foolishwren | 73. [Video/Action] Afternoon

_{[What tiiiiiiiiiiime is it?]

[.... GYM BATTLE TIME!]

[The feed, as often is the case whenever Heather actually films one of her battles, seems manned by the resident camera-crocodile, and airborne thanks to Honey the ever-patient Butterfree (although not quite as airborne as it was back in Violet City during the victory over Falkner-- Godzilla isn't exactly a little baby anymore...]

[Nonetheless, the fight is filled with the usual combo of snippy one-liners from Heather and NON-STOP ACTION, because man, if it's gonna be broadcast, might as well make it showy! The first half of the battle is largely dominated by Cujo-- but when Jasmine sends out her monstrous Steelix, Heather recalls the pup and turns briefly to the camera to smugly reassure the viewers--]}

Cooj totally has this, but it wouldn't be fair to let him have ALL the fun, y'know?

_{[With a knowing grin, she promptly hucks a different ball onto the field-- releasing a dainty Ponyta.]}

GET 'em, Carousel!

_{[For something that had been a gangly little foal around Christmas, Carousel's done a lot of growing-- which is PARTICULARLY evident in the fight that she proceeds to put up against the metal snake's attacks, prancing and leaping to avoid most of the blows-- Heather had clearly been training her quite a bit during the month or so she'd been in Olivine by now.]

[Although, something a little odd-- which could of course be because of Zilla's filming, the Totodile doesn't exactly have the steadiest hands (claws?) when it comes to holding the camera... but... did Carousel suddenly get quite a bit BIGGER as she came leaping over the Steelix's flaming coils...?]}

_{[... HUH. Well, whaddya know. What lucky timing!]

[As the Steelix comes crashing down to the Gym's sandy floor, rolling feebly to put out the flames, the audience is treated to a very artistic sideways view of the a set of long, snowy legs trotting over to their trainer, who is looking surprisingly NOT triumphant over her victory. In fact, she looks kinda... shell-shocked. Aaaand then the camera swings away again to show the defeated Gym Leader, who fortunately handles these sorts of things a LOT more gracefully than You-Know-Who in Goldenrod...]}

My goodness...

_{[The camera shuffles a short distance away so it can get a good view of both trainers-- Zilla wants to give people the FULL EXPERIENCE, after all!]}

That was a quite exciting battle... Did you know your Ponyta was about to evolve?

Um...

_{[Shooting the now-Thoroughbred-sized animal beside her an unsure look, Heather startles sideways slightly when the Rapidash stretches her neck out to nose at the side of her face. Shuffling a step or two to the side, she pats Carousel's nose distractedly, more with the intention of pushing her gently away than anything else.]}

No...

Well! What a... lucky coincidence! ... I'm sure you would have done fine anyway, though... your Pokemon are quite the little spitfires! Please, um... take the Mineralbadge. You've earned it!

Thanks--!

_{[Too distracted to even snicker at the unintentional pun, Heather sloooowly steps away from the fiery unicorn and starts to head across the sand towards the camera to claim her prize-- which is where the feed cuts out.]}

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A... friend... of mine is frequently pulling tricks out of his sleeve. Literally.

_{[She pauses for a second, before raising a brow.]}

Kaito?

[a faintly surprised look-- but she shouldn't be.]

You know him?

Yeah, he's one of my best friends.

_{[Y so surprised, Akako? You know the boy's a social butterfly!]}

[aaaaaand the jealousy kicks in. ONE OF HIS BEST FRIENDS, YOU SAY?]

Oh, I see. Are you friends with Aoko-san, as well?

_{[Aw Akako don't be jelly.]}

Aoko? Yeah. I don't know her as well, but she's a pal.

[that's like telling Silent Hill not to be creepy. a little absently, as if she's partially talking to herself--]

I suppose it makes sense, given how long they've been her, that they'd know quite a few people.

So are you from their world, or what?

Yes, I am. [a smile, at that. she's certain she's one of the only people here who knows that Kaito is Kid, even if due to the world change and nothing else, and she's forever smug about it!]

_{[... Hurr hurr. Heather knows.]}

Do you go to the same school or something?

_{[She would assume so, if Akako knew Aoko as well...]}

Yes, we all attended Ekoda High together.

That's cool. You close?

We're... [a hesitation for a second; she's still, STILL not used to calling them this] --friends, yes. [another brief pause...] Aoko-san is one of my best friends, as is Kuroba. [by virtue of being HER ONLY friends.]

Neat!

Well, my name's Heather.

Nice t'meetcha.

Akako. It was nice to meet you, as well. [politely. perhaps a bit too politely, but.]

_{[... Hmmm.]

[That's not lost on Heather. But she smiles anyway.]}

Cool.

How long y'been here?

Nearly two months now. [two TERRIBLE months. she's making slow progress to follow Kaito, she just hates camping out so much.]

Two months? Man, you're still a newbie, huh.

Don't worry, this place grows on ya.

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