foolishwren | 018. Video

_{[True to her word to several by this point, Heather's almost back to Violet. Her end of the line has been oddly silent for the past few days except for a few snarky remarks or other brief conversations, and that's largely due to her... well... unexpected traveling situation. But she's dealing! It's okay. She's got this. Really.]

[.... Or not? When the camera comes on, it's Cloverfield-level shaky, with the view swiveling around drastically and showing flashes of bare ground and campfire-- and something green off to the edge that was probably James and a sort of interested-looking Harry Mason standing up by the fire and peering over in the direction of whatever was shaking the camera around. Somewhere behind the log he'd been sitting on, if the viewer was paying very close attention in the BRIEF INSTANT that particular spot was visible, they could see a very vengeful set of Furret eyes glaring over the log at Harry. But that context is a tale for another time.]

[For now, the camera finally turns to focus on Heather's face, and she looks wide-eyed and excited. The past few days've been hard on her, but the situation at hand is temporarily drowning out any and all weird emotional problems she might or might not be having.]}

RISE! RISE IF YOU'RE THERE, THE EGG'S HATCHING!

_{[No punctuation and all.]

[The camera turns down to the large cream-speckled egg that Heather's last transmission had asked about-- its surface is shinier than before and reflects the light of the campfire. But more importantly, it's starting to wiggle around and crack. Heather wasn't NEARLY this excited about her other eggs, but this one is a ~*~mystery~*~ and it's BIG so she's sort of kind of wiggin' out.]}

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I'm here, I'm here, I'm here!!

_{[CUE PROLONGED SQUEALY GIRL FIT. ... She sure hoped it wouldn't be as disappointing as the Magikarp.]}

Can you see it okay?!

It's totally hatching, Rise. This is amazing.

Mm, I can see it fine!

[ barely withholding a squeal herself. ] This is so exciting!! And by the way it's cracking, it should be hatching any minute now!

I've been keeping it in my bag with Claudy, I guess between the heat and her sitting on it, it worked!

_{[The egg's cracking more vigorously now, and there's definite sounds of something moving around inside. .... It sounds big. Now Heather's put the Gear down on top of the bag (which seems fortunately absent of owls) and leaned into the screen, herself.]}

... But if it's ugly, you are so not allowed to make fun of me.

[ have a tiny snort of amusement. ] No laughing on my end, promise.

_{[And so, they settle down to wait. It doesn't take long-- the cracks in the egg slowly spread and widen until finally, the shell pieces fall away stickily to reveal-- .... a baby deer. It's not the cleanest thing in the world, what with being sort of soggy and covered in mucus, but... IT'S A BABY DEER.]}

KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~!! ♥

[ yeah, so much for not squealing. ]

_{[Heather's not even saying anything. Heather is speechless. It's like the Egg Gods had been frowning on her, and then suddenly decided to reward her with a plentiful bounty of adorable for her efforts.]}

..... oh my god.

_{[The spindly-limbed thing blinked up at the screen with sticky eyes. It didn't quite look like a normal fawn, obviously, but it was unmistakable what it was-- it had the white baby spots and big black nose and everything.]}

I-it's so cute! I've never seen that one before! Omigosh Heather, quick, see if it's a boy or a girl and um dry it off and-- eeeeeeitssocute

_{[She's already got a towel-- she's sort of freaked out over ... well, anything having to do with birth, really, and thought she might be a little wigged at the sight of something BIG and slimy coming out of the shell, but ... but... it's BAMBI, okay. Bambi overrules her dumb phobias.]}

Okay. Okay. I don't even feel bad for not having a little electric sheep now, because deer are totally JUST AS GOOD and-- fffffh oh my god.

_{[The creature is already trying to stand on its wobbly legs and not quite making it-- though like most Pokemon it'll probably be on its feet and running around within an hour. It snuffs at Heather's hands as she rubs it down with the towel, almost a little TOO lightly. It's so scrawny and weird-lookin' that she's a little worried she'll BREAK it.]}

I-- ... I think it's a boy.

Don't tell that to Posie, she'll get jealous-- but he's so cuuuuuute...

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