gobetween | IC Inbox | victory

[Boober has been a very worried about Gobo and Riz's trip, because how can he not worry about them going to a volcano? Volcanoes are dangerous and unpredictable! But, at least he hadn't been stressing about them getting there! They were together, and Riz had his Pokemon, and Boober had leant Gobo a member of his team to ride, so Gobo had at least one stronger Pokemon with him. So while Boober is worrying, it's at least a somewhat distant worry. The big worrying would start when the two of them got to the volcano.

Or so Boober had thought, until he'd been on his Pokegear that evening and saw the video about the tunnels and the mysterious things within them. And he knows. He knows, as he makes a call to Gobo. that even if it's not too late, it's no good. This kind of stuff is right up both Gobo and Riz's alleys! Neither of them will be scared off by how risky it clearly is!]

Pick up, please pick up, pick up..... [When he hears that the call connects, he doesn't wait so much as a second.] Gobo! Are you two safe?

[Boober thinks it might be a rule of fate to run out of ingredients at the worst possible time. It sure seems to be that way for him, at least! The Christmas market in Goldenrod is basically here, it might as well be, and amidst all the preparation and recipe-testing, Boober somehow missed that he was out of squash until just a few of hours ago. The snow that started yesterday has not let up, either. But what choice was there? This weather, and the precautions Boober was of course taking for it, meant the trip out the store was long and cold.

He is shuddering when he gets back to the apartment, but there's a distraction from worries about potential frostbite: Gobo is sitting huddled up on the couch. It's not that Gobo hasn't just shown up here before, of course. Unannounced visits are really quite standard for fraggles. It's just that Gobo wasn't here when Boober departed. Boober is still for a moment, but soon he makes for the kitchen.]

I'll make you some tea, hang on.

[It's so rare for things to line up as nicely as they have with this shopping trip, and to someone like Boober, it means something is absolutely going to go wrong before he and Gobo get back to their apartment in Saffron tonight. There's no way things can go this smoothly for much longer. Gobo had some items to pick up that could be found at Celadon City's department store, and Boober rarely needed any push to visit the place. True, it could be overwhelming, but the wares were fantastic! And the selection went far beyond the rather limited range at the average PokeMart. There were things here that had nothing to do with Pokemon training.

Plus even Boober, after this long winter of mostly staying put in Saffron City, was starting to long for a change of scenery and some fresh air. And with Riz's friend Adaine arriving in the Pokemon world, Boober figured those two could use some time to themselves, to reconnect. Not to mention some space! It was really starting to get crowded in the apartment.

But the biggest factor, though Boober hadn't told Gobo this, was the approaching of springtime. Gobo had come to stay at the apartment because it was too cold out to keep camping while furless, and Boober figured he'd be moving on once things warmed up again. And that wasn't bad! They all needed more space - more than once during the winter Boober couldn't wait for winter to end and bring a bit of quiet back - and, well, surely Gobo rather explore than settle into the life Boober had here.

That was the brilliance of this shopping trip: It gave Boober some one-on-one time with his friend before he started traveling again, and going to a massive shopping center in another city was as close to an overlap between his passions (cooking, clothing care, and general hominess) and Gobo's (travel, discovery, and general silliness) you could easily find. And all just a warp away!

Still, Boober was struggling to shake that something was going to go wrong before long. He wasn't really stressing out over it, it was simply that he was sure it'd happen. He had his Pokemon and Gobo with him, and Mando, Riz and rest were just a call away, so Boober knew it had a good chance of ending well when that happened... But helping ensure that damage - of any kind - was minimized couldn't hurt. This was the thought process that lead to Boober piping up as he and Gobo exited the elevator, for the first time of no doubt a few on this trip, and walked into the clothing section on the third floor.]

Hey, Gobo... I know there's going to be a lot to see, but can you try to stay nearby today?

IC Inbox | victory_road

[voice, july 11th]

[action, november 30]

[action, late february - backdated]