104. [Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[As is fairly regular with Heather, who never really plans AHEAD when she turns her feed on, the video opens with a brief glimpse at something entirely-unrelated!]

[Two large Houndooms, one bare-necked and the other wearing a large, studded leather collar-- are at play in a sunny patch of park. Or more accurately, the big collar-wearing one is TRYING to get the other to play, in a show of big-dog posturing, and the uncollared one is sort of just mild-manneredly humoring him.]

[Right before the camera shifts, though, a blur of blue and yellow barrels into the larger of the two hellhounds and the one-sided playtime promptly becomes an enthusiastic wrestling match between Tricia (the Manectric recently inherited from Cooper) and Huan (the Houndoom even more recently inherited from Otacon).]

[But then it's Heather's face dominating the screen, because she apparently has other things in mind than just showing the network a bunch of dogs running around the park.]</sub>

Hey.

So.

If there's anyone around who knows much about horses... riding horses, specifically...

I'm looking to learn. Any advice's appreciated. Thanks in advance.


<sub>[... Well that was unusually businesslike and to the point. ... For someone like Heather, anyway. There's not much humor in the usually-goofy girl's voice today.]

[Before she can flick the 'Gear off, there's a commotion offscreen and she looks off in the direction of the noise, clearly exasperated.]</sub>

... TCH, god dammit Cujo.

<sub>[The view shifts as she gets up and it becomes apparent that Cujo the Hulking Behemoth of a Growlithe (tm) had decided to join the fray and promptly plowed straight OVER at least two of the participants, who are now chasing after him in a big herd of barking chaos across the park. OH THOSE CRAZY DOGES.]

[End feed.]</sub>



[PRIVATE MESSAGE TO JEANE]

HEY. How did you do that shit at the party?

_{[... well wtf is that supposed to mean, Heather. Clarification is apparently not going to be provided until she gets a reply.]}

Comments

[newberktown]

Research would be best, yes. And if you can have your horse around to test the saddles, that'd be good, too, to make sure it's comfortable for both of you.

[Pause.]

You know, Cujo's so big already, I'd surprised you don't try to ride him. Or evolve him and...ride a mountain of fur.

[foolishwren]

... Eeh. I don't do well with big dogs.

_{[Like... at all. But she DOES have a Firestone burning away in her bag. Unused, for years. She doubts Cujo even knows it's there, or if he DID know it was there, if he'd even know WHAT it was.]}

'Sides, Carousel's worked in the past for... stuff like what I've got in mind.

[newberktown]

Oh, right. I did know that from Starter Appreciation Day.

[He might not have commented on it, but he still read it all the way through. And laughed because it was cute.]

Wait, I thought you didn't know how to ride a horse?

[foolishwren]

_{[CLEARLY ALL THE EFFORT SPENT MAKING THOSE TERRIBLE POKESOFT-PAINT PICTURES WAS WORTH IT.]}

I don't.

I mean, the stuff would go BETTER if I could RIDE. Instead of just... send her out and tell her to charge.

It's... kinda hard to explain.

[newberktown]

No, I...sort of get it. I think. I mean, it's easier to work with a dragon when you're riding it.

Sorry I can't be much help. Flying's more my thing.

[foolishwren]

Honestly?

So far, it's kinda more my thing, too.

I'm not a whiz at it, but I'm much more used to it than... well, what I'm trying to do now.

I've never had much experience with horses.

_{[Except for that time when she killed twelve of them.]}

[newberktown]

...You'd think that if this place has fire-breathing weasels, they would have a flying horse.

[Dangit, now he wants one.]

[foolishwren]

Jeez, I know, right?

There's dragons... unicorns... why the hell aren't there any flying horses?

I'd SO catch one.

[newberktown]

I think everyone would. It sounds awesome. Maybe we can petition the gods of Johto-Kanto to conjure up a horse than flies. They do owe us a little something every now and then.

[foolishwren]

Yeah, just watch, though.

They'll deliberately misinterpret it and give us something super messed-up, like ... a freaky flying BUG horse or something.

_{[She likes bugs but combined with HORSES, that is a NO.]}

[newberktown]

What's so bad about that? [Even if he's clearly having a hard time imagining it, judging by his face.] I mean, if it's got butterfly wings or something, that should be fine, right? Even if you have to throw an antenna or two in.

[foolishwren]

Butterfly wings'd be one thing, but trust me, kiddo, for every way an insect hybrid can go well, there's about a zillion ways it couldn't.

You're a little too far back in history to have ever seen the movie "The Fly", so I'll forgive ya on that, but take my word for it.

[newberktown]

Must have just missed out on that one, sorry.

Maybe I should catch up on modern movies before I go and make another silly suggestion.

[foolishwren]

Y'know, maybe you should.

Not that B-horror movies are exactly the pinnacle of cinema, but something tells me you might get a kick out of 'em. _{[It's hard not to like people in rubber wolfsuits mauling screaming teenagers.]}

... Although the equivalents in this world are probably a little different.

But I bet if you looked hard enough, you'd be able to find something exactly like it, and it'd be called, like, The Flygon or something.

[newberktown]

Hey, they were able to get The Neverending Story, right? And that doesn't even have room for a dumb pokemon pun in the title.

[...If only the same could be said for poor Michael "EnDewott".]

I'll swing by the local Mart after work sometime to see what they've got.