foolishwren | 62. [Text/Video]

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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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Mission control to Heather, mission control to Heather.

You called?

Heather to Mission Control.

The Tower has reported a disturbance in the Force.

_{[because what is being serious about serious business.]}

This is a very serious issue, Tower. Report your findings for analysis immediately.

_{[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?

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.]}

[having already spoken to her father, he knows exactly where this is going]

Yeah. 'Course I do.

[... he might be a little jealous, but it's not nearly enough to prevent him from being happy for her]

_{[MOST OF THE PEOPLE SHE'S AIMING TO TELL ABOUT THIS HAVE ALREADY TALKED WITH DADDY-- but she's got no way of knowing that, so she figures she'd better cover all her bases.]}

Well, uh...




He came back.

_{[She doesn't blame him for being jealous at all. ... Hell, she doesn't blame HALF her friends for being jealous. She wasn't the only one who'd lost her father... and she'd been jealous as sin of Otacon when his father Huey had shown up in Johto. ... But yeah. Kaito's one of her best friends-- she has to tell him.]}

[He's glad she's taking the time to tell him, honestly. He'd tell her in a heartbeat if his dad showed up in Johto, and although this may be text, he can practically feel the happiness resonating from her words]

I talked to him.

Heh! You must be really excited! I know I would be if were you.

I told you he might come back.</code.

_{[He's her bro! Not to mention he'd made her promise to not repeat her mistake should Harry ever come back... Heather might have been a fool, but you couldn't say that she didn't learn from her screw-ups. ... One of those being not telling anybody that her father had been there in Johto the first time.]}

Wh


... You did?

Ahah, wow, I'm dumb. He uh, said that--

yeah

Anyway, I'm-- ... yeah.






He knows who I am this time.

[good on her! he's very glad for that]

... even better.

Are you going to go see him?

_{[As is she. It's nice to not feel like a fuck-up.]}

heh, I know, right.

That was kinda hard to deal with last time, I won't lie.

_{[Meeting your father when he was from a time in which he thought a whole half of you was actually evil and trying to kill the half he loved and cared about was a little awkward, even if he didn't know they were halves of a whole (and that the first was NOT evil or trying to hurt the second but that was a whole 'nother can of worms).]}

I'm...

I want to, but I don't have any ridable Pokemon and I wanna see him as fast as possible


but I don't know if itd be faster to go myself or borrow someone's pokemon and send it to get him-- 

most of my friends have Pokemon that could probably carry ONE person, but not two

_{[... Well, there was Jormungandr, but Heather was... a little hesitant to ask for help from Liquid when it came to this matter. He had... daddy issues.]}

[AT LEAST... there is no more confusion]

Don't you have a Ponyta? And Goro can carry one person, if you need to borrow him.

That should take care of both of you, right?

Well... YEAH but she's kinda...

_{[TEENY. So unless Heather wanted to ride all the way back to Cherrygrove like THIS... (okay that was an exaggeration but still.)]}

Also she's kinda on fire.



I know it doesn't burn you unless she wants it to but...

_{[Kaito knew about her feelings on fire, so she didn't elaborate.]}

Goro could work I guess

_{[Sob but HE WAS ON FIRE TOO augh]}

SORRY you must think I'm like, CRAZY but sl;g;dfsg'a;

I'm kinda freakin out and I really don't wanna screw this up

_{[Did she just keysmash? Yes. She keysmashed.]}

Edited 2011-04-16 18:21 (UTC)

You crazy? C'mon, you're anything but crazy.

I can understand how you're feeling, Heather. No matter what, I don't think you'll mess it up.

 ... yeah...


I guess all things considered, at least I know he'll be okay until I get to him.

_{[Harry Mason had faced darker demons than anything the Pokemon world had to offer. She wasn't worried about his safety.]}

And uh...


I know he talked to you already, but uh...

I'd really like to introduce him to you in person, too.

If that's okay.

_{[She wanted to show him how far she'd come. That she'd made REAL friends-- friends whose idea of a good time wasn't cutting class and sneaking off to smoke in the woods, or vandalizing other peoples' stuff.]}

Why wouldn't it be?

I'd like to meet him. He's your dad, right? That makes him a pretty awesome guy.

haha, he's the coolest. not even gonna lie.

_{[It is, after all, canon. .... Well, except not. BUT he was pretty damn cool by his own virtues.]}

But yeah, just.

You're pretty much my best friend.

I think he'll be happy to know that I've been able to make friends who're actually


Y'know... good people.

[... aw Heather. That means a lot to him]

Heh... let's just hope he doesn't mind you being friends with an internationally wanted thief.

_{[It's the truth, even if she hasn't said it right out before.]}

...



WELL


I was thinkin' maybe we'd leave that part out.

_{[THE LAST THING HARRY NEEDED TO KNOW WAS THAT HEATHER WAS HANGING AROUND WITH A THIEF. He might think she was back to her ol' shoplifting ways. But hey, what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him and it wasn't like Kaito's jewel-thieving had much of an effect on anyone in Johto.]}

[There's a laugh on his end when he gets that text]

I was thinking that too. Heh.

he MIGHT NOT BE TOO HAPPY if he finds out I'm hanging around with criminals

but he doesn't need to know about that part.

You're my friend, that's all that matters.

... thanks.

No need to thank me. 

Doesn't cost me anything to tell the truth.

_{[... a pause.]}

... unless that was a sarcastic 'thanks' in which case, uh-- insert witty reply here!

It wasn't sarcastic.

Unless you want it to be. Dunno why you would, though.

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