seasaltkeys | Day 21 - video/action [Forward dated to the 25th]

[Given that Roxas has never actually experienced Christmas, he's not as excited as your average boy might be on the big morning. Still, he's kind of amazed by the amount of gifts that he has received from people. He hadn't really been expecting that. He also wonders where the strange egg came from,

. So many pokemon eggs. He stares at the pile, wondering where to start, since you opened the presents, right?

Tug, tug. Roxas turns his attention to Sparky, who is looking up at him, paws behind his back. Once he knows he has Roxas's attention, Sparky starts to talk. For pokemon watching at home, it's pretty much a speech about how he's been with Roxas since the beginning, and how much he's appreciated Roxas as his trainer, and that he's glad to be Roxas's pokemon. Whether or not Roxas understands is really not the point, since he's listening intently with an unreadable expression on his face. Then Sparky takes out his present, which is a small, blue stone, similar to the one that Roxas got from the Struggle Trophy back in Twilight Town. The Pikachu wants it to be a symbol of their friendship.

Rather unexpectedly, Sparky is swept up into a hug. It's still hard to read Roxas's expression, but still, it's a lot of emotion being displayed by a boy who isn't supposed to have any]

[Texted to all who gave him gifts later. Strikes deleted]

Uh..thanks, Everyone. ~~I didn't think that..~~. Really. Uh, Terra, Lea, Hope, and anyone else, I owe you something.

[ooc: tags to come weirdly, since holidays and I'll probably be running around for the next few days helping out and entertaining company. Backtagging is welcoming, even if you're tagging a few days from now. You can address the scene on screen, the gifts he's given, or just action. kingdomhearts.wikia.com/wiki/File:Struggle_Trophy_Crystal.png link to image of Sparky's gift. Also: www.youtube.com/watch mood music. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Route!]

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[Roxas gets up and has to wade through the wrapping paper that's starting to cover the floor. Axel and Sparky like playing with it. Opening the door now..]

Mr. Cecil?

Hello, Roxas! Merry Christmas! I have a present for you!

[There is an unwrapped Thunderstone in his hands. What, no one told him he had to wrap them.]

Oh..uh...thank you. Um, I have something for you as well.

[By his bag, the wrapping isn't very good]

You can come in, if you want.

You're welcome. I hope it will be useful to you.

Thank you. [He cautiously enters the room.] Is your team doing well?

I'm sure it will.

Yeah, they're doing well. We'll probably go to the festival later.

[He's got the gift now, and is holding out the present]

Are you participating in any particular activity, or will you simply be looking around?

[He takes it carefully.] Thank you very much. May I unwrap it now?

Just looking around.

[quietly] If you want to.

I might be going myself, if my Pokémon stop trying to launch themselves at plants.

Thank you. [He unwraps it carefully. When he sees the TM, his face breaks into a wide smile.] A TM? It's wonderful! Thank you very much! Ice Beam? That's perfect, none of my Pokémon are Ice-types and I'd been hoping to compensate for that.

Right, the mistletoe.

It is? That's good. I wasn't really what one you needed...

You have excellent taste in TMs. From what I can tell, Ice-types are not exactly common, not counting those Snovers.

I just sort of guessed. But yeah, they aren't.

Have you caught any? They were talking about decorating them, but I did not quite understand what they meant.

Not any ice types. They don't seem to be in the area much.

I don't get it either. I'm going to check it out when I go to the festival.

I suppose they could all be hiding further north, but you would think that a blizzard would attract more than living trees.

It must be some sort of local tradition. I can only hope it doesn't hurt them.

I wonder how far north. Maybe there's another region up there.

They didn't seem to mind.

I've not yet found a map that goes beyond Johto, strangely. For all we know there could be a thousand regions up north, but no one talks about them.

There is that, at least. Then again, they could all be too busy trying to reach the mistletoe to notice.

The other pokemon have to come from somewhere, right?

Maybe. But that might make them hard to decorate.

The question is, is there a way for us to reach that somewhere?

Decorating a moving tree sounds complicated in itself. I wonder if anyone tried to decorate the Sudowoodo?

I hope so. I'd like to see it.

Probably not. It's a long way out, and it's been really cold.

We'll have to inquire about their tourism industry, then.

I suppose the risk of being attacked would also be a deterrant.

Yeah. Although, I'll have to finish exploring this region first.

Maybe.

Once you reach Ecruteak, you'll have seen half of it. It will be over sooner than you think.

Even if there's still a whole other half?

Seeing the rest of Johto should only take a few months unless you take your time. Your Pokémon have already reached a high level, so you shouldn't have to spend weeks training them before a Gym battle. Soon, you'll have defeated all eight.