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.

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[foolishwren]

<sub>[She can live with both-- receiving 'LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL' would be way more insulting than a simple chuckle.]

[Especially coming from THAT voice. Yeah, she knows who it is. Which may be why she doesn't get too huffy at the clear amusement in Carmen's tone.]</sub>

I've got plenty of faith and trust, but do YOU see Tinkerbell anywhere nearby?

[audio forever]

[doitrockapella]

No. Just a bird perched in the heather.

Or should I say on the Heather?

[foolishwren]

HAR, HAR.

Very funny.

_{[The white fluff shifts as Sunny rearranges herself with some content cooing. It's lucky for Heather that the wickedly sharp talons Sunny's got are cushioned by so much fluff.]}

[doitrockapella]

It took the Wright brothers years, you know. There's nothing to be ashamed of.

Unless you're planning on giving up, that is.

[foolishwren]

Lady, I'm Heather Mason.

Giving up isn't in my vocabulary.

Unless something involves jumping into volcanos, or babies.

Then someone else can handle it.

[doitrockapella]

You have something against volcanoes?

[foolishwren]

Yeah, the fact that I'm flammable.

[doitrockapella]

You're also heavier than air, but it hasn't stopped you from yearning to fly.

[foolishwren]

It's not so much yearning as it is practicality.

I can't think of any practical reason to jump into a volcano.

[doitrockapella]

What if you were jumping away from something worse?

[foolishwren]

I can't think of much that's worse than dying horribly in fiery lava.

[doitrockapella]

You said jumping into a volcano, not dying in one. There are ways out of every problem, as a wise man once taught me.

[foolishwren]

Cuttin' it a little close, though, don'tcha think?

[doitrockapella]

A miss is as good as a mile, as the saying goes.

[foolishwren]

I don't think I'd wanna take chances when it comes to lava.

[doitrockapella]

I doubt your father would take lightly to it, either.

[foolishwren]

He definitely wouldn't.

[doitrockapella]

What about chances that don't involve lava?

[foolishwren]

Me or him?

[doitrockapella]

You, I think I can guess. Tell me about him.

[foolishwren]

Pretty sure the reason he has gray hairs is from stressing out about me so much.

He's a class-A worrywart.

_{[She says this fondly, of course.]}

[doitrockapella]

It's a shame there's no one to show you the ropes on how to get out of a sticky situation. He might worry less.

[foolishwren]

Actually, he's the reason I'm good at getting out of sticky situations.

Just 'cause he worries doesn't mean he isn't a good teacher, y'know.

<sub>[He hadn't become known as a 'pretty sneaky guy' for nothing!]

[... Doesn't mean Heather couldn't use some rope-showing from an outside source too, though.]</sub>

[doitrockapella]

Maybe you ought to ask him to show you how to fly, then. It looks like you could benefit from some expertise in that area, too.

[foolishwren]

... Er.

Well.

Flying is one thing I'm pretty sure he doesn't have much experience in.