Jump in with both feet (Route 30) [Maybe suddenly finding oneself in another world and then spending several days on the road, on foot, in the winter would be enough to put most people in a sour mood. And ok, Mandy's not exactly thrilled to find herself in this situation.
On the other hand, she's gone native remarkably quickly, if the way that she reaches for a pokeball as soon as she spots another traveler is any indication. She grins, tossing the ball idly.]
Hey. You up for a quick battle?
Homework (Network, video) [The camera seems to be propped up on the desk in a small motel room, with Mandy imperfectly in frame. Also visible - barely - is her trainer handbook sitting open, and a pad of cheap notepaper with a chaotic tangle of writing and arrows that seems to be an attempt to chart out type strengths and weaknesses.
In the background, a klefki happily sorts and reorganizes its collection of keys on the motel's ugly bedspread.]
Holy shit, the metagame here is intense.
[She doesn't sound discouraged - if anything, she seems kind of stoked. She taps her pen against her notes as if for emphasis.]
They expect ten-year-olds to balance this stuff? Eighteen types! All of them with multiple weaknesses and resistances!
Sidequest (Ruins of Alph) Oh, come on.
[In the path just outside the entrance to the main ruins, Mandy's klefi bobs near the ground. Mandy herself is crouching to get on eye level with the pokemon, elbows propped on her folded knees. She is fully in the way of anyone else trying to pass through and she is also fully focused on her pokemon.]
It's not that spooky! You're a big strong keyring. Either buck up or get in your pokeball, bud.
Mandy Ramirez | Original
[Maybe suddenly finding oneself in another world and then spending several days on the road, on foot, in the winter would be enough to put most people in a sour mood. And ok, Mandy's not exactly thrilled to find herself in this situation.
On the other hand, she's gone native remarkably quickly, if the way that she reaches for a pokeball as soon as she spots another traveler is any indication. She grins, tossing the ball idly.]
Hey. You up for a quick battle?
Homework (Network, video)
[The camera seems to be propped up on the desk in a small motel room, with Mandy imperfectly in frame. Also visible - barely - is her trainer handbook sitting open, and a pad of cheap notepaper with a chaotic tangle of writing and arrows that seems to be an attempt to chart out type strengths and weaknesses.
In the background, a klefki happily sorts and reorganizes its collection of keys on the motel's ugly bedspread.]
Holy shit, the metagame here is intense.
[She doesn't sound discouraged - if anything, she seems kind of stoked. She taps her pen against her notes as if for emphasis.]
They expect ten-year-olds to balance this stuff? Eighteen types! All of them with multiple weaknesses and resistances!
Sidequest (Ruins of Alph)
Oh, come on.
[In the path just outside the entrance to the main ruins, Mandy's klefi bobs near the ground. Mandy herself is crouching to get on eye level with the pokemon, elbows propped on her folded knees. She is fully in the way of anyone else trying to pass through and she is also fully focused on her pokemon.]
It's not that spooky! You're a big strong keyring. Either buck up or get in your pokeball, bud.