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[struck_out]

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[The feed switches on to Leon propping his elbows on the counter, idly bouncing a baseball in his hand. He may be dressed for work at the Pokemart, but he...doesn't really look like he's working.

Thankfully for him, his boss is away on an errand so there's no one to yell at him to pick up his slack. It's a quiet day at the Pokemart anyway, so he can afford some time to goof off. Usually this would involve naps, but today he's got a question to pose for the network viewers. ]

So, I've been thinking lately. About dreams. I know what I gotta do to stay here, but...I don't have a dream. Something that keeps me pumped up and excited, you know? Is the Pokemon trainer thing the only dream we can have here? 'Cause I dunno, it still feels kinda off somehow. I can do it if it means I get to stay here, but it's not really my thing.

[A sign punctuates his words.]

It really sucks when you realise that a dream you wanted, might not be such a good dream after all. And I've been thinking for the past two days, and I still can't figure out what it is that I want! It's so annoying!!

[Leon stops bouncing the ball and picks up the Gear, grinning at the audience.]

So, that's where you guys come in! Tell me about your dreams. Something that you wanted to do, either here or back home. Doesn't matter how crazy it is, but just tell me about it because hell, maybe it's a dream worth working towards. Maybe you guys can give me an idea on what kinda dream I can chase after now. There's just one condition: your dream has to be cool. There's no point in having a dream that doesn't fit your standards, right? So my standard is simple: it just has to be a freaking awesome dream!! So gimme your best ones!

Action: Violet City

[Lo and behold, an amazing sight for all to see. The SHSL Slacker is actually working? If by working, you mean he's sloppily arranging stuff on the shelves, or napping over the counters, or even splashing water on the front and calling that a clean job. Did he accidentally splash water over you when he did that? Or did a whole bunch of cartons fall on you because he didn't stack them up properly? Or maybe you're impatiently waiting for this teen punk to get with his job and check out your items. The choices are yours!

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[doitrockapella]

There's just one problem with soliciting that kind of advice: it makes you much more likely to end up chasing someone else's dream, and not one that's truly your own.

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[struck_out]

[Too lazy to text back, Leon just switches over to the voice function.]

But what if that guy's dream rocks? Why shouldn't I follow his? I can just make it my own dream too.

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[doitrockapella]

And you think that'll make you happy?

It's fine to draw inspiration from others. But if you don't find a way of adding something of yourself to it, then all you're really doing is playing tag-along behind someone else. And in circumstances like that, you'll always lose, because their advantage is that they want it more than you do.

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[blue_distance]

I want to be free.

[he doesn't seem to be saying anything else. thank you Haru, for that comment that told most people absolutely nothing.]

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[struck_out]

...and that statement's supposed to tell me exactly what?

[Leon's telling it straight and true.]

You gotta be a bit more specific? Free from what? 'Cause this place is pretty much a free-for-all. No school, no parents, there's no one here to tell you how to live your life. Unless you're one of those criminal psychopaths, in which case just forget whatever the hell I said!

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[blue_distance]

That's not what it means.

When I swim Freestyle, the water and I understand each other. It's quiet, there's no one there to talk to or expect things. I'm free from all bonds, at peace with myself and the water.

I want to be that way all the time, neither accepting nor rejecting things that pull at me and having no obligations. That's my dream.

[he looks completely serious about this and like has has no idea what a weirdo he sounds like]

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[throw_stone]

[oh hey
you weren't ripped apart by your own arrogance and monsters

...good for you. But, his dream? It's... not something he'd tell a stranger. Perhaps he'll just mention plans for the near future. It'd be rude to just turn on the camera without talking.]
Being a trainer - 'tis just another path in life. Not much of a dream.
[A pause. Guess who's looking at your baseball (which he doesn't know the name of whoops) ramza plz. HE IS CURIOUS.]
Was that your former dream?

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[struck_out]

...do you seriously talk like that all the time? 'Cause I hate to break it to ya, but you sound like a total dork.

Hmm? Oh, this thing.

[Leon takes a look at the ball, shrugs, and throws it over his shoulder.]

Baseball's a crap game. It ain't worth anyone's time.

[Never mind that he didn't have to look to somehow throw that ball straight back into the open mouth of his backpack.]

So what's your dream? Heh, bet it's something like being an actor! You do the whole medieval thing pretty well.

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[throw_stone]

[...Huh?]
This is how I normally speak. Is it odd?
[it's not odd, it's a translation choice :p]
B-but, my dream - 'tis one I cannot achieve here. [To be honest, Ramza just isn't gonna tell you. He's just too polite, though.] I asked you yours, however. Or do you not have one?

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[crystalballer]

[Hagakure's spending his jobless days wandering around town while his classmates are working ever so hard, and today he finds himself at the Pokemart to see what Leon's up to. Apparently he's up to a whole lot of nothing because Hagakure finds him asleep at the counter.

All he can do is smirk and shake his head. You shouldn't have let yourself sleep on the job Leon, because you've left yourself open to a sneak attack.

Slowly but surely, Hagakure sneaks up on the sleeping Leon and playfully pokes him in the side.]

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[struck_out]

[Thanks Hagakure, you are such a buddy aren't you?

Leon wakes up with a yelp, arms and legs flailing. Too bad the chair he's sitting on isn't a big one either, otherwise he might not have toppled over and onto the ground. And he really should've moved that stack of boxes that his boss had asked him to, because now he's gone tumbling straight into them. What was once a neat stack of cardboard boxes becomes something like a slight cardboard avalanche, the sound just loud enough to drown out whatever obscenities Leon might be throwing Hagakure's way right now.

One mess later and Leon shoves a box advertising Charmander Chips off his body, glaring daggers at Hagakure.]

The hell was that for!?

[crystalballer]

[Oh wow. Hagakure wasn't expecting his little jab to go this far, but it's even more hilarious this way. He almost falls over from laughing so hard.]

Haha! I gotcha good, dude!

[He has to stop to take a breath and wipe away tears from the corners of his eyes. Once he's calmed down, he offers a hand to Leon to help him up.]

I'm sorry man, but you were basically a sitting duck, nappin' on the job and all. I just had to take advantage of that.

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[beholdmydemons]

[...mixed feelings on this post. Mixed feelings that Walter wants to indulge by answering.]

I think this "Pokemon trainer" job's not so bad! Reporting to no man, free to go where one wills, as one wills...and there's money to be won simply for being better at it than the opponent. It seems to me that a Pokemon trainer could do...just about anything they wanted, provided they had the power. [grins.] I'd much rather this than settle and work evermore. And I think I'd like to take what challenges come, and see just how high I can climb. 'Tis pleasing to be the victor in something.

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[struck_out]

It's not bad, but it's kinda, I dunno, kiddy. Like the sorta dream you have when you're 10. It's OK I guess, but I'm just not that interested.

I like the freedom. But it's not exactly total 100% freedom, 'cause I've still got to take care of my Pokemon. Sometimes my Chimchar drives me crazy, y'know? He's a picky eater, so he keeps chucking out all the food I get'im. I've gotta get just that one flavour of Pokechow before he even takes a bite. What a pain in the ass.

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[beholdmydemons]

...There's nothing to be gotten without some effort. [It...kind of chafes to hear someone saying things like that.] I'd think it a waste to come to as simple and easy a life as this and let it pass by over fetching food.

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[eclectictype]

[A dream? Jade's just hoping to survive and win the game she and her friends were hurled into, but--]

I dunno, my grandpa invented things, and I do like making robots and stuff. Maybe I will do that as well.

[struck_out]

You made robots? Like mecha models? Or like, real machines that actually does stuff.

[eclectictype]

Whatever the heck I want!

[And she's proud of it, too.]

I could even make real mechas if I wanted to, at a less ridiculous death-machine size anyway.

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[mayushiii]

What's the dream you wanted before?

Mayushii☆ wants to be a number one seamstress and make lots of pretty costumes (≧∇≦)

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[struck_out]

I wanted to be a punk rockstar! Go on tours, sing songs I like to my fans and get all the girls! Isn't that an awesome dream?? And I don't even need to be that good with singing, 'cause punk is all about the attitude, and I have plenty of that! But, well...something happened and now I'm not very interested in this dream anymore...

So, like a fashion designer? What kinda fashion? Do you do punk? I may not want to be a singer anymore but I want to keep up the look!

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[mayushiii]

Wow, that sounds like a good dream to me! You get to travel the world on tours and make CDs for all your fans. All the money to buy whatever you wanted to.

Hmm, not sure right now. I used to do cosplays for my friends when I had the time to (･ω･｀)

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[capax_infiniti]

Perhaps you should look inward a bit. Find what you would like to do and make it possible in this space in whatever way you can. It is easy to flounder about and lose sight of what one wishes when presented with a world away from their previous cares and desires.

As for my own wish, it is merely to learn that which has yet to be learned.

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[struck_out]

[Lazy to text you back, bro. Have his voice instead.]

That's the problem; I spent so much time doing the one thing I hated more than anything else in the world, that outside of that and my previous dream I've got nothing. I guess I like being popular with girls...what kinda stuff do girls like anyway?

So you're like, a student? I don't really want to make learning my dream though. It just seems really hard and boring. You just sit in class and listen to the teacher go on and on about crap like history or math. Studying really isn't my thing.

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[stressed]

[ tsubasa is gathering the supplies she needs before she heads back out on the road. in the corner of her eye she notices a familiar face - was that kuwata? she's almost surprised he made it all the way here so efficiently. deciding to say hello she walks up to him and does just that. it seemed like the right thing to do!! ]

Good day, Kuwata-san! [ she lifts her right hand in the air to wave at him. ]

A busy worker, I can tell. How have you been doing since the last time we talked?

[struck_out]

[He's just slumped over the counter, idly bouncing a baseball against the top. If there's something he's grateful for, is that at least the sight of any round, small object doesn't cause his heart to race 500 miles a minute. He'll take these small mercies.

When Tsubasa calls out his name though, he looks up and throws her a careless grin as he sits up straight and waves a hand at her.]

Hey there glasses girl! I'm doin' ok. Had a really crazy two weeks but...well, I can't really complain. This place is a whole lot better than where I was before. Are you from this town, or you just stopping by?