foolishwren | 008. Video

_{[When the screen comes on, it's pointed straight at the sky-- specifically, at the deep, smoke-gray thunderheads starting to roll in. The foliage just peeking over the bottom of the screen's view is whipping around in a frenzy, buffeted by the foreboding winds that have sprung up in the face of the storm.]

[Heather's voice then cuts in over the roar of weather. She's YELLING to make herself heard.]}

Can you BELIEVE this!?

Can you friggin' believe this?!

All day yesterday I'm slogging along through the heat and then the moment I get to the city to actually chill around in civilization, THIS happ--

_{[A handful or so of wet leaves is quite suddenly plastered against the camera lens. Thank you, 60 mph wind. Thank you]}

Ackplthh--!!

_{[... And apparently Heather was hit in the face by several, too.]}

PLHHHFFLT! If I have to spend another week sitting in the Pokemon Center in order not to drown, I am gonna...... oh boy.

_{[Aaaand here comes the rolling wall of pure downpour. The camera turns sharply and any viewers still watching are treated to a tilta-whirl of grass, dirt, a running Sentret, and occasionally Heather's boots as she high-tails it away from the rain. THAT'S RIGHT, HEATHER. IF YOU RUN FAST ENOUGH, YOU CAN OUTRUN NATURE.]

[Eventually the video feed cuts out.]}

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_{[Grinning slightly, she makes a casual gesture.]}

Firstly, it was spin the bottle. Secondly, it was dark. I'd had a crush on this guy for more or less ever. The moment comes, my heart's in my throat, yadda yadda.... and then instead of kissing, we wound up clunking our teeth together like a car crash. He had a chip the size of a small rodent missing from one of his teeth by the time someone turned the light on in all the commotion.

He thought I punched him and never talked to me again.

_{[Cue a big ol' grin. She'd been as heartbroken as any young hormonal teen at the time, but in hindsight, she had realized that it was hilarious. And it made for good story fodder.]}

... So the moral of that story is, no first kiss ever turns out right.

No matter what the storybooks say.

Wow, that is pretty bad! You got better at it though, right?

Well, I like to think so. _{[Not that she'd... done any smooching in a good long while. She'd left the dating world-- temporarily was her reasoning at the time-- before Silent Hill had ever decided to come poking into her life. And then once it did, well... There were a lot of things about her old life that just... went away.]} Not that I'm an expert or anything.

But like I said, don't worry. You got nothin' but time.

Thanks, Heather.

.... Hey, don't mention it.

Does it look like you pokégear is working?

_{[WHEW awkward subject over.]}

... Oh! Right. _{[Looking down at the screen, she gives it a couple of taps-- then her face brightens.]} Heeeey, look at that! _{[She holds it up-- the screen is a little fizzly, but it appears to be working.]}

That's great! Maybe it will get better over time.

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