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54. Video/Action/Text [BACKDATED TO FRIDAY THE 4TH]

_{[It's cold today. You know that miserable part of winter that comes in the last stretch before spring? It's not that somehow-festive, powdery cold with deep blue nights and busy-but-cheerful days buzzing with anticipation that stretch through December... It's not even the fresh, new whiteness of January.]}

[It's that dismal, perpetual grayness that fogs up February. You know the kind. The days are dark, the streets are full of slush, and the sidewalks are covered in black ice. It's just as cold as December, but it's somehow worse because at least in December you've got that tingly holiday feeling to keep you warm. February, on the other hand, has nothing to look forward to and it lasts forever.]

[Everybody hates February.]

[But when the feed clicks on, it's NOT outside-- it's already in the brightly-lit gym of Goldenrod City, and the camera is.... roughly at knee-level, and conveniently pointed straight at what appears to be a Miltank udder. Because that's how tall Godzilla is and lol what is that thing it's funny-lookin' and he's apparently not aware that UDDERS ARE NOT WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK AT.]

[In the background, there's a sound that should be VERY familiar now to anyone who's been watching the network recently--]

BWUUHHHHUHUHUHUHAAWHWHHHH! AHAWWWHHUH, y-ou-- you-- you meanie! Y-youhuhuh can't-- you just-- .... y-you're always so MEAN!

_{[The camera's shifting and Whitney's white-shoed feet are pacing back and forth fitfully as she cries.]}

[Heather's voice cuts in from somewhere above. It's even and level-headed, but there's an underlying quiver that anyone who's known Heather for any length of time will recognize as being a sign that she is physically restraining herself from strangling somebody.]

Look-- lady-- ... girl-- thing, during that battle, I deliberately refrained from being mean because every friggin' time I come in here, you're fucking CRYING EVERYWHERE.

I KNOW! I r-ruh-remember you, y-you always c-come in here to w-watch your MEAN FRIENDS and then y-you c-call me a BABY!

... Well, you are!

Y-YOU'RE SO MEAN TO ME, J-JU-JUST G-GO AWUH-WAY!!!"

I CAN'T, you haven't given me the freakin' badge-- AND WILL YOU STOP CRYING?!

AAAWWHHHHUHUHUHUHUHHHHHHHHH....!!!

Oh, for fuck's sa--

_{[The feed jitters to a soundless halt around that point-- Godzilla hit a wrong button and muted the sound. However, as the minutes pass, it looks like Whitney's calming down-- consoled by her girlfriends and probably a (VERY) grudging effort on Heather's part. As this happens, the camera shifts around occasionally-- showing a battered-looking but serene Honey, an irate Arty licking at two big flat sections of her fur (during the battle, she was a Rollout Victim (tm)), and Cujo, as derpy as ever.]}

[And then, the sound comes back on-- what's this? Heather sounds even pissier than she was when Whitney was crying!]

-ok, I don't care if you have a really good hairstylist, I am not here for a haircut. I don't care that I have split ends and I don't care that my roots are showing. I am here because you won't give me my freakin' badge.

WELL. I just thought that I'd offer some advice because you clearly were raised in an environment where nobody taught you how to take care of your own personal hygie--

_{[Heather's voice is tinged with absolute disbelief.]} I am not-- I'm not even listening to this. This is bullshit.

You're friends with that girl with the gorgeous pigtails! How could you possibly be friends with her and still have such an atrocious haircu--

For friggin'-- MY HAIR IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. Give. Me. The badge. Or I will--

_{[She pauses, probably looking over her shoulder-- quite a few of her friends showed up to watch and, being much better people that she is, several of them are probably giving her VERY MEANINGFUL GLANCES RIGHT ABOUT NOW. With a deep sigh, she evidently turns back to Whitney.]}

Okay. Look. I'm sorry that I'm a huge mean asshole with awful hair. Now, will you please give me the badge?

_{[Whitney brightens up visibly on the camera and completely ignores the badge request.]}

So you admit it? YAY! Anyway, like I was saying about my stylist, he's great with hopeless cases, and seriously, I don't think you'll be able to find anyone else who can handle your hopeless case, I mean, seriously, it's that hopeless, no offense or anything, it's not like it's your fault, and--

I'd go to your stylist... _{[Heather's voice is dangerously low.]} ... if I wanted to look like a tool.

_{[Whitney falls silent. Her expression is that of a well-meaning but tactless teenage girl who was only trying to help. The camera zooms in on her face slowly. Her eyes... are welling up with tears again.]}

_{... oh motherf--}

[TEXT to Phoenix and Snake, sent hastily as she's coming off the battlefield-- both are in the stands.]

Dave, Phoenix-- you guys okay with leaving tomorrow?

Im packed.

_{[OOC: Action for anyone who went to see Heather battle! She probably asked several of her closest friends if they'd like to come, considering she was about to leave Goldenrod for a spell.}
For the watchers, the battle was intense and fairly close, but Heather stuck it out in the end. Honey's Stun Spore was integral.]

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[Meandering down the stands...let's hope he doesn't trip!]

That's fine with me. I can pack everything tonight.

...but, jeez, I'm glad she didn't notice MY hair...

Edited 2011-02-09 04:11 (UTC)

[Of course the Professor went to watch Heather battle! Even if he hasn't been asked, he has been wandering around the city and trying to catch up with a month. Just...gonna approach her after the whole crying thing is over.]

Congratulations on your win, Miss Mason. Wonderful job, as usual. [SO PROUD OF YOU]

_{[Jack looks rattled. His voice is low.]}

I don't think I want that badge.

[pay no mind to the sudden!Zubat addition to her small team. ~~guess who was killing time waiting for the weather to clear by wandering around the outskirts of town~~

it's sitting on her head. but really. pay no mind.

SHE SHOULD PROBABLY LIKE, SCOLD HEATHER FOR SUCH FOUL LANGUAGE AND MAKING PEOPLE CRY BECAUSE YOU'RE HARRY MASON'S DAUGHTER BUT Cybil can't help but be amused by these shenanigans.]

...wow.

... should've offered to take her out on a date or something.

_{[DON'T TEXT WHILE WALKING DOWN STAIRS PHOENIX THAT'S NOT GOOD.]}

She'd probably have had a heart attack and DIED if she saw your hair. 

but at least you don't have split ends

_{[She puts the 'Gear away when she gets close enough to the stands, though. TALKING IN PERSON TRUMPS TECHNOLOGY YEEAAAAH]}

_{[Now that she's cooled off from the annoyance a little bit (and Whitney has presumably gone off to the other side of the field to let her friends try and cheer her up), Heather's looking a little tired but more or less peppy. She's got the hard-earned badge pinned to her collar next to the Hive Badge.]}

W-- aw, it was nothing, Proff'.

Thanks, though.

For coming to watch.

_{[Professor, you are still the only person to get her to blush like this. KAITO, TAKE NOTES.]}

It means a lot to me.

[Just...this expression. He never realised Whitney could...be so critical of the trainers who challenged her]

I am never setting foot in this gym again in my life.

_{[Ahahuhuh, bathead. It's like bedhead, but worse.]

[To be fair, Whitney cries at everything, although on the other hand to be equally fair, Heather was kind of mean. Feel free to scold her when you see her in Violet, Cybil.]

[But in the meantime, feel free to watch TEENAGE GIRLS BITCH AT EACH OTHER and be happy that you're not in high school anymore.]}

I hate this gym.

Edited 2011-02-09 04:51 (UTC)

I-- .... what.

_{[... K-Kaito what are you implying.]}

... Okay, first of all-- I've got better taste than that, and second of all-- .... we just spent like fifteen minutes fighting about how much she hates my hair.

I am so sick and tired of hearing that person's voice broadcasted. Who is it? Tell me! I order you!

[HE KIDS]

It worked for me! She didn't cry~

_{[TO BE FAIR... Heather has a history of coming in to watch her friends battle and then being bitchy about Whitney's crying, so THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE UNDERLYING (BUT JUSTIFIED) RESENTMENT GOING ON THERE. But Whitney meant well! She did! Why do folks gotta be so mean. ;-;]

[Also, it probably helped that Heather caused arguments like the plague.]}

Yep.

I'm done.

I am so done with this city.

You think YOU'RE sick and tired of it?

I had to listen to it in person.

And it's the gym leader in Goldenrod, for the record.

Dude, she practically cried at the SIGHT of me! If I asked her on a date, I think she'd probably jump into the ocean!

_{[... and then]}

... Wait... you asked her on a date?

_[Stare.]

... did you do it?

[bathead is ten times worse but Cybil's just. ignoring it for now.

OH SHE DEFINITELY WILL SCOLD YOU but yeah she's sooooooo happy she's not a teenager anymore.

doesn't make them any quieter though.]

So is this a regular thing?

[whether she's asking about the gym or heather's behavior is ~open to interpretation~]

I didn't ask her on a date. [Whitney's cute, but not his type]

I just gave her flowers and told her she was pretty.

Oh.

.... Well, I think if I'd done that, she would have run screaming in the opposite direction.

_{[... A pause.]}

... And then I'd NEVER get my badge.

_{[High school is a pit of hell and despair and Heather is glad she actually survived till graduation-- however recent it may have been.]}

What, the crying?

_{[Yes, allow Heather to be totally biased here. She fully believes that she in no way contributed to the problem by being ... well, herself.]}

Yeah.

Every time somebody beats her, the waterworks go on. It makes me wanna scream.

How in the world is she a gym leader? I hate to sound nasty but....

_{[ENORMOUS FLAILY GESTURE. HE HAS NO WORDS.]}

Oi oi, you'd never know until you try. [still teasing]

Well, you practically did.

[she makes a slight motion with her head, and tucks a strand of hair behind her ear.]

So, you have to fight these gym leaders?

I don't care! Hearing that constant whining distracts me from planning my takeover of Johto! Someone should silence her permanently!

[The battle was pretty good, though Snake did holler at Heather a few times for her to focus, different tactics he thought were helpful, the like. Still, she came out victorious and that's what mattered. This meant they could go back to Violet soon... Though Snake had a longer journey ahead of him still.

Watching Whitney blubber and wail, Snake took the time to check for any messages on his gear. Might as well leave one for Otacon... After that, he approaches Heather.]

I find ignoring her is a bit easier than trying to argue with her.

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54. Video/Action/Text [BACKDATED TO FRIDAY THE 4TH]

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[action] Heather, MAKING LITTLE GIRLS CRY NOW SHAME

[video] LOOK MA IM TAGGING LIKE A BOSS FFFFFF

[video] SO MANY HORRIBLE BACKTAGS I OWE. AND YET.

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[action] SOB SHE CAN'T HELP IT, SHE IS BAD TO THE BONE

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[video] BABY I'M SO PROUD OF YOU. ;-; COME HERE FOR KISSES.

[video] IT'S OKAY, I ACCEPT YOU.

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[video] YOUR ACCEPTANCE IS ALL I NEEEED~~~

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[video] THEN YOU SHALL HAVE IT. <3

[video] MWUAH MWUAH

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[video] EEEEEEEE~

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