[ Katara sounds tired. and yet eager as she comes onto the feed. Jet is pretty tired too, but he had been more than willing to push themselves to cut as much time off the journey as possible, for which Katara is grateful. It's Carla operating the gear from her seat on Jet's back as Katara hurries the last few feet into the familiar town, looking around eagerly. ]

I wonder if he's made it yet. Carla, hand me my-- [ Turning mid-sentence, why hello! I see you are already busy filming! Well then! ] Carla! A little warning, next time? [ She looks embarrassed, reaching up to try smoothing her windswept hair back down, approaching the two. The embarrassment doesn't last. Despite looking tired and travel worn her smile is pretty brilliant. ]

Sokka, I just got into town. You're here, right? [ Tell her you're still here.. ]

Winry, Ed, Alphonse, we made it to Cherrygrove just fine. We'll head back to Violet once everyone's had a chance to rest You can call me if you need anything, though!

[ She ends the feed there. ]

( Private: To Ed )

[[Backdated to earlier in the evening.]]

[They've lost one more on the way to Violet City. It's like a bad ghost story. Every time she gets to know or meets up with someone they ended up disappearing sooner or later. She's pretty determined not to let it get her down, though. Rather, she'll go on and kick gym leader butt in their names, or something like that. Claire would probably approve in any event.]

Finally. [She sighs, looking around the town as they get past the main gate. The background music changing was the main indicator. It seems more tolerable than the route's song, maybe just because it's still new?] Let's find an inn or hotel, I am dying to get into a real bed tonight.

[Then training could follow up after some resting. Her team should be strong enough to take on the gym leader, but it was no easy feat given that the wild Pokemon gradually become weaker the stronger their own become. Who should she use against Falkner anyway? Flying types...]