foolishwren | 62. [Text/Video]

[TEXT]-- locked to Otacon, Kaito, Rise, Snake, Phoenix, and Cybil-- (who Heather doesn't realize is gone yet oops)]

Hey, if you're there, answer ASAP

It's important.

[VIDEO]

_{[Dad's here.]

[Dad's here.]

[Dad is here and it's for real.]

[Heather knows because she went to sleep that night after talking what felt like forever-- almost positive that in the morning she'd wake up and that video message would be gone entirely, just a figment cooked up from her tired, bug-fried imagination and a whole lot of wishful thinking-- ... but nope. There it was.]

[Which of course meant that there was still a distinct possibility that she'd just gone CRAZY.]

[But hey. One good way to find out if THAT was true or not: Post stupid Pokemon videos to the network! If reality had indeed warped, maybe the responses she'd get would all be from Lovecraftian monstrosities and Picasso paintings instead of the fine people of Johto.]}

Haha, oh my god, you guys. Look at this.

_{[The feed shakily settles on an intense drama unfolding on the floor of Heather's room.]

[The little surprise-Eevee who hatched on April Fool's Day is lying on her back on the floor, just waving her tiny, stubby legs and occasionally rolling back and forth fruitlessly-- her enormous, completely-floppy ears puddled on the floor on either side of her, apparently heavy enough to prevent her from rolling over and getting to her feet entirely. She's not making any complaining sounds, or even looking particularly distressed. Just... quietly flailing and tipping back and forth.]

[When the camera turns on, it's with Godzilla the Totodile approaching. Maybe to help her up?]

[... Nope.]}

I think he's jealous because this thing's been getting way more attention than him-- ohp-- look at that. He's jeaaalous!

_{[The little crocodile Pokemon had turned to face the screen, reptilian lips pouched in an angry pout.]}

Sorry, 'Zilla. I call it like I see it. You-- no, don't you shake your head at me. You're practically turnin' green right now.

Keep this up and you'll look like a normal alliga-- hey, where're you going?

_{[The camera shifts to follow Zilla as he waddles angrily off to the other side of the room to sulk underneath the bed. Heather calls after him.]}

Y'know your face will stick like that if you leave it too long!

Hahah....

.....

... He's probably gonna eat all my pants.

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oh!

i already met your dad!

You probably shouldn't tease him... I've seen what he did to your boots.

[ but.

that eevee.

Oh my gosh.

OH MY GOSH HEATHER CAN HE VISIT YOU AGAIN HE WANTS TO SEE THE EEVEE. ]

_{[ASSUMING that this conversation is happening before she knows he's in Goldenrod, haha.]}

well first of all there's bug guts in my boots and I wanted to tell you that because this knowledge would improve the quality of your life.






Secondly

_{[Aaaaand then she pauses. Today is a good day for being hit by second thoughts. Kaito, too, had lost his father. Would he be jealous? Resentful?]

[These possibilities occurred to her not because she thought Kaito was that kind of person, but because... she'd be jealous of herself.]}

[ASSUMING IT HAPPENS BEFORE HE GETS THERE sob]

... gee, thanks. I think my entire life has been improved.

Secondly?

...Eat pants?

_{[Sob sorry Otacon. If it makes you feel any better, despite the fact that she is completely fucking ecstatic about this, she's... well, deep down, she's not entirely sure she deserves this after squandering the first opportunity she had.]}

I'm not sure yet.

I don't have any Pokemon big enough to ride and I don't want Snake to have to cart me all the way back to Violet AGAIN.




But I want to

YOU'RE WELCOME


And secondly, uh



You remember that thing that happened in December, right?

_{[... That thing being what she'd confessed to him on Christmas Eve on the Department Store rooftop.]}

... what REALLY?

_{[... Oh yeah. Pubic post and all that--]}

WELL... uh... I guess you know then!

_{[There's a sort of sheepish pause.]}

I just figured I should... like tell people.

I didn't tell anybody the first time


I don't ... wanna make the same mistakes.


You know?

_{[Baby animals doing cute stuff makes up 90% of the content of Youtube-- it's no different in the Pokemon world.]}

I think her head is too big for her body.

Yeah, yeah, I know, but he's just too funny when he sulks.

_{[ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE, MILES.]}

Pants would be among one of the least outrageous things he's eaten.

That's... kind of rude.

..... Um.

[ He tries so, so hard not to sound too anxious. HE'S JUST BORED, HEATHER. OKAY? HE'S JUST BORED, AND IT'S POLITE TO VISIT PEOPLE HE'S NOT DYING TO VISIT--- ]

Are you free right now..?

...There's more?

Could he carry two people?

Pfff, he's a crocodile. He can get over it.

_{[GOSH MILES GET WITH THE PROGRAM.]}

Me?

Yeah, I'm-- uh, I'm free. What's up?

If it can fit in his mouth, he's probably eaten it.

And if it can't, he's probably tried to.

He's just hungry, perhaps?

Is it alright if I visit?

[ PLEASE DO NOT NOTICE MY SUBTLE GLANCES AT THAT EEVEE BEHIND YOU. ]

'Course it is! You know where my room is.

_{[... And... maybe she can tell him in person about her dad being here. After all, he's... also one of the people who knows she lost her father. Just not that he'd been in Johto before.]}

He's a bottomless pit is what he is.

Haha it's okay!!

I just... wanna make sure he gets here as fast as possible, you know?





I mean...

Even if it means sending a Pokemon to get him without me coming along


I'd do that, too.

Er... Stop him?

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