#technically it won't be 6 years until tomorrow but time means nothing. to me.

[korrasamibottles]

Six years since "I care about you Asami. More than I've ever cared about anyone." Korrasami Gang how are we feeling.

#me personally? i am unwell. #technically it won't be 6 years until tomorrow but time means nothing. to me. #korrasami #tlok #lok

[mtsilvermute]

Red's Journal - Entry 9/6

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I woke up this morning with a dream-song stuck in my head, some cacophonous concoction orchestrated by my restless mind. By the time I'd gathered the vocal strength to hum it, it had abandoned me, and I opted out of opening my mouth for the rest of the day in silent mourning. I mean, I wasn't exactly planning on unmuting during today's meetings anyway, but... you get it.

I took Charizard for a spin today. We've been flying very little over the past 6 months due to climatic craziness: There's only so much a Sunny Day can do to warm your bare face in a blizzard. But 1) I got a new pair of goggles, so my eyes don't sting like they used to, and 2) the adrenaline of flying home warms my body like nothing else. It's still a long flight, so I won't know my current comfort [level] with it until I've executed it, but I feel capable of doing so at the very least. (Also, people don't understand true joy until they've donned a pair of goggles. They're so cool - and these ones are so comfortable, I might just wear them around the house for the fun of it.)

Anyway, Johto Conference - or I guess they're rebranding to "Silver Conference" - is happening soon. Exciting. I don't know how to properly convey sarcasm in handwriting so let me see. 氵Exciting! Their planning commission is as all over the place as it always is and I don't really have the brain power to help them iron out their issues. . . But they're tipping me for the time, so I can't really say no. Today we met virtually and had the typical Johto conversation of "oh shit we have an event in six months, what're we gonna do?" And it was bad. Chuck kept belting out ideas and Morty looked like he'd seen a ghost the whole way through. I think Morty, Falkner, and Jasmine feel pretty strong-armed into playing support roles given how dominating Pryce, Chuck, and (obviously) Lance can be, but I think their expertise is just as valuable as the latter's. In any case, would you be surprised if I told you that I kept my mouth shut the whole time?

They have another meeting scheduled next week and I hope by then they have a more concrete plan of how to accommodate a likely increased attendance size this year. If they don't, I'll step in and propose a plan myself. I really don't want to see the logistics of this plan fall through.

The last thing today was the challenger evaluation. (It was technically the second thing from today, but who's counting?) This kid is about 16, so on the older side of things, and he's clearly indebted to Unovan theorycrafting, sporting a Corviknight AND Slowbro for maximum defensive power. I wouldn't be surprised if those two just tanked the entire League for him. I highly doubt he'll have any issues coming up the mountain, and I highly doubt I'll have any issues beating him back down it. I don't remember what comments I provided for the evaluation today, but I think they were something like "he'll be in good hands."

In any case, I'm excited to be home. I actually just got up to pace around cause I was so excited, haha. And I admit that I'm petering out, so I should retreat to my sheets and go for another academic deep dive. Unova's doing some intriguing things in their journals nowadays. . .

I have nothing profound with which to fill these pages anymore.

Good night, journal. May tomorrow bring joys as great as you.

#red's journal