video; backdated to January

[shiro2hero]

[Shhhh, it's somewhere around mid-afternoon. And what should be happening here in this quiet little room in the Sevii Islands? There's a Kirlia's face grinning into the 'gear. It turns the camera back around, and trundles off to climb up onto a nightstand.]

[Once there, it gestures grandly to the bed. Upon which, catching a surprise nap, is its trainer, none other than the perpetually exhausted Shiro.]

[Only, this time, he's surrounded by Arons. Three of them. They're all crowded around his metal arm, either gnawing on it, or licking it enthusiastically. Clearly, this video is fully intended to embarrass the Kirlia's trainer -- after all, who would be caught like this? Who in their right mind would let a bunch of tiny metal dinosaurs lick and chew on their arm?]

[Unfortunately... Arons are also heavy.]

[Three of them, plus their trainer, ends up being too much for the poor bed. There's a sudden, catastrophic CRACKLE-CRASH in which Shiro's eyes fly open. The Arons freeze.]

[And the entire bed goes cascading down in a puff of dislodged dust.]

...

WHO LET THE ARONS IN HERE?!

[There's a yelp from the Kirlia and the feed cuts.]

Comments

[Video]

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

Are you alright?

[Because that looked painful.]

[Video]

[shiro2hero]

[His face is temporarily off-camera. There's just the slightly strained, massively annoyed verbal reply.]

Fine.

I'm fine.

[Video]

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[Harry doubts that a bit but will not immediately ask if anything's broken. He's learning, Heather.]

Are Arons the name of those pokemon or do they all just have the same nickname?

[Video]

[shiro2hero]

[At length, Shiro pokes his head back into view.]

The species -- they're adorable until they eat the hubcaps off a bus.

I had one when I first got here... but all he's ever done was lick. Never chew.

[video]

[paladinlost]

Someone who wished to crush you to death, I assume.

[Or at least someone who wouldn't care if it happened.]

[video]

[shiro2hero]

[There's a hand flailing vaguely in the direction of the 'gear.]

Or... someone forgot to close the door...

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[paladinlost]

That strikes me as alarmingly careless, considering the potential for... well, broken beds.

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[shiro2hero]

I guess... in everyone's defense... this is the first time we've had more than one Aron around.

video;

[armoredsoul]

Are you hurt?!

[Hoo boy, that's going to be a heck of a fee to that hotel...]

video;

[shiro2hero]

[Muffled shuffling off-camera.]

Fine -- I'm fine.

Everything's fine.

video; rip my entire ass I'M SORRY RED

[armoredsoul]

You don't...sound fine?

[Dude you just wrecked an entire bed, this is well beyond any illusion of 'fine'.]

If your arm still working?

video; IT'S OKAY NO WORRIES

[shiro2hero]

[More shuffling. And Shiro's head finally pops into view -- disgruntled, but intact.]

Everything's still working.

Just not the bed.

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[styxiedust]

[Well. That happened.]

Seems like it was your Kirlia that let them in. It also recorded them chewing on your arm while you were sleeping.

[It seems weird that she's only just seriously thinking about the fact that Shiro has a prosthetic arm now, usually Botan just ignored it. Not like prosthesis are weird to her, she knew a guy that had a third eye installed just for the purpose of looking out for his sister.]

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[shiro2hero]

[There is a groan from off-camera, and the aforementioned arm flailing vaguely in the direction of the 'gear.]

Of course it was. Blue...

[Finally, his head pokes up. Hi Botan.]

... is grounded.

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[styxiedust]

Hear that, Blue? Dad's upset. Perhaps it was the part where the metal dinosaurs started chewing on his arm.

[Only perhaps, though.]

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[shiro2hero]

[Somewhere, there's upset squeaking. Apparently Blue is trying to plead his case to someone.]

Oh, it was absolutely the arm-chewing.

Kuro didn't even chew on it.

[Action]

[tookashirototheknee]

[There's a skittering outside, and Matt's knocking at the door. He'd just gotten home from one of his stargazing talks (attended, somehow inexplicably by a Solrock and a Lunatone, in addition to some passers-by.]

Shiro?! Are you alright? What's going on? Who's Aaron?

[Action]

[shiro2hero]

[The only reaction is a muffled yelling. And then, suddenly, the door opens. Revealing the whole mess of the bed and Shiro and a flutter of tiny, charging Arons. They've been spooked. And their little metal feet are thudding down the hall past Matt.]

[Shiro is... pretty much just visible as an arm poking up off the bed rubble.]

Arons.

[tookashirototheknee]

[There's an odd relief that washes over him when he realizes that it's pokemon and not another human in there. Down, jealousy spike. Matt doesn't need you right now. As the tiny little metal creatures run past him, with Shiro just an arm in a bunch of rubble... he can't help a little bit of a snort.]

[It's easy for him to recover, though, concern for his friend foremost in his mind. Walking over, he reaches out and takes Shiro's hand to pull him up from the wreckage, concern on his face.]

That is... certainly one way to break a bed, and definitely not the most fun way. Are you sure you're alright?

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[lionroll]

[Okay, look, Hunk really doesn't like keeping his Pokemon in those dumb balls. They all seem so much happier getting to run or fly about! While he doesn't really need to worry too much about Shay, Tamah, or Picus getting into oodles of trouble, the same can't be said of either Chuchule, or the newly hatched K.J.. Two Pokemon who are pretty much polar opposites of each other.

Chuchule is sassy, and loud, and all too eager to boss her other teammates around in an attempt to flex her non-existing muscles.

K.J. on the other hand is cool as a cucumber, and rather chill. Except that he loves wandering off to explore.

Thankfully, Chuchule is usually so noisy that Hunk never has trouble locating her when she's toddled away somewhere. K.J. however is deadly silent if he isn't moving nearby with his clunking footsteps. Which means anytime Chuchule is being a loud brat, K.J. can ninja himself into another room easy peasy. Being a newborn Aron, K.J. is exceptionally hungry most of the time. So, a shiny metal arm?

Delicious.

Hunk is scolding Chuchule for trying to set Picus on fire when he hears the sudden crashing noise. Looking towards the bedrooms, him and his Pokemon all stare quietly until Shiro's voice rings out loud and clear through the household. Glancing around Hunk realizes K.J. isn't anywhere to be seen and curses under his breath. Rushing towards the commotion he bursts through the door, eyes growing wide at the scene displayed before him.]

Shi-Shiro!! Are you okay?

[Carefully picking his way through the bed frame debris, and the skittering Arons, Hunk holds out a hand to his friend.]

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[shiro2hero]

[Bless you, Hunk. You're a good egg. Even if your Aron is part of the current problem. One of these days, he's going to have to make Kuro sit them all down and have A Talk about the arm. If it worked for Bert's Aggron...]

[The other two Arons scatter when Hunk opens the door. Hopefully out of the room, because well. Shiro has already made it clear how unhappy he currently is. And there's a low rumbling sound outside -- speaking of Kuro.]

[Shiro's not-metal-arm is poking out of the rubble. It flails around to try and find where Hunk actually is, and latches around his wrist.]

I've... fatally injured my pride. I think.

[So yes, he's fine.]

[lionroll]

[K.J. at least stays back while his sisters scamper off to their own respective trainers. He watches as his own trainer helps the delicious armed one up to his feet, brushing some of the debris off the other human.

Hunk meanwhile looks Shiro over for any injuries.]

What the quiznak even happened in here? Did the Arons break the bed?

ACTION

[fuelthefire]

[Crashes are only acceptable noises when they happen outside. Inside? Not so much.

Yo, Shiro, there's a Krieg peering in your window. Is he sharing the space with Kuro? Maybe leaning on him, or perhaps awkwardly perched on his shoulders?]

I didn't do it!

[Though he had been wondering where the heck Skully had got off to.

Now he knows.]

Are you okay?

ACTION

[shiro2hero]

[Kuro likes Krieg enough to let him perch. So he's fine with that. Pressing himself worriedly against the house, but hey. Letting Krieg perch.]

[While Shiro flops an arm around to start hauling himself out of the bed rubble.]

Fine. I'm -- just fine.

Mortally injured pride.

How are you.

ACTION

[fuelthefire]

[HECK YEAH, AGGRON PERCHING! A sweet, sweet sampling of the Aggron jousts to come. Kuro is a good friend, helping Krieg to check up on his other friend!]

Why's your pride broken? The Iron Skulls crushed the bed, not you.

[He assumes, anyway.]