foolishwren | 012. Video (backdated, 9-ish in the morning)

_{[SUNLIGHT! Sweet, blessed sunlight! Not a cloud to be seen! And what was once waist-deep water is... puddles! Yeah, fuckin' puddles! This is awesome! The sky is the first thing that the screen shows as Heather practically EXPLODES out the Pokemon Center's doors. She can't leave town quite yet-- there's still some stuff she needs to do and, well, frankly, her Pokemon haven't trained in more than a WEEK so they could stand a little more leveling up before she goes ANYWHERE, but... STILL! FREEDOM! NO MORE STUFFY NURSES! NO MORE GETTING YELLED AT FOR BUILDING FORTS/STARTING FIGHTS/USING EQUIPMENT THE WAY IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE USED PUT THAT DOWN IMMEDIATELY!]}

YEAH!!

I am NEVER SETTING FOOT IN THAT BUILDING AGAIN.

EVER.

_{[Swiveling around, the camera shows Heather's face-- she's grinning like a fiend and looks a whole lot less miserable than the last time she actually made any transmissions. Headaches and fevers kind of blew and she'd spent most of the week curled up in a chair with blankets and tea, feeling too restless to enjoy the stay in the crowded Center but too sick to brave the flooding and find somewhere else to stay.]

[Barking can be heard-- Cujo is running in circles in the mud, accompanied by his compatriots, plus a small Poliwag, and minus a Magikarp. Heather finally gave in and put that thing in its ball.]}

Heather Mason is back in action! Along with her troops-- _{[The camera shakes.]}. ... okay never mind they're running around too much for me to focus on them, but-- yeah um. .... _{[Back to her face.]}

YEAH!

So, uh-- Liquid! I'm comin' to meet you if you can get out of the Tower-- _{[She doesn't know about the GIANT PLANT OF DEATH yet.]}-- and I expect you to remember what we talked about and keep that promise. It's VERY IMPORTANT. _{[SERIOUS EXPRESSION.]}

Other than that, gonna go run around in the wilderness!

SEE YA.

_{[End transmission.]}

_{[OOC: Feel free to action if your character is in Violet City or its surrounding wilderness, or wants to run into Heather outside Sprout Tower later.]}

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... Really? But I think you'll want to come back in for a minute.

[ Rise is practically beaming for some ODD REASON. ]

_{[Heather pauses midstep, looking over her shoulder? ... Uh oh. That's either a very good sign, or a very bad one.]}

... Should I be worried? Is this a trap?

Of course it's not! I just want you to see something.

[ cue huffy idol face. HOW COULD YOU DOUBT ME, HEATHER. ]

.... Okay, but if it's a trap, I warn you. I took karate as a kid. _{[She's... mainly joking.]

[She cast a glance over at her Pokemon, who were-- still running down the path. ... Ah well they'd be fine. She turns and follows Rise back into the Pokemon Center.]}

[ And Rise leads the way to a corner where Kanzeon is holding down the fort and curled around something blue and not QUITE as long as she is. Yet.

That's right, Heather. Lifting its head with sleepy big eyes is a baby Dratini. ]

_{[... See that face Heather's making? With the big eyes and expression that would ALMOST indicate fear, not because she's actually afraid, but because that sight is so cute her brain just isn't even sure how to deal with it? Yeah. Just... yeah.]}

... Oh. My. God.

_{[WHY DID RISE GET ALL THE CUTE POKEMON FFF IT WASN'T EVEN FAIR. HEATHER JUST GOT FISHY MCCREEPER.]}

How did-- ... I don't even.

[ HEY RISE GOT ONE TOO, she's just planning on pawning it off to her good buddy Kanji because she's SUCH A WONDERFUL FRIEND. ]

Talk to Zack, okay? I didn't even know myself.

Ohmygod, can I pet it?

_{[LOOK AT ITS GREAT BIG EYES FFFFFFFF!]}

Yep! She likes attention.

_{[Heather immediately flops down and starts rubbing the little Dratini's head. And gushing.]}

Oh my god, you're just so cute I could eat you! ... Except-- I won't, because-- yeah. ... You're so cute.

[ The Dratini is still rather sleepy, but she blinks and obligingly tilts her head so Heather can pat her better. ]

Isn't she? Her egg was huge, though.

_{[Heather continues to pat the little dragon, scratching behind its ear-fins.]}

Really? I thought they were all kinda the same size... makes sense though, I guess.

Yeah, they're born big. [ have a tiiiny grimace ] But then again, I didn't think a Magikarp could come out of a little egg.

Edited 2010-07-14 02:53 (UTC)

Oh god, don't even mention Magikarp....

_{[Is Heather still terrified of hers? Guess.]}

... So how's your baby doing?

The Poliwag? _{[For some reason, Heather grimaces slightly at the words 'your baby'. But she composes herself pretty quickly.]}

Oh! Yeah, she hatched just the other day. ... I think it's a she.

She's just kind of... running around after the others. I think she thinks Arty is her mom or something.

... Arty doesn't appreciate it.

Weird, Kanzeon treats all of the ones I've hatched like her own babies. But I'm glad Poliwag hatched okay!

Well, Arty's kind of a bitch. ... And I feel okay about saying that because she seems really proud of it.

... No, I get it. Kanzeon's like that, too, with everyone else.

Maybe it's a raccoon thing.

That's got to be it.

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