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[pokemontrainer]

[Today Smash Academy, you get a video from one particular Pokemon Trainer. He looks at the camera, looking as if he is going to say something. Then he thinks better of it, and stays silent.

His eyes glance sideways to look at something off the screen, before sighing quietly. Perhaps it was better to say nothing at all.

Without another word, Red simply looks forlorn at the feed for a moment longer before switching it off.

The meaning of this message is up to you to ponder, dear viewer.]

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[genderbentmario]

[OH SHIT, THE TEAM ROCKET KID.

...Oh. The Team Rocket Kid.

And he's here to say... nothing. Um... okay, something's weird. Better think of something cool and significant to say.]

Uh, everything okay...?

[video]

[pokemontrainer]

[Oh. He remembers you. Hat kid. You're friends with Gold.]

Lyra, right?

[video]

[genderbentmario]

Oh, wow! You remember me? Y... yeah, it's Lyra.

[video]

[pokemontrainer]

Yeah. I couldn't forget that hat.

[video]

[genderbentmario]

It is pretty cute, isn't it?

[I... don't think that's exactly what's being implied, Lyra. She trails off into awkward silence, fiddling with that hat a bit.]

Uh... jeez, I spent so much time thinking about what I'd say to you if we met again, but now I can't really think of anything. Um, how have you been?

[video]

[pokemontrainer]

[... Are all girls like this? Admittedly his experience with them were limited.]

I've had better days. What about you?

[video]

[genderbentmario]

Really good. Better than I've been in a long time, actually.

[He's had better days. So something is up. Should she pry? Maybe that's being too in-his-face. Is she being too in-his-face? Oh god, this is weird.]

Hey, um... Team Rocket Kid? ...Red?

[video]

[pokemontrainer]

Yeah?

[You can ask, it's not like he's going to mind too much. Nor will he be overemotional about it either.]

[video]

[genderbentmario]

Just stop me if I'm being weird, okay?

[Deep breath, Lyra, you can do it!]

I know you don't really know me or anything, but if you ever wanna... I dunno, get away for a bit and go do something, maybe we could go grab some ice cream or whatever? I'm not saying you have to talk about anything if you don't wanna. Just... you kind of look like you need to get your mind off something.