Room 041 [Video] BACKDATED to Flower Gift Friday

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_{[The video is short but the person behind the camera is frantic. Henry Townshend is not one to make use of volume but here it is. His voice breaks as he shouts and rushes around with his camera, digging through deep drifts of daisies and marigolds and cherry blossums in search of the Sharpedos that chill in the backyard pool.]}

They're back! They're back. No one believed me but it's happening again! Don't listen to any urges, use the buddy system!

_{[Of course he yells this while seemingly completely alone. Henry swishes his arm through what used to be pool water.]}

Mammon! Where are you?! Lust, help!

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[armoredsoul]

[Al doesn't bother answering the Gear message, considering he's right there in the house still. Instead he comes out with a concerned-looking Otto following him, wading through the drifts of flowers over to Henry.]

Henry, are you alright?

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_{[Henry doesn't turn to face Al but the boy's voice does manage to calm him momentarily. Al is a voice of sanity in the hot mess that is Shark House.]}

No, Al. I can't find the sharks and I'm afraid something terrible is going to happen if these flowers don't stop.

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[armoredsoul]

[Al frowns and crosses his arms, then looks over to Otto.]

Otto, can you go in there and check to make sure they're okay under there?

[The Floatzel chirps and waddles over to dive into the pool, and Al reaches up to put a hand on Henry's shoulder.]

I don't think the flowers are going to hurt them, but we can try to figure out something. Maybe rig up a cover to go over the deeper end of the pool, and we can take turns scooping out the flowers that do get in?

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[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry watches the orange critter disappear under the floral waves and heaves a sigh. Today was going to be A Day. He just knows it!]}

Maybe there's a tarp in the shed we could use...

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[armoredsoul]

Let's go check that while Otto is busy.

[Al gives Henry an encouraging smile before turning to start forging a path through the mass of petals over to the shed.]

Don't worry, okay? We can handle whatever this place throws at us. At least we still have hands this time!

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Y...yeah.

_{[A haunted look flutters across his face as he looks down at his hands. He would never forget.]}

It was nice to fly though.

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[armoredsoul]

[He lets out a weak huff of a laugh, hauling the door to the shed open and looking inside.]

It sure looked like it! The telekinesis stuff was pretty neat once I got the hang of it--ah, here we go!

[Al picks up a large bit of folded-up canvas--something he had picked up to rig a shade for the larger Pokemon outside during a really hot stretch last summer.]

I think this ought to do.