122. [Video/Action for Mahogany]

[foolishwren]

_{[There's a split second shot of a cup of coffee and some blurry cherry pie before the view jerks upwards to settle on the filmer's face.]}

SO.

Let's talk Gym Leaders.

_{[Heather looks a little tired and haggard around the edges from her seat in an old-fashioned Mahogany diner booth, next to a Pikachu that's busily nibbling on a plate of shortbread biscuits, but not so much that it eats into her intensity on camera. THE TIME HAS COME TO SEEK WISDOM FROM THE MASSES.]}

I'm gonna be taking Pryce on soon, so if anyone's fought him before or knows anything juicy about his strategies, gimme the scoop. I already know about the ice-covered floor, but he looks like a sneaky motherfucker.

Anyone know if that old geezer's got any other tricks up his sleeve?

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[video]

[solas_ion]

He's a clever bastard, alright. Don't go at him with only fire just because he obviously uses Ice-types. He'll level you with a bunch of water moves.

[Spoken with only the deepest admiration for being a sneaky little shit.]

[video]

[foolishwren]

Man, of course.

Good thing I wasn't planning on that...

_{[She didn't know his lineup, but she'd had a sneaking suspicion that it wouldn't be as easy as that to mow him down with a bunch of fire types.]}

I've got an Electric and a Fighting type who I've been training for the fight.

_{[She pauses to give the Pikachu a scratch behind the ears-- the electric mouse briefly tips her head back with an appreciative chaaaa!]}

Think those would work?

[video]

[solas_ion]

You'll probably be fine. I took my Hitmonchan and a pair of Fire-types. Punchin' got us a hell of a long way before the others had to step in.

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[Her brows shoot up, interested.]}

Oh! A Hitmonchan, huh? Mine's a Hitmonchan, too!

_{[The picture blurs as she turns the 'Gear around to show the... creepy-looking, eyeless Fighting Pokemon sitting across from her on the other side of the booth. He's got what looks like a latte and some pie of his own, and he lifts a boxing glove to wave shyly to the camera.]}

So I should be good to go, right?

[video]

[solas_ion]

[Apparently, that was the cue for a boxing glove to shove Lancer's face halfway offscreen in favor of a curious punch machine. HELLO. HELLO I ALSO PUNCH THINGS.]

Wh--Ferdiad, what the hell, quit that!

[Cue incredibly mature shoving match between a grown-ass adult and his adorable sparring partner.]

[AHEM.]

Anyway. If yours's got somethin' like Thunder Punch, that'll definitely give you an edge over a couple of his Pokemon.

[video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[--okay, she can't help but laugh. She hasn't been doing a whole lot of that lately, so maybe seeing a literal grown man and his Pokemon shoving each other around is just what she needed.]

[She's still chuckling when she turns the camera's view back onto herself.]</sub>

Yeah, he's got that. Fire Punch, too. The whole shebang.

[video]

[solas_ion]

[This is absolutely the face of a responsible adult.]

Yeah, I bet you'll be fine long as you go in expecting he's not gonna start throwin' ice at you right away.

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[SO RESPONSIBLE.]}

Heh, that's what Hazel here is for.

_{[Another pat for the Pikachu.]}

I figured she'd have any water-types covered.

[video]

[solas_ion]

That'd probably do it, yeah. It sounds like you ain't gonna let him give you any trouble.

[video]

[foolishwren]

Thaaat's the plan.

I mean, I've been here too long to lose without it being cripplingly embarrassing.