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[Hello network! Today we have a pretty excited looking Molly who's keeping the camera turned around on herself as she's walking through a busy Goldenrod street. Her Natu is perched on her shoulder, on occasion chirping quietly to herself.]

This city is really big! I mean, I knew it'd be big, and I know it's not as big as New York, but it's really big compared to Violet.

Anyway, I bought a map, and I saved up some money, so ... does anybody know any good places that I should go to? Like your favorite spots or something? Everybody has those.

Okay, bye!

[She waves at the feed before she turns it off.]

[Action: she is anywhere and everywhere throughout this and the following days, having fun in following that tourist map of hers to well known stores and coffee shops and craft stores and town squares and yes she wants to see everything. Feel free to run into her anywhere.]

Audio, private to Jimmy: Hi Jimmy, I'm in Goldenrod now! If you still want to fly here.

Audio, private to Rin: I'm here now! Where are you? Can I come see you if you're not busy?

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_{[Guess who hasn't learned his lesson about boxes?]

[Nearby a cardboard box shuffles on the street corner. There is a round hole cut in the box, just big enough for a camera lens. And if you listen....there's a SNAP!]}

...New York? [Out of all thing she says, that's what catches his attention.]

Ah! Molly, you're in Golderod now?

[She smirked lopsidedly.] Yeah... it's not as big as that, but it's still the biggest city in the region, I heard.

Yeah, I am! Are you here too?

_{[She nods.]} Are you from there?

_{[... did that box just move. Did it actually move.]

[Molly pauses uncertainly, staring at the hole, not sure what to make of this. She's aware of stranger danger, of course. But everybody's been really nice so far ... and not dangerous ...]}

Hello?

Hiya Molly! I'm still in Ecruteak so it'd take me 'bout a day to get there, but I'll leave right away! Just gimme a chance to let Joker know where I'm going, okay?

If you want, we can meet at the Pokemon Center tomorrow morning!

[The weather looks decent for once, even though it's going to be...in the negatives at night. OH WELL, that's what fire types are for.]

[When Molly enters one of those coffee shops, she'll find that she's certainly not alone. There is nothing better for some than a good cup of hot coffee on a cold day like today, especially when the weather is actually nice enough to actually get out of the house. This one is connected to a bookstore as well, so it is a popular place for locals to visit.

There is a boy seated at one of the tables near the back of the shop with his nose buried in a book, the cover of which seems to read "Shuckleberry Finn". Sitting on the table across from him is a Smeargle, who is busy pulling a flat book from the top of a precariously stacked pile next to him. From the looks of it, they're all picture books- picture books that he's been insisting that his trainer read aloud to him for hours. While Kaneki did so for a while, there are only so many times you can get through "Goodnight Lunatone" before you start to really need something else to look at.

So when the Pokemon spots Molly wander near to where he and Kaneki are, the Smeargle clutches the book to his chest and hops down onto the floor, quickly rushing over to her side. He holds the book up as high as he can once he gets to her, peeking up at her over the edge of the book.]

_{[Guess who's been rooting around in the garbage a lot?]

[THIS KID.]

[Guess who finds a whole lot of neat junk that was thrown away for a reason and claims it as his own?]

[THIS KID.]

[Guess who, today, unearthed an extremely cheap skateboard that consists more or less of a board with three wheels nailed to it, and is scooting it erratically down the sidewalk towards Molly with his Zubat fluttering excitedly around his ears and shrieking?]

[THIS FREAKING KID, everyone!]}

[A grocer yanks his produce out of the way and glares judgmentally when the board hits a crack in the sidewalk and promptly flips over, taking Wrath with it.]

W-WHOA!

Okay! We're gonna be here for a few days so you don't have to hurry. Unless you want to.

_{[That's a bit more teasing as she is in fact totall aware that she's irresistible, or something.]}

I'll be there! Give me a call when you're coming in!

Nope, I've never been there. I'm just curious about it is all.

[Curious that its anything like that place.]

_{[Henry keeps shuffling along, crowd-watching. He is unaware that he has been Noticed. Suddenly a paw sticks out of the hole--a little brown one. It is quickly yanked back inside.]}

Cheerios, no, you'll blow our cov--

_{[CRAP. Too late. Henry goes silent. Maybe whoever is out there will forget about them!]}

_{[Molly might not have had an exceptional love for books, but she's alway been a fan of quiet places, as much as she does love the big cities and is used to the city din. In Violet there was a coffee shop she liked too where she could just sit and draw, and that's part of the reason she enters this one - because it looks quiet, and she wants to see if it's the kind of place to go back to.]

[Her Natu looks around as they go around, and Molly's impressed by all the bookshelves and assortment of stories. Because she does like them, even if she's not a big reader.]

[But of course that Smeargle catches her attention sooner rather than later, and she's caught between a feeling of aw and confusion. It's like a little kid. Clutching the book and everything.]

[She leans down and takes the book from him.]}

Oh ... hi, is this yours? Don't you have an owner?

Sure thing! Inferno's pretty fast so I might even be able to get there today, just not until late. So we can either meet then or tomorrow, it's up to you!

[He'd be lying if he said he wasn't really excited to see her in person, after all.]

[The pup nods quickly, his large ears flopping. Then he shakes his head...and then nods again. The book is his- sortof- and he does have a trainer! A trainer who is just now noticing that the baby Pokemon has wandered off to bother strangers in the shop again. He looks up from his book just as he sees Molly crouching down, the Smeargle giving her a wide grin when she takes the book from him.]

Hide, what are you doing?

[Hide turns his head to look back at Kaneki, his brush-like tail wagging happily as he reaches over to gently tug on Molly's pantleg, trying to coax her over to the table that Kaneki's sitting at. If he won't read to him, then surely she will!

He sighs and puts the book down on its face on the table, standing to make his way over.]

Ah, I'm sorry...this is my Pokemon. I hope he isn't bothering you.

_{[WRATH THAT IS NOT A VEHICLE FIT FOR THE SIDEWALK]

[Molly was honest to god just minding her own business when that high-pitch non-human noise registered. She'd marked a spot on her map and was just about to put it back into her backpack which she'd put by her feet, because this is the kind of kid who doesn't go anywhere without her backpack.]

[And yes, then suddenly: that noise.]

[Looking up sharply, she stays frozen for a long moment as she tries to take on what's happening ...]

[... a moment too long ...]

[As suddenly there's a little kid flying through the air who then collides with the ground in a flurry of alarmed pokémon sounds, that excuse of a skateboard carrying on for a moment before hitting a nearby wall with a sad little thud.]

[The sight is such that it takes Molly a second before she sprints over, but she definitely does. This is that kid! The kid with powers. And his powers won't work here.]}

Hey! Are you okay?

_{[--! Oh, it's a pokémon! That sort of explains it, except on second thought it doesn't really. Molly does hear the voice but doesn't catch the sounds, so maybe it's a pokémon that sounds that way, except she's never seen anyone hide in a box before.]

[Either way, she does what any (sensible) kid faced with an animal does and perches down and beckons at the box.]}

Here, kitty ... or doggie ... kss kss.

I lived there for a little while! I can try to tell you about it if you want.

Okay, let's do it tomorrow! It's no good to meet if we're both gonna fall asleep, right?

Well is it really that big? What the cool can you find in the city? Was it really known having tons of organized crime?

[That last question didn't sound weird at all.]

Haha yeah, that's for sure! I'll see you then!

[After Jimmy hangs up he's quick to start getting his things packed for the overnight flight, leaving a note at the hotel for Joker to let him know that he'd be gone for the next few days visiting a friend back in Goldenrod. Once that's done he hops on his Volcarona and takes off about midday, flying straight from one town to the other with a few breaks along the way to switch to flying on Pip to let her rest.

He makes it to Goldenrod early the next morning and is quick to slip inside where it's warm with Leader walking by his side. There he stops to look around a bit, folding the collar of his jacket down with a shiver. If Molly is here waiting on him, the first thing she might notice is how tall he is- all six feet of him.]

_{[Molly has the book in her arms when she looks up to see the owner come up to them. As the Smeargle pulls her along, she follows, meeting him halfway.]}

No, it's okay.

_{[She pauses for a moment, then holds the book out to Kaneki.]}

Do you know why he wanted to give me this?

_{[Yeah, that's nuts. One of her guardians back home is six feet tall but he's an adult and isn't anywhere near as skinny as Jimmy is, so the way Jimmy looks when he enters is a bit like a rugged scarecrow. But unlike your typical scarecrow, he has that friendly face that she's grown pretty familiar with, and she wastes very little time sprinting up to him.]}

Jimmy!

_{[Hope you're ready for the excited eleven year old practically leaping into a hug!]}

[He takes the book with a weak laugh, unsurprised to see that it's "Good Night Lunatone", again. He really seems to like that one, for some reason...]

He probably wants you to read it to him. I was reading to him earlier, but I stopped for a while...

[Hide nods again, giving Molly's pants another small tug punctuated by a soft woof.]

Hey, Molly!

[HE IS SUPER READY, if the fact that he immediately crouches enough so he can grab her when she runs over is anything to go by. He hugs her back tightly but gently, lifting her clear off the ground when he straightens back up.]

It's so great to see you!

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