88. [Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[There was a bit of radio silence on Heather's part for awhile there... but here comes a video post! Because... yeah, uh. Probably a good idea to show everybody she's not DEAD.]

[The girl on the screen looks exhausted. The baggy shadows under her eyes never really seem to go away entirely, but they'd at least gone tame for awhile. Now they're back full force. It seems excessive, maybe, getting so broken-up for days over losing one person, even if that person was her best friend. ... But as she'd found out, he hadn't been the only one she'd lost that day. And she's not totally sure how she feels about it. ... About them both. Just that she's tired. BUT AT LEAST SHE'S NOT PUNCHING ANYTHING, RIGHT?]

[She seems to be leaning on (or... INTO. It's very... voluminous) a sort of... soft white MASS of some sort-- whose identity is revealed when a sharp hooked beak (that is... mostly obscured by fluffy white down) descends into the frame and starts to groom Heather's rat's-nest hair with a quiet twitter. Sunny makes the best pillow.]

[Heather doesn't waste any time before cutting right to the chase, speaking with a bored drawl (that's partially to justify how croaky her voice is-- SCREW EVERYTHING she's a bored teenager she doesn't need to sound nice!).]</sub>

Right, so.

Gonna beat Morty soon and then get outta this town. Nothin' left to do here, really.

So, uh.

We can either head over to Cianwood and see about getting Fly. ... Not that I have anything big enough to fly on, but. Y'know. For the heck of it.

OR we could head over to Mahogany. Which is... well, closer I guess.

So... I dunno. Thoughts? Anyone? Bueller?

Comments

[video]

[crimsondirge]

... are you all right? You don't look like you should be traveling.

[video]

[foolishwren]

Well, it's not like I'm gonna leap up after this broadcast and sprint into the woods. I haven't even put pants on yet, jeez.

_{[There's a sort of dry edge to her voice, but it's a little amused.]}

[video]

[crimsondirge]

Pants are necessary in this weather. You simply look-- [tact, she needs tact.] --like you have been ill.

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[She lets out a raspy laugh that doesn't do a whole lot to prove what she says.]}

Nah. I haven't been sick.

<sub>[Just depressed as fuck. ... Well, patchily, anyway. There were times when she'd been able to sufficiently distract herself. But, well.]

[In any case, she doesn't mind the tactlessness. It's better than meaningless flowery stuff.]</sub>

[video]

[crimsondirge]

My apologies. [hmm, that probably came off even worse than she meant it to, didn't it? whoops.] In that case, travel may be the best option.

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[No probs Naoto. All things considered, Heather's got a pretty thick skin. You're cool.]}

Yeah. I'd rather not stick around here.

[video]

[crimsondirge]

Did something happen to the area? [to make it a place that Heather doesn't want to stay in, is what Naoto's getting at.]

[video]

[foolishwren]

Nah.

Town's fine. Awesome, actually.

I just ... wanna move on.

[video]

[crimsondirge]

Well, exploring this place further can only be a good thing.

[video]

[foolishwren]

Yeah... there's a lot I still haven't seen.

[video]

[crimsondirge]

[she's bad at this, so she's going to try for smalltalk-- which, of course, she's even worse at.]

--Have you been to Kanto yet?

[it could be worse. she could have asked about the weather.]

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[It's okay. Kanto is better than weather.]}

Not yet.

... Looked nice, 'cept that the only footage I saw of it was like... covered in swarming Jennies. _{[It had been during the Rocket attack on the Magnet Train, of course.]}

[video]

[crimsondirge]

I was absent when it was announced, but I have heard it is eerily similar to Johto. [she's decent at latching onto topics, at least.] I'm intending to go sometime.

...Covered in Jennies?

[video]

[foolishwren]

... I-- ... you know, the police.

_{[THEY'RE ALL NAMED JENNY and that kind of freaks Heather out a little.]}

[video]

[crimsondirge]

Ah. Yes. That's... [she considers her words. it's okay, it freaks her out too. it makes sense with the whole video game thing, but...] You would think they would hire -- detectives. For... variety.

[video]

[foolishwren]

I'd honestly be really surprised if they were smart enough for that to even occur to them.

_{[Grudge against the police? YOU BET.]}

[video]

[crimsondirge]

They do seem to be quite... simple minded.