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rocketralph ([personal profile] rocketralph) wrote in [community profile] victory_road2016-05-30 10:28 pm

Level 19 [2 VIDEOS / ACTION FOR GOLDENROD / THE JUNCTION]

VIDEO 1

[The camera pans slowly across the rubble piled in the Goldenrod streets as Ralph makes his way out of town. He yawns loudly from off-screen.]

Sheesh, and here I thought we had a wild party. You...guys remember that, right? Because I'm pretty sure I didn't do all this in my sleep...everyone alright? Ah--darn it, hang on. 'Gear's tryin' to give me some kinda alert.



VIDEO 2
[The feed flicks on again much later--again the camera is pointed at the path. Trees lay in great heaps and a few wild Pokemon scatter as the big man passes them by. As he walks, a chorus of Pokemon cries can be heard. The 'gear flips around to show Ralph's chin as he lifts his head and goes on the alert. He stops walking and the cries crow louder. It's a panicked chant of SU DO WOODO! SU DO WOODO!.]

Oh jeez! The reporters weren't kiddin'!

[With a little fumbling, the ruckus is finally revealed. The Sudowoodo are in an uproar, flailing all across the path.]
a_sin_for_him: (research)

Action

[personal profile] a_sin_for_him 2016-05-31 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
[It looks as though the city has been bombed. What in god's good name had happened while they were away? Whatever's happened, Lust doesn't like it. The rubble and damage - though her own home is fine - give her an uncomfortable sort of feeling.]

[But there's nowhere to go, exactly. The reports of blocked roads aren't exaggerating. Which is how she finds herself staring at a writhing mass of wailing tree bits. Oh good god.]

[She's sitting off to the side of the road, on an upturned tree, scrolling through her Pokedex when Ralph shows up, Guttle at her feet. She's actually wearing her own clothes, something she hasn't bothered with in some times. She's hardly made up or put together, but she's wearing her own clothes.]

[The trip to the moon, fuzzy as some memories are, had done her good.]


They're in a panic. I haven't the faintest idea what to do.
a_sin_for_him: (puzzled)

[personal profile] a_sin_for_him 2016-05-31 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
There has to be an easier way. Maybe we could just....herd them?

[Her voice doesn't hold much hope for that. If they weren't in some grips of panicked madness, perhaps. But in this state?]

[She slips her gear back into her bag and stands up, lips tight.]


They're very upset.
a_sin_for_him: (temper lost)

[personal profile] a_sin_for_him 2016-05-31 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[They're going to try literal herding, alright. Lust has seen those prairies and plains films. She likes the men in the big hats, they tend to wear snug jeans and bulge out of their checkered shirts in the shoulder area.]

[She's had just enough of her daily wine to shrug and turn to the wailing Sudowoodo. She smooths her leggings and t-shirt before following Ralph's lead.]

[The only thing she can call to mind to shout is 'yeep yeep', which she's relatively certain is what the bulging big hat men yell at the herd animals.]

[This is a terrible idea.]
a_sin_for_him: (that's not funny)

[personal profile] a_sin_for_him 2016-05-31 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh dear god....

[Lust flings up her arms, recoiling from the rocks. In theory, that had been a perfectly sound idea! They're trying to help!]

Come on!

[She tugs at Ralph's arm - they've got to get off the path until the barrage stops!]

They'll stop eventually...
a_sin_for_him: (puzzled)

[personal profile] a_sin_for_him 2016-06-01 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
No...they're upset and frightened. Guttle has plenty of water moves himself, but...

[Fighting them just seems cruel. It's not as though they understand what's happening to them.]

[Lust sighs and purses her lips. They're upset. They're distressed. They need to be calmed. What could possibly calm them? Well. There is always the old standby, when it comes to soothing beasts.]


What if we sang to them? That always works in stories when wild creatures are upset.
a_sin_for_him: (sure i believe you)

[personal profile] a_sin_for_him 2016-06-01 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
I do, but I'd feel ridiculous doing it alone. You can't sound that bad.

[Or so Lust assumes. And she really doesn't want to do it by herself. Not with Ralph right there. She doesn't sing in front of other people. Not anymore, anyway, she'd done so sometimes where Scar could hear, but that had been different.]
a_sin_for_him: (sure i believe you)

[personal profile] a_sin_for_him 2016-06-01 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
You realize I'm going to demand a demonstration, one of these days.

[No one can be that bad. She refuses to believe it. Out of tune, off note, but what Ralph's describing?]

And I do, actually, I have Chanteuse. We vocalize together when no one else is home. You aren't bothered by Jigglypuffs, are you? Some people are.

[Well, one person. But if one person's bothered by a thing, it stands to reason others might be. And Jigglys can be...odd. And off putting.]
a_sin_for_him: (well actually hehe)

[personal profile] a_sin_for_him 2016-06-01 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
People are bothered by all sorts of things.

[But that's all Lust needs to let her attention adoring Jigglypuff out.]

[She has to wait for Chanteuse to stop prancing and posing upon being let out of her ball - Lust rarely keeps her Pokemon confined, but current events make it a bit of a necessity at the moment. The Jigglypuff looks like she's mugging to an audience that isn't there.]


Just...give her a moment. If you clap, this will wrap up quicker.
a_sin_for_him: (sure i believe you)

[personal profile] a_sin_for_him 2016-06-01 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
She's quite the little diva.

[Lust applauds out of rote, well used to Chanteuse and her demands for praise and affection and attention.]

Alright, alright, that's enough. We have a concert to perform. For a far larger crowd than simply Ralph here, come along.

[The promise of a big concert is all Chanteuse needs to obediently fall in beside her trainer and join her in the road. She's always wanted to perform professionally!]

I don't suppose we could request a bit of at-the-ready shielding, should it turn out that Sudowoodo hate music in all its forms?
a_sin_for_him: (well actually hehe)

[personal profile] a_sin_for_him 2016-06-02 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
I was thinking more along the lines of being ready to lob a log between us and the panicked masses, but whatever you think best.

[Chanteuse is already in the middle of the road, primping and preening in preparation for her big debut. This isn't the venue or audience she's been expecting, but there are so many Pokemon to watch her!]
garbagechild: i should warn you... it turns out that 'nsfw' does NOT mean 'nice stuff for wrath' :( (so... um....)

[Video]

[personal profile] garbagechild 2016-06-04 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's been a little bit since Wrath woke up to a seemingly-empty house, so he's calmer than he was before.]

[Though his face is still puffy and red when he responds.]


... Those ugly trees are really mad!
a_sin_for_him: (soft smile)

[personal profile] a_sin_for_him 2016-06-07 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lust nods in return and lifts one hand, index finger extended. She draws Chanteuse's attention, the pair standing facing one another in the road. Thank god it's only Ralph that's here to see this. She doesn't do this sort of thing in front of anyone else. It always feels...silly. Something more suited a little girl than a former eldritch femme fatale.]

[She clears her throat and begins vocalizing, the Jigglypuff immediately joining in. Lust keeps the tempo with her finger, not bothering to sing actual words, just what she hopes are soothing sort of sounds.]

[The effect is a pretty one.]
garbagechild: im still just simply me :) (despite all the blood on my hands)

[Video]

[personal profile] garbagechild 2016-06-09 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[...!]

[HE CAN?]


... Those ugly trees are really mad!

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