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[Sollux has been wandering around all by his lonesome since the Cinnabar incident, letting Karkat and Vanitas have their... alone time without a third wheel intruding. He's sure they were very grateful, but didn't actually get around to telling them he was leaving, so he couldn't be sure. He's been doing his own wanderings all over the place, contemplating maybe getting Badges or something... and never actually getting any Badges. Good job, Sollux. But now it's time to actually kick his ass back into gear; the Pokémon are getting antsy from all this wanderlust. He can feel it by the way Fefero slams him over the head with a cannon. That's a bored cannon.]

[There's a really quick video post up on the Network now; it looks like he's sitting on a beach, Axolotl the Absol on his lap as usual. Resting in Olivine does have its perks.]

Anyone in Johto know a place to go for the holidays? Preferably in a town with a Gym? [And yet he hasn't left the city yet.] I feel like integrating myself with the locals and getting my ass out of this chair at the same time.

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Goldenrod's overrated.

Personally, I'd suggest Kanto or Olivine or, heck, Mahogany Town, since that is where the ice-themed gym's located.

[Sollux holds up the PokéGear and sweeps it around the area for a little while.]

Whaddya know, it's Olivine! And I'm bored out of my mutant fucking brain over here, too, so try again.

...Isn't Mahogany Town up north somewhere?

[Aaand he shrugs.]

Hey, at least it's not Goldenrod.

[A beat.]

And Mahogany's up north. It's not a huge town and it's probably not incredibly exciting, but I guess it's worth checking out. Otherwise, Celadon and Saffron offer just as much as Goldenrod, if not more. And Fuchsia's got movie studios all over the place.

...Okay, seriously, dude, what have you got against Goldenrod?

Like I said, I think it's overrated. I mean, it's okay, but I just don't see what makes it any better than the other big cities. Heck, Celadon's got a Department Store, too, so it's not like that's an exclusive.

I always figured it's just convenience. Goldenrod is... the first big city you're supposed to get in if you follow the path, right?

[Sollux sequence-broke on his first few days, and went from New Bark...]

[...to Goldenrod.]