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[pipers_son]

[To those perhaps familiar with Kanto, the camera opens up onto a view of none other than the beginning of Bicycle Road. Joker is posed on one of its namesakes, in fact, his one hand on the handlebars and his feet firmly on the ground. He's beaming at the Gear.]

There ya go, Elsie, perfect!

So we're gettin' closer ta Fuchsia now, after we met up with that Erika! Nice girl, by the by, took things in stride. Probably seen it all before, y'know how it is.

Anyway! There's a real long way ta the next city, but, as it turns out, there's this real handy road that takes ya there much quicker! S'just that ya can't use yer Pokemon or anythin' on it. Gotta use a bike. [He pats said bike proudly.]

Now, uh, I've never actually used one a these, won't be dishonest about it. But ey, I've ridden all manner a Pokemon while here, so how hard can it be? Ya just gotta- balance and the like-

[Way more wobbly than is in any way reassuring, Joker pushes off... right down a hill...]

[...Yeah, he's immediately falling off and crashing down the whole damn thing. Yelping, clanging, swearing- Elsie the Pyroar, the current cameralion of the day, jolts forward after him. In the chaos, one of her teeth nudges the Gear off.]

[SO THAT CERTAINLY HAPPENED.]

[He probably shouldn't have done this while it was raining.]

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[awesmazings]

[Guess who was standing just off screen messing with his bag when that happened? Unfortunately he wasn't close enough to actually stop Joker from crashing and burning, but he can be heard running down the hill- a hill, Joker are you trying to get a broken neck- with Leader at his heels.

The Manectric manages to beat Jimmy to the bottom, on high alert and looking over at Elsie just in case they need to combine forces to take him to a doctor or something.]

Joker!! Are you okay?!

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[pipers_son]

Didn't know the Devil got inta the bike makin' business.

[It's a joke, because that was horrible.]

[By some miraculous fluke of fate, Joker is suffering from bruises and scrapes, but nothing really horrible. Right now, he's just trying to get the bike off him.]

Bloody hell, how do people ride these?

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[awesmazings]

[Thank goodness. Jimmy sighs, reaching down to help pull the bike off of Joker to stand it upright again.]

I don't think anybody can ride a bike the first time they get on one! You gotta practice! And not go ridin' down hills first thing!

[You can do parkour later, Joker.]

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[pipers_son]

Thought the momentum would help me more.

[Obviously it didn't.]

[Getting up, he brushes himself off and tries to ignore the small army of Pyroar around him.]

We got bandaids in the packs, don't we?

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[monge]

[Great crash, 10/10, would watch again.]

That was a good first try, but maybe you should get some training wheels, zura.

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[pipers_son]

[Coming back with bandaids, Joker gives a small laugh... and then winces. Ow.]

They didn't sell any at the place we rented from, sad ta say. Should probably look inta them 'tho... Ya ever use these things?

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[monge]

[Bandaids make everything better. It's good to see he got the proper medical attention he needed.]

A bike, zura? N-No, my legs are too small to reach the pedals, z-

[And then it dawns on him.]

At least, they used to be too small, zura.

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[pipers_son]

Oh ho! Then ya could give it a try sometime, if ya wanted!

....Just don't do it on a hill.

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[stonebird]

Mister Joker?! (She winces. What is that contraption? Did he call a...a bike? Sansa thinks it looks far more dangerous than any horse or Pokémon!) Please answer when you can.

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[pipers_son]

'lo there, Miss Sansa!

[He comes back with a few bandaids here and there, bruised and a little battered but not as bad as it could have been.]

Didn't go at all how I planned, ha ha.

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[stonebird]

(Her sigh of relief is audible. Joker.)

I expect not! You are very daring.

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[pipers_son]

S'comes in my line a work, ha. After a while, ya start losin' the usual caution most folks get.

...For, ah. [Ahem.] Better or worse, as just demonstrated.

But Jims is watchin' after me, so that's somethin'!

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[seasaltkey]

[That looked painful.]

Uh... are you gonna be okay?

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[pipers_son]

[Joker comes back with bandaids and a few bruises.]

Not dead. That's the important part here.

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[seasaltkey]

Why didn't you have someone show you how to ride one before you tried it?

[Roxas will stick to skateboards.]

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[pipers_son]

It seemed easy! And I'd ridden animals and the like before... Thought it wouldn't be much different.

Turned out... S'very different. Ha.

[islandshore]

[Riku tries not to laugh, but it's difficult, and he ends up looking away to hide his tiny smirk. You've got his sympathy, Joker. So much sympathy...]

Heh. I always just flew from city to city once I'd gotten my Johto badges, but I guess the downside to that's that you miss out on some of the adventure.

You gonna be okay?

[pipers_son]

[Joker won't judge- he knows it was a jackass thing to do. In hindsight, anyway. With all the bruises and bandaids...]

Ha, well, I'm makin' the whole journey with my Pyroar lot- [BB shoves her head into the frame.] And they don't exactly got wings, y'know?

And ha! I'll be fine. S'not like I died.

[islandshore]

Wow, a whole team of just one species? That's pretty gutsy.

[In fact, that raises an important question:]

You already take on Misty? Not that I doubt you, but a full fire team's... tricy to work with sometimes.

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[veggie_vamp]

Joker?!

Joker, are you okay?! Joker!

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[pipers_son]

Present!

[A little roughed up, and covered in bandaids and bruises, but definitely present. His grin is a bit more of a grimace.]

No need ta worry, promise.

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[veggie_vamp]

Oh, you scared me half to death!

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[anexcitableboy]

Oh man, bad weather to try and learn to ride in!

Bikes aren't really...uh...what's that word? Instinctual? Your body don't know how to sit right for balance.

And you wanna wear a thick hat.

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[pipers_son]

[At least he's not too injured when he comes back with some bruises and bandaids.]

Ha... Yer tellin' me. Thought I had the hang a ridin' things but I guess not.

What sorta thick hat we talkin' about?

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[anexcitableboy]

Bikes are a different breed, my friend! You should see the ones with engines on'em.

A nice padded one so you don't crack your skull!