023 // Video

[pipers_son]

Alright, Torch! Got it set?

[Now that the weather has cleared up a bit, Joker is beaming into the camera. Besides him is a bike and, for once, the ringleader is wearing a helmet. That's one worry taken care of. Practically bouncing on his heels, Joker grins.]

Alright, everyone, I know the last time I rode on a bike, it went a tad wrong. But I think I've finally got it down. Watch!

[Getting into position, he grips the handle with his one good hand and kicks out the brake. A little bit of wobbling as he pushes off, a clear sign of his imbalance with no other arm to help steady him, but soon enough he's riding around smoothly in the street. A whoop echoes out.]

[VICTORY. Joker - 1. Bike - ....way too many, but that doesn't matter.]

[Another wobble as he draws the bike to a stop, and he grins.]

And now that we've got this biking business all figured out, me and Jimmy are movin' onta other things! Torch, go on-

[The Gear is moved around to focus on Jimmy.

Jimmy is also wearing a helmet, but instead of standing next to a bike, he’s got a bright green skateboard propped up against the ground in one hand with a scyther emblazoned on the bottom. He honestly looks like he’s ready to explode with excitement himself as he spins the skateboard around before pushing it over, stepping one foot up onto it.]

We got skateboards while we were in Kanto! I haven’t gotten to ride one since I got here, and I’m gonna teach Joker how to ride, too!

[Joker pops back into the frame for a moment.]

We'll probably be okay and not die this time around.

Comments

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[exeggutorhead]

Hey, you could at least wait until you've been back in town a day before you both go and die.

[Envy is looking incredibly interested in the idea of skateboarding, though. THAT LOOKS EXCITING AND FAST.]

Do they sell those things here, too, you think?

[video]

[awesmazings]

I betcha they do! Probably anywhere you can buy bikes, they'll have skateboards too!

[Jimmy knows- being the target audience- that they're popular with young trainers. Why wouldn't they want a skateboard to ride?]

And we're harder to kill than that, so don't worry!

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

Makes sense...they've both got wheels and all.

[He's strongly considering going out to get one right now. HMMM.]

So...how do you get it to start going? Do you have to find a hill or...?

[video]

[awesmazings]

Well, you can...but I wouldn't do that starting off. At least not until you're more comfortable on it.

Most of the time, you gotta keep it going with one of your feet- like this!

[To demonstrate, Jimmy drops the skateboard down and puts one foot on it, pushing off the ground with his other a couple times before standing back up on it with both feet, making sure to stay within the sight of the Gear Torch is holding.]

Like how you gotta keep pushing the pedals on a bike, 'cept with one foot instead of two

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[exeggutorhead]

Oh! Well that makes sense.

[In a way. It's still one of the more baffling human inventions he's seen, but that's more of a why than a how.]

[Oh wait, no, he knows the answer to why. The answer is because it looks amazingly fun and dangerous.]

I'll have to start practicing if I want to go down a hill then. Which I'm going to do, because that would be much faster. I wonder if you could rig it to some Pokemon...

[video]

[awesmazings]

[Envy, didn't you know that fun and danger is Jimmy's middle name?]

I bet you could! That'd be really fun, actually...

[No, Jimmy. This is pushing it as it is.]

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

[HE'S HAD AN INKLING.]

Hey. Hey, what if.

You could somehow tie a couple of skateboards into something bigger, and then tied the Pokemon to it?

[Someone stop this.]

[video]

[awesmazings]

[.....Dude.]

That would be awesmazing! You'd be able to go so fast!!

[video]

[pipers_son]

[From off-screen, Joker calls some advice.]

Yeah, don't start off on hills. S'a bad idea, apparently. Who knew?

[Besides him, now. Sure it was with a bike, so there was a lot more to bang himself on, but he's pretty sure the same concept applies.]

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[exeggutorhead]

Hey, bad ideas are my specialty, and I haven't died from one yet!

[Yet.]

I'll have to find where to buy one of the things first, though. So that'll slow me down on this bad plan by at least an hour.

[He's mostly just joking. Broken arms are not something he wants.]

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[pipers_son]

Mate, they ain't hard ta find. Especially in a big place like Goldenrod.

I'm puttin' ya down ta half an hour, if ya hustle.