foolishwren | 036. Video/Action/Text

Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: En route to Goldenrod City

036. Video/Action/Text

_{[Backdated to earlier on Friday morning, close to noon.]}

[Text to Otacon and Liquid.]

I'm running ahead a bit

Gotta meet somebody.

I don't think there's far left to go though so if I don't see you before we get there I'll catch up with you in the city ok?

peace out

[Text to Kaito]

Hey, how far've you gotten??

I can see POLLUTION over the treetops which means I've gotta be getting close-- hope I didn't pass you yet.

_{[That overcast gray sky overhead is somehow oppressive, even on the video feed. Yet, Heather looks cheerful. Maybe she doesn't notice it-- it IS rather... tame on the surface in comparison to the ghastly fog that had come rolling in on silent feet before the hallucinations had set in about a month ago... Not to mention this weird overcast state is more or less the norm a lot of the time where Heather comes from. Or maybe it's just that she's happy to be on the road again-- it's the first time she's made a transmission of her own since leaving Azalea. Not to mention now that Minnie's safe, the trip has a bit less urgency to it.]}

Man, I don't know about anybody else, but I'm sure glad that frosty air is gone...

Anyway, uh-- guys, I had a question.

What kinds of Pokemon are around here? Hal caught one of those... teleporting bald fox things, but I haven't seen much of anything else. _{Except for the bugs in my sleeping bag at night...} _{[THANKS SNAKE YOU REALLY HELPED HER SLEEP SOUNDLY.]}

It's kinda been awhile since I've caught anything, and while I am gonna be getting the rest of my guys back soon, Cooj is getting uh... sorta tired.

_{[... Not that it, you know, showed. He was still romping merrily in and out of the frame as Heather walked. But it was true enough, now that she was going ahead by herself and the Growlithe had to do all the battling on his own, the traveling without aid of Pokemon Center was making him a little less enthusiastic about chasing things off.]}

I don't even think I have any Pokeballs, but ... any recommendations?

I'm open to anything.

.... Except those things.

_{[The turns the camera around to point at a small gaggle of mostly-concealed Jigglypuff in the grass that have seemingly been following her.]}

There is a reason I have not tried to catch you, Weird Round Pink Things.

Go away.

_{[End feed.]}

[Text to Minnie-- PRIVATE.]

Hey Minnie

How you doing?

Are you somewhere safe now?

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_{[Cujo looks absolutely delighted to see ~*~other Pokemon~*~, and he leans down a little to curiously snuffle all over Kei's ears. 8U NEW FRIEND?? NEW FRIEND?!]}

Lookin' good there, Smiley! _{[... is Heather's greeting as she finally picks her way through the bushes and encounters her buddy for the first time in... had it been two months now? Her tone is mocking, but the grin on her face, even if it's a little smirky, shows just how glad she is to see him as she offers a hand to help him up (if he's still on the ground, anyway!)]}

[NEW FRIEND?! Kei is as curious as they get, and he's ALL UP IN CUJO'S BUSINESS sniffing him out and trying to get a sense of who this new Pokemon is]

Oi! [Kaito glances up from the two canine Pokemon and offers Heather a HUGE grin. He is just as happy to see her as she is him.

He takes her hand and allows her to pull him to his feet] Long time no see!

_{[NEW FRIEND!! A-quiver with excitement, Cujo proceeds get to know Kei by snorfing all over him in true dog fashion. He's surprisingly gentle with things smaller than he is despite his rambunctiousness, so he's careful not to trample the little guy or butt him with his snout too hard.]

I'll say! You're a sight for sore eyes, man!

_{[She takes advantage of the fact that she has his hand for the moment to tug him into a slightly-awkward (because gawd is Heather out of practice with having friends she cares enough about to embrace at all) but nonetheless heartfelt BRO HUG.]}

I thought nature was gonna finish me off before I got a chance to see you or any of the other guys in the flesh again!}

[Which is more than can be said for Kei, who may be small, but he is a determined little guy.

Kaito is... still not quite used to physical affection himself, but Kay and Johan are slowly teaching him the ways of brohugs, so he returns the brohug about as awkwardly as Heather does. When he's done, he pulls away, but doesn't let go of her hand]

Geez, I thought we'd all be traveling so much we'd never get the chance to meet again! Violet City seems like so long ago, too.

_{[Luckily, Cooj is fairly hefty so Kei can be as rough as he wants. The rusty dog was now play-bowing and making whuffing, snorty noises, his tail going back back and forth like a flag. 8U DOES NEW FRIEND PLAY?]

[S-sob they can learn about it together. At least Heather hasn't graduated to ferociously noogieing him yet. So far she's just been doing that to Otacon because he's wimpy and she can get away with it.]}

Haha, I know, right? Seriously. _{[It wasn't so bad considering everyone could stay in touch with the 'Gears, but... there was still something to be said for being able to talk to someone right in front of you, in the flesh.]} How long's it been since you guys pulled outta there-- two months?

At least we'll all be in Goldenrod for awhile, right?

_{[She hoped, anyway. Because she sure wasn't planning on leaving for awhile.]}

[Kei flattens his ears against his skull at bats at Cujo playfully. WHY YES, NEW FRIEND DOES PLAY. NEW FRIEND PLAYS A LOT]

Geez, two months? Feels like it was longer than that.

We don't plan on leaving Goldenrod anytime soon, that's for sure.

_{[Cue RETURN BATTING. Cujo was utterly thrilled with his new bro.]

[Heather laughed sheepishly at that, rubbing the back of her neck.]}

Yeah, it seems more like-- .... more than two months. So much's happened...

_{[Most of which they've already talked about, so there's no need to darken the doorstep with those particular topics of discussion. So she just grins.]}

Awesome! We'll have time to catch up.

Me, I'll be happy if I don't see nature again EVER.

I am so sick of nature, Smiley.

If nature had arms, it would be trying to strangle everyone. I am convinced.

[And Kei is thrilled with his. CANINE BUDDIES FOREVER.

Kaito finds himself laughing at Heather's claims of nature's evilness, and he quirks an eyebrow at her before responding slyly]

You didn't go camping much as a kid, did you?

_{[~*~PUPPY PALS~*~]}

... WELL. ... I went once or twice! .... Okay, once. .... In the backyard.

Dad wasn't much of an outdoorsman, either.

Every time he tried to pitch a tent, somebody got injured somehow.

_{[Poor Harry had been more accustomed to tapping typewriter keys than to hammering stakes into the ground.]}

[FOREVER]

C'mon, tents aren't that hard to pitch! [Though Kaito has certainly had his fair share of vs. THE TENT fights on his camping trips at home]

Hey, hey, you didn't know my dad!

Tents came to life when he was around. And not in a good way. In a painful way.

_{[There had been at least one occasion where they'd flat-out given up and he'd just let her build a giant blanket fort in the living room instead. ... Which she'd probably have done anyway, to be honest.]}

Sounds like your dad just had a tendency to pick really violent tents. [he teases, of course]

Yeah, well... there was probably that too.

But then, technology didn't get along with him too well. Even that level of technology.

_{[And god forbid he try to use the internet. HOW DOES HARRY MASON SHOT GOOGLE?]}

Anyway... we oughta get going! I wanna feel pavement under my feet.

[he laughs. Oh those silly old men]

Right! We shouldn't be too far away. We'll be in Goldenrod in no time!

_{[CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO TECHMOLOGY, DOHOHO.]}

Yeah! I'm super pumped! I-- ... oh! Oh yeah!

_{[Grinning sheepishly, she looked over at him.]}

So uh... did y'bring my pack by any chance?

[grin widens, and he shrugs her bag off of his shoulder and hands it to her]

I've got it right here.

_{[HUGE BEAM as she takes the pack. She... literally NEVER thought she'd see it or its contents again (well, until he'd told her he had it, anyway).]}

Man, I owe you a billion.

You got no idea how much it means to me you took care of this stuff.

_{[... And then, jokingly.]}

... And didn't steal any of it!

[he lifts his hands and waves them sheepishly at her]

Oi oi, expensive jewels, remember? [a grin] Your egg is about to hatch, too.

Right, right. Jewels. _{[She grins back-- then blinks, brows popping up in surprise.]} The egg! _{[She'd almost forgotten. Tugging the pack open, she reached in to lift it out. ... Yeah, it was 'verge-of-hatching' all right... b-but why hadn't it hatched yet???]

[As if to answer this question, the egg rumbleS slightly, as though displeased that it had been taken out of the bag.]

[WHAT IS THIS COLD DRAFT. PUT ME BACK IN THE WARMTH IMMEDIATELY, ROAR.]}

.... Uh.

...

Maybe it'll hatch now! [BECAUSE WHY NOT?]

I-- maybe! It... it seems kinda MAD.

_{[Eggs were not supposed to make noises like disgruntled puppies.]}

... I wonder if it's-- AH! HEY!

_{[A blunt little blue snout had suddenly poked through the shell to nip at her fingers. She yelped and then proceeded to juggle the egg precariously from hand to hand, trying to catch it again.]}

Jeez!

Er... maybe it's mad you didn't-- oi!

[THAT LOOKS LIKE A POKEMON NOSE]

It's hatching!

It's hatching and it's out for blood!

_{[Finally she has the sense to just... gently put it down on the ground. ... Where it sits. Stubbornly NOT hatching, as though it just wants to be difficult.]}

.... Man, I think that Demyx guy was lying to me. He said he was giving me the 'blue lizard' egg, not the 'indecisive guy with anger management issues' egg.

[bending down to peeeer at it]

Maybe it's an indecisive angry blue lizard with anger management issues.

Yeah... that could be it...

_{[She reaches out to gently nudge it with one toe. The egg reacts by tipping briefly towards her foot and making a threatening sound. It then swivels gently in Kaito's direction, all "WHAT. YOU WANNA GO?"]}

... It's bitey.

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