You don't need to shelter from the cold and snow all the time and you can watch all the plants start to bud and the seeds sprout after being buried under the snow. Everything's beginning fresh. The best part about this spring though is that it's warm enough again that I don't have to wear shoes anymore. My feet have been sore wearing boots all the time, even worse than just putting on shoes to go into a store or work at the Pokémon Center. Covering your feet makes sense if you're going out in the snow, but I still don't understand why people keep wanting me to wear shoes to come inside where the floors aren't cold, or why anyone would want shoes to have such thick bottoms. I can't feel the ground when I'm wearing shoes and they seem like they're shaped to make me walk differently. They aren't comfortable.
[He suddenly realizes that he's off on a tangent about one of his pet peeves with this world and forces himself off of the topic. Unfortunately for the viewers, he fails to provide a segue.]
Once it gets warmer and the ground softens, I'm going to try planting some of the berries that I got from the berry orchard in Pallet Town. They're supposed to need to be kept warm all the time in something called a "hothouse". They don't look like they're hard to make. I'll just need to find materials to make them out of. I can probably find something useful in Goldenrod City.
I think I've figured out what kinds of places the berry plants on the routes grow best in, but the people at the berry orchard couldn't tell me much about where the plants that they were growing grow naturally. Has anyone else tried to grow berries?
It's almost spring now. I think that spring is my favorite season. You don't need to shelter from the cold and snow all the time and you can watch all the plants start to bud and the seeds sprout after being buried under the snow. Everything's beginning fresh. The best part about this spring though is that it's warm enough again that I don't have to wear shoes anymore. My feet have been sore wearing boots all the time, even worse than just putting on shoes to go into a store or work at the Pokémon Center. Covering your feet makes sense if you're going out in the snow, but I still don't understand why people keep wanting me to wear shoes to come inside where the floors aren't cold, or why anyone would want shoes to have such thick bottoms. I can't feel the ground when I'm wearing shoes and they seem like they're shaped to make me walk differently. They aren't comfortable.
[He suddenly realizes that he's off on a tangent about one of his pet peeves with this world and forces himself off of the topic. Unfortunately for the viewers, he fails to provide a segue.]
Once it gets warmer and the ground softens, I'm going to try planting some of the berries that I got from the berry orchard in Pallet Town. They're supposed to need to be kept warm all the time in something called a "hothouse". They don't look like they're hard to make. I'll just need to find materials to make them out of. I can probably find something useful in Goldenrod City.
I think I've figured out what kinds of places the berry plants on the routes grow best in, but the people at the berry orchard couldn't tell me much about where the plants that they were growing grow naturally. Has anyone else tried to grow berries?
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Date: 2013-03-13 10:51 pm (UTC)[Or somebody else, for that matter. He probably should've used a better example in hindsight.]
It's good to stop and look every now and then, but unless you sprouted another head or extra eyes, you can't really take in everything at once.
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Date: 2013-03-13 11:28 pm (UTC)That's why if you can feel the ground through the soles of your feet before you put all of your weight on them you only have to look out for big things in your path.
[Different solutions to the same problem is what this is.]
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Date: 2013-03-13 11:56 pm (UTC)I mean, a part of it's definitely insulation-- they keep feet dry and warm, especially if you've got socks to go with them. Open toed shoes are a little different, though, and you see a lot of those on the islands. They're definitely easier to slip into and out of, but for running? They're way too flimsy for my liking.
[He could go into details like arch support, but no need to bombard the guy with too much in one sitting.]
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Date: 2013-03-14 12:13 am (UTC)Keeping your feet warm I understand. Back home I normally use animal skins to cover my feet in the winter. They're thin enough that I can still feel the ground, but they keep my feet warm enough that I can go outside in the snow for a while. I can't get any skins here though, so I can't do that here.
[Apollo uses his arches for arch support. That's what they're for after all. It helps that he's had 13 years to get used to not wearing shoes though.]
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Date: 2013-03-14 12:17 am (UTC)But if you're looking for a substitute for skins, have you thought about just using fur or hair? Farmers shear sheep to make wool-- I'm sure something like that would be perfectly legal, even here.
[Even if working with a Mareep presents interesting risks, like electrocution.
Granted, all this is coming from a guy who really takes for granted his modern conveniences and sees them as a fact of life, anyway.]
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Date: 2013-03-14 12:24 am (UTC)[I guess Mareep farmers have to take good care of their flock. If they don't then shearing day would suck.]
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Date: 2013-03-14 12:27 am (UTC)[Maybe the secret is rubber gloves. Or rubber body suits. Or both!]
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Date: 2013-03-14 12:39 am (UTC)["Strange" like makeup, toilet paper, and bathing suits.
And now I'm picturing the Rubberobo Gang from Medabots shearing sheep. XD *dies*]
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Date: 2013-03-14 12:42 am (UTC)[Not exactly convenient for a guy up in northern Johto.]
You'd probably be better off checking one of the other towns. Goldenrod, Ecruteak... Maybe even Mahogany, given how close the ice path is.
[And clearly this means that Route needs some Medabots characters. It would be beautiful.]
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Date: 2013-03-14 12:52 am (UTC)I'm going to have to visit Mahogany to get money to buy more food soon. [Stupid Johto not letting him just eat Pokémon even though other Pokémon can.] I'll look in the stores while I'm there.
[It would be. It's been years since I even thought of that show, let alone watched it. No idea if I can get any muses from it.]