foolishwren | 53. Accidental Video

_{[There's a whole lot of jostling noises before the 'Gear, turned on in the hubbub, tumbles out of a small pile of clothes and lands on the bed, showing a jumble of items and ... general junk that Heather's allowed to accumulate in the hotel room.]

[There's a few crumpled paychecks, unfolded clothing, spare Potions and Pokeballs, and more than a few of the Christmas gifts that she'd gotten from her friends (all the candies and sweets, however, are long gone. Because if Heather didn't eat them, Honey the Butterfree was more than happy to pick up the slack.)]

[Is she... doing some early spring cleaning or what?]}

Where-- ... is it? Dammit...

_{[Her voice, though slightly muffled on account of a small Girafarig plush pressed against the 'Gear's speakers, is clearly audible from somewhere off-camera. There's some sounds of stuff being shuffled or thrown about.]}

I swore I just put it d-- NO, Cujo, don't touch that! I said NO. Leave it alo-- good boy.

Okay, now where is that-- AHA.

_{[The 'Gear is plucked up out of the pile of odds and ends and the camera shows Heather's face briefly. She frowns a little bit at the sight of the red 'recording' light, but shrugs a little bit and lets her arm fall slack, giving everyone a nice, motion-blurred view of her jean leg. She seems a little harried-- too busy to care enough to turn it off.]}

Okay, I think that's just about everything-- Zilla, take that out of your mouth or I'll drop-kick you and you'll choke on it. Just gotta-- _{[Rummaging sounds.]}-- find a way to fit everything in... _{[Wait a moment, is she... packing? Since when was Heather leaving Goldenrod??]}

I think with the new bag, I should be able to-- ....

... CLAUDY. Get OUT of-- ....Claudy, NO-- aw, hell. Claudy...

_{[... There's a brief, resigned pause, and then Heather brings up the 'Gear to eye-level to show the network just what it is she's looking at.]

[Anybody remember Claudy's oh-so-endearing choice of habitat back when she was a cute little Hoothoot who could fit into small spaces? Anybody remember how that adorable (and very inconvenient) habit had disappeared once she had evolved into something as tall as Heather's torso? Juudai, remember how you gave her that great big RK9 sports bag for Christmas?]}

[THE OWLBAG IS PLEASED.]

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Someone who has to resort to force can't be considered a good trainer.

Hmph, what do you know. You're just a kid.

_{[... And so are you, Heather, technically. And to be honest he's probably smarter than you in most areas.]

[Either way, her tone's a little too indignant to really take seriously.]}

..! You are older than me, but when it comes to training Pokémon, there's only a few months' difference between our experience.

I'd like it if you didn't judge me just because of my age.

[Indignant tone or not, Miles is totally serious.]

_{[HUFF.]

[Okay, he did have a point....]}

M'not judging you, m'just SAYING.

You were definitely judging. [Huffing back!]

I was not.

_{[... Oh boy. Don't get sucked in, Miles. DON'T GET SUCKED INTO THE 'WAS NOT' 'WAS TOO' TRAP.]}

[HE'S ACTUALLY REALLY PRONE TO IT.]

Was too. You judged that I wouldn't understand something just because I'm a kid.

Waaaaaas not.

_{[For somebody who was technically a whole lot older than should be allowed to get away with this kind of immaturity, Heather sure was a champion at childish arguments.]

[She totally wasn't even addressing his point.]}

You definitely were!

[Why Heather. Why are you so immature. Although admittedly, Miles couldn't hate it. it was a lot more fun than having to think up of logical rebuttals to everything his mentor said every day for nine months. 8| ]

I definitely definitely was not!

_{[Sometimes she wondered that, herself-- but hey, maturity was overrated, right?]}

Then what were you doing?

[Maturity is more and more overrated the older you get - and as Miles is still pretty young, maturity is very highly rated. But fun? Usurps everything.]

I was... exercising my freedom of speech!

_{[Heather's at that stage that-- despite having technically been in existence long enough to make her older than most of her friends, was... at that strange and fuzzy point where you were stuck teetering between being a kid and a grownup-- a point that was hard to know how to get out of. Growing up just wasn't as simple as people made it out to be.]

[But she had lost childhood time to make up for, and being a goofball was a good way of dealing, she'd learned-- especially since she was still young enough to get away with it.]}

Somehow I think that's kind of different, but... [There is something off there, but Miles is just not going to ask anymore.]

[Miles doesn't mind either of Heather's traits: while her childish antics both made him cover his eyes, appalled, as well as grin and laugh out of pure amusement, he also appreciated the serious side she could show when the time called for it.

Miles himself was unsure about growing up, anyway.]

_{[There wasn't much point. Heather could and would come up with a stupid excuse, explanation, OR comeback almost no matter what.]}

Naaaaaaaah.

You're not going to do anything about the bird, are you? [Meanwhile Miles has... eggs and tiny Pokémon everywhere. ]

.... Well.

_{[She glared grumpily over her shoulder at the Noctowl again.]}

For the moment, I guess not.

I'm sure he'll move, if you really asked him.

... Miles, you do not know the strength of this owl's obsession with bags.

.......You can still try.

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