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[vulpesvivus]

I need to find something to do with myself around here.

Maybe I could start traveling and collecting badges again, but...I don't know. It doesn't really seem worth it if I'm on my own. I could probably ask Heather, but I'd just end up getting in their way or somethi I don't really imagine anyone would want a mechanical engineer following them around, either.

...Does anyone else ever feel like they've just flat-out been here too long?

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[vulpesvivus]

The majority of technical advancements where I come from has all been for the purpose of warfare. Camouflage that renders you invisible, giant bipedal robots, microscopic machines in your bloodstream that improve combat efficiency... Basically everything you'd probably never find here.

It would be pretty interesting to explore Kanto, at least. I can't say it would do a lot for the larger scale of py problem, but it'd be something to do.

[islandshore]

Yeah, the closest thing I can think of is Golurk, and even that's not the same as man-made machinery. But is war pretty common where you're from? If there's that much emphasis on weaponry and combat, it's gotta be pretty serious.

And I hear you. It's tricky coming up with long term solutions, and I wish I could come up with something more useful. It's a problem I've had myself, and I'm sure other oldbies have gone through it plenty of times.

Maybe we should just start a support group.

[That last bit was said jokingly, but hey... maybe it'd work.]

[vulpesvivus]

Basically, yeah. It's been a widespread thing for a long time now; the technology to develop nuclear-equipped bipedal robots has been around since at least the early to mid-70's, and it's 2014 back home.

At any rate, that would be a hell of a thing to run. Do we get a platinum membership card after three years or something?

[islandshore]

Sheesh. And if they existed more than forty years back, I bet the ones that exist now are at least ten times as lethal.

And seeing how we're like fossils compared to some of the people here, I'd say that's fair. And then you could slap on a name like "Oldbies Anonymous"... or maybe something a little more creative. Names are tricky.

[vulpesvivus]

Fossils? Ouch. If I didn't know better I might almost be offended.

[islandshore]

Hah. I wouldn't say something like that seriously, anyway. I'm only eighteen, and the 'grey' hair's all natural.

[vulpesvivus]

Mine's been gray since I was twenty-five, if it makes you feel any better.

[islandshore]

I'd ask if there's a story behind that, but I've already bombarded you with questions as it is. Hope it wasn't something like stress, though.

[vulpesvivus]

No idea, honestly. I wasn't half as stressed then as I was later on, so it's really anyone's guess.