foolishwren | 100. [Video/Action for Saffron City]

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100. [Video/Action for Saffron City]

_{[Wow.]

[That Vulpix on the screen sure looks pissed.]

[The ironic presence of the happy leftover Christmas lights behind it doesn't help.]

[A heavy sigh sounds from off-camera.]}

Man.

Leave it to her to get one last dig in just when I thought it was over.

_{[But Heather apparently isn't gonna elaborate on who 'her' is... though anyone who witnessed Heather's fiery freakout over the summer and knew what it was about might have a decent guess.]

[The camera just shifts as she gets up-- it lingers briefly on what looks like a box filled with crumpled wrapping paper-- in the middle of it sit two large eggs.]}

Hopefully the other living presents we got this year'll be friendlier.

_{[She turns the camera around at last and sort of regards it for a moment, chewing absent-mindedly on her lip. She's got a big wooly winter hat on, so either she just got in or she's about to go out. Probably the latter.]}

... Screw this year, man. Bring on the new one.

_{[HAPPY NEW YEAR ERRYBODY.]}

[ooc: ANYONE IN SAFFRON CITY IS FREE TO RUN INTO HEATHER, or assume she randomly stopped by wherever they are.]

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[Envy had arrived in Saffron barely a half hour ago, and it had since occurred to him that he didn't know where the people he'd come to visit were staying. At the hotel, he guessed, but for the moment he was okay with stretching his legs from the train ride in the streets before making a call.]

[His Tyranitar is following behind him, and so is his Yamask. It's chance when he walks by on the other side of the street from where Heather is, and while he doesn't spot her, Edmund the Yamask does. Envy'd explained who they were going to see, so he thinks he recognizes her as the right person.]

[Envy fails to pay enough attention to the light tugs on his coat, so clearly the only thing for it is for Edmund to go see if he can get Heather's attention himself.]

[So Heather will have a slightly timid-looking Yamask tapping her on the shoulder.]

_{[Yeah, Heather isn't watching the crowds too closely... perhaps less closely than she should, but either way, she doesn't see Envy at first.]

[But the funny thing about being tapped on the shoulder by a tiny ghost when there's not actually anybody nearby in her peripheral vision is that it's a little... startling. At least when you're already on-edge.]

[Heather doesn't make a sound, but she does JOLT and twist around, glancing about wildly for a second or two. Expecting to see... y'know, a person.]

[... Except it's a... a.... one of those things! Oh.]}

... Uh... HEY, little... dude.

[Edmund taps his 'hands' together in front of his face sheepishly and floats backwards a little when he startles her. He hadn't meant to really :( ]

[But he nods in greeting before pointing across the street at Envy and Chimera (who is probably easier to spot, honestly), making a questioning sound. Do you know my friends over there?]

_{[Heather frowns, following the little thing's point, until...]}

... Oh!

Your trainer's Envy?

... HEY! ENVY!

[Envy looks right up when he hears his name being shouted, looking around for the source. He grins and waves when he sees Heather, before dodging his way through the crowd to the other side of the street. Chimera follows behind more slowly, but not having any trouble at all with the suddenly-glad-to-get-out-of-the-way pedestrians.]

Hey yourself. I see my ghost spotted you.

[Edmund nods shyly and darts around behind Envy's shoulder, although not out of sight completely.]

_{[Aw. She's never actually met a ghost that's shy. What a refreshing change from dealing with Slightly.]}

Hey, yeah. I guess my stupid hat stands out in a crowd.

I didn't know you were in town!

[Yeah, there's a reason that Edmund is the only ghost-type Envy's ever liked having around.]

Just got here, actually.

[He snorts.] And speaking of stupid hats, I got your present.

Sweet, and I got yours.

Seems like we both had the same general idea, huh?

Seems like it.

[He snickers, and pulls his bag off of one shoulder and around so that he can fish something out of it. And what he's looking for isn't exactly difficult to find, so it's only a second before he pulls out the hat. The feather is a little crumpled, but not nearly as bad as it could be. He was careful packing it.]

[With a flourish, he puts the hat on, tipping it at an angle and posturing as though he's the most fashionable person on the block.] I think it suits me.

_{[A grin stretches across her face as he pulls the hat out and puts it on his head.]}

Y'know what, I think it does too.

... Mine's back in the hotel room, otherwise I'd put it on and we could be dumb hat twins.

[He makes a mock offended face.]

What, you haven't been carrying yours around everywhere, waiting for the opportunity? I'm hurt.

[Then he laughs.] Not that I'd have mine either, if I hadn't just gotten off the train.

Hey, were you headed anywhere in particular before? [Because unless she tells him to gtfo, she has obtained one (1) tree-headed tagalong.]

I tried, but it didn't fit in my pocket.

_{[Smiling, she stuffs her hands into her pockets.]}

Not really. I was just wandering. Care to join?

Sure.

[Envy grins back, and takes a moment to stretch his arms back behind his head.]

I could use some wandering after that train ride. That thing's a lot faster than anything back home, but six hours is still too long to be sitting.

Man, I know, right?

I had to keep on getting up and wandering around during the ride. Couldn't sit still that long.

_{[She starts to resume her slow meandering down the sidewalk-- Saffron is huge. Like Goldenrod, it's a good place to walk.]}

I don't know who could sit still for that long.

[Envy takes a moment to take off the hat and put it back in his bag before he starts walking himself, hands in his pockets and matching her pace. And with Chimera stomping along close behind them, the crowds aren't going to get too pushy.]

...hard to believe this is the third new years I've spent here. It's your third one too, right?

Yeah... freaky, isn't it?

_{[She lets out a puff of breath as they walk and watches it evaporate into the night.]}

Like, it's not one of those 'oh I feel like I just got here yesterday' things, but... still. It doesn't feel like it's been three years.

[He nods.]

It doesn't. For me, it feels like it's been longer. Three years, normally they'd go by like that. [He snaps his fingers for emphasis.]

Feels like I've been here a decade.

... Heh. Well.

Me, I can hardly believe it's been three.

One, maybe.

I'm glad it hasn't really been one, can you imagine all that's happened squeezed into just one year? None of us would ever sleep.

[Although as they walk, they're coming up on the Fighting Dojo; the sound of thumping feet and shouted HAHs are faintly audible even out on the street. A small group of Blackbelts and walk out the front door in front of them, laughing over some sort of joke with their Pokemon following behind.]

[And since it's sort of impossible to get around people, two Machamps, and a Hitmonlee taking up the entire sidewalk, Envy stops and gives the dojo a more interested second glance.]

You ever actually been in there?

_{[She has to laugh at that.]}

I guess you're right!

_{[But as the Dojo building looms up ahead, Heather pauses, hands still in pockets, looking at the passing fighters and then up at the doors.]}

I haven't, actually... word on the street is it like, used to be the main gym of the town but then they all got whomped by Sabrina and had to step down.

[...it's another telling sign of how long he's been here that Envy's immediate thought is 'well of COURSE they lost, psychic is strong against fighting'.]

Yeah, I think I heard something about that.

[He tries to get a look at the inside of the building through one of the windows, getting more curious. And hey, after that train ride some exercise doesn't sound half bad.]

Want to check out what's in there?

_{[RIGHT? If the story is true, Heather honestly wonders why stuff like that doesn't happen more often. What's to stop some wannabe Electric leader from mowing Falkner down and setting up shop in Violet?]}

... Sure, why not?

Never been in a dojo before, unless that Gym in Cianwood counts.

Same, dojos weren't really a thing back home. And I got out of that Gym as soon as I had my badge.

[He goes to the doors, pushing one open to walk in and absently holding it behind him for Heather. There's people and Pokemon sparring or having battles, but it isn't too crowded.]

I talked with Chuck a little after beating him, he seemed a little cooler than some of the other Gym Leaders.

_{[But stayed to TRAIN... no, she hadn't done that.]

[She slips in after Envy, pausing briefly to look around. Dead tonight... but it's cold and late, so she's not surprised.]}

... Huh...

Heh, definitely cooler than Whitney and Falkner, I'll give him that.

[He's looking around too, putting his hands back in his pockets even though they're inside now.]

Well, there's a distinct lack of waterfall puzzles in this one. Not that I'm complaining.

[He pauses giving the dojo another look, before giving her a challenging half-grin.] Hey, interested in sparring while we're in here?

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