francia | [Post 043] Video/Text for S.S. Anne en Route to Vermilion City

[The scene opens up to a grand view of the ocean, white foam from the light waves in the surf. After about half a minute of general ocean scenery, the 'Gear's camera shifts to reveal France and Envy wearing aviator sunglasses and puffy winter jackets with Mai Tais in hand. The wind is blowing steadily, whipping their hair about and staining their cheeks read with the cold.]

[France raises his cocktail in a toast, grinning lopsidedly.]

More people need to take this cruise! It's comfortable and the liquor is good!

[He pauses.]

The only thing is that there's too many locals here for it to be truly enjoyable...

[Envy snorts, looking half-amused.]

They don't get any less battle crazy out at sea.

[France huffs, rolling his eyes.]

I came here to relax, not get jumped every ten minutes! All these random people just burst into your room, no announcement or anything, regardless of what you're doing and demand to see your best pokemon!

[Envy shrugs, moving the hand not occupied with his drink flippantly.]

I don't think any of the locals have ever actually heard of knocking.

[France laughs merrily, shaking his head ruefully. He makes as if to say something else, obviously jovial, but a loud, boisterousness voice from somewhere off camera but coming closer.]

HEY, YOU! Let me show you my AWESOME Tentacool!

[France's and Envy's expressions before the video abruptly cuts out are clearly, even with the sunglasses, exasperated.]

[Private to Miguel from both France and Envy]

How are you holding up? Would you like anything from the cruise?

[[OOC: Responses to this post will be from both France and Envy, whose spoken lines here are in green. The blue is the random Sailor.]]

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looks like you two are having a fun time

[She meant to say this with a sarcastic tone but its text so it's not so obvious.]

[France is going to take that at face value.]

That we are! All we could want is a little bit more alone time. You would think no one here has ever heard of the notion of "romantic getaway"! ;)

[Misaki made sure she read that correctly before replying.]

"romantic getaway"?
well, that's an interesting choice of words
where are you two heading to anyway?

There's nothing better for a romantic getaway than a luxurious cruise! :)

We're headed for Vermilion City. Have you been there before?

i would be lying if i said yes
i've been meaning to take to the magnet train to head to saffron some time
but i'm waiting for a friend here

how were you guys able to go on the cruise in the first place?

I do hope you get to go on the Magnet Train. It's one of the few things here I've actively enjoyed.

A friend of ours was so generous to buy us tickets for Christmas! I'm not 100% sure how he manage it.

i'd imagine they must be worth way more than the magnet train's
but that still sounds awfully nice of them
how long are you and envy going to be on the cruise?

We'll be on here for about a week with all of the scenic stops. The weather is a bit chilly, but there's a lot of indoor activities to keep us occupied. ;)

[Wow, this suddenly got awkward.]

i'm pretty sure there are ahaha

i'm interested in what kind of views you two are seeing though
keep me updated ok?

[Talking to France does have a bit of a higher chance of that sort of thing coming up than with some others.]

I shall! We've passed by some small islands that haven't recently suffered volcanic eruptions. I'm guessing that in the warmer months, the whole outdoors is much more picturesque.

[I will keep that in mind, muhahaha]

if those islands were something like Okinawa
i can probably imagine

speaking of eruptions
wasn't there a major island that was basically destroyed by one?
is it nearby where the cruise is heading?

I wouldn't mind at all if they are like Okinawa. It would be nice to see something similar to my world even if it isn't something that is mine.

Yes, that would be Cinnabar Island. I don't think we'll be stopping there, but, if we do, I have no attention of going there again. I'll just stay on the ship.

a lot more fun than getting lost in caves

besides, it's not like most of the battles take very long to win.

with a team like yours
it wouldn't be much of a trouble huh?

how long have you two been on the cruise?

no trouble at all. and the ones that are a challenge are more fun than annoying.

it just started today. there's nothing like this where I'm from, so it's interesting.

nothing like a cruise at all?

well, where'd you two get the tickets from?
i feel it must've cost a fortune compared to the magnet train's prices

my country's landlocked, so there's no oceans for a cruise to sail on. I guess there might be something like it in other countries, but I don't travel abroad too much.

[Not in a long, long time anyway. Too busy causing trouble closer to home.]

a friend of ours got them for us for christmas, him and one of our other friends.

[And the mention of said other friend makes Envy glad this is text. He's still pretty sad about that disappearance, even if he's not showing it.]

sounds the opposite than where i came from
my country's basically an island surrounded by the ocean
i remember traveling to a small island off the mainland as a young girl on numerous of occasions
but my family stopped after an incident there

[For good reasons, Misaki. For very good reasons.]

that sounds awfully nice of your friends to go through the trouble

[If Misaki knew mentioning said friend was making Envy feel said, she'd probably stop.]

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was it a big island? being surrounded by the ocean sounds nice, but I don't know if I'd want to live on a small one.

and yeah, they're good friends. known them almost the whole time I've been here.

[He'll be okay, it's been long enough that Envy doesn't mind talking about him.]

fairly large, at least the mainland is
Johto is oddly familiar to a region near where I lived
i'm assuming Kanto must be the same

...you were here for quite a while, is that right?
sounds good to have friendships last that long, huh?

really? I've heard a lot about how it's a game, but nobody's told me it looked familiar to home.

and yeah, over two years straight now. we weren't exactly friends at first though. they were friends before they got here, but I didn't start getting along with either of them for a while. made for an interesting time traveling.

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