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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[Sazh shakes his head.] ... Damn.

Young people like you shouldn't have to see those kinds of things.

... No one should have to.

But life doesn't really care how young or old you are when it comes to that stuff.

_{[Appropriately, there's a certain oldness to her voice when she speaks the words. It's not usually there when she's bopping around and being her usual spunky self, but when she's talking about stuff like this...]}

You've got that right.

I've experienced that myself. [He shakes his head.] I mean, not me exactly, but my son. He was turned into something that everyone on Cocoon is afraid of and was used by the military, and I wasn't able to do a damn thing about it.

_{[Heather looks a little surprised. That's an awfully personal thing to reveal... and it's pretty damn heartbreaking.]}

I'm sorry...

_{[... But she can't help but be a little curious.]}

... What happened to him?

Hey, nothing to be sorry about. It's not like you could've prevented it, yeah?

Well, long story short, me and a few friends managed to save the entire planet, which lead to my son to turning back to normal.

Well... that's good! Was he okay?

Yep. Better than ever.

That's good!

All's well that ends well, right?

That's right.

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