011. Video

[foolishwren]

_{[The feed cuts in on one very unhappy-looking Heather Mason. Her cheeks are flushed, her nose is red, her eyes are sore-looking, she's wrapped in a blanket, and her hair is sticking straight up into the air on one side, like she'd been asleep with her face smashed against the wall for hours or something (note: she had). Her voice sounds stuffed-up and occasionally she's sniffling. The rescue efforts, combined with the fact that she went wading after those runaway eggs like a moron, rewarded her with a very lovely cold. She's crouched in one of the squishy pink seats in the lobby of the Pokemon Center, in the corner. Judging from the noise level and the occasional jostling, it looks like the crowd in there hasn't dissipated. In the wake of the flood, the place is hopping with activity.]}

Hey guys. I am trapped, running a mild fever, and am in need of some form of escape from reality. Since there's apparently no such thing as video games here and my head hurts too much to try and read, you guys are my source of relief. Hi.

Ever since a certain.... um... bathing incident, I'm not allowed to let several of my Pokemon out of their Balls-- .... _{heh. 'Balls'.}-- ... yeah. So I don't even have them for company. ... Except for--

_{[The camera swivels around and settles to focus shakily on the bucket of water that's on the floor by her feet. Half-submerged in the bucket is a Magikarp. It's perfectly motionless aside from the continuous opening and closing of its mouth, and its glassy, vacant eyes are set straight on Heather, in a completely blank gaze that is either murderous or adoring, she can't even tell. Either way, it's creeping her out.]}

That. And it won't stop staring at me.

_{[She turns the camera to face herself again, making a slightly aggravated face.]}

That is so not a Dratini, Kairi. I am disappoint.

... On the other hand!_{[She puts the 'Gear down on her lap so that everyone has a very nice close-up view of the pink, lint-covered surface of the blanket, and proceeds to rummage in what was presumably her bag, sitting on the seat next to her. There's rustling noises, a slightly indignant squawk, and a mumble of 'Sorry, Claudy...' from Heather, before she picks up the camera again and holds an Egg in front of it.]}


I found this, too. Anyone know what the hell it is? I'd rather avoid any surprises this time.


.... Oh. And uh... one last thing.

Given... the flooding, and the fact that a bunch of people were... warped or something to ... various places, I kinda wanna ask... uh.

Well. Not that I'm a big organizer or anything, but...

... Can everyone who gets this transmission tell me where they are?

Even if it's just a little text message with the location, I don't really care. I'm just curious. _{[... And a little worried. As she's said to many, she really doesn't want to hear about a body-count once the flooding subsides...]}

.... I hope everybody's safe.

_{[The feed ends.]}

_{[ooc: Feel free to action if you're in the Violet Pokemon Center and your char wants to find Heather's cramped little corner!]}

Comments

[voice] Rikku's 'gear is messed up.

[usedthief.livejournal.com]

I found an egg too! Though it's a different color...I wonder what's gonna come out of them... [ponders that for a moment...]

Oh! I'm in Cherrygrove City. Again... Yunie and I are staying at the pokemon center right now.

[voice]

[foolishwren]

Yeah, well, that ugly-ass fish in the bucket was in an orange egg...

Anyway, good to hear you guys are safe. _{[She doesn't think the name 'Yunie' sounds familiar, but whatever, it's a person and they're alive so that means one less person unaccounted for.]}

[video]

[usedflail.livejournal.com]

Route 29, very nearly at Cherrygrove. [He's still sloshing through some water, although it's dried up considerably.]

[video]

[foolishwren]

Well, that's good... how's the flooding down there?

[restardom.livejournal.com]

[ RIGHT NEXT TO YOU SURPRISE NINJA. ]

Ah! That's a Poliwag!

[foolishwren]

_{[Cue Heather nearly jumping out of her skin. Or she would have if she had the energy. Instead she just kind of... looked really surprised.]}

Whoa-- jeez, you startled me-- a Poliwag?

...

... What's a Poliwag?

[voice]

[useddragonrush.livejournal.com]

You got an egg? Where did you find it?

[voice]

[foolishwren]

Both the eggs I found were just kinda... floating past outside. I had to wade after 'em. ... Kinda regretting it, actually.

[travelbycandy.livejournal.com]

[Here, have a Sandshrew paw taking up most of the screen as Sora's Pokégear is turned on!]

[foolishwren]

..... _{[Have Heather staring blankly at the screen and wondering if her cold is preventing her from understanding something.]}

... Hi.

[audio]

[focusdenied.livejournal.com]

Staring is all it does.

Still in Violet City. I haven't gone anywhere.

Re: [audio]

[foolishwren]

... Oh, joy. So I'm stuck with Fisheyes McCreeper here?

[1-2-jango-zzzz.livejournal.com]

Sp-sprout Tower Ma'am!

[foolishwren]

Really? ... Man, seems like a LOT of people are there...

[destinyfruit.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I didn't really think it would be.

[foolishwren]

Hmph. _{[SO DISGRUNTLED UGH.]}

... Anyway, it keeps looking at me like it's judging me.

[1/4?]

[saving-violins.livejournal.com]

[2/4?]

[saving-violins.livejournal.com]

[video]

[bakaitoukid]

[he winces a bit when the Magikarp comes onto the screen but regains his composure by the end of the feed]

Bathing incident? Should I even ask?

I'm in Violet City, trapped in Sprout Tower. Seems like there are a lot of us here.

[video]

[foolishwren]

So, turns out that when you let a soap-covered Growlithe rampage through a lobby of sick Pokemon and little old ladies, and then your friend's Oddish paralyzes half the people in range, the nurses decide that you're a menace to society.

[bravegreen.livejournal.com]

Oh! That's a Poliwag egg! Thank goodness it's safe.

Umm, right now I'm in Goldenrod.

[foolishwren]

So I've just found out... well, I sure hope the end result is cuter than the FIRST egg I found... Did you work at the ranch or something?

And-- uh... Goldenrod. _{[There's a few blips. She's checkin' the map.]} ... Oh! Huh. ... Man. That's quite a ways away.

[Text]

[walking-the-cat.livejournal.com]

I'm in Sprout Tower. It's dry here but I'm worried about the Pokemon Center in Cherry Grove. Before I was teleported we were trying to keep it from flooding inside.

[Text]

[foolishwren]

The inside? Great... well, hopefully everyone there is okay.

[icyempiricism.livejournal.com]

It seems I have landed in a city that goes by the name of Goldenrod.

And although it is merely a hypothesis, that egg stragely resembles a poliwag.

[foolishwren]

Hm... you're the second one I've heard who got stuck there.

And yeah, so I've found... I hope it winds up cuter than the OTHER thing...

[boldandresolute.livejournal.com]

I'm still in this bloody tower.

[Pissed Liquid is pissed.]

[It didn't help that he had a claustrophobia/being-trapped-in-places-phobia, and he was kind of on-edge at the moment.]

[foolishwren]

They still won't let you out?

[Voice]

[stupidera.livejournal.com]

I'm stuck in Violet City. [ and he's only answering this because he's bored as Hell :|b ]

...and I'm pretty sure that's an egg.

[Voice]

[foolishwren]

_{[There's a long pause. Heather is looking down at the egg, and then back at the gear.]}

.... sweet love of God. I ... I think it is.

I never would have suspected... thank you.

You, sir, have changed my life.

[video]

[wieldswindwaker.livejournal.com]

"Ecruteak."

[video]

[foolishwren]

Ecruteak? Where's that?

[Video] She might actually be worried.

[usedbravebird.livejournal.com]

Cloudy has one of those fish.

[Video] D'awwwh

[foolishwren]

Cloudy? Who's that?