victory_road | 03 | Accidental Video

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03 | Accidental Video

[When this video turns on, it's facing out at the interior of the Mahogany Ice Rink. It's now evening, and the Mahogany Mamoswines have finished practice and gone home for the day, so the ice is currently empty...except for Yuuko, who can be seen skating in slow circles. She'd gotten a job here a few weeks ago and has been pretty good with managing the hockey equipment and helping to maintain the ice, but now that she's alone and at a skating rink for the first time in months, she just can't resist doing some after-hours skating herself.

She doesn't seem to be aware that she's being filmed; in fact, it looks like she's entirely lost in whatever music is playing through her head as she skates. At first she just slowly skates around the rink, but soon she picks up speed and does a few spins, first crouching down into a sit spin and then on one leg with her body parallel to the ice and her free leg held above hip level in a camel spin. At the moment, she's forgotten that she's been brought to the Pokemon world and is now immersing herself in the past, back to when she and Yuuri would practice their skating together at Ice Castle and try to copy the great Victor Nikiforov.

Then she picks up even more speed, and for the first time in a while, she does a jump, taking off from the back inside edge of one foot into a triple Salchow. The Salchow was the first jump she ever learned, but it's been a while since she attempted a triple; she manages the three rotations, though her landing is a bit wobbly.

There's an excited chirping behind the camera after Yuuko lands the jump, and that seems to snap Yuuko back to reality and look towards whoever's filming this.]

Wha--Twizzle?! [Yuuko's face turns red...mostly from embarrassment at being caught on camera during a private moment, but also from annoyance. She starts skating towards the camera, and the excited chirping turns into a nervous "eep!" at her darkening expression.]

What have I said about using my 'gear without permission?!

[The camera shakes and is then knocked onto its side as whoever's holding it hastily puts it down. You can briefly see a Sylveon bounding away through the doors to the front desk with Yuuko chasing after her, though Yuuko can't go very fast since she's wearing skates.] Twizzle! You get back here right now, young lady!

[The camera runs for another minute before a Snorunt hesitantly turns it off. Sorry about that last bit, folks.]

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[A few minutes later, Yuuko manages to reply. She's a bit out of breath from chasing down her Sylveon and giving her a lecture.]

Oh, everything's fine. I just had to remind someone that you shouldn't record people without asking them first.

[Twizzle the Sylveon is sitting next to her, and she doesn't look very sorry.]

They look really broken up about the whole thing.

[The Dad-liest of Dad Looks in Twizzle's direction.]

[But:] You looked amazing out there, though. That was incredible.

[Twizzle's ears droop a bit at the Dad Look, but at the same time she looks a bit defiant. She got some great video footage, okay!]

Thanks, but I'm still pretty rusty...I didn't exactly stick the landing for that Salchow. But it's been a while since I was last at a skating rink, so I just couldn't help myself.

Hey, I may not be the best judge here, but it looked good where I stand.

At least you'll get some practice now that you've found a rink?

Right now I'm kept pretty busy helping out the hockey team here, so I don't get a lot of time to skate myself. But I think the rink is going to be open to the public from Christmas to New Year's, so I'll probably get some more time to skate then.

Hockey season doesn't last forever does it? Maybe you can sneak some more time in when they're off.

I probably could, though I’d rather not have it be broadcasted again. The rink isn’t open to the public, after all. [She give a very pointed look to Twizzle, whose ears droop again.]

I would like to give lessons once the rink opens again, though... [Provided she’s here for that long, at least.]

Any way to keep the 'gear on you while you practice? Or ... does that... affect things?

[They don't weigh very much, but who knows if that's a thing for skaters? He has no idea.]

Are you planning on sticking around that long?

I don’t know, but it’s good to have a long term plan, right? I still don’t know how long I’ll be here.

...or maybe I’m just saying that because I’m happy to be back at a rink for the first time in so long.

I felt the same way. And then... look at me. I bought a house on an island.

[He says it like it was a goddamn accident.]

... Just take your time, then. Probably no rush.

No, I guess not. [Nobody knows when they'll go home, after all.]

...you know, I had a feeling one of my Pokemon would try to use my 'gear to film things. I think I underestimated how well Twizzle can use those ribbon feelers of hers...

... use her what?

[Did she just say 'ribbon feelers'?]

Well, that's kind of what they are, right? Those ribbon-like things on her. Apparently they're actually feelers.

[To demonstrate, Twizzle lifts the ribbons coming from her neck and sways them around a little. She happens to find them very useful.]

... Feelers.

I guess I just thought it was... fur.

[He's met one Sylveon, honestly. And it was Krieg-slash-Angel's.]

I thought so too at first, but then she started moving them around and picking things up with them...and sometimes she uses them to hold onto my arm. [Because apparently a Sylveon can read people's feelings with them. Yuuko's still trying to wrap her head around that.]

I... guess I really should have paid more attention to Angel's then.

[But that's still a little weird.]

[And creepy.]

[He's suddenly glad he has an Umbreon.]

Oh, so you know someone else with a Sylveon? I was kind of caught off guard when Twizzle evolved into one...I knew an Eevee had a lot of choices for evolution, but I didn't know that was one of them.

[More like Yuuko didn't know about the whole "evolve with high affection and knowing a Fairy move" thing. She'd just bought some Pokepuffs in Goldenrod and let Twizzle eat them.]

Yeah -- I don't know if you've met her yet. Angel? She's one of Krieg's friends.

[He's pretty sure she's at least met Krieg. Both of them were at the party -- Angel was too, but she's a little less super obvious than Krieg is.]

Oh, I think I know Krieg. I haven't met Angel, though. [She may not have been able to interact with Krieg much, but he was certainly...memorable.]

Krieg's hard to miss. He's a great guy, but... hard to miss.

[Look he'll advocate for Krieg's better qualities for the rest of his life, but. Yeah, the guy stands out.]

I definitely didn't miss him at the party...does he live with the rest of you on the island?

I don't think Krieg has a permanent home. He's always been a traveler. But he does stay with us often.

Is that right...I wonder if he'll ever visit Mahogany Town sometime. [If he does, she'd probably notice him pretty quickly.]

He might have already. I know he was collecting the badges...

Who's the Gym Leader up there?

Pryce, I think. Apparently he specializes in Ice types. [Yuuko has four Ice type Pokemon now, so she can relate to that.]

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