[video]

[marmoron]

[The video feed opens on what appears to be a confused looking Houndour that's obscured by a thumb covering half the camera. Honestly, it's pretty clear that whoever's doing the filming doesn't do a whole lot of selfies and all that jazz.]

This thing even on? ]

[Have two loud thumping noises as Keith taps the mic with his fingers.]

Okay. Don't know what's going on here. But I'm trying to get back inside to get this lady to answer some damn questions--

[The camera's moving away from the Houndour and now focusing on what looks like "mom's" house in New Bark Town.]

And this ,,,Houndour [??? readily audible as his voice goes up at the end.] -- doesn't seem to get how to use tackle. C'mon buddy it's like this.

[BLURRY MOVEMENTS followed by a hard thump against the door. There's a loud sigh as the feed settles again. This time Keith turns the camera to show his exasperated looking face.]

All the dogs here like this?

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[insidescoop]

About two weeks.

...

Yknow, I kinda expected to be dead though, so I'll take this.

[marmoron]

...wait, so you're technically a ghost or something/

[SENSITIVITY.]

[insidescoop]

Wh-

No!! Obviously not!

I have a pulse and everything!

[marmoron]

[SQUINT.]

But you just said you were dead.

[insidescoop]

As in the past tense obviously..! I woke up here, alive!

[marmoron]

So you're like a zombie. With a pulse.

[Wow he s... not helping in the slightest.]

[insidescoop]

I'm a PERSON who ISN'T a zombie anymore..!

What part of me screams zombie right now?!

[marmoron]

I don't know, it's not like I can judge when we aren't even talking in person.

But you're definitely at least an ex-zombie. What were you doing that was so important that you got brought back to life?

[insidescoop]

[MAKIN BAD DEALS WITH DEMONS]

Well we're at least using video right??

...And anyway that's personal, wouldn't you keep quiet about your death if that kind of thing happened?

[You don't just share things like blindly agreeing to demons that want the world destroyed, you just don't.]

[marmoron]

Yeah, I guess, but then why would you even mention it in the first place? And who am I going to tell? Not like I know you or anyone you'd want to keep it a secret from.

[insidescoop]

It's kind of the difference between saying 'hey I got stuck in a hospital' and explaining everything that Got you in there, right?

Look it's just easier to mention one thing over another, okay!

[marmoron]

None of my business, got it.

But just so you know, if you don't want people to think you died doing something completely embarrassing, you probably shouldn't it explain it that way.

[insidescoop]

...I mean...Embarrassing or otherwise, it's still dying right?

[Doesn't seem like being embarrassed is the big concern there, unless someone wants to Really badly make those conclusions- at least in her books.]

[marmoron]

I'm talking about drawing comparisons to going to the hospital. Refusing to talk about why you went to the hospital just makes it sound a little like you had to go for an embarrassing reason.

[Whic ultimately says a whole lot more about Keith than anything. But he shrugs.]

...but if you're alive here, does that mean you get to stay alive if you ever go back home?

[insidescoop]

Oh.... ...That's fair I guess. There's just some things you can't really compare to the other completely huh...

Uh.

[That...is a good question.] I. ...Don't know? There's a guy here who says he knows me but from like...After I died, so maybe?

[She scratches her head.] It's really weird to think about, so I've tried avoiding the idea... ...and besides that, it's a lot nicer here than where I was before!

[Food...housing....fresh air, wow she's not breathed this well since...Since ever, honestly.]

[marmoron]

[That gets a blink.]

..Okay, yeah, that's weird. Can't blame you for not wanting to think about it. [A beat.] Sorry. Didn't mean to get all invasive.

So what do you do here? For fun or whatever.

[insidescoop]

[Carly has the blankest smile on her face Right Now.]

................

I've been...travelling nonstop ahahaaaa...uh...There's games for the pokegear though? And...The travelling is pretty fun in itself too! Like a big camping trip..!

[carly please take breaks]