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victory_road2019-03-28 02:24 pm
onetwoboom) wrote in victory_road2019-03-28 02:24 pm
[video - 003]
[Gaige has, for the past week or so, been setting out on a trip to the Ruins of Alph without much in the way of broadcasting, but certain circumstances had brought her to needing the advice of the people, and so a video transmission pops up on the network.]
OKAY, hi - hi guys, it's me, your gal Gaige, etcetera, etcetera-
[She rushes through her usual routine to a shaky camera, and a loud crying in the background.]
So, you know those new Pokemon that started showing up? The ones terrified of, like, everything...? Turns out loud noises and explosions and basically EVERYTHING that makes me me comes under that.
[The camera shifts slightly as she tries to balance her 'Gear and something blue, amphibious, and crying in her arm. From what can be seen from Gaige's face, she looks tired, and trying really hard not to panic.]
It's been...uh, I don't even know - it feels like hours since he started crying? I can't get him to stop. [A weighted exhale, and the sobbing newt in her arms just accentuates her point.] I really want him to stop. I just, you know, babies aren't really my ball park? Kind of never really planned this kind of thing. I only ever anticipated robot children! I'm way too young to be a mother!
[Her voice raises in distress, which only makes the baby more upset. It's a vicious cycle.]
Look, some of you guys have got to have experience with this kind of thing, right? You gotta help me out here.
OKAY, hi - hi guys, it's me, your gal Gaige, etcetera, etcetera-
[She rushes through her usual routine to a shaky camera, and a loud crying in the background.]
So, you know those new Pokemon that started showing up? The ones terrified of, like, everything...? Turns out loud noises and explosions and basically EVERYTHING that makes me me comes under that.
[The camera shifts slightly as she tries to balance her 'Gear and something blue, amphibious, and crying in her arm. From what can be seen from Gaige's face, she looks tired, and trying really hard not to panic.]
It's been...uh, I don't even know - it feels like hours since he started crying? I can't get him to stop. [A weighted exhale, and the sobbing newt in her arms just accentuates her point.] I really want him to stop. I just, you know, babies aren't really my ball park? Kind of never really planned this kind of thing. I only ever anticipated robot children! I'm way too young to be a mother!
[Her voice raises in distress, which only makes the baby more upset. It's a vicious cycle.]
Look, some of you guys have got to have experience with this kind of thing, right? You gotta help me out here.
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[Gaige stares, bracing for impact.
The Sobble blinks, eyes watery. Baby? It doesn't understand the statement, but it's forceful.
Too forceful.
Was it being yelled at? Did it do something wrong? It doesn't even KNOW concepts of right and wrong yet, but...loud. Scary. Bad.
And the floodgates open.]
God damn - shh, shh, please - [Gaige starts, but...when had comforting ever worked at all? Instead, she gets a better idea.] Quick, Ko, fry my brain!
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[Kölliker blinks, watching with curiosity as the Sobble cries. Does it not like being called a baby? But it is a baby? Interesting. But what's more interesting is that Gaige asks her to fry her brain, and she's more than willing to do that! In a fit of excitement, she burbles and charges towards Gaige.
It takes a moment or two, but her mind is suddenly bombarded by disjointed images, sensations, emotions--brainstatic to the tenth power. There's the sound of the Sobble crying, but remixed into some sort of weird electronic music track. An image of a Drifblim with far too many eyes and being poked by a thumbtack. The feeling one gets when something previously good becomes a secretly bad thing and you're coming to terms with this whiplash of emotions....so on and so forth.
Egon watches with increasing concern.]
Gaige?