foolishwren | 96. [Accidental Video/Action for Ecruteak] BACKDATED TO THE 22ND

_{[Chaotic and occasionally-accidental videos have become a relatively frequent occurrence during the outbreak, and this video is really no different in that aspect.]

[The feed comes to life in a chaotic jumble that makes it clear that the 'Gear was bumped or jostled into turning on-- no amateur-but-deliberate filming of Pokemon attacking action figures this time around. It does, however, come to a brief halt as the carrier pauses.]}

_{[Sunny the Togekiss peers sorrowfully down from the outdoor-rafters she's perched on, apparently refusing to come down.]}

-ny!

SUNNY!

Get the HELL down-- oh my god, you know what?

Forget it.

FORGET IT.

Forget it.

Fucking BIRD.

_{[The screen whirls and and all image coherency disappears in a swirl of bouncing sky and trees. The WHACK WHACK WHACK of the mic hitting the other contents of Heather's bag as it swings at her side destroy most of the audibility too, but snippets of voices come through-- Heather's and someone else's. People who are familiar with her and the people she travels with will recognize it as her father Harry Mason.]}

Heath--r please be reason-- just stop for a moment and think ab-- you don't need to d-- let it g--

No. NO. She--

I don't CARE if she's not g-- to-- I'm going--- do what I should have done in t-- --ace!

--L MASON--

_{[The thumping stops as Heather apparently stops and spins on her heel. As she does so, the camera's view once again settles, offering an off-kilter perspective view of her from roughly waist-level. She's been staying away from the network as much as possible as the effects of the strange outbreak started to hit her hard, and now it's fairly evident why: dark, scorched-looking splotches have spread across every inch of skin like burns-- and where they crack, bright, veinlike lines like something molten spread. Her hair is smoky and black.]}

I am NOT losing you again, Dad!

_{[And then, after that raspy, croaky scream, she whirls again and keeps going. The feed times out at some point, after a lot of jumbled sounds as other voices join the apparent debate.]}

[OOC: Cooooonteeeeeext. Replies over the 'Gear will likely be ICly delayed and/or limited.]

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_{[The wind is whistling through the speakers when she replies. She's in the air, and flying fast. Not much can be seen aside from tawny plumage.]}

Nothing you need to worry about.

It'll be over soon.

[He frowns.]

It looked like something I should worry about.

_{[Her tone is unusually short. Not that Heather doesn't have a tendency to be snappy, but there's something more intense behind it this time.]}

Well, don't.

I'm just taking care of a little problem.

If it's such a little problem, then why not tell me what it is?

[He notices the odd intensity, but, well...persistence has never been a quality he's lacked.]

Because I'd rather nobody fuck it all up by trying to 'help' or stop me.

_{[... Which... admittedly is not something she expects from Envy, who's always seemed rather aloof and reasonable, but. You never know. She's in a rush.]}

Well I'm stuck over here in Kanto, there's nothing I could do.

[Not in time, anyway, from the sound of things. He wouldn't stop her even if he was in the area, not if he knew what she was doing; revenge is far from something he disapproves of. But still. He's her friend and he doesn't want her to get hurt, he might have followed. ...he's not actually as reasonable as he can act.]

Just tell me.

_{[Well, in THAT case. Her answer is blunt and hasty.]}

My father's murderer is in Johto.

I'm gonna kill her.

[There's a long pause.]

[It's a sign of the way Envy thinks about revenge that the way Heather's been acting immediately makes a whole lot of sense to him. After all, if his father appeared in Johto...his reaction wouldn't be too far off from this.]

[Which is why when he does finally respond, it's with this:]

Good luck.

[It's wholly sincere. Good luck to succeed, but also, and honestly moreso, good luck that succeeding will actually help. He pauses again before frowning.]

And don't get killed yourself.

_{[There's a pause as she lets out a deep breath. He's the only person so far to have encouraged her. Realistically, she should realize that means something, and that he's probably not the right person to take encouragement from. But like many people determined to see things their own way, she'll just take it as confirmation that she's right.]}

She won't kill me.

_{[She loves me too much.]}

You never know.

[That sort of attitude has helped him survive for four hundred years; as far as he's concerned, it's good advice. Although he doesn't know anything about Claudia.]

Just...be careful.

[Says the pot to the kettle.]

I will.

_{[It's a hollow reassurance-- she doesn't need to be careful with Claudia and she knows it. The priestess would never lay a violent hand on Saint Alessa. ... Inflict other kinds of pain on her, yes, but only as the means to an end. She had nothing to gain from hurting Heather now.]

[Not that that kept her words from being like twisting knives.]}

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