65. [Video/Action for Goldenrod] backdated to late afternoon May 21

[foolishwren]

 _{[Johto had gotten a brief taste of summer, but it looked like they were subject to belated April showers for awhile longer...]}

[Normally Heather wouldn't mind so much-- being cooped up did make her a little stir-crazy, but it just meant the sun's next appearance would be all the more satisfying-- but she'd kind of wanted to, y'know, keep showing her dad the NEW WORLD they were currently inhabiting. Oh well. Stuck in the hotel for the time being, it looks like.]

[Besides, she's... got another matter to think about right now.] 

Bet you'd get along with Butch...

_{[She pats the enormous pink hide of the drowsy Slowbro lying on the carpeted floor next to her absent-mindedly, watching the rain trickle down the window. On one of the plush seats scattered in various locations around the lobby, Godzilla sprawls, looking a little sulky-- sulkier than usual, even. But then, it's nothing new for him to be a little petulant.]}

[As for Heather, she looks sort of thoughtful, and a little melancholy, when she addresses the network. The rain today is ... somehow appropriate.]

Hey, so...

I don't know if anyone else here really... uh, knew him, but... James S-- .... Sunderland disappeared sometime pretty recently. He left a bunch of his Pokemon behind... um... I guess if anyone knew him and uh... wants to take care of one of 'em...

_{[She gives Pinky-- ugh, Pinky, what a lame name... she won't change it, out of respect for James, but maybe she'll call him something a little less... doofy. Pink, maybe. Like Pink Floyd!-- another pat on the head. The big Pokemon rumbles sleepily.]}

[Meanwhile, Godzilla glares over from behind Heather in a generally surly manner. He's been getting shunted aside in favor of all these new Pokemon lately and he doesn't like it. AND he's hungry AND his head is kinda hurting AND he's bored and wants attention. >8( He lets out a huff, which goes unnoticed by Heather, who continues talking.]

Anyway, he and his wife are both gone now. He didn't... talk a whole lot, so I guess it's probably safe to say not many people knew hi-- cut it out, Zilla, I'm doin' something.

_{[The Totodile, which had been pawing slightly at the hem of her vest, withdraws with a surly expression. HMPH.]}

But yeah.

James's gone.

Otherwise... uh, how about this weather, huh?

_{[Godzilla lets out a squeaky snarl, covering his ear-holes with a wince. UGH. Everything is making him so MAD right now. Especially the fact that he's being blown off! His trainer is so MEAN!]}

[So mean.]

[It happens very quickly. There's a flash of ivory teeth as the strong-jawed crocodile Pokemon suddenly surges out of his seat and clamps his jaws down with an awful snap around Heather's bare elbow.]

[The girl's face goes from casual to shocked in the space of a split second before the 'Gear goes flying.]

YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHH---!






_{[ooc: Action replies can either be in the Goldenrod hotel lobby or in the Pokemon Center ten or fifteen minutes after the broadcast!]}

Comments

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[ahokonakamori.livejournal.com]

[Oh hi there Heather.

Oh hi there sad Heather.

Hi sad Heather that just got attacked by her Pokemon what.]

Heather! [Aoko will run over to try and help you now.]

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[foolishwren]

<sub>[Not sad so much as... well, melancholy. By this point, she'd grown far too used to losing people. And James... well. James was just the sort to disappear, you know? He was one of those people who fell between the cracks...]

[But needless to say, James is the LAST person on her mind at the moment.]</sub>

FUCKING GODDAMN MEALY-MOUTHED WHOREMONGLER!

<sub>[There's blood. There's a LOT of blood. Aoko might wind up with some of it splashed on her.]

[Heather is all but SNARLING in pain and anger alike at the blue reptile hanging off of her arm.]</sub>

[action]

[philanthrotaku.livejournal.com]

[HOLY WHAT THE SWEET MOTHER OF POCKY IS THIS]

Heather--?!

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[foolishwren]

<sub>[OTACON HALP]

[Channel your inner nerd and try to remember what Steve Irwin did when crocodiles attacked him or something!]</sub>

Get OFF me, you sunnovabitch crap-guzzling SHITLIZARD!!

_{[Buckling at the knees, Heather's staggered away from her seat at this point, the Totodile hanging determinedly off of her elbow.]}

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[chosenlightchld.livejournal.com]

Oh god, are you alright?

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[foolishwren]

DO I LOOK LIKE I'M ALL RIGHT?!

_{[S-sorry, Hikari. Heather's not in the most reasonable of moods right now-- and right about then, someone steps on the 'Gear, shutting off the connection-- more replies will likely come a little later, once Heather's not... bleeding everywhere.]}

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

What--!

[Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[That is possibly the most accurate summary of the entire scenario unfolding possible. Ironhide gets +3 points.]

[There's a whole lot of creative (and painful-sounding) cursing going on and more than once, the Totodile flashes in front of the screen as he's swung wildly around in an attempt to dislodge him from the arm he's ferociously clinging to.]

[This is why only Steve Irwin had the balls to make a TV show about hugging crocodiles. STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPENS.]</sub>

[video]

[quickattackjack]

HEATHER!

_{[Oh God oh God he was pretty sure human arms couldn't be re-attached simply as his used to be!]}

[video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[You're right, Jack. They can't.]

[Unfortunately, he won't be getting a reply until some time later-- and the first thing he'll see are the white sterile walls of the Pokemon Center. ... And a still slightly-bloody Heather.]</sub>

Uhm....

_{[SORRY I FREAKED YOU OUT BY BEING ATTACKED BY MY OWN POKEMON.]}

[action?]

[fullmoonstory.livejournal.com]

H-He just bit you!

[action!]

[foolishwren]

_{[Even in the throes of pain as she staggers backwards, knees buckled and blood running down both her arm and the jaws of the Totodile still doggedly hanging from her flesh by the teeth, Heather finds the presence of mind to look up and STARE.]}


-- ... No SHIT, sherlock!

[Video]

[alpha_stigma.livejournal.com]

[It's bad enough that his Absol's been tense all day, and trying to get him to relax has been a losing battle. But paging through what's going on on the network and suddenly hearing a scream? That's bad. And worth making sure everything's under control, at least.]

Oi, you okay?

[Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Disasters. Disasters everywhere.]

[Needless to say, Ryner does not get a reply right off the bat... But when he does, the first thing he gets is a very disgruntled-looking face.]</sub>


No.

[action]

[bakaitoukid]

[WELP. So much for greeting her with a hey. Now he's greeting her with a--]

OI! Hea-- [... and rushing toward her in an attempt to unclamp the Totodile from her elbow]

What the hell, 'Zilla?!

[action]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[What the hell INDEED! The little Totodile can be grumpy-- as anyone who's hung out with Heather for any length of time knows-- but rarely has he ever actually chomped down on anything that's alive and capable of feeling pain.]

[Heather's stumbling back away from the little lounge... table-thing that she'd been sitting on, fighting not to let out a gargling HOWL of pain. There is blood. OW.]</sub>

FUCK! Fucking goddamnit to HELL!

_{[Zilla, with narrowed, sort-of bloodshot eyes, continues to hang on with all his might, even GROWLING at Kaito when the magician grabs him to try and pull him off.]}

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[cynicizing.livejournal.com]

[Uh.]

What the fuck?

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[foolishwren]

<sub>[A very astute observation, good sir.]

[However, his eloquent summary of the situation may be cut short on account of the Totodile being flailed in his general direction right about now. And the blood. Ow.]</sub>

[video]

[miniworth]

... [ wait what just]

[ holy crap ]


[ holy crap ]

Heather??

[video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Not unsurprisingly, Miles won't be getting a reply until awhile later-- not too long, but...]

[Her face is sheepish and still a little pained when it reappears on the network.]</sub>

Heeeey, kiddo.

[voice]

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

...

[Just... going to wait a bit.]

[voice]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Shelly will be treated to a brilliant display of Totodile tenacity every time the crocodile happens to be flailed over the area that the camera is pointing, and a whole lot of creative swearing on Heather's part.]

[After awhile, the activity does wind down-- someone will be giving the 'Gear to Heather in the Pokemon Center later once she's bandaged up.]</sub>

[video]

[useddeathbound.livejournal.com]

[Shinji's reaction can pretty much be summed up as Holy shit!! but he can tell that wouldn't be very helpful. So he'll cut that one out, but...]

Do they all do that? Uh, hope your arm's still in one piece and all.

[video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[It's okay Shinji-- that's still a pretty good response to the situation as a whole.]

[Needless to say, he won't be getting a response right off the bat-- but awhile later the feed fizzles on again and Heather appears once more-- in the Pokemon Center, looks like.]</sub>

Not all of them... he's never acted like that.

But yeah, anyway... I'll live.

[action]

[restardom.livejournal.com]

[ Rise did not quite expect to walk into the room and-- WHY IS THERE A CROCODILE LATCHED ONTO HER ELBOW OH GOD ]

Ohmygod-- Heather!!

[ never let it be said that Rise is a fragile little idol.

Even if Rise is a fragile little idol, most idols will not go running TOWARDS the thing with sharp teeth and hoping to every god out there that they won't have to rifle through a bag that is potentially filled to the brim with OWL. ]

Where's your Pokéball?!

[action]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Rise is a friggin' badass.]

[Teeth gritted, Heather backs away from the bag, gesturing shakily in that general direction with the arm that is not encumbered with crocodile.]</sub>

In-- in the bag-- fuck!

_{[Oh no, Rise. OH. NO.]}

[action]

[sfaccendato.livejournal.com]

[walks into the lobby. sees a girl sitting in the corner, how nice. starts to head to his room--

--wait is that girl being eaten by a Totodile now. what. crap. HE SHOULD PROBABLY GO HELP WITH THAT but what do you do against a rabid crocodile uhhhhh.

screw it, going to help anyway. though not getting too close because of all that thrashing you're doing.] Do you have its Pokeball?!

[action]

[foolishwren]

_{[WITNESS THE GRACE AND SERENITY AS THE TOTODILE SAILS THROUGH THE AIR-- oh wait no, there's a lot of snarling on the parts of both parties and she's currently whacking the Totodile against the table thing she'd been sitting on.]}

SOMEWHERE! Aaachgh!

{Video}

[used-glare.livejournal.com]

{Nanao elects to wait a while before she replies - roughly thirty minutes or so, hoping that it would be enough time to get that seen to.}

How's the arm?

{Video}

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Yeah, Heather will be patched up by that point, thankfully.]

[She sounds pretty grumpy and embarrassed on the other end, though..]</sub>

I'll live.

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[protectshikari.livejournal.com]

...Ouch...

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[foolishwren]

_{[It's awhile before Takeru gets his reply. When he does, it's sort of disgruntled-sounding.]}

Thanks for the synopsis.

[video]

[usedsuperpower.livejournal.com]

WHOOPS! HAHAHA!

[voice]

[foolishwren]

_{[Oh yeah. She can't let THAT go. When she gets her 'Gear handed back to her later, she'll respond.]}

SCREW you, y'little shitstain.

[ACTION]

[forhishappiness.livejournal.com]

Heather!

[Guess who just went back from a little walk outside? Yup, Ur. And she's ready to go and hit your pokemon if he goes near you.]

'M callin' a nurse! Stay away from him!

[ACTION]

[foolishwren]

Stay AWAY?!

_{[The Totodile is hanging onto her arm like a limpet-- Heather's got her hands clamped around the back of his neck, teeth gritted.]}

Just-- call a damn nurse!

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[joxertheawesome.livejournal.com]

Wow, holy shit.

[ Marco looks mostly surprised, not so much concerned. Not that he isn't concerned, but it's not cool to look concerned.

Really, he assumes Heather kicked the thing's ass after that, anyway, so.... ]

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[foolishwren]

<sub>[Kicked its ass? Not so much. Shoved his head in a frigging muzzle? Yes.]

[When she replies, she looks worn-out, but her arm is bandaged up, at least.]</sub>

My thoughts exactly.

[video]

[ninth-chosen.livejournal.com]

[Ken's expression is just nothing but horrified. It actually takes him a couple of minutes before he can begin to form his thoughts aloud.]

That's... oh no. Are you all right?

[video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[It's not exactly the nicest sight to be greeted with upon signing onto the network.]

[Needless to say, it's awhile before he gets his reply.]

[When the feed pops on again, Heather looks tired, but at least she doesn't have an ANIMAL attached to her arm anymore.]</sub>

I'll live...

Action

[harryusedworry.livejournal.com]

[He leaves you alone for FIVE minutes. Walking back in.

What.

The. H-]

Heather!

Action

[foolishwren]

_{[It's like all those times when she was five and he walked out of the room for coffee only to return and find that she'd gotten a pot stuck on her head or something.]}

DAD! I-- get the-- get the first-aid kit! There's one in my bag!

FFFFHHCK!