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50. Accidental Video

_{[When the feed flickers on, it's first displaying a somewhat unsteady view of Heather's back. Occasionally it swivels back and forth shakily-- showing a blurry view of what looked like a lot of cracked eggshells. There were a few towels lying crumpled on the floor, as well. Her voice, muffled and slightly blotted out by the constant clicking and rattling noises resulting from the Totodile claws that are grappling to keep hold on the camera.]}

--thought you weren't gonna make it before the first day've the New Year was over. Guess you like cuttin' it close to the wire, huh little guy?

_{[There's something small but fuzzy and ragged-looking draped over her shoulder, jostling slightly as she rubs it down with a towel.]

[It's white, mostly-- with spiky, damp hair and something indistinct sticking out of its head-- something black and sickle-like. A reaper-y blade.]}

Guess it's appropriate, though.

_{[She sits back and the camera's view scurries forward a little bit, swiveling upwards insistently. Catching sight of it (and its carrier-- guess who) out of the corner of her eye, Heather turns with a quirked brow.]}

Wh-- Zilla, put that thing down, you're gonna break it.

_{[She uses one hand to better support the fuzzy white thing cradled against her shoulder and makes a sort of halfhearted grab for Godzilla and the 'Gear with the other-- he dances out of reach, but she does hit a button and the Pokedex function comes online.]}

ABSOL, the DISASTER POKEMON. It has the ability to predict disasters and impending danger. Its tendency to only appear before humans prior to disasters has earned it a reputation as an evil omen and often caused it to become a target, leading to the species becoming even more shy and reclusive.

... Predicting disasters, huh.

Guess I'm safe, then. _{Mine's already happened.}

I know just what I'm gonna call you.

_{[Curious about the newest addition to their little motley crew, Godzilla inches forward with the camera once again, zooming in on the little creature's face. As the view gets clearer, a single red eye-- the one not obscured by a limp mop of white fur-- drifts open.]}

How do you feel about 'Alessa'?

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[ lets that sink in.

... Lets that sink in for a good FIVE MINUTES. ]

Saint?

Yeeeeeee-up.

_{[She's not going to mention what she-- ... what Alessa did to actually become that saint-- half because it's weird as hell and half because it's actually ninety-percent sugary bullshit that the cult came up with after the real stuff all went down.]}

Can't you just see me with the robes and that sunbursty halo thing behind my head?

No.

[ ... said immediately. ]

_{[Aaaaand that answer makes Heather crack up, slapping one knee and shaking her head.]}

No?

Awww, but I'm so-- saintly!

... Seriously, though, they had a big painting of that and everything.

_{[... Admittedly, in the painting she'd had Alessa's long black hair and had been holding a baby (herself. How's THAT for a mind trip?), but it was true.]}

Anyway... yeah. That's what I was. A few of 'em wanted me dead for their own purposes... those were the ones I hated least, lemme tell ya.

... Not to say they weren't... assholes or anything.

_{[Vincent had been a slimy, manipulative little creeper, but at least he was more or less straightforward about the fact that he only had his own interests in mind. And Leonard, well, Leonard hadn't really given a crap about the whole Alessa thing, but then again, he was so nutso by the end that he probably hadn't even known who she was.]}

... It's the ones who were obsessed who were the real sickos.

Oh geez, Heather... you really had it rough, didn't you?

[ Rise's pretty sure she's never had paintings, but she'd rather not think about that at all. And sure, she's had plenty of people who hate her, but they'd never tried to KILL her. ]

_{[Her grin fades a little at that and she shrugs her shoulders a little, the smile turning rueful.]}

Yeah... more'n a little.

... Now mind you, I didn't... know about any of this until I was seventeen. ... Well. Know know. I knew about it, but it was kinda... buried? _{[Repressed for her own good was a better term.]}

But it was goin' on the whooooole time and some of those people? Got preeeeetty weiiiird.

[ after a long, pensive silence-- ]

If you ever feel like moving to Japan--

[ may be only half-kidding. Poor Heather. ]

_{[Ohohoho, and she hasn't even MENTIONED Stanley yet, Rise. It gets worse.]}

And leave my fanclub behind? How could I?

_{[Heavily-sarcastic tone, of course.]}

Though I guess it could do me good to spend a little time living abroad.

... I don't think they're after me anymore, though.

_{[Two of their most central leader-figures were dead, so...]}

So, how about you? Any specific creepies?

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Good.

[ and she says that emphatically, though the vehemence fades as she ponders Heather's question. ]

Not... really. I've had a few try to sneak into my room, and I've been followed before, and sure... that one teacher at school had a pin-up book of me, but he was a creep in general. [ but Rise won't speak ill of the dead beyond that, so she just shakes her head. ] I've gotten used to it, though. The really intense love letters, stuff like that.

_{[Heather allowed a full-body shudder to pass through her at the thought of one of Rise's teacher having a pinup book of her.]}

Really? A teacher?

Ugh, that's... ugh.

_{[It's not necessarily a surprising concept, but it's still pretty... ugh.]}

Man, I never got used to the letters... though I guess piles of fanmail is kinda different. Did you get anything nice, at least?

Y-yeah, it's... better not to think about it.

[ but she smiles and nods. ]

Yeah, usually around White Day, I'd get some pretty nice handmade chocolates.

Well, that's nice at least.

... But uh... White Day?

_{[Go figure-- Heather was a fairly standard American in that she was pretty ignorant of other cultures.]}

... You've got Valentines Day, right?

Uh? Oh! Yeah!

Is White Day the Japanese equivalent or something?

Kinda. Valentines for us is like giving chocolate to guys. And on White Day, a month later, they return the favor to the girls.

Ohhh, so you have two Valentine's Days. That's kinda cool, actually. Sounds more sensible.

It makes things a lot easier. So you guys don't have anything like that?

Not really... Valentine's Day is just sort of an all-purpose commercial bonanza, really. Mainly for girlfriends to guilt their boyfriends and groups of bitchy, popular people to give each other cutesy little candies and shit.

The only real gender-separated holidays we have are Mother and Father's Day.

We don't have those. But Christmas was never really a big deal for us, either.

Man, that's so weird to think about!

Over in the U.S., Christmas is like the be-all, end-all of holidays. As soon as Halloween's over, all the stores start playing Christmas music and breaking out the decorations.

Me, I like the holiday and all, but I could stand not to be hearing "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" in October, y'know?

Whoa, they don't waste any time! I mean, sure we decorate and everything, but Christmas is usually just something you celebrate if you're a couple or with your family. But it's not crazy.

Heh, well, that's how Dad and I always celebrated it. Kind of a quiet affair. _{[... Well. Once she'd grown out of the habit of waking him up on Christmas morning by taking a GIANT LEAP ONTO HIS BED and almost skewering him with sharp, bony little tomboy elbows.]}

But the rest of the country, man...

Got sorta crazy?

Yep.

Whole thing's pretty commercialized. Not that that's really a bad thing. _{[Mallcrawler that she'd once been, prowling stores around Christmastime had once been one of Heather's favorite pastimes.]}

But the hype, I could probably do without.

Are there any like... really huge holidays in Japan like that?

Oh, yeah! Actually, New Year's is a huge deal.

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