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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[It was a good thing she wasn't holding it against him-- he kind of liked her. It would be... annoying if his batshittery drove her off.]

Of course.

[You know what, this topic of conversation wasn't really leading anywhere good. Maybe it was time for an abrupt change into something less... about crazy.]

Did you hear how long this storm is going to last?

_{[Quite possibly a VERY good idea.]

[Heather shrugged broadly.]}

No clue. I hope it cuts it out soon, though. During the last one I was more or less stuck indoors for like, ever. Drives a person crazy.

[Liquid sometimes had those.]

Tch. Perhaps there's something broadcast on these... device things.

[Guess who was before cell phones? Yeah, Liquid and his PokeGear were totally not best friends.]

Hm. Well, we can check.

_{[Her video function was still kind of wonky after all that rain, but maybe there was some kind of newscast thing she hadn't discovered yet. She pulled it out.]}

[Whenever Liquid got this thing to actually work, it was mostly by chance. For some reason, he was a total derp when it came to technology other than weaponry or vehicles. He could manage to fix a helicopter engine with duct tape, a paperclip and a yard of string, but couldn't get the bloody radio to work on this.]

Bloody thing.

_{[Being a modern teen, Heather was pretty good at getting things to work in general, although she was no expert. Could do wonders with a cell phone, though. Too bad this thing isn't that much like a cell phone. If anything, it kind of reminds her of those old-fashioned Gameboys. Which she hadn't used in years.]}

'Kay, pulling up the main screen... well. There's a little raincloud icon in the corner. I guess that's pretty accurate.

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