foolishwren | 72. [Video]

_{[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.]}

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.

_{[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.]}

See? SEE?

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

Everybody watching?

_{[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.]}

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!

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OOH. Venomous.

Bad experience?

It leaked fluids all over my foot!

_{[.... SNORT.]

[There's no witty reply to that. She tries to pretend she's trying not to laugh for a second or two, but it doesn't last long.]

[There is a teenage girl laughing at you, Ironhide. What do.]}

[What do?]

[Stare at the camera. Making this face. And wait for her to stop laughing.]

_{[... Oh god.]

[When she does eventually trail off and look up, seeing THAT FACE just cracks her right up again.]

[SORRY IRONHIDE.]}

[Well. You know what? Ironhide is just. Going to wander off to get a sandwich. And let her laugh.]

_[PFFFFT--]

Wh-- aw, no, come back, I didn't mean it!

... Okay I did!

But I'm not laughing at you, honest!

[ ... All Heather gets for the moment is an image of Egg the Lairon, peering curiously into the camera.]

_{[In turn, she stares seriously at the inquisitive Lairon.]}

Y'know, your trainer needs a sense of humor. Stat.

[Egg tilts his head, and appears to nod in answer -- Yep. He sure does.]

Yeah. Yeah, see? It's so obvious even his Pokemon know it.

[Aaaaaaand Ironhide chooses that moment to come back. Yes. That is a sandwich he's chewing on.]

What?

Nothing.

I was just having a 'People with senses of humor only' conversation with-- ... uh.

_{[What was his Pokemon's name again...]}

[He jerks a thumb over his shoulder, toward the Lairon.]

Him?

Yes.

It was really deep.

That is Egg.

[Yes, the big, rhino-like animal is named Egg.]

Huh. Always thought Napalm was the deep one.

_{[She doesn't bother trying to stop herself from raising a brow at the name. Because... because egg. Wat. ... Not that the OTHER one isn't equally questionable...]}

You named a Pokemon 'Napalm'?

[He just looks at her and nods, like this should be obvious.]

Yeah. I did.

... Dare I ask what kind of Pokemon it is?

Big... rock snake... thing.

... Oh.

.... Man, you should teach it that Explosion attack where it blows itself up and blasts the enemy in the FACE.

_{[... From 'deep conversation' to EXPLOSIONS.]}

... Why would I want her to explode?

Well, it doesn't KILL them or anything-- apparently they're right as rain afterwards, just too pooped to fight.

... I am not making my creatures explode.

Awww, but it'd be so cool!

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