[[this happened earlier today! sorry. orz]]

[As the feed comes on there's a lot of movement and a few whispers. You can't see much of anything other than movement, the sky, some grass, and then the movement stops at the front of the Goldenrod Pokécenter. Then the gear pans down to a crumpled body laying on the front steps. It pauses right there for a moment before moving closer, as if making sure everyone who sees this knows that the crumpled body is, in fact, Robin.]

[Suddenly the gear is tossed off to the side as there is a bit more chuckling and a few more whispers, but then there's a crunch and the feed cuts out.]



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[To say the least, Robin is showing no sign that he just received a very interesting message, and then watched it self destruct moments later. In fact, he looks pretty relaxed, sitting up against a tree on the edge of town again. His team is currently playing around in the grass, with Bee currently trying to annoy BW to the point of a battle. Recently Robin has felt more like a camp counselor than a trainer, but for some reason he doesn't really mind.]

So it seems there's been a change of plans and I'll be heading to Goldenrod soon.

[He smiles a bit.]

Eridan, it looks like you won't have to come chase after me after all~

But yeah, just thought I'd get it out there. Let everyone know. [He gives a small wave at that before messing around with his gear and the feed goes black. He's back up in less than a second, though, but the feed is only for Wally, Conner, Megan and Artemis. He looks a lot more serious now, any sort of playfulness and fun gone from his face completely. It's all about business, now.]

We need to have a meeting. I'm at the Southeast corner of town. Get here asap.

[And then the feed cuts out.]

[As the feed comes on, everyone can see a relatively excited Robin. He's a lot better rested than he has been in ages, and almost two weeks of real food and sleeping in a regular bed has definitely helped. And Steph. Steph helped quite a bit, because not only is he no longer training alone (though he does do that for a couple of hours every day), he's also got someone to talk to about things the team doesn't need to know about.

But hey, that doesn't matter anymore, because he's not going to let himself start thinking about Bruce leaving anything like that! No, instead, he'd been training his ass off since he got in town, both his physical skills and his team, which has grown considerably. On the feed everyone can see Bats fluttering around behind him, and they can also see that Bats is no longer a Zubat, but rather a Golbat.

Robin's grinning.]

'sup, Johto? Guess who has had an asterous couple of weeks? This guy right here.

Just in case you can't tell, Bats here has evolved. Most of my team has too.

[He turns his pokégear around so the camera finds Boy Wonder (Fearow), Big Barda (Nidorina), Bumblebee (Beedrill) and Jenna (eevee) resting in a little pile at his feet. Robin's a little ways into the forest outside of Ecruteak and looks a little tired. He's been training all morning with his team, and he's finally taking a break. Then the camera moves back to his face.]

Annnddddddd this little guy hatched. [Robin reaches off to the side and pulls a Squirtle into the frame.] Orin, meet Johto. Johto, meet King Orin, otherwise known as Aquaman. He's just a baby right now, but give him time, and he will whelm every last one of you. Isn't that right, Orin? [Orin just kind of reaches for the pokégear and Robin pulls it away.]

This is also a kind of 'thanks bro' to Danny. You helped me out here, man. Props.

But yeah, if anyone is in Ecruteak and wants to battle? Hit me up, these wild pokémon are starting to make me chalant.

[So he and Artemis have been traveling for about five days now. If you wanted to be technical, it'd be six, but he's not being technical because that would also be him agreeing to the fact that they took a freaking long time to get through. That stupid, freaking Sudowoodo Crossing. This whole 'making things more difficult' aspect of Johto was really starting to annoy him. The fact he and Wally have kind of sort of been in a pseudo-fight hasn't helped either.

But the actual trip wasn't too bad. Him and Arty had some major bonding time and since they get along pretty well, it wasn't bad at all. He's just ready for a bed. And regular food. And training till he felt like dying, and then training some more. Because that's the only way he every really seems to clear his head and training Bats and BW is going frustratingly slow.

Thank the lord he finally made it to Ecruteak, though! That last day took forever. He needs to get BW to learn fly as soon as possible.]

I don't know about you, Artemis, but I am missing Megan's bioship right about now. And I swear if traveling to Cianwood is half as tressing at that was, I don't know what I'm going to do...

[That's when he sees the PokéCenter and sighs, looking down at his two pokéballs where Bats has fainted and BW is on his last leg. He'd been trying to train them as much as he could, but even they could only take so much over the past near-week.]

Whaddya say about dropping our pokémon off at the Center before we go find some food and a place to stay? I've got to call a friend who we're going to meet up with too.

[And without even waiting for an answer he's already heading inside, dropping off his two pokémon before stepping back into the larger part of the lobby, opening up his pokégear and turning on the feed.]

Alright, I made it to Ecruteak. Finally. Any recommendations for some perfectly-rated food and a place to stay?

[He's fixing the screen for a moment before grinning real wide for the camera.]

Hello, folks! Robin here. I should have done this a few days ago when I first caught him, but better late than never, right?

I'd like everyone to meet....

[And he turns the gear to face a Spearow, who is currently pecking at the ground. But he looks up when Rob turns the gear, looks at the screen and makes a dissatisfied noise before returning to what he was doing. So very sassy if he says so himself. Robin turns the screen back to him as Bats flies around in the background, as if trying to say 'I'm still here too!']

Boy Wonder. Yes, his name is Boy Wonder and yes, you can laugh now. I figured I'd go with a theme, what with Bats and all. [And let's just pretend Robin doesn't totally find himself to be unbelievably clever. Just for a moment. But the moment doesn't last long because he definitely thinks he's unbelievably clever.]

Oh, and in case you're wondering, I had to borrow Wally Jr. to catch BW. Turns out all the wild pokémon around here are a little too much for Bats here to handle. [He looks over his shoulder at Bats, who kinda shies away for a moment before returning right after Rob turns back to the camera.] We've been working on it, but there's only so much you can do...

Anyway, just thought I'd share of my dynamic duo to the rest of the world! [Troll!grin cause it's ironic and hilarious at the same time]

[The audio clicks on, though for the first few moments no one speaks. There's just rustling, the sounds of buttons being pressed, and a soft sigh.]

If I can just figure out the calibration of this....

[The voice sounds young, a little annoyed, and a few more buttons are pressed. But then there's a brief 'oh wait' and the sound of the piece of equipment being put down.]

Okay, so, I'm assuming this PDA-like-object is a Pokedex. Yes? Yes. Though it's not like the ones I know...like this audio feature. I'm not familiar with this. So I'm not sure where this is going or who will recieve this, but it's worth a try.

[There's another sigh.]

Yeah, so not whelmed right now.