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Mar. 13th, 2013 05:00 pm
whateveryoueatliveitspart: (arms crossed)
[personal profile] 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?

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Date: 2013-03-14 12:17 am (UTC)
islandshore: (strength)
From: [personal profile] islandshore
I think it was more of an adaptation at first. I'd have to get knee deep in history to work out all the details, but I know there's gotta be some story behind it.

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 12:27 am (UTC)
islandshore: (unsure)
From: [personal profile] islandshore
Can't say I've tried it either, but you could always ask around. There has to be at least one or two people who know how to knit.

[Maybe the secret is rubber gloves. Or rubber body suits. Or both!]

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Date: 2013-03-14 12:42 am (UTC)
islandshore: (listen)
From: [personal profile] islandshore
I know Celadon's pretty big on fashion, so they'd probably have at least the bare basics, but seeing how far it is...

[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.]