119. [FOURTH WALL! ACTION FOR ERRYBODY]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[It's begun.]

[THAT TIME OF YEAR.]

[No, not the time of year when the Christmas decorations start going up in stores-- let's be real, guys, that happened like two months ago.]

[No.]

[It's that time of year when the boundaries between worlds grow thin and all kinds of wild and wonderful things come pouring out of thin air onto the streets for all to watch and enjoy.]

[... And then on the other end of the spectrum, there's...]</sub>


WHOA! HEY, EVERYBODY, LOOK! MORE NEW POKEMON!!!

_{[The shout of an excited Ace Trainer dudebro who never quite got off the September Swarm hype train rings out over the chaos as a small army of... uh... things come bumbling down the sidewalk, ineffectively squawking and bumping into peoples' legs.]}

OH! Oh, they're ADORABLE! LOOK! I'm keeping one RIGHT NOW!

<sub>[A Poke-Fan sweeps one off of its tiny nub feet and cradles it like an infant while it flops and kicks.]

[A crowd soon forms.]

[No one pays any attention to the trainer hopping up and down at the edge, waving her arms.]</sub>



Guys-- GUYS!! STOP!

THOSE AREN'T-- THOSE AREN'T POKEMON, YOU GUYS.

DON'T TRY TO CA-- unbelievable.

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[ajustcaws]

Welp, I guess that cinches it! Let me see if I can find a spear somewhere and I'll be right on it!

[AND SHE DASHES OFF... FOR NOW... she'll be back, though]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[OKEY DOKEY. THEY CAN BE MONSTER-MURDER BUDDIES.]

[Heather sort of watches her go, with a quiet "... huh."]

[Then she turns and gets to the slaughter. Cynthia will return to find Heather having already dispatched a few on her own... but there's still plenty left.]</sub>

[ajustcaws]

[THE BEST KIND OF BUDDIES, TBH

SHE COMES BACK WITH A SPEAR AND MAKES HER REENTRY BY SKEWERING ONE OF THE THINGS WITH A KILLER SPEAR]

You know, I was going to say something super cool, but I figured I'd just...

Get to the point.

[foolishwren]

--oh, I can tell we're gonna get along.

_{[She takes the liberty of heading over and stomping on the thing's head to make sure it stays down. You gotta kick 'em before they get up again, or they will get up again.]}

[ajustcaws]

Heheh, well, that's good to know! I can always use a good sidekick, after all!

[LET'S SEE... and ah, maybe now they're going to start attacking

...she's got no idea what to expect, but she's at least got a little space between her and them! Ah, this would be better if she had a tome, though.

...also, the onlookers are predictably horrified, because they liked the horrible, vaguely phallic headless chickens. WHOOPS...]

[foolishwren]

I'm nobody's sidekick.

But I'll be the snarky occasional-teamup, if you want.

<sub>[And with that, she marches right over to the rest of the things and starts whacking.]

[Some old lady in the crowd starts to scream.]</sub>

[ajustcaws]

Sounds like a good deal to me! Double hero action it is!

[HOPEFULLY NONE OF THESE TOWNSPEOPLE REMEMBER THIS

TIME TO STAB A FEW HEADLESS CHICKENS YEAHHHHHHH TRIPLE COMBO]