72. [Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[The screen is slightly steamed up when it comes on, but it soon clears enough to give a shaky view of the ... bathroom floor, and part of a towel? It doesn't stay there, though. Instead, the focus seems to be (or is TRYING to be) on the football-sized black thing zipping across the floor and out of view.]

[Then the camera awkwardly turns to the face of its holder, who apparently just get out of the shower, judging by the way her hair is plastered down wetly around the sides of her face and the towel she's got wrapped around her shoulders like a cloak. Said shoulders are hunched. Apparently she's perched on the edge of the bathtub. No questionable steamy semi-nude shots from THIS girl, though-- this is SERIOUS BUSINESS, and Heather's voice is an odd mix between amused, proud, and exasperated.]</sub>

This is a Public Services Announcement about why you shouldn't let your Pokemon into the bathroom when they're about to level up even if they do like playing in all the water leftover after a shower.

Watch and be enlightened.

<sub>[The camera turns to the floor again as Heather slowly and methodically sticks one foot out and sets it down on the tile.]

[INSTANTLY and without any warning, the black thing comes streaking back onto the camera with the intention of violently attacking its trainer's toes with a long yellow beak and a volley of chittering squawks.]

[Heather yanks her foot up again with a small shriek and the Murkrow goes scuttling off behind the sink.]</sub>

See? SEE?

Here, I'll repeat the demonstration for anyone who may have missed that.

Everybody watching?

<sub>[She repeats the motion, this time putting both feet on the ground.]

[The attack-crow reappears, wings flared and beak wide-open. It squabbles and pecks around in circles around Heather's feet for a second or two before, once again, skittering off across the floor to hide in the bath curtains, tiny claws clicking on the tiles.]</sub>

I can't make it more than a couple of steps without getting Murkrow'd. I used to be able to outrun her, but now she's like an unstoppable toe-eating machine.

And all because of this.

_{[She presses a button on the 'Gear to make it repeat its last automated message. Which it does, in a cheerful computerized voice.]}

WREN grew to LEVEL 5! WREN learned PURSUIT!

Comments

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

You can't teach a monkey new tricks.

[snrrrrk]

That'd be something new. He doesn't get along with my Murkrow at all.

[video]

[foolishwren]

Really? Any reason why?

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

She hasn't forgiven him for the Murkrow bowling incident.

[video]

[foolishwren]

... PFFT I forgot about that.

Luckily, I don't think Wren knows.

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

We might wanna keep it that way. Biz doesn't need two angry birds trying to peck his brains out.

[video]

[foolishwren]

Wren chews on people whether she's angry or not, but she's USUALLY pretty good about not pecking, at least.

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

Yata can learn a thing or two from her.

[video]

[foolishwren]

Maybe we should let them play. They'll either learn from each other or become an unholy union of corvid connivingness.

... But later. Right now, I need to do something about this 'being naked' problem.

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

. . .

Are you sure about that? I did say I approved of the towel look. [DERP]

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[ARCHED BROW, and then rolled eyes. Ohlawd does she know how to roll her eyes.]}

Pshyeah right. Good one.

_{[She's already setting the 'Gear aside so she can make a break for her clothing. It's like Quest for Fire, except instead it's Quest for Clothes. :I]}

You should think adding 'Comedian' to your list of titles.

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

Oi. Who says it was a joke?

[WAGGING AN EYEBROW AT HER NOW]

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[Her head appears over the camera again, briefly. Her tone is matter-of-fact.]}

Like it could be anything but a joke.

... Heh. I said 'butt'. That's ironic.

Or something.

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

. . .

Really?

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[She's withdrawn from the screen again-- and is presumably in the process of fending off Wren long enough to get pants on.]}

Well, we were talking about nudity, after all.

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

Ha... you're getting dressed, aren't you? And I can't even see anything...

[video]

[foolishwren]

Believe me, Smiley, I'm doing you a favor and protecting your tender eyes from the sheer lack of sex appeal that radiates from my body every time I'm unclothed.

_{[She's pretty convinced he's just kidding around, and as such she's kidding right back. It is The Way of Heather.]}

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

[... is kind of picking up on that fact and maybe some latent insecurity, so--]

Y'know you really are pretty, right?

[video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[He's right on the money with that-- although Heather's an odd case in that she tends to express latent insecurity by acting like a clown.]

[As is apparent when she leans over the 'Gear again, tugging her shirt the rest of the way down and smirking broadly.]</sub>

I actually emit anti-sexy particles, it's the darndest thing.

One time, I was walking past a Victoria's Secret? And I totally pointed at a thong, and it turned into a speedo.

With an old man in it.

True story.

_{[Sorry Kaito she kind of totally just ignored what you said because she's a butt and she's pretty sure that even if you're not joking, you're just saying it 'cause you're a gentleman. She's kind of dumb like that.]}

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

[... RIGHT THE MENTAL IMAGE SHE GIVES HIM ALONE IS ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM SNORT IN AMUSEMENT.

But even so]

Oi. Since when was I the kinda guy to give out compliments to people who didn't deserve them?

[video]

[foolishwren]

Since you're nice and complimenting friends is something that nice people do?

Also, the old man was fat.

_{[C-c'mon, Kaito, play along, wontcha? She's trying to seek refuge in audacity here and you're bein' all earnest. Don't make her start a Chuck-Norris-style list of tall tales about her imaginary non-sexy exploits!}

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

[WELL MAYBE IF YOU WOULD LEARN TO TAKE A COMPLIMENT...]

Heather.

[video]

[foolishwren]

What?

_{[PERFECTLY INNOCENT LOOK.]}

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

Just take the compliment.

[video] 1/2

[foolishwren]

<sub>[The smirk fades, replaced by a sort of baffled look-- she actually looks sort of like Cujo does every time she does that thing where she pretends to throw the ball but doesn't actually throw it. It's the quintessential dopey "HUH?" expression. ... Oh. ... He was ...serious?]

[Heather sort of pauses and stares blankly at the screen for a second or two like it's a blackboard with some crazy theoretical physics problem on it. Her reserve of witty retorts got to the end of the list and is now just flashing a big 404 ERROR message.]

[She reaches up to awkwardly rub the back of her neck without even thinking about it. W-what now?]</sub>

[video] 2/2

[foolishwren]

_{Um... thanks.}