91. [Video/Action for Cianwood City]

[foolishwren]

Okay-- OKAY, OKAY, hang on, I got it!

All right, get back.

<sub>[The sound of big reptilian feet plodding backwards through wet sand can be heard as the camera shows a wobbly view of.... Sunny the Togekiss standing on an appropriately sunny Cianwood beach. The water's lapping at the shore, the sky is bright blue, it's totally beautiful.]

[A PERFECT day to test out the new, hard-earned skill gotten from beating Chuck in a furious fist-fight (and some obligatory after-battle arm-wrestling): Fly.]

[Perched precariously on the back of the big white marshmallow-bird is Heather, kneeling and holding onto the thick white plumage with both hands. She's got a determined expression.]</sub>

Okay. Let's give it a try. I-- no, Dad, it's gonna be FINE, that's why I'm practicing on the BEACH, remember? Sand is soft!

OKAY.

Ready, girl?

Let's-- oh shit aw HELL--

<sub>[With some gentle but powerful WHOMPS, the Togekiss had begun to serenely flap its pillowy wings and take off. ... Without Heather, because Heather has no idea how the hell to ride a flying thing and was promptly jostled off by the wing motion.]

[Touching down again, Sunny trills and lovingly sits upon the face-down Heather like any caring bird mother might with a stupid bird baby that crash-landed after trying to fly.]</sub>

... Okay.

This could take a little practice.

Comments

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Considering I'm lying on the ground with a bird three times my size sitting on me like I'm an egg, I'm gonna go with 'YES for 500'.

[Video]

[impulsives]

Well, judging by your sunny disposition, I suppose I can safely assume you're 'okay'.

[Without missing a beat.]

Pretty sure someone told you about the harness, so I'm not going to say anything about it.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

_{[She lifts her head, experimentally prodding her nose to make sure it's still straight.]}

Yeah, I'm STARTING to think that investing in one of those might be a good idea.

Maybe.

[Video]

[impulsives]

At the very least, it'll prevent your accident from happening again.

...

Maybe.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

God, you're reassuring.

[Video]

[impulsives]

Thanks, I try.

...Though seriously, you should really learn her wing movements the next time you practice.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Yeah, I never really... paid THAT much attention to how she moves when she flies.

[Video]

[impulsives]

Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get the hang of it soon enough.

[You should've seen him when he fell flat on his face when he tried to ride his Pidgeot the first time.]

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Sure hope so.

I've got important shit to do and I can't afford to sit on that ferry forever.

[Video]

[impulsives]

Not really used to sitting around for too long, huh.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Nope.

Well, at least not figuratively.

_{[She'd gotten used to staying in towns for months at a time, but not when there were THINGS she had to get done.]}

[Video]

[impulsives]

What got you into this rush anyways, if you don't mind me asking?

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Just sick of being stuck far away from everybody all the time because I can't get anywhere without having to walk for a week or more.

_{[She hadn't even had a chance to SEE a lot of the people who'd disappeared before they went... not in person. Not in MONTHS.]}

[Video]

[impulsives]

...Yeah, I know how that feels.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Honestly, I think anyone who's been here any significant length of time probably knows how it feels by now.

_{[It's something they all have in common now.]}

[Video]

[impulsives]

Hm, true.

[Beat.]

Well, good luck with the flying thing, then. You'll need it.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Heh... thanks.